Character Creation

Just a quick note that everyone needs to get their complete characters added into GP so i can review them. Once all characters are added and approved, I will begin the game.

Mine's added! I'll tank this time!

I'll, er, Rogue this time!
Character to be completed and added next year! :P

Here's my Arcane Trickster. Comments and suggestions welcomed.

Nice. Go ahead and create a GP version and apply.

I will be creating a DND Beyond campaign so all characters can be put there as well.

I'm trying to create a character sheet on DnDBeyond (I figure it would be easier to have it all on 1 platform, and it's already helped me find an error with my ability scores) but I can't access certain options like background and feats. Do I have to purchase them on DnDbeyond to be able to use them?

Here's my character sheet on DNDBeyond. Still unfinished, need to figure out how to add stuff from non-SRD sources.

Also, for the magic item, how's a Rod of Absorption?

What are you trying to add from Non-SRD sources? I listed the acceptable source books.

Background: Entertainer (PHB)

Spells: Friends (PHB)
Dissonant Whispers (PHB)
Enemies Abound (XGTE)
Find Greater Steed (XGTE)

For everyone's information, I am going to be creating a campaign for this game on DnD Beyond. I'm not sure if you can assign your character to that campaign. If not, i will take your character and add them for you, then you can 'claim' your character in the campaign.

That way I have access to your character sheet and can make adjustments, additions, etc., as necessary during play. Once it is set up, i will send you the invite link.

Note, also, that when creating your PC on Beyond, set the defaults to NO for homebrew, critical role, playtest, Magic and Eberon. This is strictly default stuff. Milestone advancement, fixed HP type, use pre-requisites, use variant encumbrance, turn OFF ignore coin weight.

Let me know if you have questions.

PS: You do NOT have to have any of the source books to create your PC, as when I create the campaign I will share content. I have everything except the Ravnica SRD... which I may or may not buy later, but won't matter for this game anyway.

ArnoldPoodle
-As a note, you still have an unclaimed expertise skill available.
-The Rod of Absorption is acceptable, though I want 2d10 rolled to determine the current number of spell levels it has already absorbed.
-You should be able to add all of those spells except Find Greater Steed, since that is a paladin-only spell. (unless you do not have a paid account. In those cases, your character build is limited to the Basic, free account, which is pretty limited in nature. Once I create the campaign and share content, you will be able to use the approved sources.)

Thanks for the information! I'll hold off on adding the background, expertise (I wanted to apply it to one of the skills from the background), and spells (Find Greater Steed is for magical secrets; I have the free basic account) until the campaign is created.

Like I said, even with a paid account, the system will not allow you to add the spell Find Greater Steed unless you are a paladin. If you want it as a scroll, you can have a scroll with the spell (add it to your NOTES section), but you still will not be able to cast it.

Since he's playing a Bard, D&D Beyond should have an option to add his "magical secrets" spells that can be taken from any spell list. It's worked in the past, so unless they've changed that, it should still be working.

Good to know. I'll check it out.


Yeah, he cannot see it yet because he does not have the content shared. Once I create the campaign, he will be able to find it.

I currently have a Human Divination Wizard built on D&D Beyond. The description of this game said Wizards might get extra items if approved, so I placed the two things I really want on there, as well as a common magic item on there that's really just flavor:


Items:
-Helm of Teleportation (Rare)

-Ring of Spell Storing (Rare)

-Staff of Adornment (Common): If you place an object weighing no more than 1 pound (such as a shard of crystal, an egg, or a stone) above the tip of the staff while holding it, the object floats an inch from the staff’s tip and remains there until it is removed or until the staff is no longer in your possession. The staff can have up to three such objects floating over its tip at any given time. While holding the staff, you can make one or more of the objects slowly spin or turn in place.

Edit: Added description of Staff of Adornment, because no one I've played with ever uses common items like this. Saves you a quick google search.

Pffffft... what kind of damage can a few small hill giants do? Scardy cats.. :P

I've got some healing and control spells, so I can be the main healer/support if we don't have a cleric. Just have to make sure the giants don't grab me and toss me 500 feet away like the last time I fought one in a game.

500ft?! Wow that's far, even for a giant. XD

Lol, it was a very big giant, and I was a very small halfling.

