Don't be offended when Jo butchers all of your character names. It is just his way. :-)
Just make him butcher an equal amount of enemies and you'll hear no complaints from me ;-)
Just make him butcher an equal amount of enemies and you'll hear no complaints from me ;-)
Don't worry, Jo is a wrecking crew!
All Hail Jo the Butcher of Names and all around nice guy.
Heck, I told my friend about this character and he couldn't even pronounce her name after I said it, so I am expecting Jo to fumble at pronouncing it.
He sometimes gets genders mixed up. Although he never mixed up the gender of Alarra for some reason. Jo will miss Alarra, he had a real thing for her. Mayhaps Xianae will comfort him....
Maybe...She is not very diplomatic, so I hope she can say the right thing. As a friend of mine put it, "she is as diplomatic as a punch to the face". Lets just hope that her arcana talents, don't end her life. She will be spending some time with you up at the front of combat, so may have a bit to talk about. Might trade fighting techniques?
Does anyone have any idea's how I can expand my background at all? It just seems to be a little short and not very detailed.
If you want to expand the background you could look at one of the other characters and maybe tie them together or look at their NPC and Locations adding one to yours.
Egder, I am thinking following Coran's advise on how to expand my backstory and was wondering if I could entwine my backstory with yours as you were asking about the friendship and rivalry?
I don't know what you're planning, but anything alike sounds good to me.
Lookin' forward to play the rivalry, both having an arcane/melee combo makes it rather interesting.
Once she had enough money she went around the city in her spare time; looking for things to buy, but she never found anything that caught her eye. That was until she came across the smithy "Casper Thareman" and his forge "The Steelhouse". In here she found many weapons and armours, but more importantly she met a fellow Half-Orc. They introduced themselves, he was Egder and from that point on she would visit him in her free time. She even paid him to make her an axe and a suit of armour, which she still wears to this day. Even though they became good friends, they had this competition going between them to see who could do something better than the other. Even though they had equal scores in the competitions, Xianae always felt that Egder was in the lead, due to the fact that he made her weapon and armour.
After several months, Casper decided to introduce Egder to a group of individuals that wanted to better Westcrown. Well Xianae would not let him take the lead in the competition, so she tagged along as well and signed up along Egder.
I too am looking forward to the rivalry. As for the Arcane/Melee combo, you will be a lot better at the Arcane than myself. I have a huge Arcane Failure Percentage.
Sounds good! One thing to adapt tough: creating a weapon or armor is not Egder's stuff. His stay in the smithery gave him experience with assisting the smith, but not in creating weapons or armor himself. Didn't give him ranks in craft or profession either. I would have if I intended making him a smith himself.
Perhaps we can turn it around? Giving Xianae an edge over Egder? So far I don't have a reason to know any magic, perhaps Xianae taught him how to use his inborn talent?
I am also thinking that we have "Duels" frequently, to see who is stronger in a fight between us, but it also helps us practice at fighting, how does that sound?
I am going to stick with the weapons and armour being made in "The Steelhouse", just have it so Casper makes them instead.
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- You still have 3 points to spend on your ability scores.
- I think you should only have 19 hit points. 1st level 10 (Class) +2 (CON); 2nd level 4 (Class) +2 (CON) +1 (Favored Class)
- You need to tweak your feats. You get one regular feat plus the combat feat for the fighter level. Neither Iron Hide nor Skill Focus (Knowledge (Planes)) is a combat feat. BTW, since you have the Knowledge (Arcana) skill instead of the Knowledge (Planes) skill you might want to switch that unless you have future plans.
- You also have two many traits. It should be one regular trait plus the Campaign trait so you need to drop Sacred Tattoo or Bully.
- Spell: Honestly, I'd go with Color Spray, but if Touch of Gracelessness or True Strike fit your concept better, go with them.
- I'll take one more pass through once you've changed some of those.
Skill focus (Planes) is for a future plan.
