Character Creation

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Mar 21, 2017 9:19 am
Please roll your characters here.

Same details as before:

Roll 4d6 six times and drop the lowest roll. Then assign the numbers to your stats as you see fit. If you dislike your rolls then you may use the standard points buy system covered in the PHB. Please no homebrew or UA classes/races. Anything from Volo’s is fine 
Mar 21, 2017 9:56 pm
alright so here are my stats. thinking about going wizard or cleric, maybe

going half-elf bard
Last edited March 21, 2017 11:58 pm

Rolls

stat 1 - (4d6)

(5624) = 17

stat 2 - (4d6)

(4112) = 8

stat 3 - (4d6)

(6452) = 17

stat 4 - (4d6)

(3234) = 12

stat 5 - (4d6)

(2362) = 13

stat 6 - (4d6)

(4464) = 18

Mar 22, 2017 1:18 am
Are Goliaths acceptable?
Mar 22, 2017 1:23 am
Here are my stats, probably going barbarian.

Rolls

4d6

(5211) = 9

4d6

(2146) = 13

4d6

(3465) = 18

4d6

(5322) = 12

4d6

(3541) = 13

4d6

(3126) = 12

Mar 22, 2017 1:27 am
andrewdnd1990 says:
Are Goliaths acceptable?
Yup. Anything from Volo's is fine :)
Mar 22, 2017 2:12 am
I'm going to use the point buy and go 15, 15, 13, 10, 8, 8 half-orc barbarian before racial adjustments.
Mar 22, 2017 2:23 am
andrewdnd1990 says:
I'm going to use the point buy and go 15, 15, 13, 10, 8, 8 half-orc barbarian before racial adjustments.
Fair enough. Those were pretty terrible rolls.
Mar 22, 2017 6:23 am
Rolling for Stats

Edit: Stats after dropping lowest are 13,12,11,16,12,10 Thinking some form of melee PC
Last edited March 22, 2017 6:24 am

Rolls

Stats - (4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6)

4d6 : (2516) = 14

4d6 : (1435) = 13

4d6 : (4334) = 14

4d6 : (6551) = 17

4d6 : (6333) = 15

4d6 : (1226) = 11

Mar 23, 2017 2:31 pm
Rollin, folks! Druids are always good to have, right? Let's see what I get.
EDIT: 14, 13, 16, 14, 14, 15
Not bad at all! I think I will go druid, probably wood elf to give me an 17 WIS and a 17 DEX, which is a pretty solid stat loadout for a druid. Starting at level 1, I assume?
Last edited March 23, 2017 8:02 pm

Rolls

Rolls! - (4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6)

4d6 : (5336) = 17

4d6 : (5244) = 15

4d6 : (6624) = 18

4d6 : (4643) = 17

4d6 : (2554) = 16

4d6 : (5642) = 17

Mar 23, 2017 9:11 pm
So, it looks like we could make use of a dedicated caster. Happy to fill that role.

Edit: So, that sucked! I'll go with point buy.
Last edited March 23, 2017 9:12 pm

Rolls

Stats - (4D6, 4D6, 4D6, 4D6, 4D6, 4D6)

4D6 : (4452) = 15

4D6 : (1251) = 9

4D6 : (4542) = 15

4D6 : (3654) = 18

4D6 : (6242) = 14

4D6 : (3133) = 10

Mar 23, 2017 9:42 pm
CouchLord0510 says:
Starting at level 1, I assume?
Yes please :)
Mar 26, 2017 3:41 am
Good evening all.

Glad to be part of the group. I will submit my character tomorrow. He is Harbek a Dwarf Cleric. Details to follow.

Cheers,
~S
Jun 9, 2017 5:15 pm
Here comes Rabe!

