Those are all made up words.
What program are you using to open the file, and it is a PDF format correct?
That would be correct.
The problem I'm having is that these sheets have slots that are filled in by self calculations that are not altering themselves correctly when I put in the numbers.
ack, can't rightly say what is causing that, sorry man. (if you are not ATM, try opening the sheet in Adobe Acrobat)
ack, can't rightly say what is causing that, sorry man. (if you are not ATM, try opening the sheet in Adobe Acrobat)
I just did that and it's working so far. Thanks!
Good to hear.
Good to hear.
I'm almost done with my first character (assuming I don't accidentally mess something up).
It's nothing special but it should be good enough for a first character.
After you finish your first, I would suggest you make a bunch more to see the effects of different classes and builds. Then look to see what games are available in recruiting section. With luck, you can find one that has an opening that you could apply to with one of the characters you already made after tweaking it a little.
After you finish your first, I would suggest you make a bunch more to see the effects of different classes and builds. Then look to see what games are available in recruiting section. With luck, you can find one that has an opening that you could apply to with one of the characters you already made after tweaking it a little.
That's pretty good advice.
I was wondering though if there was a way that I could present my character sheets to someone before I joined a game so that a potential mistake on my part doesn't cause any problems.
You could just start a new thread in the Advice board, and put something like "1st ever character" in the subject line. You'll have to get all the data entered into the right places first, though. You know how to make a character as an alias?
Once you get that set up and posted, you'll get all kinds of helpful, and probably all kinds of not helpful, advice. :)
But we just spent 58 posts telling him to avoid it.
I thought we just told him to stay out of political threads, and to not get caught up in false dichotomies? Plus, I did warn him that he'd get a lot of not helpful advice. :)
I was wondering though if there was a way that I could present my character sheets to someone before I joined a game so that a potential mistake on my part doesn't cause any problems.
Well, besides copy/pasting the result here, you might have to upload them somewhere and link them from these boards. Putting the result in the Advice section is a good idea, but perhaps keeping it all in one place for the time being is not a bad idea either.
IF you use the Beginners box and follow the guidelines presented there for character creation, there should be no problems at all. These guidelines have been created exactly for this situation.
You could just start a new thread in the Advice board, and put something like "1st ever character" in the subject line. You'll have to get all the data entered into the right places first, though. You know how to make a character as an alias?
Once you get that set up and posted, you'll get all kinds of helpful, and probably all kinds of not helpful, advice. :)
I just figured out how to make an Alias.
I will scan the advice board and see what's going on over there before I figure out where I post my character information.
IF you use the Beginners box and follow the guidelines presented there for character creation, there should be no problems at all. These guidelines have been created exactly for this situation.
I've been using that so far as a guideline so hopefully I'm good.
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Just a warning about the advice section: You might post, "Help me make a first level character", but many people will read, "Help me make the most powerful first level character EVER!"
You might also hear how this or that class is "unplayable" or one option is "required" and all kinds of absolute statements - almost all of these can be safely ignored. Some options are more powerful then others, but in general the rules system is pretty good, and most of the issues people have appear in the later stages of the game (the teen levels) if at all.
Build a well balanced character with decent defenses, and you can have fun in any adventure.
I have nothing helpful to say. I positively stink at PbP.
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Once you create one alias, you can't stop, just look at me as a cautionary example.
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I have never played anything like Pathfinder but I've always wanted to try and figured your Online Campaigns would be the best way for me to learn (I don't have a large slot of hours in a day that I can spend on Skype or playing D&D somehwere IRL).
I happen to know that the DM of this game will be looking for another player and unlike the majority of PbP games, he will see it through to the end.
Just a warning about the advice section: You might post, "Help me make a first level character", but many people will read, "Help me make the most powerful first level character EVER!"
You might also hear how this or that class is "unplayable" or one option is "required" and all kinds of absolute statements - almost all of these can be safely ignored. Some options are more powerful then others, but in general the rules system is pretty good, and most of the issues people have appear in the later stages of the game (the teen levels) if at all.
Build a well balanced character with decent defenses, and you can have fun in any adventure.
I just posted some Tokas's character details and I don't think I have the worst character ever (the backstory might need some work).
http://paizo.com/people/Tokas
I happen to know that the DM of this game will be looking for another player and unlike the majority of PbP games, he will see it through to the end.
I have never played anything like Pathfinder but I've always wanted to try and figured your Online Campaigns would be the best way for me to learn (I don't have a large slot of hours in a day that I can spend on Skype or playing D&D somehwere IRL).
That sounds like something I could be interested in.
I will definitely check it out. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your character.
I thought that the backstory as a whole seemed more fitting for a barbarian than a fighter, but I think that the barbarian class is not included in the Beginners box, right? The fighter class is a solid choice for a new character and player, as it is relatively easy to handle.
The backstory is sound IMO, but he´s gotten a bit easy off the hook in the end, I´d say. There might be some penance called for before he gets off the gallows. Even a cleric of Shelyn would be hard-pressed to forgive that easy IMO.
The tournament you describe there has to be a strange affair if they let unarmed folks fight there - is that more like people getting thrown to the lions? This would probably not be something that could take place in a society with lawful and/or good alignment tendencies, more like some sort of bloodsport in an evil society. Furthermore, if there are officially allowed tournaments, he would not be guilty for murder. That part does not sound quite convincing yet. (If it were me, I´d say he killed the hafling woman outside an arena for some reason or other - perhaps a mistake, perhaps he killed her in cold blood.)
With that backstory, the otherwise unusual choice of religion and alignment for a dwarf become logical.
The stats are quite good, and will make for a powerful, yet not overpowered character. Note: Dwarves are Medium creatures under PF rules, despite being described as short and stocky.
But we just spent 58 posts telling him to avoid it.
Advice is really a fine place to ask about builds. It's the "Dear Abby" threads where things get ridiculous. With builds, just be flexible about the class if the concept is more important, and if the class really is all-important to you, be prepared to receive some well-meaning questions on why it is. :P
Better a noob than a neet.
Thanks for sharing your character.
I thought that the backstory as a whole seemed more fitting for a barbarian than a fighter, but I think that the barbarian class is not included in the Beginners box, right? The fighter class is a solid choice for a new character and player, as it is relatively easy to handle.
Thanks!
The classes that are available in the Beginner's box are cleric, rogue, wizard, and fighter. I decided to take a fighter for specifically that reason.
The backstory is sound IMO, but he´s gotten a bit easy off the hook in the end, I´d say. There might be some penance called for before he gets off the gallows. Even a cleric of Shelyn would be hard-pressed to forgive that easy IMO.
The tournament you describe there has to be a strange affair if they let unarmed folks fight there - is that more like people getting thrown to the lions? This would probably not be something that could take place in a society with lawful and/or good alignment tendencies, more like some sort of bloodsport in an evil society. Furthermore, if there are officially allowed tournaments, he would not be guilty for murder. That part does not sound quite convincing yet. (If it were me, I´d say he killed the hafling woman outside an arena for some reason or other - perhaps a mistake, perhaps he killed her in cold blood.)
I fixed some of the details so that it would make more sense however I couldn't figure out what a Cleric of Shelyn would really want as a penance. I thought a Shelyn worshipper would try to prevent killing as much as possible but I tried to fix that part as well but it still might need some tinkering.
With that backstory, the otherwise unusual choice of religion and alignment for a dwarf become logical.
The stats are quite good, and will make for a powerful, yet not overpowered character. Note: Dwarves are Medium creatures under PF rules, despite being described as short and stocky.
Thanks! It's good to know that at least as a noob I didn't completely f@%& up in terms of the lore.