Re: Character Thread

[Araiguna]

I just linked my character sheet as it stands to my signature. can someone access it to make sure it works for me? it would be greatly appreciated.

[Archengeia]

I just linked my character sheet as it stands to my signature. can someone access it to make sure it works for me? it would be greatly appreciated.

It works for me.

[Araiguna]

alright awesome, thanks.

[Rory]

First thing: I apologize for the inconvenience but if you could change your username to your character name or have your character sheet linked in your signature (or both) I would greatly appreciate it to help keep things straight when we start.

Absolutely, taken care of.

First of all, we're going to change the individuals from pirates to simply desperate individuals who hijacked a Hlaalu ship to sail. No real intent or destination just fleeing the disintegrating island in fear and panic. Not the sort of people in the right sort of mind, so they probably would bring along a young person as entertainment (so to speak).

Rory is 21 when the desperate brigands(I just think that word suits them, it has a seaworthy air about it, and I removed any mention of pirates) attack his village. A total of 15 months pass to the present, and now he is 23.

When you say they steal a hlaalu ship, do you mean to say that these people are from further inland and came to the village with the intent to steal a ship from the settlement? Or, do you mean that the ship was already commandeered, and they decide to make a quick stop at Rory's home? I have it set up to reflect the latter at present.

I will say you crashed near Hebian-To amongst the Sho Empire, and the Pure was someone visiting with no actual mission in mind, merely having a vacation (the Dericost have been staying out of political affairs the last several years).

I've changed it so that the Pure is on leave from active duty, hunting for sport. Then, he escorts Rory to the port city and offers to give him a brisk tour and orientation, which Rory gratefully accepts. A possible ally later, depending on how long he is allowed leave(probably not long, and probably not a short enough period of active duty that follows for that to be possible at 15 months later. If you could come up with a plausible explanation or something other than active military duty(something that would allow time off for over a year), I'm all ears.

Also, at this point, Rory isn't taking any jobs that require purchase of armor or weapons. Would it be alright if he acquired a hunting knife? Also, I appreciate your level of patience with this.

[Essoje]

What probably was meant is that these people were a band of plunderers (which is the exact meaning of 'brigands') that panicked and, despite not being sailors, stole a ship in order to escape the island. A 'sea brigand' is what we call pirates, but these fellas are just so desperate they didn't think in a longer term than get away from the 'apocalypse'.

[Archengeia]

First thing: I apologize for the inconvenience but if you could change your username to your character name or have your character sheet linked in your signature (or both) I would greatly appreciate it to help keep things straight when we start.

Absolutely, taken care of.

First of all, we're going to change the individuals from pirates to simply desperate individuals who hijacked a Hlaalu ship to sail. No real intent or destination just fleeing the disintegrating island in fear and panic. Not the sort of people in the right sort of mind, so they probably would bring along a young person as entertainment (so to speak).

Rory is 21 when the desperate brigands(I just think that word suits them, it has a seaworthy air about it, and I removed any mention of pirates) attack his village. A total of 15 months pass to the present, and now he is 23.

When you say they steal a hlaalu ship, do you mean to say that these people are from further inland and came to the village with the intent to steal a ship from the settlement? Or, do you mean that the ship was already commandeered, and they decide to make a quick stop at Rory's home? I have it set up to reflect the latter at present.

I will say you crashed near Hebian-To amongst the Sho Empire, and the Pure was someone visiting with no actual mission in mind, merely having a vacation (the Dericost have been staying out of political affairs the last several years).

I've changed it so that the Pure is on leave from active duty, hunting for sport. Then, he escorts Rory to the port city and offers to give him a brisk tour and orientation, which Rory gratefully accepts. A possible ally later, depending on how long he is allowed leave(probably not long, and probably not a short enough period of active duty that follows for that to be possible at 15 months later. If you could come up with a plausible explanation or something other than active military duty(something that would allow time off for over a year), I'm all ears.

Also, at this point, Rory isn't taking any jobs that require purchase of armor or weapons. Would it be alright if he acquired a hunting knife? Also, I appreciate your level of patience with this.

Okay so. First: Vesayen Lassel was not aware there was a 'rest of the world' until quite recently. I'm willing to allow a player to play a human from Vesayen but the lore/backstory requirement is that they pretty much just got to the mainland, like... within the last week as of 'now'. So however you want to do that, but I'm afraid I'm unmoving on this point.

As for what I meant about the hijacking, what Essoje said pretty much hits the nail on the head. I was assuming this happened basically just now, and these brigands who... are not really smart nor thinking straight out of fear just grabbed a ship (any ship) and went. And that didn't go well and the ship crashed and you ended up drifting to shore.

Finally, hunting knife works if that's what you want.

[Rory]

Okay so. First: Vesayen Lassel was not aware there was a 'rest of the world' until quite recently. I'm willing to allow a player to play a human from Vesayen but the lore/backstory requirement is that they pretty much just got to the mainland, like... within the last week as of 'now'. So however you want to do that, but I'm afraid I'm unmoving on this point.

Oh right, I remember that being mentioned in one of your videos. Okay. Rory is 23 years old. Long story short, he ends up on a boat(headed towards the Lonely Island), shipwrecks and has to start over in Hebian-To. Other than time it takes to earn money for room and board, a local odd jobs license finder's fee, learn to read and write, and finally get robbed and spend the last of his pittance on a drink or two, no time has passed beyond that. Hopefully that's fixed.

