Hi all,
I'll be playing a new CotCT campaign starting in a few days and I need some advice on character generation. The only thing that I've read regarding CotCT is the Player's Guide, so please keep spoilers to a minimum. Here is what I'm working with:
1) 25pt point-buy method, (16, 14, 14, 14, 10, 10 for example)
2) I prefer to be the "face" of the party, and I'm leaning toward the paladin class
3) Our party hasn't been set in stone yet, but it looks have a rogue and cleric, plus either a wizard or sorcerer.
should I go human with these stats (16, 10, 10, 14, 14, 16) and take the extra feat and extra 4 skill point/lvl (human, favored class, Int)
or
go half-orc (16, 10, 10, 12, 16, 16) and take only an extra 1 skill point/lvl and give up the extra feat?
I'm leaning toward human, as this would allow me to always max out Diplomacy, Sense Motive, and Perception, and still have 3 skill points to split between other skills. With the HO, I'd only have 3 total pts per level, which would almost always go to Diplomacy, Sense Motive, and Perception.
Thoughts?
Depending on your GM, half-orcs could face a lot of discrimination in Korvosa. If you want to be the face of the party then I'd play a Chelish human. Would your GM let you play a member of a noble House?
If you're torn, I'd go with human (for the extra feat). What sort of weapon were you thinking of using?
I definitely wouldn't go with a 10 Con, though.
If you're torn, I'd go with human (for the extra feat). What sort of weapon were you thinking of using?
I definitely wouldn't go with a 10 Con, though.
For my weapon of choice, I was thinking of the falchion. If I was a Paladin of Sarenrae (favored weapon: scimitar), I could possibly see how a falchion could thematically play out. It is pretty much the equivalent of a 2-handed scimitar.
How would you assign the skill points, assuming human paladin?
Depending on your GM, half-orcs could face a lot of discrimination in Korvosa. If you want to be the face of the party then I'd play a Chelish human. Would your GM let you play a member of a noble House?
He's hinted that this may be possible. However, looking through the CotCT players guide, I think I will take the "Unhappy Childhood: religious" background, which may not work so well with the nobility thing.
On the other hand, a child of a minor noble, unhappy with his noble life, runs away and gets caught up in the "Little Lamms".
Or, as it is already written: "Maybe you were abducted from your parent's home . . ."
I think we have a winner.
I'll be playing a new CotCT campaign starting in a few days and I need some advice on character generation.
If I were advising you... ;-D
I'd also suggest a Human over a Half-Orc, because of the prejudice Half-Orcs can face in Korvosa. It gives you the extra feat, extra skill points, etc. to help you round out the character and serve as a front-line warrior at the same time. In addition, the extra skill points for being a human, might let you shift a couple of points from oyour proposed Int 14 and beef up your Con a bit more for lasting power in combat.
With regards to background traits, your GM might be friendly enough that he'll allow other traits from the Second Darkness Player's Companion rather than just those from the CotCT Player's Guide...and figure out a different way of integrating your paladin into the plot rather than depending on a strict connection to Lamm.
Lastly, Sarenrae is a NG deity of healing, honesty, the sun, etc. She's a great choice for goodly priests and paladins...but your alignment will need to be one position off from your deity...i.e., LG vs. NG. If you want a full-scale LG deity appropriate for paladins, you could also go with Iomedae. Or, if you want to be integrated into Korvosa's primary church, you could even do a paladin of Abadar...but you'd still be one off on the alignment axis...i.e., LG vs. LN...if you went that direction.
Hope that helps, ;-D
--Neil
Hope that helps, ;-D
--Neil
Thanks Neil. You have a PM on the other boards (ABG) with my proposed background.