Thread: Pathfinder (CLOSED)

RE Pathfinder - Crimson Throne Jagd said Actually several players have brought up religion, many of us could share a favorite deity. Wouldn't that be sweet, we all go to church together. Other commonalities are the old standby, they all enjoy the same tavern, grew up near each other, been on an adventure before, perhaps were part of a military campaign and had an old buddy die during the campaign, so each checks up on the old war buddies widower. Just throwing out some ideas. Click to expand... I'd like tie-ins to be worked between individual chars rather than as a group. So maybe two chars know each other from church, and one of them knows another from working together, etc. dancrilis said Ok my thinking is to stay simple and go with the standard human Which would be 9RP, than remove 'Linguist 1 RP' in for 'Standard 0 RP' and than either upgrade Ability Score Modifiers from 'Human 0 RP' to 'Flexible 2 RP' or else to take more class skills or a static bonus feat. I know that ditching 'Flexible bonus feat' for '2 static bonus feats' makes more sense ... but seems like gaming the system for a particular character rather than making a 'real' human varient. So just want your opinion of maximising benefits over not? My own personal take is if you like the idea don't worry about the powerlevel of it - that just adds roleplay opportunities and if the DM wants to squash the PCs like bugs it will happen anyway . Also if the group has access to the abilities it would make sense for us to ensure that the situations where they are useful come up. I do understand that there is within the Crimson Throne an amount of at least initial focus against someone who has wronged us - which we could expand into a group background without needing to pick the same issue with the enemy. My thinking at the moment might be something like this - the group were effectively on the streets together at some point in there lives, and while this might have been long ago for some they have maintained as friends. For Example If someone went on to be a LG guard they would look the other way for an old friend providing that friend is not being overly bad - and they might feel bad about it leading to words between them later, similiarly a CE mob enforcer might come to aid the guard if they are being set on in a bad neighbourhood but expect they to leave peacefully after that - even if they were excessive in providing that aid, and not be happy that they had to go against the community they live in - again leading to words later. The way that the above might play out over years is the LG guard casually mentions that the CE enforcer might be better staying away from certain things at certain times, and the CE enforcer might do some leg work for the LG guard thereby preventing them from needing to enter what would be a dangerous situation for a guard. Both sides benefit - but both placing themselves at some risk from exposure and both know that the other can't always do everything. Obviously non-dramatically opposed alignments should have an easier time working together. Click to expand... Some good stuff. Your proposal is absolutely gaming the system, but that is perfectly acceptable. I will be more interested in whether or not the proposed combination of perks makes sense for a culturesociety. And I fully agree with your power level views. I will attempt to design encounters based on what I think the party can handle, after all. In addition, your character's biggest challenge will be being accepted, as I expect we will have significantly more applicants than spots. Cavalier remains unused for me because I find their abilities more tedious than inspiring. Some classes just don't inspire anything despite offering a lot. Ranger is a good example for me. I should point out that I plan on altering or removing the first encounter. I never liked how it forced such a contrived history for the group. Also, we will start at least at level 2, eliminating the need to be street urchins killing an old man who is both powerful and has no muscle working for him. Kinda hard to buy. Please let me know if I missed anything.