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how would one go about making a ship, would you need craft: carpentry checks? Or something different? Because I've got a feeling that we ought to get off of this island ASAP.

Buy me a wand of cure light wounds and I'll use it. I can cast heal spells, but as I'm channeling negative energy I can't spontaneously cast it. Also, create undead is a perfectly acceptable way of Resurrecting team mates... Actually, it turns out I can make you effectively undead for channeling (just using a melee touch attack while you're raging, joy) so I could heal you if you were somehow adverse to becoming a wight or a mummy.

Download the basic character sheet, and open it in a .pdf reader (I'm not sure if it works with the basic adobe .pdf viewer, as I'm using the foxit program) https://dl.dropbox.com/u/59439518/Basic%20Character%20Sheet%20-%20Copy.pdf The link to the base file

Or you know you could use the editable .pdf and enter all of that stuff in manually (and get a kick ass character sheet too).

It loses its spellcasting ability given that it was animated through animate dead, if it was an intelligent undead it would keep it.

Righto, adding list of undead (Limit is 40 HD total) Fast Zombie Young Adult Brine Dragon (Read; fly speed) 15 HD used [hide] Brine Dragon, Young Adult CR 10 XP 9,600 LN Large dragon (water) Init +4; Senses dragon senses; Perception +17 DEFENSE AC 24, touch 9, flat-footed 24 (+15 natural, -1 size) hp 114 (12d12+36) Fort +11, Ref +10, Will +10 DR 5/magic; Immune acid, paralysis, sleep; SR 21 OFFENSE Speed 60 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 60 ft. Melee bite +20 (2d6+13), 2 claws +20 (1d8+9), tail slap +15 (1d8+13), 2 wings +15 (1d6+4) Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with bite) Special Attacks breath weapon (80-ft. line, 10d6 acid, DC 19) Spell-Like Abilities (CL12th; concentration +14) At will—obscuring mist, speak with animals (fish only), water breathing Spells Known (CL 5th; concentration +7) 2nd (5/day)—alter self, invisibility 1st (7/day)—color spray (DC 13), flare burst* (DC 13), ray of enfeeblement, touch of the sea* 0 (at will)—detect magic, detect poison, mage hand, open/close,prestidigitation, read magic * - denotes spell from Advanced Player's Guide. STATISTICS Str 28, Dex 11, Con 17, Int 17, Wis 14, Cha 15 Base Atk +12; CMB +22; CMD 32 (36 vs. trip) Feats Hover, Improved Initiative, Lightning Reflexes, Power Attack,Skill Focus (Swim), Vital Strike Skills Bluff +17, Diplomacy +17, Fly +9, Heal +17, Knowledge (nature) +18, Perception +17, Sense Motive +17, Survival +17, Swim +38; Racial Modifiers +8 Swim Languages Aquan, Common, Draconic, Elven SQ water breathing with the fast zombie template applied (+2 Strength +2 Dexterity, Loses DR 5/Slashing, gains an extra slam attack +10 land movement speed) [/hide] And undersea bruisers (in this case bruiser) the giant squid (now with fast zombie template) 16 hd [hide] Squid, Giant CR 9 XP 6,400 N Huge animal (aquatic) Init +7; Senses low-light vision; Perception +22 DEFENSE AC 20, touch 11, flat-footed 17 (+3 Dex, +9 natural, –2 size) hp 102 (12d8+48) Fort +14, Ref +13, Will +5 Defensive Ability ink cloud (20-ft. radius) OFFENSE Speed swim 60 ft., jet 260 ft. Melee bite +14 (2d6+7), 2 arms +14 (1d6+7), tentacles +12 (4d6+3/19-20 plus grab) Space 15 ft.; Reach 15 ft. (30 ft. with arms and tentacles) Special Attacks constrict (4d6+10) STATISTICS Str 25, Dex 17, Con 19, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 2 Base Atk +9; CMB +18 (+22 grapple); CMD 31 Feats Combat Reflexes, Great Fortitude, Improved Critical (tentacle),Improved Initiative, Lightning Reflexes, MultiattackB, Skill Focus(Perception) Skills Perception +22, Swim +15 [/hide] Which leaves 9 hd left to animate should I feel the need I don't really intend to bring out the undead if I can help it, they're more something that I'll be using if we don't really need survivors (for instance destroying several navy vessels).

