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Final Fantasy VII - Resurrect the World. [Closed Recruiting for Now]
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Blackrat
He Who Lurks Beyond The Veil
Yeah, it does that. It does take everything into account, which results to me finding where the hell does those misc. bonuses and penalties come-from
. It doesn't show on the sheet but in the program it shows total, ranks by classes, ability bonuses, racial, magic and misc. But when it says -6 in misc, one needs to look where it finds all those penalties and see if there's anything to be done 
.The darned program is too smart...
Jemal
Adventurer
arkhandus -
Sorry for bitching at you so much, but I do really dislike it when people use derogatory terms such as those. Especially in seemingly direct reference to me/my character.
Now as to your most recent revision.. now we're have a toe-stepping problem. My character has a 'gladiator/arena champion' background and as such, I gave him an air of showmanship (Cha 14, Diplomacy/Intimidate+20 w/ Circlet of Persuasion). I'm not sure if this causes problems for your plans or not... If you want to be the face, I'm fine with that, but tell me if I have to rework my stats a bit.
Mechanically I only see one problem - Ring of Force Shield: The 'shield' still has to be 'wielded', it's not like an animated/floating shield that protects you on it's own.
Blackrat - Hmm, not a clue there. Without knowing what ranks you put into each skill I couldn't figure the misc. out.
Sorry for bitching at you so much, but I do really dislike it when people use derogatory terms such as those. Especially in seemingly direct reference to me/my character.
Now as to your most recent revision.. now we're have a toe-stepping problem. My character has a 'gladiator/arena champion' background and as such, I gave him an air of showmanship (Cha 14, Diplomacy/Intimidate+20 w/ Circlet of Persuasion). I'm not sure if this causes problems for your plans or not... If you want to be the face, I'm fine with that, but tell me if I have to rework my stats a bit.
Mechanically I only see one problem - Ring of Force Shield: The 'shield' still has to be 'wielded', it's not like an animated/floating shield that protects you on it's own.
Blackrat - Hmm, not a clue there. Without knowing what ranks you put into each skill I couldn't figure the misc. out.
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Kai Sarutobi
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Sorry for the lack of updates. I'm going to be out for the evening today. Then I'll be back to update late this evening/early tomorrow morning.
Arkhandus
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Since it seems Blackrat's PC and yours or someone else's might fill the needed role(s) of party faceman, mine probably doesn't need to. I can still shift his skills around since I haven't got a concrete background yet.
As for the ring, I've never been sure about how it's supposed to be interpreted, since it both does and doesn't seem like it requires a hand to wield the force shield, given that it's projected from the ring. Will just remove it then. 3.5 hardly did any clarifications, despite all the hoopla about it being a revision and all superior and junk. Pfffft.
(FAQs don't count, they're customer service crud, not original designer responses; and even the Sage in Dragon got mixed up sometimes)
As for the ring, I've never been sure about how it's supposed to be interpreted, since it both does and doesn't seem like it requires a hand to wield the force shield, given that it's projected from the ring. Will just remove it then. 3.5 hardly did any clarifications, despite all the hoopla about it being a revision and all superior and junk. Pfffft.
(FAQs don't count, they're customer service crud, not original designer responses; and even the Sage in Dragon got mixed up sometimes)
Kai Sarutobi
First Post
Alrighty! Lack of updates ends now. Once again, appologies for the delays but RL has kept me somewhat busy.
From what I can see we've got two near finished PC's and Blackrats unedited version, along with Shayuri chatting me up over e-mail in regards to characters.. This is coming along better than I'd hoped.
Now I just have to go back through two pages of text. *Groan*
Jemal, First off, thanks for the character critiques, it saves me some time. HP are max as in the main post. Because I hate dealing with it, assume that everyone just speaks common.
Your character looks good, background works fine. Was going to have an 'arena' at the gold saucer anyways. Heh.
I would suggest improved skirmish for your character. As far as your special? I think I'm going for something moderately powerful. Either 1-2 levels will be the special (Since you seem to be running up as main character.)
Arkandus, Good looking character so far. All of those feats are fine by me (I'll be editing the PHB 2 into the main post. It should have been in there, I just always lump it in with the completes. My fault, sorry!
Jemal was correct in regards to not buying weapons, see the main post update that will be up tonight as an addendum in regards to equipment (To clarify now that I've had a few days to ponder it.)
Thanks for the materia list. Any idea in regards to your special?
Blackrat, Off to a good start, though I'm worried it might be a tad weak compared to the other PC's (Has only glanced over it, so feel free to correct me!)
Err, beyond that, keep doing what you're doing? Kay kay?
From what I can see we've got two near finished PC's and Blackrats unedited version, along with Shayuri chatting me up over e-mail in regards to characters.. This is coming along better than I'd hoped.
