I'm craving Adventure Paths! [Pathfinder, seeking GM / Group]

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Chulanowa

Howdy howdy howdy! I'm putting my hopes out there that some intrepid, daring, and magnanimous person can help me - and hopefully some other players - out. I've been having a massive craving for some of the Pathfinder Adventure paths. But not just any old Adventure paths, two in particular!

Specifically, I really, really want to play in a game for the Mummy's Mask or Iron Gods adventure paths. I know they're not to everyone's tastes (especially the latter, it seems) but I adore them.

What I'm looking for, in terms of particulars are as follows.
• Group game: I don't find playing in solos terribly engaging, and much prefer having a handful of players to bounce around with. 4-6 players is ideal.
• Smut: I know, I'm the weirdo on E, but having smut in my system games isn't that important to me. It's fun when it's there sure, but I'm more interested in the other parts of the game, and find coitus interruptions to be more of a drag.
• Game stuff: I strongly favor restricting sources to Paizo-only, using 20/25-point buys, and having a fair bit of flexibility on races (hey, you never know when someone is going to come up with an awesome idea for a Ghoran, right?)

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Silver Phoenix

Seconding the desire for Iron Gods!  Mummy's Mask would not be out of line as well.  But mostly Iron Gods - I love me tech and fantasy!
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Chulanowa

Still looking for this; will also happily take Giantslayer AP  ;D

Vergil Tanner

I'm craving a good Pathfinder game as well! I'm not sure about Iron Gods - not sure it would be to my tastes - but Mummy's Mask and Giantslayer would be awesome. ^_^

Alas, I don't know enough about Pathfinder to be an effective GM, but I'm an eager player ;)
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who149

I'd be super into DMing something like this. I'm not familiar with  too many settings but I can learn about whichever one people seem most intrested in!
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Chulanowa

Well, if you're familiar with the pathfinder system, you're most of the way there. Just need the Adventure Path material past that. Maybe setting books if you wanna get really fancy-fancy

who149

I'm reading up on Iron Gods right now. I think i'm gonna go with that. I'm gonna read up on the setting for a bit. The game will not be sex focused. However lewdity is fine. Characters can be as vulgar as they want, be naked, have sex if they want. However the plot will not revolve around it.

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Chulanowa

Neato! Numeria, Land of Fallen Stars, and hte Technology Guide will be most helpful  ;D

Vergil Tanner

#10
Eeeeh....I don't really like Iron Gods, so if that's the one you're going with, I'm gonna bow out. It's just really not to my tastes. Something about Tech and Fantasy in a system game turns me off, though I'm not sure why. One of those things, I guess. Have fun, though!
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Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by that of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion. Therefore it is unnecessary to have all the qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. And I shall dare to say this also, that to have them and always observe them is injurious, and that to appear to have them is useful; to appear merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright, and be so, but with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able and know how to change to the opposite.

Dubbed the "Oath of Drake,"
A noble philosophy; I adhere...for now.

who149

This is a lot of information to take in. I might get a few things wrong so try to be patient ^^;

I don't actually usually use source books so this is very new. I've wanted to try it though. I'm reading it up on a pdf. Is there anything anybody really wants though? Like gameplay wise or character wise?
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Chulanowa

Well, they're not mandatory, but do give a few ideas and options for the setting and such.

I am not especially picky; Character-wise... man, I have a mess of ideas for Iron Gods, so the biggest hassle is picking one of them.

Vergil Tanner

Oh, fuck it, I'll give it a shot. I need to get past my Tech and Fantasy hang up, and I have a real craving for Pathfinder games anyway, so whatever! I'll toss my hat into the ring!

So, how does Iron Gods differ from standard Pathfinder? Is it just a group of Fantasy Adventurers fighting robots and whatnot?

If so, I have a Slayer Character who specialises in Empty Quiver Style that I could use...if that's ok?
Also, what level would we be starting at? 1st? 2nd? 3rd? Which EXP tracker? I don't want to be doing the slow tracker, since that takes aaaaaaages to level up. XD

Also, how do people want to determine stats? Rolling, or Point Buy? Or House Rules? One campaign I'm in where I am, the GM told us to make our stats 14 + 1d4, since he likes his players being Gods In A Box, but he ups the difficulty to punish us harshly if we make a mistake. That in particular is a lot of fun. XD


Anyway! I'm tentatively in, if a Slayer character is ok?
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Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by that of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion. Therefore it is unnecessary to have all the qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. And I shall dare to say this also, that to have them and always observe them is injurious, and that to appear to have them is useful; to appear merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright, and be so, but with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able and know how to change to the opposite.

