Sear chopped onions and garlic for ~2 minutes in olive oil, until the garlic starts to turn brown.
Add tomatoes and water.
Let it simmer for 5 minutes and add all spices.
Mix everything up and let it simmer for ~30 minutes with a half closed lid.
Blend everything to a smooth sauce.
Conclusion:
Taste dominated by the hotness of the chili. Marjoram and Oregano barely noticeable. Pizza taste dictated by toppings and dough, sauce stays in background.
Add all ingredients into a pot and heat it until the sauce starts to cook. Leave the sauce simmering for approx. 30 minutes with the cover on but not closing the pot completely. The sauce is ready once most of the water is evaporated. If you don't like your sauce chunky use a mixer to create a smooth sauce.
Mix flour and salt and dissolve yeast in water. Add water and oil to the flour and knead it until the dough is smooth. Let the dough rest for at least 30 minutes, better overnight in the refrigerator.
This character is the result of severals campaigns. He started at level 6 and was recently retired at level 11, when we decided to start with new characters and new adventures. As a result his equipment is a bit arbitrary and worth more than allowed when constructing a new level 11 character. He has the craft wondrous items feat, which would allow to create his equipment for a lower price.
Reactionary: You were bullied often as a child, but never quite developed an offensive response. Instead, you became adept at anticipating sudden attacks and reacting to danger quickly. You gain a +2 trait bonus on Initiative checks.
Fidgety: +2 Initiative (can't find the English name, but it's from Gnomes of Golarion)
Extended Illusions: Any illusion spell you cast with a duration of "concentration" lasts a number of additional rounds equal to 1/2 your wizard level after you stop maintaining concentration (minimum +1 round). At 20th level, you can make one illusion spell with a duration of "concentration" become permanent. You can have no more than one illusion made permanent in this way at one time. If you designate another illusion as permanent, the previous permanent illusion ends.
Blinding Ray: As a standard action you can fire a shimmering ray at any foe within 30 feet as a ranged touch attack. The ray causes creatures to be blindedfor 1 round. Creatures with more Hit Dice than your wizard level are dazzled for 1 round instead. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Intelligence modifier.
Invisibility Field: At 8th level, you can make yourself invisible as a swift action for a number of rounds per day equal to your wizard level. These rounds do not need to be consecutive. This otherwise functions as greater invisibility.
Gnome Traits
Small: Gnomes are Small creatures and gain a +1 size bonus to their AC, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, a –1 penalty to their Combat Maneuver Bonus and Combat Maneuver Defense, and a +4 size bonus on Stealth checks.
Slow Speed: Gnomes have a base speed of 20 feet.
Low-Light Vision: Gnomes can see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light.
Illusion Resistance: Gnomes gain a +2 racial saving throw bonus against illusion spells and effects.
Gnome Magic: Gnomes add +1 to the DC of any saving throws against illusion spells that they cast. Gnomes with Charisma scores of 11 or higher also gain the following spell-like abilities: 1/day—dancing lights, ghost sound, prestidigitation, and speak with animals. The caster level for these effects is equal to the gnome's level. The DC for these spells is equal to 10 + the spell's level + the gnome's Charisma modifier.
Gift of Tongues: Gnomes love languages and learning about those they meet. Gnomes with this racial trait gain a +1 bonus on Bluff and Diplomacy checks, and they learn one additional language every time they put a rank in the Linguistics skill. This racial trait replaces defensive training and hatred.
Obsessive: Gnomes receive a +2 racial bonus on a Craft or Profession skill of their choice.
Equipment
(82000 GP at level 10, crafting allows to spend up to 164000)
As this character is the result of multiple campaigns. It acquired gear worth 106800 gp, mainly by crafting the more expensive items.
Headband of vast intelligence +6 (36000) – +6 Intelligence
Hat of disguise (1800) – This apparently normal hat allows its wearer to alter her appearance as with a disguise self spell.
Cloak of displacement, minor (24000) – This displacement works similar to the blur spell, granting a 20% miss chance on attacks against the wearer. It functions continually.
