Character Creation

Nov 17, 2018 3:54 pm
As the game page states, we'll use standard character creation. 4d6, drop the lowest, standard character creation. If you want to use a non-PHB/ECS race or class, let me know first so I can make sure it fits with the adventure.

The game will be taking place in Karrnath. Each character will have a connection/relationship with one of the Dragonmarked Houses, the Twelve, the Aurum or a similar organization. How familiar are you all with Eberron?

Edit:

Factions

The Library of Korranberg - "Located in Zilargo's southeastern most port city, the Library of Korranberg is the greatest repository of general knowledge in Khorvaire. In addition to serving as a resource for scholars and explorers, the library often funds expeditions to study ancient cultures or unexplored lands."

The Church of the Silver Flame - Though it's a relatively young religion, its members have battled the darkness for hundreds of years. The church hails from Flamekeep where the Silver Flame is kept. This organization is Lawful Good and seeks to purify the entire world.

The Gatekeepers - A druid sect dedicated to protecting nature from the unnatural. They spend their lives fighting aberrations and guarding against extraplanar invasion and the release of ancient evils.

The Twelve - An arcane institution funded by the dragonmarked houses, they operate out of a floating keep located in Korth in Karrnath. It is an institute for the application of magic, studying dragonmarks and more normal magics.

The Order of the Emerald Claw - The Order is a military organization that works to preserve the superiority of Karrnath. The organization was recently outlawed and officially disbanded, but its members are fanatics who work to see their vision of Karrnath come to light, whether their countrymen want it or not.

Those are the big 5 factions that will play in this adventure. If you are familiar with Eberron, you know there are tons of other factions and organizations present. You may have ties to an unlisted faction, but most everyone should have ties to one of these five.
Nov 18, 2018 7:12 am
Stat rolls: 18, 14, 14, 14, 13, 7
Last edited November 18, 2018 7:13 am

Rolls

stat roll #1 - (4d6)

(5451) = 15

stat roll #2 - (4d6)

(6335) = 17

stat roll #3 - (4d6)

(2634) = 15

stat roll #4 - (4d6)

(1511) = 8

stat roll #5 - (4d6)

(3365) = 17

stat roll #6 - (4d6)

(3666) = 21

Nov 18, 2018 7:41 am
Stats: 13, 12, 12, 16, 8, 16

Stats - (4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6)

4d6 - ( 4, 6, 3, 2 ) = 15

4d6 - ( 6, 2, 2, 4 ) = 14

4d6 - ( 6, 2, 1, 4 ) = 13

4d6 - ( 5, 6, 4, 5 ) = 20

4d6 - ( 2, 1, 5, 1 ) = 9

4d6 - ( 6, 1, 5, 5 ) = 17
Last edited November 18, 2018 7:42 am

Rolls

Stats - (4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6)

4d6 : (4632) = 15

4d6 : (6224) = 14

4d6 : (6214) = 13

4d6 : (5645) = 20

4d6 : (2151) = 9

4d6 : (6155) = 17

Age (15+2d6) - (2d6)

(41) = 5

Height (4'10" + 2d10) - (2d10)

(74) = 11

Weight (120 + x2d4) - (2d4)

(11) = 2

Starting Gold (5d4x10) - (5d4)

(11331) = 9

Nov 18, 2018 6:15 pm
I rolled my stats on another site. Would you prefer that I roll then again here?
Nov 18, 2018 10:27 pm
Yes, please.
Nov 18, 2018 11:37 pm
Rolling for stats (hope I do this right!)
EDIT: Stats are 16,14,12,12,12,9
Last edited November 18, 2018 11:39 pm

Rolls

Stats - (4d6)

(1642) = 13

Stats - (4d6)

(4164) = 15

Stats - (4d6)

(1543) = 13

Stats - (4d6)

(4312) = 10

Stats - (4d6)

(3154) = 13

Stats - (4d6)

(4661) = 17

Nov 18, 2018 11:40 pm
i'm not familiar with that rolling format here, so i did an extra roll in my previous attempt. trying again...\

