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Hi there

so one of my players for our upcoming mummys mask gig came up with a great back story/theme for his undead lord.

I was so wowed that i thought i had to somehow put it into play in the game.

here is the back story/theme:

Comes from a noble or rich merchant family.he is the youngest son
of the family. he fell in love with a woman from another noble family, got engaged.

but a rival from another nobel family also wanted to marry her. When he couldnt have her , he made a pact with a demon/devil . in a single night they slaugtered his whole family and his fiances to. every last one was killed, only by some sort of"miracle" did the pc survive. his homestead was burnt to the ground and he lost all wealth with it.

he now wishes revenge over his rival... to kill him and the fiends that helped him.

one of the gods (cant really find any that suit with the death domain :( ) has given him signs/visions that if he "followed" the god he could achive his goals.

his goals are: get revenge over rival, kill the fiend, bring his love back to life.

he is not playing an evil character, but his persuit of knowledge to bring back his love, drives him into the "dark" knowlegde of necromancy. he uses his talents to fight evil.

so... none of the gods with the death domain really suit the story. well maybe the redmantis one.. but some og the revenge gods might work.. but they dont have the death domain... what to do?

i was thinking that maybe the "fiend" cheated his rival, and is perhaps now posseing her dead corpes. or that she is not dead but she as lost her soul and is basicly just a lobotomy case, with no memorys and know abilities to gain any.i got an visual ideer from reading about sylhps... pale skine and swirling blue tattoes with demonic texts. something were his rival his rival has undcovered a minor pyramid/burial chamber in the dessert, and has mummies carrying her around in there. perhaps trying to mummyfy her and be rid of her ..

wall of text... what is your input? all ideers are welcome

So does a cleric get any benefits from the combat casting feat and the spell craft
-skill. They Seem to be with the wizard in mind.

hey there.

beeing a complete noob, i cant get my head around the treasure tables...

So assuming a party og two second level pc's APL 1 (2+2/2= 2-1 for being less than 3 members =1) kill a ghoul. This gives them according to table 12-5 of the core book, a net sum treasure of 260gp on a average base campaign.

The same party, by luck of the dice and the "lack of same" of the dm dice kill a cloud giant. They still get the same gp sum worth og treasure plus equipment... + other, what ever that means??

What am i missing, i just cant seem right??

Hey guys

So ill be running my pc's through a crypt of lamasthu..

And i was playing around with the idea that as soon as they step foot into the crypt, they either suffer from the shaken or sickened condition. Due to all the ancient curroption.

Now ill let them make a fortitude check to shake of the effects, but what should the dc be and is this counted as a trap? And if so how to work out the cr..

The table 13-3 doesnt really help much.

all the best

hey guys

yet another noob question.

it says in the cr that pc's sell items at half price.

but under appraise it says that with a succesful roll u determine the value of the item...

so does that mean with a succesful appraise check u still only get halv an items wurth in gold?

if so whats the point in using that skill?

hey all

another noob question..

im not quite sure how magic wands,rods and scrolls work...

can all classes pick them up and use them?

hey guys

so my question is this:

when it states a monster has a melee att bite and 2 claws ( barghest)
does this meen that every round the monster has all 3 attacks as a standard action, or does one just pick one of these 3 attacks?
And if the latter, does it get to make all 3 attacks on a fullround action?

all the best mark.

hey guys..

how do i work out the ac for a black dragon(wyrmling) ?
all it says is it has +3 natural armour

what have i missed

hey guys

is there anyone of you fantastic community guys who has made playerble (pawns/figures) of the mabs in rotrl encounters?

hey guys

is there anyone of you fantastic community guys who has made playerble (pawns/figures) of the mabs in rotrl encounters?

hey guys

whats the rule with pdf's, are they free to share here on the forum?
if they are solely for personal gaming use ?

is there anywere i can find more info on the deity's in the core rule book.

i find it od that they dont right anything about them in the core book.
what they look like, favoured weapon, holy symbols and so on..

another newbie question from me:)

1# if u are wearing armor u are proficient with say a breastplate and a light steel sheild , u get an ac bonus total of +7 and a ac check penalty of -5.

u have a total ac of +7+10 (+ a dex bonus of 3 max)=17 (20 if u have the dex) right?

2# now the ac check penalty of -5 applies to all SKILL checks made with dex/str.

but does the -5 penalty also apply to say a +3 str mod to damage rolls and to the attack rolls ( or is the attack roll penalty only apply to non proficient armor?)

all the best

hey guys..

brand new to the game and have been reading up on the wizard class.

what are the pros and cons for the to versions... im just not seeing it???

all the best