Jade Regent - OOC

[SteveRogers]

Well, let's assume S'Vith keeps levelling as a Monk rather than multiclassing.  I clearly don't have a strong enough grasp for the various ins and outs to tackle class "dipping."

[Phil]

RE:  Relationship scores

To start, its your charisma mod and then you get some bonus (4?) with the one your trait ties you to?

[Lotofsnow]

Since Horcrust doesn't seem to want it, I'll take the cloak since I'll be in the thick of it as much as Owen.

[TheTick]

You may have noticed a new thread - please post your relationship scores with each NPC there for easy reference.  Your base score with each is your CHA bonus/penalty, and the NPC who you took the trait for gets a +4 bonus.  Also, now that you are level 2, you can add 1 to one of the relationships (you get to add 1 at each level you gain).

[SteveRogers]

If I'm looking at this right, I would have -1 for everyone.  Except for Shalelu which would be 3?

[TheTick]

Yes, plus you can add 1 to one of those now that you are level 2.

[SteveRogers]

Damn.  No one is going to like S'Vith.   :P

[Phil]

That doesn't seem particularly out of character ;).

[Lotofsnow]

The caravan stuff is cool. The romance/friendship mechanic, not so much.

[TheTick]

Don't worry, the adventure path runs to level 18 or so - plenty of time to bump those scores.  There are some plot things which can give boosts, too.

[SteveRogers]

That doesn't seem particularly out of character ;).

True enough.  The hope would be eventually people would find him to be a lovable rascal though.   :)

[Lotofsnow]

Don't worry, the adventure path runs to level 18 or so - plenty of time to bump those scores.  There are some plot things which can give boosts, too.

Just seems extraordinarily artificial to me. I could be a sorcerer who sneaks around town killing people's dogs and hanging their organs from the neighbor's door frame, but everyone loves me because I maxed Charisma.

[SteveRogers]

Don't worry, the adventure path runs to level 18 or so - plenty of time to bump those scores.  There are some plot things which can give boosts, too.

Just seems extraordinarily artificial to me. I could be a sorcerer who sneaks around town killing people's dogs and hanging their organs from the neighbor's door frame, but everyone loves me because I maxed Charisma.

If you're sneaking, then no one would know you were the Dog Ripper.

[Phil]

That sort of thing is kind of built in to the attribute scores even without the relationship mechanic.  To me the biggest oddity is that you can be a huge scary orc, but since your charisma sucks you aren't very good at intimidating people...

[Lotofsnow]

Don't worry, the adventure path runs to level 18 or so - plenty of time to bump those scores.  There are some plot things which can give boosts, too.

Just seems extraordinarily artificial to me. I could be a sorcerer who sneaks around town killing people's dogs and hanging their organs from the neighbor's door frame, but everyone loves me because I maxed Charisma.

If you're sneaking, then no one would know you were the Dog Ripper.

They would though because I had to dump Dex to get my Charisma so high. Also, I didn't put skill points in Bluff.

That sort of thing is kind of built in to the attribute scores even without the relationship mechanic.  To me the biggest oddity is that you can be a huge scary orc, but since your charisma sucks you aren't very good at intimidating people...

Yep. We actually would allow martial types to use Strength or Con for initimidate checks sometimes in my group if only because it makes sense.