Rivets Eternal: Metal Men and Fleshy Cogs (D&D3.5e; Closed!)

Bront said:
Round up? Down? or alternate (Round up on even)?
For an L3 character.
Up: D6 = 6 + 4 + 4
Down: D6 = 6 + 3 + 3
Alternate: D6 = 6 + 4 + 3
Obviously, not a big deal now, but good to know :)

Alternate. Also, Songdragon power down. :D doghead, either would work so it's totally up to you.

KikuNoMaru -- Liend Caplin, Male Human Cleric 2
Needs to put his stats in the correct format.
Becca Bot -- ???, Female Elven Urban Druid 2
Needs to finish some details and her background.
Bibliophile -- ???, Male Dwarf Druid 2
Needs stats and background.
doghead -- Iannja, Female Elven ??? 2
Finish stats and background.
Borson -- Tyson, Male Human Monk 2
Finish stats and background.
jkason -- Josh Mornston, Male Human Bard 2
APPROVED! (+400xp for awesome background, +200xp for portrait; +600xp bonus total.)
Bront -- Orb, Female Human Bard 2
Almost done!
Songdragon -- Makh Grimtooth, Male Bugbear Rogue 2
Power down man! You're like 4th level right now.
 

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Cool, putting my character in the proper stat block now and adding a description.

Still wondering about those guns. I know they're simple weapons, but I don't have any book for them (unless its srd?) or any stats, so prices/dmg/rng, etc would be appreciated.

Now I just have to search for a good picture to fit my character...
 

Iannja, female elf noble sorcerer

Iannja character thread has been posted here.

I hunted around for a image but I couldn't find anything that fitted.

thotd
 
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OK, quick upshot on guns.

You have 3 types, Matchlock (Hardest to reload), Flintlock (moderate to reload) and Percussion Cap (Easiest to reload, meaning about as easy as a heavy crossbow). All firearms misfire on a natural 1, masterwork and percussion cap firearms less badly. Each shot is reloaded seperately, so a double barrel gun takes twice as long.

Costs range from 80 GP up. Double Barrel guns hold 2 shots (Can be fired simultaniously for double damage, or one at a time), Revolvers hold 4.

Firearms optionaly work as a Ranged Touch attack, but not in Rivets.

The only firearm you can fire multiple times in a single round is the Percussion Cap Revolver (500 GP), which stilll requires enough ammo to be loaded. A flintlock weapons can be prepaired ahead of time and multiples fired using the quickdraw feat to draw and drop them. Obviously, you can still fire dual handed with 2 guns, using the normal penalties (Two Gun Fighting is a seperate feat, ergo guns are not compatable with 2WF).

There is a Munitions skill, which lets you reload faster with a munitions check, and you can take the rapid reload feat to also reload faster, and the two stack potentialy. Meaning the only way to load as a free action is to make a munitions check AND have the rapid reload feat for percussion cap gun. Otherwise, it's a move action at best, and can be as long as 2 full rounds!

Some classes have Muntions as a class skill. Bard, Fighters, Paladins, Rangers, and Rogues from Core. I would also extrapolate that Swashbuckler, Noble, Hexblade, Favoured Soul, Scout, and Warmage probably do as well, and likely a case by case basis for PrCs.

Clerics who's orders have embrased steam technology have the following class skills (Make adjustments for 3.5 still). Alchemy (Int), Concentration (Con), Diplomacy (Cha), Heal (Wis), Knowledge (arcana) (Int), Knowledge (religion) (Int), Knowledge (steamcraft) (Int), Profession (Wis), Scry (Int, exclusive skill) and Spellcraft (Int).

Rogues gain all firearms proficiencies for free.

Hope that helps. Toss me an e-mail if you need more info, and I'll find a way to get it to you.
 
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www.heromaker.com is good for making your own pictures.

I used one from the cover of the book I based the character off of, but still had to write up the background and translate it into here.

GM, think we can get a Rogues Gallery thread going?
 

Bront said:
FYI - Songdragon, Racial HD count as levels, so your bugbear is currently an ECL 4 character.
Alrighty then... I was not aware of that. I went by what the MM had for bugbears, and the DMG was really none to helpful in answering my queries on that sort of thing.

dave_o said:
Alternate. Also, Songdragon power down.
Songdragon -- Makh Grimtooth, Male Bugbear Rogue 2
Power down man! You're like 4th level right now.
Would the LA still not make the character only a 1st level rogue, but a ECL 2nd level character? If I need to level Makh up, that's simple enough. But for now he's been powered down as requested to a 1st level rogue.

Makh Grimtooth

~ Songdragon ~
 

Bront said:
Done :) Feedback is appreciated :)

Orb looks neato. Odds are she's going to be from the Mullidan Forest south of Trenchtown, one of the few remaining forests (though Imperial Blighters will get right on that soon enough). Her hiring on with a band of travelling performers is totally plausable, but consider that perhaps it was stocked with unsavory characters, and perhaps she had to fend off rape on a regular basis. I mean, they did leave her high and dry.

I like the variety of her Perform skills and will be interested to see them in action. I will also be interested to see how Orb reacts to a big, loud clanking steampunk city like Trenchtown.

Still need to fill in the stuff on the right hand side at the top of yer sheet. Also, this is for everyone, bear in mind that the stuff you spend your starting cash on will have been confiscated when you were placed in prison -- but it may still be around somewhere within the prison complex. :D

And, as far as Rogue's Gallery thread goes, I had asked everyone to start a new thread and put their PC in it. That way I can bookmark each thread and not have to do a bunch of scrolling in one thread.

