D20Modern/DragonStar -[Full]

Mithran said:
Thanks for the link to the ranks Gramcrackered, I'm sure it's useful for some. Though I can't seem to find SEALS ranking on there, or anywhere else.

If someone can tell me whether I have a real rank on there that'd be good. ;)

SEALs are part of the navy, which has Chiefs, not Sargeants (google for navy ranks).
 

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Thanks DanMcS, fixed the rank. Look's like we don't have the civilian yet, if nobody want's it I can do it. That is if we want a civilian more than a medic. ;)
 


Hey looks good so far... ok here are some notes that look over...

Armor – OK I am just going to go with the way Armor is presented in the basic Rules. ONE thing I am adding is that the Nonproficiency Armor Bonus is given a bonus to your Reflex saves vs. Autofire. More then likely, your characters will be assigned either a Light Duty Vest, Tactical Vest, or if requested an Undercover Vest. SECOND thing that I am going to add, I want “modern” armor to be a little better then Archaic, so increase the Max DEX bonus by one and decrease the Armor Penalty by one for all Modern Armor (so an Undercover Vest will now have a Max DEX of +6 and Penalty of –1; a Light Duty Vest will have a Max DEX of +4 and a Penalty of –3; while a Tactical Vest will have a Max DEX +3 and Penalty of –4).

Action Points... I am going to say you have the Max for your level right now and no more. I like the Eberron idea where those are your MAX, because I will award additional AP doing the game. I think a couple of you have to correct that. I want to encourage people to use them as they ‘renew’ when you go up a level and I will be awarding them often.

Wealth is not something we will worry to much about as the military supplies you most of your stuff. BUT I will give you a basic level after I see your characters. Reputation is something that we will eventually use more of so you should record that right now also.

Prestige Classes from the Urban Arcane Web enhancer are fine with me, but correct no one is going to be able to be one yet.

Classes from normal 3.5D&D. I will work out something for some of the classes to be Advanced Classes, but after thinking about it I agree that we should not mix them up to much. SOOO for those who are thinking about playing 'strangers' from the other side, we will have to figure out what to on a case-by-case bases. If you want to play an Artifactor from Eberron, I will figure out an Advance Class path and we can discuss it to see if it fits your ideas. OR if someone wants to play a Warforged Warrior who will eventually be a Juggernaut (which is a Prestige Class anyway) I will figure that out also. Spell lists for spellcasters will be from the normal D&D and Modern. I do like the way the Mage and the Acolyte are presented in D20 Modern and I will model any Advance Class this way.

Psionics - I was thinking that I might prefer to leave them out BUT if people are interested in them I can consider them. I would prefer just the Telepathic class, maybe the Battle Mind and Agent from UA.

Who all is considering "strangers"? It looks like 3 people so far. Might be a few more then I wanted but I might be able to handle that. You should start thinking about why your character would be willing to work for these Earthers (as there are Humans on the otherside), and what you bring to make them willing to work with you.

Last but not least, if someone wishes to take a level or so in Slayer (I would prefer no more then ONE player) you will have something physical as evidence, that also helps you. It might be a minor magical item. Also if someone where to play the Occultist (and I might prefer the Civilian character to have this role) you will have a couple of extra scrolls that were ‘recovered’ from the last mission along with some other ‘minor’ magical items that we will go into later.

Anyway looking over the characters they look GREAT so far. I hope someone wants to play the Civilian type but I am not going to make anyone ;)
 

Well my character would have a rep of +2.

On the wealth bonus stuff: That's what I thought but then somebody had their stuff layed out so I wasn't sure.

I think I already put the max AP's for this level.

Now I have a question: when are we going to start?. :p
Just joking. :)
 

Karl Green said:
Who all is considering "strangers"? It looks like 3 people so far. Might be a few more then I wanted but I might be able to handle that. You should start thinking about why your character would be willing to work for these Earthers (as there are Humans on the otherside), and what you bring to make them willing to work with you.

I'm working on a strong/tough or maybe strong/tough/soldier warforged.

I'm thinking, warforged don't continue to lose hps after they drop below 0. They also live for a really long time. What if he gets discovered by the SG team, dragged back, and repaired enough to reactivate? His old unit is long gone, he's grateful to SG command for rescuing and repairing him, and he doesn't really have anything better to do.

What he brings to the table is a lifetime of experience with the gates and political structures of the dragon and other space empires. Plus, he's really unique compared to anything they've ever seen before- once they get over studying him (we could actually find him early on, and brutally kill off my special forces soldier later, to allow for this debriefing and repair lag-time), he'll be a useful addition to the team.
 

Karl Green said:
Who all is considering "strangers"? It looks like 3 people so far. Might be a few more then I wanted but I might be able to handle that. You should start thinking about why your character would be willing to work for these Earthers (as there are Humans on the otherside), and what you bring to make them willing to work with you.
I was considering it, but then leaned more towards slayer (will be posting him later).

Trying to see which rules are in effect - did I catch all of them?
Military Occupation - Do to special forces training, I am going to give any Military Type, one additional choose of a Skill and Feat from the list offered under the Military Occupation (so it should be 3 skills from the list and two Feats).

Civilian - The civilian gain one additional skill from the list and gain a bonus Feat of either Educated or Gearhead.
Oh yea the bonus feat for the civilian should include the following…
Builder, Educated, Gearhead, Meticulous, or Studious.