EDIT: Wow that's bad! Guess I'm doing point buy :)
Last edited June 9, 2017 5:16 pm

Rolls

4d6

(2151) = 9

4d6

(6361) = 16

4d6

(3225) = 12

4d6

(1112) = 5

4d6

(6131) = 11

4d6

(3432) = 12

Jun 9, 2017 11:39 pm
Yikes. Yeah those rolls are pretty bad. Don't worry too much though you're not the only one to use point buy.
Jun 10, 2017 11:53 pm
Not good. If you click on the advanced tab, then click add roll, type 4d6 where it says "roll" NOT "reason". Like this

Rolls

4d6

(3314) = 11

Jun 11, 2017 4:43 am
Thanks I'll try again

6 times 4d6

Rolls

4d6 - (4d6)

(5156) = 17

4d6 - (4d6)

(1156) = 13

4d6 - (4d6)

(3635) = 17

4d6 - (4d6)

(3652) = 16

4d6 - (4d6)

(1251) = 9

4d6 - (4d6)

(1155) = 12

Feb 2, 2018 3:42 pm
Dice Rolls for Sorcerer -

Edit to drop lowest die roll -

17
12
9
16
14
13
Last edited February 2, 2018 3:44 pm

Rolls

Stat Roll - (4d6)

(6465) = 21

Stat Roll - (4d6)

(3245) = 14

Stat Roll - (4d6)

(6211) = 10

Stat Roll - (4d6)

(5615) = 17

Stat Roll - (4d6)

(3356) = 17

Stat Roll - (4d6)

(4345) = 16

Feb 2, 2018 4:24 pm
Rolling for all the HUGE cash my sorcerer will start with. oO

Rolls

Starting cash (3d4 x10) - (3d4)

(341) = 8

Feb 2, 2018 9:56 pm
Great rolls. Make sure to level your character to level 2.
Feb 3, 2018 10:34 am
Rolling the new guy in!

8,11,13,13,14,16 isn't so bad! I'll keep these scores. Working on a character, should have it ready by Monday morning at the latest.

Thanks for letting me join in!
Last edited February 3, 2018 10:37 am

Rolls

4d6 (drop lowest) - (4d6)

(1146) = 12

4d6 (drop lowest) - (4d6)

(4631) = 14

4d6 (drop lowest) - (4d6)

(6535) = 19

4d6 (drop lowest) - (4d6)

(1224) = 9

4d6 (drop lowest) - (4d6)

(6431) = 14

4d6 (drop lowest) - (4d6)

(5544) = 18

Feb 3, 2018 11:52 am
No worries. Welcome to the game.
Apr 17, 2018 10:44 pm
I like my Half-elf seafarer (ranger class)
I’m thinking he was crew on the colony ships before he decided to walk off and start a new life in a new land.

14, 16, 8, 14, 14, 12
Last edited April 17, 2018 10:46 pm

Rolls

Stat roll - (4d6)

(5361) = 15

Stat roll - (4d6)

(6554) = 20

Stat roll - (4d6)

(1143) = 9

Stat roll - (4d6)

(3545) = 17

Stat roll - (4d6)

(5345) = 17

Stat roll - (4d6)

(6422) = 14

May 2, 2018 4:08 am
Just rolls for now

Rolls

4d6

(3354) = 15

4d6

(6446) = 20

4d6

(3455) = 17

4d6

(2626) = 16

4d6

(4213) = 10

4d6

(1231) = 7

Jun 6, 2018 6:00 am
Herod is going the way of the drunken master, being that he has taken to drink. This is going to lead him to the Way of the Drunken Master.

This will result in him gaining 7 HP (5 for average plus 2 from his con modifier), bonus proficiencies (in brewing tools and performance), Deflect Missiles, as well as gaining Drunken Technique.
[ +- ] Deflect Missiles
[ +- ] Drunken Technique
Jun 6, 2018 4:57 pm
Hey Arina, Herod is ready for your approval whenever you get a chance. I know there are others who are part of the story that we are waiting on, also, but just wanted to let you know that he's up and running at level 3.
Jun 7, 2018 10:29 am
Awesome. Thanks! My usual rule is to allow players to take charge of their characters. I trust you :)
Sep 26, 2018 12:09 pm
Let's see what I get

Rolls

4d6

(1441) = 10

4d6

(5111) = 8

4d6

(6655) = 22

4d6

(1633) = 13

4d6

(2425) = 13

4d6

(1563) = 15

Sep 26, 2018 12:28 pm
After adjusting we get

9 7 17 12 11 14

With rolls like that I think I'll just go with point buy
14 10 14 10 15 8

Name: Faebis
Class: Cleric, Grave Domain
Race: Aasimar
Background: Hermit
Last edited September 26, 2018 12:53 pm
Sep 26, 2018 12:51 pm
Welcome new players!

