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Bleh...not liking the way mine's shaping up, at least mechanically. I'm not really a major min-maxer but even I can tell when a build is going to be...awkward. My most likely role is also quite a crowded aspiration, if the submissions list is anything to go by. I think I'm going to let this one go. Happy plundering, mateys.
I'm almost a tabula rasa when it comes to FR lore. I read a trilogy of Drizzt novels once years ago. The Thousand Orcs, The Lone Drow and The Two Swords, I believe. I know a tiny bit about Waterdeep from the great board game but have no familiarity with the Dalelands, so as long as folks are okay with someone who's interested but not quite brushed up, I'm willing to go for either and see where the road takes us.
I played & GMed the Realms back in the day - even ran City of the Spider Queen a couple times! - and love the heck out of that era. I would happily wrestle one...nay, several kittens, for a place in this game.{Announcer voice} We've secretly replaced his ordinary kittens with displacer beast, manticore, and chimera kittens. Let's see if he can tell the difference. Oh. Oh yeah. This we MUST record.
A setting I've been interested in but haven't gotten any experience with...an experienced GM with a developed sense of pacing who's looking for a story of adventure...and a generous character creation ruleset with an eye for theming and fun rather than munchkins? How can I say no to that? consider this a big fat DOT.
I am intrigued by this proposal; I've only barely done any DMing and, in my opinion, not very successfully. I feel like I have a style of campaign planning that's mostly unplanned yet I also never feel like I'm actually making it really work. Perhaps there's something to be learned here. On the flipside, I've also spent time looking at alternate means of character creation. Hitomi's point about rolling stats forcing people to come up with more believable and memorable characters is a stronger point than most realize. Some of my favorite characters here on the boards are ones where I've rolled one (or multiple!) low stats and said "screw it, let's make this work." Of course, I haven't gotten to play any of those characters as long as I liked thanks to attrition, campaign falling or just having to let things go to focus on more important life things but that's neither here nor there. Honest criticism, you say? Now you're speaking MY language. I can very much provide honest criticism without being a jerk, so we're definitely on the same page there. (Of course I can also be a TOTAL ass if for some strange reason that's actually desired, but we'll cross that bridge...) I've watched a bit of Sanderson too. I've been trying to make myself write a book but just haven't been able to get in gear; Brian's info has helped to plug in a few gaps about building a natural world, at the very least.
MAGITEK ARMOR! IMMA FIRIN MY LAZOOOOOOR BLAAAAAARGH I swear to god if the first thing we face is a giant lightning snail I will repave the roads in your hometown with randomly spaced, misshapen speedbumps and then sneak into yours and your neighbors houses, steal all your car keys, shake them up in a bag and then give you each a random one!
Any game that offers the chance to roll for stats has to be worth a look. Some of the greatest characters of all time have come from rolling stats. Let's see what the dice gods throw back at me today! 9 so that one's out...
So 16, 14, 14, 13, 11, 10...I've built characters off of MUCH worse than that. Time to see what strikes me and get back to ya. Also: YE GODS, a negative PB equivalent? And a 46? As in, Four six? I wouldn't even know WHAT to do with 46 point buy; that's some 'outer realms' level insanity right there.
Haven't made an alias yet, but I'll throw in my opening submission here: Tori "sunskimmer" Steelfoot is a halfling operative who wants to build and fly the hottest starships in the galaxy. She's skilled, resourceful and knowledgeable. She'll snipe your eye out at any range, on foot or in the cockpit and she'll find a way to tune your ship to perfection...just don't ask her to arm wrestle. As for the crunch...how do you feel about a link to a mythweavers sheet? Prompt: The alien, a spider-like being that looks to be made of translucent crystals, swiftly moves to block you from proceeding down the space station corridor. It's body flashes rhythmically in bright reds and dull oranges as it makes a series of popping and crackling sounds similar to fireworks while pointing at the grenade on your belt.
Tori looks up with a start from her datapad at the strange, crystalline spider, eyes wide with fascination. "Whoah...now what sort of crawly are you, I wonder?" and what are you made of? As she considers performing a scan, she notices the tip of its appendage pointing to her belt. "What...that? Ohhhh...no, you don't want that." She pulls the grenade from its loop and shows it to the creature, which continues its flashing. "It's a grenade. It blows things up." She pantomimes the motions of pulling the safety pin and throwing the grenade, then makes a big flourish with both arms and her best impression of an explosion. The creature seems to shift its weight slightly, as if tilting its...head?... to one side. Is THIS thing security? Or just someone's pet? Tori lifts the grenade above her head, watching the spider carefully. She holds it out first to one side, then the other, noting as it follows the movement of the grenade with whatever passes for eyes. She holds it out in front of her and the spider seems to inch towards it...then she abruptly flings it backward, letting it bounce and roll away behind her. The spider looks at her for a moment, as if weighing its priorities, then it skitters off in pursuit of the explosive. Tori watches it go with a chuckle as she starts off down the corridor at a brisk jog. Just hope he doesn't try to-- Her thought is interrupted by precisely the sound she was afraid she'd hear: an explosion followed by the tinkling of a crystal rain. Returning to the scene, she finds fragments everywhere and crystalline limbs scattered to all parts of the hall. "Well...S*%@." After all of five seconds surveying the carnage, quick glances both directions confirm she's alone; she scoops up a crystal fragment and pockets it, then hastens off down the corridor. Seriously thought I'd actually have a minute or two...figures.
What an unusual way to open a recruitment. I like unusual. 1: You get a kingdom
2: fortune fame and honor among thieves
3: Felonious few
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