Character Creation Stat Draft (Trial Draft Complete!!)

[Thanee]

Umbran's stats look pretty roguish to me, or even rogue/wizard-ish.

And they basically took the 12 to get first picks next round, so they get the 14 or 15 *and* another stat they need at least a decent score in.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Elder-Basilisk]

Yeah, I picked the 12 wild with an eye to either getting a good dex for a fullplate character (10 and 8 are left) or a 12 wisdom if that gets grabbed but I can come up with the 10 dex. Since it also enables me to get a good position in the next round and grab the good charisma, there's not a lot of opportunity cost to picking low. Int, well, if there were still any good dexterity scores on the table, I'd probably go for it and run with a fighter/wizard, but I wouldn't really want to be pushing a low AC, low HP melee character around or dealing with arcane spell failure.

 

[el-remmen]

The order for the 4th round and the choices so far. . .

1) Elder-Basilisk - 12 Wild | 14 con | 17 str
2) Finley - 12 Wis | 16 wild | 16 str
3) Ekhidu - 13 Dex | 18 Con | 14 str
4) Thanee - 14 Dex | 16 Cha | 14 Wild
5) Gold Roger - 15 Dex | 16 Wis | 13 Con
6) Umbran - 15 Wis | 15 dex | 16 Int

E-B, please confirm your choice. . .

 

[Umbran]

Umbran's stats look pretty roguish to me, or even rogue/wizard-ish.

I was, indeed, thinking along the lines of rogue, possibly coupled with some form of arcane caster. I was going to see what I get for my next draw before figuring it out exactly.

 

[Elder-Basilisk]

Confirming: 15 charisma

 

[Finley DaDum]

Chr-14

Well if this were really a campaign we might have a character conflict I had planned my character as a Barbarian/Cleric of Gruumsh or Kord.

 

[Umbran]

Finley, I hope you're joking. A cleric with a starting wisdom of 12?

The most recent choices have helped me narrow concept a bit - with the decent Charismas taken, I don't have to consider the social-skill focus path much.

 

[el-remmen]

Finley, I hope you're joking. A cleric with a starting wisdom of 12?

Maybe he wants to play someone who has shaky faith or something. . . Or only plans to take a level or 3 of cleric. . .

Heck, today on the way home from work I was thinking if I could come up with a cool way to play a character with a 4 Intelligence - I was thinking of a half-ogre based on the character "Hodor" from the Song of Ice and Fire books.

But then I realized I would find it frustrating to not be able to contribute to planning and tactics.

 

[Finley DaDum]

The concept is actually a multiclass Barbarian/Cleric/Fighter, the build is something like Barbarian 1, Cleric 3, Fighter 4, then a likely prestige class.

 

[Umbran]

The concept is actually a multiclass Barbarian/Cleric/Fighter, the build is something like Barbarian 1, Cleric 3, Fighter 4, then a likely prestige class.

Curious. If you don't mind me asking - is the cleric there to get the PrC, or do you find that just a couple levels of a spellcasting class are effective when you're up over 10 character levels?

Note - it isn't like I'm big on optimizing character builds: if one of the higher Charismas had remained open, I was thinking a socially oriented rogue/bard would be fun, even if it wasn't a powerhouse. But with a 12 wisdom, the character either never uses higher than 2nd level spells, or he has to use stat raises just to get beyond that point. And that seems beyond sub-optimal and heading for the pessimal.