I think my half orc character should be able to toss you right back :P

Ok, everyone, here is the link to the DnD Beyond campaign. Create (transfer?) your characters to here, and you will have access to all of the content I own when building your character.

https://ddb.ac/campaigns/join/325736831307654

Sean~

ArnoldPoodle

FYI, the Find Greater Steed has been added to your sheet. You still have an outstanding Expertise slot and unfilled spells. FYI, the Magical Secrets spell list was alphabetical by SOURCE... so your spell was waaaaaaaay down the list.

For your characters, please add all of your details. Background is nice, but what I really want is all of your stats like height, weight, appearance, etc. There are times when this might come into play, so please take the time to fill that section out. The same goes for flaws, bonds, etc. I would like that since it can help encourage role play.

One other note. Beyond will call you encumbered, even though it is logical that your mount is carrying your gear. For our purposes, everyone gets a riding horse. You can go to the 'Creatures' section of Equipment and add a mount. Everything YOU are carrying must go on your inventory. Stuff you will NOT be carrying should go on your sheet in the OTHER or NOTES sections. Make sure that you equip all armor, weapons and magic items (atunement as well if required).

This will all help with regards to encumbrance.

annex
I am not sure I am going to let you keep your mount. :8

I... er...

??? :D

annex
Nah, I guess it will be fine... with the inevitable TPK, what will it matter? :D

Are we presuming we know each other at the start of this 10th level adventure, or that we're just meeting for the first time?

Also, I have a ring that can be used to pass around Arnold Poodle's find greater steed spell (Ring of Spell Storing shenanigans), so hypothetically we can all have one of those should we want it. Do you wanna say we can do that before the game starts, or do you want that to happen in game @everyone?

I'm fine with that, though it'll take a few days since I've got a limited number of 4th level spell slots.

I'm not sure if Ket is referring to my barely surviving another game here recently thanks to having a [randomly assigned by that DM] Nightmare for a mount, and using judicious amounts of ethereal travel and flying as well as lucky rolls to kill a Death Tyrant pretty much solo after two other characters were killed and the third charmed.

I'll happily take a superior mount if possible, PAE.

I think he's referring to the Nightmare on AElfric's sheet. Speaking of, how did you add that to your character sheet? I need to add mine from Find Greater Steed.

@ArnoldPoodle. Yea. It'd take 2 days for all 6 of us to get one, presuming you're a straight up 10th level bard. Y'all have to take 1 hour to attune to the ring between casting too, so that's 6 hours of that total as well. 3 hours on 2 seperate days. Kinda why I want to say we've done it previously if OurGloriusDM™ is amenable to it.

If so, we can all have Pegasuses (Pegasi?) or griffons! Or one of these if you'̶r̶e̶ ̶w̶r̶o̶n̶g̶ want to choose one of these for RP reasons: a peryton, a dire wolf, a rhinoceros, or a saber-toothed tiger!

@ArnoldPoodle, there should be a creatures tab on your character sheet. Select mount and then just add the creature.

Ask not why there's 6 devils on my character sheet. It's better that way.

Found it, thanks!

Griffon and Pegasus are great for backrow casters like us, but for the front liners like Korgazhar I'd suggest the Rhino. Because what's more awe-inspiring than an Orc charging at you on top of a Rhinoceros?

I suppose it depends on if you want your mount for combat, or for utility & mobility. I'm a big fan of the latter, even if I'm a frontline fighter. I'd probably still take the Pegasus normally, but I fully agree that an Orc charging at you on top of a Rhinoceros is an absolutely awe-inspiring experience that I would NOT envy being on the receiving end of! XD

To be abundantly clear, my strike-through thing is a joke. Not gonna pass judgment on people's choices here... Unless they ask me to play a nudist pixie barbarian riding a war corgi... Which has happened... Recently... And I'm not sure if it was a joke or not.

Didn't even notice that was still there. :P I used the old character with the Nightmare's sheet to build the new character. I'll correct that now.

A flying mount would be excellent for a spell-slinging rogue who wants to get into certain hard to reach places.

I'm seeing Ælfric as an excellent thief who usually uses his skills to retrieve stolen items for their rightful owners. He's been known to work on the wrong side of the law but hasn't been caught yet, plus his good deeds for high ranking people usually make authorities ignore his extralegal endeavours. Perhaps he's been caught or failed to get an item for one of those powerful people, leading to him being on this quest.

