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Welcome Annex,

For now I'm not sure if the game will be launched or not, I need at least 4 people for a play.

We can either begin your character creation or wait to be sure to start.

If you have any question do not hesitate to ask.

Hi! I hope we get a full house.
I'm thinking of playing a human or gnome psychic (maybe sorcerer) to fill the dodgy fortune teller spot. :P Should I download the EC Player's Guide?

You may, there is not spoiler in it.

Well looks like we have already a full crew. I just sent the invite.

For psychic, there is oracle as well.

Hello, thanks for the invite! I downloaded the EC players guide as well. Are we using the remastered core rules?

Thanks for the invite. Do you have any rules in regards to character creation?

Mostly, but I accept the races from the advanced player guide.

I forget to copy the rules. I'm doing it right now.

Hello everyone! Anybody have any ideas so far for your characters?

Hey Yully, I assume the "known public figures" are there for us to think about our characters' place or role in the circus and to include in our backstories, but could we, for example, be one of the Eight Dwarves?

Still mulling ideas, but think I'm leaning toward kobold, maybe a champion or ranger, possibly cook/rigger/tinker background, though not set in stone yet.

Also, highly recommend Pathbuilder 2E, great resource for character building (website and phone app).

You all should have a private now, where you can talk to the M.J. and have absolute right to create any threads you want, so feel free to use it like a note book if you want to. You should only see yourself, if you see the other players, I made a mistake in setting it up, please telle me if that's the case.

@Gold.Goose No, they are mostly here for too know who is speaking and what are their role, it is a kind of Who'se who.

Since it is a circus, there is a lot of people searching for a place to hide, because of many reasons, so any race is welcome even the strangest ones.

It is possible, but difficult to include, especially if you want to create a character trick for the show. NPC tricks do not gain any experiences, also I may change that, a lot of the circus rules I find to restrictive. But in any case they will not go as fast as character's tricks level.
And if you do that, i will have to impose some choices on you for your character to fit in the NPC group, but yes it is possible.

@ctme2000 Sounds interesting, and Kobolds are not very well liked, an interesting challenge. Do you have a story in head for your character?
And thanks for Pathbuilder 2, I did not know the site.

Is there a list of allowable classes? I had the start of an idea but I'm wondering if the class would be allowed. It was also going to be a kobold but seeing that ctme2000 is thinking of kobold I'm might consider a different direction.

I'm considering building a rogue or swashbuckler for the time being. If you guys all want to go kobold (and perhaps be in this circus because Mistress Dusklight didn't treat us well at the Celestial Menagerie), that's definitely a fun direction I'd be down to lean to.

Extinction Curse meets We Be Kobolds, lol

I will probably play Kellid (human) fury instinct barbarian with rigger background. Kind of a bouncer.

Yes, so it is possible a group of kobolds may very well be considered as a threat by the locals.

I am working on a list of classes. List is done, I will link them one by one, it'll take a little time.

I created Kellid human barbarian (rigger by mechanical background, bouncer by idea) character via your sheet, although it has problem with calculating atk bonus and I failed to find where to write feats.

I also created a character using the provided CS for the time being. Can confirm there's no place to note down feats.

Perhaps we should use wanderer's guide or pathbuilder to create characters instead?

I'll prolly round out the party with some magic. Prolly Magus or Witch but I might consider something else.

Do not hesitate to ask question here or in your private chat.

Based upon the composition of the party so far I think I will play a kobold cleric (or cleric like). Having a group of kobolds could keep things interesting. :) Just need to start working on the character and figure the best way he fits into the circus.

I was hoping to try out the Psychic but I think I'll go with...

Madam Astra Fortuna
Ancestry: Human
Background: Mystic Seer
Class: Oracle
Heritage: Aiuvarin
Ancestry Feat: Wildborn Magic
Mystery: Cosmos

All build choices are open for discussion and subject to change. I considered the Ancestors Mystery but it's not good, the Time Mystery doesn't have a Remastered version, so I went Cosmos.

I can see the lovable old seer, the strongman, and their kobold friends causing endless chao... er... fun around the circus! :P

Do not forget the Goblin Clown Tight-Rope walker Rogue !

So far we have, it my change at any time (I'll delete and recreate at each change):
annex - Mystic Seer, Probably an Oracle or a witch (sorceror)
ctme2000 - Kobold Fighter or Champion
davaggins - Kobold Cleric
davemus - A Human Rigger Barbarian
Gold.Goose - A Goblin Clown Rogue
RobinRobout - Wizard or Witch

Got new books, so I've updated ancestry and class list

That's cool! But we are losing momentum. Could you please update everyone on current status? No shaming, just so everybody will know like: we had 3 characters ready and 4 in progress. So we would know: okay, something is going on. Maybe someone doesn't know, that there are some actions expected from them. And so on...

