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Chaos Ascending: The Announcement
Anonymous
kWkwz
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No.106507
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That's right random anon who happens to read this post, it's /vx/'s third DnD campaign!

>What's this one about?
Chaos Ascending is an epic level campaign for DnD 3.5e. It takes place roughly 10,000 years before Celestia and Luna assume rule over Equestria. Technology is at a medieval level plus magic of course.
Equus during this era was a land of peace, the ponies and few other creatures inhabiting Equus living in harmony. The gods of this realm, know to the ponies only as The Unknown Ones, decided that nothing would disturb their harmony and moved on; only granting their power to the most dedicated of ponies. Soon, the ponies' society expanded across the planes. A Utopia was built on its own plane, serving as a hub of travel, politics, and trade. Ponies lived in happiness, nothing to disturb them. It was a land of peace and harmony, but rumors existed. Rumors that there were ponies who thought that harmony was worthless. Ponies who wished to disturb the order of the planes. Ponies who wished to ascend the agenda of...
Chaos...

>How long will it last?
Until I can progress through the entire story, which should take at the most three months of weekend play and about two months at the least, or until Atlas personally smites me. Whichever comes first.

>When does it start?
This is an advance notice so players have time to build characters, ask questions, and seek GM approval. The campaign will start in 2-3 weeks.

>When will we play?
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. And then only if all players are available.

Here are the guidelines for building a character:
Level: 25
Sources for classes, feats, spells, etc.: Any as long as they are approved. No breaking my game
Wealth: 35,000,000 GP
Stats: Point buy with 34 points at your disposal. Buy your stats then apply racial stats. Here's the calculator I use: http://www.propelled.de/extern/chargen
Races:
Evil characters are not explicitly banned, but chaotic and neutral evil are HEAVILY discouraged against.

Earth Ponies:
+2 Str +2 Con
One maxed out skill related to cutie mark.
Earth Ponies receive Toughness as a bonus feat.
Earth Ponies can hold a two-handed weapon with their maw. Light weapons can be held with hooves.

Pegasi:
+2 Dex -2 Con
One maxed out skill related to cutie mark
Glide: A pegasus of any level can glide when falling at a speed of 40ft, negating all fall damage. This ability takes affect even when unconscious, though the user takes 1d6 falling damage.
Flight: A pegasus can use their wings for flight with a speed of 40ft (good maneuverability) beginning at lvl 5.
Pegasi can use two-handed weapons by holding it with their maw and using a wing to help maneuver the weapon, sacrificing flight. Light weapons can also be held with a wing, sacrificing flight.

Unicorns:
+2 Int -2 Str
One maxed out skill related to cutie mark
Unicorns receive Eschew Materials as a bonus feat.
Unicorns have two "handslots" using the magic of their horn, these extend to 10ft of reach. Two-handed weapons can be used with a unicorn's maw and a handslot or both handslots, either way rendering them unable to focus their magic on other tasks. Light weapons can be held in each handslot.

Crystal Ponies:
+2 Con -2 Dex
One maxed out skill related to cutie mark
Crystal Composition: Crystal ponies can turn their bodies crystalline, invoking different sets of bonuses and penalties. In this form they receive a +3 bonus to AC, and +3 to fortitude saves. As a tradeoff they take a -2 penalty to the following checks: Reflex, Swim, Tumble, Hide, Move Silently. This ability can only be activated 1/day.
Crystal Ponies use two-handed weapons by employing their maw and one hoof to control the weapon. This reduces their speed by 5ft.

Kirin:
+1 Wis +1 Cha
Nirik: A kirin's temper can ignite, making them rash and fierce. 1/day a Kirin can fly into a fury of emotion, turning into a Nirik for 1 round per level. This form grants the Kirin a +4 bonus to attacks, +1d4 fire damage to melee attacks, but invokes a -3 penalty to any wisdom related check or save.
Kirins have two "handslots" using the magic of their horn, these extend to 10ft of reach. Two-handed weapons can be used with a kirin's maw and a handslot or both handslots, either way rendering them unable to focus their magic on other tasks. Light weapons can be held in each handslot.