Dubbed the "Oath of Drake,"
A noble philosophy; I adhere...for now.

Chulanowa

Quote from: Vergil Tanner on December 25, 2016, 11:20:29 PM
So, how does Iron Gods differ from standard Pathfinder? Is it just a group of Fantasy Adventurers fighting robots and whatnot?

Well, it takes place in Numeria, which is a country in Golarion, so technically it's not different from "standard pathfinder."  ;D I guess in a basic sense, yeah. "adventurers beat up robots" is a way to look at it, but being a six-part adventure path of course there's more to it. I kind of see it as a mix of Mad max, Conan, and Shannara, though.. .take it as you will.

QuoteAlso, what level would we be starting at? 1st? 2nd? 3rd? Which EXP tracker? I don't want to be doing the slow tracker, since that takes aaaaaaages to level up. XD

Adventure Paths start at level 1, and either use the medium track or story-based progression.

QuoteAlso, how do people want to determine stats? Rolling, or Point Buy? Or House Rules?

All good questions and we wait with bated breath  ;D

Vergil Tanner

Well, I tend to prefer either rolling or house rule...my funnest campaign so far is one where the GM let us have some pretty awesome stats (14+1d4) but scaled up the difficulty to match xD

Would people be ok with a longbow Slayer, BTW?
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Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by that of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion. Therefore it is unnecessary to have all the qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. And I shall dare to say this also, that to have them and always observe them is injurious, and that to appear to have them is useful; to appear merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright, and be so, but with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able and know how to change to the opposite.

Dubbed the "Oath of Drake,"
A noble philosophy; I adhere...for now.

Chulanowa

I hate rolling for stats. S'why I ask for point buy in the OP  :-)

Vergil Tanner

That's why 14+1d4 is a good compromise, since I kinda dislike Point Buy! :P :P :P
That way you're at least guaranteed to get decent stats, since your lowest possible Stat is 15 ;) :P

:P :P :P

Seriously though, I don't mind either way...though I DO love those 14+1d4 games...it lets the GM throw tougher challenges at us earlier without breaking us :P
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Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by that of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion. Therefore it is unnecessary to have all the qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. And I shall dare to say this also, that to have them and always observe them is injurious, and that to appear to have them is useful; to appear merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright, and be so, but with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able and know how to change to the opposite.

Dubbed the "Oath of Drake,"
A noble philosophy; I adhere...for now.

Chulanowa

Not a real big on characters with no weak spots, personally.

Vergil Tanner

#19
Tell that to my Anti Paladin. Lowest Stat was a 16, and in the first combat, some random sailor twatted him one for about 12 damage, and he only had 13 health to start with. He got healed up to eight health, then the captain shot him for 8 damage. >.>
I mean. To be fair, he DID preface that by Critting somebody and dealing 22 damage - an instant kill - with a fucking fork of all things, but still! XD
In any case, I get that...but I always dislike the headache of balancing the Point Buy System with "Oh, I need high this, but that means he has to have a -5 on this other stat," and I dunno, I just find it...iffy. XD I mean, if that's what people want to do, I'm cool with it and I'll deal with it...I just prefer rolling the dice, since then I can at least blame the dice if I get my ass kicked. :P

I dunno. If we do the Point Buy System, is it possible to Opt In to roll the dice instead? Like, you get to roll some dice for your stats, but you HAVE to take them once you've rolled them? Best of both worlds! XD
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Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by that of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion. Therefore it is unnecessary to have all the qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. And I shall dare to say this also, that to have them and always observe them is injurious, and that to appear to have them is useful; to appear merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright, and be so, but with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able and know how to change to the opposite.

Dubbed the "Oath of Drake,"
A noble philosophy; I adhere...for now.

