Character Creation

I had a story to submit to the GP fiction anthology, and today was my deadline for edits. I just turned it in, so I'll have my character done asap.

No worries! We're making good progress, and I have the first post ready whenever you all are!

Yep, sorry for holding things up! I’m always the last one! Determined to get this thing started up ASAP!

With the classes chosen so far, that peasant priest might just fit in!

Ended up on a wizard! Hope that doesn’t step on anyones toes! Will put it together!

I'm all for it! I can tell how jealous you are of Eltrezar and his prowess/swagger in the ToEE game.

Sooooooo jealous.

All done, I think.



Jabrano (nobody ever bothered to give her a last name) is a half-orc warrior. And she used to be a bandit in a neighbouring country, born and raised in that lifestyle until traumatic events involving a priest of Doary gave her the strength to choose another destiny for herself.

She is still a wanted criminal back in her home country, and the gang she used to belong to didn't take kindly to her running away either, so occasional bounty hunters have been an issue.

Of course she doesn't advertise any of this...

She is friendly and outgoing by nature, but withdrawn and reserved to strangers by necessity.

She could be on good terms with anybody good-natured and pushy enough to get past her defenses.

I'm curious, do you have an idea which country is your home, and which is your escape?

She escaped to the country where we currently reside (I assume Caldan, because it's the big one in the middle of the map - if it has been mentioned somewhere I missed it), and she has no trouble with law enforcement there beyond what she gets by virtue of being a half-orc.

And she's from one of the other major human kingdoms, Roshar or Boramar. I guess Boramar has more bandit gangs, but I doubt any of the kingdoms is free of them.

Being unfamiliar with the setting, they're little more than names to me. What matters to me is that she's from a more or less normal, relatively lawful realm, and not some Mordor analogue. She was raised by a mostly human bandit gang, not an Orc tribe.

Given that information, likely Roshar. There really isn't much to the setting other than a map to give players some reference, since none of the modules I'm looking at give a hoot about political boundaries or intrigue. Heck, the extent I know about the setting is that Caldan is more classic western europe, Boramar has a more Germanic/Goth feel, and Roshar is unsurprisingly Russian. But later modules might use bandit gangs, and it would be interesting to see if Jabrano's old mates show up.

Oh, right… That problem.

Time to look at War Wizard then! :D

@Carabas, wanted to talk about Strength real quick! I did some more reading into the matter of the strength bonus, and the vast internets have backed up my initial call of the bonus bringing you to the next bracket. The reasoning behind this is that racial modifiers can't take your stat above the racial maximum, and so most classes would be maxed out at 18. Warriors, however, have exceptional strength, and therefore can be a little above the rest. But 19 is the same strength as a Hill Giant. The difference between Str 18 and 19 is pretty dang vast, and while you might roll pretty dang well, it's still representing a character within reasonable boundaries. An example of enhancing strength like this can be found in the Improved Strength spell.

I'm not going to make you change your character, but I am setting a future precedent. Because that +7 to damage scares me.

Don’t worry, it’ll be balanced out by Uldor never damaging anything, ever!

I like the one you picked.