Character Creation

Second level. Anything in the PHB is allowed. If you roll for stats, do so in this forum for character creation. Equipment as per PHB +100 gp. No evil alignments.

This will be combat and action heavy, and I anticipate damage dealers and controllers to shine.

If you want to try rolling your stats (might as well try - characters with low stats will be given the stat array as an option), try it by:
- click the Red Advanced button below
- add a BASIC dice roll,
- in the "Reason" box type "Stats" or something as the description, and
- in the "Roll" box, type: 4d6,4d6,4d6,4d6,4d6,4d6
- leave Visibiliy as "Hide nothing"
Note: you'll have to drop the lowest yourself.

When you post, the roll will be added to the bottom of your post.

Let everyone know what type of character you're playing (race, class, background), so those adverse to duplication can avoid such.

To create a character sheet:
- click "Characters" at the top under the Gamersplane logo
- at the bottom, under New Character, fill out the Label (name, perhaps), choose D&D 5 as the system, and the type as PC.

Once you've created the character, partially or wholly, then you can submit it to the game, by:
- click "Games" at the top under the Gamersplane logo
- click the "Dangerous Prisoner" game
- at the bottom right, under "Submit a Character", select your char from the drop down list and click Submit
Note: the character can still be edited after you submit it.


Any questions or requests, post away!

Skydut had submitted a level 2 half orc paladin with the acolyte background.

Not sure what I'll be playing yet, will let you know as soon as I do ;)

With dropped lowest:
16, 9, 15, 17, 15, 3 (that's going to be an interesting dump stat ^^)

Haha. I played a dwarf druid last year with a 3 int and a 16 wis. It was pretty fun.

Ok, think I've got something. Bit of a trope, but I needed something to dump ;)

Grok "The Bloody", the ex-soldier city guard who got kicked out of his unit after killing a commanding officer in a bloodrage. He's the kindest, dumbest half-orc you ever saw, except in combat. He's now doing odd jobs where he can protect people and goods, and trying to make up for it all.

I'll submit a human wizard this evening,

Here's my rolls

man, didn't end up with any dumpers, might drop one or two a couple points for laughs

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I was thinking of playing a dwarf barbarian. I'll submit a character later tonight.

Edit: It looks like we have a barbarian already m, if I'm interpreting azira's blood rage correctly. I'll play a dwarf cleric.

Here are my rolls.

Yup, Azira submitted a half orc barbarian (soldier background).

If we have questions about the campaign setting, should we PM you?

If you want, send me a PM. Otherwise, post it here.

I just have a couple basic ones.

1. Are we in any established D&D setting (Forgotten Realms, Eberron, etc.)?
2. If not, does the "standard" pantheon apply? I would like to be a cleric of Moradin if he exists in the campaign.
3. What race is Gichan Abidal?
4. What kind of place is Marian Town? Just a couple details like size, type of location (coastal, etc.) will do.

Thanks so much!

No established setting.

Standard pantheon is fine.

Gichal Abidal is half elf

Marian Town is a crossroads in a temperate wooded forested area, but it is on a very large river (almost a mile across). Population is several thousand

I will be a human or dragonborn rogue criminal(background). I'm an ex-criminal on the path to becoming an Investigator/Detective.
Also for the human race do you use they get +1 to every stat or +1 to two stat, a skill and a feat?

My Stats are 11, 14, 17, 7, 9, 14. Not bad, I'm liking it!

oh yeah health ;p

Ouch, too bad with that HP roll, CNNWAS :(

Anyhow, here's mine:

Ouch, don't forget to take max for first level, we are going to be a bit on the squishy side :)

Here's my health for second level.

All right, that's everybody with a submitted character. I'll do a double check of the characters and post the intro scene tonight.

I did notice that argyle_ninja needs to add the dex mod as the damage bonus to your finesse weapons. Also to your earlier question, there are two human options, as you described.