Amulet of natural armor +1 (2000) – +1 Natural Armor
Lenses of detection (3500) – These circular prisms let their wearer detect minute details, gaining a +5 competence bonus on Perception checks. It also aids in tracking, adding a +5 competence bonus on Survival checks when tracking.
Snakeskin tunic (8000) – A snakeskin tunic is a tight, form-fitting shirt crafted from the scales of a giant snake. When worn, it grants a +1 armor bonus to AC, a +2 enhancement bonus to Dexterity, and a +2 resistance bonus on saving throws against poison.
Bracers of armor +3 (9000) – +3 armor bonus
Verdant boots (12000) – The wearer of these boots can, on command three times per day, cause her current square to sprout a thick canopy of fruit-bearing or otherwise edible plants. These plants count as difficult terrain and grant cover to any Medium or smaller creature within the square. They also provide enough food to sustain two Medium creatures for 1 full day. While the plants can grow on surfaces that would not normally support vegetation such as a wooden floor or cave stone, they cannot sprout on surfaces explicitly hostile to vegetation. The plants are usually of a sort common to the terrain or climate of the area in which they were produced. They disappear after 24 hours or when completely harvested, whichever comes first.
Ring of sustenance (2500) – This ring continually provides its wearer with life-sustaining nourishment. The ring also refreshes the body and mind; its wearer only needs to sleep 2 hours per day to gain the benefit of 8 hours of sleep. This allows a spellcaster that requires rest to prepare spells to do so after only 2 hours, but does not allow a spellcaster to prepare spells more than once per day. The ring must be worn for a full week before it begins to work. If it is removed, the owner must wear it for another week to reattune it to himself.
Ring of protection +2(8000) – his ring offers continual magical protection in the form of a deflection bonus of +2 AC
Quaterstaff
Skills
(ranks only, 3 skills maxed by headband, 7 ranks per level)
Skill
Rank
Total
Knowledge (dungeoneering)
11
22
Perception
11
18
Knowledge (arcana)
11
22
Spellcraft
11
22
Bluff
11
12
Stealth
11
18
Knowledge (planes)
9
20
Disguise
9
10
Craft(Sculpting)
7
20
Linguistics
5
16
Fly
4
10
Knowledge (nature)
4
16
Knowledge (nobility)
1
13
Knowledge (engineering)
1
13
Knowledge (religion)
1
13
Knowledge (geography)
1
13
Knowledge (history)
1
13
Knowledge (local)
1
13
Situational Bonus:
+10 Disguise when using Hat of Disguise
+2 resistance bonus on saving throws against poison
+2 racial saving throw bonus against illusion spells and effects.
Ghost Sound is one of my favorite spells. It's a great utility spell, that can be really powerful in many situations. It can be used in combat as well as in role playing.
Ghost Sound is a level 0 illusion spell available to bards, sorcerer and wizards. Gnome Magic allows gnomes to use Ghost Sound once per day as a spell like ability. It last 1 round per caster level and produces as much noise as 4 humans per caster level. The produced sound can be virtually anything.
The usage of Ghost Sound always depends on the situation. In combat it can be used to create a distraction, may allowing your allies to land attacks of opportunity or delaying actions of your enemies. Out of combat Ghost Sound can be used to support a lie or distract guards. I gathered some examples below.
In combat
This was one of the first times I successfully used Ghost Sound. My group fought a bunch of goblins in a cave. We were out numbered, the melee fighters were completely surrounded. As I had no higher spells left I used Ghost Sound to do something. Creating the sound of 16 charging Knights in the tunnel leading into the cavern, I were able to convince some goblins, that our back up troops arrived. Most of them tried to flee allowing the fighters to get the upper hand in the fight.
To use Ghost Sound in such a way, it is important to make it convincing. Firstly the source of the sound should not be directly visible to the target. Not even goblins will believe you, if you create the sound of an charging army on an empty plane. Secondly the produced sound should fit into the surrounding. If you are in a cave use the sound of giant insects, goblins and kobolds instead of bisons. The Bestiaries provide lists of monsters for every terrain type. At last choose sounds creating fear in your enemies. The descriptions of monsters often state their enemies or fears. You might can find something by knowledge rolls.
