Chat here, out of character.

Greetings to all that join this venture!
Fear not my skin of oddest tincture!
I'm but a clown you see, you see!
I joke, jape, and juggle bobbles three!

You'll find with me a song and a dance!
This all seemed fun so let's take a chance!
Whimsy walks and its name is Jackal Japes!
Don't worry I won't be speaking in rhyme.

honks bike horn like a clown

Hello all. Don't mind the weird clown. He's promised to not be insufferably wacky.

Though I have to say I appreciate that his concept of a clown that fights with juggling and distracting people with performance is possible within the same class you can use to make Zorro.

2e does have its issues but I'll put that as a positive mark on its report card.

Ok, who ordered the hot stuff?

Just stay away from my front arc, and most likely you wont catch on fire.

Maybe.

hehehe

:P

Okay opened everyone's sheet area. I don't really have preferred sheet format. You can use anything you like (even off site) so long as I can see it.

If I were you all, I'd be more worried about the elven daughter of a goddess, and her angel companion. Just sayin'.

Cause you know, Calistria might get mad. And we'd not want that, now would we? hehe

Should be fun times. Though I can only hold back the wacky so much given the mentioned fighting style of juggling at people. My free archetype is Juggler (seeing it called out specifically in the Character Creation thread made me what to see what I could do with it), but I plan on grabbing some means by which to make alchemical stuff and traps. Just fight with trickery as well as panache.

Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. So few games of this on this site for some reason.
This message was last edited by the GM at 06:35, Sat 26 Sept 2020.

I'm trying out the new Summoner class, so when I saw that Angel's were one of the eidolon's, I HAD to choose Blessed One as my free archetype. Then had to even go so far as take Aasimar as my heritage for my lowly Elf. And to make it EVEN more fit I had to add in the Blessed background.

Okay just popped down a house rule I forgot to add, but that should be the last one.

Just a little thing for streamlining a clunky niche thing about the medicine skill. I will fix the formatting later.

Hello everyone. I'm the one who's most likely to be in the way of Flamescale's fire, as I plan on being the party's wall. I'll do my best to keep opponents away from the rest of the party, and push them around with the Mauler archetype.

In reply to Julius Stolo (msg # 11):

What's a little light scorching between flames...er, I mean friends.

Too bad he isn't a kenku. We could go around making places smell like fried chicken.

In reply to Jackal Japes (msg # 13):

That made me recall that time a group I was in had a kenku Bard with a mild southern accent who used a trumpet and spells that made fog or smoke.

Took a long time for us to pick up on the Foghorn Leghorn joke.

Similarly I was in a Star Wars game and nobody caught the joke of the character name Bade Briskely until he became a Jedi master and someone put the Master title before his name.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:37, Sat 26 Sept 2020.

Howdy! I'm your adorable cuddly friend. Hopefully I'll be able to help this party be great heroes!

Just so long as we don't have to wear a disguise to go down in the woods because you're having a secret picnic you didn't invite us to we'll be fine. I don't want the surprise that you're hanging out with your friends and having a lovely time without us.

In reply to Jackal Japes (msg # 16):

Oh no, everyone's invited to my picnics. Think "care bear with a sword".

Might be running two groups since there's a lot of interest. Sad there's not a lot of GMs for this system. Maybe not a lot of site users have picked it up that also GM things.

Greetings all. Glad to be here. Shoony investigator here. Forensic Medicine type with my free archetype being Medic. So, gonna be throwing out some beefy Battle Medicine and Treat Wounds. Going to be putting a fair amount of focus on that, though I won't be a slouch in a scrap.

Shame I can't find any pug portraits though. This will have to do I guess.

In reply to Rocco Alswin Gregoria (msg # 19):

Yeah! Super medic for your burning glass cannon!

:)

Make sure you pick up assurance medicine feat at some point.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:26, Mon 28 Sept 2020.

Yeah, I'm probably slotting that in at level 6 since I'd need at least a 10 prof bonus to get the bonus healing from my archetype with Assurance. Maybe sooner since at level 4 I could at least auto-succeed on most stabilize attempts. We'll see how things go though.

Thinking on it, I really wish there was an Investigator feat that let them use Devise a Stratagem on a Medicine check. Kinda like doing an exam before treating. It makes sense in theory, but maybe that would make them a little too good at healing?

I could see that maybe being the case if it were too early in progression and in a game without that house rule of fails don't immune people to a different person's tries. You could DaS, see you'd roll a 1 or 2, then just wait out a timer or tell someone else to do Treat Wounds instead. That would be handy.

Wow, that is going to be a really peculiar adventuring group. I get the feeling I'll look like the straight man in a comedy.

Hello All. Vynyc your Gnome druid here. This is shaping up to be an eclectic group indeed.

Welcome to all o' ya.