For some quick background, why doesn't everybody post a quick introduction in this thread about how their characters would appear to the others, along with their most notable trait.

Character review: Kelvin. DM_Meyner, could you indicate the 5 first level spells he will have prepared. Maybe an asterisk at the beginning of the spell name. Everything else looked great.

Character review: Net Aloasam. Skydut:
- you could list the halforc racial abilities under feats/abilities.
- there are checkboxes for skill proficiencies. You should have Intimidation (half orc), +2 pally skills, + Insight & Religion from the background
- choose a religion/god for the acolyte bg

Character review: Baroril Durzak. Argyle_ninja, all good.

Character review, Hanson Gordon (CNNWAS)
- add Dex mod to finesse weapon damage
- add Dex mod to ranged weapon damage
Otherwise all good.

All set.

Character review: Grok. (Azira). All good.

Character review: Jhishma (Omenstar). All good.

hm.. how do we add to rolls? on my intimidate i tried doing 1d20 +1, but it only did the 1d20. Also, should we have a ooc thread of questions like this?

No spaces in the rolls

oh, thanks

Qralloq, could you please look over Nar and make sure he's good?

Hi Skydut. You should have 4 skills you're proficient in. You get Insight and Religion from the acolyte background, plus two from the paladin class.

You should check the prof bonus for saves. Paladins get Charisma and Wisdom.

Also, you should have a third spell. I think that it is 2+ half your pally level.

Thank you. I think I might have it now. I hope.

Regarding Paladin spells: the number you get is your Charisma modifier + half your paladin level.

What is the recommended way for tracking current HP and spell slots on these character sheets???

Hi all -- I'm rolling to be the new Nar. Keaton did a pretty good job -- I'm going for a Bale rather than a Clooney.

Looks ok to me, adjusted for 1/2 Orc
S14+2, D13, C13+1, I11, W14, Ch14 (edited to lower Dex and raise Wis)

Looks good. Welcome to the jailhouse grease ballet :)

That'll make a pretty strong character, with potentially only one stat without a bonus. When you've filled out a character sheet, go to Games-> Dangerous Prisoner and at the bottom right there is a Submit button. Do that and I'll review and accept it.

Wow! Makes me feel like a putz for playing it "safe" with the point buy...

Pretty fortunate -- a paladin utilizes so many attributes!

Dang -- hot dice!

Character looks good Cmbrian. Jump on in to the action, it's Nar's turn.

Brief summary: you were escorting a dangerous prisoner (that you had captured) to jail, but then some infernal escape plan was activated. Now, the party is engaged with the rest of the prisoners while four others, including the Dangerous Prisoner have probably escaped.

There is one prisoner left, ten or fifteen feet in front of you, who is grappling the other paladin in your party, Jhishma. So far, the party have been delivering knock out blows, but two of the downed prisoners are heavily blooded.

Rolling attributes.

9 - 14 - 7 - 12 - 13 - 11

Oh boy... I see my usual luck for rolling attributes has came back...

I allow the 5e stat array as a minimum. 15,14,13,12,10,8

My math brain notices that is exactly +1 to your rolled stats

Yep, that's why I said my usual luck is back... XD Guess I'll go with the standard array then...

Rolling for starting wealth and Trinket

Add an extra 150gp because you're starting at third level.

Is that on top of the 100 gp for second level or does it replaces it?

In addition to

Rolling HP

Guess I'll better roll HP for Grok too

Perfect average rolls, haha (4.5 per level)

Yep. Oh, I'm working on a bard btw.

Cyrind'ae Torviel



Cyrin'dae used to be an authority in the realm of ancient history. Many of the books she wrote on ancient battles, long lost-civilizations, and disposed dynasties of monarchs have found their way in various libraries and universities of the realms. Sadly, this was not to last.

