Playing the 3.5ed D&D adventure, "Rise of the Runelords," published by Paizo

Chp2: The Skinsaw Murders

Monday, September 22, 2008

LEVEL 2 !!!

Congratulations! The party earned enough experience to advance to level 2. That means we need to take a brief intermission to update everyone's characters. I've made the automatic changes to you sheets already. Please read below for the choices each player gets to make.

Also, I've decided to switch over to a different set of rules. Paizo, the company that published Burnt Offerings, has released their own take on the 3.5ed D&D rules called the "Pathfinder RPG". For the most part these changes will be seamless for you guys. Your characters will jump up a little more in power than they would otherwise. For anyone who is interested, the playtest version of these rules is a free download on the Paizo site ( link at top of page), or let me know and I'll email a PDF.

And finally, the story continues in the threads on the character pages. Poot, Yola and Seoni: Please visit and comment at Poot's page. Sasha and Gerund: still on Gerund's page.

And without further adieu - Level 2

Poot

Poot gains "Well Versed"

You can now cast 3 1st lvl spells per day, and have learned a total of 3 1st lvl and 5 0lvl spells. Please select from the list located HERE. You may now cast your 0lvl spells an unlimitedd # of times per day.

Please select 8 ( 6 +int mod) of your skills to increase by 1 rank each

Pathfinder changes Bards to d8 HP/lvl, so your HP jumped notably.

Yola


Yola gains Uncanny Dodge

Please select 5 skills to increase by 1 rank each.

Yola has a significant change to the way she uses rage. Its a points system now. Talk to your husband for more details.

Gerund

Please select 3 skills to increase by 1 rank each.

Gerund's Lay on hands ability changes slightly under the Pathfinder rules. Instead of healing 2xlv once per day, it is now 1xlvl usable 1/2 x lv + cha mod per day. So, instead of healing 4 HP once/day, you can now heal 2 HP 3 time/day

Sasha

Please pick 11 skills to increase by 1 rank each.

Like Poot, Sasha gains a big HP boost thanks to the Pathfinder rules change.

Rogues now get Rogue Talents at every 2nd lvl, so you get to pick one. List coming soon.

Seoni

Seoni receives a much needed HP boost

Please pick 3 skills to raise by 1 rank each ( or a new skill at rank 3)

Seoni now knows 5 0lvl spells ( choose either Acid Splash or Mage Hand )and 3 1st lvl spells (choose either Burning Hands or Shield), and can cast 5 1st lvl spells per day, and an unlimited # of o lvl spells.

A major Pathfinder change to Sorcerers is the introduction of Bloodlines to explain their magical heritage. Seoni must pick one of the Bloodlines listed on her character page. The choice will influence how her powers develop from this point forward.

6 comments:

James said...

Poot's Spell Choices:
(Keeping in the theme of stage magician,)
O LEVEL
+ Ghost Sounds
+ Read Magic
1 LEVEL
+ Sleep
+ Hypnotism
+ Unseen Servant

James said...

Poot's Skill Choices:
+ Hide
+ Move Silently
+ Escape Artist
+ Sleight of Hand
+ Knowledge: History
+ Concentration
+ Use Magic Device
+ Perform: Act

I decided to let Listening and Crafting Alchemy fall to the wayside considering Poot didn't seem to do either so far.

Greg Stewart said...

You've picked one too many 0 lvl spells. Do you want ghost sounds or read magic.

Greg Stewart said...

Seoni's Bloodline choices are no listed on her character page.

Greg Stewart said...

The game threads are now updated . . . Gerund and Sasha on Gerund's page, everybody else on Poot's page.

Sorry for the slowdown here at my end, but I'm back in the saddle again as it were, so things should start rolling along again (assuming you guys keep posting.)

Anonymous said...

Since I have only three skills listed, I guess I add one to each.

Skills
Heal: 6 (+1)
Ride: 5 (+1)
Handle Animal: 6 (+1)

Unless I can put all my points into one, in which case I'd pick Heal, since there hasn't been much call for horses or other animals so far and there's been a lot of need for a medic.