[OOC] Guardsmith's The Draminov Cases (full)

[Guardsmith]

All right, I've taken a more detailed look at characters.

[sblock=Insight] The Techno-mage Advanced Class is OK, and here are a few things I noticed:

- Unfortunately, with the house rules I posted, your leather jacket isn't a form of armor any more. (I just realized that my PDF on Armor is vague on the subject). To clarify, the armors in the PDF are the only kinds of armors that may be purchased (unless someone wants archaic armor).

- Your Action Point total should be 11 not 6. PCs get 5 + 1/2 level of Action Points per level.

- By my reading of the rules for the Logical Talent, the PC only gets one Knowledge category, and therefore only one synergy bonus, per selection of the Logical Talent. It appears that you took it six times.

- The damage for your Glock 20 should be 2d6+1, per my revised bullet damage rules attached to the first post of this thread.

- IMO, 5 magazines is a bit excessive for a PC to attempt to carry around covertly. In RL, the most I've ever heard of is 2.

- The Purchase DC for your Notebook should be 28 (base 23, upgrade +2, mastercraft +3). BTW, what's with the 7 rolls of a single d6 before the Wealth Bonus Decrease roll that you linked to?[/sblock]

[sblock=Salthorae]For the most part, everything seems OK, but I was having some trouble reconciling your final skill numbers. What did you take as bonus class skills from your Starting Occupation?

Also, I didn't see a physical description of Jeriah.

Finally, I have a question about you background. How long has it been since the attack?[/sblock]

[sblock=Jemal]I was having a bit of trouble reconciling your skill points. Which of your character's classes is the one at 1st level? Strong or Fast?

Also, just so you know, according to an official ruling the effects of Brawl and Combat Martial Arts may not be combined. You will have to choose which one you are using in combat.[/sblock]

[sblock=Rhun]For the most part, everything is OK, but I was having trouble reconciling some of the skill points. Which of your classes is the one taken at 1st level? Strong or Fast?[/sblock]

Once these issues are taken care of, and those who haven't posted characters do so, we can begin the campaign.

 

[Guardsmith]

Dire Lemming,

If you are still reading this board, a slot has opened up. If you still want to be in on this game, feel free to make and post a character.

 

[Mista Collins]

I posted Carl Unger, Hostage Negotiator. I have to flesh out his background, but the stats are there.

 

[Dire Lemming]

Heh, I wasn't expecting to be able to play in this game. I haven't come up with a character yet. I'll try to come up with something though. It was mentioned that the rules are available online somewhere. Where was that again?

ps. Great avatar Guardsmith.

 

[Guardsmith]

It was mentioned that the rules are available online somewhere. Where was that again?

The d20 Modern SRD is here.

ps. Great avatar Guardsmith.

Thanks! I just wish I could lay claim to its creation, but I modified a "Made for Firefox" logo I saw on another site.

 

[Rhun]

[sblock=Rhun]For the most part, everything is OK, but I was having trouble reconciling some of the skill points. Which of your classes is the one taken at 1st level? Strong or Fast?[/sblock]

[sblock=Guardsmith]
Fast was taken at level 1.

And actually, now that you mention it...I may be low on skill points. I only used 30, and I should have 33.

(5*4) + 8 int = 28 at first level
3 + 2 int = 33 at second

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[Salthorae]

[sblock=Salthorae]For the most part, everything seems OK, but I was having some trouble reconciling your final skill numbers. What did you take as bonus class skills from your Starting Occupation?

Also, I didn't see a physical description of Jeriah.

Finally, I have a question about you background. How long has it been since the attack?[/sblock]

[sblock=Guardsmith]Weird, I could have sworn I posted this, but now I don't see it...

I edited the character sheet to say what skills I took with my occupation, but they were Treat Injury (which adds +1 since it's already a Dedicated skill), and Search. All this skills are straight ranks/ability mod's except for:
Craft (Pharm): +2 from Medical Expert
Treat Injury: Ranks (5)+Wisdom(3)+Skill Emphasis(3)+Medical Expert (2)+Perm Doctor Skill (1)=+14 Total

I added physical desc (let me know if you need more)

I figure it's been about 2-3 years. The pain is still raw, but fading now. He's taken a few (3?) sabbaticals from the hospital, gained his Knowledge (Aracana) from occult readings, dropped/distanced himself from his religion/family/childhood etc... these things can take time, but as I said the pain is still pretty raw for him.

Let me know if there are anymore questions...[/sblock]

 

[Insight]

[sblock=Insight] The Techno-mage Advanced Class is OK, and here are a few things I noticed:

- Unfortunately, with the house rules I posted, your leather jacket isn't a form of armor any more. (I just realized that my PDF on Armor is vague on the subject). To clarify, the armors in the PDF are the only kinds of armors that may be purchased (unless someone wants archaic armor).

- Your Action Point total should be 11 not 6. PCs get 5 + 1/2 level of Action Points per level.

- By my reading of the rules for the Logical Talent, the PC only gets one Knowledge category, and therefore only one synergy bonus, per selection of the Logical Talent. It appears that you took it six times.

- The damage for your Glock 20 should be 2d6+1, per my revised bullet damage rules attached to the first post of this thread.

- IMO, 5 magazines is a bit excessive for a PC to attempt to carry around covertly. In RL, the most I've ever heard of is 2.

- The Purchase DC for your Notebook should be 28 (base 23, upgrade +2, mastercraft +3). BTW, what's with the 7 rolls of a single d6 before the Wealth Bonus Decrease roll that you linked to?[/sblock]

[sblock=Guardsmith]
1. OK he'll just have a regular leather jacket then. I'll remove the mastercraft distinction, since it won't have any meaning.
2. I'll fix the Action Point total.
3. I recall that you get the bonus for each category for which you qualify. I'll have to re-check when I get home. If you're right, I'm going to ditch that talent and get something else, since it's pretty much worthless if you only ever get one +2 bonus.
4. I'll fix the damage for the gun.
5. No problem. He'll just carry two and keep the rest elsewhere. What if he kept the others in his daypack, or somewhere that's somewhat accessible but not "on his person" as such?
6. Sorry, I was having problems accessing that site from work - that'll teach me to make characters at work! If you prefer, I can re-roll the entire wealth list from home, since there are probably other times I had trouble. I never have those kind of problems with my home PC. I may end up getting rid of either the mastercraft or upgrade bonus on the computer anyway, so I would need to re-roll in that case.[/sblock]

 

[Jemal]

[sblock=guardsmith]
Fast hero was first. As for the Brawl/Combat Martial arts thing - That really, really sux.. OK, I'll probably be dropping one, then. will change char.
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[Mista Collins]

Carl Unger is done and updated. Personality and background added.