Sounds like a very interesting mix of beings.

A bit more in depth mechanics of Ay Matra:
Her main mechanical goal is to grapple and coup de grace enemies of all sizes. She can use SP bursts to do that all in one round, but can't do that too many times a day to conserve SP (so potentially 2 rounds per fight).

There are however creatures that are immune to being coup de graced:
- Aeon subtype
- Elemental subtype
- Incorporeal subtype
- Ooze
- Undead
- Construct
- Swarms

Against these creature types, she uses the Light Sphere with Searing Light to deal damage over time against them (she has a way to exclude friendly targets from this damage). Grappling can then still be used to control them (except swarms), just not kill them efficiently. If there are Dark Sphere users: I took the Black Light talent not to interfere with that.

On the "safe spot to sleep topic":
Agreed with previous poster that Ring of Sustenance is mainly useful for only requiring 2 hours of sleep. If the whole group grabs that ring, we are only "vulnerable" and risk being found for 2 hours per day, which obviously is a big gain vs 8 hours per day.
For the entire group to be able to rest safely at all times, the Warp Sphere offers:
- The Extradimensional Room (space): the downside of this is that it's a portal that can be dispelled by enemies if they find it, and enemies can force their way in with a strength check. So all in all, not a great solution.
- Create Demiplane: awesome solution, but possible that plane shifting won't be allowed by GM. Another downside is that it would require quite a deep investment as this is an Advanced Talent.
- Extradimensional Torpor: another Advanced Talent, could also solve the problem but has the downside of being SP cost intensive for a big party like ours.

Does anyone feel comfortable considering these talents?
Any full caster already deep into the Warp Sphere?
This message was last edited by the player at 21:43, Sat 29 Jan 2022.

One more level and i'll be able to effectively keep the entire party (up to seven people, not including me) safe throughout the night, with minimal chances of detection. It's not through the Warp Sphere though, so in terms of transportation it's limited, and i don't have a Ring of Sustenance myself as my remaining funds are dangerously close to the single digits. I'm just missing a feat and a talent to get it online. And it requires a tree in the area.

@GM: she needs more gold!

If it is just a question of gold are there any things you paid for that are more 'party' use than personal use.

I doubt we can trade items directly but if it is something like a portable hole that anyone could pick up I could probably grab something to free up resources as I don't have a high personal magic item requirement.

Eh, just a matter of gold really.

I mean, sure, i have items that benefit the group as a whole (stuff that helps me be a better face, a self-updating map etc.), but it's not like i'm going to claim that since i have a Type IV Bag of Holding i'm going to charge rent for people to use it.

If someone could bring an extra Ring of Sustenance along for me that'd be gravy, and likewise i have items i could borrow to others if they could make better use of it than i can, but i certainly wouldn't demand people to.

I remember earlier that the GM said we didn't know each other well enough to be making tactical/strategic decisions as a group.  Wouldn't buying magic items for each other be pushing that a bit far?


Anyways, on the subject of group tactical decisions, I'm all in favor of sleeping as little as possible and being safe while we sleep.  I'll have Watchful Companion, in fact, so there'll be at least one entity that can keep watch while we do whatever safe area we choose.
It seems like a lot of areas the gods might send us won't have trees, so we'd need to carry feather tokens.  Or is someone deep enough into Nature to say there'll always be a tree?
I was taking some Warp anyways (you people with legs don't know how good you have it!), so I could spend a talent on extradimensional room. I'm not sure how secure it'd be, though; as far as I can tell, anyone who sees the portal can just walk in?

Banner-- September has an alchemical thingy that carries him around, but if it goes down in a fight, feel free to have something pick September up and use him.  Is one of your fallen good with two-handed weapons?


Oh!  If people are planning mass buff spells, we should talk about targets (I know I'm working on the logistics of Mantling everyone before combat starts so September can use the fun toys in close combat).  We have a party of nine champions.  Beyond that, who's going to be in a fight regularly?  September has one Companion (the wielder).

I'm going to be at a safe distance from the melee.

And yeah, magic items and most of the build should be handled individually beyond general acknowledgement of each of our roles. We don't know each other, though we may have heard of each other (I mean, we're a substantial portion of the world's fifteenth-level population).

Not necessarily buying, i was thinking more along the lines of "Hey, we'll be working together, so would you happen to have a spare that i can borrow", or like the Bag of Holding, using it for party resources rather than have everyone carry their own, and balancing it out via loot distribution later on.

Halasik has no companions, it's just me.

I'll have a ring of sustenance, but don't have any ability to make interdimensional safehouses or anything like that.

Someone mentioned creating trees, I have nature but I'm going for the spirit powers, not geomancing (took the drawback for that), so I can't help with that.

Even without the trees i could still make sure you couldn't be targeted, it'd just be somewhat harder for that to apply to me as well. One of my items enables me to step inside a tree and remain there for up to 9 hours, or teleport to a similar tree within range, and i could sleep in there while i'd keep the rest of you in an extradimensional space.

That was the setup, anyway, but the part about the trees is admittedly more for my own safety than yours.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:39, Sun 30 Jan 2022.

Y'know, we could always set watches like ordinary people.

We are not normal people!


...that said, I did take Watchful Companion with a similar idea.

Oh come now, just because i take 'sleeping in the trees' a bit literally... :P

It's a good way to get people to leaf you alone.

In reply to Diata Yuari (msg # 47):

Kind of anachronistic for a fantasy world.

In reply to Verik (msg # 51):

We've got a robot in the party. I think that ship has sailed.

Advanced warforge or straight-up robot?

Fair point.  I was just going for the low-hanging pun.

In reply to Ludovic (msg # 53):

Ay is a half-Construct i believe (good luck explaining that to your parents), though considering i'm technically half Undead myself that just means she'll fit right in ;)

Ludo is a Shabti, manufactured person, so I think he would get along with the two. =)

In reply to Verik (msg # 54):

...I totally missed that. I hang my head in shame.

Aye, his primary is a Dwarf

His main power sphere is Conjuration, so he is likely to have one or two others. Still working through the finer points of his build

In terms of tactics, his focus on possession and summoning on one hand and then dirty tricks, intimidate and rage on the other.

No strong opinion on sleeping or eating, yet, other than being a halfling the possibility of missing not only first but second breakfast would normally be problematic. Given he was raised by dwarves, you might get away with it :)

On another subject, how are everyone's senses? It'd be good to know if we can fight well in the dark or not as a team.
Ay Matra has Darkvision 60ft, Low-light vision & Blindsense 15ft

Verik has Darkvision 120.

GM: Could you open our sheets and give us the format you want us to use? Thanks!