Vasorn, The World Under Dragonfire - Calling all players!
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Zerth
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The characters in the RG thread seem to be level 11, so that's what we new players are doing, right?
Unless someone is kind enough to give me a short review of what's happened in the game, it's going to take some time for me to get the hang of it.
Are lizardfolk a valid PC race in this setting? I'm toying with an idea of a renegade lizardfolk monk character... The dragons are mainly after spellcasters so monks are playable, right? What kind of characters are active right now? Is there some spot, that desperately needs to be filled?
Unless someone is kind enough to give me a short review of what's happened in the game, it's going to take some time for me to get the hang of it.
Are lizardfolk a valid PC race in this setting? I'm toying with an idea of a renegade lizardfolk monk character... The dragons are mainly after spellcasters so monks are playable, right? What kind of characters are active right now? Is there some spot, that desperately needs to be filled?
Well, currently we have a svirfneblin rogue/illusionist, an orc fighter/barbarian, and a half-dragon fighter/rogue. Lizardfolk are indeed a valid race, they're one of the few races that actually did fairly well in the Ascension. Dragons look upon them as bastard cousins, but a cut above humans, dwarves, and the like. So a lizardfolk could be a sorcerer, or a fighter, or a psion or psychic warrior with little trouble. At least until he betrayed his draconic overlords and ran away. Monks would also be fairly prevalent amongst the oppressed, and some of the lower part of the ruling class has picked up the knack for it. I believe lizardfolk have an ECL of 2, yes?
Zerth
First Post
Lizardfolk have 2 racial HD and +1 LA, so looks like it'll be a lizardfolk2/monk8. I believe it was also mentioned, that you'll get d8 hp's - but nothing else - for every LA in this game.
Do you have any ideas for party tie-in, Isida, or should try to come up with something on my own? As I said, that could take some time as I have to read through the IC thread.
Do you have any ideas for party tie-in, Isida, or should try to come up with something on my own? As I said, that could take some time as I have to read through the IC thread.
Zerth
First Post
Here's my character for DM's approval. Still needs a background. I took 75% hp's like the sample character (Quillia). Tell me, if that needs changing.
Wishlist for the rest of my items:
-some item granting natural armor bonus
-str boosting item
-some javelins of lightning
-some healing potions
-surprise me!
-please leave some cash so I can get the basic adventuring stuff
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Zass'sk
Male Lizardfolk2/Monk8
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Height: 7'0''
Weight: 236lbs
Hair: Green and gray scales
Eyes: Yellow
Age: 28
Str: 24 (+7) [10 points, +2 racial, +2 levels, +4 item]
Dex: 14 (+2) [6 points], 16 (+3) with Whispertree
Con: 17 (+3) [9 points, +2 racial]
Int: 8 (-1) [2 points, -2 racial]
Wis: 14 (+2) [6 points]
Cha: 8 (-1) [0 points]
Class and Racial Abilities:
+2 Con, +2 Str, -2 Int, +4 racial bonus on Balance, Jump and Swim checks, +5 natural armor, natural weapons: 2 claws (1d4) and bite (1d4), hold breath (4 x Con score [17] = 68 rounds), flurry of blows, unarmed strike, evasion, still mind, ki strike (magic), slow fall 40ft, purity of body, wholeness of body (18/day).
Hit Dice: 10d8 + 30 +1d8
HP: 98
AC: 22 (+2 Dex, +2 Wis, +6 natural, +2 monk), 23 with Whispertree
Init: +2 (+2 Dex), +3 with Whispertree
Speed: 50ft
Saves:
Fortitude +9 [+6 base, +3 Con]
Reflex +11 [+9 base, +2 Dex], +12 with Whispertree
Will +8 [+6 base, +2 Wis], +10 vs. enhancement
BAB: +7/+2
Grapple: +18
Melee Atk: +15 (2d6+8/x2/B, unarmed strike) or +15 (1d4+8/x2/S, claw) or
+15 (1d4+4/x2/P and S, bite) or +15 (1d6+8/x2/B, Whispertree)
Full Atk: +15/+10 [+14/+14/+9 flurry] (2d6+8/x2/B, unarmed strike) and +13 (1d4+4/x2/P and S, bite) or
+15 (1d4+8/x2/S, 2 claws) and +13 (1d4+4/x2/P and S, bite) or
+15/+10 [+14/+14/+9 flurry] (1d6+8/x2/B, Whispertree) and +13 (1d4+4/x2/P and S, bite)
Ranged Atk: +9/+4 (1d6+7/x2/30 ft/P, javelin) or
(5d6 lightning bolt/save DC 14, javelin of lightning)
Skills:
Balance +10 [2 ranks, +2 Dex, +4 racial, +2 synergy]
Climb +10 [3 ranks, +7 Str]
Concentration +5 [2 ranks, +3 Con]
Jump +18 [5 ranks, +7 Str, +4 racial, +2 synergy]
Heal +6 [0 ranks, +2 Wis, +2 feat, +2 healer's kit]
Survival +7 [3 ranks, +2 Wis, +2 feat] (cc)
Swim +17 [6 ranks, +7 Str, +4 racial]
Tumble +9 [5 ranks, +2 Dex, +2 synergy]
Feats:
Multiattack (1st)
Improved Unarmed Strike (monk 1st)
Improved Grapple (monk 1st)
Earth's Embrace (3rd)
Deflect Arrows (monk 2nd)
Self-sufficient (6th)
Improved Trip (monk 6th)
Improved Natural Armor (9th)
Languages: Common, Draconic.
