The Lamentation of Lolth - OoC I (Epic CotSQ Campaign)

[Majin]

Looks good Chaos. We're getting closer to being ready to roll guys! As soon as the last few bits of character creation are worked out I'll get a Rogue's Gallery post going for a place for you all to update your characters accordingly. From those that are all done their characters, and even those that are still working on them, what time frame do you all think would be best to start up? Are we all good for a day or two after Christmas or are people going to be away still till after New Years? I'm ready to go whenever, so it's up to you guys.

 

[hippocrachus]

I'm ready now.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Brother Shatterstone - I was checking the page on Saurials and Chitines and noticed that Chitines gain feats not by class level but by the number of HD they have.

Yes and no, all creatures can feats at the fallowing increments:

For there 1st HD, just like classes do
One at 3rd HD,
And one for each 3 HD after the third HD. (6 HD, 9 HD, etc.)

Unless I missed it somewhere I couldn't find this in the write up for the Saurials. Do you know whether or not this type of progression is the case for all monstrous characters that start off with extra hit dice or just select ones?

They gain one feat; it's listed on the Racial Traits, Base Hit Dice.

Now I was hoping to take a feat from Savage Species: Improved Scent, which increases the range of scent from 30 ft to 60 ft.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Bro: How well would you like Mosslime and Ayden to know each other? Would he have left the Vale when Ayden did?

I figured when you left I fallowed you with out asking in my hopes of becoming a great warrior.

I should be well known to you as I'm one of the more troublesome Saurial in the Lost Vale, I mean troublesome as in trouble always seems to find me, not that I'm mean spirited. I'm planning on running Mosslime as a cross between a cat and a kinder.

 

[Majin]

Well this is where the confusion stems from:

"A chitine character gains Multiweapon Fighting as a bonus feat, as noted above. In addition, his monstrous humanoid Hit Dice grant him one feat. A chitine with class levels gains feats based on his total Hit Dice, as described in the Monster Manual."

^ From the WotC page on them.

Guess this is for Chitines but not Saurials? heh

Bro - Do you plan to spend skill points to speak the languages you have under "Languages spoken"? I just wanted to avoid confusion on that, for everyone else if they haven't checked the write up on them, saurials cannot speak their bonus languages from Int modifiers unless they also spend skill points in speak language as well. This includes their automatic language of Draconic as well excluding the few select beings that can understand their high frequency speech.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

"A chitine character gains Multiweapon Fighting as a bonus feat, as noted above. In addition, his monstrous humanoid Hit Dice grant him one feat. A chitine with class levels gains feats based on his total Hit Dice, as described in the Monster Manual."

Okay the way I've always seen this done is that your monster HD count as levels lets take the chitine from above which has 2 HD. Now after some adventuring it levels up and decides to take a level of rogue.

Now it's a 2HD creature and 1st level rogue for a total of 3 class levels. These class levels determine max level of skills, when feats are gained and when ability bonuses are gained.

So are Chitine from above would pick up a new feat with that rogue level.

Basically in simplest terms HD are the same as levels; you gain feats at the same level.

Bro - Do you plan to spend skill points to speak the languages you have under "Languages spoken"?

Nope I don't see a reason in my character back ground for him to have taken the time to speak common so others can understand him, but when I reach my first level I expect to pick it up.

 

[Majin]

Right thats how it should work. Now we understand each other. Sorry, I thought you were on a different page than I was for a moment there. Turns out I just read your first explanation wrong

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Right thats how it should work. Now we understand each other. Sorry, I thought you were on a different page than I was for a moment there. Turns out I just read your first explanation wrong

That's okay I should have went with the second one first.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

I think I can start right after Christmas. I hope to finish Meekis up by later Tuesday.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

I think I can start right after Christmas. I hope to finish Meekis up by later Tuesday.

Like wise, I think I'm down to needing to buy equipment... (Theirs an update somewhere on page 4)

Speaking of which does anyone know what to call those thick anklets that you always see primitive people wearing?

With your permission Majin, I would like to make a magical boot into them, as I can't see a Saurial wearing boots.