Thread: Pathfinder (CLOSED)

RE Pathfinder - Crimson Throne kckolbe said The sorcerer sounds very interesting. Perhaps her parents were worshipers of Shelyn who is quite prominent, leading to her continued devotion. Click to expand... Possible I am avoiding a detailed backstory for now so as not to cut down on potential discussion. kckolbe said I am guessing that you plan on investing in social skills, possessing very little prowess in traditional thievery. Click to expand... Yea that is what I am thinking alright. kckolbe said Yes. The rules for doing so are here Click to expand... 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? Jagd said I would like to play a Cavalier someday but the class is so weak and not that I need to play a powerful character, its just their abilities are so situational. Click to expand... 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. Jagd said With any of my character types I usually play listed above, I think they would work well with dancrilis' mafia-esque type character. My roguebard idea would be either friendly rival or non-arcane support person within the organization, my fighterbarbarian would be beat stick tough who at times has taken enforcer or such jobs from the mafia group, while if I decided to go Ranger-Horse Lord to then join the Sable Company Marines its more of a corrupt towns guard who helps with information and such to get his cut of the profits. The last two also I think could have worked alongside Manwithdarkdesires concept as well depending on where that goes. Click to expand... Either would work well. 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 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.