LightofMidnight

Please discuss character creation here. Thanks!

So leaning towards Cavalier, and Amazon who with a group of friends stuck around after aiding with the trijan war, hoping for excitement and more glory. Slowly the group dropped off as me ever passed or went their own ways.

Two possible archetypes - (both of which remove mount)
Disciple of the pike - Obviously the fluff of this being a hell Knight needs stripping and reflavouring but mechanically its a monster hunter that uses a spear which seems fitting. Depends on the availability of monsters, can also have seen her getti g frustrated at lack of monsters over the years in the army if that would be the case.
This one would likely revere Artemis as a hunter.

Daring Champion - Not as specialised, just a dex fighter. Would likely revere Athena and would play more as taking calculated risks for big rewards rather than blindly rushing in. (Though Ares and more reckless is also an option)

Orders - So the idea would have been her fellow Amazon's would have been 'the order' in a sense.

Hero - This one's about fighting monsters again. One issue is you need to name a location you ant to protect, but I could just be vague and put Greece.

Dragon - Would need renaming? But is about teamwork and pretty solid.

Flame - This one's about glory in combat, and may suit an Ares daring champion.

Ronin/Knight errant - This is effectively the 'orderless' option, which could be flavour in leaving the amazon's behind for glory.

I do have some non cav ideas like the rogue vmc bard but having fun working that one in thematically and hiatrociallly at the same time. Also as Cinder seems to not be going Artemis anymore there is a ranger concept...

But I am currenttly liking the cav idea.

The two archetypes would work as written. Panache is an interesting dynamic. It basically lets you do stunts. Pike seems to be fine, too, unless you found a different page.

Hero: You could designate your "nation" as "The hunting grounds of Artemis" and it'd cover everything.

Dragon: Certainly easy to reskin. Could be Hydra. Multiple heads, teamwork, it's amusing. Due to the bond, it would imply either your sisters all fell in battle or perhaps you recieved this quest in a vision.

Flame: Opens you up to the delicate balance of avoiding Hubris. Could be fun. Definitely explains why you felt the call to leave the other women.

Ronin: Fine, but would mean something changed. Maybe this became your order when the other women either fell in battle or you chose to leave them.

If you do decide to go back to the Ranger idea, that's also fine. Dr_B is considering a spelless deep-diver ranger, so it's nets, harpoons, water, etc., not a bow.

I like that suggestion for Hero! And you have a very good point bout Hubris. Will have a think on both and update hen I get home from work.

Right finally got able to sit down and build ,a long with deciding the archetype to stick with. While I did wonder if we'd benefit from a dex character, I am really liking the fluff of Pike in an ancient greek setting. (Provided monsters are turning up, as the archetype excel at larger enemies)

Using a longspear so I can stand behind the others as combat may be crowded. Also eyeing Gang up as a feat.

May need to a flip a coin between Flame and Dragon (Likeing Hydra idea). Latter may go into a bit of a body guard build. Flame I like the hubris angle, but also may struggle to get the challenge off with us all being melee hard hitters.

The idea of the troupe slowly dying off, or leaving for other reasons and her being determined to stick around and not let their ideals die I like. Even for Flame if they all were younger Amazons going to the trojan war for personal glory, whereas Dragon it would be to aid and try and find Allies for the Amazons.

A quick mecchanic query. You mentioned the non magic qualities of armour. Would you allow Double plated to a breastplate. It you think it doesn't fit the era no worries.

This feels like the opposite of "agile," so I'll allow it.

I like seeing your train of thought!

Yeah. I personally normally find it worse, as agiles drawback is the loss of AC, where for double plated it loss of dex bonus and +1 category, but in this case it works on as breastplate best armour available.

Rolling hp.

Right apologies. Its been a weird week. And then lost the sheet I wrote for the character so just had to rebuild. Transferring to GP now.

Ended up going for Order of the Hero and leaning heavily into monster hunting, and may later down the line go into combat maneuvers. Has knowledge arcana but thats for identifying magical beasts.