I will probably get the game started within a few days. Go ahead as talk over whether or not you folks want to start knowing each other or maybbe only some of you.

Indeed. Hello everyone!

I'll be playing a teddy bear magically brought to life. (but statwise just a leaf leshy because my cotton stuffing has been made alive again like a plant)

I intend to do the care bear stare. I was thinking bard/champion, unless one of the new classes would do that better. Anyhoo...

Yeah I think Julius will be the oddball among us by proxy of being the only one who is not extremely odd...

You and me both! Least I don't feel alone now! lol

@Gm the Dm, is there a preferred character sheets for this game? I'm trying to organize this and that for Vynyc and wanted to make sure it ended up in the right form.

Also, just realized almost all of the animal companions available to Vynyc aren't suitable for a mount. That was going to be my shtick.

You can use anything I can read. Even off site sheets. Personally I dislike on site text sheets from a player perspective as they are often really fiddly to enter stuff into while maintaining the spacing of everything.

And while they won't have the mount quality, you can ride on anything at least one size larger than you, are there no medium ones? I'm not at home to check smoothly.

If there is a medium one I would let you use it as a mount. Tabletop rpgs are all about fun and that's not unbalanced or anything.

Horses are the only PHB animal companions that are Medium or Large. Advanced Players Guide adds riding drake, Pathfinder #154: Siege of the Dinosaurs adds monitor lizard, and  Pathfinder #149: Against the Scarlet Triad has the camel. All of them have the mount quality.

Here I was just picturing a simple wolf. :)

I remember having the same issue when I wanted to make a goblin champion. It's unfortunate they haven't changed that in the final version.

In that case just take the wolf and make it rideable by you without any other changes. Or whatever believable animal you wanna ride.

It won't unbalance anything. :)

Looking forward to proceedings. Should have the last bit of stuff done on my sheet by tomorrow.

As a side note it's refreshing starting out with my defining class feature at level 1. While it isn't as major as DnD 5e subclass stuff; on a conceptual level I dislike having to wait til 3 to get the option that defines my special way of doing things.

1-2 (less so on casters) in 5e always feels like playing a prequel to me.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 05:37, Fri 02 Oct 2020.

Oh I feel ya there. Though I'm the kinda guy that picks classes to play based on their subclass or archetype option.

So 5e is like "Yay, I can't wait to be 3rd level so I can be mah class!"

There's some merit in a lower power image start, and I enjoy 5e, but I prefer Pathfinder scaling where even 1st level adventurers are a bit special by proxy of the events that set them out to begin with. DND 5e is kinda 1st level ranger is a talented hunter/woodsman. Pathfinder 1st level ranger? You're not just a woodsman you're a ranger.

In reply to Jackal Japes (msg # 34):

Yeah, I always thought the mechanics of PF 2e where superior to 5e.

Though honestly I think both could stand to take a moment and throw down a small book to address the big Achilles heel in their systems, which is coincidentally the same thing: feat support.

Right now 2e is very heavily slanted towards options in the class feat slot while there's a noteworthy lack of variety in general and skill feats. Some skills don't even have feats beyond 7th level.

Meanwhile 5e feats are an optional system literally everyone uses and there are barely any non-UA ones. Legit the feat support is so bad there's not usuable feat support to augment a Rogue using Theives Tools. Seriously why is the only Burglar themed feat (named that) terrible on a rogue?

I was just noting that little oddity myself the other day. In order for it do anything for the rogue they have to not take Expertise in those tools at the first chance they get and instead wait til 4th to get it since the benefits of that feat do not stack with Expertise.

Alrightly. Gameplay thread is up. Once you have finished your sheet go ahead and pop in there at your leisure and do an intro post.

Hello all. I will be playing the playtest magus despite its issues, and will also be gently stress testing the free archetype rule with the blessing of GM.

The question hanging over the head of that rule is how Ancient Elf heritage messes with that. Is a character with two archetypes at level one really OP? We shall see. That said, be aware that if it is, I might lose some minor abilities. Not aiming to break the game and ruin it for everyone else naturally. Just going for this combo with no particular aim to max it out. Just to see how powerful it is baseline.

Though the test might be skewed given how troubled the design of the Magus is (Striking Spell being mathematically a bit iffy). Being a mildly underpowered base class might of course make the combo less overpowered.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:53, Thu 08 Oct 2020.

Heyo! Scoot the goblin cleric here. Still pondering what to use my free archetype for. Champion for the armor is great with cloistered cleric for a mix of both types of cleric, but I'm a DEX race so I might have other options. Also tempted to Bard.

Ah, welcome to you both. I guess the GM went ahead and grabbed two groups worth of folks like he was saying he might. Good times. Helps combat sudden departures derailing things.

