millyk Character Discussions

This thread is for discussing millyk's character please do not post anything here that is not related to millyk's character and yes collaborating with millyk is consider fair postings.

Please make your rolls in here and outline what your are doing so that I can give you feedback on the world. Do note though this game borrows heavily from the Forgotten Realms so you can use information from that setting to outline your background.

Further please pay attention to the Character Creation Guidelines and the House Rules (please read) as there are elements in both that can prove vital to character creation. However, if you have any questions just ask and I can help you either find it or I can clarify it. Most of the tweaks do not affect game play over all so there is nothing to have to relearn so-to-speak so please do not think there to much to digest because like the normal guidelines these guidelines are there for you to reference (and myself to reference) at any time needed.

Note : Please do not look at the above Guidelines and think oh this is way to much to digest because a lot of it is not going to directly affect your specific character. Further much of what has been included are the things the players have requested over time (I am running 4 instances of this game). These additional guidelines (tweaks and clarifications) are meant to be pretty much focused on character creation and once you get into play they are rather insignificant to all the normal guidelines that are part of DnD5e as it stands. Lastly if you have any questions feel free to ask as my view is the only bad question is the one you chose not to ask. Also I work with all my players to help them build a character that meld more seamlessly into the setting so you will not need to do this on your own and I encourage you to reach out to me for ideas and feedback for just about any aspect of the game and your character.

Again create what you like and more so create what you might have always wanted to play (if you have such a liking) I am fairly good at stitching together new classes fairly quickly as well as helping create concepts that fit your imagination.

Ok :-) I will read your posts and I will sent you any questions... how you run 4 instances at once ? Are they all here ?

Ok! I decided!!! A c
Paladin, her name is Christine.... her monastery out of the sudden it burned down one day by an evil sorcerer. She had a mentor also. She lost him since that day, during the fight, the clues is showing her mentor is going to revenge and kill the evil sorcerer.... she's young like at her 20s and trying to find him to help him... that's her backstory in sum up.... can I make her an aasimar?

Yes you can make an Aasimar but I will need to look at the race again to make sure the standard Aasimar is fairly balanced but if I recall I think it is just want to double check.

Okay so she is a Paladin so what kind of deity do you feel she would have as a patron? And what if instead of her mentor directly seeking revenge his spirit is guiding her in taking righteous retribution but said evil sorcerer?

Also why not give them pseudo bones a roll and see what kind of attributes you get for this character?

Okay I have added the Aasimar to the Character Creation Parameters thread you can either be a Protector or a Scourge your choice.

Well, I dont know.... I know that my mentor is not dead. Just chasing the sorcerer... and thank you I will fix my character sheet and you can ckect it to see if it is ok.

If you want to kill him... is up to you. You make the rules and the storyline....

And what do you mean pseudo bones roll?

Please do not be shy not only can I help you with the above but many of the other players here could have as well and might have chimed in even before me. But to answer your above posted question first.

Mentor -- the state of your Mentor is a collaborative effort which means it is mostly in your court (or your decision) mine is just a suggestion based on the character class and race you are choosing. Being an Aasimar you have a connection to the Celestial realm which could allow a dead Mentor to visit you and grant you guidance and such while on your mission of retribution - or at least that would be how they would phrase it -- your character might view it as revenge (assuming this sorcerer you are hunting did happen to kill your Mentor perhaps only after your Mentor was greatly weakened and maybe because you Mentor was protecting you making the loss even more personal). Still in the end you are the one that is in control of this aspect of the storyline as it is your background, my suggestion is mainly put forth to add extra flavor to the story for you and perhaps give you assistance along the why by allowing you to call upon your Mentor from time to time for Guidance.

As to -- rolling them pseudo bones -- its a tongue-in-cheek reference to -- rolling dem bones --or-- rolling dice. The pseudo aspect being that these are not real dice but a pseudo-random-number-generator as creating an actual random number generator is next to impossible. With that how does one roll the dice here on Gamers Plane

1) At the bottom of the Quick Reply where you type in your text you see 2 buttons Post and Advanced
2) Click on the Advanced button
3) This changes the bottom section of your screen presenting you with 4 options
.... Add new roll : (dropdown) Basic, Star Wars FFG, Fate, Feng Shui (leave it on the default of Basic)
.... An Add button
.... A Post button (used once you are done)
.... A Preview button (not really needed for this)
4) Click on the Add button 6 Times
5) This presents you with 4 sets of options repeated 6 times
.... Reason -- the description of the roll
.... Roll -- what dice you are wanting to roll
.... Visibility (dropdown) -- Just leave this on Hide Nothing
.... Reroll Aces (checkbox) -- Leave this unchecked
6) In each of the Reason boxes just put in "Roll #" as in Roll 1, Roll 2, etc...
7) In each of the Roll boxes put in 3d6
8) Click on the Post button

The results you get will look something like what you see below :

Again questions are welcomed here and the other players are usually more than happy to help someone that is new to Gamers Plane with how to use aspects of Gamers Plane. So no need to be shy as we all were once new to Gamers Plane as well and had to ask these and other questions about its interface and how to use it.