Bat Ponies:
+2 Wis -2 Cha
One maxed out skill related to cutie mark
Glide: A bat pony of any level can glide when falling at a speed of 40ft, negating all fall damage. This ability takes affect even when unconscious, though the user takes 1d6 falling damage.
Flight: A bat pony can use their wings for flight with a speed of 40ft (average maneuverability) beginning at lvl 5.
Dark vision to 60ft
+2 racial bonus to listen
Bat Ponies can use two-handed weapons by holding it with their maw and using a wing to help maneuver the weapon, sacrificing flight. Light weapons can also be held with a wing, sacrificing flight.

For those looking at the divine classes here's the pantheon:

The Unknown One Above All Earth Ponies
The Unknown One Above All Pegasi
The Unknown One Above All Unicorns
The Unknown One Above All Crystal Ponies
The Unknown One Above All Kirin
The Unknown One Above All Bat Ponies
The Unknown One Above All Dragons
The Unknown One Above All Evil
After the gods of old moved on, their names fell out of common use and slipped from memory. Now known only as The Unknown Ones, their clerics and paladins are often of the same race. Though there are always exceptions to the rules. Domains are not set, except the domains of Death and Evil, which are restricted to The Unknown One Above All Evil.
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Anonymous
ukUxS
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No.107297
107298
>>107296
I can't max it out since they're not really nomads, but kineticists. I guess I could make the 5-6 levelled peeps into nomads and invest in Energy Missile and some other power with expanded Knowledge in order to get survival as an actual skill and not a cross-class.
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107298
107299
>>107297
Hmmmm
Why kinecists? It's arguably the weakest discipline.
You could also use Hidden Talent to get 1st level psychokinesis powers. It's a good feat for low-level characters.
https://dndtools.net/feats/expanded-psionics-handbook--65/hidden-talent--1387/
Anonymous
ukUxS
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No.107299
107300
>>107298
Well, I wanted them to be able to do some sort of damage still, and energy missile is a good way to do some damage with low-levels with its 3d6 rolls that has a reflex save to halve damage, combined with the electricity type to have a +2 Save DC. Besides, most of the nomad skills are quite poor, unless climb, jump and swim are actually needed for my caravan build.
Anonymous
ukUxS
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No.107300
107301
>>107299
Nevermind, here's the new and improved nomads with energy missile. Move the autohypnosis points to knowledge (geography)
https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1975680
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107301
107302
>>107300
I always found this thread to be an interesting guide for making low-level NPCs.
Soulmelds are your friend, btw.
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?232822-The-Commoner-Handbook
Anonymous
ukUxS
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No.107302
107303
>>107301
Quick question: Should I go for bowmaking or weaponsmithing?
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107303
107304
>>107302
You personally? Nah, don't even bother. You have high enough int to take 10 on crafting masterwork weapons, and it's not like nonmagical weapons are going to be useful at all in this adventure. All of the enemies with have DR/epic or at least magic.
Anonymous
ukUxS
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No.107304
107305 107306
>>107303
I mean for the followers, since craft is a skill they can take.
Bowmaking is quite profitable and also pretty light to carry around.
But weaponsmithing has a lot more options at the cost of somewhat higher DC to succeed.
After that, I'm not sure how to carry the believers whom I put wagons on, unless it doesn't actually matter.
Anonymous
ukUxS
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No.107305
>>107304
Carry as in travel with Astral Caravan.
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107306
107307
>>107304
>profitable
Making tiny amounts of money over long courses of time is beneath you, tbh. Craft skills are hardly ever relavant.