KikoNoMaru said:

Yup, what Bront said. If you need specific gun stats e-mail either him or me. Percussion Cap weapons are a relatively new invention in the world of Rivets.

doghead= said:

Looks good. Again, with the filling out the stuff on the right hand side at the top. And a few other blanks, and ticking off the money you've spent. As for a rifle, here's the stats for a flintlock musket: 180gp, 2d8, x3, 100ft., 15lb. Reloading a flintlock takes one full round (without Rapid Reload or a Munitions check). As far as loading this bad boy, you need one bullet (sold in groups of 20, for 1gp, and weighing 1lb. per 20), and an amount of powder. An apostle is exactly enough for one shot, and costs 2sp. A powder horn holds enough for 12 shots and costs 1gp, weighing half a pound. Finally, a cartridge box holds 20 paper cartridges each with a ball and powder, costs 8sp, weighs 1lb., and grants a +2 to Munitions checks to reload a firearm.

While ordinarily loading a firearm takes no Munitions check, to try and do it more quickly requires a DC 15 check for a matchlock firearm, DC 20 for a flintlock, and DC 25 for a percussion cap.

Songdragon said:
Makh Grimtooh

Makh looks awesome. Keep in mind most goblinoids sort of have a Rasta culture so Makh can buy into that as much or as little as he wants. He may or may not sport dreadlocks. :D I'm a little confused about yer attack bonuses with your weapons. If you're shooting a gun in each hand, with one being light, the penalties are -6 and -8. So, after you factor in your Dex you're getting a -2 on your main hand and a -4 on your off hand. Then you factor in Two Guns Blazing and that's a +0 and -2 to attack with yer weapons.

Also why is your light pistol at a +5 normally?

LUCY YOU GOT SOME 'SPLAININ' TO DOOOO. :D Otherwise looks jawsome.

KikuNoMaru -- Liend Caplin, Male Human Cleric 2
Needs to put his stats in the correct format.
Becca Bot -- ???, Female Elven Urban Druid 2
Needs to post her sheet which I will get to later today. :)
Bibliophile -- ???, Male Dwarf Druid 2
Needs stats and background.
doghead -- Iannja, Female Elven Noble 1/Sorcerer 1
Almost done!
Borson -- Tyson, Male Human Monk 2
Almost done!
jkason -- Josh Mornston, Male Human Bard 2
APPROVED! (+400xp for awesome background, +200xp for portrait; +600xp bonus total.)
Bront -- Orb, Female Human Bard 2
Almost done!
Songdragon -- Makh Grimtooth, Male Bugbear Rogue 1
Almost done!

Remember to make a Rogue's Gallery thread for your dude so I can just bookmark that and have a nice, easily-accessable list. I've got some awesome stuff planned and hopefully this game will make it for the long haul! :cool:
 

dave_o said:
Makh looks awesome. Keep in mind most goblinoids sort of have a Rasta culture so Makh can buy into that as much or as little as he wants. He may or may not sport dreadlocks. :D I'm a little confused about yer attack bonuses with your weapons. If you're shooting a gun in each hand, with one being light, the penalties are -6 and -8. So, after you factor in your Dex you're getting a -2 on your main hand and a -4 on your off hand. Then you factor in Two Guns Blazing and that's a +0 and -2 to attack with yer weapons.

Also why is your light pistol at a +5 normally?

LUCY YOU GOT SOME 'SPLAININ' TO DOOOO. :D Otherwise looks jawsome.

Will look into the culture and see how that fits.

I must have missed the light pistol in my last update, but it's fixed now.

Okay... I guess I assumed a little much. Steam and Sorcery is 3.0 and since 3.5 has dropped Ambidexterity and merged it and two-weapon fighting togther to be one feat, instead of the previous 2 in 3.0. I merely carried that over, not thinking, that Two Gun's Blazing would be the Two Weapon fighting feat for gun use. So I guess the question is would Two Guns Blazing work like Two-weapon fighting feat and combine the two feats, especially since there is no Abidexterity feat in 3.5 to offset pentalties as the 3.0 material assumes?

~ Songdragon ~
 

Songdragon said:
Will look into the culture and see how that fits.

I must have missed the light pistol in my last update, but it's fixed now.

Okay... I guess I assumed a little much. Steam and Sorcery is 3.0 and since 3.5 has dropped Ambidexterity and merged it and two-weapon fighting togther to be one feat, instead of the previous 2 in 3.0. I merely carried that over, not thinking, that Two Gun's Blazing would be the Two Weapon fighting feat for gun use. So I guess the question is would Two Guns Blazing work like Two-weapon fighting feat and combine the two feats, especially since there is no Abidexterity feat in 3.5 to offset pentalties as the 3.0 material assumes?

~ Songdragon ~

Hm, I think I agree. So you've got a +4 to yer gun attacks normally, normal penalties you're at +0/-4, and with Two Guns Blazing acting as Two-Weapon Fighting you'll be at +2/+2. Perfecto, nicely done. :D

KikuNoMaru -- Liend Caplin, Male Human Cleric 2
Needs to put his stats in the correct format.
Becca Bot -- ???, Female Elven Urban Druid 2
Needs to post her sheet which I will get to later today. :)
Bibliophile -- ???, Male Dwarf Druid 2
Needs stats and background.
doghead -- Iannja, Female Elven Noble 1/Sorcerer 1
Almost done!
Borson -- Tyson, Male Human Monk 2
Almost done!
jkason -- Josh Mornston, Male Human Bard 2
APPROVED! (+400xp for awesome background, +200xp for portrait; +600xp bonus total.)
Bront -- Orb, Female Human Bard 2
Almost done!
Songdragon -- Makh Grimtooth, Male Bugbear Rogue 1
APPROVED! (+400xp for awesome background, +300xp for portrait; +700xp bonus total.)

Man, now I wanna get to play in a PbP. :(
 
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