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dpdx as Aarlin Brom-Katy as Brom Jythri as Draas bishopmcq as Galloran eoghanbt as Urgar Milo Taproot as Laurn GuiltPuppy as Wyte
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Sparky as The Friendly GM
The Balestar Rises is a campaign in a homebrewed Points of Light setting. World building is one of my favorite things to do as a DM, but I tend to spend more time on it than on actually putting games together, so this campaign is an effort at reversing that. The adventures begin along the western coast of a large landmass.
Character Creation:
1st level
Generate ability scores with Methods 1 or 2 (standard array or point buy)
PHB Races (exception for the Gnome Draas making a conversion from 3.5e)
Starting Wealth, 100gp
Character Sheet
This sheet is already formatted for forum posting. Copy and paste this into a text editor that can search/replace and search for { and replace with [. Voila! Consistent character sheets!
{sblock=Exter]
{B]Exter Examplton "Ex"{/B]
Male, Human, Fighter(1)
Lawful Good (Avandra)
Medium, 5'11" tall, 186 lbs, 20 years old
Brown hair, brown eyes, brown skin
{I]Vision:{/I] Normal
{I]Bonus At-Will Power:{/I] Choose 1 extra At-Will power from your class list
{I]Bonus Skill:{/I] Choose 1 extra skill from your class list
{I]Bonus Feat:{/I] Choose 1 extra Feat
{I]Human Defense Bonuses:{/I] +1 to Fort, Reflex and Will defenses
{B]{U]Other Class Features{/U]{/B]
Bonus to Defense: +2 Fort
Combat Challenge
Combat Superiority
Fighter Weapon Talent, +1 attack rolls to 1h weapons
{B]{U]At Will Powers{/U]{/B]
{COLOR="SeaGreen"]Cleave{/COLOR]
{COLOR="SeaGreen"]Sure Strike{/COLOR]
{COLOR="SeaGreen"]Tide of Iron{/COLOR]
{B]{U]Character Information{/U]{/B]
{sblock=Background]Background goes here...{/sblock]
{sblock=Demeanor]Description of the character's personality...{/sblock]
{sblock=Appearance]Physical description of the character...{/sblock]
{/sblock]
Draas is nearly back! He'll still be a gnome, but instead of bardish arts, he'll be a mage. Actually, it's quite a small transition at first level, and the merchant character concept still stands. I'm working on his re-roll this weekend and hope to be play-ready early next week, with DM's approval.
Sorry I dropped in a hole, all! Life got....hectic!
(I posted this to the googlegroup, but thought I'd post here too, just to make it official)
I'm working on getting Brom converted. He's going to stay basically the same (same background & basic character traits) but changing his class from Fighter to Ranger. Can't wait to see what everybody does with their characters!
*wave* I am here, just constantly thrown off course with other things. Working on converting Laurn this week. Test character block below, will be back to edit it later.
Exter
Laurn
Elf Male
Level 1 Monk (path of the river))
Lawful Neutral
Vision: Normal Skill Bonuses:+2 Nature, +2 Perception Elven Weapon Proficiency: Longbow and Shortbow Fey Origin: Considered a fey creature Group Awareness: Non elf allies w/in 5 squares get +1 perception Wild Step:Ignore Difficult terrain when shifting Elven Accuracy:You can use elven accuracy as an
encounter power
Other Class Features Armor Proficiencies: Cloth Weapon Proficiencies: Monk Weapons; These currently include Shuriken, Monk Quarterstaff, Monk Unarmed Strike. Bonus to Defense: +1 Fortitude, +1 Reflex, +2 Will Monk Fighting Style Can wield 1 handed weapons as off hand weapons,l +Toughness feat. Monastic Battle Focus Same as Hunter's Quarry Monastic Protection +3 AC when wearing cloth
At Will Powers
Twin Strike Hit and Run
Encounter Powers
Evasive Strike Elven Accuracy
Daily Powers
Sudden Strike
Feats
Toughness
Defensive Mobility
Equipment
QuarterStaff (4lbs)
Shurikens (20) (2lbs)
Monk outfit (4lbs) (basically cloth armor, lots of hidden pockets.)
