A Crown Returned Player Character Thread

This is where discussions about Player Characters will take place.

Awesome! Thanks for the invite! Any classes that don't fit in this setting? Or that we should avoid?

I Guess Only Player Core 1 and 2 Classes are allow I Guess?

The PC's are all from Falcon's Hollow. They were born and raised there, grew up there however, they all moved away in pursuit of their classes. Obviously, PC's built from the Core Rulebook options are the most logical choices for locals.

However, Falcon’s Hollow isn’t the friendliest of towns, but as a place founded by desperate outcasts, the people are relatively accepting of most ancestries, even those who have no established representation in the town.

This is why I have included PC 1st level builds from the Pathfinder 2e Player Core book and the Pathfinder 2e Player Core 2 book. This gives more than enough scope for players to build a character that works for them, unless you are so bored with Pathfinder that nothing else works for you then maybe 5e D&D is a better option. It's also a bit self-serviant as I have those books.

So to be clear,you would like that PCs grew up in Falcon's Hollow,versus arriving there later in life/for the first time?

Yes. The PC's have grown up there and then in their late 'teen' years they moved away to pursue their various classes and have now returned to Falcon's Hollow.

That make sense for Lore Reason.

Understood. If I do participate in this,I'm thinking of playing a Resentment witch or Ruffian rogue (as I don't own the books I'll be using the SRD as my reference)

If you need a hand, just let me know! I can help you out.

If you make Caster or Assassin Build, Then i want to make frontliner like Champion, Fighter, Monk or barbarian (champion is too much for my roleplay)

Im inclined to try Cleric, but also a base fighter might be what we need. i am thinking of someone not too afraid to get into melee. I dont know a lot about Pathfinder 2e meta, but generally I know Clerics and Fighters can do that.

Just remember to select only from the Backgrounds listed.

Sounds good!

I was wanting to try an investigator, but there might be too much back and forth ( between the PC and GM) for that in PbP, I dont want to slow down the game. Oh wow, is Summoner not in Core books?

No. The closest I found was:

WIZARD STUDENT OF THE VOID
Your magic summons spirits, transports you, and lets you channel the energy of other planes. You know about odd creatures and distant realms.

Either that or a Beastmaster or a Ranger but have not seen a Summoner.

The classes that are not in PC1 or PC2 are gunslinger, inventor, magus, summoner, psychic, thaumaturge, guardian, commander, kineticist, animist, and exemplar.

Let me just...put these here.

Resentment Witch

Ruffian Rogue

The mechanical parts were pretty easy to work out,being only level 1. I'll lock in on the character aspects once we get a clearer picture of who is participating and the party composition as well as if I am in fact joining after all.

Still @Toob it would probably be good if you happened to have time to spare to give these a once over and see if everything is in order.

Will do! You selected your Background?

Yeah,it's Acolyte and Martial Disciple respectively.

With that said,you should have read permission/I set the docs to anyone can view now.

Ahh... I want to play Magu though... (Spellstriker Goes Brrrrrr)
The Closes to "spellstrike" in both PC1&2 i think is Monk's Inner Upheavel Qi Spell....

You can fill in the Pathfinder Character Sheet here:

PATHFINDER 2E

They both look really good, especially the way you use the Character Sheet. Now, you have a problem! Which one to choose! LOL!

I'm thinking I might go druid. Haven't played one in a while.

I'll play a champion with a shield focus. Should have a character sheet ready for review by tomorrow at the latest.

That's fine with me. What Ancestry were you going to pick? I was going to pick half-orc but im not overly attached to it.
Backstory was gonna be something along the lines of: leaving town to gain the power to protect the town in case another disaster strikes. Co.e back to town to start putting what they've learned into practice.

Nvm, i change my mind, i just stupid idea. I make my own character then.

Thanks for the invite! I will work on my character tomorrow after golfing. thinking a champion or a ranger.

I think i want to make Coerce Focus Human Fighter With Trip/Intimidation Build.

Hell yeah! Lets get the Character Creation out of the road and get on to playing. Just remember to select from the Backgrounds provided.

So are we doing our rolls here? 4d6drop low die?

For ability scores? I wasn't planing on rolling those. 🤔I don't think I've ever rolled them for a Pathfinder character

Pathfinder 2e doesn't use dice rolls. It uses a system called boosts. This is the Archives of Nethys page on character creation.

https://2e.aonprd.com/Rules.aspx?ID=2027

Im super new to PF 2e, I followed the book attribute placement for my Cleric and ended with Str +2, Dex +2, Con +2, Int +0, Wis +3, and Chr +0.

Have a Human Warpriest of Nethys Acolyte Background. (yet unnamed) Still have Spells to pick through.