Now I just have to go back through two pages of text. *Groan*
Jemal, First off, thanks for the character critiques, it saves me some time. HP are max as in the main post. Because I hate dealing with it, assume that everyone just speaks common.
Your character looks good, background works fine. Was going to have an 'arena' at the gold saucer anyways. Heh.
I would suggest improved skirmish for your character. As far as your special? I think I'm going for something moderately powerful. Either 1-2 levels will be the special (Since you seem to be running up as main character.)
Arkandus, Good looking character so far. All of those feats are fine by me (I'll be editing the PHB 2 into the main post. It should have been in there, I just always lump it in with the completes. My fault, sorry!
Jemal was correct in regards to not buying weapons, see the main post update that will be up tonight as an addendum in regards to equipment (To clarify now that I've had a few days to ponder it.)
Thanks for the materia list. Any idea in regards to your special?
Blackrat, Off to a good start, though I'm worried it might be a tad weak compared to the other PC's (Has only glanced over it, so feel free to correct me!)
Err, beyond that, keep doing what you're doing? Kay kay?
SarahRequiem
First Post
I wasn't named in this post. should I bother building a character? =/
Arkhandus
First Post
Maybe he just didn't have anything to comment on yet since you haven't submitted a character, just a basic idea for one? Dunno. Ninjas are of course fitting for FF7, and Blackrat's PC seems like it might just be a mediocre sneaky type/faceman/gunman. So another sneaky type or something would still be handy.
Blackrat's PC definitely needs a bit more fighting power of some sort. I don't think his damage output will rival mine or Jemal's even under the best circumstances, and he lacks our toughness/accuracy as pure warrior-types. The unfortunate failing of Tome of Battle, it doesn't provide anything to make ranged combatants really excel (Bloodstorm Blade is really limited in scope and range).
I'm still trying to figure out a good background for the Dragoon, but that's most likely the character I'll go with. His "special" would probably just have to do with jumping/jump attacks, or raw toughness. Vital Recovery, Armor Specialization, and the occasional use of Iron Heart Endurance help keep him on the front line, and he has the advantage of reach (at least, his weapon *should* be a longspear or similar polearm, of suitable length for stabbing big monsters from within the edge of their own natural reach).
Blackrat's PC definitely needs a bit more fighting power of some sort. I don't think his damage output will rival mine or Jemal's even under the best circumstances, and he lacks our toughness/accuracy as pure warrior-types. The unfortunate failing of Tome of Battle, it doesn't provide anything to make ranged combatants really excel (Bloodstorm Blade is really limited in scope and range).
I'm still trying to figure out a good background for the Dragoon, but that's most likely the character I'll go with. His "special" would probably just have to do with jumping/jump attacks, or raw toughness. Vital Recovery, Armor Specialization, and the occasional use of Iron Heart Endurance help keep him on the front line, and he has the advantage of reach (at least, his weapon *should* be a longspear or similar polearm, of suitable length for stabbing big monsters from within the edge of their own natural reach).
Jemal
Adventurer
Hmm.. not sure what to do for a ranged non-archer character. Damage is gonna be a problem. The most obvious solution to that for a sneaky type is more lvls of rogue for sneak attack. However, GETTING the sneak attack damage will also be a problem... With melee it's easy, just flank! but with ranged you don't have that option. Also with a gun you don't get any stats you can add to damage.
No, as far as D&D is concerned, guns don't kill people. at least, not quickly.
No, what he's got going for him is range, and if he maxes his dex, then accuracy shouldn't be a problem. I'd also suggest Kai allowing Bracers of Archery to function for guns (maybe just cal'em bracers of gunnery?), as they're one of the few ways of enhancing both damage and accuracy with a ranged weapon.
No, as far as D&D is concerned, guns don't kill people. at least, not quickly.
No, what he's got going for him is range, and if he maxes his dex, then accuracy shouldn't be a problem. I'd also suggest Kai allowing Bracers of Archery to function for guns (maybe just cal'em bracers of gunnery?), as they're one of the few ways of enhancing both damage and accuracy with a ranged weapon.
Blackrat
He Who Lurks Beyond The Veil
Could very well be
. I usually DM myself so I'm not proficient cooking up optimised characters and when I play, I usually play the "face" characters . That and the fact Jemal and Ark are both using the Tome of Battle which makes their characters stronger from the start 
. I'm not complaining though, I'm ok for them to be heavier hitters. I'll just hang in the back and let them soak all the damage too 
.But for efficiency I'm going to buy Ring of Invisibility which lets me to set up Sneak attacks when needed. And as Jemal already suggested a special version of Bracers of Archery that works with firearms would be cool. As for planning ahead, I think I have enough fighter levels now so I'll be going with rogue from now on to enhance my Sneak damage and skills.
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