# SDMB RPG Setup Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 14, 2014, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766 "2014-01-14T05:24:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/41 "2014-01-17T17:27:26Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Undead aren’t immune to sneak attacks in Pathfinder - only oozes, elementals, and swarms are immune to precision damage. Also incorporeal creatures, unless you have a ghost touch weapon. Well, that’s cool! 🙂 I am going to try another sneak attack then ---
**Author:** ![BrianJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@BrianJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrianJ)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/42 "2014-01-17T21:33:53Z")
Hi, I’d like to be considered for a possible futire replacment spot. I need to think of a character. I was thinking a type of sorcerer/monk but those classes area lready accounted for. I’ll be looking at either a Dwarf fighter or Elf Fighter/mage, probably. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/43 "2014-01-17T21:38:54Z")
We do need someone who can soak up the aggro, but overall I like how this party is shaping up. I do hope the PC with 2 HP’s doesn’t die in this very first battle tho… ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/44 "2014-01-17T22:13:34Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > We do need someone who can soak up the aggro, but overall I like how this party is shaping up. I do hope the PC with 2 HP’s doesn’t die in this very first battle tho… yeah, so am I. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/45 "2014-01-17T23:27:44Z")
[Next round I’ll see what I can do…] ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/46 "2014-01-18T00:40:15Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Undead aren’t immune to sneak attacks in Pathfinder - only oozes, elementals, and swarms are immune to precision damage. Also incorporeal creatures, unless you have a ghost touch weapon. Constructs too. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/47 "2014-01-18T00:43:58Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > We do need someone who can soak up the aggro, but overall I like how this party is shaping up. I do hope the PC with 2 HP’s doesn’t die in this very first battle tho… That’s the initiative order, not the HP totals ! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/48 "2014-01-18T00:49:58Z")
My mistake, constructs are immune to ability & nonlethal damage (and massive trauma), but not precision damage. Learn something every day. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/49 "2014-01-18T02:21:31Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > That’s the initiative order, not the HP totals ! 😛 :smack: I thought something didn’t compute, but as I keeping reminding everyone, “it’s my first day” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/50 "2014-01-18T04:36:07Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > That’s the initiative order, not the HP totals ! 😛 Yes! Sorry if that was unclear. You folks did a nice job rolling toward the outside of the initiative range. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/51 "2014-01-18T07:00:03Z")
> [@BrianJ](#): > > Hi, I’d like to be considered for a possible futire replacment spot. I need to think of a character. I was thinking a type of sorcerer/monk but those classes area lready accounted for. > > I’ll be looking at either a Dwarf fighter or Elf Fighter/mage, probably. You bet. I’ll let you know if something opens up. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/52 "2014-01-18T09:10:00Z")
I’m assuming that I have a modest stock of CLW potions, and I can easily make more provided there is a steady drip of gold coming in. It’s not much, but handy for those times when you need a d8 + 1 hit points in a hurry. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/53 "2014-01-19T23:57:41Z")
I’ll also throw my hat into the ring as a replacement. I was thinking something along the lines of a fallen Knight Templar. Not so much that he fell, but he saw the corruption among them and realized that the organization wasn’t what he thought it was (or more to the point what they claimed to be), so he left to strike out on his own as a soldier-of-fortune. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/54 "2014-01-20T00:29:53Z")
**appleciders** , any reason why the next round hasn’t processed yet? Glitches or real life intruding on your end? No pressure, just a bit concerned, I expected the pace of play to go quicker than it has so far… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/55 "2014-01-20T02:11:32Z")
Not every player has.posted.what they are doing. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/56 "2014-01-20T02:27:02Z")
Will there be reminders, then? In our Diplomacy games here we would simply have a country go into what is called Civil Disorder when they failed to get in moves by the deadline, in which case their units defaulted to Hold orders. Should something similar be at work here-the PC would simply default to defending himself physically (per a prior default set of orders-“If attacked I will employ my shield and mace to defend myself”) against any attacks, but would otherwise perform no action that turn? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/57 "2014-01-20T02:36:12Z")
We’ve got a _ton_ of players, so there’s going to be a certain amount of downtime between posts. Also, it’s a long holiday weekend. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/58 "2014-01-20T02:41:00Z")
Mostly, I’m sitting here watching football with family instead of running the game! I’m going to finish off this last round of combat tonight. That said, it’s really helpful for me if folks can post even just a “Carry on” order, so that I know that they don’t want any changes for their character, and that they have actually seen the thread. This is also a good opportunity to talk about standing orders for characters. For instance, both Aji and Harald have noted that they want Power Attacks as standard unless otherwise specified, and Solsken’s falcon won’t engage except in dire need, and then only hit-and-run. Does anyone else have any standing orders or defaults they’d like to declare? ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/59 "2014-01-20T02:44:33Z")
**Hoopy Frood** , consider yourself in line. There are lots of good opportunities in the various Holy Orders for good roleplaying. **Malacandra** , it seems that Zachary would certainly have CLW potions for sale, but that’s a fairly expensive item to stock in quantity if you don’t have a large clientele of high-level characters. Shall we say that he’s got four in stock? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766/60 "2014-01-20T02:59:51Z")
Unless otherwise specified, Joseph will use his whip to either try and trip opponents (favoring whomever the rogue is engaged with to facilitate precision attacks) or else using dazzling display to keep enemies demoralized. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-setup-thread/678766.md?page=4)