STR: ( 2, 1, 5, 1 ) = 8
DEX: ( 2, 2, 5, 1 ) = 9
CON: ( 3, 3, 5, 1 ) = 11
INT: ( 5, 6, 5, 5 ) = 16
WIS: ( 2, 6, 4, 3 ) = 13
CHA: ( 4, 5, 2, 4 ) = 13

starting gold: 70 (i got this from the PHB, adjust if needed)
Last edited November 18, 2018 11:51 pm

Rolls

stat roll 1 - (4d6)

(4524) = 15

stat roll 2 - (4d6)

(5655) = 21

stat roll 3 - (4d6)

(2643) = 15

stat roll 4 - (4d6)

(2251) = 10

stat roll 5 - (4d6)

(3351) = 12

stat roll 6 - (4d6)

(2151) = 9

starting gold (x10) - (3d4)

(241) = 7

Nov 19, 2018 5:10 am
Stats for Paris

What terrible rolls: 9, 9, 9, 6, 15, 15

I don't know if I can play a character with those stats
Last edited November 19, 2018 5:13 am

Rolls

Ability Stats - (4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6)

4d6 : (1333) = 10

4d6 : (2521) = 10

4d6 : (2432) = 11

4d6 : (2113) = 7

4d6 : (6425) = 17

4d6 : (5644) = 19

Nov 19, 2018 4:16 pm
What classes do we have so far?
Nov 19, 2018 5:04 pm
I'm not decided yet, but I'm intending to play a non-traditional spellcaster of some sort. Somebody else mentioned wizard I think.
Nov 19, 2018 5:19 pm
i rolled a wizard, thinking about eventually multi-classing into loremaster
Nov 19, 2018 6:03 pm
I was thinking of being a cleric
Nov 19, 2018 11:02 pm
I've submitted a Ranger but I still to hear something about those terrible rolls I did yesterday.
Nov 19, 2018 11:25 pm
I made a human paragon and was going to go Archivist/Loremaster, but I can go in another direction after Archivist.

I'm trying to figure out how to lay out the character sheet though. Is custom customizable, or is it just an overly-complicated way of saying plaintext?
Last edited November 19, 2018 11:26 pm
Nov 19, 2018 11:38 pm
Falconloft says:
or is it just an overly-complicated way of saying plaintext?
this basically... you can copy my template below if you'd like, I just used PCGen to calculate everything using the stats I rolled:

Age:
Gender:
Race:
Alignment:
Class:
Languages:
Common
Deity:

Physical Description:
Faction:


STR: 10 (+0)
DEX: 10 (+0)
CON: 10 (+0)
INT: 10 (+0)
WIS: 10 (+0)
CHA: 10 (+0)

Fortitude: +0
Reflex: +0
Will: +0

HP: #/#
AC: #

Skills:
skill [#]

Feats & Abilities:
feat

Inventory:
0 gp, 0 sp, 0 cp
Last edited November 19, 2018 11:40 pm
Nov 20, 2018 4:29 am
Aldrusian says:
Stats for Paris

What terrible rolls: 9, 9, 9, 6, 15, 15

I don't know if I can play a character with those stats
Those are incredibly bad. You can definitely re-roll them all.
Nov 22, 2018 2:52 am
Submitted my character. I'll just need to pick a name and then add an avatar
Nov 22, 2018 3:29 am
Thanks for the opportunity

Not a whole lot better. 10, 6, 11, 13, 14, 7 Too many ones. That's why I always tell my players to reroll all ones. On this site it's a little difficult to do that.
Last edited November 22, 2018 3:35 am

Rolls

Attributes - (4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6)

4d6 : (5312) = 11

4d6 : (2221) = 7

4d6 : (5422) = 13

4d6 : (6423) = 15

4d6 : (5453) = 17

4d6 : (3113) = 8

Nov 22, 2018 3:42 am
I'm gonna reroll the two lowest scores a see what I get. Let me know which I can keep.

