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Mar 22, 2022 8:55 am
balgan144 says:
I'm currently working on a halfling ranger, leaning towards two weapon style (unless anyone with more experience says it's terrible) called Larne.

Larne's mother was from Ireland and was chased out of town by her religious family after getting pregnant by a French sailor visiting their town. As such Larne was born aboard a ship between Ireland and France.

As he grew up his father started taking him on short haul journeys and Larne fell in love with the sea, even taking on nautical nicknames and slang, often referred to a little bosun.

Once into his adult years Larne started striking out on his own on various longer journeys on ships, mostly around the Mediterranean, after a few close calls with pirates and enemy vessels Larne began to learn to fight, quick and small he found people often overlooked him and used this to his advantage.

After his most recent return his father told him of a journey to the new world setting off shortly, and how if he were a younger man he would jump at the opportunity to sail to new lands.
Sounds pretty good. Halfling Ranger is nice and you can fight with two weapons sure. Good story too thanks.
Mar 22, 2022 1:50 pm
I think the best option for captain would probably be the warlord, both from a flavor and a mechanics POV. But he's the cook, so....
Last edited March 22, 2022 1:51 pm
Mar 22, 2022 2:08 pm
balgan144 says:
... ranger, leaning towards two weapon style (unless anyone with more experience says it's terrible)...
I'll just say that you need a lot of feats to stay relevant. Not sure how high we're planning to go here, so that may or may not matter.

Last edited March 22, 2022 6:27 pm
Mar 22, 2022 6:38 pm
Looks like we've got all four roles filled, so I'm going to play around with a few ideas. I know I'm going to be dragonborn, but aside from that, I'm not sure yet.
Mar 22, 2022 7:11 pm
My sheets all done, I think anyway. Just one question, where does the running attack feature in place of the prime shot come from I can't seem to find it in the PHB's but I've seen it whilst googling.
Mar 22, 2022 7:44 pm
the name of it is Running Attack?
Mar 22, 2022 7:45 pm
Ah, running attack is in Martial Power 2.
Mar 22, 2022 8:42 pm
Ah that's why I can't find it in the phb then.
Mar 22, 2022 8:50 pm
Are we allowed to use powers and feats from the supplements?
Mar 22, 2022 9:32 pm
Hey guys, if no one else has claimed it, I'd like to put my character forward for the Gunner position. I'm thinking of having my character come from a well-to-do family. He obtained a commission after graduating from an artillery school.

He was well on his way to a promising career, but a fateful encounter with a beautiful woman, and a duel afterwards saw an end to that idea. Cast out by his family, my character now uses his skills on the sailing ships looking for a new life.

What roles haven't been filled yet? I can see my Fighter being a Striker..
Mar 22, 2022 9:51 pm
Squadfather44 says:
Hey guys, if no one else has claimed it, I'd like to put my character forward for the Gunner position. I'm thinking of having my character come from a well-to-do family. He obtained a commission after graduating from an artillery school.

He was well on his way to a promising career, but a fateful encounter with a beautiful woman, and a duel afterwards saw an end to that idea. Cast out by his family, my character now uses his skills on the sailing ships looking for a new life.

What roles haven't been filled yet? I can see my Fighter being a Striker..
Roles are more tied to your class than your build in this system. It's different from 3e/5e where you can make them tankier or healier or whatever by changing stats and numbers around, in 4e it's more hard coded into your class' identity.

In the Fighter's case, he's a defender. You can always build your character around a secondary role, so you could make our Gunner be a Defender/Striker, but if you wanna go all in on damage, perhaps another class is more appropriate?
Mar 23, 2022 1:50 am
Hybrids are allowed, as well as supplements. Just cite where you're getting stuff from. Characters can be from any European country theoretically but you need to speak French and work under the French Flag. Remember also that the Protestant Reformation just happened about 30 years ago, so there is big emphasis on Lutheran, Calvanist, Catholic, Jewish, Greek Orthodox and/or even Muslim. Those are things to consider as well, though Pirates were much more welcoming of everyone than other typical organizations.

Dragonborn can be from Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, etc...Have fun and work it into the game. Captains were always democratically elected on Pirate ships and you also have 50 sailors on the ship too. But you can elect Captain among yourselves and it is not necessarily dependent on a Warrior type. For example: The most successful pirate of all time, was Black Bart, who rose up from being a deckhand to Captain.

