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  • January 23, 2014 at 4:01 pm #150587
    Anonymous
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    How do people feel about Gathering Herbs and preparing them ? (codex of heroes new uses for skills section, artisan, heal and wilderness lore)

    It certainly is allowed, its part of a published product, and certainly hasn’t been disallowed, its just there are no guidelines on how it works in Organized play.

    I think if a player is sufficiently prepared for this, with a cheat sheet to hand the judge OR limits himself to looking for one or two area appropriate herbs, I think this is a totally appropriate kind of action as long as it doesn’t take up too much game time.

    January 23, 2014 at 4:06 pm #255585
    Anonymous
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    My wife’s character is an herbalist. She uses herbs every now and then in modules. I’ve never seen anyone have an issue with it.

    January 23, 2014 at 4:07 pm #255586
    drafit
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    Josh,

    I disagree with your assumption.

    While it certainly hasn’t been disallowed by the Legends of Acanis campaign, the fact that guidelines haven’t been put out for such an action doesn’t mean players can come up with their ad hoc rules and expect them to be implemented.

    For the time being, I would leave it the GMs discretion and not have temporary rules put in place.

    Remember: The books are written for home play as well as the Organized Play campaign. Not all options work equally well in all environments.

    January 23, 2014 at 4:55 pm #255594
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    I’ve allowed the gathering of herbs and such as appropriate for the adventure. If someone wants to do it, I have allowed 1 roll per scene (much like a binding) for a particular herb, based upon the terrain/area of the world that the characters are in. There are no rules for ‘how much’ is gathered, so I usually based it on a random 1d6 roll and then add based upon how high their success was. It’s not perfect but it seems to work okay.

    John

    January 23, 2014 at 10:17 pm #255633
    Anonymous
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    There is also the limitation from time of year and environment. Most of them can’t be found where we travel…

    January 29, 2014 at 7:17 pm #256009
    Anonymous
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    that guidelines haven’t been put out for such an action

    As a related question, do you (PCI) intend to put out guidelines or, dare we hope, full rules for herbs? When I first picked up the Codex of Heroes, one of the first things that caught my eye was the Poison Master talent. I was saddened that there were no rules or guidelines on using it, however. I would love a system to brew herbs and poisons, both for aiding healing and for giving arrows/daggers a little extra bite.

    January 29, 2014 at 7:53 pm #256014
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    that guidelines haven’t been put out for such an action

    As a related question, do you (PCI) intend to put out guidelines or, dare we hope, full rules for herbs? When I first picked up the Codex of Heroes, one of the first things that caught my eye was the Poison Master talent. I was saddened that there were no rules or guidelines on using it, however. I would love a system to brew herbs and poisons, both for aiding healing and for giving arrows/daggers a little extra bite.

    I love the system (seeing it’s my creation) and would very much love to see some solid guidelines for LA play..

    But saying that, I understand there is some internal discussion on incorporating it into the campaign…

    January 30, 2014 at 12:32 am #256033
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    This and crafting need rules/guidelines established for the campaign – in my opinion.

    January 30, 2014 at 12:55 am #256036
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    I skipped taking any craft skills for my character as crafting was so unlikely to ever make it into the campaign guide.

    Too many skill needs, not enough points (although I do have a couple of ‘flavour’ skills that would be useful… if they ever came up, like Appraise and Ride). Even though the family has a history of Weaponsmithing!

    March 2, 2014 at 7:56 pm #257903
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    I know you guys always got a lot on your plate but has there been any more thought on making such a guideline for the campaign? It matters a lot as I was beginning to fall so in love with this character I am building I was seriously considering scrapping Lothair and making it my new primary. Obviously it is going to be awhile before I get a chance to make any poisons but if there is never a chance to make poisons then my character concept is dead from the beginning. Henry didn’t exactly say no it was never going to happen in the campaign. Pedro gave some noncommittal response about how he would like to see it happen. So I guess what I am asking a solid yes or no on the POSSIBILITY of it happening.

    March 2, 2014 at 10:58 pm #257904
    drafit
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    A.J.,

    If your asking for a solid commitment of a Yes or No, then I’ll have to say No.

    I can’t commit the Team to do something like this when we have so much more on our “To do” list. So if your investment in time is predicated on getting said commitment, it would probably be best to go with another concept and if/when the Team sanctions herbalism/poison rules, then revisit that character concept.

    March 3, 2014 at 12:00 am #257905
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    I am not asking for a solid commitment yes. I am seeking to know if it is even a possibility. If I pursue this character concept if I start the character at the 1.5 level it would probably be at least another year or two in real life, especially as little as I get to play, before I have the ranks and Tier level to start remotely mixing poisons.

    Edit: I guess I would just want to know if the door is permanently closed before I build a character that’s goal is to get to that level.

    March 3, 2014 at 12:04 am #257906
    drafit
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    A.J.,

    I think I’ve answered you to the best of my ability – not at this time.

    Is there a possibility in the future? Sure – anything’s possible, but I have no idea when we’ll get around to doing this.

    March 3, 2014 at 12:09 am #257907
    Anonymous
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    Thanks Henry as long as there is Hope. \":D\" I think I might build I just love the role playing possibilities of the Herbal Healer/Assassin.

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