Equipment:
Whispertree (+1 agility [+2] tonfa) 4,301gp
2 javelins of lightning 3,000gp
3 javelins 3gp
Wearing or carrying
Loincloth 2cp
Bear's Claws (Bracers of Mighty Fists +1) 6,000gp
Strap of Prowess (Shoulder strap as Monk's Belt) 13,000gp
Paws of Cheetah (Legwarmers as boots of speed) 12,000gp
Dragonstrength (Headband of Str +4) 16,000gp
Breath of All (Necklace of Adaptation) 9,000gp
Belt pouch 1gp
-Waterskin 1gp
-Flint and steel 1gp
Heward's Handy Haversack 2,000gp
-Potion of Enlarge Person 250gp
-Everburning torch 110gp
-Winter blanket 5sp
-Healer's kit (10) 50gp
Money:
186gp
Appearance: Zass'sk is very big even for a lizardfolk, standing about 7 feet tall and weighing well over 200lbs. He has a thick green scaly skin, with prominent teeth and sharp claws. The scales are yellow on his belly and there's a gray-colored stripe on his back from the top of his head all the way to the tip of his long tail. He wears a simple loincloth and some javelins are attached to a leather shoulder strap on his back. His ankles are covered with short legwarmers made of cheetah fur. He doesn't wear or need any shoes.
Personality: Zass'sk has been a loner and a wanderer for the most of his life. He cares deeply for the nature and has had many friends, who were druids. He is usually very calm and passive, almost gentle, but once you get him angered, the hulking lizardman is fearless and fierce, giving or asking no mercy.
Zass'sk likes to stroll around in the wild and sit down to think about the ways of the world. Once he finds a nice warm spot, he can literally stay in the place for ages meditating, hardly lifting a clawed finger. Sometimes he can be quite absent-minded, but on the other hand is extremely patient.
Although he respects the dragons for their might and the shared heritage, he has grown a deep dislike towards them during his life. He has lost too many dear friends to the whims of these arrogant and cruel beasts.
Background: Zass'sk was a friend of nature already at an early age. He never hesitated, when he was asked to join a Monk order, that had guarded a ancient druid grove so long as memory serves among his tribe.
The monks never challenged the dragons right to rule by might and generally wanted just live in peace near the grove, which was located in a large, desolate swamp. But they didn't want to forget the lifestyle and traditions of their own people, either. The druids had always been the wise ones and the leaders among the lizardkin, who never understood the obsession of their larger cousins to wipe out all existing magic-users. So the tribe hid the druids in the monastery, away from the dragons eyes. The dragons did not see the small tribe of lizardfolk as a threat, so an arrangement like this was actually manageable, when handled with great care.
But unfortunately it was just a question of time, until the new masters of the world found out about this unacceptable arrangement. They learned the secret by a traitor named Grass'khra, who was bitter and jealous when he wasn't elected as the tribe's leader. He craved for more power and went to the dragons, even if it meant betraying his tribe and own blood.
