Sep 9, 2020 2:16 pm
Almost done. Since we are 5th level what's our equipment like? Wondering if my paladin can start with plate mail or splint mail.
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Sep 9, 2020 4:24 pm
any reasonable non magical or specials material gear is fine. your allowed one magic item that is common or possibly uncommon. when your done you will have 100 gp left.
Sep 9, 2020 4:24 pm
any reasonable non magical or specials material gear is fine. your allowed one magic item that is common or possibly uncommon. when your done you will have 100 gp left.
Sep 9, 2020 4:24 pm
any reasonable non magical or specials material gear is fine. your allowed one magic item that is common or possibly uncommon. when your done you will have 100 gp left.
Sep 9, 2020 4:57 pm
Tempted by Gauntlets of Ogre Power but it doesn't fit the theme. Took Cloak of Protection.
Sep 9, 2020 9:21 pm
I am currently looking at that too! Right now its a toss up between gauntlets of ogre power and the stone of luck, possible NVGs and the ever classic immovable rod.
Sep 10, 2020 1:11 am
Hey everyone, I just started back at work and it's a bit of a gong show. I'm definitely not stopping, but if I'm a bit slower than usual then that's why. I expect things to smooth out by next week!
Sep 10, 2020 1:15 am
Okay I'm holding up till I get both these two new PC set. That makes only 4 new PC lately, so take a bit to stabilize all. LOL. So basically I have had really almost all of the party redone. I just hope there aren't any more changes and we can get back to daily postings and such. I will recap when all is fixed and set.
Sep 10, 2020 8:00 pm
Tanak (CaveJohnson): I need a full copy of the background used since it isn't standard. Be good to know your STR stat before you put the gauntlets on.
Ahdar (ancient.astronaut.64): Missing HP. Prepared spells by looks. full copy of the background used since it isn't standard. Musical instrument needs defining.
I'm guessing your both really true neutral in alignment. Smig of background would be nice.
Ahdar (ancient.astronaut.64): Missing HP. Prepared spells by looks. full copy of the background used since it isn't standard. Musical instrument needs defining.
I'm guessing your both really true neutral in alignment. Smig of background would be nice.
Sep 10, 2020 9:47 pm
14, Ok let me get that for you
I normaly don't think about alignment. chaotic good is where i'll be planting my flag currently until i do stupid and change it.Str without gauntlets = 14.
a small bg was put in character desc.
Traveling merc. likes money and spending money. also like to gamble dice. often losing. got the gauntlets from one of his gambles. weapon belonged to a lost family friend.
I can come up with more and more detail if you need. but thats a quick slap of bullet points.
I normaly don't think about alignment. chaotic good is where i'll be planting my flag currently until i do stupid and change it.
[ +- ] Bg info:
Mercenary Veteran
SCAG
p152
Skill Proficiencies Athletics, Persuasion
Tool Proficiencies One type of gaming set, vehicles (land)
Equipment A uniform of your company (traveler's clothes in quality), an insignia of your rank, a gaming set of your choice, and a pouch containing the remainder of your last wages (10 gp).
Feature: Mercenary Life
You know the mercenary life as only someone who has experienced it can. You are able to identify mercenary companies by their emblems, and you know a little about any such company, including who has hired them recently. You can find the taverns and festhalls where mercenaries abide in any area, as long as you speak the language. You can find mercenary work between adventures sufficient to maintain a comfortable lifestyle (see "Practicing a Profession" under "Downtime Activities" in chapter 8 of the Player's Handbook).
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the soldier background in the Player's Handbook as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit your identity as a mercenary.
Your bond could be associated with the company you traveled with previously, or with some of the comrades you served with. The ideal you embrace largely depends on your worldview and your motivation for fighting.
Source: SCAG, page 152
SCAG
p152
Skill Proficiencies Athletics, Persuasion
Tool Proficiencies One type of gaming set, vehicles (land)
Equipment A uniform of your company (traveler's clothes in quality), an insignia of your rank, a gaming set of your choice, and a pouch containing the remainder of your last wages (10 gp).
Feature: Mercenary Life
You know the mercenary life as only someone who has experienced it can. You are able to identify mercenary companies by their emblems, and you know a little about any such company, including who has hired them recently. You can find the taverns and festhalls where mercenaries abide in any area, as long as you speak the language. You can find mercenary work between adventures sufficient to maintain a comfortable lifestyle (see "Practicing a Profession" under "Downtime Activities" in chapter 8 of the Player's Handbook).
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the soldier background in the Player's Handbook as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit your identity as a mercenary.
