LF Pathfinder GM for Planescape Rock(?) Band on Tour

[Chulanowa]

I'm with Biblio on this. I'm just out for silly fun stuff, I don't need to have the power to crush worlds beneath my character's... uh.. .whatever they end up having (claspers, perhaps?)

Lower-level, and i'm perfectly happy with taking a "normal" setting and just being completely egregiously mood-shattering in it. Put that in Elminster's pipe and smoke it!

[Chanticleer]

Thorne has suggested Eberron, with our grand finale being at the Glitterdust in Sharn, the City of Towers.

Any other thoughts/suggestions/ideas?

I also think 5 or so would be good. I meant 'over the top' in terms of 'be audacious and crazy' not 'be gods walking,' because when you're gods walking, all the little troubles of keeping a band on the road aren't hard. You just snap your fingers and it's fixed.

Think of this group as WANTING to be the biggest, baddest band, but they've just barely crawled up out of local-only notice and the tour is a desperate attempt to become famous. That help?

[Hunter]

Oh, I was kinda assuming that I'd end up as the band manager.     I was also thinking that the group would have their very own magically powered airship for traveling between gigs.    Higher level means more options, which is why I'm thinking of going that way.   But since everyone seems to want lower, we'll move in that direction.

I'm gonna lurk a bit on the thread so that everyone can dissect what world they'd like to explore and thoughts on the level range.

[Chanticleer]

Oh, I was kinda assuming that I'd end up as the band manager.     I was also thinking that the group would have their very own magically powered airship for traveling between gigs.    Higher level means more options, which is why I'm thinking of going that way.   But since everyone seems to want lower, we'll move in that direction.

I'm gonna lurk a bit on the thread so that everyone can dissect what world they'd like to explore and thoughts on the level range.

Getting to the show on time is always an issue. If it's an airship, it probably shouldn't be reliable. :)

[Hunter]

Getting to the show on time is always an issue. If it's an airship, it probably shouldn't be reliable. :)

Or you could have a magical map that's not exactly reliable.    Like the one from Wakfu.

[Bibliophilia]

Can there be a pilot named Cid?

[Hunter]

Can there be a pilot named Cid?

Pilot?   PILOT!?  What pilot?

[Vergil Tanner]

Can there be a pilot named Cid?

I think that's a given

OH MY GOD.
Their airship is just an unreliable second hand zeppelin.

Lead is optional.

[Chulanowa]

Level; 3 seems just right for me. Low enough that alcohol poisoning is still a danger, high enough that getting attacked by a MILF's housecat at her son's Bar Mitzvah is just a comedic interlude and not a death sentence.

Location: Eberron? Forgotten realms? Golarion? Athas? Why not all of them? Our manager is covering all his bases and farms us out to the various worlds of the prime material. One day we're lost in Amn, another day we're being chased by prudes in Thane, and then we're back home in Sigil trying to get the lady of Pain to add some vocals to our next album. basically it's "This week, on Rocks Fall..." Failing that, the incongruity of stomping around a generic medieval realm strapped to the nines with electric guitars and synthesizers sounds amazing too.

[Vergil Tanner]

?

[Thorne]

There is also the Lightning Rail to consider, as well as a broken down airship we might purchase for cheap and then have there be something wrong with it/a prior owner not informed of it's change of hands/some other shenanigans involved...

[Hunter]

I'm going to say 5th for level, then.   Much lower and the group's combined wealth wouldn't afford the airship.

Spellcraft or Use Magic Device handles airship control.

[Chanticleer]

Here's a poll for character level. How raw or bad do we want to be?

Here's a poll for the most popular D&D/PF-style worlds. Where do we want to play?

I'm thinking Gnothic Rock might be a thing. :) Anyone have any other suggestions for what kind of music we play? Keeping in mind that everybody branches out and experiments a bit. And we could do things like Kiss did on Double Platinum where different songs showcased different band members' styles/instrumentals.

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HAbazawah!!! I have created a monster!

[Chanticleer]

I think that's a given

OH MY GOD.
Their airship is just an unreliable second hand zeppelin.

Lead is optional.

The joke that would NOT go down in flames. I take off my hat to you sir.

Level; 3 seems just right for me. Low enough that alcohol poisoning is still a danger, high enough that getting attacked by a MILF's housecat at her son's Bar Mitzvah is just a comedic interlude and not a death sentence.

Location: Eberron? Forgotten realms? Golarion? Athas? Why not all of them? Our manager is covering all his bases and farms us out to the various worlds of the prime material. One day we're lost in Amn, another day we're being chased by prudes in Thane, and then we're back home in Sigil trying to get the lady of Pain to add some vocals to our next album. basically it's "This week, on Rocks Fall..." Failing that, the incongruity of stomping around a generic medieval realm strapped to the nines with electric guitars and synthesizers sounds amazing too.

This is awesome and I shall add it to the poll.

EDIT: Ugh, I can't figure out how to add it to the poll. Assume that 'other' means this, unless you spell it out as something else, here.

