Character Creation

[NuclearWookiee]

Figured I'd start a thread about character creation specifics. My first question is what are we doing for stats in this game? Will you be giving us an array of attribute scores to use? Are we just rolling? Need one stat below 10? Etc, etc.

 

[The_Universe]

Figured I'd start a thread about character creation specifics. My first question is what are we doing for stats in this game? Will you be giving us an array of attribute scores to use? Are we just rolling? Need one stat below 10? Etc, etc.

We'll all roll 4d6 10 times, dropping the lowest die. This time, you won't have to have a stat below 10, but I will once again require everyone to choose a flaw, a la Unearthed Arcana. Stats will be subject to DM approval. In the unlikely event that someone gets all 18's (or some other ridiculously high stat set), I'm sorry to say that I'm going to make you re-roll. However, the same standard is true if you roll all 3's (or some other pathetic set of stats).

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Attaching the d20 Modern Character Creation rules - a lot of it doesn't apply, but a lot of it does (or at least, that's what I assume).

 

[The_Universe]

The classes in the PHB are all available for characters, though I don't recommend taking Druid. If someone REALLY wants to play one, I'll make it work, but if none of the PCs are Druids, it's entirely possible that Druids will simply not exist (at least not in the known world).

If you're interested in playing an alternate base class, such as the ones that appear in the Complete Warrior/Divine/Arcane/Adventurer series, I'll take that into consideration, but I make no guarantees. Anything not in the three core rulebooks is by DM approval, only (but I'm usually pretty lenient)!

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Link to Kennon's old post about flaws:

http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=2334837&postcount=1

 

[The_Universe]

Link to Kennon's old post about flaws:

http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=2334837&postcount=1

Incidentally, the official rules for flaws are now posted here:

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/buildingCharacters/characterFlaws.htm

 

[The_Universe]

Another one that I have stated aloud, but have not put here:

All characters must be Good. Whether you're chaotic, neutral, or lawful is up to you. I expect heroes, not anti-heroes, villains, or outsiders-forced-to-do-good-by-circumstance.

 

[The_Universe]

The set of stats for all characters (before racial adjustments) will be:

18, 16, 15, 14, 12, 11

Please distribute as desired.

 

[NuclearWookiee]

Hey Kennon, I was looking over the weapons after our discussion the other night and noticed that the halberd is actually the only polearm in there that isn't a reach weapon.

 

[The_Universe]

Hey Kennon, I was looking over the weapons after our discussion the other night and noticed that the halberd is actually the only polearm in there that isn't a reach weapon.

That, then, will require some adjustment. Maybe I'll just go with something obvious and say that Aryal's favored weapon is the sword. Let me look at my options and get back to you.