@Happy: Is the Grave Domain UA or official?
Sep 26, 2018 12:56 pm
Thanks, I'm getting my character sheet setup right now and should be done in just a bit. Once I'm done I need to go over a few things with you on how I get into the narrative and things pertaining to my background.
Sep 26, 2018 12:57 pm
Arina says:
Welcome new players!

@Happy: Is the Grave Domain UA or official?
It's in Xanathar's Guide to Everything I believe
Sep 26, 2018 1:05 pm
No worries. I'll just do a little light reading tonight just so I know what you can do lol.
Sep 26, 2018 2:23 pm
Hi, all! Glad to be here, though as I told Arina, I would be happy to give up my slot to anyone who wants to join who is in fewer games than I am. Assuming I'm staying though, what's the current party composition? I'm open to playing anything.

Rolls

Stat rolls - (4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6)

4d6 : (2235) = 12

4d6 : (4635) = 18

4d6 : (4632) = 15

4d6 : (4151) = 11

4d6 : (2664) = 18

4d6 : (4535) = 17

Sep 26, 2018 5:48 pm
Arina says:
No worries. I'll just do a little light reading tonight just so I know what you can do lol.
I'm finished with my character sheet and have submitted it for review.
Sep 27, 2018 1:21 am
Wow that's really fast. As we have a few new characters starting I'll start you all off together in a new thread then I'll have you join the main game.
Sep 27, 2018 1:44 am
Hi. Thanks for having me. I'd also love a quick run down of the part composition.

Edit: So that's 12, 16, 12, 14, 17, 13
Last edited September 27, 2018 1:45 am

Rolls

Stats - (4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6)

4d6 : (4126) = 13

4d6 : (2565) = 18

4d6 : (6421) = 13

4d6 : (6235) = 16

4d6 : (6256) = 19

4d6 : (1526) = 14

Sep 27, 2018 2:56 am
The current party consists of a cleric, ranger, sorcerer/fighter, monk and a bard.
Sep 27, 2018 3:17 am
That looks to me like a meat shield would not be unwelcome. :-D

Game info says "Dawn finds you standing of the docks of Lion's Gate, waiting to board your colony ship to begin a new life in a brave new world." but I realize that was back in the beginning of the game. Are the new PC's also going to be colonists? Will we be joining this sea journey or are we at a point in the story where we're at the colony already?

Thanks! :-)
Sep 27, 2018 3:57 am
You can disregard that information. I will open a new thread for you all to get you up to speed and help you to create your backstories.

It will be in the game Forum. Please make sure to subscribe to both forums too!
Sep 27, 2018 4:23 am
@Happy. Your character sheet looks great. What kind of Aasimar are you?

Also, you should have more than 10 hps!
Sep 27, 2018 8:59 am
Arina says:
@Happy. Your character sheet looks great. What kind of Aasimar are you?

Also, you should have more than 10 hps!
I think I just gave him the starting hp, my bad let me roll that up.

Rolls

2nd level - (1d8+2)

(5) + 2 = 7

3rd level - (1d8+2)

(3) + 2 = 5

Sep 27, 2018 9:23 am
Arina says:
@Happy. Your character sheet looks great. What kind of Aasimar are you?

Also, you should have more than 10 hps!
I'll go with the Protector Aasimar sub race, let me change my sheet to reflect that.
Sep 27, 2018 10:00 am
If some more front line is needed, I'm happy to go with a Paladin. I've been wanting to try out the Conquest subclass for a long time. He'll be a half-elf.