Chulanowa

Quote from: Vergil Tanner on December 26, 2016, 12:13:55 AM
some random sailor twatted him one for about 12 damage, and he only had 13 health to start with.

That sounds like one hell of a night  XD

Vergil Tanner

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Haha, oh shush you yankee scum. You know full well what that's slang for in England :P
The fucking came later; he's got a Cha bonus of +5, so if he goes out wenching, he's almost guaranteed to get laid. I mean. Because of some obscenely good rolls on my part, he has, like...19 strength, 17 dexterity, 18 Con and 20 Charisma. In my GM's words (this is a proper, all around the table, rolling real dice game), "He has the body of an Olympian God." XD

Seriously though ;) If we do do the point buy system, is it ok if I roll for my stats instead and take those results? I just prefer rolling because I'm not good with maths or points balancing shit. XD
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Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by that of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion. Therefore it is unnecessary to have all the qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. And I shall dare to say this also, that to have them and always observe them is injurious, and that to appear to have them is useful; to appear merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright, and be so, but with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able and know how to change to the opposite.

Dubbed the "Oath of Drake,"
A noble philosophy; I adhere...for now.


Vergil Tanner

But it's still so much woooooooooork. :P

Fiiiiiine, I guess I'll have to make 25 points work for my character soooomehoooowwwww. *grumblegrumble*Notlettingmeroll*grumblegrumble* :P :P
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Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by that of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion. Therefore it is unnecessary to have all the qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. And I shall dare to say this also, that to have them and always observe them is injurious, and that to appear to have them is useful; to appear merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright, and be so, but with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able and know how to change to the opposite.

Dubbed the "Oath of Drake,"
A noble philosophy; I adhere...for now.

Silver Phoenix

Ooooo!  Did I correctly read that Iron Gods is up?  I'd love to apply!
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Chulanowa

Quote from: Silver Phoenix on December 26, 2016, 12:35:27 AM
Ooooo!  Did I correctly read that Iron Gods is up?  I'd love to apply!

...if we haven't scared Who off, hopefully!

who149

I'm still here. I've been reading bits of the lore. Trying to mostly get a feel of things and a general understanding. I pretty much know that i'm not gonna get everything 100% right but if I can at least get things to how they're supposed to be then that's fine.

I get the general idea of the game the setting. I wanna read the entirity of at least the first chapter before I start anything. I'm actually really happy with the excitment! I just feel like i'm probably the least qualified to be running this as I just heard about the setting. Anyway, yeah! I'm still up for it. 25 point buy
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Vergil Tanner

I'm gonna enter my Human Slayer in this game. Just got finished working out my Stats, so here are my preliminary stats, barring any last minute alterations:

Str: 16 (14 + 2 Racial) (+3)
Dex: 16 (+3)
Con: 14 (+2)
Int: 12 (+1)
Wis: 14 (+2)
Cha: 8 (-1)

Not bad, if I do say so myself!
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Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by that of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion. Therefore it is unnecessary to have all the qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. And I shall dare to say this also, that to have them and always observe them is injurious, and that to appear to have them is useful; to appear merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright, and be so, but with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able and know how to change to the opposite.

Dubbed the "Oath of Drake,"
A noble philosophy; I adhere...for now.

Bibliophilia

I'm making an android.  I've never played one before and I like the idea of going that deep into the paint on IG.

Vergil Tanner

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Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by that of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion. Therefore it is unnecessary to have all the qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. And I shall dare to say this also, that to have them and always observe them is injurious, and that to appear to have them is useful; to appear merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright, and be so, but with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able and know how to change to the opposite.

Dubbed the "Oath of Drake,"
A noble philosophy; I adhere...for now.

Silver Phoenix

Quote from: who149 on December 26, 2016, 12:59:04 AMI'm still here. I've been reading bits of the lore. Trying to mostly get a feel of things and a general understanding. I pretty much know that i'm not gonna get everything 100% right but if I can at least get things to how they're supposed to be then that's fine.

I get the general idea of the game the setting. I wanna read the entirity of at least the first chapter before I start anything. I'm actually really happy with the excitment! I just feel like i'm probably the least qualified to be running this as I just heard about the setting. Anyway, yeah! I'm still up for it. 25 point buy
It's always acceptable to improvise - after all, most people familiar with the adventure path will have already read over it, so at least I, for one, would welcome some alterations and twists of the GM's devising.