If you're planning to play a warpriest, you can get away with dropping your wisdom in favor of strength and con. You'll mostly be using buff spells or healing, which don't care about your spellcasting DC. You will probably get more mileage out of an extra point of strength than wisdom.

Edit: You can also drop your Dex to +1 for another point of Con if that's an option. You have access to medium armor, so you can grab a chain shirt. You can grab the Warpriest's Armor feat at 2nd level to get access to heavy armor and buy full plate as soon as you can.

Awesome, thanks for the advice. Ill get a chance this weekend to retool, and look at spells a bit more. I did wonder about that.

Your best bets for spells are things like bless, protection, and runic weapon at level 1. You get the healing font with all the heal spells you'll need to prepare.

How do you transfer the character sheet?

I believe if you have Pathbuilder 2e:
Tap Three Long Line on top left, then after that the side bar will show up, tap the "export character sheet", then the menu will show up, we ignore the two bottom and focus on "Export Character Sheet" and "Export Stats Block", if you want full stats with details, tap "export character sheet". I can't help on how to transfer character sheet, different phone may be different way. (Sorry for grammars)

After some tweaking,I think this would be my final sheet for level 1 (though advice is always welcome from those more experienced with the system).

Thief Rogue

My intent is to take the Martial Artist dedication at level 2, and then one of Stumbling, Tiger, or Wolf stance at 4 if we make it that far.

In terms of backstory,thinking they might have been a scrappy type who left to Almas to become a prize fighter,experiencing ups and downs (but mostly downs) and perhaps a stint in a Cheliaxian prison before returning to Falcon's Hollow to take things slow for a bit. Perhaps one or more of the party members served as a sparring partner when they were younger.

Feint Based Martial Thief Mo- I mean Rogue?

I get sneak attack,more skill proficiencies,and I don't need to concern myself with ki/Wisdom MAD at the cost of not having the ki-based maneuvers a monk would have. I think that's fine.

Why Pick Overextending Feint? When you have Cha +1 and +4 on Deception? I Recomment maybe trap Finder (if you want it) or Pick Nimble Dodge (if you don't plan to use Reaction Class feat) to replace Overextending Feint. Or If You Heavily Pick Deception for Feint, Swap Int and Cha Stats To int 1 and Cha 2.
Just take it as a grain of salt.

+4 DEX bonus?? Wow! Um ... ok!

I think "+4 to to-hit stat" is pretty standard for martials in this game

I will point out (and this is optimistic) I took Assurance for Deception,which means it'll pay off more as we level up by giving me a consistent baseline number I can default to for it.

Yeah, my fighet is also +4 on Str.

So +4 Str and +4 Dex? I think a +4, +3 is enough and +0, maybe +1 on all others.

No,they're +4 Str and I am +4 Dex,respectively

Maybe my stats should be +3 Str and +3 Cha? Im fovus on Intimidation and Coerce Build.

Having a +4 modifier in both Strength and Dexterity at 1st level is considered exceptionally high for a character in Pathfinder 2e.
Under standard character creation rules (using the Remaster or Core Rulebook), a +4 (18 or 19 in old terms) is the maximum possible modifier in a single stat at level 1, and having two of them is almost impossible without significant drawbacks or specific, rare, or sometimes non-standard rules.

@Nellancholy Good at Acrobatic, im Good at Athletic, they Good at Deception, I Good at Intimidation.... Is that good enough?

Can anyone help mathias0077?

He said, "I am having trouble with the character sheet. There is know create character tab to hit so don't know how to save it and bring it over to the game."

Did he do it on Pathbuilder 2e or custom Pathfinder 2e sheet?

I clicked on the link Toob provided for here. It is yellow where it seems the red ones have the create character tab.

Also,is it possible to embed a PDF/Google Drive link? Otherwise I'll have to take some time to port my character from the form-fillable PDF anyway.

Huh, you guys Want to Export Your PDF Character sheet?
I already Done that, Transfer From Pathbuilder 2e to Custom Pf2e sheet here.
I think im confuse....

Yeah,did you have to manually copy everything or is there a button that lets you do that automatically?

Manually

Here's how to make your character sheet on the site.

First, go to the Characters tab up top and select All Characters.



Scroll down until you see this area. Give your character a name, then select Create.



In this dropdown, select Pathfinder 2e.



You will see a lot of code in the editor window. Click Save and Exit.



This will be your final product. You just place all of your numbers for your attributes, then check all of the boxes that pertain to your training levels in each of the saves, proficiencies, and skills.

Toob, you should add Custom to the allowed sheets for the game so that we can submit our characters.

Did that do it?

Yup, all good now. My character has been submitted.