That would give me 10, 14, 11, 13, 14, 15
Last edited November 22, 2018 3:44 am

Rolls

2 abilities - (4d6, 4d6)

4d6 : (4641) = 15

4d6 : (1654) = 16

Nov 22, 2018 6:51 am
Ok, that last spread looks like it'z closer to the other characters. Go with that.
Nov 22, 2018 7:35 am
Done and thanks
Nov 22, 2018 11:14 pm
Rilyn Naor is close to ready! A psionic, spellfire wielding, non-traditional spellcaster. Haven't done equipment or backstory yet, I wanna do some more reading on eberron first.
Last edited November 23, 2018 3:18 am
Nov 23, 2018 3:59 am
All right, the characters who've been submitted have been approved. I'm only missing one from questionmark6, who has said the character is almost done.

Before we start, I want the characters to already be in an adventuring group. You all know each other and have a little bit of history together as a group. What is that? Ideas?
Nov 23, 2018 5:35 am
Well, Paris had been working for the Library of Korranberg as a guide for exploration teams. It's possible that one or more of the characters were involved in one of those expeditions.
Nov 23, 2018 4:03 pm
Ara would go on a dig for extra credit, sure.
Nov 23, 2018 4:08 pm
Xander is ready to go! He is part of the Church of the Silver Flame, so I can see him going along on expeditions to fight any evil they find and prove himself to the church
Last edited November 23, 2018 4:10 pm
Nov 23, 2018 7:41 pm
Ooookay, so we might have a bit of a problem...

I'm not sure how far off standard our encounters are going to be but we are super-squishy. We'll be stupidly powerful LATER, but right now, the cleric is our tank, and everyone else is a caster or ranged.

We have a squishy wizard, a squishy not-an-archivist-yet (me), a possibly squishy ardent (just going by current sheet) a not all that squishy cleric, the ardent could be tanky depending on the build, and the ranger probably doesn't want to try to be a wall between the the monsters are the squishy. Maybe we're not as bad off as I'm thinking, but...

Should I reroll something else?
Nov 23, 2018 7:43 pm
Falconloft says:
Ooookay, so we might have a bit of a problem...

I'm not sure how far off standard our encounters are going to be but we are super-squishy. We'll be stupidly powerful LATER, but right now, the cleric is our tank, and everyone else is a caster or ranged.

We have a squishy wizard, a squishy not-an-archivist-yet (me), a possibly squishy ardent (just going by current sheet) a not all that squishy cleric, the ardent could be tanky depending on the build, and the ranger probably doesn't want to try to be a wall between the the monsters are the squishy. Maybe we're not as bad off as I'm thinking, but...

Should I reroll something else?
I say we roll with it and see what happens!
Nov 23, 2018 8:00 pm
The way I see it is if you have tanks, you use them to smash your enemies. If you don't have tanks, you overtake your enemies in a different way. Now, I know what a wizard and a Cleric are but I am unfamiliar with the Archivist as a character and I've never heard of an ardent. And I can't see the character sheets for either of them. I assume you can see Paris' cs.
Last edited November 23, 2018 8:03 pm
Nov 23, 2018 11:48 pm
Avron works with the Library of Korranberg, but spends more time studying than "out in the field" and has no practical experience.
His relationship with Paris would probably be similar to Will Ferrell and Dwayne Johnson's characters in the movie The Other Guys: Paris typically goes out on cool and exciting adventures as a guide, while Avron stays in the library and fills out his paperwork for him.
Nov 24, 2018 2:22 am
So, why would you want to play a paper pusher in a situation where it is likely that your character would see combat?
Nov 24, 2018 2:39 am
I'm not worried about having a "proper" mix of characters and character niches. I say we roll with it as is and see how it goes. If it requires adjusting later, we can do that. I can always tweak the encounters to the party, too. I don't think it'll be a problem. We're not in organized play so we can have fun with what we have.
Nov 24, 2018 3:57 am
Aldrusian says:
So, why would you want to play a paper pusher in a situation where it is likely that your character would see combat?
Good question...
Perhaps Avron has learned everything he can at the library, or someone wants him to go out and get practical experience in the field... or they feel that his knowledge would be useful for an upcoming expedition.

