Realms Beyond Dungeons

[Lewwyn]

Pling, you should have 2 more languages due to +2 int bonus.

[pling]

Pling, you should have 2 more languages due to +2 int bonus.

Sian just popped up on IM to tell me this too - he's saying I need to wait till Mardoc can clarify if we're using local languages for the countries as well as Common for humans (and then I would have the language of Sembia plus the one that Impiltur & Damara use).

[Tasunke]

Awesome Character Pling

Edit: Damara has a native tongue other than Common? Cool! (is it Dwarven, Gnome, or something in between one of those and common, or something else I hadn't thought of?)

[pling]

Edit: Damara has a native tongue other than Common? Cool! (is it Dwarven, Gnome, or something in between one of those and common, or something else I hadn't thought of?)

I am told they speak Damaran, in the canon for Forgotten Realms, but Sian isn't sure if Mardoc is being that strict about it

[Sian]

Forgotten realms have a number of 'local' languages, with Common being a crude merchant language.

The language i Damara is ... *drumroll* ... Damaran.

As for your question on costs ... the prices are focusing for the majority on famers which live of the land ... if you do that you might survive on as little as 2-5s a person a month, and even a single gold piece might very well be a minor treasure for them

[spellman]

@Tasunke: Reloading bows are free. Crossbows take a move (or full for heavy) unless you take a feat.

If the DM decides you're too screwed up to reload properly, they'll add some modifier to hit (didn't notch well), or have a Dex roll as you fumble with your equipment (might have to take a move if failed).


@Pling: The biggest thing you should look for is magical upgrades to your main equipment. Getting a basic weapon doesn't cost a lot. Getting a +1 weapon adds a good chunk of change to the cost (2k gp just for +1 on weapons). Even better if it has other properties like Flaming. Same with your armor (+1 costs 1k gp for your Armor), and perhaps a few mundane magical items (Gloves of Dexterity at a hefty 4k gp, Rings go for around 2k gp). Potions, wands, and scrolls are all helpful as well, but as a Rogue you may also be looking for poisons to tip your blades/arrows, or boosts to stuff like Dex (Cat's Grace, 300gp), low-light vision (300gp for Darkvision), Potion of Pass without Trace (50 gp), Invisibility (300 gp), etc.

A handy set of resources for shopping:
http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Epic_Ma..._Shields_2
http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Magic_W...e:_Weapons
http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Potions
http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Adventuring_Gear (grappling hook, piton, and flint&steel are in here)

When I've DM-ed, Rapid Shot for Crossbows only works if you also have Rapid Reload. But await Mardoc's final word on that.

EDIT: don't forget about Masterwork non-enchanted Stuff. Excellent way to get a free +1 for minimal cost on your weapons. http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Masterwork_Weapons

[spellman]

BTW, human base speed is 30ft.

[pling]

@Pling: The biggest thing you should look for is magical upgrades to your main equipment.

Thanks for the suggestions - unfortunately most of the magic upgrades to weapons etc are out because Mardoc's only allowing us 1 item over 750gp and that has to have an in-character story to it. I've inconveniently not described her as the sort of lass that's likely to've run away from home with magic weapons I should make her rapier masterwork tho, that'll use up some more cash (her main weapon already is).

I'd just been using the info on thesite that Mardoc linked in the first post (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/ ), but if those other ones transfer across then I'll have a poke around there too and maybe find a ring or something she could've inherited from her dearly beloved parents

[Mardoc]

Anyone any suggestions of things I've missed or just stuff that would be good for the group? I could just go through the wondrous items list & pick up some bits & pieces that look nifty but that doesn't seem quite right if there might be more practical things

It's always useful to have a couple Cure potions in case the healer(s) are disabled. . Plus what spellman suggested. Or you might look into Elven boots or Spiderclimb slippers, although I don't remember the price on those.

@Mardoc specifically: Am I allowed to have "Rapid Shot" as a feat when I'm using a light crossbow? Sian wasn't sure which way you'd want to rule on that.

Going with his interpretation: yes, but only if you also have Rapid Reload.

Is leaf armor allowed? I'm going to assume yes due to the nearby druids, and the fact that I have at least 1 level in Ranger. (as of now at least)

You mean Darkleaf cloth? Yes, if you can afford it. Double price if you're a person who can't get along with either druids or elves.

Might I add that I find living expenses to be extremely under-rated.

I have two theories for this.

1) its a game

2) I am seriously jealous of the pre-industrial age

Edit: I suppose another answer for this is that Weapons are supposed to be restricted from the populace, and therefore most 'battle gear' is asymmetrically expensive compared to what would be normal in an egalitarian society, and adventurers just happen to be rich due to loot + hazard pay.

Pretty much #3. A gold piece is way more than a dollar - about $600 at today's price of gold. Plus, well - living expenses are pretty much just food and a roof - no electricity, no baths, no strawberries in winter, no internet...

Sian just popped up on IM to tell me this too - he's saying I need to wait till Mardoc can clarify if we're using local languages for the countries as well as Common for humans (and then I would have the language of Sembia plus the one that Impiltur & Damara use).

I think it will be more interesting if we play with local languages. Makes Linguistics more useful, and also spells like Comprehend Languages and Tongues.

Thanks for the suggestions - unfortunately most of the magic upgrades to weapons etc are out because Mardoc's only allowing us 1 item over 750gp and that has to have an in-character story to it. I've inconveniently not described her as the sort of lass that's likely to've run away from home with magic weapons I should make her rapier masterwork tho, that'll use up some more cash (her main weapon already is).

Inherited, perhaps not. But maybe she stole it from a guard captain? Or it was a courting gift from the marriage she ran away from? Or it was owned by the very first man she ever killed, who was trying to rob her at the time? Or even, she scrimped and saved and slept in her cloak in the rain to afford to buy it? Just as a few brainstormed possibilities.

I just want to know how she got ahold of it - I'm not requiring it be an heirloom.

I'd just been using the info on thesite that Mardoc linked in the first post (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/ ), but if those other ones transfer across then I'll have a poke around there too and maybe find a ring or something she could've inherited from her dearly beloved parents

Haven't looked at spellman's site, but I'd be shocked if it's completely different. Probably just the same information, organized differently.

You could double check, after you find something you like, by searching on the site I gave you.

[pling]

Thanks for the answers, Mardoc

Btw, I've probably not got time to go through the equipment lists again till tomorrow, hope that's not going to hold things up.