One day she received a letter from her colleague Olrich Stonesinger asking about the coronation of the Resborough line, the current rulers of the kingdom where Cyrind'ae and Olrich were from. Looking in history books to find an answer for her colleague, she found some strange contradictions which she reported to her superior. The next day, she was discredited, several of her colleagues coming out and claiming she had made up facts in several of the books she wrote. Cyrind'ae was infuriated, and defended herself against such spurious accusations. She even offered to procure her notes to prove the accusation were false, but when she went to her study, she found it ablaze.

Disgraced, she had to leave the university where she was working. She though of visiting her colleague Olrich to tell him the news, but when she arrived, she learned from his family that Olrich had died two days ago under mysterious circumstances. What did Olrich uncovered and what sort of secret regarding the Resborough dynasty are people trying to cover?

Disappointed, she travelled the land, taking up the career of adventurer when she came upon an organisation called The Loreseekers. A group of adventurers dedicated to finding obscure knowledge and artifact of the past. She enlisted, received their official badge (a silvered star) marking her as a member of The Loreseekers, and set up to find buried knowledge from distant past, and perhaps, find an answer to this mysterious conspiracy covering the Resborough dynasty so that her colleague Olrich did not die in vain...

Thanks for joining Kalajel. 5e bards rock, I'm glad you rolled one. (My first 5e PC was a bard, too.)

I like the backstory, makes me want to... Nvm, I'll save that for a surprise.

Cyrind'ae had found her way to Marian Town, a crossroads within the Duchy of Harcourt. The whole town is talking about events yesterday where a jailbreak turned into a full blown demon invasion. A few adventurers were on hand to help set things right (with a little help from the local archmage, perhaps). Your pockets and cups runneth over that night, for generosity, gratitude, and goodwill keep the requests for stories, songs, and tales coming deep into the night. The center of action for you is the tavern The Lost Duckling, which was ground zero for the demon incursion. One of their regulars, Buxom Bella, was killed and partially eaten by the foul beasts.

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Not intending to start a role-playing thread here, just giving you background for the next chapter, which will start the next day.

Welcome Kalajel. Your bard looks great!

Thanks.

It's been enjoyably brutal around here so far. Welcome to the mayhem!

Rolling my starting portents for chapter 2:

A sixth player is joining us, Nikcollini. I'll post the starting thread later today or this evening, to get you lot going. We'll start the next morning in the same town.

for his 3rd level, my intent with Jhishma was to MC into warlock. Just double-checking that MC is allowed? Thanks!

Absolutely! I love multiclassing.

Rolls for stats as instructed:

I like those stats.
If its cool with you all, I will be playing a ranger that uses a crossbow. I will have a full thing written for him tomorrow or the next day at the latest. Sorry all if I am slowing the game down. I had a test sort of "pop up" that I thought was next week. Even still, I will have everything ready by Thursday night at the very latest.

That's cool Nikcollini, Thursday is fine. Just remember to drop the lowest of the 4d6 rolls ;-)

Also, check out the current post. Your character should be someone who volunteers to escort the letters to the king. If we get going before Thursday, you will be a nondescrip volunteer up to the point that you jump in.

Jhishma is 5 gp short of splint mail. Any chance I could trade in my heavy crossbow for the difference?

Keep the crossbow. You can get it with a 5gp discount.

Right, right, lull me into thinking how kind you are just before the vampire ambush on the "benign" letter carrying errand, right?

"You find a giant cache of healing potions and the games autosaves."

I am making my character's sheet real quick so I can get started tomorrow evening, and i've got a few questions if thats cool:
Am I allowed to switch out Longbow and quiver of arrows from Ranger starting equipment to a heavy crossbow?
Also are we allowing variant humans?

Yes and yes

I'll approve the character for now, but your stats are way too high. You rolled 11,11,15,14,14,14 after dropping the lowest. Variant Human gives you two +1s.

Also, in the weapon attacks, please put your attack bonus in the attack cell, rather than the damage type, and add your str/dex mod to the damage rolls (I.e., 1d6+3). This will save you and me both time later.