Also, as my previous mentor in GMing told me, it's always advisable to ask for help, even from players - but always remember that you're ruling is final.


Quote from: Bibliophilia on December 26, 2016, 01:09:47 AMI'm making an android.  I've never played one before and I like the idea of going that deep into the paint on IG.
Egad!  May need to think of another concept now, lol!
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Chulanowa

Quote from: who149 on December 26, 2016, 12:59:04 AM
I'm still here. I've been reading bits of the lore. Trying to mostly get a feel of things and a general understanding. I pretty much know that i'm not gonna get everything 100% right but if I can at least get things to how they're supposed to be then that's fine.
Quote

No worries, i still have no idea what i'm doing in the game I'm running. So I can't cast aspersions on someoen else getting the hang of things.

QuoteI get the general idea of the game the setting. I wanna read the entirity of at least the first chapter before I start anything. I'm actually really happy with the excitment! I just feel like i'm probably the least qualified to be running this as I just heard about the setting. Anyway, yeah! I'm still up for it. 25 point buy

Right on.

Bibliophilia

Quote from: Vergil Tanner on December 26, 2016, 01:10:24 AM
-headtilt-
You can make Androids?

Yup!  It's a race specifically out of the Iron Gods stuff/Numeria.  Basically, android factories fell from the stars a long-ass time ago and they're still somewhat functional.  Plus, 'android bodies don't corrupt, their souls just move on after about 100 years and another soul moves in.

Vergil Tanner

Aaaah, I see. I've been watching too much TFS recently; I instantly imagined Cell and was like "....well that seems a touch overpowered." XD
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Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by that of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion. Therefore it is unnecessary to have all the qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. And I shall dare to say this also, that to have them and always observe them is injurious, and that to appear to have them is useful; to appear merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright, and be so, but with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able and know how to change to the opposite.

Dubbed the "Oath of Drake,"
A noble philosophy; I adhere...for now.

Vergil Tanner

Ok, so Who! Let us know what level we're starting at, how we're working out our stats, our Hit Die, etc etc, as soon as you know so we can get to work on our Character sheets! I already have a rough outline, so I'll just need to fill in the details. :D
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Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by that of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion. Therefore it is unnecessary to have all the qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. And I shall dare to say this also, that to have them and always observe them is injurious, and that to appear to have them is useful; to appear merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright, and be so, but with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able and know how to change to the opposite.

Dubbed the "Oath of Drake,"
A noble philosophy; I adhere...for now.

who149

Okay. Well. Everyone's starting at level 1.
25 point buy. Basically making you above average, but not god-like.
Max HP first level but roll after leveling up.

All races allowed, even some non-core races. I enjoy creative variety much more then "3 humans and an elf" style games. I may have to tweak some races here and there to balance them. Naturally there are limits to everything, so if its not core please ask first.

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Chulanowa

Naturally, my router gets screwed just in time for making a character. So, might take a bit. :-\

who149

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Muse

  Oh!  You're running Iron Gods? 

  I've only had the chance to play one of the adventure paths.  Is it too late to apply? 
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who149

I think we already have four players. But I can have you down as an alternative 5th in case someone drops out.
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*nods*  Please do.  I can fill any core roll you loose.  :) 
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Vergil Tanner

I'll be getting you my sheet today. :-) Gonna go with a Fighter with the Archer archetype. :-)

Oh, as I said in the OOC, maybe a separate Character Thread would be an idea; if it's in the OOC, then it gets a bit messy. At least in the Character Sheet thread, ONLY character sheets are there so it's easier to find what you're looking for. :-)

Anywho, I have work now, so I should be getting you a sheet when I break for lunch at about 11:50 my time (about 4 and a half hours time), so...here's hoping you'll have it soon! :D
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Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by that of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion. Therefore it is unnecessary to have all the qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. And I shall dare to say this also, that to have them and always observe them is injurious, and that to appear to have them is useful; to appear merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright, and be so, but with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able and know how to change to the opposite.

Dubbed the "Oath of Drake,"
A noble philosophy; I adhere...for now.