Greetings, I am your team leader, Captain Sylvax. Leader is in my name, but I encourage constructive advise. I am not going to be your traditional Half-Dragon, my template has been weakened quite a bit to help make him more on level with you guys stat wise. I look forward to helping to protect the Empire from the enemies that lay on our ever expanding border.

From what I can tell, we are a strike team sent in to clear out infestations, discover why colonies go dark, and investigate political problems that could end up being bigger than a minor incident. To help in this, I am a Marshal / Bard (Paladin) / Fighter, though if you have any suggestions for Marshal feats I am open to them. My job is to make sure you guys get all of the help that I can provide. I think I need to look at Dragon Magic and see if anything is useful and ask the DM if it is allowed.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:57, Sat 25 Apr 2020.

I find it interestingly hard to find pictures for chaplain SciFi and SciFi priest without seeing space marine chaplains. XD

Greetings everyone!

I'll be your muscle for the duration.

Orc, and proud of it!
This message was last edited by the player at 00:41, Sun 26 Apr 2020.

When you think space marine, you think Warhammer 40k I guess.

Hi, everyone. I'll be maintaining everyone's gear and sometimes shooting people in the back when they're not looking.

Looks like we have a very interesting and colorful SpecOps team. :)

I think I've finished my sheet.

Now we paint with ALL the colors!

I primarily work in red.

Still debating between Rogue (Fighter feat variant), Paladin, Bard. Dragon Shaman, or Sorcerer… Choices...choices. Thinking of going Imperial Legionnaire from Player Companion, don't quite know yet.

How do, I'll be your canary in the coal mine. I mean scout.

I just have the equipment to go.

If I might offer my two coppers, if your goal is to be the most captainy captain who ever captained, might I suggest working towards Legendary Leader or Outcast Champion. In which case Marshal 5 / Dragon Shaman 5 // Fighter 5 right now seems like a really good idea to me. Good flavor for your race, good buffing ability, and you won't have to worry about running out of your primary abilities.



Hello person I'm probably going to have to run and save all the time! :D

Hey Sharog. I'll try to remove the silencers if I need help (I alas could not stretch my funds to a really big machine gun for that scenario).

My current setup is Scout 1/Ranger 4//Spellthief 2/Wizard 3///Fighter 5. Distracting Attack means I should be able to flank for people without lowering myself to melee and potentially more than one person at once, otherwise it's all about the shooting. Astoundingly, despite the Fighter levels and bonus feats I am still tight on feats but I have the majority of what I need.

On a side note anyone know if I am missing something about the spell datapads? Namely that they must be enforcing usage of them over spellbooks at gunpoint.

I can sort of see what the game designers were thinking. With no material cost for scribing they made the cost per page of space cost 100. Same cost as the raw materials. The problem is the rules also;
Make the basic "book" a datapad at a cost of 300 rather than 15
Remove the ability to get your spells per level actually free, since you need pages in the pad available
Make every spell take 2 pages per level, though cantrips remain 1

So a starting wizard, putting cantrips aside because there are 30+ cantrips available and I don't want to think about that, begins with 3 + Int modifier spells at level 1. This takes (assuming this game's generation rules a 16 Int) 6 level 1 spells requiring storage space totaling 1500 cost wise.
As they level, assuming the free spells are always taken from the highest available level, the cost of the datapad with the auto learned spells becomes;
1900
2700
3500
4700
5900

In contrast the book at this point has cost 15gp and filled 28 of its 100 pages. With the saved money the wizard living in the dark ages has bought themselves an Int boosting item, several additional spells and a smug seat from which to laugh.

Pertinent stuff starts on page 136 of the Starfarers Handbook. Just seems weird.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not changing to sorcerer. But it is odd.

I would rule that the costs would follow double the normal costs from a traditional spellbook. The base cost of the datapad remains the same, and remember, if you ever loose it, the Imperial Society of Arcane Magic keeps a record of your spells known, so it is as simple as buying a new datapad and downloading them again. Membership dues are what keep them in business after all. Meanwhile, I would rule a Mage of the Arcane Order (if I remember correctly from Complete Arcane) would be an ideal prestige class for a Wizard to draw from their Cyber Spell Pool.

Except they don't do that for free.

Backups are one of two ways.

A basic backup. Same cost again minus the 300 for the datapad since you could do it to a data chip based off the wording. EDIT - no it's not, vague in one bit but not another. Needsa new data pad too.

Or you can use the Imperial Society. You can store your spellware software on the Imperial Society’s online database if you’re a dues-paying member. This costs 50 cr per page per year. The Imperial Society guarantees the integrity and security of its members’ spell data. Either option is very fast and follows the same procedure as sharing spells.

Dues paying members pay 1000 per caster level per year. So for this example the dues paying member backing up their spellbook costs 7800 a year.

Bear in mind this is all still free spells. Every additional spell level will set them back a further 200 (pad), 400 (pad + backup) or 300 (pad + Society backup).
This message was last edited by the player at 20:24, Mon 27 Apr 2020.

I adore how imperial supply has a spy sat for 75k low key.

Alex is in a playable state

I had my sheet done yesterday but when i hit the post button I got 404 page not found and lost it all. I'll try to get it done AGAIN tomorrow.

Will discuss Spellware with you in PM Lars.

Hoba, its been happening to me too everyday. Try posting it in segments in the character sheet area.

I'm okay with the rules GM. It's just such a huge change I wanted to make sure I had not missed anything.

Been having the same thing Hoba. Ended up sticking to an external sheet before trying to move it to Rpol

Yeah, I've been getting that too.

For that reason, and many others, I always make and save whatever sheet I am working on in Notepad or Word first.

I think most people are about done, adding a Sixth character for some interesting fun. I would like to start in a day or two, so if you guys want to wrap up your characters, now is the time.

My current idea for mission one is going to place you on site, about to assault the BBEG's location.

As a recent (as in a hundred years or so) outlands colony goes dark, a distress beacon is set off informing Legion command that there is a problem. As your ship, the Argent Claw, is closest to  the planet in question, you were sent to investigate the situation. Upon landing, the major settlement of the planet was overrun by demonic creatures, mostly dretches and similarly minor abyssal creatures. You did encounter a Vrock, but using your advanced technology you were able to put the creature down, its body evaporating like the others you defeated to return to the Abyss. It is soon obvious where the demons are coming from as you reach the Imperial Headquarters for the planet, a massive gaping hole into the Abyss reveals the mastermind behind this planar incursion. You were able to save a few poor souls before they were brought to be sacrificed to the demons, but much of the city was a warzone with few survivors. The courtyard where the hole is located is enclosed by crumbling infrastructure. A single massive double door is the only protection you have before the mastermind behind this invasion and the hordes of the Abyss at his command.

Sounds interesting?
This message was lightly edited by the GM at 10:02, Wed 29 Apr 2020.

We have our own spaceship?



Yes, I am interested!!!


Oh, and welcome to the team, Ssvear!

To war we ride.