In reply to Tiberius Wintersun (msg # 39):

Where is the playtest magus? Can you post a link?

Please!

:)

In reply to Flamescale (msg # 42):

https://paizo.com/community/bl...ts-of-Magic-Playtest

In reply to Tiberius Wintersun (msg # 43):

Thank you!

:)

Welcome new people! This is shaping up to be quite a versatile crowd.

I wonder if we can actually have two parties adventuring simultaneously in the same story. Might be pretty interesting if we don't have the drop off.

Been a busy week huh?

Sorry for the delay if that's what you mean. I was waiting for more of the players to file in and got hit with a bout of food poisoning as well.

Oh, that explains it... And I just noticed you're my DM in two games.

In reply to GM the DM (msg # 47):

Sorry to hear that. Hope you feel better. :(

Should be back in action soon. Once Scoot pops in. I will work on advancing plot. Until then you guys can feel free to start interactions if you want.

Sorry, had technical issues. Here I am!

I will give Teddy a chance to reply to that comment and then advance the plot.

:D Response posted.

Alright. Plot will happen tomorrow afternoon. I have to go to bed to wake up earlier than usual for work.

Happy Halloween everybody!

Sooo...how 'bout that weather huh?...How's everyone doing?

Good, good. Waiting to see the end of the US elections, however long that's gonna take once the courts get involved.

In reply to Julius Stolo (msg # 57):

Almost no courts are gonna get involved. The sheer number of votes for Biden will carry the day.

Thank goodness.

:)

I find it funny that some people honestly believed Trump's bull that losing Pennsylvania when he had a 400k lead at 80% count is suspicious.

I mean just objectively that 20% was mostly mail-in votes (which Trump convinced his base to not do), in heavily Democrat areas, forced to be counted last by the Republican legislators in the state, and most importantly: nearly triple the lead he had when he made that claim and had that lead.

I mean seriously. What about that screams "weird that Biden closed the lead"? It's not weird that a 400k lead could close in a 20% remaining count when that 20% is millions of votes.

Let it be said that unless everyone is okay with it I would rather politics not be talked about here. I don't want to risk someone feeling ostracized.

That aside I will update plot before tomorrow evening. Been swamped at work due to coworkers evaporating as usual for the holidays.

In reply to GM the DM (msg # 60):

Yikes. Sorry I asked. I was just trying to chit chat while we waited. Not trying to rush anyone or start a political debate/discussion.

But if I were to get political, I'd say we need better protection for Teddy Bear rights and we need free rainbow sprinkles and unicorn for everyone.

I'm okay with the politics discussion.

Hey, I may be a clown, but I'm also an adult. I don't mind some light political banter.

Especially given the subject is the president-reject Donny Rump.

Though if anyone is offended, I am okay with deleting that terrible joke I just made.

I personally ascribe to "either everything's okay to joke about or nothing is" and "you need to be able to take what you dish out". But I've been in the GM's shoes before. It's always safer to say "no real-world religion or politics" because I've seen groups fall apart because of it.

Also, Teddy didn't approach the monster. He was trying to hug the gnome, his "new friend". XD

Pardon the long absence from me. Getting hammered at work due to holiday season. I will be updated the gameplay within the next couple of days. Whoever hasn't rolled initiative please do so soon. If I update before you roll, I'll be rolling for you.

Who won initiative? Bad touch! Bad touch! I need an adult!

The monster. So for the sake of speed ya'll can just post in whatever order you want.

Sorry, I forgot to put that in the post :(

So...how 'bout that weather, huh?

In reply to Theodore Bearington (msg # 68):

It's...un-bear-able. :)

In reply to Merisiel (msg # 69):


This message was last edited by the player at 18:27, Thu 10 Dec 2020.

Been a while. Anyone still here?

I'm still here, the silence is un-bear-able though.

In reply to Merisiel (msg # 72):

Hilarious.

We need more comedies in RPGs. Anyone still here?

I think its just you and me.

I'm here.

I keep an eye on the game. Mostly because I rarely remove games I've been accepted in... Heck, I still have the first game I was in, even though the GM hasn't posted for the last two years.

While we wait for the GM to get back you want to migrate to another game as a party? Might help keep a game going if we do it together.

In reply to Theodore Bearington (msg # 78):

I guess we could try under the seeking GM's thread.

Possibly, know of one looking for players that's 2e? Or a GM willing to run a 2e game?

I myself am not ready to GM yet, though I am getting there.

Actually I do. Let me try and talk to him.

Ok, I talked to the GM, and he is cool with you applying via the normal RTJ according to his game. Just tell him also that Dr Feck recommended you.

link to another game

In reply to Flamescale (msg # 82):

Thanks!

LOL! I'm already in that game!

In reply to Merisiel (msg # 84):

Doh!

:P

Now I am too! Woop woop

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