Dec 13, 2024 6:38 pm
Cool, thanks.
Secrets of the Greenwold PC creation/advancement
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Dec 14, 2024 2:40 am
OK, Woody's been added to the game.
Dec 14, 2024 3:02 am
spaceseeker19 says:
OK, Woody's been added to the game.Dec 14, 2024 10:15 am
A quick primer on making a character public:
First, you can tell whether your own character is public by going to the Character Library and typing in the name of the character that may or may not be public. If the character shows up there, it's public. If it doesn't, it's NOT.
How do you make a character public? Click/tap on the "Characters" link in the top nav (appears at the top of every page on Gamers Plane), then select "All Characters." You'll be taken to a page listing all of the characters you've made. For each one, there are a series of four icons on the right: a gear, a pencil, a book, and an X. If the book is RED, that means the character IS public. If the book is grey, that character IS NOT public.
In the picture above, the character on top is NOT public, but the character underneath IS public.
Right now, as I check this, the following characters who are/were part of this campaign are public:
Adran
Elysia
5e2014 Faith
Gunter Gotrekson
Morik
Princess (though it is my recreation of the character; GC systematically deleted all of his characters when he quit the site)
These characters are NOT public:
Bramlin Braveless
Elowin
Eozindra
Ishi
Woody the Kid
The reason I encourage characters to be public in play-by-post is that the rate of posting is so much slower that people can forget which characters do what/did what/have what/are capable of what. Removing an impediment to knowing that reduces some of the delay inherent in PbP: if a person on your team can look up something about your character, then there doesn't have to be time (days) spent on a discussion asking for those details.
But it is an encouragement; no one is required to make their PCs public.
I'll be posting the first part of chapter four later today.
First, you can tell whether your own character is public by going to the Character Library and typing in the name of the character that may or may not be public. If the character shows up there, it's public. If it doesn't, it's NOT.
How do you make a character public? Click/tap on the "Characters" link in the top nav (appears at the top of every page on Gamers Plane), then select "All Characters." You'll be taken to a page listing all of the characters you've made. For each one, there are a series of four icons on the right: a gear, a pencil, a book, and an X. If the book is RED, that means the character IS public. If the book is grey, that character IS NOT public.
In the picture above, the character on top is NOT public, but the character underneath IS public.
Right now, as I check this, the following characters who are/were part of this campaign are public:
Adran
Elysia
5e2014 Faith
Gunter Gotrekson
Morik
Princess (though it is my recreation of the character; GC systematically deleted all of his characters when he quit the site)
These characters are NOT public:
Bramlin Braveless
Elowin
Eozindra
Ishi
Woody the Kid
The reason I encourage characters to be public in play-by-post is that the rate of posting is so much slower that people can forget which characters do what/did what/have what/are capable of what. Removing an impediment to knowing that reduces some of the delay inherent in PbP: if a person on your team can look up something about your character, then there doesn't have to be time (days) spent on a discussion asking for those details.
But it is an encouragement; no one is required to make their PCs public.
I'll be posting the first part of chapter four later today.
Dec 14, 2024 4:28 pm
That campaign tracker is wonderful.
Question are feats allowed at level 4 or are they completely banned?
Question are feats allowed at level 4 or are they completely banned?
Dec 14, 2024 5:11 pm
I like the campaign tracker, too. The special abilities that the party has acquired haven't really been used so far; does anyone have any suggestions on how we could remember those unlocked abilities in play?
As for Feats, we're not using Feats in this game. It's an optional rule in 5e (or at least it is in the 2014 version that we are using in this campaign). We have a list of 5e optional rules we are using in this game; Feats is not on the list.
As for Feats, we're not using Feats in this game. It's an optional rule in 5e (or at least it is in the 2014 version that we are using in this campaign). We have a list of 5e optional rules we are using in this game; Feats is not on the list.
Dec 25, 2024 9:22 pm
spaceseeker19 says:
idylliceffie says:
Hello! I'm new but playing a character already in the compaign! I'm friends with Red, and I'll be playing her sister! Will do a proper introduction but wanted to roll stats in case I was supposed to if updating her character. Excited to get to know you all!It hadn't occurred to me, but it makes sense that you could choose to customize the character for yourself. Unfortunately in this instance, I cannot just reassign the character to another player, nor can I copy the character and give you your own copy.
