Welcome to the players selected and hope to have an enjoyable game with you all. Please finalize your characters for review and let me know if you have any questions. Game on!
Dotting in. Thanks for picking me!
UU here! Delighted to be playing with y'all. I think UU is ready to rock. Let me know if I missed anything or you prefer a character header with specific info.
Awesome, I'm glad to be aboard! Thanks for the pick Jack Daniels! Pretty good drink by the way :P
I believe my character is completely ready for review. I always welcome questions and feedback (from anybody)!
Skalv will be a dedicated brute-force frontliner. He is here to take hits and give them back in an up close and personal manner. He Is also a pretty good face and has a decent sprinkling of skills from his ranger half that will help keep him useful outside of combat.
But above all else he is here to kill some freaking demons.
Please format your Race/Class Tabs as Mel and Skalv have so the vital info is apparent at a glance without having to click on profile. Thanks!
Done!
FWIW, I will include a Status spoiler with every combat post, like so:
I like to use this kind of spoiler to show resources round by round along with any magical or other effects.
Thanks for the pick! Alias should be all done. Looking forward to the game and beating up some demons.
Welcome all. I am in Miami, so EST. Do you want to come in knowing each other or do you wish to meet for first time at Defender’s Heart? Any preference? Lastly, both UU and Skalv have Touched by Divinity trait. Any chance one of you could switch so everyone has a different campaign trait? Thanks!
I am also in EST. I am available to post frequently during the work day (9-5) Monday-Friday, and am sporadically available in the evenings and on weekends.
I have no preference for knowing people beforehand, but I think Skalv hasn't had time to get to know anybody in town yet. So I vote we don't know each other, but I have no problem with the alternative.
When I get to my laptop I'll check other traits. I do remember I was debating another trait, but can't recall what it was right now.
Ah the other trait was stolen fury, which actually fits Skalv's background perfectly. Unfortunately the mechanical bonus would probably be worthless since I don't plan on taking combat maneuver feats.
Exposed to awfulness also works rather nicely.
Thoughts? I haven't checked the traits of the others yet.
I am also on EST (in NYC). While Touched by Divinity fits UU like a glove, I could switch that to Exposed to Awfulness, if need be, with only some tweaks to her background. The others I don't think really fit her. If I'm not mistaken, 'Mel' and Angahaar have locked up Riftwarden Orphan and Child of the Crusades, so those are off the list.
Skalv, let me know if you are willing to change or I should.
I vote for the characters meeting for the first time at Defender's Heart. I always enjoy first meetings. :)
Touched by Divinity seems to fit your character better than mine. I will switch. I'll see if the GM has any thoughts before deciding to go with Stolen Fury or Exposed to Awfulness. While both work seamlessly with Skalv's background, Stolen Fury fits a little better...I just wish the bonus weren't so useless.
Melchesiech your header is definitely out of date. I really hope you don't have 8 hp at level 3 :P
Thanks for being willing to change.
LOL on Mel's HP. He likes a challenge... and that CON of 3 is rough. :)
I’m in PST. Given that Angahaar has been in Kenabres his entire life, he’d probably know people that weren’t new to the town. I’d be open to having known people before but meeting at Defender’s Heart is fine too.
Yeah, I only updated part of the header. Since I don't expect to be in melee anytime soon that was a lower priority.
I'm in CST (greater Chicago area). Meeting everyone for the first time at Defender's Heart sounds good to me as well, although some of us may have seen each other in the post-attack chaos.
Real wizard's don't need hp *sneers in superiority*
Edit: Angahaar you should check your PMs :)
Meeting everyone for the first time at Defender's Heart sounds good to me as well, although some of us may have seen each other in the post-attack chaos.
Makes sense. In my story, UU doesn't make it to Defender's Heart until some time the next morning after the attack. She comes in with a returning crusader patrol. She would be either memorable or unrecognizable - stinking and covered in filth from hiding in a sewer, and sporting a number of non-life-threatening wounds.
Touched by Divinity seems to fit your character better than mine. I will switch. I'll see if the GM has any thoughts before deciding to go with Stolen Fury or Exposed to Awfulness. While both work seamlessly with Skalv's background, Stolen Fury fits a little better...I just wish the bonus weren't so useless.
Melchesiech your header is definitely out of date. I really hope you don't have 8 hp at level 3 :P
I think Exposed to Awfulness' bonus save is tough to beat. My opinion.
