Character Creation Thread

Yeah, no darkvision for players. Worrying about torches going out is a core element of the game. Furthermore, many non-humanoid monsters are "dark adapted", allowing them to see in the dark even though you can't.

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@Balthazar - Yes, sorry. I did miss that.

In Shadowdark, all the spells you know are available to cast at the start of each day. To cast a spell, you must succeed at a spellcasting check. This check is a d20 + your spellcasting ability modifier (WIS for priests, INT for Wizards, CHA for Witches). The difficulty is 10 + the tier of the spell (tier = spell level). If you succeed, the spell is successful AND the spell remains available to cast again. If you fail, the spell does not work and you cannot cast it again until after you rest (the generic term "rest" in this game means getting a night's sleep in a safe place). If you roll a natural 20 on your check, that's a critical success. You can pick one aspect of the spell and double it (damage, duration, range, number of targets, etc). A natural 1 is a critical failure. Priests lose the spell until they perform penance (usually a sacrifice of gold or valuables is sufficient). Wizards and Witches have spell mishaps on a critical failure.

One side note is that most spells succeed or fail on the casting roll alone - no to-hit roll required and no save by the target allowed.

So, for Gromlin He would roll 1d20 + 3 (wis) +1 (Talent = +1 to priest spellcasting checks) = 1d20+4

Have you accepted my character sheet yet? I am not able to make my posts from my character.

Below is an image of Gromlin Battlebeard:

As to the other party members, Gromlin is a fatherly like personality. Let me know who of you might appreciate and engage in such a relationship and those who might be repelled or resistant to such a relationship.

I just approved your character. I have a question about your inventory, however. You have one inventory slot labeled "Rations (x3)" which makes sense (3 rations can fit in one inventory slot). But then you have two more slots that say "Rations". Are those additional rations? Or are those part of the "Rations (x3)" If it is the latter, they don't need their own slots.

Also, as a reminder, I have a house rule that you can bring an empty sack into the dungeon. It takes up one inventory slot while empty. If you put items in the sack, it stops using inventory space, but you must use two hands to carry it. The sack can hold up to 5 inventory slots when being carried in this way.

Also, something i forgot to put in my house rules is that I assume a lantern holds one flask of oil inside it. So a single inventory slot can hold a lantern and one hour of oil (but not the empty flask that oil came in).

I can hear the shouts of "you're not my real dad" already! 🤣🤣

I misunderstood... looked like 3 Rations were bought together but each took up a slot... so 20 crossbow bolts take up 1 gear slot... would make better sence than 1 bolt per slot! May pick up a crossbow then with that revelation!
Awesome, will be sure to add a sack!
will add another oil flask to be within the lamp.
Not unless you want to see a grown Dwarf cry

Rolled lucky on the Luck Token roll!!

Luck Tokens for session 1 - (1d4)

(4) = 4

Hey @timplausible, thanks for having me. Excited to be playing shadowdark!

Let me roll some dice. I’ll be posting character details tomorrow. For your information, I am posting from Belgium, meaning that I might be a few hours ahead of other players based in North America.

@RageRedI can't use a longbow, but if you want the silk slippers and robe I'd still be happy to trade.

I believe the rules intend for spellcasting stat to be linked to the type of spell, not the type of caster. Thus, Wizard spell = INT. However, Shune the Vile is the "Mother Witch", so it seems to me like the spells she grants should be "witchy". Here's a compromise: For your boon spells, you can choose to gain Wizard spells or Witch spells. Wizard spells still use INT, but Witch spells use CHA.

I've changed my ruling on this in a subsequent post. You can use CHA for any casting check, but you can still choose Wizard or Witch spells.

So, after some light reading and character creation, I can see why multiclassing isn't a thing. 😂

I have some homebrew that creates a series of classes called Fighter-Wizard, Priest-Thief, etc. They basically have half the abilities of each class, but still mechanically function as a single class. Haven't had a chance to playtest them yet.

Thief/Ranger stuck out to me. Ranger lets you pick a weapon to deal 1d12 with. Thief does sneak attack by rolling an additional weapon damage die.

Even though Thief and Ranger work together thematically, the possibility for a backstab dealing 5d12 is a bit nuts.

Talents: +2 Str, Dex, or Int x3
HP: 13
Background: Cult Initiate. You know blasphemous secrets and rituals
Starting Gold: 70 gp

Loot Roll: 6, 82

I submitted my character sheet. Hopefully, I did everything right. :)