Out of Character Talk

I don't think they are too powerful, though Magical Balance in Adept of the Red Robes seems like a strong feat. At low levels, a 10 on the d20 might not mean a hit, like if the enemy has plate armor, but by lv 15 armor isnt' scaling much (except for PCs looking for ways to boost it super high), so a 10 on the d20 often means a guaranteed success as you'll have at least +10 to hit and plate armor + shield is 20.

I'll allow it, but if you take either background to get the prerequisite feat at lv 1, obviously you don't get a free feat at lv 1 as you got a feat that way.

Very fair. I'll forgo the free feat and keep those two.

So going for a Warlock Tome - Will be 10 level - How many rituals will I be allowed to start with in the Book of Ancient Secrets?

Let's say the sum of the level of the rituals cannot exceed double your level, not counting the 2 lv 1s you got for free

Sounds good thanks!

Alright.
Character isn't completely done but I got a draft submitted for review. I'm still debating a few things, and may make some changes before game day.

Same here.

Also, for the record, this character is... (dice roller permitting) very good at one thing, and complete ass at everything else. So, y'know... team support may be a thing.

We all get by with a little help from our meat shie... er... friends.

Pretty sure I am the meat shield...

I reviewed the 3 characters submitted so far and sent DMs to the players. Mostly good so far, some not fully finished and some minor mistakes. I can tell magic items will make some of the PCs very powerful. I'll be keeping an eye on the first half of the one-shot to see how this all turns out.

If you think we should scale back the items, I'm good with that.

I took divine sorcerer and inspiring leader feat so I can help keep those hps up. If anyone takes healer feat that would be great!

No need to change any of the magic items. Part of this one shot is to see if magic items really do cause problems in the game. If I feel like it becomes too hard to make magic items work in these one shots, I'll either made a premade list of approved magic items or something like "if you need a magic weapon, you can have one that is just magical, but otherwise you are level 20 so you don't need magic items"

Later today or tomorrow I am going to check submitted characters again. Hoping to start next Monday but could start sooner. Any questions?

What do we get as far as mundane items... maybe i overlooked that. apologies if I did

If it is mundane, assume you have it if it makes sense. You are level 15. There shouldn't be much of any mundane gear you couldn't afford, like plate armor, so just take it.

Monday works for me, boss.

I think I'm ready whenever we kick this off.

Today was busy. I'll do what I can to review characters tomorrow. Hopefully within 24 hours of that everyone answers any questions and makes any needed fixes and we might be able to start thursday or friday.