[PF-1e] Goldmyr's Rise of the Runelords

[OneDarkness]

yup you will find a lot of variation typically its just best to say if you want to see one or not in advert.

[mightymconeshot]

I almost never have a character sheet required for games. They aren't usually made until after acceptance.

[Ermine]

Link to my character sheet is now at the bottom of the post.

[Goldmyr]

Thanks for your input everyone. I apologize for not being clearer off the bat.

[OneDarkness]

I went ahead and added a character sheet link to my app, only thing not done is equipment, but thats relatively minor and will try to get to that later

[writelite]

Filled in the RPGX Sheet (and placed a link in the application post).
It doesn't tolerate my equipment's weight for some reason... I might need help with getting the build out the red zone...

Some of the traits, feats, and talents may not be according to your wishes, Goldmyr, source-wise. When designing my character, I used an online reference which drew from many Paizo books - often getting lost in the multitude of options... I hope you can point out any needed changes for me - if and when it's desirable for Tawn to join the game.

(Everyone's advice is welcome and appreciated, of course.)

[DraconigenaArma]

Originally Posted by writelite

It doesn't tolerate my equipment's weight for some reason... I might need help with getting the build out the red zone...

To start your weights are wrong. A rapier is 2 lbs not 20... (and 1 lbs for you since it's the small size.) Going through and putting in the correct weight for things will go a long way.

Also if you put the item in the weapon box and click the wielded or carried box it adds the weight of that item to your load. So if you also list it in the items list, it'll count twice.

[mightymconeshot]

Same with your daggers. You have them listed twice.

You will want to buy sling bullets. Using pebbles will incure a -1 to your damage.

I don't believe we are using the hero point system so that should be 0.

You will want light armor or you are going to be eaten alive the moment you try to get into combat with an AC 12.

You probably want to adjust your stats. Looks like you are missing a point spent and should have a 12 in charisma.

You can't have two combat traits. They have to come from different categories.

Also, all of your equipment is lighter since you are a small creature. It doesn't look like you adjusted that.

Rapier attack is +6 and daggers are +2 melee and +5 ranged.

You have 2 Level 1 feats and I believe you can only have 1 unless there is some source giving you the second.

[DraconigenaArma]

I noticed those, too, but I think the feats are okay. Weapon Focus is a bonus feat from inspired blade, so having two feats at level one is fine.

Also the AC is being stunted by the incorrect encumbered penalties. Tawn should have a 14 without armor (+3 dex +1 size) which isn't great and I'd have definitely budgeted for some leather armor in that situation.

[mightymconeshot]

There are 4 currently. Weapon Finesse (Only Rapiers) and Weapon Focus Rapiers come from Inspired Blade. But it looks like there are two choices, City Born and Fencing Grace unless Swashbucklers get Fencing Grace from somewhere and I missed that.

[DraconigenaArma]

Oh yes, I see what you mean now.

[FatherDondo]

I don't often see a demand to have a character sheet beforehand, but I like to make one to help develop the character. Worst case scenario, I don't get the game, but I had a fun writing exercise

[writelite]

DraconigenaArma and mightymconeshot,
so nice of you to help - and in so much detail also! Team backup feels great!

~ my answers and questions ~

 

...Sometimes I manage to overlook the simple and obvious... Of course I shouldn't have listed the weapons twice! Oh, and I switched pounds with gold for some reason...

 

I guess I could number Leather Armor among the gifts she receives... Otherwise she would have to purchase it, along with other things she might thing necessary - once she can get her mind around such matters... Until she has it, I thought she could get away by dodging and not drawing the focus of group adversaries...

 

The sling isn't meant as a weapon; I listed it that way because of game mechanics. It would be hard to explain the possession of "sling bullets", based on her backstory...

 

About scores: I applied the racial modifiers before distributing points... I thought "genes", which would influence her before the conditions of her life. Anyway, I saw later what the manual specified - just didn't have the mind to go back and make changes...

I calculated again and it looks now like I should have 13 in Charisma, keeping every score...

 

So I can't have two traits of the same category... Okay, I didn't know that. I'll see what else looks good on Tawn... Anyway, this is just at the beginning, right? I read under 'Charming Smile, Cunning Soul' about "other social traits you have" (not that Tawn would have a 'cunning soul')...

I'll give up on Reactionary - since she grew up with a friendly gang. (Oh, and it looks like I didn't apply its bonus to initiative after all...) Now for a replacement - I wonder if it's acceptable to say that the years spent with the gnome teacher counts as 'Adopted' for the sake of taking a gnome racial trait? I have my eyes on 'Prankster (Race)' which can be explained through games going on between teacher and student. Otherwise, I could take Academae Neophyte - with the understanding that she learned from her teacher, who had knowledge of Korvosa Academy level.

 

Where a smaller version weight was mentioned, I took 1/4 of the weight. Where not - I took 1/2, just to be on the safe side... Daggers were the exception, because I just couldn't picture smaller versions of those already small things! Well... I've searched in the book and it says to take 1/2 of weight for all small size weapons. I'll give equipment an overhaul.

 

For Rapier attacks: my BAB is +1, the DEX mod is +3, and the Small (racial) bonus is +1. What am I missing?! Your numbers for Daggers match these bonuses, though... It looks like I've misread range penalty as something that's fixed... or I just missed that bit and filled in with the D&D 5e rule... Searching for range rules I also found: "If the character has a penalty for low Strength, apply it to damage rolls when he uses a bow or a sling." Would this refer to a negative total Strength modifier? or does it extend all the way into the racial -2 Tawn gets to Strength? Anyway, I now think the attack bonus for sling should also be +5.

 

According to the manual and class guides, it seems there can be only one chosen feat at first level - and I've taken Fencing Grace for her. When taking City Born also, I interpreted as referring to an extra feat (as in - besides the usual one choice) these words from the campaign player's guide: "Subject to your GM's approval, you may choose any of the following feats as a bonus feat during character creation." City Born can go, if I was wrong. Tawn didn't rub elbows with merchants and nobles anyway, to justify that Diplomacy bonus anyway...

Based on your input and my current capacity of understanding, I made changes in the following parts of both the sheet and the other forms I presented Tawn through: (a) Ability Scores, (b) Weapons (Daggers' ranged attack), (c) Armor (added Leather Armor), (d) Equipment (weights, prices; also extracts requirements), (e) Traits, and (f) Feats, (g) influences of the new Charisma modifier, (h) Knowledge (Local) replaced with Knowledge (Planes).

It would have been hard to see these needed changes without your support. Thank you! Please consider the topic 'Tawn's build' open, and if there's something I did not get the first time - I hope you won't mind repeating advice... One topic that still needs attention is the replacement trait! (- discussed under number 5 above)

[cappucina]

I don’t think I did my traits right? What categories?

[Goldmyr]

Traits belong to one of the following categories: Campaign (which are all specific to adventure paths and really shouldn't be taken outside of those, and there are none for Rise of the Runelords), Combat, Equipment, Faith(at least some of which can only be taken by worshippers of a specific deity), Family, Magic, Mount, Race (which can only be taken by members of a specific race), Regional (which can be taken by members of a certain area), and Social.

Your reactionary trait is from the combat category. Your adopted trait is from the social category. Because you can't have two traits from the same category, you can't actually have adopted twice. In addition, it looks like you took dwarven racial traits (which should be called racial abilities because they are not actually traits) instead of race traits. The name confusion came about because racial traits are baked into the different races before traits were even a thing and race traits are not one of the original trait categories. They came about much later.