https://dl.dropbox.c...d Twiceborn.pdf The general backstory is that as a child his village was destroyed and he got taken in by some escaped gillmen slaves of the aboleths, who indoctrinated him in their old god (whose worshipers were on a bit of a decline [read: >100 existed]) and taught him the various clerical duties that he would need to do. He took on the name twiceborn because, as he was a commoner he did not have a second, and he felt born again into the service of his new god. At any rate, the undersea community where he learned his trade was destroyed, and he ended up working with the lich pirate king as an under sea assault specialist, where he sacrificed most all of his undead to punch a hole in the line of ships and lead some survivors out. Then he wandered for a time under the sea, and found two relatively unusual corpses (GM approval pending), that of a young adult brine dragon, and that of a kraken, which he may or may not have animated with aid from a desecrate spell to serve as his new minions. Again, GM approval pending. Oh and I have a +13 to sailing, in case we ever actually need to use a ship.

Is that including the usage of the undead master feat and the effects of a desecrate spell as well or not? http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/undead-master

That was more the fact that there wasn't anyone who could enchant the thing in the uncharted lands, because most wizards aren't insane adventurers.

Question: Would I be allowed to bring my own undead followers (if they have a swim speed), if I have already paid for the cost of the onyx? Also are you limiting animate dead to humanoid creatures, or could I bring along some zombie giant squid for the ride?

I'm going to be going as a cleric of Thenatos, Azlanti (demi currently) god of the helpful dead. Sees dead bodies as tools that can be used to help further the cause of civilization rather than hinder it, as such he is a neutral deity of death who doesn't really care about his clerics raising the dead. Other clerics on the other hand... What I was thinking about is a slightly more ruthless Erastil, and less hide bound Adabar who has no problem with tools being used to further the cause of the community (and his church) as long as they are being used properly. For domains I was thinking: Death and undead, community, healing, and destruction. (Trying to get some of theme going for duality) Weapon: Warhammer (ability to create and destroy?)

On a campaign related note, would it be possible for a cleric to worship, and draw power from the concept of death (and it being a two way door), or perhaps be one of the few (Read <100 total) worshipers of an old azlanti death god (which is currently more like a demi god, due to the whole lack of worshipers). I say this because pretty much all of the deities that have the death domain don't really appeal to me.

If this game is open to non crossroads players, what's the point buy level?

On a side note, I would never ever buy extra RAM for a laptop as long as the RAM is not soldered into the motherboard. It is probably the easiest upgrade possible on most all laptops to put in an extra 4 gig stick of RAM, and will in all likely hood be far cheaper than buying it pre upgraded.

If you're willing to purchase fairly quickly, I'd look at the thinkpad T430, which is currently on sale at lenovo. With some customization you will get either 1920x1080 or 1600x900 as well as a graphics card that can game (though it is optimized for other uses). The main disadvantage of it is that it has a chiclet keyboard, which is kind of crappy compared to the older ones. On the plus side, it will be extremely usable for work (and not just because of its ability to use a docking station) due to one's ability to use two 9 cell batteries, which will give it a 20 hour wifi browsing battery life, and around a 12 hour battery life when using the dedicated graphics card. http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087&current-category-id=FC448E05D12BD000069CA73F6D0D1FA8

I'll play if you want to try dming. If I could give a bit of advice though, I'd tell you to at the very least look at one of the paizo adventure paths, as (barring kingmaker and a couple of other ones) they are fairly easy to GM.

