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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reapersaurus" data-source="post: 393190" data-attributes="member: 1194">Couple Questions:1) How do you plan on running combat?Could you describe that a bit, since there are many ways that it can be run in a PbP adventure.2) Is it really 'fair' to penalize people for where they place their 'free' levelup attribute points?That just strikes me as odd, that this system does that - what's the reasoning for including the levelup attributes in with the initial pointbuy - shouldn't it normally be seperate?My Singh Rager character would definately be a Paladin type.I'm thinking of playing something close to this:Melvos BrackenshirePerhaps Rgr1/Ftr2/Pal1/Clr3/Singh Rager2* stats to come *Background Melvos stands a lean 5'7" tall, 169 pounds, and is a specimen of human fitness. He works out daily, with many exercises to strengthen body and weapon prowess. His prime concern is to be as much of a help to those around him as he can.He is driven to make other people's lives as comfortable as possible.From an early age, he was instilled by his mother an intense edict to "play nice" and be liked by all those around him."Don't you WANT those people to like you, Melvos? How are you going to get anywhere in life if people don't like you?"He has grown up to be an over-grown Boy Scout, helping anyone, even if they have proven to take advantage of him in the past.He will constantly see the good in a person if they but even give lip service to being his friend.His low Wisdom (especially for a Paladin) is my best guess to emulate this pathological condition of having to be liked by everyone he meets.He constantly agonizes over his decisions, and whether he is doing enough for the people in his life.He guzzles the medeival equivalent of Maalox like it's water.In his relationships with women (he's quite popular with the ladies due to his inability to say no to them and his good looks and charm), they walk all over him and he tends to attract those that would take advantage of his excessive compassion.Yes, you could say Melvos is pu$$y-whipped.  He naturally knows how to cook, since that fits right in line with how he can be better liked by people, and making things more comfortable for them.He will fight to defend others, and protect innocent people against evil.Not because evil is bad, necessarily, but because evil people tend to be inconsiderate and rude, and make life uncomfortable for good people. If an evil person truly expresses a desire to change, he will ALWAYS be a sucker for it.Along those lines, he weilds Shields in battle, not quite as deadly or offensive-natured as a sword. With a shield attack, he can batter opponents around with his special shield bash ability, hopefully knocking sense into his opponents (while simultaneously knocking them into his friends, hopefully gaining AoO's in the process).He is a holy terror in combat, though, and if forced will kill if the opponent truly is beyond recovery. *based off of Melvin in The Big Hit (played by Mark Wahlberg)... If anyone can think of an applicable Faerunian God for Melvos, please suggest it.A god of Considerateness?<img src="http://www.d20reviews.com/pozas/Thumbs/Classes/paladin_tn.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />            <img src="http://tech.nhsacramento.com/jwarner/images/melvos1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />           <img src="http://tech.nhsacramento.com/jwarner/images/melvos2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />           <img src="http://tech.nhsacramento.com/jwarner/images/melvos3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><img src="http://home.attbi.com/~jeremy.evans/wsb/media/60938/site1014.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />The last is an idea for how he might look as a full-fledged Singh Rager. (pic by Jeremy's wife)</blockquote>

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