Shadowace Character Creation Thread

This thread is for Shadowace's character creation.

Character creation 1

edit: sorry for the multiple updates, was not clear how to roll dice even after looking at the dice tool

Character Creation 2

Character Creation 3

I think I'll go with Character Creation #1 and choose Elf

STR: 14
INT: 16
WIS: 12
DEX: 12
CON: 13
CHA: 8

Character Sheet

Will come back to edit, but getting it here for now (blatantly copied from Gene; will update as I go along :) )


Player: Shadowace
Character:
Class: Male Elf
EXP: 0 (Next Level: 4,000) 10% Bonus (Automatically Levels) Max Level: 10
Alignment:
Languages: Common, Dwarven, Elf, Goblin, Gnoll, Hobgoblin, Kobold, Orc

14 STR +1 to Hit, +1 to Damage, +1 to Open Doors
12 DEX None
13 CON +1 HP
16 INT +2 Extra Languages
12 WIS None
8 CHA -1 Reactions, 3 Max Retainers, 6 Moral for Retainers

12 Death Ray or Poison
13 Magic Wands
13 Paralysis or Turn to Stone
15 Dragon Breath
15 Rods, Staves, or Spells

Original HP: 6 (+1 CON) ** Do I raise my max HP to 7 or can it not go above 6
20 THAC0: +1 to Hit, +1 to Damage ** Is this correct?
3 AC: 3 AC Plate Mail Armor ** Is this correct?
90' SPEED: 727.1ec need to verify ec
INIT:

COMBAT:
Normal Sword 1d8 Damage
Dagger 1d4 Damage
Longbow 70', 140', 210'
20 Arrow 1d6 Damage

Spells:
Level 1
Read Magic
Sleep

Armor: Any
Shield: Any
Weapons: Any

Vision: I have Infravision in addition to normal sight and can see 60’ in the dark. Infravision is the ability to see heat (and the lack of heat). Normal and magical light makes infravision useless. With infravision, warm things seem red, and cold things seem blue.

Detection: I can find secret and hidden doors better than other characters. If I want to search for hidden doors in an area, tell your Dungeon Master. The DM will roll 1d6, and a result of 1 or 2 will indicate success if there is a door to be found. I may check once for each door. I must tell your DM if I want to look for anything; the detection is never automatic.

Immunity to Ghoul Paralysis: I'm naturally immune to the paralyzing attacks of ghouls.

GEAR:

Plate Mail Armor (3 AC, 60gp, 500ec)

Longbow (40gp, 30ec)
20 Arrow & Quiver (5gp, 0ec)
Normal Sword (10gp, 60ec)
Dagger (3gp, 10ec)

Backpack (5gp,20ec): Tinder Box (3gp, 5ec), Rope (1gp), Torch 6 (1gp ), Waterskin (1gp, 5ec), Spellbook (0gp, 200ec)

11gp (XXec) in pockets

Total Encumbrance: 927.1ec - 200ec = 727.1ec (90' movement) How do I calculate this. seems to be 2 ways in the old school rule book

Encumbrance chart: Range, Normal Speed, Encounter Speed, Running Speed
up to 400ec 120', 40', 120'
401ec to 800ec 90', 30', 90'
801ec to 1200ec 60', 20', 60'
1201ec to 1600ec 30', 10', 30'
1601ec to 2400ec 15', 5', 15'
2401ec and More 0', 0', 0'

Rolling for starting gold

140gp starting

Will go shopping tomorrow, then pick spells, and have this thing buttoned up pretty quickly I hope.

Copy away. That was one reason it was posted. Format.

Hey for when you pick spells: We had a discussion and we determined that you get Read Magic for free at 1st Level. So take Read Magic, and then you can pick one other one.

Think I am set for now. I added a few questions in bold to my sheet, and of course I need to come up with a name and alignment. I also choose Sleep for my spell on top of Read Magic.

Okay, if you submit the character sheet I'll take a look and approvet it.?

Done

Looks pretty good...

1. Yes, you'll raise your Max HP to 7 for first level.
2. All 1st Level PCs have a THAC0 of 19, not 20. Yes, you will get +1 To-Hit and Damage on melee attacks.
3. Plate Armor A/C is 3 and you have no Dex bonus, so yes, AC3 is correct.
4. I wouldn't worry too much on encumbrance because I keep track of that on my spreadsheet and will give you a heads up if you're approaching a new Encumbrance Level or if your Move Rate has changed, but basically only Armor, Weapons, and Treasure are applied to encumbrance, and it is generically calculated that all your miscellaneous adventuring gear weights 80 coins. So for you, Platemail is 500 coins, your weapons total 100 coins, and your misc gear is 80 coins, and 11 coins treasure. You have an encumbrance of 691, and a Base Movement Rate of 60'

5. Those are the encumbrance rules for the Frank Mentzer BECMI rule book. We're using Modvay/Cook B/X rules. Here's an Encumbrance Chart:
up to 400ec: 120', 40', 120'
401ec to 600ec: 90', 30', 90'
601ec to 800ec: 60', 20', 60'
801ec to 1600ec 30', 10', 30'
You cannot carry more than 1600ec without some sort of magical aid (ie. Floating Disc spell, Bag of Holding, etc.)

Most of the stuff in the rulebook you're suing crosses over pretty well with B/X, but there are some differences. It shouldn't make too much of a difference how we play. And again, I wouldn't sweat encumbrance too much, having a spreadsheet to track that on makes it a lot easier for us and making players track that sort of stuff bums a lot of players out so I'll just track it on my end.

Also, can you get me a picture you want to use for Kelric so I can make him a token for the battlemaps?

Sounds good. I’ll update the sheet and find an image later today