Your bond could be associated with the company you traveled with previously, or with some of the comrades you served with. The ideal you embrace largely depends on your worldview and your motivation for fighting.
Source: SCAG, page 152
a small bg was put in character desc.
Traveling merc. likes money and spending money. also like to gamble dice. often losing. got the gauntlets from one of his gambles. weapon belonged to a lost family friend.
I can come up with more and more detail if you need. but thats a quick slap of bullet points.
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Sep 10, 2020 10:07 pm
GeneCortess says:
Ahdar (ancient.astronaut.64): Missing HP. Prepared spells by looks. full copy of the background used since it isn't standard. Musical instrument needs defining.I'm guessing your both really true neutral in alignment. Smig of background would be nice.
Yes, True Netral.
Working on spell selection and will write the backstory.
I used a standard Outlander.
OUTLANDER
Skills: Athletics, Survival
Tools: One type of musical instrument (still deciding)
Languages: One of your choice (Fey)
Background Feature: Wanderer
PALADIN
Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation, Medicine
VARIANT HUMAN
Skill: Perception
Languages: Common, Elvish
Sep 12, 2020 6:24 am
Tanak (CaveJohnson): You will be easy to kill. You have no HP and no movement speed. Just a 'smig' of background would be nice.
Ahdar (ancient.astronaut.64): Still don't see what Music Instrument have in your Tools. Smiles Sylvan is the language for Fey Creatures.
You both should have 100gp in your pockets.
Otherwise we are looking good:)
Ahdar (ancient.astronaut.64): Still don't see what Music Instrument have in your Tools. Smiles Sylvan is the language for Fey Creatures.
You both should have 100gp in your pockets.
Otherwise we are looking good:)
Sep 12, 2020 7:05 am
I thought the fey language would be appropriate given that Ahdar is now no longer a man but a creature of the forest. None of the other languages make sense give his backstory. If not allowed then it's okay I will stick to just two languages Common and Elvish.
Ahdar is able to make music from leaves.
Ahdar has no need for money and would have just thrown it away if he found it in his pocket after he was created by the forest. If the other PCs want it then maybe we can say Ahdar has just been reborn when he meets the others. They can pick it up after he discovers that stuff in his pocket and starts to throw it away.
Ahdar is able to make music from leaves.
Ahdar has no need for money and would have just thrown it away if he found it in his pocket after he was created by the forest. If the other PCs want it then maybe we can say Ahdar has just been reborn when he meets the others. They can pick it up after he discovers that stuff in his pocket and starts to throw it away.
Sep 12, 2020 7:50 am
Smiles.. You marked the language as being called "Fey" .. it is called "Sylvan" and that is fine for a language.
Your armor and such wasn't something you traded for or found. It was bought with hard earned GOLD. And so is rest of your gear mostly. Taking an oath of poverty is a different matter. The total amount of gold that your gear adds up to doesn't sound at all like a person that doesn't care about gold. The armor alone is 1,500gp.
Your an outlander, one that lives away from the highlights of cities and such, but doesn't mean you lived solely off the land. Just means your not one that has lived in cities. Takes gold to still live. Your a traveler for sure and know how to gather food when you need to. I can imagine seeing you traveling between cities and such. Camping out away often. Your still a man of civilization. Your an outlander.
Nice CLIP, but game wise I still need an instrument. You can still do the trick with leaves too!
Side note: Would take MAGIC to do this (his greenish armor decorated with twigs and leaves and flowers(the real stuff).) with any hope of that working at all. Greenish armor is possible, you can get armor tinted. You also have it engraved with imagines. Tinting adds about 10% to cost of armor. Engraving and such is an added expense pending on the quality being done.
Your armor and such wasn't something you traded for or found. It was bought with hard earned GOLD. And so is rest of your gear mostly. Taking an oath of poverty is a different matter. The total amount of gold that your gear adds up to doesn't sound at all like a person that doesn't care about gold. The armor alone is 1,500gp.
Your an outlander, one that lives away from the highlights of cities and such, but doesn't mean you lived solely off the land. Just means your not one that has lived in cities. Takes gold to still live. Your a traveler for sure and know how to gather food when you need to. I can imagine seeing you traveling between cities and such. Camping out away often. Your still a man of civilization. Your an outlander.
Nice CLIP, but game wise I still need an instrument. You can still do the trick with leaves too!
Side note: Would take MAGIC to do this (his greenish armor decorated with twigs and leaves and flowers(the real stuff).) with any hope of that working at all. Greenish armor is possible, you can get armor tinted. You also have it engraved with imagines. Tinting adds about 10% to cost of armor. Engraving and such is an added expense pending on the quality being done.