On my way to work with a meeting after, but I'll post the character sheet this evening.
Sep 27, 2018 7:20 pm
I'm curious about the Cavalier but I don't know if there's a place for a horse on this adventure. I could go good old Barbarian. I haven't tried the Ancestral Guardian path yet. I also have a couple of orphaned PC's: a Hexblade and a Swashbuckler. Dang, so many choices!
Last edited September 29, 2018 11:08 am
Sep 27, 2018 11:56 pm
@Tsvao: As a level 3 paladin you should have 3 first level spell slots not 5. Also, you can prepare a number of spells equal to your spellcasting mod plus half of your paladin level rounded down. In your case this means 5 spells, not 7. Everything else seems ok.

Also, you might want to keep track of your lay on hands pool. Just a recommendation :)
Sep 28, 2018 12:22 am
Fixed my spell slots. I knew it was three. Not sure why I wrote five.

For prepared spells: 2 are oath spells. I didn't think those counted. I thought they were always prepared. No?
Sep 28, 2018 2:12 am
Yes they are! Oath spells are bonus spells! My bad.
Sep 28, 2018 4:47 am
Good job on the character sheet. Please jump into the thread I made for you in the Game forum. It contains all of the information that you need and it also has a list of magic items for you to choose from. Happy has already chosen the fire stone so that's off limits. First in gets first choice :)
Sep 29, 2018 10:54 am
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Ronda and her pet mouse, Rousey

Rolled stats: 10, 15, 13, 10, 16, 14
After racial adjustments: STR 18, CON 16, DEX 14, INT 10, WIS 13, CHA 10

1st: Rage, Unarmored Defense
2nd: Reckless Attack, Danger Sense
3rd: Path of the Ancestral Guardian, Ancestral Protectors

Bronze Bracers of Arethena

This pair of bronze bracers was used by an ancient celestial being during the Elemental War. At some point during an ancient battle, her bracers were cut from her and they fell to the material plane

I would really, REALLY like Ronda to punch hard. Would you allow a refluff of a maul as her fist?
1. It would still be "two-handed" (she can only hit for 2d6+STR if she has her other hand free).
2. She can be "disarmed"....uhmmm...I'm not sure how...

I'm not trying to teach my barbarian martial arts - it's just a refluff. But if anyone feels like this would step on our monk's toes I'm okay with just rolling with a regular maul.
Customizing the Urchin background: I'll be honest, the only real reason I chose the Urchin background was for that pet mouse. I started with the picture and built everything around that. City Secrets is probably utterly useless but that's fine because it still fits the character. Disguise Kit proficiency doesn't fit though. Can that be Land Vehicles, maybe? And can I change Sleight-of-hand proficiency to either Animal Handling (again, the mouse) or Survival?
Last edited September 29, 2018 11:01 am
Sep 29, 2018 11:54 am
Maybe if you wore some kind of fist weapon it could work.

Spiked Fist
Martial Melee Weapons
Damage 1d8 piercing
A leather glove or some kind of brass knuckles with spikes protruding from them.
Last edited September 29, 2018 11:55 am
Sep 29, 2018 12:44 pm
Personally, I have no problem with players reskinning anything. It just adds to the flavour. However, as this potentially effects chief12justice why don't you send him a PM?
I think that land vehicles would be difficult to justify for a street urchin as they are usually only used by the middle and upper classes. Farm hands maybe? Tell you what, you figure a way to write it into your backstory so it makes sense and you can change it :)

I think Animal Handling is the least used skill statistically in D&D, so if you want to swap out another skill for it then I see no problem with it lol. However, our party is really short on survival proficient characters. Does anyone have a problem with Jabes using survival instead?
Sep 29, 2018 12:54 pm
Arina says:
Personally, I have no problem with players reskinning anything. It just adds to the flavour. However, as this potentially effects chief12justice why don't you send him a PM?
I think that land vehicles would be difficult to justify for a street urchin as they are usually only used by the middle and upper classes. Farm hands maybe? Tell you what, you figure a way to write it into your backstory so it makes sense and you can change it :)

I think Animal Handling is the least used skill statistically in D&D, so if you want to swap out another skill for it then I see no problem with it lol. However, our party is really short on survival proficient characters. Does anyone have a problem with Jabes using survival instead?
I have no issues with it.
Sep 29, 2018 12:57 pm
I’m fine with it too.

