Checking Interest in a PbP Game

[William Smith1]

Ok, let's say you have each been gifted with a non-magical suit of armor (whatever is appropriate to your race and class) and a non-magical weapon (again appropriate to your race and class) that you do not have to buy. If you want to work that into your backstory, that's cool. You can also assume you have collected a few adventuring items such as a backpack, 50' of rope, a knife (not dagger), cook kit, a couple of torches, flint & steel, 2 flasks of oil, a bedroll, and a small tent (if you want to carry it) again that you do not have to buy. You can use your starting money to purchase any other non-magical items you wish (that you will have to carry). I am not going to use encumbrance but keep it reasonable.

 

[TallIan]

Yep, you better roll that again!

Will

My first ever D&D character was a wizard who rolled a 1 for HP. Somehow he managed to stay alive for three levels before I retired him to make something else.

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[jmucchiello]

What deities are we using? I'm in a cleric/fighter mood.

 

[jmucchiello]

No attribute can exceed 18.

Before or after racial adjustment?

Oh, and is Tome of Magic in play?

 

[jmucchiello]

Character is done except for a backstory.

All the die rolls are in the Build Data spoiler block at the bottom.

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Dorana Helgart

Race: Female Dwarf Alignment: Neutral Good Height: 4' 1" Weight: 120# Eyes: Green Hair: Auburn Age: 55

Class: Fighter-1/Cleric-1 Patron Deity: Moradin Surprise: Normal Movement: 6" Initiative: +0 AC: 2 (Plate mail and shield) Hit Points: 10/10

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Strength: Dexterity: Constitution: Intelligence: Wisdom: Charisma:

18/76 8 17 9 16 7

To Hit: +2 Damage: +4 Weight Allowed: 185 Open Door: 13 BB/LG: 30% Reaction/Missile Adj: +0 AC Bonus: -0 HP Adj: +3/+2 System Shock Survival: 97% Resurrection Survival: 98% Additional Languages: 1 Magic Saves Adj: +2 Bonus Spells: 2 1st, 2 2nd Spell failure: 0% Max # Henchmen: 3 Loyalty Adj: -2 Reaction Adj: -1

SAVING THROWS Priest-1 Warrior-1 Adjustments Totals

Paralyzation, Poison & Death Magic 10 14 +4 vs Poison 10 (6 vs Poison)

Rod, Staff & Wand 14 16 +4 racial 10 (8 vs mind affecting)

Petrification & Polymorph 13 15 13

Breath Weapon 16 17 16

Spells 15 17 +4 racial 11 (9 vs mind affecting)