Belt Pouch (.5)
(On person Weight: 10.5 lbs)
Backpack (back, 2lbs) 2gp
- Bedroll (under backpack, 5lbs)
- Trail Rations 10 (backpack, 10 lbs)
- Waterskin (backpack, 4lbs) 1gp
- Rope, hempen (50ft) (10 lbs)
- Flint and steel
- Soap (.5 lbs)
- Book of the Order (2 lbs)
(Backpack weight, 33.5 lbs)
Total weight, 44 lbs
Character Information
Background
Background goes here...
Demeanor
Description of the character's personality...
Appearance
Physical description of the character...
edit: I am still toying around with the new Laurn, but here is where I am right now.
Last edited by Milo Taproot; 20th August 2008 at 07:59 PM..
Reason: updating character sheet
Greatness! Now we just need GP and we have everybody.
Cool, so that's what the character sheet looks like when the tags are fixed (the sheet is posted a couple posts up). The only to note is that the very first sblock tag... {sblock=Exter] needs to read... {sblock=Laurn] to make his name show up in the block title.
If this confuses you, never fear, I can help. Also, I have a handy dandy excel sheet that's helpful crunching a good portion of the numbers (courtesy of Milo (and other EN Worlders)).
Okay, since we're 90% here, I'll go ahead and set a deadline for characters to be submitted (hopefully you're all subscribed and will see this bump).
Character 4e Conversion deadline is: Tuesday, September 30th
That's 1 month from now. Follow Milo Taproot's (Laurn's player) lead and copy/paste the character sheet text from the Rules post above and fill it in appropriately.
If you have any questions, or want to discuss how you're building your character, by all means, post it here.
I'm here! I still haven't even begun character conversion yet. Actually, it's been long enough that I probably need to re-read Wyte's backstory to get up-to-speed - oof!
But Sept 30th is plenty of time, so no worries. I am eager to get this game back on!
Vision: Normal Bonus At-Will Power: Choose 1 extra At-Will power from your class list Bonus Skill: Choose 1 extra skill from your class list Bonus Feat: Choose 1 extra Feat Human Defense Bonuses: +1 to Fort, Reflex and Will defenses
Other Class Features
Bonus to Defense: +2 Will
Arcane Implement Mastery: Staff of Defense
Cantrips
Ritual Casting
Spellbook
Wyte is the son of a modestly successful cloth merchant. His privileged upbringing afforded him the opportunity to indulge in his many youthful curiosities, and he has been schooled to varying degrees in archery, history, and the distillation of spirits.
It was when he showed an aptitude for magic, however, that he finally developed any real sense of calling. While he proved himself more than capable of performing the spells he had been taught, he took a particular interest in the underlying logic of spellcraft, and the creative potential it offered.
Despite having found a passion, Wyte still became frustrated with the limitations of formal training. In part it was the quality of instruction his family could afford; how could he achieve his full potential with only a few weekly sessions with a tutor? So he set out traveling, perhaps to find a worthwhile apprenticeship, but at least to test his skills against the world at large. The great innovators of magic had almost always begun as adventurers, after all.
Demeanor
Wyte carries himself with just a touch of arrogance, and a little bit selfish. It's not that he's incapable of respecting or caring about the people around him, it's just that he always respects and cares for himself a little more. He is honest and straightforward in conversation, usually easy-going, and very even-tempered.
Appearance
Wyte is a young man of average height and a just barely athletic build. He is modestly handsome, although the heavy bags under his eyes make him seem somewhat more aged than he is. He has a well-kept look, with his traveling attire showing little wear, although his close-cut hair tends to look windswept even on a still day.
Katybear wrote to let me know that she doesn't have time to keep up with a game, she's dropping. I'm feeling a similar time and attention crunch and it seems others are as well.
As such, I'm officially shutting this game down.
I accomplished my chief pbp DMing goal: Get a thread through the first combat - so this has been a success by my lights.
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