Istoria: Generic Humanocentric Game - [Was Elements of Magic]

[Ferrix]

Added world info on Arund.

 

[GlassEye]

Revising my character idea somewhat to integrate posted info. (Didn't want you to think I've forgotten or blown this off). Still thinking expert from Arund, however...

 

[genshou]

I'm gonna start building my character. Which of the two threads should I put her in?

 

[GlassEye]

Korigar White-eye

Edited for reworking.

 

[Ferrix]

I'm gonna start building my character. Which of the two threads should I put her in?

This one. The other one is now defunct.

 

[JonnyFive]

still wating for some more world info to help flesh out my char.

 

[genshou]

If I'm reading the way you're handling ability advancement correctly, we'll end up with a 144 point-buy at 20th-level, which is enough to have a 20 in all ability scores. I've put the values I calculated up on my Universal House Rules thread (look for the red text at the bottom of post #4). I used 1+NEWLEVEL/2 rather than 1+OLDLEVEL/2, but this wouldn't put the progression rate very far behind.

I'd suggest my standard progression rate for a typical D&D game, Variant 1 for a monty-haul or simply extraordinarly heroic game, and Variant 2 for a more low-key game.

 

[Ferrix]

You'll note in game play that you'll come across a very low-rate of magic items. So without the standard stat boosters of a D&D game, for characters to acquire extremely high abilities you need a large accumulation of points over time.

You figure a standard 20th level D&D character can max out a single stat starting from 18 to 34 without racial modifiers. That's 136 points on a single stat. Quite a lot of devotion to a single attribute.

 

[genshou]

You'll note in game play that you'll come across a very low-rate of magic items. So without the standard stat boosters of a D&D game, for characters to acquire extremely high abilities you need a large accumulation of points over time.

You figure a standard 20th level D&D character can max out a single stat starting from 18 to 34 without racial modifiers. That's 136 points on a single stat. Quite a lot of devotion to a single attribute.

Sure, with a +6 worn item and a +5 tome (or 5 consecutive wishes) and all 5 level-based increases, that's up to 34. I've never played a character who reached 34 in an ability score. I usually thought my gold was better spent elsewhere rather than on those 5 wish spells, or I didn't start with an 18.

Still, if you're going with that many points, maybe I'll try going as high as 30.
Edit: Oooh, save DC 20 on a cantrip? Yes, please!

 

[genshou]

Anesha Rali. Note that she's just a blank character sheet so far, but I'll be adding stuff to her this morning before I decide it's well past a reasonable hour to be awake.