+2 vs Mind Affecting effects

Weapon Morning Star Sling, bullet

THACO 17 20

Damage Vs Small/Medium 2d4+5 1d4+1

Damage Vs Large 1d6+6 1d6+1

Range S/M/L --- 5/10/20

Attacks per Round 3/2 1

FEATURES RACE: DWARF Languages Spoken: Common, Dwarven Vision: 60 feet infravision Underground Senses: Detect slopes: 5 in 6; Detect new construction: 5 in 6; Detect shifting/moving walls/floors/ceilings: 4 in 6; Detect stonework traps, pits, or dead falls: 3 in 6; Determine approximate depth underground: 3 in 6 Combat Training: +1 in melee vs orcs, half-orcs, goblins, and hobgoblins. Giants (ogres, trolls, ogre magi, giants and titan) are -4 to hit against dwarves. Anti-magical Nature: +4 to saving throws vs poison, rods, staves, wands, and spells. 20% failure chance when using magic items not suited to class. CLASS: FIGHTER Level: 1 -- XP Earned: 0/2000 XP Bonus: +10% Weapon Specialization: 3/2 attack with specialized weapon, +1 to hit, +2 damage CLASS: CLERIC Level: 1 -- XP Earned: 0/1500 XP Bonus: +10% Spell Spheres: Major: All, Astral, Charm, Combat, Creation, Divination, Guardian, Healing, Necromantic, Protection, Summoning, Sun; Minor: Elemental; Banned: Animal, Plant, Weather Spells per Day: 1st: 3 Typical Spells: cure light wounds, protection from evil, cause fear Turn Undead: Undead Type Wight or 5HD Shadow or 3-4HD Ghoul or 2HD Zombie Skeleton or 1HD Priest-1 20 19 16 13 10 PROFICIENCIES: # of Weapon Proficiencies: 4; Non-Proficiency Penalty: -2; Next Proficiency: Level 4 Weapon Specialization: Morning Star Weapon Proficiencies: Sling, Hammer # of Non-Weapon Proficiencies: 3; Next Proficiency: Level 4 Proficiencies: Religion (16-), Fire Building (15-), Blacksmitting (1 EQUIPMENT Morning star Plate Mail Small Shield (3 gp) Sling and 40 bullets (45 cp) Red tabbard, leather belt, leather hard boots, fine hose, wool gloves, neck sash (5 gp) Holy symbol, affixed to neck sash (25 gp) Backpack 50' of rope cooking kit (pot, ladle, herbs) 2 torches 10 candles (1 sp) 8 pieces of chalk (1 sp, for all ten) 2 flasks of oil 4 bars of soap (25 sp for all 5) 2 changes of clothing (10 gp) 1 gown (12 sp) 1 pair of shoes and 1 pair of fine shoes (6 gp) 2 wineskins (16 sp) a bedroll a small tent​ Belt pouch, large (3 sp) a knife 1 bar of soap (see backpack) scroll case (empty) (8 sp) sewing kit (3 sewing needles and 3 yrds of cloth: 3 gp) ​ Belt pouch, small (2) (1 sp) flint & steel 2 pieces of chalk (see backpack) 41 gp 9 sp 15 cp (divided between the 2 small pouches)​ HISTORY

[sblock="Build Data"]height, weight, age: 1d10+41 49 4d10+105 120 40+5d6 55
ability rolls: 7#1d6 4 1 6 4 4 6 2
percentage strength: 1d100 76
hit points: (1d10+3+1d8+2)/2 10
starting money: 5d4*10 90
Dwarf: +1 Con, -1 Cha
str: 8 + 6 + 4 = 18/76
dex: 8
con: 9 + 6 + 2 = 17
Int: 8 + 1
Wis: 8 + 4 + 4 = 16
Cha: 7[/sblock]

 

[William Smith1]

Before or after racial adjustment?

Oh, and is Tome of Magic in play?

After, and No not yet, just the 3 original books: Players Handbook, DMG, and Monster Manual.

Will

 

[William Smith1]

Well, shoot jm! Didn't think of a cleric needing to worship a deity when I said only the 3 original books. Not gonna use any of the "Complete" books so specialty priests are not an issue. But a Dwarven Cleric worshiping Zeus or Odin or Osiris just doesn't seem to fit. Looked at the 1st edition Deities and Demigods but there is only one Dwarven god in there, Moradin. The 2nd edition book, Legends & Lore has no nonhuman deities in it. 2nd edition Monster Mythology does not cover the player character nonhumans, only monsters. This leads us further down the 2nd Edition rabbit hole. We could use the Planescape book On Hallowed Ground which is very comprehensive but it does assume specialty priests which I want to avoid and opens up a lot of complexity which I also want to avoid. Unless.....we just use it in general for which dwarven deity you want to worship but don't get into the Planescapey details. Let me know what you think/want to do.

Will

 

[jmucchiello]

Moradin is traditional.

Clangeddin Silverbeard is another traditional dwarf deity. CS worshipers tend to use Battleaxe though.

I'll go with Moradin if you haven't really gone deep into the pantheons of the game world.

The best cleric book of 2nd is the Forgotten Realms book: Faiths and Avatars. Even the kits are relatively "safe". (Relatively )

 

[William Smith1]

Moradin is traditional.

Clangeddin Silverbeard is another traditional dwarf deity. CS worshipers tend to use Battleaxe though.

I'll go with Moradin if you haven't really gone deep into the pantheons of the game world.

The best cleric book of 2nd is the Forgotten Realms book: Faiths and Avatars. Even the kits are relatively "safe". (Relatively )

Yah, Faiths and Avatars is kinda deep too. Moradin it is!

Will

 

[William Smith1]

Ok, jm has his character pretty much done, great job and lots of detail! How about the rest of you? Get your characters posted like jm's and we will get going. Gonna post the startup in the next few days.

Will