My character is complete for the time being:

His name is Echo the Clown, and instead of having one-specific act, he tends to be a comedic character within the circus' routine, coming out between acts and pulling off a stunt, joke, or mayhaps a monologue. His most well-received act is when he accompanies Mylton Stendhal out to present the Wayward Wonders in an attempt to undermine and challenge for his position as circus ringleader. This always results in the clown becoming the butt of the joke to the audience's amusement and delight.

Mechanically, Echo is a Mastermind Rogue and all-around skill monkey.

My character is human giant instinct barbarian called Jaer the Strongman. Rigger and bouncer in the cyrcus. He is easy-going, unless he is in total fury. He likes animals (probably I would spend a couple of feats on pet).

Mechanically he is front end character which deals (and receaves) a lot of damage with debuffing (intimidation) as second focus.

I am rolling with Aisling Lyosha, a Human Wizard fella.
Background is rigger, but he serves mostly as a general stage hand type assistant. He uses magic to provide VFX/SFX and can play a bit of music in order to help the performances of everyone else. Kinda dour and a bit ashamed he is having to use his magic to this end, but it's a living.

Mechanically...he's a wizard. He can do the wizard things, he will be crafting magic items and solving the party's magical problems.
I took School of Unified Theory and Spell Substitution in order to be able to cast the highest amount of spells per day, and to be able to take 10 minutes to get ready whatever niche utility spell in the back of the spell book is useful for the situation

I'll be playing Lenny, a Kobold Swashbuckler. His primary job is to make scrumptious, nutritious, and filling meals that fuel the circus act performers and handypeople. Occasionally, he dabbles as a backup act, wowing crowds with his swordsmanship and acrobatic skills, whilst doing daring deeds. But his true love is in the kitchen, trying new creations and feeding those who have become like family to him.

His dragon heritage also occasionally scares the kids and those fient of heart.

Mechanically, good in certain social situations, being sneaky, may pursue alchemical crafting later as it gels wells with my cooking trade.

Hello everyone, been a couple of days of silence, so I figured let's break it.

Any chance we can all finish our characters this weekend?

I'm done apart from creating a trick.

Im done. I am not creating a trick, though.

Finished, just need to upload to gp. Will do so tonight. Don't know what a PF trick is.

Character submitted! Let's break that curse!

I'm waiting for 1 answer, then we start.

We are loosing davemus. Others want to leave before we start?

Ok we're getting a new player, but I am not waiting on him to begin, since we will start by setting the first circus show.

This is a very tricky part (for me) in the campaign, I tried to do it in a regular way, but a lot is happening in this very first show (I promise next shows will be easier) I decided to separate the choices of tricks from the rest of the adventure. It is not ideal, but putting tem together is a mess.

Hey all, checking in, working on character creation now. Stand by for more!

Any conflicts with a half-orc animal whisperer/trainer? My character would be the one taming lions (and other weird animals).

I am stuck and at a loss !

If one of you who is more used to this site could help me. I created several Mobs Character, but for an unknown reason they do not appear on the list "Submit a Character" and I do not know any other way to bring the sheet in game; I checked the system is "Custom" like all the other characters.

Anyone has an idea?

I've never ran a game so am unfamiliar with how that works, but one of the admins on the site should be able to assist.

Found out finally what was wrong, my characters sheets were recorded in the last game, and apparently you can only record a character heet on one game. So when I removed the characters from the ancient game, it reappeared in the list.

What do you do ? The game is on Circus Weekly Show and on Main Adventure. Awaiting for reactions on both ! 'In main Adventure I need a reaction from each of you.)

Ah, okay, wasn't sure if we had to do one before the other. Are these two things happening concurrently?

Yeah, I had the same question.

Yes the are happening concurrently. I am trying a new way to deal with the introduction for I ot a lost on players on it, while it is not representative of the rest of the campaign.

THe main problem is choice of trick takes often a long time. So i do them concurrently since choosing the tricks is kind of a separate activity.

OK. Posts incoming.

I have 1 person posting in 4 days! Anyone is interested in doing this adventure?

Apologies. Dealing with possible unemployment at the moment. I'll try to post meaningfully tonight.

Oh! Sorry to hear that, concentrate on what is important, a game is not.