Ok! Thank you. And yes I agree with the idea of my mentor!

Ok let me try with the dices....

Like that? So I take ...12 , 13 , 12 , 13 and 10 ? Or do I have to make it with 3d6?

Rolls

And what with the hp points ? Why you changed these rules ? :-/ and haven't kept the dnd basic 5e rules ???

Oh and my God of worship : Tyr, God of justice

Okay so your Attributes are as follows :
( 2, 4, 3 ) + 6 = 13
( 5, 4, 6 ) + 6 = 17
( 1, 1, 3 ) + 6 = 10
( 4, 5, 3 ) + 6 = 15
( 4, 3, 1 ) + 6 = 13
( 3, 6, 2 ) + 6 = 15

Which is fairly nice, should be able to make a quality Paladin from those.

As for the HP Guidelines this is something I adopted way back in 1st Edition DnD because I always thought it was unfair that if part of your class features is a higher Hit Die then why are you severely penalized for being unlucky at rolling dice. Further I have been on adventures using those standard guidelines where the Wizard had more Hit Points than the Fighter did which absolutely made no sense to me. As such I use a variant of the -- either roll your Hit Die or take the average (round-up) -- instead I say everyone rolls a 1d4 for hit points and adds the remainder of their Hit Die as a bonus as follows :

Hit Die : 1d6 --- becomes -- 1d4+2
Hit Die : 1d8 --- becomes -- 1d4+4
Hit Die : 1d10 -- becomes -- 1d4+6
Hit Die : 1d12 -- becomes -- 1d4+8

This assures that Fighter-types will always have more Hit Points than a Wizard further it allows the characters a bit more staying power (aka a bit more Heroic) which can be very handy when in a situation where combat is taking place. The important key is that it is balanced as every character gets this benefit.

HP

level 1 Hp

so total Hp 25

ok I am done wit my character sheet... pls check it out. Thank you :)

First off you did not apply your racial bonuses to your Attributes which are +2 to Charisma and +1 to Wisdom I have fixed this.

Okay you must have misunderstood the Spell Casting aspect of Paladins when it comes to Spells Prepared. Your character can only prepare up to 4 spells you have 11 listed -- although if you feel these are going to be spells you might often use you can leave them listed but I need to know what spells are actually prepared -- added an item to your Notes section denoting Spells Prepared to give you a format that I can easily understand.

Love the additional Ideals and Bonds but your character needs an Additional Trait to adhere to the minimums. If you want suggestions let me know as I have a full listing of all the proposed Traits which makes it easier sometimes to create one that is more attuned to the character in question.

Also do you want suggestions on what to spend your additional 750gp on and/or what perhaps you want to actually have on your character supplies wise ??

Also I have added the Acolyte to the updated Background list and added their new Features to your character sheet.

Also might I suggest replacing the Javelins with either a bow or a crossbow ?

I prefer javelins... and thank you for fixing it...and yes pls you can suggest a trait...and what should I buy with my golds? like equipment??? or potions or a mount?

and about the spells.... shall I put a star next to the ones I pick each day???

Which one is the trail team? Which posts?

Trail team is 'Episode 1 Scene 2 : It's New Day'

I suggest getting some weapons and or armor with special materials and masterwork. It can reduce weight and have other benefits.
Go to the house rules and expand the 'Spoiler: Weapon Adjustments for Special Materials' and 'Spoiler: Armor Rating Adjustments for Special Materials' sections to find details. Adding special features gets pricy quickly as the cost is multiplied.
Ex : masterwork longsword and mithril chain (and maybe add silver or cold iron as well to either the weapon or armor or both)
He has suggested not buying a mount. The can be borrowed if needed from the Garrison

ok thank you

Armor Adjuster...............AC.....Dex.....Wgt.....Cost
Cold Iron.........................+0......+0.......100%....+30%.....Special
Silvered..,........................+0......+0.......100%....+30%.....Special
Master Work.....................+0......+0.......90%.......x5
Leather to Leaf Leather......+0......+1.......70%......x10........Special

Metal to Wood...................-3......+3........35%.......x0.2
Metal to Bone....................-3......+3........35%.......x0.25....Special
Metal to Dark Wood...........+0......+1.......50%......x10
Metal to Spirit Wood..........+0......+0.......75%......x25........Special
Metal to Mythril.................+0......+1.......50%.....x10
Metal to Adamantite..........+1......+0.......100%....x10........Special

So how does this work well let us examine a Lamellar Shirt, Lamellar is made with threading pieces of metal together so its a metal armor but it is a metal armor that unlike Chain Mail can be made from wood due to its design. So we take the Lamellar Shirt and make it out of wood. As you can see below when we apply the adjustments for turning something from Metal into normal Wood

Metal Lamellar Shirt.*.........14.......+2.........Y*.........28........200
Metal to Wood....................-3........+3.....................35%.....x0.2
Wood Lamellar Shirt*..........11.......+5.........Y*.........10..........40

However if we were to change that into a Dark Wood Lamellar Shirt we get the following

Metal Lamellar Shirt.*.........14.......+2.........Y*.........28........200
Dark Wood........................+0.......+1.....................50%......x10
Dark Wood Lamellar Shirt....14.......+3.........Y*.........14......2,000