The Sacred Tattoo is not a trait. It is an alternative racial ability and it replaces Orc Ferocity.
I think I have finished all my adjustments.
GM LictorLane, I have settled on my spells and I have chosen True Strike as I will probably use it more than other spells and without failure.
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I'm not done with the cash to spend, though I can start regardless I believe. Any suggestions beside scrolls and a wand?
Jo not happy newbies get 1000 gps and Jo only gots 77 so far. "Sumtins fishy!" Jo tinks....
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Emmett - I think at this level scrolls, wand, possibly potions would be good.
Coran - One or the other is fine. The Adventurer Kits are also fine.
Jo - Hey, you don't like magic anyway :)
Moondark - If you want to add a masterwork weapon - perhaps passed to you by Mother Muddlumm, go ahead. Otherwise, I'm confident some more items will be coming soon.
Sorry, had some busy days and gave gameplay priority.
You can contact me at dm.raging.bull[@]gmail.com, I use it for my own campaign as well.
Backstory isn't adapted yet, sorry Xianae, I'll do that soon.
I've bought three potion (CLW, Protection fr Evil and Hide from Undead) and a wand of Enlarge Person.
BEWARE! If Faelar ever casts 'Enlarge Person' on Jo, I cannot guarantee his survival.
I can't even think what he would do if he sees it cast on someone else.
Wow! Really glad I changed my spells! PHEW!
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Moondark - If you want to add a masterwork weapon - perhaps passed to you by Mother Muddlumm, go ahead. Otherwise, I'm confident some more items will be coming soon.
I'm looking at getting a mithril dagger perhaps with the shadowbeast stone mounted on it once we have some funds.
As for an appropriate gift from Mother- maybe a ring or amulet of halfling luck- i.e. a cloak of protection +1 in ring form. A magical cloak just seems rather ostentatious for Ari.
BEWARE! If Faelar ever casts 'Enlarge Person' on Jo, I cannot guarantee his survival.
I can't even think what he would do if he sees it cast on someone else.
Whose survival? Emmett doesn't know any of this. Should I just change the wand, or should he learn it "the hard way"?
Jo enlarged even further? You can guess who would survive. Just a warning for those who think -"man, enlarge person can be used on any fighter" ooc of the game hoping it will be good for the group.
Jo enlarged even further? You can guess who would survive. Just a warning for those who think -"man, enlarge person can be used on any fighter" ooc of the game hoping it will be good for the group.
Is your size (game size) bigger than medium? I'm really not sure if it's a warning or a joke you're making. Sorry. I can choose another wand if it's to be not useful.
ok, never mind the ring. i'm thinking i'll take a wand of disguise self my UMD isn't great but if given a few minutes I should get it and it will be useful for other casters as well.
The spell's on Emmett's list.
Sort of a Joke as well as a suggestion. Picking something other than that would serve the group better as Jo will vehemently object to its use. So it could be wasted. Read his background for a better understanding.
But.... I would never presume to tell you what to do with your character. It is your character and your choice. Do as you will.
(I am probably breaking the rules even discussing it!)
I am sorry to see Ithad go. He and Jo would have been fast friends!
I got disguise skills and UMD, for your info ;-)
I'm not sure how much internet access I'll have during the holidays.
In any case: Happy Holidays to you all!
Merry Christmas everyone.
I'm a bit confused about what is happening. I tought we still had to go out the gate, but now we disappeared?
Emmett is out of options. The DM has his lucky dice on the table. Make for the hills!
There is not much Coran can do and keep up his masquerade, Except maybe trying to Escape but that might kill him.
I am sticking with my plan of being silent. Trying to make it seem like a I am a mute. Even though he has probably seen through my Hellknight act, I will remain in character. If Coran tries to escape, I will grab him quickly and hold him steady in front of me.
Just hoping that Emmett or Moondark can succeed on getting us in.
Egder, you still here?