The backstory gives a couple suggestions, ultimately the GM will figure out how it all fits into the storyline somehow.
Nov 24, 2018 6:17 am
I'm going to say that the group has been sent to a town called Red Larch as a kind of out of the way place to get some practical experience. The assignment is more busy work than an actual "mission" from any higher ups. It's more like the factions you're tied to said, "Hey, you need to get out of the classroom, go over there and see what's what." Not that you all need to be on assignment. Some of you could be friends tagging along.
Nov 25, 2018 12:21 am
Aldrusian says:
And I can't see the character sheets for either of them. I assume you can see Paris' cs.
Archivist is a divine wizard of sorts. Ardent I can see cuz it was linked up there somewhere.

As far I'm concerned though, I'm okay with a bunch of squishies as long as we know we're a bunch a squishies.
Nov 25, 2018 3:33 am
The reason I mention the unfamiliar characters is that in order for us to function as a unit we have to know each other's skills and abilities. Perhaps the trip to Red Larch will help us develop that understanding.
Nov 25, 2018 3:44 am
Yes, the characters don't need to be intimately familiar with each others' abilities. That will come later with more experience and levels. You just need a reason to be together.
Nov 25, 2018 5:08 pm
Do we have an ETA on Rylin Naor, questionmark6? I'd like to kick the game off soon, if everyone's ready.

Does anyone else have any questions or concerns to address before we start?
Nov 26, 2018 4:29 pm
No questions or concerns from me, just excited to get started. This is my first time playing 3.5e :)
Nov 26, 2018 5:50 pm
Let's proceed
Nov 27, 2018 10:27 pm
The suspense is killing me! I'm very ready to begin :D
Nov 28, 2018 3:51 am
While waiting to go adventuring, Avron practices his trade for the week at a local alchemy shop:
(Alchemy[2] + Int[3] + 1d20[16])/2 = 10 gp, 5 sp
OOC:
redacted
Last edited November 28, 2018 12:28 pm

Rolls

Craft(Alchemy) - (1d20)

(16) = 16

Nov 28, 2018 4:38 am
I don't think it's fair to be making a Profession roll before the game actually starts.

I'll make the starting post before I go to bed tonight!
Nov 28, 2018 5:19 am
Okidoke, the starting post is up!
Mar 27, 2019 9:51 pm
Here goes:

Pretty exceptional aside from the 7. Should I keep them?

7, 16, 17, 15, 16, 18
Last edited March 27, 2019 9:56 pm

Rolls

Character gen - (4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6)

4d6 : (3222) = 9

4d6 : (6246) = 18

4d6 : (5626) = 19

4d6 : (5552) = 17

4d6 : (6644) = 20

4d6 : (6656) = 23

Mar 28, 2019 12:26 am
Hi all. The 3.5 character sheets on here seem to be broken. Do you recommend using the Pathfinder sheet instead? What's the best option?
Mar 28, 2019 3:24 am
We've been using the Custom character sheet. One of the players used the Custom sheet to add a link to a sheet hosted on Google Drive.
May 19, 2019 10:21 pm
OOC:
Level 2 HP

Rolls

Level 2 HP - (1d4+3)

(1) + 3 = 4

May 19, 2019 10:25 pm
HP

Rolls

HP Roll - (1d8+1)

(1) + 1 = 2

May 19, 2019 10:25 pm
Ugh for that HP roll :(
May 19, 2019 10:44 pm
Aww man..... :(

Mine sucked too :(
May 19, 2019 10:49 pm
Ok Ishjan is at level 2. All done.
May 21, 2019 7:39 pm
HP

Rolls

hp - (1d6+2)

(2) + 2 = 4

May 21, 2019 7:51 pm
I'm not going to be a very good tank with HP rolls like this :P

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