Gotcha. I use the stats I rolled up above right? I rolled four 16's, a 14, and a 12. Is that not what I use? I'll fix it all tonight.

We roll 4d6 but drop the lowest die of those 4. For example, if you rolled 3,4,5,6 you would drop the 3 for a net roll of 15 rather than 18. There isn't a way to do the "drop the lowest die" in the roll tool, so we have to do that manually.

You can always enter the dice in the field as "1d6, 1d6, 1d6, 1d6" without the quotation marks...

(I do not know how to post pictures)

An ex-solider, Owen Daughtery used to be a very talented Scout for the King’s army. He has always lived in and around the Marian Town area, and he loves his home. In fact, he typically takes it upon himself to hunt dangerous creatures or animals around the town, in order to ensure the local’s safety outside the town proper. As such he has never lost an edge with his crossbow, even after retiring.Rumors about his early retirement swim about the town, but no clear cut reason has ever surfaced. The best guess is that he had a falling out with a superior officer.
He only just returned to town when he heard about the mess that befell it at the jail, and promptly volunteered to take help take word to the king. Demons were not something he is used to dealing with, and would rather not see his home burn.

(Hope the sheet is fixed, let me know what else I need to do.)

I edited your sheet, see the weapon attacks. Let me know if you disagree with my math.

Also, there isn't a spot to keep track of your spells, so maybe keep that in your notes (spells per day, max and spells used).

Otherwise, looked great!

Thank you that works fine. Seems I am confused, what is the difference between attack bonus and damage?
Also, does that mean I can get started or do you need to introduce me first?

I suggest reading about combat in chapter 9 of the PHB, pp. 189-200 (but at least, specifically, p. 193 "Making An Attack")

If you make a crossbow attack, you would add the "to hit" roll and the damage roll to the post. The "to hit" roll is 1d20 plus the bonus (+7 for you) and the damage is 1d10+3. Separating them by a comma allows you to do it in one line.

This post had such a roll for an example.

I'll arbitrate the effect of each attack, and let you know when to roll what. As we stand, jump into the game!

Cool. I'll do that. Do I add prof to the attack bonus of the damage?

Welcome Nikcollini!

Prof is only added to the attack roll, not damage.

Alright, I hope I do this correctly.

Cool so it looks like 12, 14, 9, 8, 15, 11. Not the greatest, but not too shabby. I'll post a small backstory after filling in my stats.

Hey Toastymalone. I've approved your character for now, but let me know when you're finished editing it and I'll review it. Or let us know if you have any questions about GP mechanics.

Awesome, I'll PM you when I've finished. I realized I should probably roll my health here too, so here goes.

There are some things you'll need to keep track of in the notes section, or as a "feat/ability". Like spell slots maximum and remaining, and spells prepared. The latter you could denote with a star in the spell name.

A cleric! Oh blessed day! A cleric!

Your character looks good, except AC s/b 16 with the shield.

Also, since you're not level 1, you should have better gear - take 420 gp in extra wealth.

Why thank you.

Your username reminds me of the old mobster nicknames...

"Yeah, you need some fake papers? Toasty Malone is the guy to see for that. Why they call him Toasty? Hey, don't be a wise guy, okay..." (to be read in Joe Pesci's voice).

...did you say Gangbusters?

"Nyaa, you'll never catch me alive copper! Nyaa..."

Haha I like this group already!

Nar will take the Great Weapon Master Feat rather than an ability score bump.
+ 7 hp; new max: 34

Grok will bump 2 strength to 20.

Edit: +12 HP, new HP: 42

Cyrind'ae increases both her STR and CHA by 1 each. I'll take Vicious Mockery as my new cantrip and Suggestion as my new 2nd level spell.

I'd gladly keep a harp for myself. :P

All right, Fritz Wilhelm looks good, so I'm going to get this party (re)started... we continue now to Chapter 3...

Owen will take his Dex up two points, and take the standard HP increase.