When you said we were light in Survival I thought, I have that. I just checked. I selected nature by mistake. Is it ok for me to swap that? My guy doesn’t know nature well but he does track down people to make them suffer. ;)
Sep 29, 2018 1:11 pm
You'll have to take it as a half-elf proficieny as neither the soldier nor the paladin have natural access to it. Please double check just to make sure. I definitely have no problem with you changing your sheet before we actually start lol.
Sep 29, 2018 1:50 pm
Im not insecure about having another melee fighter with us. Even if it’s a brawler.
Last edited September 29, 2018 1:51 pm
Sep 29, 2018 3:13 pm
Backgrounds, by RAW, are fully customizable within the bounds of the options given (potentially mixed and matched with other books like SCAG too).
Sep 29, 2018 5:48 pm
Thanks, everyone!

Okay, I settled on Stealth & Survival for the Urchin skills, and then Perception & Athletics for the Barbarian skills. When I mentioned Land Vehicles I was imagining the street gang specializing in grand theft auto.

@arina: Since @chief12justice says he's okay with it, are you approving the 2d6+STR damage (with the restrictions I suggested) on Ronda's hammer fist? Or do you want me to go with @Happy_Potato's 1d8+STR Spiked Fist suggestion? Either way, I think it might be cool to build it into the bracers rather than have it be an innate ability. What do you think?
Last edited September 29, 2018 5:53 pm
Sep 30, 2018 12:59 am
@Jabes: great idea. That also means she can be disarmed assuming the enemy is savvy enough to remove your bracers. I have edited my previous thread and added an additional ability to the bracers. Let me know what you think.
Sep 30, 2018 4:59 pm
It's awesome! Her signature move will be a two-handed hammer-fist to emulate a maul attack. But it just occurred to me, now that we've tied this to the bracers does that nake the attack magical?
Sep 30, 2018 11:36 pm
I was thinking about that. I really don't want to make her attacks magical. At least not yet. I'm thinking to rule it like this. The magical nature of the gauntlets comes from the shifting nature of the metal material of the bracers. They can form into solid shapes but those shapes themselves are mundane. Magic weapons are powered with magic for the sole purpose of doing extra damage. So while your bracers are magical they won't make your attacks magical.

Does that make sense or is it too illogical?
Oct 23, 2018 12:29 pm
Let's roll some dice?

Well, point-buy for me it is...
Last edited October 23, 2018 12:30 pm

Rolls

Ability scores - (4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6)

4d6 : (4443) = 15

4d6 : (5624) = 17

4d6 : (3151) = 10

4d6 : (1122) = 6

4d6 : (4233) = 12

4d6 : (6414) = 15

Oct 23, 2018 12:46 pm
Yikes a 5!
Nov 15, 2018 4:23 am
Let's see what my rolls are, then I will pick a character after looking through the current PCs.

Rolls

Stat 1 - (4d6)

(5624) = 17

Stat 2 - (4d6)

(5423) = 14

Stat 3 - (4d6)

(1112) = 5

Stat 4 - (4d6)

(3465) = 18

Stat 5 - (4d6)

(6624) = 18

Stat 6 - (4d6)

(2216) = 11

Nov 15, 2018 4:26 am
After dropping the lowest, we end up with:
15, 12, 4, 15, 16, 10

Wow, that was bad...
I think a character with a 4 in Con is basically on their deathbed.
Point buy is looking good
Last edited November 15, 2018 4:37 am
Nov 15, 2018 4:54 am
You don't need to keep your stats in the same order. Still, I'm not sure I would want a character with a stat of 4 in anything lol.
Nov 15, 2018 4:55 am
Rolling', rollin', rollin' . . .

