Ultimate Survivor D&D

[Guest 11456]

Well... Since I didn't place it in my original post and since this is supposed to be light-hearted and fun...

MM races that are suitable for PCs must have a Level Adjustment entry. Some thing other then '-'. To figure the ECL add the level adjustment to the Hit Dice (if it is greater then 1), otherwise use the level adjustment.

Does this sound right? I used the SRD and memory.

So a Balor won't work because there is no Level Adjustment entry except '-'.

 

[Ranger Rick]

How do you sign up?

 

[Angcuru]

You just did.

 

[Ranger Rick]

You just did.

Great. Now when & how do we submit our canadiates?

 

[Nephtys]

I'm in.

(If you'll have me.)

 

[Harvey]

Grrrr... I so desperately want to join this one, but am worried about more recent time crunches...

Well, since it isn't starting until June, I would love to throw together a character...

 

[RobotRobotI]

Think you've got room for another here? This seems crazy. And so, I'd like to throw in for it. *grin*

 

[Guest 11456]

Unless we get more then 16 entries (or possibly an odd number), then everyone is in. If we get more then 16 then I'll need to judge who the contestants are.

 

[Harvey]

Hay Tailspinner, can I run through a quick (and possibly ridiculous) example to make sure I understand the mechanics?

Let's say I want to build a stone giant. I can be a 1st level stone giant barbarian, which gives me an ECL of 19. Alright, that would give me anywhere from 5 to 12 ability points to use. I would go with a 12 ability point buy. So, let's say I dump 10 points into Strength and two points into Con. I'd end up with a Stone Giant with Str 32, Dex 12, Con 18, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 8. Plus 171000 XP and 580000 gp. Plus all starting racial traits for stone giants (on page 125 of the MM (under Stone Giants as Characters) plus abilities for 1st level barbarian.

Is this correct?

 

[Ranger Rick]

Hay Tailspinner, can I run through a quick (and possibly ridiculous) example to make sure I understand the mechanics?

Let's say I want to build a stone giant. I can be a 1st level stone giant barbarian, which gives me an ECL of 19. Alright, that would give me anywhere from 5 to 12 ability points to use. I would go with a 12 ability point buy. So, let's say I dump 10 points into Strength and two points into Con. I'd end up with a Stone Giant with Str 32, Dex 12, Con 18, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 8. Plus 171000 XP and 580000 gp. Plus all starting racial traits for stone giants (on page 125 of the MM (under Stone Giants as Characters) plus abilities for 1st level barbarian.

Is this correct?

no. I think you get 4 ability points but you are 1st level (not 20th). So you get little money and only 1st level in HPs.