As a gnome you can use the metamagic feat Threatening Illusion to flank a foe. The targeted field is considered as threatening enemies. The feat raises the spell level by one but a threatening Ghost Sound is still a good choice for level one spells. The effect probably will only last one round, but your rogue will thank you.
In role playing
The real strength of Ghost Sound comes into play once combat is over. The spell can be used in almost any situation.
Causing distraction is probably the most common use of Ghost Sound. It begins at the towns gate by creating the sound of a brawl to distract the guards to avoid paying 2 silver coins per feet. When you reach the market distract a merchant with the sound of fighting chickens in his cages, to allow your rogue to acquire a splendid lunch. Whenever a NPC has to be distracted, Ghost Sound is a good first choice.
Ghost Sound can be used to support your statements or to alter the attitude of an NPC. If you want to convince a NPC that the group on the next table is plotting to kill him, we will be more likely to believe you if he hears constant mumbling. The guards might help you if the bandits scream about killing guards and taking their wives. General advise: let the target hear what he wants to hear in order to support your own needs.
Conclusion
As Ghost Sound is a level 0 spell it is tempting to use it all the time. However keep in mind that Ghost Sound is only as effective as your game masters allows it to be. At some point the GM will snap, if you repeat the same trick over and over again. My advise: only use Ghost Sound occasionally and describe it precisely. Also explain what effect you are looking for. You won't always get the wanted effect, but putting more effort in the descriptions makes it more likely.
I've played this character in the previous campaign(s) of our group and it got retired. The idea was to create a strong social character that also fulfills the role of a classical rogue (disabling traps and opening doors). She still has some use in combat, but is very squishy and should stay hidden or behind the tank at any time.
Vashta Nerada (name origin) is a female half-elven rogue. She used to work as a courtesan but found people tend to pay more for the possessions of her clients than the clients for her services. Being a trained courtesan she has no problem to seduce victims and infiltrate mansions and strongholds. Her social skills and profession allow her to penetrate strong security measures and obtain objects of desire while the owner is fast asleep.
Weapon Finesse – Use DEX instead of STR on attack rolls with light weapons
Weapon Focus(Short Bow) – +1 bonus on attack rolls with one weapon
Skill Focus(Perception) – +3 bonus on one skill (+6 at 10 ranks)
Skill Focus(Stealth) – +3 bonus on one skill (+6 at 10 ranks)
Rogue Talents
(4 Normal, 1 Advanced )
Bleeding Attack: A rogue with this ability can cause living opponents to bleed by hitting them with a sneak attack.
Fast Stealth: This ability allows a rogue to move at full speed using the Stealth skill without penalty.
Trap Spotter: Whenever a rogue with this talent comes within 10 feet of a trap, she receives an immediate Perception skill check to notice the trap.
Sniper's Eye: A rogue with this talent can apply her sneak attack damage on ranged attacks targeting foes within 30 feet that benefit from concealment.
Stealthy Sniper: When a rogue with this talent uses the Stealth skill to snipe, she only suffers a –10 penalty on the Stealth check, instead of –20.
Traits
Charming: Blessed with good looks, you've come to depend on the fact that others find you attractive. You gain a +1 trait bonus when you use Bluff or Diplomacy on a character that is (or could be) sexually attracted to you, and a +1 trait bonus to the save DC of any language-dependent spell you cast on such characters or creatures.
Elven Reflexes: One of your parents was a member of a wild elven tribe, and you've inherited a portion of your elven parent's quick reflexes. You gain a +2 trait bonus on Initiative checks.
Equipment
(62000 GP at level 10)
Darkwood Shortbow +2(8350)
Dagger +1(2302)
Mithral Chain Shirt +2(5300)
Corset of the vishkanya (3000): As a free action, the wearer can compress herself to fit through tight spaces as though affected by a squeeze spell (Advanced Race Guide) for up to 10 rounds per day. While using the corset's magic, she gains a +5 bonus on Escape Artist checks.
