Character Creation

Create and discuss your characters here.

Roll 'em or buy em. Point buy or 4d6 drop lowest, reroll 1's once, whichever you prefer.

When we finish the one-shot, if we decide we're still continuing, and once I get my DM feet under me, we can talk about a one-time rebuild of characters for anyone who wishes it.

Rolling 'em! With rerolled ones that gives me:

( 6, 4, 5 ) = 15
( 6, 5, 5 ) = 16
( 4, 5, 6 ) = 15
( 3, 5, 2 ) = 10
( 5, 6, 6 ) = 17
( 3, 6, 2 ) = 11
( 6, 4, 6 ) = 16

Dropping lowest that gives me 17, 16, 16, 15, 15, 11 ??? Did I do this right?

I'll roll my stats, and I'm going to do it in order. And in order to exercise my RP chops, I'm going to randomize my race and class before I roll.

Stout Halfling Warlock (Fiend), former Pirate!
STR: 14, DEX 12, CON 11, INT 17, WIS 14, CHA 14

Looks like you rolled 7 stats, Len. :-D

Isn't that how you do 4d6 drop the lowest? You roll 4d6 seven times and then drop the lowest one?

Oh never mind

Haha! This is why you should let players delete there posts :D Well I can reroll for sure. Also happy to drop the highest of the 7 rolled (one of the 16s), which would give:

15, 16, 15, 10, 16, 11

Your highest was actually a 17 (from the fifth roll: 5, 4, 6, 6) but hell, just take your first six rolls, high or low! :-)

15, 16, 15, 10, 17, 11

Thanks Jabes! This is what happens when you only have 3 hours of sleep! :P

Well, since rolling seems popular today...

11, 15, 14, 13, 11, 12 is what I got. Actually not too far off from standard array!

Well, I guess I need to roll for stats. I'm debating whether or not to take CancerMan's route...decisions, decisions.

9 13
16
13
17
12
14

Ho. Lee. Shit. That intro exploded my brain with ideas.

Shotgun on Mr. T.!

Let me know if any of this does not work for you, DM Jabes.

Half Orc Barbarian / Monk

1. In general, this is a pretty silly build - Unarmored Defences don't stack, need high numbers in every stat, but when else will I ever get to play it then when I have stats like these? The flavour is 100% B.A. Baracus.

2. DM, this character will put us into the confusing realm of melee weapon attacks and unarmed strikes. There was some errata that was supposed to smooth things out, but is still pretty confusing. So, I want to make sure I'm in line with the way you are going to rule this. As far as I can tell, unarmed strikes are not considered 'weapons' but are considered melee weapon attacks (this link sums it up pretty well). Erratas and tweets confirm, but I defer to your ruling.

Here's some other weird rules around this character (some don't apply until 3rd and 4th level). I share these so that I don't throw any surprises at you down the road. If anything here does not work with you, I will defer to your ruling.

* If I use strength for unarmed strikes, when I rage I will be able to apply Rage damage bonus (+2) to those hits.
* Half-Orc savage attacker should work with unarmed strikes if I crit with them.
* At Barb-2, when I use reckless attack, unarmed strikes will benefit.
* At Monk-2, my flurry of blows will benefit from reckless attack and damage rage bonus. I should be able to use Ki while raging.

Again, let me know if this doesn't work for you or you think its too cheesy. Pretty sure it is less powerful than a regular barbarian with
a greatsword.

3. Stats gonna be 18, 16, 18, 10, 15, 11

4. Going to use a shield, but can I reflavor as bracers and necklace chains? I will mechanically be restricted to 1 handed actions and donning-doffing takes 1 action rules.

Hope this isn't making things too complicated. At the end of the day I just wanna punch things well.

(added some questions to the original post)

@Len, thank you for the link with the official tweets and discussion, but it has ALWAYS been my opinion that unarmed strikes should work exactly how you describe above! So hell yes, do it!

And yes to the bling shield as long as we retain shield mechanics. Will you be taking the Shield Master feat down the line? :-D

EDIT: The ki-rage combo is maybe a little iffy-er than the rest, and definitely not something I've considered before. But I'm still going to say yes.

Following the A-Team theme, Ybus strikes me as a Howling Mad Murdock archetype. Ybus' forte is not piloting, of course, but he has a high intelligence and I've updated his specialization in Nature and Investigation to fit the pirate background. His near-death experience addled his mind a bit, and his constant visions of tiny devils makes for... interesting conversations.

I was considering taking the Pact of the Chain at 3rd level, which gives access to an Imp that befits the Fiend patron, and since an Imp turns invisible it could be one of the "imaginary friends" that Ybus keeps talking to.

Background: Pirate
Feature: Bad Reputation
Personality Trait: My language is as foul as an otyugh nest
Ideal: Aspiration. Someday I'll own my own ship and chart my own destiny (Any).
Bond: Rival pirates murdered my captain and crewmates, plundered our ship, and left me to die. Vengeance will be mine.
Flaw: Once I start drinking, it's hard for me to stop.

I love it! Needless to say, you guys don't HAVE TO pattern any of your characters after the members of the A-Team, but I sure won't stop you if you do!

I figured so, but the Murdock-archetype seemed to fit the general theme of a Fiend-Warlock with average Charisma and Wisdom.

It's perfect, actually!

About Shields: Shield mechanics 100% retained. I haven't considered Shield Master yet but it would be funny for things to 'bounce off' his gold-plated chest.

About ki: Again, your call and thanks for giving me benefit of the doubt. I think if you can use battle master superiority dice in rage, it's probably safe to say you can use ki in rage. Way of the Four Elements where you use Ki to cast spells is where it gets iffy for me, but Mr T. won't be a Way of the Four Elements monk.

Just have to think of a name now....