Brother Shatterstone
Dark Moderator of PbP
Yup, I even remember your, ‘isn’t Dave_O the grooviest’ thread in the General Discussion forum. Of course that was back before we had Off Topic… Which we have in no small part cause of you. 
Diplomatic Immunity OOC: The Third
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dave_o
Explorer
Brother Shatterstone said:Yup, I even remember your, ‘isn’t Dave_O the grooviest’ thread in the General Discussion forum. Of course that was back before we had Off Topic… Which we have in no small part cause of you.
Hahaha. I was amazed at how well that thread did -- apparently a great deal of ENWorld felt that, indeed, I was rad as all hell.
I mean I still am but all these whippersnappers around here don't know that...
Yet.
unleashed
First Post
dave_o said:Awww! People remember me. <3 Anyways, I'm curious as to Lacerta culture and the like. I mean, lizard guy shaman? Thank you, sir.
PREGUNTAS! Lacerta: +2 STR -2 DEX +2 INT +4 WIS
Natural Attacks, +3 Natural Armour, Totem Affinity, +2 Balance (tail)
Type- Monstrous Humanoid, genderless, reproduces through reincarnation
Society- Tribal, usually led by a wise elder shaman
Appear as humanoid dinosaurs, skin colours are typically greens or oranges, although red and pink are not unknown
What is Totem Affinity annnd what are my natural attacks?
I'll direct you to the Encyclopaedia Altanica - Compilation Documents I maintain here for your answers.
dave_o
Explorer
unleashed said:I'll direct you to the Encyclopaedia Altanica - Compilation Documents I maintain here for your answers.
Gracias. Time to slap somethin' together sans gear.
Rollin' stats -- I ditched this roll: http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=306366 by dropping the only 15 to get a reroll. THEN I ditched this set: http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=306369 by dropping the 17. Again, dropping the 16 http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=306370.
Finally I get fed this crap: http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=306373 and hang on to it. I dropped one of the 9's for -- 14, 16, 14, 9, 12, 15.
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dave_o
Explorer
http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=306376 IC made up for those stats with a max HP roll. 
Appearance: This particular member of the Lacerta race stands perhaps six and a half feet tall. Going by Tetrax, it stands loping and bent forward, with a massive, spiked tail swishing gently. Long, thin arms extend forward, usually with black-clawed fingers intertwined. A nacrous membrane extends on black spines back from a curious, raptor-like face. It's brilliant, blue eyes are slitted, and ever-blinking. Tetrax dresses in brown wraps, mostly located about the waist, and wrists. Small black warts are here and there on his body.
Background: As a youth, Tetrax enjoyed hopping along with the indigenous toads. From a distance it would appear that the small, fat-tailed Lacerta was merely leaping to and fro on its own. But upon closer inspection, the little green and brown toads became apparent, and more importantly, these toads were not running away. They felt a certain kinship with Tetrax, and it, them. Outcasts, to be sure, and both a hamless, beneficial part of the environs given a wide berth. So they hopped in peace.
As both Tetrax's body and understanding of the world grew, so too did the conduit between Tetrax and the toads. Village elders had already noticed the signs of potential shamanism in the youth, but did not discount the chance that Tetrax merely suffered a form of mind-rot. The evening when Tetrax, goaded on by the toads themselves, applied its tongue to the back of one was the turning point.
Days later, bright blue eyes slithering open from a massive dose of neurotoxin, Tetrax had finally dreamt.
Tetrax hopped like it had never hopped before. It soared through the air, alighting only briefly on a ground pink and spongy. The sky drooled past in a fearsome array of color and shade, with great, bulbous toad eyes watching from a crease in the horizon. An enormous ribbon-tongue swatted at flies the size of planets, their buzzing resounding as they slid into a cave of a maw. The toad spoke. It taught tricks, byways, ways to dream while waking and stretch reality like an old leather strap. It showed how to make the world spongy.
It came on like a deluge -- the dreams, and the contact with that toad-spirit. Tetrax stretches at the walls around it while awake, and rarely does the waking dream start. But when it does, when Tetrax feels that familiar spongy sensation about its toe-claws, and the air goes dry and acrid --
That is when it lives.
NOTES: Used the Dream domain from Complete Divine. Still need starting wealth/gear. Basically, Tetrax got in contact with his spirit companion via a heavy hallucinogen dose to begin with, but now can get in touch whenever it sleeps. Moreover, to Tetrax, using magic basically comes from being in a dream state of mind. It tends to dose off when able, but Tetrax will likely break that habit as it becomes easier and easier to manifest that dream state in waking (thus, gaining levels and spell-slots).
Lemmie know if there are any problems!