Anyways, have fun with this guys. This game is very different and should be fun. Remember Linguist Feat could be very handy as well. Thanks.
Mar 23, 2022 2:01 am
balgan144 says:
I'm thinking either rogue, ranger or battle mind, will have a better look when I get home this afternoon
Balgan, I approved your character, but fixed one thing. Rangers start with 12 plus CON score for HP, so your HP should be 26, not 19. You had done 5 plus CON score, but that is only for levels past 1st. Thanks.
Mar 23, 2022 2:11 am
Oh...We can use other books? Like the Powers? I might change up my build a little. The Shaper Psion was my favorite but I didn't think it was an option.
Mar 23, 2022 2:33 am
Dreamblade says:
Oh...We can use other books? Like the Powers? I might change up my build a little. The Shaper Psion was my favorite but I didn't think it was an option.
Yes that is fine, as long as you can cite it to me and I can read it. The only books not allowed are the Setting Specific books. You can change up your character, no worries. I want you to have fun and options. Just always check with me first if in doubt thanks.
Mar 23, 2022 4:17 am
Yeah. I happen to own all the "X Powers" books, it would only be from there if not the 3 PHBs.
Mar 23, 2022 4:30 am
Dreamblade says:
Yeah. I happen to own all the "X Powers" books, it would only be from there if not the 3 PHBs.
Ok cool, no problem. I own a few of them, thus I want it cited, so I can look it up online if needed. I guess I wasn't clear on that, my bad. Just no Essentials or Setting Specific books.
Mar 23, 2022 6:59 am
Belus312 says:

Balgan, I approved your character, but fixed one thing. Rangers start with 12 plus CON score for HP, so your HP should be 26, not 19. You had done 5 plus CON score, but that is only for levels past 1st. Thanks.
Ah thanks, never say no to more HP.
Belus312 says:
Dreamblade says:
Oh...We can use other books? Like the Powers? I might change up my build a little. The Shaper Psion was my favorite but I didn't think it was an option.
Yes that is fine, as long as you can cite it to me and I can read it. The only books not allowed are the Setting Specific books. You can change up your character, no worries. I want you to have fun and options. Just always check with me first if in doubt thanks.
I might have another look at the martial power 2 then.

Also in regards to languages halfling says common plus one other, so that would be French plus one other?
Mar 23, 2022 7:05 am
I’m thinking that I would like to be a navigator. Playing as a deva, I would like my memories of a thousand lifetimes to be adventurous times at sea. In real life I am learning Portuguese, so that will be my second of three languages. I’m thinking German would be my third, as Tavar spent some time studying with Martin Luther. I’m not sure how long it will take me to fill out the character sheet, but I like the structure.
I’m thinking about multi classing into Rune Priest because I like adding some divine on top of my divine.

Is there rumors of monsters or actual in person reports that we have access to?
Mar 23, 2022 8:35 am
balgan144 says:
Belus312 says:

Balgan, I approved your character, but fixed one thing. Rangers start with 12 plus CON score for HP, so your HP should be 26, not 19. You had done 5 plus CON score, but that is only for levels past 1st. Thanks.
Ah thanks, never say no to more HP.
Belus312 says:
Dreamblade says:
Oh...We can use other books? Like the Powers? I might change up my build a little. The Shaper Psion was my favorite but I didn't think it was an option.
Yes that is fine, as long as you can cite it to me and I can read it. The only books not allowed are the Setting Specific books. You can change up your character, no worries. I want you to have fun and options. Just always check with me first if in doubt thanks.
I might have another look at the martial power 2 then.

Also in regards to languages halfling says common plus one other, so that would be French plus one other?
Balgan, were are not using Racial Languages other than what the Monsters will speak and there is no Common. However, you'd need to meet them first in order to eventually take a language from them. There is no Halfling, Dwarven, Gnomish, Orcish, etc...So everyone can start with 2 Real Life languages.

In 1550, Latin was very prevalent. Also there is French, Spanish, Dutch, English, Portuguese, Welsh, Scottish, German, Italian, Greek, Russian, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Flemish, Arabic and Turkish.
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