Character Creation Thread

Similarly, as a reminder, your CON modifier only adds to your hit points at first level. After that, it's just straight rolls (with my house rule allowing you to re-roll 1s).

The drop in AC is the part that makes me the saddest.

We should start a betting pool on who dies first. (I'm betting on me. Lol)

Decided to go for elf witch so I'm gonna roll for talent, gold etc. Honestly there's a good change I'm gonna have 1 hp, so I'm probably most likely to die first.

Edit: Ok well reroll aces might not do what I think it does, but it looks like I rolled a 4 after the 1 so I have 2 hp.

Don't forget, you start at 3rd level.

@AnonGL - Your loot is a staff made of polished mahogany. The word Torch is etched on it. Once/day, if you say the word "Torch" while holding the staff, one end will ignite in flames. The staff will burn as bright as a torch for as long as a torch. If the staff is used as a melee weapon while ignited, it deals 1 extra point of fire damage.

You could sell the staff for 80 gp.

<this post was accidentally edited over by a clumsy GM. Many apologies.>

Alright... now I think I'm done, and much easier to hit than before.

@AnonGL - you can re-roll "1"s that you get on hit point rolls (house rule). Also, the Talent rolls are 2d6 (I notice now that you did that on your level 1 talent as well).

@timplausible, I have a few question.

Regarding character creation:
- there is no listed price for a bard's instrument, nor any mention of it being necessary for the use of a bard's powers; should one be required, Melayne would have a harp, as seen on the image on his character sheet. Would it take one slot? That would require to give up some other item. I also figured he might have juggling balls or some other such thing to distract and perform... would those need to be listed and occupy slots?
- a single dagger occupies a slot, or could he have two or three?
- when you buy a lamp, is it assumed to already contain oil?

Regarding his bardic powers:
- does the presence feature require an action ? In other words, must he forfeit an attack if he wants to inspire or fascinate?
- how does fascinate work? Do targets just stand there, mesmerized? If they are attacked, does that break the fascination effect on that individual, or the group?
- just to get this right, whenever Melayne uses the wand, he needs to succeed on a DC11 Charisma check. If he fails non-critically, he the dweomer does not work, and he can no longer use the wand until he gets a full rest. If he fails critically, he must roll on the wizard mishap table and the wand is broken. If he succeeds critically the duration of the spell is doubled (since that is the only random element to the spell). Did I get this right?

The XP chart I'm looking at (p.43) clearly says 20. Different edition, perhaps?

He already said ability bonus doesn't add to damage.
Yes, I could, but I don't want one so I didn't.

@matmaisan - I just discovered there is an updated Bard class. It's mostly the same, but makes the Fascinate ability a little easier to use. I added it to the character rules folder.

Answers to your other questions: A lot of your questions have no official answer (the game's creator likes to leave a lot of things up to individual GMs by... not making rules).
* We'll say bard's instrument is free, but it does take up an inventory slot. Playing it is necessary for Fascinate, but not for Inspire.
* You've got the wand thing correct
* Fascinate causes targets to stand and stare/listen as long as the effect lasts, and as long as no one attacks/harms the targets. However, this is a non-combat ability. You cannot fascinate someone that is already trying to kill you and your friends.
* Presence requires your action during the round. You can move and use the ability, but yout can't attack, use an item, etc.

I feel like my point has gone over your head.
I'm not automatically changing mine because you said so, we both have a chart and they each say different things. Add in that my sheet has said 20 since I submitted it and he didn't call it -- just like he didn't call yours for saying 40 -- only adds to the uncertainty.

Sounds to me like that's a call for the GM to make.

Regarding XP:
I've never seen the version of the XP table with all the 20s on it. The quickstart and the core rules that I have both look like the one Balthazar posted.

Also, the "set your XP back to zero when you level" can be a little confusing at first because that's not how most D&D-based games work. But everyone should start with ZERO XP. Everyone will level up when they get 30 XP (at which point you will go back to zero again, plus any spillover. Then you'll need to earn 40 XP to level up to 5).

I didn't look at what everyone put for XP on their sheets. Sorry for any confusion that resulted.

Regarding XP:
I've never seen the version of the XP table with all the 20s on it. The quickstart and the core rules that I have both look like the one Balthazar posted.

Also, the "set your XP back to zero when you level" can be a little confusing at first because that's not how most D&D-based games work. But everyone should start with ZERO XP. Everyone will level up when they get 30 XP (at which point you will go back to zero again, plus any spillover. Then you'll need to earn 40 XP to level up to 5).

I didn't look at what everyone put for XP on their sheets. Sorry for any confusion that resulted.