The following punishment by the dragons was swift and merciless. Only a few non-casters survived - Zass'sk among them - who were not considered a threat anymore without the guidance of the druids. Zass'sk never understood such a display of cruelty against his tribe, who just wished to live their lives peacefully like it had always been. The powerful had the right to rule and to be respected, even merciless as such was also the way of the nature. The weak would perish so the strong could live, but with nature, it was always a question of survival, not unnecessary cruelty. The sometimes unforgiving cycles of nature existed so all life would prevail and grow stronger with each passing generation. But such is not the way of the dragons, they kill because they can, not because they need to - and they enjoy it. Zass'sk could never accept that or forgive the slaughtering of his tribe.
So Zass'sk became a renegade and fled underground. He had heard about the brave souls, who continued fighting for freedom, even if the battles were desperate at best and no more than a fool's hope remained. But it was better to die free than to live in tyranny and under constant fear. He had learned that the hard way. The dragons themselves might be too powerful to face in combat, but there were other ways to hurt them or maybe weaken them. And he could not rest until the treacherous Grass'khra would've paid for the ultimate travesty. The blood of the traitor would taste so sweet, even if it couldn't undo the crime.
Wishlist for the rest of my items:
-some item granting natural armor bonus
-str boosting item
-some javelins of lightning
-some healing potions
-surprise me!
-please leave some cash so I can get the basic adventuring stuff
-------------------------------------
Zass'sk
Male Lizardfolk2/Monk8
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Height: 7'0''
Weight: 236lbs
Hair: Green and gray scales
Eyes: Yellow
Age: 28
Str: 24 (+7) [10 points, +2 racial, +2 levels, +4 item]
Dex: 14 (+2) [6 points], 16 (+3) with Whispertree
Con: 17 (+3) [9 points, +2 racial]
Int: 8 (-1) [2 points, -2 racial]
Wis: 14 (+2) [6 points]
Cha: 8 (-1) [0 points]
Class and Racial Abilities:
+2 Con, +2 Str, -2 Int, +4 racial bonus on Balance, Jump and Swim checks, +5 natural armor, natural weapons: 2 claws (1d4) and bite (1d4), hold breath (4 x Con score [17] = 68 rounds), flurry of blows, unarmed strike, evasion, still mind, ki strike (magic), slow fall 40ft, purity of body, wholeness of body (18/day).
Hit Dice: 10d8 + 30 +1d8
HP: 98
AC: 22 (+2 Dex, +2 Wis, +6 natural, +2 monk), 23 with Whispertree
Init: +2 (+2 Dex), +3 with Whispertree
Speed: 50ft
Saves:
Fortitude +9 [+6 base, +3 Con]
Reflex +11 [+9 base, +2 Dex], +12 with Whispertree
Will +8 [+6 base, +2 Wis], +10 vs. enhancement
BAB: +7/+2
Grapple: +18
Melee Atk: +15 (2d6+8/x2/B, unarmed strike) or +15 (1d4+8/x2/S, claw) or
+15 (1d4+4/x2/P and S, bite) or +15 (1d6+8/x2/B, Whispertree)
Full Atk: +15/+10 [+14/+14/+9 flurry] (2d6+8/x2/B, unarmed strike) and +13 (1d4+4/x2/P and S, bite) or
+15 (1d4+8/x2/S, 2 claws) and +13 (1d4+4/x2/P and S, bite) or
+15/+10 [+14/+14/+9 flurry] (1d6+8/x2/B, Whispertree) and +13 (1d4+4/x2/P and S, bite)
Ranged Atk: +9/+4 (1d6+7/x2/30 ft/P, javelin) or
(5d6 lightning bolt/save DC 14, javelin of lightning)
Skills:
Balance +10 [2 ranks, +2 Dex, +4 racial, +2 synergy]
Climb +10 [3 ranks, +7 Str]
Concentration +5 [2 ranks, +3 Con]
Jump +18 [5 ranks, +7 Str, +4 racial, +2 synergy]
Heal +6 [0 ranks, +2 Wis, +2 feat, +2 healer's kit]
Survival +7 [3 ranks, +2 Wis, +2 feat] (cc)
Swim +17 [6 ranks, +7 Str, +4 racial]
Tumble +9 [5 ranks, +2 Dex, +2 synergy]
Feats:
Multiattack (1st)
Improved Unarmed Strike (monk 1st)
Improved Grapple (monk 1st)
Earth's Embrace (3rd)
Deflect Arrows (monk 2nd)
Self-sufficient (6th)
Improved Trip (monk 6th)
Improved Natural Armor (9th)
Languages: Common, Draconic.