I at least have at most 3 guns and 4 weapons though it is fairly easy to do with less in certain games (such as killing floor). However, I agree with arch about fallout, in New Vegas I carried three guns, which by the end of the game had become a long ranged elimination weapon (GRA anti material rifle) for cases of packs of death claw+ level opponents, a short(er) range elimination weapon (a brush gun variant) and a general purpose or middle of the road weapon (a trail carbine). However, I would never have both of the elimination weapons on me at the same time, as that's just overkill, and a waste of space (especially when playing on hardcore mode). Generally I follow a similar model unless I go batshit with explosives, which can be rather fun to do. Also, mather what game mode do you play in Fallout? Hardcore mode or normal mode? Because carrying around extra weapons that you don't need can be a fairly bad idea in non normal play.

It would depend on the ipod in question, and if it is possible to open up the case of it (look this up before trying it). If it is look up a tutorial on how to replace volume buttons on your type of ipod. I'm unsure of how it would be done to be honest, as ipods are pressure sealed iirc, and are actually harder to service than iphones.

I'm aware, but more to the point a lot of "gaming" laptops seem like they weren't meant to be used as laptops, judging by how hot their bases can get under load (seriously, look it up, 108 F is too much to be used on a lap). I'm capable of finding something with fairly good specs by myself, but I was asking around here to see if I could find some actual user experience, which tends to be more useful than specs and benchmarks (for instance, will using this laptop as a laptop sear my genitals to the point of impotence or not?).

Because I've already built a "gaming desktop" (really just upgraded my cpu and video cards), and as I'm going to college soon I'm not likely to bring a big ass tower with me. I'd prefer it to have a longer battery life than most gaming laptops because they tend to have fairly poor battery life (its all the fans and back lit keyboards generally).

On an unrelated note, after a scheme of mine that involved buying broken iphones on ebay and then repairing them/ selling them on craigslist for profits of 2-300$ actually worked I have quite a bit of extra cash (Especially since I invested 2000$ into it, and I've got around 5500$ to spend). What I want to know is, can anyone recommend a laptop that is below 2000$ and can be used to game with? One that is preferably not a "gaming laptop" as those have fairly bad battery life/functionality as a laptop, and is 14-16"?

I couldn't have, but the timezone conflict was too bad. If I had known that crossroads was based upon Dark Heresy I would have given you them though.

Question: Starting equipment wise, are we limited to just the core rulebook, or can we branch out for more character appropriate weapons from other DH books (with GM approval of course).

