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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HammerMan" data-source="post: 8741666" data-attributes="member: 84112">So my character was half good she would not let me take the feat that gives martial maneuvers since she said that might be outside the scope of a 1st level feat. Using standard array I ended up with 8Str 14dex 14con 10int 17wis 12ChaI have deception and insight for skills from my home brew background and the magic initiate feat.  (It was up to this or alert but our newest player took alert so I wanted to speared the play test) I went primal wisdomI get stealth and acrobatics trained from monk. I get perception from drow, and I also have alchemist tools and tinker tools prof from class and background. Magic init let me have thorn whip that is reflavored as metal coils I wear and can mentally snap out to attack and grab things.   I then took spare the dying and hunter”s mark.   Drow still gives me dancing lights and the 120ft dark vision. Language was interesting. Normally I would get elven and under common. But in this playtest I have common and orkish. I think to me this was my most surprising moment of character creation. I am Talos half orc half drow I was raised in the capitol city of the world (think like Babylon 5 a place of diplomacy outside all th kingdoms but supported by them all) and I have been a town guard in training for last 3 years but before that I was on track to be a criminal, when my mentor arrested me and set on this path.   I also worked my 2 fav NPCs from previous campaigns in the old dwarven couple that started the town guard. Other players:Niece is a human bard entertainer  “lyssa the dancer” she wants to have an old school vagabond mystic vibe (she got VERY mad when our grognard friend used the G word to say like a Romoni but she did like when DM showed her vistani from raven loft) having 2 feats let her take the new music one from background and toughness. She has 2 knives as a weapon and her leather armor is WAY more “chain mail bikini” then any of us adults are comfortable with, however the three ladies did enjoy talking about leather dresses and where slits for movement could be while still offering protection. I think our DM forgot how much she liked talking D&D fashion since we have gone virtual. Her friend is this new race and looks like a skunk girl (she is drawing her character already) guard fighter. “Aracrom the blade of the night” she wants to be the greatest swordswoman that ever lived but still in training.  A “have sword will travel” type. She wanted alert as soon as she saw feats.   Her great sword is really cool looking by her description and she has hand axes that she sketched quick that look like they have 3 blades on them instead of 1 (and her chain armor sounds more like armor then my nieces) she also asked about having an animal companion and we had to warn her that is hard in D&D but DM did say she will work with her. Other old grognard is a dwarven urchin hex blade warlock “Shadowstar the ravens squire” his “hex blade patron” is the “Axe of Shadowlava “ a relic of his dwarven clan that was thrown into a volcano and somehow came out in a black pond sentient in the shadow fell. It is now an exarch for the Raven Queen and he has taken the title “Raven’s Squire” The DM pitch: I and the other grog know this campaign world I have played 3 campaigns and a few short adventures in it and he played in 1 of those campaigns and at least 2 short adventures. But watching the two teen girls react to a magetech city in a mid fantasy setting was amazing A crime syndicate and a set of gangs have started a criminal war in the city. Rumor has it one of the gangs just escalated by getting dragon magic somehow. I added my partner and mentor who was 6 months from retirement died in the crossfire of one of the battles and everyone loved that.Then my niece and her friend started and the last half hour to forty five minutes were them just working off each other and making there back stories. Lyssa and Aracrom are both new to the city (both from more traditional fantasy kingdoms) and lyssa fell in with a bad crowd while dancing for coins. Aracrom was here to learn from a master blacksmith/swordsman who lived in the noble section of town… but Aracrom before she could find this blacksmith got caught up defending some kids that turned out to be the gang that Lyssa fell in with.  Then the two of them decided that I almost arrested them for stealing food but I let them off with a warning and that is how I met them. Then they decided that Shadowstar (who had not given any real background) and Aracrom have met sparing in a city sparing circle.  (He said that is okay even though he kind of looked for a criminal connection with urchin)Tomorrow afternoon we are meeting after I get out of work and are going to start all drinking in a tavern after that sparing match… with me seeing the three of them and “checking to make sure the girls are staying out of trouble” I will report more then and let you know how the skunk girl fighter artwork comes out. After session 0 ended me the other two experienced players talked in text for a bit about our reactions to the new rules. So far no major hiccups and two newish players picked up on everything well.  The new crit rules weird us out still but nothing in backgrounds or races was a major issue.  The termor sense on dwarves is WHY we ended up with a dwarf instead of a human. This new race of animal feature Aasimar was a big hit with our newest player. I hope that means it will be a break out Star.</blockquote>

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