Rolls

Stat 1 - (1d6, 1d6, 1d6, 1d6)

1d6 : (2) = 2

1d6 : (1) = 1

1d6 : (6) = 6

1d6 : (1) = 1

Stat 2 - (1d6, 1d6, 1d6, 1d6)

1d6 : (5) = 5

1d6 : (2) = 2

1d6 : (3) = 3

1d6 : (2) = 2

Stat 3 - (1d6, 1d6, 1d6, 1d6)

1d6 : (6) = 6

1d6 : (4) = 4

1d6 : (4) = 4

1d6 : (2) = 2

Stat 4 - (1d6, 1d6, 1d6, 1d6)

1d6 : (1) = 1

1d6 : (6) = 6

1d6 : (1) = 1

1d6 : (5) = 5

Stat 5 - (1d6, 1d6, 1d6, 1d6)

1d6 : (4) = 4

1d6 : (2) = 2

1d6 : (3) = 3

1d6 : (1) = 1

Stat 6 - (1d6, 1d6, 1d6, 1d6)

1d6 : (2) = 2

1d6 : (3) = 3

1d6 : (4) = 4

1d6 : (2) = 2

Nov 15, 2018 5:06 am
Numbers are 9, 10, 14, 12, 9 , 9. I'm going point buy too.
Nov 15, 2018 6:01 am
No problem. Don't forget to level your characters to level 3 too.
Nov 15, 2018 6:21 am
Welcome, @Brokenfocus and @rpgventurer!
Nov 15, 2018 6:36 am
Thank you. I heard you had trouble with kobolds so I rushed right over. :-)
Nov 15, 2018 6:44 am
@Broken and RPG, once you have created your characters jump into the game forum. I have made a new thread for you there. Also, don't forget to manually subscribe to the game forum, so you get email notifications.
Nov 15, 2018 7:06 am
Will do. Some questions:
1. What pantheon of gods are we using?
2. What is the main terrain feature of the north (e.g., forest, mountains, tundra)
3. Are there villages or towns nearby other than the one the characters stayed at?
Nov 15, 2018 9:22 am
1. Whatever pantheon you like. I have only fleshed out the major religion which is worship of Pelor the god of light. So you can use other Greyhawk deities if you like but please feel free to make up your own god or goddess if you like. I am all about collaborative world building.
2. Forest, with scattered frontier farms.
3. Northwatch is the northernmost city. Berda Trading post is more of a Company operation rather than a village per se.

I really should add an extra thread for important information like this.

Anyway, jump into your thread and it should tell you most of the important information. Also, it's not exactly an in character thread, so we can workshop from there.
Jan 6, 2019 10:03 am
Stats 14,12,12,11,11,7 or 2 buy points...May I reroll this?

Ok buy 27 to get
14 STR
10 DEX
12 CON
8 INT
15 WIS
13 CHA
Last edited January 8, 2019 8:15 am

Rolls

Stats - (4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6)

4d6 : (3344) = 14

4d6 : (3425) = 14

4d6 : (1214) = 8

4d6 : (1255) = 13

4d6 : (6335) = 17

4d6 : (6312) = 12

Jan 7, 2019 2:13 pm
Just use the points buy method from the PHB. I think almost all of the team are using the point buy method, so you won't be underpowered :)
Jan 7, 2019 2:15 pm
@Gene. Actually, I have another character who is about to join the game. Perhaps you can come up with some kind of backstory together? Will send a PM and get back to you ASAP.
Jan 8, 2019 8:29 am
I have the adjustments you wanted done. Main background of Duke is the fact spent most of his life working as an apprentice in the carpentry guild and became a master there. He isn't much of a temple priest, but a devout priest so he doesn't have a lot of to do with the local temple.
Jan 8, 2019 1:23 pm
Great job Gene. Why don't you come and join Vorn and I in the thread titled Nivernia's Thread and we'll work on your unique magic item and backstory.
Feb 1, 2019 6:26 pm
Dukes Character is fully cleaned up now. Do some work on getting a fuller background done soon.
Feb 1, 2019 10:40 pm
Cool. I'll check it out.
Feb 1, 2019 10:43 pm
Legendary Phoenix!!! Lol! Maybe one day!

Also, I highly recommend writing your hps and spell slots on your character sheet somewhere. It can help a lot.
Feb 1, 2019 11:21 pm
I put in a spot so they are easier to track. Though you would like the Legendary Phoenix I found a 5e source for.
Feb 2, 2019 4:13 am
No. It's fine. Just know that you don't have one lol

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