Mid-level Xen'drik Expedition (Recruiting Closed)

[gabrion]

@Mellubb-Looks fine. If you want, you could put something else in the background about his motivation for wanting to come to Xen'drik. Is this a personal thing he's wanted to do, or is he still expected to be looking for things for the University, or some combination of the two?

@Avalon - I guess I have an ever so slight preference for the Bone Knight. Super-duper saves will come in handy methinks. A question about that though - are you plan to use the Education (or Educated or whatever feat) to help you qualify for Ur-Priest since neither Hexblade nor Pally have Knowledge (The Planes) as a class skill? If that is the case, I would be willing to do you a favor and knock that requirement down to 4 ranks so you could buy it cross-class. From a player perspective it would be pretty annoying spending all three of my 1-5 feats qualifying for one PrC.

As for the Deepwarden, I like that idea too, but it seems a little more hodge-podge to me. At 1-4 you get some nifty stuff from Crusader, but by cutting out to go with Ranger/Deepwarden/FotF you end up only having lower level maneuvers. (Also, is the ranger level just to meet deepwarden prereqs?) If I understand the concept right he is meant to be a tough, durable, high AC/HP tank, but I think the flavor alone from UP/Bone Knight would make that more fun than a guy who excels at "standing there and taking it." Of course I could just be totally wrong about the roles you see them playing, so feel free to set me straight.

@EvolutionKB - Ah found it. PrCs in that book can be tricky to find using the table of contents...the index works much better. Anyway, that PrC is fine.

 

[Avalon®]

How about if I let you guys decide which one I'll create?

 

[gabrion]

Thou I will point out that this character would be mutually exclusive with any Paladin submissions...which is fine, Gabrion will just take that into account when selecting the group.

Well sort of...

For me the party working together is more important than particular quirks they may have (such as a few members being at odds sometimes). It's true that a paladin wouldn't put up with evil antics, but honestly I'm not going to be too fond of evil antics myself (they tend to draw retribution against players).

I don't require paladin players to act Lawful Stupid either, so they won't be breaking their code if they fail to attack any evil creature on sight (Gods forbid they try to work with someone with an evil heart to redeem them...). Bottom line, I'm pretty flexible so don't get scared away from submitting anything as long as you think it's a concept that could work with a full party that will be working toward specific goals.

 

[Voda Vosa]

I repeat my offering of a shared background, I wasn't thinking of a very linked one, heres mine, so you see what I'm talking about, because I'm messing up with words =P

Golem, as his human battalion fellows called him, was one of the new light warrior type warforged, and served during the war in several battalions.
After war was over, Golem found himself fighting a more powerful foe than before. Now he have time to think about his kind, about life and its meaning.
He started wondering through dense forest and extenuating plains, until he was to damaged to continue. Still, with his damaged body, his head kept working. He was exposed to all the power of the weather, unitl a good natured XXXX found him.
XXXX took him and carried him to a blacksmith who could be able to repair the warforged. Since then Golem traveled with XXXX learning from him/her the ways of the living creatures.

XXXX could be any other character that would want to have a shared background with me, and a shinny warfoged bodyguard.

 

[Avalon®]

@Avalon - I guess I have an ever so slight preference for the Bone Knight. Super-duper saves will come in handy methinks. A question about that though - are you plan to use the Education (or Educated or whatever feat) to help you qualify for Ur-Priest since neither Hexblade nor Pally have Knowledge (The Planes) as a class skill? If that is the case, I would be willing to do you a favor and knock that requirement down to 4 ranks so you could buy it cross-class. From a player perspective it would be pretty annoying spending all three of my 1-5 feats qualifying for one PrC.

As for the Deepwarden, I like that idea too, but it seems a little more hodge-podge to me. At 1-4 you get some nifty stuff from Crusader, but by cutting out to go with Ranger/Deepwarden/FotF you end up only having lower level maneuvers. (Also, is the ranger level just to meet deepwarden prereqs?) If I understand the concept right he is meant to be a tough, durable, high AC/HP tank, but I think the flavor alone from UP/Bone Knight would make that more fun than a guy who excels at "standing there and taking it." Of course I could just be totally wrong about the roles you see them playing, so feel free to set me straight.

The deepwarden will not just soak up damage but being in the middle of a group of enemies is where he wants to go. Plus they'll have a hard time hitting him with 2x Con mod to AC and running won't work since he'll be having a 40 ft move speed and a 10 ft reach with a spiked chain.

 

[Erekose13]

I've been really jonsing to use one of a couple of books on my shelf - Tome of Magic and Tome of Battle. My first concept is probably the best, a displaced Cyran Warblade.

During the height of the Great War, Logran Hallis fought for his native Cyre. He applied his passion for the sword in devotion for his Queen and country, leading daring strikes against Thrane and Kharnnath. When the goblin armies of Darguun turned against Cyre, it was his team that struck back encouraging the goblin traitors to stay out of the rest of the war. On the battlefield against the elven Valenari forces he distinguished himself again and again.

And then the Mourning came. On the day of the mourning, Logran was out of Cyre on a mission in Valenar, hunting for a traitor against the crown. A Phairlani elf, named Phaeryn, had turned on Cyre and was traveling to the Valenar capital to relay critical information regarding the Cyran forces on the border. Logran caught up to Phaeryn and killed him, but it brought little satisfaction when he returned to find his country it covered in mist. He tried to pierce the mists a few times, but the horrors of the Mournland were too much to take.

Dissaffected and without a country, he travelled to Darguun and through to Sharn. The prejudice he found there, Cyrans living bowing to Brelanders, was too much for the Queen's man. He left the main continent on the next ship to Xen'drik to escape from the world that he no longer belonged to. He has taken up residence in Stormreach, a drunk, melancholy man who longs for the old days. He can often be found in the Chapterhouse regaling any who come calling with tales of Old Cyre and the glory of her Queen. Which of course makes him quite unpopular, though he tales of battle and war are a bitter reminder to those who are in Xen'drik from the same reasons as him.

EDIT: Stat Roll: 15, 12, 16, 16, 10, 17, 10

 

[gabrion]

@Erekose - Warblade is fine (actually class wise all the classes and PrCs in ToB are fine except RKV [which is ok too as long as the player and I can come to an understanding]).

 

[Erekose13]

I'm not sure why Invisible Castle is showing that I rolled twice, my first roll is definitely the one that I am going with. No worries on the RKV, I'm going pure Warblade with a concentration on Diamond Mind maneuvers (and Concentration).

 

[Mellubb]

Voda Vosa I am down if you want to link backgrounds. I edited my background give it a once over and see if it fits what you were thinking.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Voda Vosa, my halfling cleric could also fit in nicely with your background. She would definitely fall into the "good hearted" category of almost anything you care to name.