Paradigm Concepts

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Was TPK the intent here? I can see many TPKs out there.
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-Devin Redd, Detroit Harvester
"The Elorii shall rise again!"
Current- Vaerdos kyr'Taliis, Ardakene Elorii Chanter of the Rebirth and the Bright People
Retired- Elysian, Ardakene Elorii Hierophant of Belisarda

[PCIHenry]

Devin,

[Harliquinn]

Henry
That's a very good point to make and I have a question around how Tiers are handled in modules. It seems that given the very versatile nature of Arcanis's advancements, that a Tier 1.5 character who advanced one way could be very different in 'power level' from another character. By Tier 2, I imagine that most characters have taken many of the same Advancements (Generally there around 7-8 that all characters are likely to take with 2-3 personal choice ones).
For instance, a character who chose as their first 4 Advancements: 2 Skill Talents, 2 Attribute Bumps, A Path, and a +1 to all Skills would be not as 'combat' ready as someone who'd taken 2 Combat/Arcane Talents, +2 Defenses, 4 Attribute Bumps and +1 to all Skills. Is there an expectation that by the mid-point of a Tier, characters have generally taken certain Advancements in order to stay 'on par' with the adversaries they are likely to encounter.
The reason I ask is that in some games, you are fairly certain that any "5th level" character has gained 5 levels of Hit Points, 5 levels of combat advancement, and 5 levels of character abilities.
I completely understand "Choices have consequences." However, I'm curious if the PCI Team / Module Authors have some core expectations of Tier 1.5 / Tier 2.5 characters (for instance, it's generally accepted that you've taken your +2 Defenses before Tier X.5 and if you don't then you've made a choice outside the expectations of the campaign that will have consequences).
John
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- Harliquinn, John Bellando
Ohio Harvester

Kelb'Bakari, Dark-kin Altherian Corsair, Gentleman Archaeologist
-"Judge a wine by its label and you will miss out on the best vintages."

[SamhainIA]

I think it would fair to say that the assumption is " people are going to take the advancements they feel will make the best impact for their character "

and what exactly those are are widely varied from build to build
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--Josh Elliott
Harvester of Eastern Iowa and associated Dominions

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[mighty28]

I think it also really depends on the story. I believe the actual Tier/Rank of average Heroes playing is not the deciding factor, but what does the story call for? This mod did have a "bump" to keep things very challenging (as Henry indicated), but even a party who did not meet the requirements for said bump should still be very challenged.

Really bad stuff can happen to Heroes. Death, failure, fear. Some of it is climactic, and some isn't.

Conan ran away A LOT. He knew when he was outmatched and said "screw it, i am not fighting that!" In the original movie, he loses his love interest and truest companion...and she was a Hero, too. Sturm Brightblade...killed in battle. Flint Fireforge...killed via heart attack. Maximus (from Gladiator)...dies. Luke Skywalker loses a hand. Mace Windu...dead. Qui Gon Jin...dead. Obi Wan Kenobi...dead via sacrifice. Hell, Joss Whedon is consider a master storyteller in the geek universe and he kills Heroes in every show & movie he does.

If the PCs, as the Heroes, want to be the central component of the story, they have to risk something. The alternatives are to either be the central figures (and Henry tells us we are awesome and kill the big bad) or that we are not the central components of the story, and our actions and decisions become futile, anyway.
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Matthew Flinn
Indiana Harvester

tpb Marcus Decius Val'Assante
and (formerly) Mikalosh Val'Assante (no relation)

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[Nierite]

And it isn't like Arcaniacs aren't used to battles where discretion is the better option... and then trying it anyway.

Lucius Orata, The Lavender Way, Voiceless One assasins, running int petrified forests....
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Cody Bergman

aka = Haakon Marcus val'Virdan, Priest of Nier (Divine 1.
aka = Dyabe val'Abebi, Templar of Althares (Divine 1.3)
aka = Jorma Ostoman, Battlemage of the Coryani Empire (Arcane 1.2)

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[Deviknyte]

Loot questions on the Spirit Gauntlets:
Are these 2 gauntlets that share a rune or 2 gauntlets with a rune in each?
Can these runes be removed (or sold)?
Are they fine or exceptional quality runes?
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-Devin Redd, Detroit Harvester
"The Elorii shall rise again!"
Current- Vaerdos kyr'Taliis, Ardakene Elorii Chanter of the Rebirth and the Bright People
Retired- Elysian, Ardakene Elorii Hierophant of Belisarda

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[Deviknyte]

[Nierite]

I'm going to assume not, since it is a named magical item instead of just saying "A pair of gauntlets with a rune".
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Cody Bergman

aka = Haakon Marcus val'Virdan, Priest of Nier (Divine 1.
aka = Dyabe val'Abebi, Templar of Althares (Divine 1.3)
aka = Jorma Ostoman, Battlemage of the Coryani Empire (Arcane 1.2)

[MaioJKM]

You can put a fine quality rune on a good weapon, just not as many as you could on a fine weapon.

Fine runes can be placed on good or fine items/weapons
Exceptional runes can be placed on on exceptional or better items
Legendary runes can only be placed on legendary items

This is all found in Forged in magic, but it is a bit confusing.

James

[Harliquinn]