Just give them all light crossbows as part of their basic equipment.
Anonymous
ukUxS
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No.107307
107308
>>107306
I have no idea where to put the skill points if that's the case. Climb, maybe?
Perhaps I can still put craft (weaponsmithing) in case crossbows get stolen?
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107308
107309
>>107307
Put them into psicraft, knowledge (Psionics), and concentration: those are the core skills of Psions.
Especially with Telepathy you can use aid another actions to add enormous bonuses to your PCs psicraft checks.
Anonymous
ukUxS
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No.107309
>>107308
Psicraft and Concentration are already taken, but I guess I could also take Knowledge (Psionics). Should I also go for Knowledge (Nature and Geography) Separate knowledge skills too?
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107310
107311
Any knowledge skill would work.
A telepathic hivemind of knowledge checks using aid another could answer virtually any question.
Anonymous
ukUxS
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No.107311
107312
>>107310
How about this?
https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1975680
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107312
107314
>>107311
I think dungeoneering, local or history may be a bit more useful than nature in this context. Nature gives you a synergy bonus to survival though, so whatever you think is best.
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107313
Nature isn't that useful of a skill, since we'fre unlikely to meet fey or giants, and identifying animals isn't important unless you're capable of wildshape.
>tfw 28 ranks
Anonymous
ukUxS
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No.107314
107315
>>107312
Geography grants a +2 Survival in not stumbling against something bad while travelling and +2 is to survive better in the wild.
However, the level 1s can easily only place 1 point and spread out into the other knowledge fields since they don't have the synergy bonus and from what you say, they should easily pass skillchecks on their own if they assist eachother, from 1 to 135 peeps.
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107315
107316
>>107314
>not stumbling against something bad while travelling
I actually don't think low level monsters are going to be that big of a concern. I doubt GM is going to stat creatures to keep picking off your believers, knowing that you get new ones in 24 hours. Anything that's going to attack them is absolutely going to find them.
Anonymous
ukUxS
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No.107316
107317
>>107315
Well shit. Currently spreading out the level 1s into having more varied knowledges, but the ones able of obtaining a synergy bonus will keep their +5 on Knowledge (Nature) but pass the other one into dungeonreeing.
Anonymous
ukUxS
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No.107317
107318
>>107316
And here it is.
https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1975680
It's starting to look a bit messy.
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107318
107319
>>107317
Pseudo-leadership is rather complicated if you're actually stating followers for practical application.

Just note that you technically don't have influence over what believers are attracted to you, so you might want to run it by GM for clarity.
Anonymous
ukUxS
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No.107319
107324
>>107318
I'm surprised he didn't jump to say anything so far.
>>106848
I suppose everything's alright on your end, GM?
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107324
107325
>>107319
He probably hadn't read most of it yet. I wouldn't blame him.
>>106507
Are PCs going to come into the game already knowing eachother?
Anonymous
ukUxS
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No.107325
107326
>>107324
I'd believe you. Reading others' character sheet can be exhausting.
Heck, I made 4 sheets for this one campaign and I got my brain melted because of it.
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107326
107327
>>107325
The reason I ever made a VoP druid is because the character I made before that was an Artificer. Artificer is probably the most difficult, tedious bookkeeping class in 3.5e, and it left me with a subtle loathing of the 3.5e item system.

VoP is bad, and doesn't work on anything but a druid, but it's simpler this way and this way I won't cry when enemy casters hits me with Disjunction. Druids are pretty easy to play too.
Anonymous
ukUxS
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No.107327
>>107326
It's all the details to keep in mind that's mind-boggling, and keep in mind GM has to play around every single thing we have as characters.
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107328
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Undead git!
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107329
107359
Gosh, i need something to take my mind off of that gay cup.

Does everyone have a desired party role? It's better to know ahead of time. I built my character to be capable of:
>Battlefield Control
>Summoner
>Melee Damage
>Face/Diplomancer
>Range Damage
>Healer
>Tactical Mobility
In that order

Did anybody have their own role they wanted? I don't like to eclipse niches, so I might refocus my character if anybody wanted one of those as their main thing.
I've got Greenbound Summoning and Rashemi elemental summoning, so i can flood the battlefield with thorns and sinkholes when necessary. Most of my prepared spells are going to be buffs or AoE catastrophes, but I'd prepare more a lot more utility spells if anyone else wanted to be the main evoker.
Anonymous
fM7s0
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No.107331
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>>106507
Henlo, i want to play.
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107335
107339
>>107331
Ah, lovely.
Have you decided on your class?
Anonymous
fM7s0
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No.107339
107341 107363 107371
>>107335
Yea i thought Artificer was Pretty neat, my sheet isn't finished but i'll post what i have so far.