Cloak of Elvenkind (2500): +5 Stealth
Eyes of the Eagle (2500): +5 Perception
Vest of Escape (5200): Hidden inside these are magic lockpicks that provide a +4 competence bonus on Disable Device checks. The vest also grants its wearer a +6 competence bonus on Escape Artist checks.
Belt of incredible dexterity +4 (16000): +4 Dexterity
Boots of the Winterland (2500): The wearer of these boots is able to travel across snow at her normal speed, leaving no tracks. (And more)
Hat of Disguise (1800): This apparently normal hat allows its wearer to alter her appearance as with a disguise self spell.
Headband of alluring charisma +2 (4000): +2 Charisma
Mind sentinel medallion (3500): The medallion grants a continuous +2 resistance bonus on saves versus mind-affecting spells, spell-like abilities, and supernatural abilities.
Sleeves of many garments (200): The wearer of these sleeves can, when she slips them on, choose to transform her current garments into any other nonmagical set of clothing.
Apprentice's cheating gloves (2200): The wearer of these gloves can employ mage hand and prestidigitation at will.
2648 GP for other equipment and toys.
Skills
(ranks only, 11 ranks per level)
Skill
Rank
Total
Acrobatics
10
19
Stealth
10
30
Diplomacy
10
18
Disable Device
10
22
Disguise
10
18
Sleight of Hand
10
19
Sense Motive
10
13
Perception
10
24
Bluff
10
18
Knowledge (local)
5
10
Linguistics
3
8
Climb
4
7
Intimidate
3
11
Escape Artist
2
11
Swim
1
4
Perform (Dance)
1
9
Knowledge (dungeoneering)
1
6
Situational Bonus:
+10 Disguise when using Hat of Disguise
+5 to find and disable traps (Trapfinding)
+3 Reflex/AC vs traps (Trap Sense)
+2 Resistance bonus versus mind-affecting spells, spell-like abilities, and supernatural abilities
+1 Bluff/Diplomacy versus characters that are (or could be) sexually attracted to you (Charming)
In a game with a static camera (looking down at the level) it is important to align the character movement with the camera. Failing to do so creates a distorted input feeling as the input and the actions of the player character don't correspond to each other. To achieve a correct movement, the directions have to projected from the screen onto the scene.
Naive implementations of player movement use the axis of the coordinate system as directions. Left and Right correspond to the [1,0,0] direction and Up and Down to the[0,0,1] direction. This implementation is correct and usable as long as the camera is correctly aligned to this axis. If the camera is not aligned the movement directions no longer correspond to the perceived directions of the player (see image above). To correct this we have to extract the directions from the camera.
To compute our new directions we unproject three points from camera space to world space. Most framework/engine have built in functions to do this ( godot, opengl, unity ). We have to preform 3 unprojections for the points: (0,0), (1,0) and (0,1). By substracting the result of latter two from the former we obtain two 3D-Vectors that represent our new directions. To receive planar movement direction set the height value (mostly y) to zero and normalize the vectors.
camH is the horizontal movement direction and camV the vertical. Instead of using the axis of the coordinate system ([1,0,0] and [0,0,1]) as movement directions, use camH for left/right movement and camV for up/down movement.
This is my favorite salad. It's suitable for most occasions and can serve as a main or side dish. It takes around 20 minutes to prepare.
The ingredients (in a copyable fashion):
500 g Pasta
250 g Mini Tomatoes
250 g Mozzarella
125 g Arugula
100 g Green Pesto
2 Tablespoons Honey
2 Tablespoons Mustard
1 Handful Grinded Parmesan Cheese
Cook the pasta as described on the package (al dente). While the pasta is cooking you can cut the mozzarella and the tomatoes. I divide the tomatoes once or twice, depending on their size. The mozzarella is cut into pieces roughly the same size as the tomato pieces.
Add everything to the bowl, except the arugula! It takes a long time mix everything up if you add the arugula directly. Mix the ingredients until everything is coated than add the arugula and mix it again.
