Character development

What are your ideas so far?

We could use a full spell caster, maybe a shaman type, druidic or sorcerer or whatnot. We have a warlock and bard, but the rest are half casters. Necromancers or plumaweaver would be ideal. But that's just my wish list. Do what you want to role play.

I’m currently considering Circle of Moon Druid or possible Wildfire Circle. I’ll be better able to dive in in about 3 hours. You mentioned circle of spores, I’ll check that out too.

I suggest you consider taking a feat of pluma weaving magic. I might be persuaded into giving you a magic item to match.

Hey the Jaguar Knight private forum is visible to me.

Thanks! I patched that.

Confirmed

Wow, I've been reading through all the options in the book, some pretty cool stuff! The Maztican Shaman is super tempting, but I think I'm going to stick with Circle of Moon Druid.

I'm thinking a Quetzaldaun and taking you up on the Featherweaving feat. I'd like to swap the standard aarokocra +2 DEX +1 WIS to +2 WIS +1 CON. I'm kind of wanting to lean into both the moon and pluma aspect of the character, so perhaps it would resemble a nocturnal owl more than an eagle. Perhaps swapping out the Eagle Eyes feature for Darkvision?

THAT is so cool. Do it.

I have to think where Quetzaldaun would home on the map. It might fit well in the story if they live in the southern mountains of Far Payit and in the jungle canopies there. Maxal would have a thriving community of more urban feathermen, but their culture would mesh better with the conservatories and Skyhome observatories with their telescopes in the wild monasteries in the mountains. The monasteries serves as hermetoriuims and insane asylums and hold a tremendous library and university of the natural and spiritual world.

To be an adventurer, we need to develop some reason for traveling. You may have heard of Qotal's return and his bringing Silver Knights from across the eastern seas where he traveled from Maztica. You are sent by the diviners to find Hualtzihualtimila, an Eagle Knight who is trying to save the Nexal people from the Viperhand in a great exodus. You must warn her that the vampires are disturbing undead legions around the Pyramid of the Gods. There is strife between the vampires. The omens are that the refugee caravans going from Nexal to the new town of Tukon are in danger in this rising civil war. You are charged with restoring order and peace by the priests of Qotal. A secret you shall hold close to your chest is the feeling and fear that your own land and its hermetic institutions are somehow the origin of the troubles.

Develop a character background within this world view or color outside the lines.

Great, glad you like it! I'll submit what I have so far so you can keep an eye on it. How would you feel about using some Pluma spells to augment the standard Druid spells?

I like your reason for adventuring, I'll work on the background that should fit in here.

Oh, and characters name (subject to change) is Xoch' which apparently means "barn owl" in Mayan. I'll probably expand it a bit to fit into the naming convention in the book and to flesh out the background.

If I want to be able to fly, I need to keep armor light. Would I still be able to use a shield while in flight? If you don't already have something in mind and you're still willing to consider a magic item, perhaps something to give a boost to AC?

Of course, I want you to use pluma spells as much as possible to color the story and keep the other players on their toes as to your capabilities. The Goliath is constantly coming up with weird magic and descriptions based on his abilities as a Swarm Ranger.

You can craft a pluma magic based armor that is lightweight. That would fit nicely in the tradition.

Excellent. I'll put together the spell list and backstory information and magic armor. Any basic stats you'd like me to stick with for the feather-armor?

14+DEX MOD+Shield - 13 lbs

Cool, thanks. I've got some ideas for it.

Yeah, the more detail color and description, the better.

Sounds good. I'm going to post some images here for inspiration for what I'm thinking.

Shield:



Armor:






art I found that captures pretty close what I'm picturing:

I’ll buy that. Love the owl. I need to give you a glyph as a button or attachment for the luma armor.

Eagle Knights have round hand knives. Jaguar Knights have obsidian embedded clubs. What indigenous weapon would you have?

This is a tricky one, balancing druid proficiencies with available weapons! I landed upon a Tecpatl Esentially a dagger. It would likely have some symbol of the moon on it. Perhaps something like this:

Ok, to complete character sheet I just need to make HP rolls and starting equipment. I'm assuming just standard gear + the magic armor we discussed?

HP Rolls
Lvl 1: 8+3 CON = 11
Lvl 2: 4+3 CON = 7
Lvl 3: 5+3 CON = 8
Lvl 4: 8+3 CON = 11
Lvl 5: 6+3 CON = 9
Lvl 6: 4+3 CON = 7
Lvl 7: 4+3 CON = 7

Total HP = 60

Replaced all rolls < 4 with a 4.

With the advantage of his elevation as Xoch approaches, he realizes that the girl is no more than 10 years old. She is carrying the ceramic vase on her head with the fierce determination of one who has seen this hazard before. The elementals are attacking her, but she sidesteps them and pushes forward. The water in her jar slouches and spills though. The elementals continue their harassments even as a jaguar pounces toward her from an adjacent dune and snarls at her. She rushes past on her faint trail, but a sliver clad man with a blazing white sword waving menacingly blocks her progress. She is well within reach of you now.

As you start across the bridge, the girl has already moved out of sight onto the other side. Testing the bridge, it seems solid and cold and ancient. The Tumqua magic holds the stones strongly together, but there is something otherworldly about it like something a Nayda necromancer would invoke to communicate to other worlds. Your druidic sense is tensing even more than your feathers now.

As you cross, the sun dims and becomes a faint candle in a dark sky. Kukul doesn't shine his light here on the other side. The bridge is a conduit into the Shadowfell that you have read about in tomes dusty in dank libraries of the remote Far Payit hermitage you had trained in. Ahead is a light, more like a brief vapor of light, as you see the girl's dark outline against the light. She walks with jar of water still on her head, into a grand tent. Inside the flap of cloth that she opens to enter, you see golden and rich decorations. The tent is large and dominates the bleak landscape. She lets the flap of cloth drop behind you and you adjust your eyes to the shadowy world, colorless and dreadful.

As the saying goes, "In for a CP, in for an EP." You go to find the break in the tent where you lift the cloth and enter into a dull golden light, luxurious in this world, but unsatisfying. Pillows abound and the smell of food makes you hungry. The girl empties the water into a cistern and takes a drink from a ladle. She turns to you and smiles. No longer a young girl in this place, she is a beauty of golden locks and pale skin and strong cheekbones, all features that mark her as a woman of royal blood from Payit. A white feather, a symbol of Qotal, is tied in her hair.

She gestures you to drink and then sits at the foot of two figures on low chairs facing a gathering of cherub like children. The figures look familiar, as they are depicted in many of the temple frescos. They, too, smile as if they have the patience due to knowing endless time.

I'm excited!

Oh, and I'll be throwing you into the deep water. You'll have to make some story up. I do villians. I don't move the story. That's your job, lol.

So is there much known about Duke's sister? I don't mind coming up with a story, but don't want to disrupt anything already established.

She’s in an insane asylum and mostly comatose. Thus Duke’s reaction. His wife Kitsne knows th tragic tale but no one else does. In honor of Duke’s memory of her, Kitsune names a town hat the party founded after her, but didn’t explain the significance to anyone. The sister may show up later or not. Best not to make up too much detail at this point.

Oh no. They have been running their own game off table. I just thought you were on break because I hadn't checked the other forums for this. A direct message would have probably been easier to wake me, lol. Do as much as you like. They have even split themselves further, lmao.