As I sit in the grey dungeon that has become my home over the past several weeks, I have come to two conclusions. The first is that this power that I have fated upon is dark and treacherous and it has no business being in the hands of any mortal. This is the very power of the gods, unrestrained. I have stared into the face of the divine and walked away with its glow and its stench. I am unfit to know such things, to be who I am.
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We run into the occasional problem with one character being utterly hopeless in a group skill everyone else can do. Say for example the party needs to sneak somewhere, but the Cleric has no stealth at all. We can’t very well leave him …
We’ve tried several mechanisms to work around this issue – mass Aid Another works, but it feels cheesy – six people are crowded around one guy, helping him be quiet? It feels wrong even if it’s legal. Having only one character Aid Another feels more reasonable, but it’s also kind of weak sauce at high levels … oh, boy, a +2. The guy listening for us has a +18 Perception …
After some discussion, we came up with a possible House Rule – Aid Another on Skill Checks might confer a scaled bonus based on the margin of success. For example, a Rogue Aids the Cleric on his Stealth check. Normally this would be a DC 10 for a +2. Perhaps for every 5 ranks of success, we get another +1? So the low-level Rogue rolls a 21, and grants a +4 Stealth. If the same Cleric was being aided by a 19th level Ranger with some Skill Focus, he could reasonably roll say a 38, which would confer a +7 … after all, he knows a lot more about sneaking than the low level Rogue.
It’s a thought at least, and something that might make Aid Another seem like a good investment of an action even at high levels.
Lately we’ve been looking into using a lot of different mounts in Pathfinder, and run into some interesting questions.
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More of Rath’s letters from the Grand Campaign.
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Again, it seems that too much time has passed since I have found the opportunity to again set upon my journal. It has been weeks since I have had a place of refuge. I have taken up temporary residence in Newholm with two of those whom I had gone adventuring. Before I tell you of my time here, I should tell of the events that transpired to bring me from Queen’s Landing to here.
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It seems like it has been ages since I have been able to return to my books. I was loath to abandon them, but it seems that I was not fashioned for the life of an adventurer. I have found for myself a temporary respite in this subterranean library. It feels more comfortable than anything I have known since fleeing to Firforge.
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Rath’s letters from the Grand Campaign
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Posted by: Wolfgod Tags: 3.5, Archivist, Cleric, D&D, Favored Soul, Fighter, grand campaign, paizo, pathfinder, Ranger, Rogue, Wizard
The Grand Campaign is being played with the new Pathfinder rules, along with 3.5 add-ons as desired.
Our gaming group isn’t nearly as optimized as most, so we’re likely not hitting the best possibly mathematical combination of skills, feats, and spells, but then again, we don’t care nearly as much about that as telling a good story.
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I’ve started this journal for the very likely event that something goes horribly wrong. I’ve discovered something that I shouldn’t have. Before I catalog that, however, I should probably tell you, reader, who I am. I am currently known as Mauril Everleaf, scribe of Mishya. I moved to Firforge nearly ten years ago and have considered it my home since my youth.
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Before I begin to do any real posting, I feel that I should introduce myself. I am new to the gaming group that Wolfgod and Avaril are active members in. They asked me to join here to give something of an outsiders’ perspective on things. Partially this is because I haven’t been with the group long enough to have been too changed by them, but I suspect it’s mostly because I am slightly insane and my thoughts just come from a different place than most people’s.
I am going to start running a campaign journal here, an in-character account of the Grand Campaign that Wolfgod discussed below. (Yes, it did actually get off the ground and is going swimmingly.) I will also, from time to time, be commenting on the gaming system (Paizo’s Pathfinder) or the world that the game is taking place in.
I hope to be some combination of entertaining, informative and interesting. I may also fail miserably at all three. Cheers!