Random DM nagging 3: NO ESCAPE

[Yuthirin]

I'm up for either, how 'bout the two of you?

[Merc]

Minor preference for B3, but more B4 is fine.

[Anastasia]

That's two. What say you, dread Idward?

[Iron Dragoon]

B3, I suppose. I honestly don't care either way, but having actual goals to accomplish is nice.

[Anastasia]

Okay, cool. I'll be posting about this in a day or two. Until then, just focus on getting your level up details down here. I'd like to have this in order before we hop back.

[Anastasia]

Okay, I'll have instructions for y'all once you finish your level ups and post level up summaries. If you're going to make any purchases, note so and make a separate post in loot for them. In the meantime, I'll start B3 NPC level ups. Y'all are starting with a level up over there, but don't start yours until I all this is sorted.

[Merc]

I'll do the level up for Luther this weekend. When would be the plan for starting with B3 again?

[Anastasia]

I'll do the level up for Luther this weekend. When would be the plan for starting with B3 again?

Ideally this week, but realistically we may miss a week due to prep. We'll see how fast our leveling up here and over there goes. At worst, I may run a fluff, no combat session this week rather than miss a session.

[Merc]

Any issues with skill retraining? I was thinking of retraining Luther's skills since there's so many that really just don't work in a dungeon game.

[Anastasia]

Any issues with skill retraining? I was thinking of retraining Luther's skills since there's so many that really just don't work in a dungeon game.

Knock yourself out.

[Merc]

Awesome. Will do, chief!

[Anastasia]

Superb. Keep me updated, agent Mercury.

[Merc]

I'll update sheet later, but tentative update summary:
- Pious Templar 4 / Human Paragon 3
- Gain +1 BAB, +1 Fort, +1 Will (paladin/templar side)
- Gain 1 bonus feat (templar): Melee Weapon Mastery (slashing)
- Gain 1 bonus feat (level 9): Probably Arcane Strike (might go with Skill Focus [Jump], if I can't afford skill boosters)
- Gain +1 level of spellcasting (necromancer side only): gain level 3 spell +1, gain level 4 spells (+4)
- Gain +2 ability score (paragon): Debating DEX or CHA. Leaning towards CHA.
- Gain 10 HP (2 roll + 3 con + 5 scroll)
- Gain 10 skill points (4 paragon + 1 human + 1 int + 4 houserule) / NOTE: Rebuilding skill points, so total of 100 skill points (90+10).

Gain 9122.05 gold (Total: 9227.05 gold).
-Probably spending on Nimbleness enchantment for armor and skill boosters.

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Two questions for Dune:
- What is the cost of skill booster items? I've never bought 'em, and all I could find was this, which I'm unsure of since it's dandwiki.

- Could I switch last level's ability score bonus of +1 wisdom to +1 strength? I only just realized that if I did that, it drops me to below medium capacity and gets rid of -3 ACP, which is one of the things killing my skill checks.

[Yuthirin]

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/creatingMagicItems.htm

Specifically,

Skill bonus (competence) = Bonus squared × 100 gp

[Anastasia]

Yuth is correct. If yo udo the math, you find out a +5 booster matches a cloak of elvenkind or boots of the same.

Stat booster items come in 3 flavors pre-epic: +5, +10 and +15. The prices are 2500, 10000 and 22500, respectively. Going past +15 requires an epic magic item, this is mostly to keep skill bonuses saner than anything else. They're already easy to game with custom magical items.