More reasons to vote for being named Cassandra.
This really feel strange, most of the conversation on what to be is about being an oracle that no one believes, but nobody wants to go for Cassandra, is the reference too obvious?
Finding the Spark (Pathfinder 1E Quest)
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More reasons to vote for being named Cassandra.
This really feel strange, most of the conversation on what to be is about being an oracle that no one believes, but nobody wants to go for Cassandra, is the reference too obvious?
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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Earth Glide is by far the best Revelation from the Stone Mystery, but most of the others are variations of mediocre to crappy, IMO.
I much prefer Shadow. Better class skills and bonus spells, and much better Revelations.
Eh, it's a bit on the nose for my tastes. I would also prefer to play a male MC in this quest as a counterpoint to Molly in DP's other quest I'm following.
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[X] Boy
Goldfish
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IIRC, it's the mythical name of a female Oracle from Greek history who was cursed with the gift of prophecy, but with the curse also came the caveat that no one would believe her when she tried to warn them of future tragedies.
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Oh, didn't know that one. It is nice, but I don't really like the name for the setting.
[X] Akorian, Kori to his/her friends.
[X] Boy
[X] Boy
The vote is pretty close.
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Oh my goodness, what would happen to them if they saw/tasted an actual rainbow @DragonParadox? Go all loopy?
[X] Akorian, Kori to his/her friends.
[X] Boy
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Fair enough, and if nothing else makes the gaining of various prisms, crystals, lens, etc that can color light a nice goal.You would have to find one and see
Since since a dark folk do we have to go rogue to make most use of natural abilities? Or is Ranger or some other class possible?
[X] Akorian, Kori to his/her friends.
[X] Boy
Behold, a Caligini hookah:
[X] Boy
Behold, a Caligini hookah:
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- Argentina
[X] Akorian, Kori to his/her friends.
[X] Boy
Behold, a Caligini hookah:
I expected a Disco Ball
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[X] Akorian, Kori to his/her friends.
[X] Boy
[X] Boy
Nah, that's just cocaine.I expected a Disco Ball
I've been reading up on them since @Goldfish made the suggestion, and oracles have been growing on me as a class. They're very flavorful as casters and have a lot of neat mechanics.
In a lot of ways they kind of feel more magical fluff wise than a lot of the other caster classes, probably because of the tighter thematic structure of the mysteries.
In terms of on brand and synergistic mysteries, shadow and intrigue are excellent.
I prefer the former to the latter, but intrigue has its moments. It sort of fills a lot of the same roles as a rogue, despite the many mechanical differences between them.
Shadow does fit really well though. It's a little on the nose in some respects, but we're playing a throwback from the dark folk. Someone following the dark in a mirror of their legendary ancestors is a neat IC explanation of how our yet unnamed character ended up as one in the first place.
Being a particularly stabby person or a ranger of all things feel kind of lacking in comparison.
*In Distant Toril a certain drow kept alive by corporate interests winces*
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He makes two-weapon fighting work since 3.0.
Not sure how, but narrativly he always does.
Not sure how, but narrativly he always does.
Vote closed, Akorian it is, whether he has friends to call him a nickname will be up to the next vote. Some classes are more acceptable than others among the People.
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I assume, given their state of being, that clerics to non-evil gods are rare? Maybe just rare in general?
Arc 0 Post 2: The Winding Path
The Winding Path
Deep-rush Season
Who had named you Akorian none would tell you, no matter how much you asked the eyeless Keepers of the Hall, but all would agree it had an odd sound to it, one that did not easily translate into the knock-speak of the tunnels for it recalled the old tongue of the prayer and tale. Sometimes as you rest your head upon the dried spring-moss pillow you wonder if it had been your dame or your sire. It was a yearning almost as foreign as the name. Children belong not to those who bring them into the world, but to the whole clan, to the oathbrothers and oathsisters beside which you walk the Fivefold Path.
But I do not walk the path. The thought is like a whisper within, barely daring to form, as though fearful a sharp eared hunter might pluck it from your very mind. You practically dip your head in the stew bowl and almost choke on a piece of ash-root in the process.
Vex must be Fire Keeper today, gotta be. He's the only one among your peers who does not have the patience to pull the woody nodules out of the root, and the only one who can get away with it. With the way he had shot up in height he's practically guaranteed to be a hunter and he's already acting like he is chief, though it's still five full turns of the seasons before Knife Gifting comes again. He's still got a lot to learn about fair rule, not just prancing around with that chitin-topped club like he is Zul the Caver-Taker come again.
It's not champions of the xulgath with fire and keening wind your people have to worry about these days. Its kaergath tunnelers burrowing around the traps and guard posts of the northern approaches. Ixil is certainly stronger than one of those, but then so is every one of your people fit to raise a weapon. The trouble is they raid the mushroom farms without warning, snatch food and farmer alike to devour, and vanish back into the wild tunnels.
Soon enough you find your own true passion, you...
[] Become first a cook, then a healer of sort, experimenting with strange mushrooms and the meat of beasts unfit even to burn (Alchemist)
[] Grow into a fierce warrior, turning the rage at your fellows' disdain against the enemies of the tribe
-[] Barbarian
-[] Bloodrager
[] Follow the path of the Dancer as best you understand it, those unbound by clan who wander the long tunnels to bind the people to one another beyond the trackless miles
-[] Bard
-[] Skald
[] Discover a strange altar of ancient make in your wanderings from which a voice speaks without words, soothing the uncertainties of your soul
-[] Cleric
-[] Paladin
-[] Inquisitor
-[] War-Priest
[] Wander far into the wilds, finding the company of the beasts that fill the nightmares of your kin to be better at times than their own
-[] Druid
-[] Hunter
-[] Ranger
[] Learn the ways of battle, you will protect your kin as a warrior even if they will not accept you as a leader (Fighter)
[] Follow the path of the Whisper-Foot, most common among your kin
-[] Rogue
-[] Slayer
[] Only grow stranger as you age and many whisper that you are ill luck upon the tribe. As you grow apart so do you gain a measure of understanding of what you have become and how you might wield it (Oracle)
[] Are pushed too far by your peers and in a moment of strife discover the power within that will mark you for all your days in the eyes of your kin and beyond (Sorcerer)
[] Call out in the dark places of the world for someone, anyone to hear your voice and give you purpose. Something answers (Summoner)
[] Show kindness unbidden to a beast which barely seemed large enough to be thrown in the pot and were rewarded with uncanny power (Witch)
[] Acquire a gift for writing and a love of words second to none; watching and cataloguing powers seen and unseen even as you are ignored (Wizard)
[] Write in
OOC: Instead of asking for a plan from the get go. which would require a lot of number-crunching all at once, I thought it might be more interesting to do a class selection first and then worry about the details of assigning stats and the nitty gritty of character creation. The choice here is not just about class, but also about Akorian's relationship with his people and heritage. Classes not show here like Magus and Arcanist are excluded because I could not think of a reasonable way for Kori to gain them, but if you guys come up with good appropriate flavor for it feel free to write them in.
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