Argent Silvermage
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It's in the beginning of this thread.Sparky said:
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Sparky
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Cool. Just wanted to know that it wasn't in some book I don't have. Say, how long are you guys going to be around. With your quick replies, I'd like to ask some questions/bounce some ideas off of you, if you don't mind. I always like to knit character backgrounds together whenever possible, so maybe Brahnz and I were from the same clutch (or had the same sire) or maybe my PC knew Semm's Master.
Or something... your feedback appreciated.
Or something... your feedback appreciated.
Sparky
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Another question (I'm full of 'em... some say 'it'): Do the Celestial, Fiendish and other templates negate the racial ability modifiers like a human does? IE a common half-elf doesn't get any of the groovy ability modifiers (I'm guessing because human blood mucks it up)? Does a half-elf whose other half is something quite other than human lose those modifiers in the same way?
Also: How are skills handled? I'm working on a half-celestial, half-gray elf right Marshall right now and am wondering how to do up his (his, assuming Brahnz still wants to be The Chick) skills, do I use the Marshall class or the what the half-celestial indicates. There's, seemingly, a lot of room for interpretation and I don't want to goof it up. Yo.
Also: On the wingless thing. Can I take wings that are unfunctioning (so damaged that they will never work again).
Also: How are skills handled? I'm working on a half-celestial, half-gray elf right Marshall right now and am wondering how to do up his (his, assuming Brahnz still wants to be The Chick) skills, do I use the Marshall class or the what the half-celestial indicates. There's, seemingly, a lot of room for interpretation and I don't want to goof it up. Yo.
Also: On the wingless thing. Can I take wings that are unfunctioning (so damaged that they will never work again).
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Jeremy
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Not the DM but those are pretty basic.
Templates are templates. They modify base races. If you have a human half-celestial make a human, then add the half-celestial modifications, including stats. If you have a half-elf celestial, half-orc celestial, or celestial dire squirrel, start with the base, add the template modifications.
For skills, the skill point modifications apply only to classless HD. For example, a 6 HD dire squirrel would have few skills because he would be using the skill rate of an animal. However a half-celestial dire squirrel would use the half-celestial skill progression.
But as a half-celestial gray elf marshall you get 0 skill points from race and all your skill points from marshall as per any other marshal.
For skill points Class > Template > Race.
Templates are templates. They modify base races. If you have a human half-celestial make a human, then add the half-celestial modifications, including stats. If you have a half-elf celestial, half-orc celestial, or celestial dire squirrel, start with the base, add the template modifications.
For skills, the skill point modifications apply only to classless HD. For example, a 6 HD dire squirrel would have few skills because he would be using the skill rate of an animal. However a half-celestial dire squirrel would use the half-celestial skill progression.
But as a half-celestial gray elf marshall you get 0 skill points from race and all your skill points from marshall as per any other marshal.
For skill points Class > Template > Race.
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Sparky
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Thanks Jeremy. That clears up a lot. I wasn't really expecting skills to come from being a gray elf, but the half-celestial template and not knowing what the Marshall class grants blurred my thinking.
So, taking the Marshall class will nuke having (8 + 2Int)x(1HD+3) OR ~40 skill points. And probably in the downward direction. Bummer. Alas.
So, taking the Marshall class will nuke having (8 + 2Int)x(1HD+3) OR ~40 skill points. And probably in the downward direction. Bummer. Alas.
