Age of Rust OOC

[darkbard]

though i know linnorm was in jest, i do want to emphasize that posting my character is in no way an indication that i think i've been accepted into the group yet. fleshing out the stats helped me round out the character concept in my mind, 's all. if dirigible [and the other players] think one more player in the group would work, i'd be happy to join. if not, c'est la vie.

now, the real reason for my post: i forgot to mention above that gavyn is of caspian racial stock and the racial package reflect this. if there is any confusion about any of my statistical notation, please don't hesitate to ask.

 

[DJ_Colossus]

I'm cool adding another player!

 

[linnorm]

I'm cool adding another player!

No complaints here either.

 

[Dirigible]

No prob, I just wanted to make sure nobody thought I was AWOL from the game, I wouldn't want Darkbard swooping in and taking my place.

though i know linnorm was in jest, i do want to emphasize that posting my character is in no way an indication that i think i've been accepted into the group yet

Haha! My dastardly scheme is revealed!
The position of fourth PC will be decided... by a fight to the Death!
*Curtains withdraw, revealing blood soaked arena*
Minions! Release the rapid monkeys! Issue the switchblades!
Two PC's enter...one PC leaves...THUNDERDOME!

I like the idea of a clergyman turned decadent bard; do you want to use a varient, more cleric-spell based spell list, like the Cantor they propose in the DMG? The group could use some divine magic (not that that should be a driving factor in your descision), and it would fit the concept.

I haven't crunched the sweet, sweet numbers yet, but here are a few small errata:

* Medium armour reduces sprint speed, and heavy armour reduces walk speed, instead of vica versa.

 

[darkbard]

dirigible, i'm not sure what you mean about the encumbrance stats. according to chart 9-2 on page 162 of the PH, both medium and heavy loads reduce walking speed and heavy encumbrance also reduces running speed. is there something i'm missing? [gavyn's speed is a function of his encumbrance, not heavy armor since his armor is light but it amounts to the same.]

as for straight bard vs. cantor: i'm sort of undecided at the moment. what exactly did you have in mind? it does fit the concept to have a more clerical feel to the spell list but simply swapping out the bard list for a clerical list doesn't really fit the character. plus, the only curing "hit" i'm taking from the bard spell list is not having cure minor wounds on my spell list. the bard has cure light and cure moderate at the same spell levels as the cleric. let me know your thoughts on the matter....

 

[Dirigible]

I should have been more clear; it's a house rule of mine that medium armour doesn't reduce base speed. The same should apply to encumbrace, now that I think of it. What I mean is that the official rules are:

Medium armour / load : Speed 20 instead of speed 30.
Heaby armour / load : As above plus run x3 instead of x4

But by my house rules it goes:

Medium armour / load : Run x3 instead of x4
Heavy armour / load : As above plus speed 20 instead of speed 30.

Better?

For the spells, if you don't want to swap the entire list, how about this; swap out the more distinctly 'arcane' spells on the bard list, like expeditious retreat, sleep, or silent image, for more 'divine' flavoured spells like bless, sheild of faith or divine favour. He'd probably lose some offensive and illusory magic in exchange for augmentation and defensive.

 

[darkbard]

sure, i understand your encumbrance house rule now. i've edited my post with changes accordingly. as for spells, what do you think about swapping out dancing lights, daze and ghost sound for cure minor wounds, guidance and virtue? that takes care of 0-level spells [all a 1st level bard can cast]. we can discuss 1st level and beyond once [if?] the character enters play and begins advancing.

if you think my spell swap suggestions are reasonable, the only present impact it will have on gavyn would be changing daze to cure minor wounds. whaddya think?

 

[Dirigible]

Welllll...

Personally, I think mage hand and open have a very arcane feel to them. But I suppose we want to keep something of the classes origional flavour.

 

[darkbard]

i'm not particularly married to those two spells. i could gladly go with cure minor wounds, detect magic, message and virtue as my starting spells.

on second thought, what are your ideas on 1st level spells while we're still discussing this? was your previous comment what you wanted to go with? i'd have no problem with that ... so long as we retain some of the particularly "bardish" spells for his list.

 

[Shadowfane]

Just to add to the discussion, welcome Darkbard and thanks for the kudos.

In terms of you joining our group, I don't have a problem but Dark does :-(

NO I DO NOT!

Oh, but you said that..

DIDN'T, DIDN'T,
LIAR, LIAR
YOUR PANTS ARE ON FIRE!

Ok, errr, seems we're both fine with you joining us