Equipment:
Whispertree (+1 agility [+2] tonfa) 4,301gp
2 javelins of lightning 3,000gp
3 javelins 3gp
Wearing or carrying
Loincloth 2cp
Bear's Claws (Bracers of Mighty Fists +1) 6,000gp
Strap of Prowess (Shoulder strap as Monk's Belt) 13,000gp
Paws of Cheetah (Legwarmers as boots of speed) 12,000gp
Dragonstrength (Headband of Str +4) 16,000gp
Breath of All (Necklace of Adaptation) 9,000gp
Belt pouch 1gp
-Waterskin 1gp
-Flint and steel 1gp
Heward's Handy Haversack 2,000gp
-Potion of Enlarge Person 250gp
-Everburning torch 110gp
-Winter blanket 5sp
-Healer's kit (10) 50gp
Money:
186gp
Appearance: Zass'sk is very big even for a lizardfolk, standing about 7 feet tall and weighing well over 200lbs. He has a thick green scaly skin, with prominent teeth and sharp claws. The scales are yellow on his belly and there's a gray-colored stripe on his back from the top of his head all the way to the tip of his long tail. He wears a simple loincloth and some javelins are attached to a leather shoulder strap on his back. His ankles are covered with short legwarmers made of cheetah fur. He doesn't wear or need any shoes.
Personality: Zass'sk has been a loner and a wanderer for the most of his life. He cares deeply for the nature and has had many friends, who were druids. He is usually very calm and passive, almost gentle, but once you get him angered, the hulking lizardman is fearless and fierce, giving or asking no mercy.
Zass'sk likes to stroll around in the wild and sit down to think about the ways of the world. Once he finds a nice warm spot, he can literally stay in the place for ages meditating, hardly lifting a clawed finger. Sometimes he can be quite absent-minded, but on the other hand is extremely patient.
Although he respects the dragons for their might and the shared heritage, he has grown a deep dislike towards them during his life. He has lost too many dear friends to the whims of these arrogant and cruel beasts.
Background: Zass'sk was a friend of nature already at an early age. He never hesitated, when he was asked to join a Monk order, that had guarded a ancient druid grove so long as memory serves among his tribe.
The monks never challenged the dragons right to rule by might and generally wanted just live in peace near the grove, which was located in a large, desolate swamp. But they didn't want to forget the lifestyle and traditions of their own people, either. The druids had always been the wise ones and the leaders among the lizardkin, who never understood the obsession of their larger cousins to wipe out all existing magic-users. So the tribe hid the druids in the monastery, away from the dragons eyes. The dragons did not see the small tribe of lizardfolk as a threat, so an arrangement like this was actually manageable, when handled with great care.
But unfortunately it was just a question of time, until the new masters of the world found out about this unacceptable arrangement. They learned the secret by a traitor named Grass'khra, who was bitter and jealous when he wasn't elected as the tribe's leader. He craved for more power and went to the dragons, even if it meant betraying his tribe and own blood.
The following punishment by the dragons was swift and merciless. Only a few non-casters survived - Zass'sk among them - who were not considered a threat anymore without the guidance of the druids. Zass'sk never understood such a display of cruelty against his tribe, who just wished to live their lives peacefully like it had always been. The powerful had the right to rule and to be respected, even merciless as such was also the way of the nature. The weak would perish so the strong could live, but with nature, it was always a question of survival, not unnecessary cruelty. The sometimes unforgiving cycles of nature existed so all life would prevail and grow stronger with each passing generation. But such is not the way of the dragons, they kill because they can, not because they need to - and they enjoy it. Zass'sk could never accept that or forgive the slaughtering of his tribe.
So Zass'sk became a renegade and fled underground. He had heard about the brave souls, who continued fighting for freedom, even if the battles were desperate at best and no more than a fool's hope remained. But it was better to die free than to live in tyranny and under constant fear. He had learned that the hard way. The dragons themselves might be too powerful to face in combat, but there were other ways to hurt them or maybe weaken them. And he could not rest until the treacherous Grass'khra would've paid for the ultimate travesty. The blood of the traitor would taste so sweet, even if it couldn't undo the crime.
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Well, if you guys want to start looking for a party tie-in on your own, that would be great. Or I can try to figure something out. I can go either way.
Dark Nemesis
First Post
My character is just about built. Concerning gear, are we going off of the starting gear for 11th level characters according the DMG?
Yup, what Keia said. Half the gold, of standard wealth for an 11th level character, to spend as you please. The other half you give me a wish list and I'll roll some things up for you with that half of the cash.
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