Ok, will go with meeting for first time at Defender's Heart. Thank you all for chiming in.
Alright I'll go with Exposed to Awfulness. Sheet updated, ready to go!
Dibs on killing the first Balrog. :P
UU is an optimist.
Heh. If we ever fight Khorramzadeh, Angahaar will want the killing blow. On a more grounded note, Angahaar should be all ready to go.
I've updated my header, but still have to buy gear and take care of a few other odds and ends. GM JD, do you have the Gameplay thread set up yet?
ETA: one other question--per Table 12-4, we start out with 3000 gold?
Yes I believe we start with 3000 gp.
GM, Angahaar and I were trying to figure out the formula for hp when you take favored class bonus into account. Could you assist? I think with a d10 hit die and a con of 14, it should look like this:
3d10 (levels) +6 (con) = 36
36*75% = 27 hp
3d10 (levels) +6 (con) +3 (favored class) = 39
36*75% = 29.25 hp (round down to 29)
Does that seem accurate or am I missing something?
Please finish your characters- Game thread post will be up by tomorrow.
3000 gp is starting gold
Skalv, your calculations are accurate
Just so I'm clear on the HP calculations... (seems like this is one thing I've gotten wrong)
We are getting 75% of our total max HPs even on the first HD?
And folks who have CON or Fav Class bonuses are losing a portion of their bonuses?
Oh, my bad. Good catch, UU.
Then in example, it would be:
75% of 20= 15
10+15+6+3=34
Just to be clear, it’s max at first, followed by 75% hit dice and full bonuses from other sources?
Angahaar, looking at JD's example, you are correct.
It is 75% on all HD after 1st and full bonuses on CON and Fav Class:
1st HD Max + (All Other HD)*.75 + CON Bonus + Fav Class = Total Happiness
With that, my HPs are correct. Win win.
Awesome, means my math’s correct as well.
Ohhhhhh
Ok. I got it now.
Actually Anghaar your math is still off. You actually have 1 more hp than currently, it should be 34. I think you rounded down on 75% of your hit die at both levels 2 and 3, but according to JD above you get to add up all your HD after level 1 before taking 75%
1st level 10 (hd) +2 (con) +1 (favored class) = 13 hp
2nd/3rd level 15 (hd) +4 (con) +2 (favored class) = 21 hp
Total = 34 hp
Skalv's calculations are exactly the same except for the lack of flavored class bonus, leaving him at 31. Which is 4 lower than I had it.
Udaya your hp looks correct assuming you're not putting your FCB into it.
Melchesiech your health seems lower than it should be.
1st level 8 (hd) +1 (con) = 9 hp
2nd/3rd level 12 (hd) +2 (con) = 14 hp
Total = 23 hp (FCB bumps this up to 26 hp)
Yep...that's because I calculated based on 75% of total with bonuses (0.75 x 3 x (8 + 1 + 1)) = 22.25, rounds to 22.
Udaya your hp looks correct assuming you're not putting your FCB into it.
That's correct. I've put my FCB into Skill Points for the first three levels.
I added my HD separately, so I took 75% of each not 75% of the total. Think that’s where the difference comes in.
Excellent, I think we're all on the same page now. Good thing I checked the math, three of us were weaker than we were supposed to be!
Game thread is up.
Link
I've got my equipment and spells listed in a spreadsheet linked to my profile, but have to finish updating the profile.
Ah, sorry that everybody was waiting on me! You opened up the gameplay thread about twenty minutes after I usually stop checking the boards for the day!
P.S. Skalv's avatar is what he looks like with a helmet on, a more detailed picture is linked in his header :)
Skalv and Angahaar meeting
That was a fun visual!
I'm at an SF con this weekend, and will be slow to post. (There's PFS and SFS happening as well, and I may be able to get a game or two in.)
I am sporadically available on weekends and often won't get a chance to post.
Generally, I'll be around on weekends to post. Although, at the end of this month, I'm going to be taking a long weekend and won't be online at all.
Let's go find out who's in charge of this mess!
Hey all, great rping. I went away on vacation for the holiday weekend and on my way back so will update tonight or tomorrow.
I think we're all ready go advance!
Guys, still here, just got sent to an emergency hearing out of town so things have been hectic. Will update by tomorrow.
Oh man, best of luck. Thanks for letting us know.
Thank God that UU is asking questions, because I'm playing with 8 int and 10 wisdom :)
Heh, the two of us are definitely “kill demons first ask questions later” kinda characters.