Ok Korgazhar is up on Beyond as well. Half-orc samurai heh. His retainers will carry all his gear. The rhino is strictly for riding only :P :P

Is that all the characters? Ælfric, Alain, Julian, Korgazhar?

No, there are a total of 6 characters. Fernal and Gutek Flamebelcher are here as well.

If you have not already provided me with a picture of your character, please do so. Also, add the image to your character sheet here on GP so when you post your character image shows.

If you are new to the site and unsure of how to do that, don't hesitate to reach out. :D

All, I have created a new thread containing my GM Musings... please take time to read it over.

Here is the link for Gurtreks sheet, I dont have access to everything in beyond, but if its added I can finish up? And if so, how does that work?

First, you will need to create a (free) account at DNDBeyond.com. Once you do, you click the invite link
here.

When you go there, you can create your character using their wizard, and I will be able to review it. I use Beyond for PC tracking rather than here, as prefer their interface. I know a lot of players keep a full copy here as well, but as I think that is overkill. Keeping the basics here, like abilities, skills, saves, AC, HP, etc. is fine, but that is up to you.

By joining the campaign there using my link, it opens up all resources to you because I turned on content sharing, and I have every published source except the Magic stuff.


PS: Your link isn't to your character sheet, it is a link to this forum.
PPS: I see, you have the GP URL posted along with the Beyond link.... when you go to the invite URL, you should be able to assign your character to the campaign, without having to re-enter him.

Cool, got it fully loaded up there, Thanks

Awesome. Don't forget photos, as I use your PC image to create combat tokens.

Oh wow, we have a nice spread of races and classes. I wonder what the last person is making.

Yeah. We still need Fernal to be added, I believe. Human Barbarian/Rogue

Nice mix of classes. Hmm, think we need a healer? I can pull out a cleric character instead.

No no, play what you want.

Can't argue against that. Thanks for breaking it down, and the fighters also can second wind in emergencies etc. Look like we have a pretty hardy bunch anyway.

Do we actually have a druid, or did I just make the presumption that someone was playing Druid?

no druid, lol, though I do have a druid lying around in another game...

could be fun having an elemental druid fight frost/fire giants

What's our 6th player playing? I only see the 5 of us in D&D Beyond. Anyone know?

Sean mentioned it right above, Fernal is a barb/rogue

I completely missed that somehow... :O

Moved my druid character sheet over in beyond, if anyone is curious. He could balance the party out. I'd have to bump him from level 8 to 10 that's all.

Interesting! It's been a while since I've played with a druid, they don't seem to be very popular after level 5-ish. I would be interested in seeing how it plays at level 10, but, you shouldn't do it for me. Only swap characters if you want to play the Druid, (and the DM approves the swap).

Agreed with Arnold. Play what you want. The party will be fine either way.

Hey almighty DM. Any chance I could spend 250 of my starting gold and 2*(10-5) = 10 weeks to gain proficiency with the Herbalism Kit and Cartographer's Tools before the game starts? I'm basing this off these rules from Xanathars.



I'd really just like to be able to make healing potions and the like for the group, and Cartographer's Tools makes sense for a wizard who spends a lot of his time teleporting round Oerth.

Polaris_AEthernalis
I have no problem with using the training rule as outlined. Just be aware that when looking to create a potion/anti-toxin you will need to find the appropriate ingredients (i.e successful DC skill check) to do so. Also, if you have not already done so, I believe you have a scroll that needs to be added to your sheet.

GeneCortess
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The Rest of our Motley Crew
Welcome to Greyhawk!

I have completed reviewing the characters and I believe that everything looks good. However, I need all of you to make sure you have your character descriptions filled out, to include height and weight. These things may come into pay at one time or another, so I want to get it set early on.

That said, there is a first post HERE. Be sure to subscribe to the thread, so whenever the site gets fixed you will receive email notifications as desired.

Ket_Onwall
Fixed! Proficiencies have been added as well. Thank you! Out of curiosity, what kind of check would finding ingredients be? Investigation? Survival? A Herbalism Kit Check (Like Thieves' Tools) based on Int, Wis, or Cha?

Herbalism Kit check based on Int....

Fixed. :)