(Recruiting) Kiss of Darkness--Adventure in my Homebrew Setting

[Rystil Arden]

True. It's just all wasted on weird odd numbers. Lots of points, not much actual bonuses.

I'd feel kinda funny rerolling though. It's by no means unplayable. And if I did reroll and got a huge result, I'd feel guilty as hell.

That's cool too. And a secret: You actually would barely not be hopeless even on a dropped 17--Bront is just used to my slightly different rules for hopeless gestalt characters

 

[Shayuri]

Ah ha! Well sobeit then! Thanks for the clarification.

Are we starting at 1st level here?

 

[Rystil Arden]

Ah ha! Well sobeit then! Thanks for the clarification.

Are we starting at 1st level here?

Oh, yep. I forgot to say that for Nonlethal Force, but it is indeed level 1.

 

[Bront]

That's cool too. And a secret: You actually would barely not be hopeless even on a dropped 17--Bront is just used to my slightly different rules for hopeless gestalt characters

I thought he needed at least 1 14 though, and he wouldn't if he droped the 17.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Compare to Selene, my Druid in Bront's campaign, who has 8 Strength, 8 Dex, 12 Con, 18 Int, 18 Cha, 17 Wis This is mainly because those beautiful physical stats go bye-bye when you Wildshape.

See, therein lies my dilemma. There are those 5 levels of druis to cross through before wildshping is even part of the character. If I were creating her at druid 5 or above, it'd be a snap decision for me. Actually, here's how Rhaka started out when I was thinking big picture:

STR - 9, DEX - 16, CON - 11, INT - 9, WIS - 17, CHA - 16

And to be honest, I think that is still the way I prefer it. By sliding that STR up and the CON up I am forcing her to be what she is not: a melee expert. And she will melee - once her wildshape kicks in. Heck, she could still melee with those scores, a -1 to STR can be overcome by flanking with another character or an animal companion easily. I still like the 9 in INT, actually. I've never played a character with a low INT stat. I think I've become fond of her that way.

 

[Brother Richard]

Char great idea for perfect dak setting

Hi, I will post once per day (possibly more on weekends) and I have a great character concept. It is a sea gnome thing from stormwrack and pretends to be an illusionist, but actually all his evocation spells are real (he is a warmage) and he loves people attempting to disbelieve his spells. He loves deception without illusion, and would love pretending to be what he is not(even if it is an evil character). He is chaotic neutral and loves mischief.

 

[Rystil Arden]

I thought he needed at least 1 14 though, and he wouldn't if he droped the 17.

Didn't he have 17 and 14? Maybe I misread

 

[Nonlethal Force]

I thought he needed at least 1 14 though, and he wouldn't if he droped the 17.

Don't you love it when he comes back with these?

 

[Rystil Arden]

See, therein lies my dilemma. There are those 5 levels of druis to cross through before wildshping is even part of the character. If I were creating her at druid 5 or above, it'd be a snap decision for me. Actually, here's how Rhaka started out when I was thinking big picture:

STR - 9, DEX - 16, CON - 11, INT - 9, WIS - 17, CHA - 16

And to be honest, I think that is still the way I prefer it. By sliding that STR up and the CON up I am forcing her to be what she is not: a melee expert. And she will melee - once her wildshape kicks in. Heck, she could still melee with those scores, a -1 to STR can be overcome by flanking with another character or an animal companion easily. I still like the 9 in INT, actually. I've never played a character with a low INT stat. I think I've become fond of her that way.

Ah, okay. I actually have trouble playing characters with Int that isn't at least 16 or really low because I tend to think that things that are intellectually challenging are actually easy, so I have trouble being dumb enough unless I do it intentionally. If you want to use the fey druid variant from giantitp, I actually allow it without spending a feat (it uses Charisma to cast instead of Wisdom). You could be the world's only unwise Druid

Oh, and Selen was created at level 5, and Bront gave me several choices for stats, but I picked the one with really polarised stats on purpose

 

[Bront]

Didn't he have 17 and 14? Maybe I misread

Nope, my misread. Oh well.

Not a bad set, just not outstanding. Given I've enjoyed playing characters who are 14 laiden, I don't think it should be much of an issue.