EDIT: Man, that code format is no fun. Anyone have a link to a PDF of the PHB character sheet that maybe lets you fill it in in Acrobat? I doubt people would like scanned images of my handwriting on a sheet. :/
Code:
[B]Name: Tetrax[/B]
[B]Class:[/B] Shaman 2
[B]Race:[/B] Lacerta
[B]Size:[/B] Medium
[B]Gender:[/B] -
[B]Alignment:[/B] CN
[B]Deity:[/B] Tribal elders
[B]Str:[/B] 11 +0 [B]Level:[/B] 2 [B]XP:[/B] 1,000
[B]Dex:[/B] 12 +1 [B]BAB:[/B] +1 [B]HP:[/B] 18 (2d8+2)
[B]Con:[/B] 12 +1 [B]Grapple:[/B] +1 [B]Dmg Red:[/B] -
[B]Int:[/B] 17 +3 [B]Speed:[/B] 30' [B]Spell Res:[/B] -
[B]Wis:[/B] 20 +5 [B]Init:[/B] +1 [B]Spell Save:[/B] -
[B]Cha:[/B] 14 +2 [B]ACP:[/B] - [B]Spell Fail:[/B] -
[B]Base Armor Shld Dex Size Nat Misc Total[/B]
[B]Armor:[/B] 10 +0 +0 +1 +0 +3 +0 14
[B]Touch:[/B] 11 [B]Flatfooted:[/B] 13
[B]Base Mod Misc Total[/B]
[B]Fort:[/B] 3 +1 +4
[B]Ref:[/B] 0 +1 +1
[B]Will:[/B] 3 +5 +8
[B]Weapon Attack Damage Critical[/B]
Tail +3 1d10 20-x2
[B]Languages:[/B] Yharzu, Feldori, Eldish
[B]Abilities:[/B] Darkvision 60ft., Totem Affinity (Toad; +2 to Dex, +2 to Jump and Survival) 1/day, Turn Spirits, Spirit Companion, Spirit Sense, Spirit Empathy, Spirit Pact
[B]Feats:[/B] Track
[B]Skill Points:[/B] 35 [B]Max Ranks:[/B] 5/2
[B]Skills Ranks Mod Misc Total[/B]
Balance 0 +1 +2 +3
Knowledge (Nature) 5 +3 +0 +8
Knowledge (Spirits) 5 +3 +0 +8
Survival 5 +5 +0 +10
Concentration 5 +1 +0 +6
Handle Animal 5 +2 +0 +7
Heal 5 +5 +0 +10
Spellcraft 5 +3 +0 +8
[B]Equipment: Cost Weight[/B]
[B]Total Weight:[/B]0lb [B]Money:[/B] 0gp 0sp 0cp
[B]Lgt Med Hvy Lift Push[/B]
[B]Max Weight:[/B] 38 76 115 230 575
[B]Spells:[/b]
(8/7+1d; spell save DC 15 + spell level; Protection, Dream)
0- Know Direction, Detect Magic x2, Create Water x2, Detect Poison, Inflict Minor Wounds x2; 1- Entangle, Jump, Pass without Trace, Doom, Sanctuary, Summon Monster I, Comprehend Languages, Sleep*.
[B]Age:[/B] 51
[B]Height:[/B] 6'5"
[B]Weight:[/B] 210lb
[B]Eyes:[/B] Robin's Egg Blue
[B]Hair:[/B] -
[B]Skin:[/B] Dark RedAppearance: This particular member of the Lacerta race stands perhaps six and a half feet tall. Going by Tetrax, it stands loping and bent forward, with a massive, spiked tail swishing gently. Long, thin arms extend forward, usually with black-clawed fingers intertwined. A nacrous membrane extends on black spines back from a curious, raptor-like face. It's brilliant, blue eyes are slitted, and ever-blinking. Tetrax dresses in brown wraps, mostly located about the waist, and wrists. Small black warts are here and there on his body.
Background: As a youth, Tetrax enjoyed hopping along with the indigenous toads. From a distance it would appear that the small, fat-tailed Lacerta was merely leaping to and fro on its own. But upon closer inspection, the little green and brown toads became apparent, and more importantly, these toads were not running away. They felt a certain kinship with Tetrax, and it, them. Outcasts, to be sure, and both a hamless, beneficial part of the environs given a wide berth. So they hopped in peace.
As both Tetrax's body and understanding of the world grew, so too did the conduit between Tetrax and the toads. Village elders had already noticed the signs of potential shamanism in the youth, but did not discount the chance that Tetrax merely suffered a form of mind-rot. The evening when Tetrax, goaded on by the toads themselves, applied its tongue to the back of one was the turning point.
Days later, bright blue eyes slithering open from a massive dose of neurotoxin, Tetrax had finally dreamt.
Tetrax hopped like it had never hopped before. It soared through the air, alighting only briefly on a ground pink and spongy. The sky drooled past in a fearsome array of color and shade, with great, bulbous toad eyes watching from a crease in the horizon. An enormous ribbon-tongue swatted at flies the size of planets, their buzzing resounding as they slid into a cave of a maw. The toad spoke. It taught tricks, byways, ways to dream while waking and stretch reality like an old leather strap. It showed how to make the world spongy.
It came on like a deluge -- the dreams, and the contact with that toad-spirit. Tetrax stretches at the walls around it while awake, and rarely does the waking dream start. But when it does, when Tetrax feels that familiar spongy sensation about its toe-claws, and the air goes dry and acrid --
That is when it lives.
NOTES: Used the Dream domain from Complete Divine. Still need starting wealth/gear. Basically, Tetrax got in contact with his spirit companion via a heavy hallucinogen dose to begin with, but now can get in touch whenever it sleeps. Moreover, to Tetrax, using magic basically comes from being in a dream state of mind. It tends to dose off when able, but Tetrax will likely break that habit as it becomes easier and easier to manifest that dream state in waking (thus, gaining levels and spell-slots).
Lemmie know if there are any problems!
EDIT: Man, that code format is no fun. Anyone have a link to a PDF of the PHB character sheet that maybe lets you fill it in in Acrobat? I doubt people would like scanned images of my handwriting on a sheet. :/
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Rystil Arden
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I don't have CD because most of it is broken, so I'd like to see the granted power and spell list for the Dream domain, and I'll either OK it or not (knowing some of the other things in that book, it could have a granted power of "You can manifest metamagic for free because you are so good at dreaming" or something )
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