Arbitrator [hide] Name: Cain Homeworld: Hive World Gender: Male Career: Arbitrator Rank: Trooper Start Package: The Red Vaults of Luggnum WS: 39 BS: 27 S: 23 T: 31 Ag: 32 Int: 30 Per: 26 WP: 34 Fellowship: 31 Wounds: 12 Fate Points: 2 Thrones: 140 Insanity Pts: 1 Starting XP: 300 Corruption Pts: 0 Build: Lanky Skin Color: Tan Hair Color: Black Eye Color: Brown Age: 34 Quirk: You have a bullet wound scar. Hive Class: Middle Hive Divination: Violence solves everything. Traits: Accustomed to Crowds, Caves of Steel, Hivebound, Wary Basic Skills: Tech-Use (Int) (Caves of Steel), Inquiry (Fel) Advanced Skills: Speak Language (Hive Dialect) (Int), Speak Language (Low Gothic) (Int), Literacy (Int), Common Lore (Adeptus Arbites) (Int), Common Lore (Imperium) (Int) Talents: Basic Weapons Training (SP), Melee Weapons Training (Primitive), Rapid Reload, Jaded Gear: shotgun and 12 shells, club, brass knuckles, knife, uniform (Good Quality Clothing), 3 doses of stimm, injector, Arbitrator ID, chrono, flask of amasec, flak vest, hipflask (memento), metal shot glass (memento) Special Qualities: None Family: Your mother's name is Salomis. She walks the path of the Scum. Your father's name is Xanthis. He walks the path of the Cleric. Your brother's name was Ravion. He walked the path of the Scum. He is deceased. Your sister's name is Trick. She walks the path of the Scum. [/hide] Gaius son of Gaius [hide] Name: Gaius Homeworld: Feral World Gender: Male Career: Guardsman Rank: Conscript Start Package: Tranch war veteran WS: 35 BS: 36 (+5) S: 42 (+5) T: 31 Ag: 39 Int: 29 Per: 27 WP: 24 Fellowship: 27 Wounds: 12 Fate Points: 2 Thrones: 10 Insanity Pts: 2 Starting XP: 300/300 Corruption Pts: 0 Build: Rangy Skin Color: Ruddy Hair Color: Blond Eye Color: Blue Age: 27 Quirk: You have tribal tattooing. Superstition: Unlucky Colour Divination: Die if you must, but not with your spirit broken. Traits: Iron Stomach, Primitive, Rite of Passage, Wilderness Savvy Basic Skills: Navigation (Surface) (Int) (Wild. Sav.), Survival (Int) (Wild. Sav.), Tracking (Int) (Wild. Sav.), Awareness (Per) Swim (S), Search (Per_ Advanced Skills: Speak Language (Tribal Dialect) (Int), Speak Language (Low Gothic) (Int), Drive (Ground Vehicle) (Ag), Survival (Int) Talents: Melee Weapons Training (Primitive), Basic Weapons Training (Las), Pistol Training (Las), Basic Weapons Training (Primitive), Light Sleeper, Hated (Mutants) Gear: lasgun and 2 charge pack, knife, guard flak armour, 1 week corpse starch rations, ax, las pistol and 1 charge pack, bow and 10 arrows, street clothes (Common Quality Clothing), mercenary license, stone finger (memento), chip of tank tread (memento), mono sword, 1 frag grenade Backpack Special Qualities: None Family: Your mother's name was Luck. She walked the path of the Assassin. She is deceased. Your father's name is Stubber. He walks the path of the Guardsman. Your sister's name is Zenthia. She walks the path of the Guardsman. Your brother's name is Octus. He walks the path of the Guardsman. [/hide] The Mongrel Psyker [hide] Name: Mongrel Homeworld: Mind Cleansed Gender: Male Career: Imperial Psyker Rank: Sanctionite Start Package: Living Nightmare WS: 28 BS: 27 S: 29 T: 35 Ag: 30 Int: 28 Per: 28 WP: 52 Fellowship: 24 Wounds: 12 Fate Points: 3 Thrones: 75 Insanity Pts: 13 XP: 400 total 140 spent Corruption Pts: 0 Build: Gaunt Skin Color: white Hair Color: white Eye Color: red Age: 38 Quirk: You are an albino. Shards of Memory: The Throne of Blood Divination: Die if you must, but not with your spirit broken. Traits: Engram Implantation, Failsafe Control, Imperial Conditioning, Through a Mirror Darkly, Sanctioned Psyker, Unreadable Mind Basic Skills: Deceive (Fel) (Engram), Intimidate (S) (Engram), Common Lore (Tech) (Int) (Engram), Survival (Int) (Engram) Advanced Skills: Speak Language (Low Gothic) (Int), Psyniscience (Per), Invocation (WP), Literacy (Int), Trade (Merchant) (Fel) Talents: Jaded, Pistol Weapon Training (SP), Pistol Weapon Training (Las), Melee Weapons Training (Primitive), Pistol Weapons Training (Las), Resistance (Psychic Powers) Gear: staff, knife (psykana mercy blade), quilted vest, tatty robe (Poor Quality Clothing), Psy-Focus, sanctioning brand, sword, deck of cards, compact las pistol and 1 charge pack, whittling knife (memento), fossil xeno bone (memento) frag grenade x4 Backpack Actual gear : Stub Revolver (4 bullets) Tooth sword Glow orb Civitas pattern laspistol (1 charge pack) Special Qualities: You have a Psy Rating of 1. Minor Powers: Sense Presence Healer Wall Walk Forget me Family: Your mother's name is Lekka. She walks the path of the Assassin. Your father's name is Frak. He walks the path of the Arbitrator. You are an only child. [/hide] I will edit this further, of course. Unless of course people would rather I fill up another hole in the party.

If you need another person I can play, it has been awhile since I played dark heresy though. Also, oh god a psyker, this isn't going to end well.