As for what I meant about the hijacking, what Essoje said pretty much hits the nail on the head. I was assuming this happened basically just now, and these brigands who... are not really smart nor thinking straight out of fear just grabbed a ship (any ship) and went. And that didn't go well and the ship crashed and you ended up drifting to shore.

Okay, nonseaworthy brigands it is.

Finally, hunting knife works if that's what you want.

Thanks, I just worked it into the backstory. After all, it's kind of difficult to beat some animals to death(they got fast feet, y'no?)
And for the most part, I'm planning on keeping my knife sheathed, brought out only when needed or to serve some purpose as a tool, or a desperate grab during combat if it requires an action point to draw.

[Gwydo]

I'm 90% certain both the character sheet is done, as is the backstory.
Both linked in the signature.

Please feel free to review and feedback is encouraged.

[Zeiss]

I cannot access your files Gwydo. You have to give us access.

[Gwydo]

Both should be fixed now. Sorry about that.

[Zeiss]

Oh man. Your character and mine are soooooooooo different. Wonder if they are gonna clash.

[Hanuel and Dara(Toilarin)]

I think if anything, me and Gwydo might have some conflicts, elementally.

[Archengeia]

Oh man. Your character and mine are soooooooooo different. Wonder if they are gonna clash.

I think if anything, me and Gwydo might have some conflicts, elementally.

This is as good a time to bring this up as ever. While I am not opposed to intra-party conflict, I've always felt there's a line that shouldn't be crossed. Where that line is varies but it comes down to my Rule 0: We're all here to have fun. So don't cross that line and we're all good.

[Rory]

Consolidated character sheet to be nice and neat(finishing touches), should be good to go.
Added character description for anybody who's interested.

I have to be at a wedding on the 16th(reminder: UTC-0600), my aunt's remarrying. Just an availability update, in case everyone else manages to get their characters in order by then.

[Sethos]

Character sheet maybe
Back story maybe

If I did anything wrong on either the sheet or the back story I'll fix it in a heartbeat.

[Archengeia]

Character sheet maybe
Back story maybe

If I did anything wrong on either the sheet or the back story I'll fix it in a heartbeat.

I like the backstory, first off. Full approval from the GM.
The character sheet looks quite good given the circumstances. There are a few small nits: First, you get +3 Willpower as being a White Mage, so that's your rank therein, right? Now, Willpower is governed by Wisdom, so you would add your WIS modifier to that to get your total Willpower, which (at the moment) would be 6.
Second, I know you didn't fully have room to put your whole Mana-gain formula in there but I'm going to mention it here so you can jot it down somewhere and ensure you don't forget about it in the future: (Level -1) + (INT Modifier / 2)
And that is it, just two nits. Very well done, props.

[Zeiss]

This is as good a time to bring this up as ever. While I am not opposed to intra-party conflict, I've always felt there's a line that shouldn't be crossed. Where that line is varies but it comes down to my Rule 0: We're all here to have fun. So don't cross that line and we're all good.

Yup. I want to be friends with everyone! (the players I mean, my character will probably go with the flow of the party).

[Rory]

Just one thing I want to change to my character sheet: Power Attack is replaced with Improved Grapple. Complete. Done.

Open question: Anybody know of some good music to listen to appropriate for a D&D session? Arch, I know you've stated in one of your reviews that you were listening to the game's music with your headphones on. Any thoughts?

[Snarg of Wildpaw]

Character sheet maybe
Back story maybe

If I did anything wrong on either the sheet or the back story I'll fix it in a heartbeat.

Just want to add that your Fortitude should be 2 because it is based off of your CON modifier. Seems to be pretty legit as a whole though.

[Archengeia]

Just one thing I want to change to my character sheet: Power Attack is replaced with Improved Grapple. Complete. Done.

Open question: Anybody know of some good music to listen to appropriate for a D&D session? Arch, I know you've stated in one of your reviews that you were listening to the game's music with your headphones on. Any thoughts?

No problem with the feat swap.

As for music? Well you know me (actually I guess you don't hah), I listen to video game music. I have quite an archive actually. That being said, for D&Ding I prefer mostly environmental stuff... Morrowind's soundtrack, Oblivion's soundtrack, select songs from all over (I'm fond of Overworld themes in general from the Final Fantasy series, for example, and songs from Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, Donkey Kong Country Returns also has some wonderful pieces). Ultimately I could recommend a billion things but it's all video game cuz... that's what I listen to, hah!

[K]

Alright, finally i get to post this.

Character Sheet

Character Backstory


Hope it all checks out.

PS: I changed the URL from my old sheet. It's standard google docs format now.

[Archengeia]

Alright, finally i get to post this.

Character Sheet

Character Backstory


Hope it all checks out.

PS: I changed the URL from my old sheet. It's standard google docs format now.

Looks good to me. *stamp*

[Essoje]

Just to make sure, the value modifier of materials is a multiplier, right?
Also, is the default material cooper then, meaning I should consider default stuff half of the price than what the d20 srd tells me?
... which would also mean Steel stuff is like 15 times the normal prices... wow.

[Archengeia]

Just to make sure, the value modifier of materials is a multiplier, right?
Also, is the default material cooper then, meaning I should consider default stuff half of the price than what the d20 srd tells me?
... which would also mean Steel stuff is like 15 times the normal prices... wow.

Yes, and yes. Those are of course defaults, prices will vary based on region, Reputation, and any other number of variables.

[Essoje]

Document Reference, close to the bottom.

Edit: I'll run run a check to my gear. You guys should do the same, because I think I saw a few characters in steel gear, they might want to check if they can buy those at all.

"I'm so dumb" Edit: This was meant to another topic. Oh well.

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