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<blockquote data-quote="Brother Shatterstone" data-source="post: 1869687" data-attributes="member: 13442"><p>I'm now back from PT and I'm eating lunch so I can continue on from before. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>First, thanks for being open to talk about character creation, I know alot of people dislike the gestalt character rules. It truly isn't for everyone and alot of people worry about power gaming. I'm not a power gamer, I will never chose a weapon base upon which weapon will do the most damage while having the best chance to critical, and I rather frown on doing that. I just like really heroic character, it’s probably a product of reading to many comic books. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Anyhow as for classes, the Midnight Campaign setting is a unique one as magic is very limited, and all of the core classes that have spells have been redone but if you look at a wildlander you'll go, "Oh that's the ranger." while looking at a freerider will make you have thoughts of the paladin. The single magic user class is still very powerful... (but trackable... More on this later.)</p><p></p><p>Also the races in the midnight campaign setting have all been redone, and are slightly more powerful than the core races. (Their are even three human races) I don't remember for sure but I believe that the races are listed as a LA +1. (which is a good thing considering that LA and gestalt characters can lead to confusion. So this removes the LA from the bugbear.)</p><p></p><p>Anyhow, I have no desire to replace the bugbear’s humanoid levels, the progression will be the same as any gestalt character:</p><p></p><p>Humanoid 1/Legate* 1</p><p>Humanoid 2/Legate* 2</p><p>Humanoid 3/Legate* 3</p><p>Wildlander* 1/Legate* 4</p><p></p><p>* Please note that it has been a few months since I looked through the book… The class names could be wrong.</p><p></p><p>Think of the Wildlander as basically a ranger, while the legate is the evil cleric that does Izrador's bidding. </p><p></p><p>As for overall level that is really up to you, though I imagine that 6,8 or 10 would work just fine for me… I’m pretty comfortable in the mid levels so it’s really whatever level is comfortable for you.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well to be honest it’s still a very slow progression… This isn’t my first solo PbP game, but advancement isn’t a big concern for me… While I want my character to advance and become more power like any one else…. It’s the chance to truly RP, to almost write a novel in collaboration that draws me to PbP. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I couldn’t have said it better myself… The Legate has an “animal” companion that can track magic/magical items over some distance, I’m hoping my character skills would be the ability to track even the non-magic using resistance. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p> </p><p>As for the cohort, I'm very much intrigued by the idea of it... Let me think on it some. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> (maybe leadership and have some orc lackeys/minions)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brother Shatterstone, post: 1869687, member: 13442"] I'm now back from PT and I'm eating lunch so I can continue on from before. :) First, thanks for being open to talk about character creation, I know alot of people dislike the gestalt character rules. It truly isn't for everyone and alot of people worry about power gaming. I'm not a power gamer, I will never chose a weapon base upon which weapon will do the most damage while having the best chance to critical, and I rather frown on doing that. I just like really heroic character, it’s probably a product of reading to many comic books. :) Anyhow as for classes, the Midnight Campaign setting is a unique one as magic is very limited, and all of the core classes that have spells have been redone but if you look at a wildlander you'll go, "Oh that's the ranger." while looking at a freerider will make you have thoughts of the paladin. The single magic user class is still very powerful... (but trackable... More on this later.) Also the races in the midnight campaign setting have all been redone, and are slightly more powerful than the core races. (Their are even three human races) I don't remember for sure but I believe that the races are listed as a LA +1. (which is a good thing considering that LA and gestalt characters can lead to confusion. So this removes the LA from the bugbear.) Anyhow, I have no desire to replace the bugbear’s humanoid levels, the progression will be the same as any gestalt character: Humanoid 1/Legate* 1 Humanoid 2/Legate* 2 Humanoid 3/Legate* 3 Wildlander* 1/Legate* 4 * Please note that it has been a few months since I looked through the book… The class names could be wrong. Think of the Wildlander as basically a ranger, while the legate is the evil cleric that does Izrador's bidding. As for overall level that is really up to you, though I imagine that 6,8 or 10 would work just fine for me… I’m pretty comfortable in the mid levels so it’s really whatever level is comfortable for you. Well to be honest it’s still a very slow progression… This isn’t my first solo PbP game, but advancement isn’t a big concern for me… While I want my character to advance and become more power like any one else…. It’s the chance to truly RP, to almost write a novel in collaboration that draws me to PbP. :) I couldn’t have said it better myself… The Legate has an “animal” companion that can track magic/magical items over some distance, I’m hoping my character skills would be the ability to track even the non-magic using resistance. :) As for the cohort, I'm very much intrigued by the idea of it... Let me think on it some. :) (maybe leadership and have some orc lackeys/minions) [/QUOTE]
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