Gaming W/Jemal : Prisoners!!(Inmates Chosen)
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Autumn
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-SIN- said:
Celes easily could be from the FR - right now she's not really grounded in any setting in particular.
The problem then, though, is that it would make no sense for her to get European as a bonus language since nobody speaks it in the FR. I'd have to replace it with Faerunian Common. So then she and Valak could talk to each other... but not to anybody else...
Unless maybe someone else speaks Elven or Sylvan, Celes's automatic languages. In that case there could be some kind of slow communication from everyone else --> Elven interpreter --> Celes --> Valak. If Celes can even bring herself to talk to an undead Blackguard.
Fun fun fun.
Oh, as for the Demon involved... Orcus is the usual suspect for anything involving undead. Of course I doubt it would have been Orcus himself, but it could easily have been some servant of his. In order to cast powerful necromantic spells on top of... well... being a Demon, we're obviously talking about a pretty nasty character though - epic level CR for sure. I would just make up a cool sounding name - or just yoink one from the wikipedia article on demonology - and attach it to some kind of Demon with a ton of Necromancer levels attached. A Nalfeshnee could perhaps work rather well... they just look the part for necrophiliac factotums of Orcus.
But of course all that's probably moot anyway, since I'm not sure that gearing up to face a beast like that is really in the scope of this game.
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Jemal
Adventurer
Well, as I said there's no "common", so "Faerunean common" may actually be the language known on other worlds as European, or African, or whatever. Just pick one of the 'human languages' I listed to represent 'faerunean common', but keep in mind if there's more than one of you from FR that you'd have to agree.
Also, i like messing with stuff, so even if you ARE from a specific setting, there may be a few.. 'inconsistencies' with what's normally considered "Cannon" for a setting.
Now, i'm writing some of this as we go, incorporating your backgrounds and ideas, so here goes what i've come up with from Sin's most recent post...
[sblock=Earth History/Info]
A long time ago, Earth humans had advanced both technology and Magic. They managed to open portals to other worlds, traveling through to explore them. One of these worlds was Faerun of the FR setting, where they were discovered by the Elves. Soon enough, the Elves were able to open portals to this world as well, and began 'stealing' the humans to popluate their own world and live as a 'work force' for the elven overlords. Soon enough, the advanced humans discovered this, and though they were unable to retrieve their people, they managed to put a stop to it by permanently shutting off planar travel FROM their world, with the exception of a few specifically designed locations where 2-way travel was possible. Shortly thereafter, all contact was lost with Earth. Nobody knows for sure, but the common theory (On worlds with history old enough to remember, and that had interacted with them, such as Faerun) is that the cessation on outgoing planar traffic stopped beings who died there from passing on as intended, and some sort of global catastrophy decimated the population. With nowhere to go, the souls became undead and soon the world was bereft of life.
A few things scholars with knowledge skills might know
I'll come up with more for those of you who actually put points into the Knowledge)
Anything that Dies on Earth stays there. Souls do not travel to other planes, respawn, etc. A lich who dies on earth with his phylactery on another plane is screwed. If the Tarrasque were to die on Earth, it would respawn on EARTH. An outsider dieing there is not banished, but permanently destroyed. Normal living beings tend to become undead within days if the body's are not destroyed.
There are rumours that many of the wonders achieved by mankind before their downfall are still hidden around the planet, as are the secrets to what actually happened. There are also a few (at least one per continent) EXIT portals, doorways that swing both ways... Though where they lead is unknown, and they are always hidden inside Guard's fortresses.
*more info coming soon*
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Keep in mind that the info in this Sblock is NOT common knowledge. If you think your character should be privy to it, you'll need ranks in Knowledge:Earth or Knowledgelanes. If you think you should have some of the info even without these skills, give me the reasoning (IE ethandrew's character worked at the Processing plant, and would know SOME of the Earth info.)
As to the Language thing... Illumian I'll give a human language.(Same with other Half-human or partly human), and since they have a racial trait that says they're literate then, well, they're literate.
As for the Goliaths' body language... How about body/sign language as a racial language for Goliaths and added as a 'common' language that can be learned by any race? Also most 'basic' body language is easily readable, and I'd give Goliaths an easier reading of other body language... once the other's realize he can understand their signals.
As for the Demon... If you're willing to leave it up to me, I've got a wicked idea in mind.
And BTW, practically nothing's outside the scope of one of my games.
Also, i like messing with stuff, so even if you ARE from a specific setting, there may be a few.. 'inconsistencies' with what's normally considered "Cannon" for a setting.
Now, i'm writing some of this as we go, incorporating your backgrounds and ideas, so here goes what i've come up with from Sin's most recent post...