She heavily reveres Artemis, but does also occasionally show respect to Athena, knowing the benefit of strategy and teamwork on the battlefield.

I've had a little fun with the special materials + qualities so want to double check you are happy with all of them. Edit: Submitted sheet. Its complete bar details of abilities filled in which I'm working on copying over

No problem at all. We've been busy, too, so I'll get to your sheet soon. Thanks!

Your sheet looks solid. Can you please share your ability score math with me here so I'm on the same page? Thanks!

You have thought I'd have learnt the first time I lost the character sheet and saved the new one right?

Any way th original stat spread was -
Str (3) 10 -> 13, then +1 lv 4, +2 Human, +2 Physical Enhancement ->
Dex (5) 10 - > 14
Con (5) 10 - > 14
Int (2) 10 - > 12 the mental enhancement +2 -> 14
Wis (-2) 10 - > 14
Cha (2) 10 - > 12

But re looking at it, thinking on maybe seeking out a little more strength if you are happy with last minute changes?

Re relationship with teh gods thinking 6. Thinking that when representing Artemins may always be giving that bit extra,and have just a little more drive than when dealing with another god. Yet while she sometimes acts before thinking, shes smart enough to know not to outright anger any intentionaly.

That looks solid, thanks. And I don't mind a shift. I think 6 is a good spot for an Amazon, too.

Confirming I'm swapping things around - > Dex - 2 point to 13, Cha - 2 points to 10, str +4 pointswhich ends up as 20 (15, 1 from level 4, 2 from human, 2 from abp)

Spear no longer razor Sharp, breastplate double plated.

Combat reflexes swapping to combat expertise, going to like move into tripping/combat maneuvers slowly, leaning into an intelligent fighter.

Just been a hell of a week and away from pc a lot so been unable to edit as that's fun on phone.

Going to try and get a post up. Was thinking her order has dwindled to just her a couple of other will mention in the post, if that's alright. They can very well get seperate in the rush for the boat.

No problem, life comes first. The rest of it sounds reasonable.

Y'all aren't stealing a boat anymore, more prepping for the oncoming storm. So if you'd like, you can get separated:

1. When the Greeks burn their camps to make it look like they left (during the horse situation)
2. During the sacking of Troy
3. In the storm on the boat, though that implies I'd be killing the rest of them off.

Heck, if you want, a couple can remain NPC's on the ship. I imagine the crew will dwindle over time, but Nikias has a bunch of men left.

If you're happy for them to stick around that also works! Was just if you hadn't wanted some extra NPCs though good point on Nikias's men.

Go ahead and roll a d6. That's the number that'll end up on the boat to start.

Ended up going for something a bit different in post (was slowly writing it as you posted this) but will still roll it give me little to work with/ maybe other amason not associated with 'the order of heros' get on the boat

Edit: That works with what I;m wriing with funnily nough so wil acept it.

Realised that the materials you had listed in other thread didn't include the above with Iantha currently has, so just double checking they are okay.

Also was wondering, especially as Ianthe and Chryseis are worn out from the war, Iantha at least is likely not looting much, so would it be possible to use the allotted gold to upgrade what Chryseis started with, rather than looted, as it would make sense she also has some Elysian bronze (If that is still deemed allowable). If not no worries, will have a think.

I recall I had approved the Elysian bronze and darkwood, so that's fine. I can give Chryseis that upgrade (and darkwood?) and give you the difference as gold.

I'll be making a ridiculously simplified character sheet for her basically so I can push a button and keep track of her in combat, so I will include those.

Cool. Just double checking.

Yeah, her having a dark wood shield and some elysian bronze makes sense, like armour with the allotted gold, (Perhaps she lost/damaged the weapon/never had one) and then they did picking up a few trinkets but not much.

Also fair enough in the sheet. I had been debating querying if leadership was allowed. I'll bring that up again when we are lv 7, as Iantha may just also want more combat maneuver feats.