[Chulanowa]

?

Sigh. First? I just wanna say I absolutely hate airships in fantasy. yes, congratulations, you've played a Final Fantasy game *jerk motion*
That said I realize they're canonical in Eberron... but... but Eberron airships have some fuckin' style man, not that damn floating tugboat junk! Sleek designs! Magewrought elderwood hulls! Dragonshard sensors and of course, the FLYING FLAMING RING OF ELEMENTAL BADASSERY.


Spare me the glorified weather balloons, if you're gonna put me on one of these contrived contraptions, you gotta at least make it sexy (and a dildo prow ornament does not count Vergil!)

[Chanticleer]

I am going to vote that our first mission is figuring out transportation just because now I totally want to see Chula and Vergil's characters arguing over what will be the new Mystery Mobile.

[Vergil Tanner]

The joke that would NOT go down in flames. I take off my hat to you sir.

I steal your hat and gift it to my Vampire Overlord, Camilla.

QUESTION.

How smutty is this gonna end up being? I'm curious, since...well, Metal Rock Stars have a lot of recreational drugs and sex. xD I just wanna know what people are thinking of in regards to sexual content I can do any, really

Sigh. First? I just wanna say I absolutely hate airships in fantasy. yes, congratulations, you've played a Final Fantasy game *jerk motion*
That said I realize they're canonical in Eberron... but... but Eberron airships have some fuckin' style man, not that damn floating tugboat junk! Sleek designs! Magewrought elderwood hulls! Dragonshard sensors and of course, the FLYING FLAMING RING OF ELEMENTAL BADASSERY.


Spare me the glorified weather balloons, if you're gonna put me on one of these contrived contraptions, you gotta at least make it sexy (and a dildo prow ornament does not count Vergil!)

Well that seemed unnecessarily personal

In any event, I was trying to go for the "Beaten down junker" style, since these guys are supposed to be a new, wannabe band rather than a rich and famous one. Duh, their eventual ride is gonna be sleek and sexy. But they don't start out with a top of the range tourship, do they? They need to work up to that!

[Vergil Tanner]

Plus, your picture wasn't exactly "Metal." What's more Metal than a zeppelin?

[Chulanowa]

I am going to vote that our first mission is figuring out transportation just because now I totally want to see Chula and Vergil's characters arguing over what will be the new Mystery Mobile.

Rosie: "I believe that the gothic cart is ostentatious to a fault; I think the ground effects are gaudy..."
Walnut: "Hmmm... interesting. ...Donaar?"
Donaar: "...I like the velvet."

[Hunter]

I am going to vote that our first mission is figuring out transportation just because now I totally want to see Chula and Vergil's characters arguing over what will be the new Mystery Mobile.

I can see it now:  "I've got the airship all paid for, you can pick it up at the docks.  Next gig is in three days..."  (destination is three days by airship).

[Chanticleer]

I think it's got to be somewhat smutty, just because of what it is. As you say. Groupies, drug deals, hotel rooms with the walls stripped out, waterbeds filled with ice, and drunken/stoned elementals left behind after checkout.

I think having a separate thread for anything really detailed is a good idea, but having to drag people out of bed (probably with others) to get ready for the show is probably par for the course with a band in its ascendance.

Also, more real life rock and roll madness, so art can imitate life.

[Vergil Tanner]

stoned elementals

Aren't Earth Elementals always stoned?

I think having a separate thread for anything really detailed is a good idea, but having to drag people out of bed (probably with others) to get ready for the show is probably par for the course with a band in its ascendance.

Agreed. We'll just have to wait and see how many problems will be solved by drugs, alcohol and sex.

[Chanticleer]

Agreed. We'll just have to wait and see how many problems will be solved by drugs, alcohol and sex.

"If you can't solve your problems with drugs, alcohol, and sex, you probably aren't using enough of them."
                                                                                  - Probably Not Lemmy Kilmeister



EDIT: Currently each poll has 3 votes. For level: 66% are aiming at level 5, 33% at level 3. For setting, 100% are aimed at 'All the prime material planes and everywhere else,' by choosing 'Other.'

[Vergil Tanner]

LOL. "You have to stop all 80 of the Orchestra from showing up on time, so we can get on stage as their backup."

*The band barely turns up on time*

"Where were you?"
"Dealing with the problem!"

*Flashcut to the orchestra sprawled in a pile of cocaine, JD and hookers, with lipstick marks all over their body, some of them matching the lipstick colour of the band members.*
*Cut back*

"They're lightweights, but surprisingly fun!"

[Chanticleer]

LOL. "You have to stop all 80 of the Orchestra from showing up on time, so we can get on stage as their backup."

*The band barely turns up on time*

"Where were you?"
"Dealing with the problem!"

*Flashcut to the orchestra sprawled in a pile of cocaine, JD and hookers, with lipstick marks all over their body, some of them matching the lipstick colour of the band members.*
*Cut back*

"They're lightweights, but surprisingly fun!"

This is EXACTLY the kind of thing I had in mind for this game.