Build Rules

Hopefully this will never come up, because nobody dies or needs to be replaced, but...

Character Creation Guidelines

• Official Paizo material only

No Third Party If I can't find it on Archives of Nethys, then it's a no

Starting Level

• 3

(There's a reason you were picked, after all)

Point Buy

• 20 (Standard PF)

I don't recommend dump stats - I'm the mean GM who'll make you play a low INT or have people react to low CHA - I'd definitely not recommend a stat under 8 after racial mods

Allowable Races

• All core races, plus the planetouched and changelings.

If you've got a really good backstory for something else, we can talk

Allowable Classes and Archetypes

• Most, but...

I'm not familiar enough with Occult to run that fairly, so it's out.

Unchained Summoners are the only ones allowed.

Other than that, if it's official Paizo, it's in.

Exception

• No guns. For anyone.

So, unless you want a Bolt Ace, that's a no on the Gunslinger.

Alignment

• They're looking for heroes, and it's an LG nation with a paladin as it's ruler. So, yeah, no evil.

(Also, no Lawful Stupid or Chaotic Stupid. I hate that.)

Traits

• 2. One must be a campaign trait

You can take a third in exchange for a drawback - but I'll want to talk about the drawback and how it can actually come up in play. Also, the traits need to actually make sense - you can't be the poor kid who grew up on a farm and then pick an urban trait, for instance.

Hit Points

• Max at level 1. For every level thereafter, half plus a roll of a die with the same number of sides.

So, that's 3+d3, 4+d4, 5+d5 or 6+d6

Same applies to animal companions (since they're class features) - but not to NPCs (lookin' at you, leadership feat).

Skills

• We will be using Background Skills, as described in Unchained. Skill unlocks are also a thing.
• Hero Points: They're in. You will all have 2 at the start of the campaign.
• Starting Gold: Max for a level 1 character

Once you've built based on that, I'll provide a list of loot bags that represent what you found in your previous 2 levels worth of career -- people can then pick the one they want - and then do with it as they will (sell/trade, keep, whatever).