Weapon Adjuster
Master Work
..... Cost: x5
..... Effect: Each increment of x5 that is added to a weapon increases either its To Hit or To Damage aspect by +1. The current purchasable maximum is a +2 in either and/or both of these. Thus you can have a +1 To Hit or +1 Damage for x5 the cost or you can have a +1 To Hit and +1 Damage for x10 the cost and any combination up to a +2 To Hit and +2 Damage which would increase the base cost x20. Note with GM approval Masterwork can also be used to add or remove a property associated with a weapon.

omg guys... i am a noob.... I will do whatever Psybermagi said... masterwork longsword and mithril chain (and maybe add silver or child iron as well to either the weapon or armor or both)

Worse scenario I just keep the 700 gp and just buy a healing potion and then later on I just buy from a vendor something.... because I really do not have a clue wtf are you writing for me to buy....

Okay millyk I will look over your character sheet and give you some suggestions and then we can go from there.

Note you get maximum Hit Points at 1st level per the normal guidelines and I think you forget Con Mod on your 1st 2 rolls
-- thus (10+2) + (7+2) + (7+2) = HP 30

Now how does one spend 750 gp -- well in your case fairly easily as follows

Class Beginning Gear
.... (chose) Long Sword
.... (chose) Round Shield
.... (chose) Heavy Mace --- changed this from Javelins x5 you will see why
.... Cuir-Bouilli (Medium)(AC 14)(Wgt 21 lbs) --- you missed that you do not start with Chainmail
......... That being said a Breastplate (Medium)(AC 15) Costs 400 gp
................ and Chainmail (Heavy)(AC 16) Costs 600 gp
.... Amulet Holy Symbol of Tyr (1 lbs)
.... Priest's Pack --- this is better themed for your character and is worth more
......... Backpack (5 lbs)
......... Blanket (5 sp)
......... Candles (x10)
......... Tinderbox (1 lbs)
......... Alms Box (1 lbs)
......... Block of Incense (x2)
......... Censer (1 lbs)
......... Vestment (Costume Clothes)(5 gp)
......... Rations (2 days)(1 lbs)
......... Waterskin (5 lbs)

Background Equipment
.... Emblem Holy Symbol of Tyr (for Shield)
.... Prayer Book (3 lbs)
.... Incense Stick (x5)
.... Surcoat (Costume Clothes)(3 lbs)
.... Common Clothes (5 sp)
.... Pouch (1 lbs)
.... 15 gp

Items Sold
.... Round Shield ......................... 5 gp
.... Vestment (Costume Clothes) .... 5 gp
.... Coinage ............................... 15 gp
.... Common Clothes ............................ 5 sp
.... Blanket ......................................... 5 sp

Starting Funds 750gp + 26 gp = 776 gp

Items Purchased
... Travelers Clothes (4 lbs) .................................................. 2 gp
... Knight Shield (AC +3) with Holy Symbol of Tyr (6 lbs) ........ 15 gp
... Vestments (Fine Clothes)(6 lbs) ....................................... 15 gp
... Surcoat (Costume Clothes) with Holy Symbol of Tyr (3 lbs) ... 5 gp
... Bedroll (7 lbs) ................................................................. 1 gp
... Healers Kit (x3)(9 lbs) .................................................... 15 gp
... Rations (+4 days)(8 lbs) ................................................... 2 gp
... Silk Rope (50 ft)(5 lbs) ................................................... 10 gp
... Short Bow (2 lbs)(Range 80/320)(Penetrate 3) .................. 25 gp
... Quiver (1 lbs) ................................................................. 1 gp
... Arrows (Dmg 1d6)(x40)(2 lbs) .......................................... 2 gp
... Silvered Arrows (x20)(1 lbs) ............................................. 2 gp
... Holy Water (flask)(1 lbs)(x4) ......................................... 100 gp
... Mess Kit (1 lbs) ...................................................................... 2 sp
... Tankard (1 lbs) .............................................................................. 2 cp
... Whetstone (1 lbs) .......................................................................... 1 cp

... Heavy Mace (10 gp)(8 lbs)(Dmg 1d8)(Versatile 1d10) ....... 270 gp
....... Cold Iron (Fae, Undead, Fiends +1d4 Dmg)
....... Masterwork +1/+1
....... Masterwork Holy Water Discharge (1d4 Radiant Damage)
............ (3 Strikes per Flask)(Holds 2 Flasks)

... Long Sword (15 gp)(3 lbs)(Dmg 1d8)(Versatile 1d10) ....... 300 gp
....... Masterwork +2/+2

Total Spent : 766 gp 2 sp 3 cp

Remaining Coinage : 9 gp 7sp 7 cp

Now you could have upgraded your Armor from the starting Cuir-Bouilli but I think +1 or +2 AC is not as good as the regular +2 To Hit and +2 Damage for your Long Sword and the Heavy Mace that is particularly good against Undead and Fiends. Again the above is a suggestion on what you can spend your gold on but let me know if you are good with the above or not.

Yes, I am ok with what you wrote. Thanks