Character Creation

1. Characters are Level 8 (not 7 as previously advertised)

2. Use any class and race from published sources and Keith Baker's Eberron books Morgrave Miscellany and Exploring Eberron. All optional features from Tasha's are go. You can select from most Backgrounds but not setting-specific backgrounds outside of Eberron (like the Ravnica Guilds).

WARNING: Magic will be affected in usual ways when you are near the Ring of Siberys, making it more powerful but also more unpredictable. If this kind of randomness isn't your thing, you may want to steer clear of casters this time around.

3. Stats are to be determined with 4d6 drop lowest. In addition, roll 2d6 and consult the Safety Net table below. You may choose to use your 4d6 rolled stats or your safety net array.This system is taken from D&D author Brandes Stoddard's blog. If you are are highly adverse to random stats, I don't mind if you want to choose to use point buy(27), but all the safety net stat arrays are above what you can do with point buy(27).

4. Equipment: any mundane items are free for the taking, including Full Plate and silvered weapons. Additional magic items will be determined from which patron the group chooses (see separate thread). We are not keeping track of encumbrance but be reasonable.

5. Starting Wealth: This game is just a single mission, not a whole campaign. Just like the Apollo astronauts didn't take their wallets to the moon, we'll leave our purses in a House Kundarak bank or under our mattress back home on Eberron.

I love rolling!

Edit: And I love falling into the safety net! I will take the result #8: 17, 14, 12, 11, 10, 10

Rollin' rollin' rollin'...

EDIT: Rolled stats look like:

11
12
18
14
9
11

Safety net is: 18, 13, 13, 10, 10, 8.

I'll go with the rolled stats.

Rolling makes me nervous. :P Here we go!

12, 14, 14, 11, 13, 14... or #11.

I'll use my lifeline and go with #11.

INT 18
CON 14
DEX 11
WIS 10
STR 10
CHA 8

Forgot to add that I'll be making a Warforged Life Cleric!

Warforged Graviturgist Wizard for me!

*lol* I was considering a warforged grave cleric!

Let's make this an all Warforged party... except for one fleshy who the rest of us look down on for being made of frail meat. :P

*lol*

Well, I hadn’t planned on making a Warforged character, so there’s that, I guess?

Perhaps you’re out "handler". Maybe we are like the Bad Batch from The Clone Wars cartoon?

I was also thinking of making a Kalashtar barbarian or something.

Yep, we're in the brainstorming phase, so share all your suggestions and of course none of them are binding.

Kalashtar Barbarian sounds interesting Hero, any particular subclass that you have in mind?

I had been toying with the idea of a rogue with ties to organized crime trying to go straight. Not sure about race or any of that, but certainly a face-type character, the "person who can get you things".

For the utility aspect, bear totem warrior. But I haven’t explored other options, really.

Rolling stats!!!

4d6 - ( 5, 5, 6, 5 ) = 21 - 5 = 16
4d6 - ( 2, 5, 5, 1 ) = 13 - 1 = 12
4d6 - ( 6, 5, 5, 1 ) = 17 - 1 = 16
4d6 - ( 5, 1, 3, 6 ) = 15 - 1 = 14
4d6 - ( 3, 5, 6, 5 ) = 19 - 3 = 16
4d6 - ( 1, 3, 3, 5 ) = 12 - 1 = 11

I’m taking the rolled stats!
Safety Net - (2d6)
( 4, 2 ) = 6

I have an operative in mind, much inspired by Thorn of Breland. Even if she properly is an Arcane Trixter, I'm going for a Creation Bard with an Auditor background.
As for rase, I have been considering dragonmark of making or wait for it.... warforged


Result: 9,6,9,14,13,11 :( Im going with the safty net!
#7: 17, 15, 12, 11, 10, 8

I looked closer at each barbarian subclass, and I’m actually leaning heavily towards wild magic barbarian for a kalashtar character.

Woohoo, we get roll d3s! Seems like a fun class, I'll be interested to hear what you think of it if you end up playing it. If you want to learn into the psychic nature of the Kalashtar, you can reflavour the magic surges as psionic surges if you wish.

Been wanting to read those, I love the story of Droaam. I take it you would recommend it? One day I want to run an all monster races game a la TMNT or Gargoyles set in Sharn.

Sounds like a cool character!

I'm going to go with a Mark of Detection half-elf rogue with House Agent background, focused on acquisition.

I wouldn't mind playing a monk, but I can roll with a cleric as well.

13, 13, 13, 15, 7, 17 which is slightly better than table 8

Hi @DM, I created two character sheets:

- Death's Brush (called simply "Brush" by his former companions-at-arms), a Warforged Fighter 2/Cleric 6 (Grave Domain)
- Ishara, a Kalashtar Barbarian 8 (Path of Wild Magic)

Honestly, either would make me happy to play.

I also created DNDBeyond character sheets for both of them, if anyone is interested in seeing them.