[sblock=Earth History/Info]
A long time ago, Earth humans had advanced both technology and Magic. They managed to open portals to other worlds, traveling through to explore them. One of these worlds was Faerun of the FR setting, where they were discovered by the Elves. Soon enough, the Elves were able to open portals to this world as well, and began 'stealing' the humans to popluate their own world and live as a 'work force' for the elven overlords. Soon enough, the advanced humans discovered this, and though they were unable to retrieve their people, they managed to put a stop to it by permanently shutting off planar travel FROM their world, with the exception of a few specifically designed locations where 2-way travel was possible. Shortly thereafter, all contact was lost with Earth. Nobody knows for sure, but the common theory (On worlds with history old enough to remember, and that had interacted with them, such as Faerun) is that the cessation on outgoing planar traffic stopped beings who died there from passing on as intended, and some sort of global catastrophy decimated the population. With nowhere to go, the souls became undead and soon the world was bereft of life.
A few things scholars with knowledge skills might know
I'll come up with more for those of you who actually put points into the Knowledge)Anything that Dies on Earth stays there. Souls do not travel to other planes, respawn, etc. A lich who dies on earth with his phylactery on another plane is screwed. If the Tarrasque were to die on Earth, it would respawn on EARTH. An outsider dieing there is not banished, but permanently destroyed. Normal living beings tend to become undead within days if the body's are not destroyed.
There are rumours that many of the wonders achieved by mankind before their downfall are still hidden around the planet, as are the secrets to what actually happened. There are also a few (at least one per continent) EXIT portals, doorways that swing both ways... Though where they lead is unknown, and they are always hidden inside Guard's fortresses.
*more info coming soon*
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Keep in mind that the info in this Sblock is NOT common knowledge. If you think your character should be privy to it, you'll need ranks in Knowledge:Earth or Knowledge
lanes. If you think you should have some of the info even without these skills, give me the reasoning (IE ethandrew's character worked at the Processing plant, and would know SOME of the Earth info.)As to the Language thing... Illumian I'll give a human language.(Same with other Half-human or partly human), and since they have a racial trait that says they're literate then, well, they're literate.
As for the Goliaths' body language... How about body/sign language as a racial language for Goliaths and added as a 'common' language that can be learned by any race? Also most 'basic' body language is easily readable, and I'd give Goliaths an easier reading of other body language... once the other's realize he can understand their signals.
As for the Demon... If you're willing to leave it up to me, I've got a wicked idea in mind.
And BTW, practically nothing's outside the scope of one of my games.
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Jemal
Adventurer
Heh, flattery will get you everywhere. *ponders offering extra XP for best flattery, but decides against it.*
seriously though, thanx for the compliments.. Apparently my RL guys feel the same way cuz they never wanna DM for me. (Well, one of my room-mates like's DMing, it's just that whenever he does, the other players don't seem to keep wanting to play..)
seriously though, thanx for the compliments.. Apparently my RL guys feel the same way cuz they never wanna DM for me. (Well, one of my room-mates like's DMing, it's just that whenever he does, the other players don't seem to keep wanting to play..)
Jemal
Adventurer
Avalon® said:
Well, since the prison is set on a post-apocalyptic Earth, there's no "maybe" about that...
Although 99% of the guns have been 'confiscated' by the guards, and the ones that haven't will be used by other prisoners against you before you can get them.
And they're NOT the guns you've seen stated up in DMG or D20Modern. We're talking GOOD weapons, on par with magic. really advanced Earth Guns are the equivalent of Techno-Magical artifacts. Normal guns are still pretty damn good. (Wait'll you see your first Machine gun)
The best part of DMing is if the players talk about the game afterwards. I always try to make my games as interesting and cool as I can... Stuff that I'd kill to be a player in.autumn said:
Also, I'm gonna go take a look at what's been posted so far and see if I can find anything that needs to be fixed. If you haven't posted your char. yet, please post at least the basics soon. We won't be opening with a combat, so you'll have some time to flesh it out while we start, and I'm usually pretty lenient on minor changes even when we get further into the game. I just want all char's posted and then I'll start the IC thread while we fix them up and make'em right.
Jemal
Adventurer
OK, first off I need everyone to make sure they do the following :
Indicate Race, Templates(if any), Level adjustments, Racial HD, and how many levels you have of each class. Also, I'd like sections indicating Class abilities and Racial traits (This doesn't have to be seperate as long as they're all listed).
For stats, AC, Saves, and Skills, I'd also like a breakdown showing the math
[sblock=Examples]
Stats: STR 20 (16 base + 2 Racial + 2 Enhancement)
AC 18 (10 Base + 4 Dex + 4 Armour)
Saves: Fort + 8 (5 base + 2 Con + 1 Resistance)
Skills: Diplomacy +22 (12 ranks + 8 Cha + 2 Synergy)
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It doesn't have to LOOK like that, as long as it's got the math in a readable format.