So, to start with, I recommend you do three things:
1) Given your question, decide to either:
a) keep her existing scores (and derived characteristics such as AC and initiative modifier),
or
b) use your rerolled ability scores (and adjust the derived characteristics)
For reference, you can (possibly) look at the existing Elysia character sheet (that's a clickable link). The ability scores of the original are: STR: 11, DEX: 18, CON: 15, INT: 11, WIS: 12, CHR: 14, which gives that version of the character an AC of 15 (leather armor), HP of 24, and an initiative modifier of +4.
You can also choose to make her human, elf, or half-elf (any of those three make sense narratively); the original Elysia is a half-elf.
2) Before you make a character sheet for Elysia on GP to record your choices, however, I recommend that you look at the character sheets of the other players. There's a fairly wide variety of formatting available just in this party. The characters are all linked from this post at the beginning of this thread (another clickable link). Find a character sheet that you like, and ask that player what template they used. Elysia's original player used the default D&D 5e character sheet provided by Gamers Plane, which may not be your preference. Once you've found a template you like, use your preferred template to create your Elysia's character sheet.
3) On the new Elysia character sheet, if you can view the existing Elysia character sheet (you should be able to, as I asked everyone to make their characters public), you can copy the equipment (the equipment will remain the same) and notes. If you can't view it for some reason, let me know and I'll copy it myself and send it to you.
Dec 25, 2024 9:26 pm
Also, I don't know if this is where we do proper introductions, but HI AGAIN!
I am sorry for the delay. Real life just took over but I'm ready to fully participate! So be ready to see my character in the chat!
I will be player Eir, formally Elysia (Red and I thought it best to change bc we're in another campaign where her characters' name is Elysia, and it just gets too confusing with the amount of DnD campaigns I'm in haha). She's a half-elf rogue (thief), who's very protective of her sister, Eozindra. My icon is what Eir looks like, which is almost the same as before but slightly different.
Thank you again for your patience while I figured out IRL stuff before joining!
I've been playing DnD for about 2 years consistently now, but this is my first time in this format! I'm excited to get to know you all and your characters!
I am sorry for the delay. Real life just took over but I'm ready to fully participate! So be ready to see my character in the chat!
I will be player Eir, formally Elysia (Red and I thought it best to change bc we're in another campaign where her characters' name is Elysia, and it just gets too confusing with the amount of DnD campaigns I'm in haha). She's a half-elf rogue (thief), who's very protective of her sister, Eozindra. My icon is what Eir looks like, which is almost the same as before but slightly different.
Thank you again for your patience while I figured out IRL stuff before joining!
I've been playing DnD for about 2 years consistently now, but this is my first time in this format! I'm excited to get to know you all and your characters!
Dec 26, 2024 11:13 pm
idylliceffie says:
I will be player Eir, formally Elysia (Red and I thought it best to change bc we're in another campaign where her characters' name is Elysia, and it just gets too confusing with the amount of DnD campaigns I'm in haha). She's a half-elf rogue (thief), who's very protective of her sister, Eozindra. My icon is what Eir looks like, which is almost the same as before but slightly different. 1) Decide whether or not Eir is currently wearing the magic spider ring.
2) Upload Eir's picture to the character sheet, so that her picture appears when you post in-character.
3) Advance Eir from level 3 to level 4.
If you choose to roll for HP, do the roll in a post in this thread.
Thank you, and welcome!
Dec 27, 2024 7:08 am
spaceseeker19 says:
idylliceffie says:
I will be player Eir, formally Elysia (Red and I thought it best to change bc we're in another campaign where her characters' name is Elysia, and it just gets too confusing with the amount of DnD campaigns I'm in haha). She's a half-elf rogue (thief), who's very protective of her sister, Eozindra. My icon is what Eir looks like, which is almost the same as before but slightly different. 1) Decide whether or not Eir is currently wearing the magic spider ring.
2) Upload Eir's picture to the character sheet, so that her picture appears when you post in-character.
3) Advance Eir from level 3 to level 4.