Sep 12, 2020 8:32 am
Oh my mistake. Changed it on the sheet to say Sylvan. Thank you!
I changed it to flute proficiency.
For now it's leaves and flowers that are stuck there like you would stick a flower in your hair.
I used Outlander as the mechanically closest thing to what I imagined but story-wise it might be closer to a hermit.
According to the brief backstory this person has no memory of who he was in his previous life but he must have been some sort of knight. His belongings are from that previous life. Perhaps in his previous life he was wealthy but now his sole purpose for existence is to protect the forest. He has no concept of money.
He might agree to travel to the city if convinced that is what's necessary to accomplish his mission but he will want to return to the forest as soon as he can. Definitely he will if his rations run out (his "rations" are foraged things, not prepared food like a regular person's).
I changed it to flute proficiency.
For now it's leaves and flowers that are stuck there like you would stick a flower in your hair.
I used Outlander as the mechanically closest thing to what I imagined but story-wise it might be closer to a hermit.
According to the brief backstory this person has no memory of who he was in his previous life but he must have been some sort of knight. His belongings are from that previous life. Perhaps in his previous life he was wealthy but now his sole purpose for existence is to protect the forest. He has no concept of money.
He might agree to travel to the city if convinced that is what's necessary to accomplish his mission but he will want to return to the forest as soon as he can. Definitely he will if his rations run out (his "rations" are foraged things, not prepared food like a regular person's).
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Sep 12, 2020 9:41 am
Smile. You have pay someone due up your armor that way and it would be rather short lived short of magic. Very difficult to STRAP anything to full plate armor and expect it to stay there. The most decorative means for armor of such is a talbard which can be very decorative and imaginative. (Imagine flowering up an armor for a short walk down the isle for a wedding cause that is about as long as it is going last and still look good.)
The tinting would probably be just about quest level and take a long time to make such an armor. And the same is for finding a wizard that can shape metal and has the skills for the engraving or has someone that can work with him to do the engraving. Both are really out of the starter gear thoughts. The person that tints the armor isn't one that can do the engraving as well.
Loss of memory to the point of no concept of money? Skills? Talking a major problem. Really out of the area I was thinking for this game. Not that I don't like the concept. But have trouble seeing him taking on to job as a guards man which is what is going to be required for the game. I see him in the forest defending it and not wishing to leave it. And in this game. I can't see him ever raising from the forest as it is shall we say the forest isn't normal nor are the lands around. As recently noted by someone that visited the druids.
Taking Hermit instead of outlander is fine too. Just changes skills and feature. Smiles. We already have Hermit background in the party.
Further thought too.. Your a paladin. Besides good deed most are related in some way to deities. In older editions breaking way or become an exp-paladin to a deity took on bad penalties till atonement. 5e doesn't really cover that too well at all.
By your background, you would be leaving what ever deity you were following to a more druidical situation. Meat and drink of paladins is upholding justice and righteousness, what you would have become would be an ex-paladin. Older editions thoughts on that were stripping the character of all spells and basically features till atonement back to the ways and deity.
The tinting would probably be just about quest level and take a long time to make such an armor. And the same is for finding a wizard that can shape metal and has the skills for the engraving or has someone that can work with him to do the engraving. Both are really out of the starter gear thoughts. The person that tints the armor isn't one that can do the engraving as well.
Loss of memory to the point of no concept of money? Skills? Talking a major problem. Really out of the area I was thinking for this game. Not that I don't like the concept. But have trouble seeing him taking on to job as a guards man which is what is going to be required for the game. I see him in the forest defending it and not wishing to leave it. And in this game. I can't see him ever raising from the forest as it is shall we say the forest isn't normal nor are the lands around. As recently noted by someone that visited the druids.
Taking Hermit instead of outlander is fine too. Just changes skills and feature. Smiles. We already have Hermit background in the party.
Further thought too.. Your a paladin. Besides good deed most are related in some way to deities. In older editions breaking way or become an exp-paladin to a deity took on bad penalties till atonement. 5e doesn't really cover that too well at all.
By your background, you would be leaving what ever deity you were following to a more druidical situation. Meat and drink of paladins is upholding justice and righteousness, what you would have become would be an ex-paladin. Older editions thoughts on that were stripping the character of all spells and basically features till atonement back to the ways and deity.
Sep 12, 2020 10:54 am
Okay whatever I guess. No flowers except in the beard. Normal color armor.
Yes exactly. I think I have badly misunderstood what this game is all about even after reading the story threads. I apologize.
Maybe I should start over and make a more normal character.
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I see him in the forest defending it and not wishing to leave it.Maybe I should start over and make a more normal character.
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