Death's Brush
Ishara

HeroAmongMen, both ideas sound awesome and both look like they'd flourish in the swashbuckling nature of this game. Anything I can do to help you pick one over the other?

I think figuring out what the others are playing, and/or deciding on a patron may help to influence my decision.

If you've got a cleric ready, I'll roll up a monk. I find them very enjoyable to play

Do others have characters planned and ready? Do you mind making them shareable, or at least sharing what your concept is?

So far, We have the following:

Player|Character Race|Character Background|Character Class (Subclass) [# levels]/Character multiclass (Subclass) [# levels]
78RPMLife|Mark of Detection Half-Elf|House Agent|Rogue (???) 8
runekyndig|Warforged or Mark of Making Human|Auditor|Bard (School of Creation) 8
CancerMan|Warforged|???|Cleric (Life Domain) 8
annex|Warforged|???|Wizard (School of Graviturgy) 8
SchadDad|???|Monk (???) ???

As for my choices:
HeroAmongMen|Warforged|Soldier|Fighter 2/Cleric (Grave Domain) 6
Or
HeroAmongmen|Kalashtar|Awakened Quori (basically Haunted One)|Barbarian (Path of Wild Magic) 8

With so many magic users, I may just select the martial class; that being said, I want to see which patron we choose. Either one of these choices can play tank (the Warforged has an AC of 22, but the barbarian has more HP and is a harder hitter, with more movement. It’s a tough choice, too, due to the backstories I have chosen.

@runekyndig, are you leaning more towards Warforged or the mark of making human?

Seeing a lot of warforged here..

We joked earlier about trying a Warforged party.

I always loved the ST: TNG episodes related to Data exploring what makes someone human, so Warforged always calls to me.

Absolutely, same here. With the new optional features from Tasha's I think Ki will feel less restrictive and other actions will make up some ground to flurry of blows to be more enticing.

Same here! The Data stories were always amazing. Likewise, Warforged have an interesting story built right into them from the get go.

My basic concept is a Warforged with the Soldier background. Their soul eschewed violence to the point of being useless until they were repurposed as a field medic.

You’ve got it right, HeroAmongMen. Mark of Detection half-elf rogue 8. Went with House Agent background and the Inquisitive archetype.

That was sort of my concept for my Warforged. Mine was an effective killer, though, but killing another Warforged caused him to awaken to a sense of mortality, and started searching religions to understand different views of the soul and the afterlife, and to get answers related to the Warforged and their place in the afterlife.

My Warforged Graviturgist Wizard was created specifically to reach and explore space. He (that's how he identifies) was part of another crew but that mission ended in disaster. This is his second chance but he is experiencing great self doubt about trying to breach the sky again.

Funny enough, Hero, he discovered The Becoming God while being repaired after his first launch. In addition to wanting to fulfill the purpose he was created for, he also wants to find anything of interest or power in orbit to help make The Becoming God manifest.

For a patron open 2, I'm leaning heavily on the mark of making human
If we go with the more independent group. I'll rethink an earlier idea where a warforged was designed to look human, covered in skin.

So, it seems that we should decide on patron, in order to help runekyndig and myself in solidifying character concepts (since we are essentially the last two players to decide).

Looks like option 1 is selected, so everyone gets to bump up to LEVEL 10!!! You can also select 1 uncommon magic item. Let's say you can also have 3 common magic items of your choice as well, because this is Eberron!

Yeah! Death's Brush is submitted.

(DNDBeyond Link Here).

For my magic items, I chose:
Uncommon: Goggles of Night
Common: Charlatan's Die
Common: Feather Token
Common: Horn of Silent Alarm

Death's Brush can act as a tank/support character on the front line.

Also, I was thinking: since we are traveling to space, could we create a common magic item of mag-boots, so that we don't float out into the void of space? If so, I will trade one of my magic items for those boots.

As Keith Baker says, Eberron is a supernatural reality, so we aren't beholden to mundane physics. The environment will be hostile, but more like "Treasure Planet" than "2001: A Space Odyssey." We won't have to worry about instantly freezing to death, heads exploding in vacuums, or suffocating. Gravity will be stem from surfaces like ships as a result of bound earth elementals. Space will be cold, but like a winter night rather than molecules. There will be a certain amount of realism but mainly in the service of making things fun.

Sounds good! I am super stoked for this game! I haven't been this excited to play in some time...

Mark of Making Human Bard is taking shape

Magic Item selection:
Uncommon: Rhythm-Maker’s Drum, +1
Common: Feather Token
Common: Masquerade Tattoo
Common: Cloak of Many Fasions

Hey everyone, I've created a discord server to act as our out-of-character chat channel. Might make it easier to discuss character connections and backstories if we can do it real-time a bit more. Come on in and join us!

Btw, if anyone needs dndbeyond content. I have all of it

Also working on my warforged monk now. Gotta figure out what kind of monk I'm going to be though.