If you choose to roll for HP, do the roll in a post in this thread.
Thank you, and welcome!
1. Is the Spider Ring an attunement item? I think she would have it, so if there's a way I can get further details on it to add to my DnD Beyond sheet, that would be amazing! No rush!
2. Eir's picture has been uploaded and should be appearing. It's the current one right now. She hasn't changed much other than she has purple eyes, a white streak in her hair, and has a faint scar over her right eye (and miscellaneous ones all over from learning to do rogue things).
3. Thank you! I will advance her shortly! I believe I did roll for HP so I will post that here. My CON is a +3 so I believe I am supposed to add 7 to my HP, as I rolled a 4 here.
Red also reminded me (thank you!) that we used ASIs for the level feats. So I made sure to NOT add a feat for my level 4 level up and did the ASI.
Last edited December 27, 2024 7:11 am
Rolls
Hit Dice - (1d8)
(4) = 4
Dec 27, 2024 2:39 pm
idylliceffie says:
1. Is the Spider Ring an attunement item? I think she would have it, so if there's a way I can get further details on it to add to my DnD Beyond sheet, that would be amazing! No rush!idylliceffie says:
I believe I did roll for HP so I will post that here. My CON is a +3 so I believe I am supposed to add 7 to my HP, as I rolled a 4 here.Dec 27, 2024 5:24 pm
spaceseeker19 says:
idylliceffie says:
1. Is the Spider Ring an attunement item? I think she would have it, so if there's a way I can get further details on it to add to my DnD Beyond sheet, that would be amazing! No rush!idylliceffie says:
I believe I did roll for HP so I will post that here. My CON is a +3 so I believe I am supposed to add 7 to my HP, as I rolled a 4 here.And her original HP was 27, so if it's +7 (rolled 4 + the 3 from my CON), shouldn't it be 34?
NOTE: I just noticed in DND Beyond I had 27 but here I put 24 HP. So I will make it 31 and change my DnD Beyond sheet. I must have pressed 4 instead of 7 when i was typing things over. Sorry about that!
Thanks again!
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Dec 27, 2024 6:20 pm
With regards to the coins that the party found in the rat's nest in the sewer: Eir/Elysia had picked up the sack and pocketed it without counting. At any time during one of the rests since then, Eir has pulled it out and counted it (I apologize; I lost track of that): there is 1 krugerrand, 70 argents, and 100 bits. For reference, when we started this campaign, everyone suggested names for the different denominations of currency. The coins are named and described in this linked thread: Government and Currency.
Had I remembered to provide those details, the money would probably have been divvied up during whichever rest it was counted. However, if you want to say that Eir didn't count it until now, you can divide it among the current party members as you wish at the next opportunity (ie, including Woody and Faith, rather than Ishi and Elowin).
With regards to the sword: it is not magical, nor does it have any unusual mechanical features. It is a trophy that Eir kept after defeating one of the Duke's guards in Chapter Two: a standard-issue short sword forged for the guards in the capitol city of Grayhaven.
Had I remembered to provide those details, the money would probably have been divvied up during whichever rest it was counted. However, if you want to say that Eir didn't count it until now, you can divide it among the current party members as you wish at the next opportunity (ie, including Woody and Faith, rather than Ishi and Elowin).
With regards to the sword: it is not magical, nor does it have any unusual mechanical features. It is a trophy that Eir kept after defeating one of the Duke's guards in Chapter Two: a standard-issue short sword forged for the guards in the capitol city of Grayhaven.
Dec 28, 2024 3:53 am
This is my first time not using beyond for my character.
If I make mistakes, please point them out
Also, with the gp roller being what it is, you're probably better off using fixed hp
If I make mistakes, please point them out
Also, with the gp roller being what it is, you're probably better off using fixed hp
Last edited December 28, 2024 3:54 am
Dec 28, 2024 4:31 am
Eyes says:
Also, with the gp roller being what it is, you're probably better off using fixed hp
Dec 28, 2024 5:05 am
Eyes says:
This is my first time not using beyond for my character.If I make mistakes, please point them out
I still use Beyond. Update there, then transcribe here.
Shhhhhhhh!