6 str -2
13 Dex -1
17 Con +3
28 Int +9
8 Wis -2
15 Cha +2
Bab +18/+13/+8
Fort +14
Ref +8
Will +14
186 hp

Appraise 15
Balance
Bluff 20
Climb
Concentration 20
Craft Weaponsmithing 28
Craft ArmorSmithing 28
Craft Alchemy 28
Craft bowmaking 10
Decipher Script 15
Diplomacy 20
Disable Device
Disguise
Escape Artist
Forgery
Gather Information
Handle Animal
Heal
Hide
Intimidate
Jump
Knowledge Arcana 20
Knowledge religon 20
Listen 10
Move Silently
Open Lock
Perform
Profession Craftsmare 20
Ride
Search 1
Sense Motive 20
Sleight Of Hand
Speak Language 15
Spellcraft
Spot 10
Survival
Swim
Tumble
Use Magic Device 28
Use Rope

Craft Magic Arms And Armor
Craft Wondrous Item
Eschew Materials
Craft Construct
Craft Wand
Scribe Scroll
Brew Potion
Combat Casting
Attune magic weapon

Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107341
107345
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>>107339
>Epic Artificer
Wew. Another tier 1 pseudo-caster.
Obligatory memes.
Anonymous
fM7s0
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No.107345
107349
>>107341
Could i make a party cannon?
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107349
107351 107354
>>107345
I'm not the GM, but what exactly is a party cannon?
Anonymous
fM7s0
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No.107351
107354 107363
>>107349
You know, like Pinkie pie's.
Anonymous
ukUxS
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No.107354
107358
>>107349
>>107351
I guess it could count as an epic item creation, maybe?
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107358
107359
>>107354
Yeah, but the question is what kind, what caster level, and what the total cost would be.
Anonymous
ukUxS
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No.107359
107380
>>107329
You could say Topaz is a jack of all trades in that regard, seeing how I can dish out constructs that decimate in melee, have some save or dies here and there, have the capacity of being the face, have some battlefield control with both Diamond who's a tripper and Entangling Ectoplasm and have a small but efficient list of direct offensive spells. The things I would lack is a healer and possibly tactical mobility since my teleportation is personal and I guess Diamond is the main pony who can do it, but Inertial Armor, Vigor and Share Pain give me the essential items to not need a healer.
In other words, go wild if you want to.
>>107358
I honestly have no idea. My psion stuff was enough of a headache for me.
Anonymous
mKzOR
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No.107363
>>107331
A coot
Glad to have you
>>107339
Pretty good.
>>107351
Hmmmmmm, definite we'll see. Depends on what you want.
Anonymous
lROsq
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No.107364
107365 107367
>>107331
Are traps gay?
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107365
107366
>>107364
Yes.
Why do you ask?
Anonymous
lROsq
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No.107366
107369
>>107365
Who asked you fgt?
Anonymous
fM7s0
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No.107367
107368
>>107364
They Are The Biggest of Gays. Even Gayer than the Faggots that Parade Around. Candy Is Female in case you were interested about that.
Anonymous
lROsq
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No.107368
>>107367
"She gets my vote"
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107369
>>107366
Just checking for faggots.
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107371
107372
>>107339
>Speak Language 15
What languages exactly?
Anonymous
fM7s0
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No.107372
107373
>>107371
What Languages are Available?
Anonymous
za1bv
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No.107373
107374 107377
>>107372
Idk, but 15 ranks is 15 different languages. It'd cost you 30 points too..
Anonymous
lROsq
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No.107374
107375 107377
>>107373
There are benefits to putting more than one rank in language,....