Yay!

What format is your sheet in? I may avail myself of that option instead of copying everything over to the existing template.

I'm just using the PF2e template in the sheet editor, with some minor edits of my own.

And with that,my character is also formally submitted to the game.

Rhaemy Roundwood played by Azryel has GM APPROVAL and may proceed to post in:

A CROWN RETURNED GAMEPLAY THREAD

Sapphira Whorf played by Nellancholy has GM APPROVAL and may proceed to post in:

A CROWN RETURNED GAMEPLAY THREAD

Wasn't expecting the fanfare,but I appreciate it. I think it'll be a good idea to wait for everyone to be ready and maybe work out a few small background details before commencing.

After all the characters are supposed to be acquainted from earlier in their life.

Fanfare?

You know,announcement. Big bold red text.

Jayne played by crazybirdman has GM APPROVAL and may proceed to post in:

A CROWN RETURNED GAMEPLAY THREAD

Toned it down for yah!

GM, Do You See It i send about My Charactet sheet? If not, im upload Here (idk how do i Transfer My Pdf Here)

Barid Faringray played by solose has GM APPROVAL and may proceed to post in:

A CROWN RETURNED GAMEPLAY THREAD

Sorry but I think I am going to drop out. It looks very interesting but this character sheet thing is frustrating. The sheet in the repository won't let you add feats or anything. I hope you have fun and hopefully someone can make that sheet useable.

Also,I guess this decision is up to everyone individually,but it'd probably help if we made our characters viewable in the public character library by clicking on the book icon from our individual character list so that it's red.

That would help us get a glance at each other's sheets so that we're all on the same page in terms of abilities and can coordinate better.

With that said,maybe a little bit of talk about our characters' backstory/relationships might help establish things,unless you all want to get the ball rolling immediately.

@solose How do you feel about Barid having been one of Fira's regular sparring partners when they were younger?

What Type's Of "Regular Sparring Partners"? I don't see your's Character sheet. Also Barid Went to Take A Job As a Guard, So Guard (legal) Background.

This link should do it.

My idea is that Fira was the kind of kid who was always getting into fights with others, and as she got older she figured she could make money as a professional fighter in other towns. So it's possible that with Barid being a martial type of character as well and later taking a profession as a guard,the both of them trained together in the past?

Oh, Well "Training Together" Is Kinda Losely, Barid is (like) "Bully-Type" Character In the Past (so Coerce Build is make sense actually), So Fira's "Always Getting Into Fights With Other" is Possible. Maybe i imagine "Intimidating Brute Force" Barid vs "Fast Charming Liar" Fira is Going To Be Good "Training Partners". Any Thoughts @Nellancholy ?

I think that works,will keep that in mind if it has a chance to come up.

How about Other Players? Maybe Could Discuss about PC's Story so maybe we have some Relationships on Each PCs? Is that ok?

I think you just need to post into the Gameplay Thread and get on with it. You have all arrived with some combined and individual backstories. At the moment you are walking down the road into Falcon's Hollow.

Sorry to draw this out a little more,but I was thinking of having my character arrive on a boat at one of the docks down at the coast. Is that cool with you? I can go with a road arrival if you'd prefer.

Thats a great idea!

I think I should start with my Character escorting a trading caravan from Carpenden to Falcon's Hollow at top of A7 gate. Is that allowed?

I chose the guard background. My PC was a guard until leaving to train as a champion. I'm ok with her knowing anyone before. either as allies or annoyance 😄, but I'm also ok adding to their shar backstories as the game evolves.

Wait....... you choose guard background? Im also choose Guard (legal lore) Background!

@crazybirdman may i see your Pc's Stats?

sure

Ok i saw your stats, so your PC is Drunk Champion? How it Work with My Character Barid?

I think 'drunk' might be too strong. Jayne follow Cayden, and appreciates a drink, but wouldn't likely get drunk.
I haven't put much thought into it yet. There could be arguments between the two PC's when she tries to stick to her edicts. We'll see how it plays out, unless you had some ideas?

Did anyone else have an issue with GP character creation? I select to create a new character, Name and PF2e, and just get a flashing orange Hexagon for ever. I'll reboot and try after lunchtime.

Think I have it finalized on Paper, just need to transfer it into GP for the rolls!

oh, that was explained in the character sheet thread.

Awesome Thanks! Getting it transferred now. Guess I should have read back a page or two and it was explained!

Guys.... I think i make my mistake, I though Haughty Obstinacy stack with My Coerce build, It Doesn't. I though HO give me "If Success = Critical Success" on Doing Coerce, its defensive coerce, i think im not using my character and instead build another character, Can You allowed GM?