Hey Everyone!
I've been thinking about starting one of these for a while now, and just now finally got around to it. I've got a group of 5 PCs, and we play for about 6 hours twice a month. For the most part I've made very minimal adjustments to the book but I'll cover what I did in later posts where relevant.
We just wrapped up the first book after 6 sessions, and are looking forward to starting the second book next week.
Character Creation:
-15 Point Buy
-Average Starting Gold
-1 Campaign Trait
-Medium XP track (and tracking XP)
-1 Custom Trait (kind of meaty)
Here are the characters along with their custom traits:
Artorus Orzhov - Dhampir Necromancer 4/Fighter 1
Eternal Slumber - Once per day you can still the spirit of a creature you've just slain. As a swift action you can place your vow of the restful dead on a creature you've slain in the last round, and in thanks its spirit lends you its strength. For 10 minutes per level you gain, 1d8 temporary HP, +2 sacred bonus to strength, +1 sacred bonus to AC. This is considered a good act, and also sends the spirit along more favorable paths to be judged.
John - Human Druid 5
Lost Childhood - The harshness of your childhood forced you to grow up quicker than most but have also granted you with a deeper insight to life than others. You receive a +2 bonus to all wisdom-based skill checks.
Raegar Thunderkeg - Dwarf Ranger 5
Improvised Combat - Your family's generations of toil against innumerable undead has given your lineage a rather impressive well of inspiration in battle. Three times per day as a free action you can gain the benefits of a combat feat which you do not posses for one minute, as long as you meet all of the feat's prerequisites.
Nobnog - Goblin Cleric 5
Firewielder - Ever since you were young you realized that you were different than other goblins. Clearly smarter, and though like others you were fascinated by fire, you also discovered you could control it. Once a day you can use control flames with a caster level equal to your own.
Rasmus - Halfling Sorcerer 5
Truth Expert - You've got more secrets than you can keep straight, not to mention you're constantly having to cover for your friends as well. Years of doing this have made you particularly glib, and as such you're particularly good at lying. Bluff is a class skill for you, and you gain 1 rank in Bluff every level. Furthermore you gain a +10 trait bonus when telling lies, er truths.