Also, if you have a Lvl bonus to Intelligence, please mark what level it came at(4, 8, or 12) so skill points are easily calculable.
I'd like everyone to include age, ht, weight, etc. Also, for those of you that are non-standard races, I'd like to know what your age categories are (Illumian, Centaur, Goliath).
Now, onto specifics for you guys.
(Sblocks for space saving, feel free to help each other unless someone objects)
[sblock=Autumn(Celes)]
With the exception of Level info and Stat info(As listed in begining of this post), your character's good, and is pretty much exactly what I want to see.
2 things, actually:
first, Just for quick reference, could you edit in beside the ioun stone what it does, so i don't have to remember/check the srd? thnx
second, what's the "+3 misc" in your AC?
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[sblock=Ethandrew(Eoghan)]
HP should be 117
grapple should be +16 (you forgot your str mod)
don't forget to put down which weapon you have W.focous/Improved Crit with. (Don't worry, I'll give you the right weapon).
Also, what type of armour would you like, Medium or Heavy?
You've still got the Ring of Sustenance under your equipment.
Other than that, just do the updates I listed at begining of post, and I'll go over the numbers one more time.
Also, I think I'm going to make Paladins Literate in their primary language, so mark that somewhere.
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[sblock=Sin(Valak)]
Need to remove 'common' as a language.
What's your "misc" AC from?
Why's your grapple +20? 7 bab+10str+?
how often are your con draining touch attack and your abyssal blast usable?
Also Make sure you've done what I listed at begining of post, and I'll go over the numbers one more time.[/sblock]
[sblock=Avalon(Xing'dao)]
You've got one more language
Might I ask why you took persistant spell when you have neither Divine Metamagic nor the higher level spellcasting required? Why not wait till later to get it?
I need info on the following spells:Close wounds, Divine Insight, Clutch of Orcus, Revenance, Earth Hammer.
Also Make sure you've done what I listed at begining of post, and I'll go over the numbers one more time.
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[sblock=LordRaven(Quill)]
No Character yet. Keep in mind what I've posted as you're making it.
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Indicate Race, Templates(if any), Level adjustments, Racial HD, and how many levels you have of each class. Also, I'd like sections indicating Class abilities and Racial traits (This doesn't have to be seperate as long as they're all listed).
For stats, AC, Saves, and Skills, I'd also like a breakdown showing the math
[sblock=Examples]
Stats: STR 20 (16 base + 2 Racial + 2 Enhancement)
AC 18 (10 Base + 4 Dex + 4 Armour)
Saves: Fort + 8 (5 base + 2 Con + 1 Resistance)
Skills: Diplomacy +22 (12 ranks + 8 Cha + 2 Synergy)
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It doesn't have to LOOK like that, as long as it's got the math in a readable format.
Also, if you have a Lvl bonus to Intelligence, please mark what level it came at(4, 8, or 12) so skill points are easily calculable.
I'd like everyone to include age, ht, weight, etc. Also, for those of you that are non-standard races, I'd like to know what your age categories are (Illumian, Centaur, Goliath).
Now, onto specifics for you guys.
(Sblocks for space saving, feel free to help each other unless someone objects)
[sblock=Autumn(Celes)]
With the exception of Level info and Stat info(As listed in begining of this post), your character's good, and is pretty much exactly what I want to see.
2 things, actually:
first, Just for quick reference, could you edit in beside the ioun stone what it does, so i don't have to remember/check the srd? thnx
second, what's the "+3 misc" in your AC?
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[sblock=Ethandrew(Eoghan)]
HP should be 117
grapple should be +16 (you forgot your str mod)
don't forget to put down which weapon you have W.focous/Improved Crit with. (Don't worry, I'll give you the right weapon).
Also, what type of armour would you like, Medium or Heavy?
You've still got the Ring of Sustenance under your equipment.
Other than that, just do the updates I listed at begining of post, and I'll go over the numbers one more time.
Also, I think I'm going to make Paladins Literate in their primary language, so mark that somewhere.
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[sblock=Sin(Valak)]
Need to remove 'common' as a language.
What's your "misc" AC from?
Why's your grapple +20? 7 bab+10str+?
how often are your con draining touch attack and your abyssal blast usable?
Also Make sure you've done what I listed at begining of post, and I'll go over the numbers one more time.[/sblock]
[sblock=Avalon(Xing'dao)]
You've got one more language
Might I ask why you took persistant spell when you have neither Divine Metamagic nor the higher level spellcasting required? Why not wait till later to get it?
I need info on the following spells:Close wounds, Divine Insight, Clutch of Orcus, Revenance, Earth Hammer.
Also Make sure you've done what I listed at begining of post, and I'll go over the numbers one more time.
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[sblock=LordRaven(Quill)]
No Character yet. Keep in mind what I've posted as you're making it.
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