D20 Future contents - From D20 Future I am allowing the following...
OCCUPATION -
Transporter

ADVANCED CLASSES -
Engineer
Explorer
maybe (with some modifications) I might allow some of the following but I am not 100% on them...
Field Officer
Swindler
Tracer (but instead of Target Species, will have to be changed, maybe to Allegiance, Nationality, Group, etc)

FEATS -
Action Boost
Jack of All Trades
Nerve Pinch
Oath Bound
Salvage
Urban Tracking

Armor – OK I am just going to go with the way Armor is presented in the basic Rules. ONE thing I am adding is that the Nonproficiency Armor Bonus is given a bonus to your Reflex saves vs. Autofire. More then likely, your characters will be assigned either a Light Duty Vest, Tactical Vest, or if requested an Undercover Vest. SECOND thing that I am going to add, I want “modern” armor to be a little better then Archaic, so increase the Max DEX bonus by one and decrease the Armor Penalty by one for all Modern Armor (so an Undercover Vest will now have a Max DEX of +6 and Penalty of –1; a Light Duty Vest will have a Max DEX of +4 and a Penalty of –3; while a Tactical Vest will have a Max DEX +3 and Penalty of –4).

Action Points... I am going to say you have the Max for your level right now and no more. I like the Eberron idea where those are your MAX, because I will award additional AP doing the game. I think a couple of you have to correct that. I want to encourage people to use them as they ‘renew’ when you go up a level and I will be awarding them often.

Prestige Classes from the Urban Arcane Web enhancer are fine with me, but correct no one is going to be able to be one yet.
 

This is the sheet, background up later. Someone might wanna check all my math, did it all kind of quickly.



Name: Lieutenant Locke McDhol
Branch: Army Rangers

Str: 12(+1), Dex: 16(+3), Con: 12(+1), Int: 14(+2), Wis: 14(+2), Cha: 12(+1)
- Put fourth-level stat point in Dex.

Levels: Fast Hero(3)/Gunslinger(3)

HP: 50/50

Base Attack Bonus: +4, Base Melee Bonus: +5, Base Ranged Bonus: +7

Fort: +3, Ref: +7, Will: +5

Defense: 19 (+6 Class Bonus, +3 Dex), Flat-Footed: 16, Touch: 13

Action Points: 9

Skills Points: Drive +7 (4), Escape Artist +7 (4), Hide +12 (9), Knowledge(Underground Music) +6 (4), Knowledge(Tactics) +8 (6), Move Silently +13 (9), Profession(US Military) +6 (4), Sleight of Hand +9 (6), Spot +7 (5), Survival +9 (6), Tumble +9 (6)

Special Features
Permanent Skills: Hide, Knowledge(Tactics), Move Silently.
Evasion
Uncanny Doge I
Close Combat
Weapon Focus (HK PSG1)

Feats: Simple Weapons Proficiency, Light Armor Proficiency, Personal Firearms Proficiency, Dodge, Far Shot, Point Blank Shot, Track, Dead Aim


Equipment:

HK PSG1 7.62mm Sniper Rifle, 16 lb with Sound/Flash suppressor 4 lb and electro-optical scope 3 lb
four extra full clips 1 lb
Berreta 92f Autoloader Pistol, with shoulder holster 3.5lb
2 extra full clips 1 lb
masterwork combat Knife 1 lb
Lght-Duty Vest 8 lb
Snow-camo combat fatigues 3lb.
Light weight snow-camo thermal jacket 2lb.
Mesh vest 2lb with oversized range pack 3lb (add +3 to STR for carrying capacity D20Modern pg.121)
Military grade walkie-talkie with throat mic 1 lb
Flash,anti-glare goggles 2lb
First Aid kit (allow stabilization at -2 Treat Injury) 3lb
3 day's worth of MRE's 3lb
TOTAL WT: 56.5 lbs (66 lb light load with range pack)
 
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As far as my stranger idea . . .

I was looking for an intellectual of either a slave race of the dragons or a conquered/ about to be conquered race/nation. He is a historian, a culturalist, and a psion. As for the psion part, I was looking at the expanded psionics handbook - to keep it more 3.5 and archaic, at least to start. As for the type of psion, I was thinking of either a telepath or I would prefer an egoist (to use empathic transfer and healing) - something the group may not have experienced before.

As for his reasons, hopefully he will see the team as the best chance to strike back against those that oppressed him. I've got a decent personality in mind and background. Just need the go ahead.

Keia
 

Psionics – ok sounds good to me Keia, but we will have to come up with an Advanced Class to go with this. I don’t have access to the expanded psionics handbook but I assume that I can view this with the SRD right? I am assuming the Egoist would use Wisdom as it’s primary so it would be a Dedicated hero for the fast path as it were.

So, the two outsiders now are a Psion and a Warforged. Both sound VERY cool and should fit well.

For other races if you want to play the Psionic one listed in Eberron (I don’t have my book with me so I can’t remember what they are called) that is ok. Also all the races listed in the Urban Arcane are also good with me (half-dragons etc from there).

Knight Out – all the rule changes look correct. I HOPE to be started by this weekend or Monday at the latest.

Now then does everyone have their characters' figured out? I think so, even if they are not all written up. So far I see…

Knight Out – Military SP/Slayer (no write up yet)
Keia – ‘doomed’ Military SP (no write up yet); outsider Psion
Captain Tagon – Army Ranger; Fast/Gunslinger
DanMcS – doomed Army Ranger Strong/Soldier; outsider Warforged
Ferretguy – Marines’ Force Recon; Tough/Soldier
Gramcrackered – team leader; Air Force Special Forces; Charismatic/Strong/Soldier
Mithran – Navy SEALs; Dedicated/Field Medic
Ferrix ?? No word from you yet. Interested in the Civilian or a soldier? Outsider later? Let me know…any the civilian character is NOT required at all. But a scientific type character might not be terrible ;)

Again like to start this weekend, so please have all the Military characters written up by Thursday let say. The outsider characters can wait if they have to, as you will not be playing them right away. Sound good?
 

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