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Oct 10, 2018 2:13 pm
Yeah, I think I'm definitely going to go inquisitive rogue. I know halflings are available. Does that include ghostwise? The races allowed don't give a whole lot of options that have a wisdom bonus.
Oct 10, 2018 4:25 pm
Brokenfocus says:
Yeah, I think I'm definitely going to go inquisitive rogue. I know halflings are available. Does that include ghostwise? The races allowed don't give a whole lot of options that have a wisdom bonus.
Ghostwise are actually the ones most found in Cragglerock, so for sure!
Oct 10, 2018 4:28 pm
Endermun says:
I'm a bard, Nigoki has submitted a character that is thus far a mystery, Brokenfocus mentioned inquisitive rogue with some promise, and rest are undecided.
Nigoki made a half-drow Ranger.
Oct 10, 2018 10:41 pm
Ok, i'll go eith a yuan-ti pureblood sorceress then. Or would a wizard be better with the illusion path... i find the illusion path really underwhelming though...
Oct 10, 2018 10:51 pm
Wizards get to cast all kinds of spells, though, while sorcerers only get a few, most of which have to be taken up by offensive spells. There's no denying that wizards make better illusionists.
Oct 10, 2018 10:57 pm
Not here to push your decisions either way, but you might find illusions or different wizard abilities and etc useful for the campaign! If you're doing a campaign which is much more combat focused, perhaps you'd never choose mending or light as a cantrip, but maybe it'd end up being something really helpful roleplay wise. Illusions, mage hand, can all be helpful too.
Oct 11, 2018 1:13 am
Ok, a yuan-ti mage then! Which faction is my character in? I'm not sure which one is like the most open tp yuan ti purebloods and stuff XD other than the poor faction.
Oct 11, 2018 1:28 am
Vorn369 says:
Ok, a yuan-ti mage then! Which faction is my character in? I'm not sure which one is like the most open tp yuan ti purebloods and stuff XD other than the poor faction.
Yuan-ti's would actually find homage a lot in Forlorn's Watch, but also as you said Mourning Row, and Mirthing Reef is the most diverse of factions.
Oct 11, 2018 5:27 am
By the way, how do you cast spells at a higher level? I see that you can, but nowhere really explains it.
Oct 11, 2018 5:35 am
It's in the rules for the spells you can do it with. For example, magic missile has a default of 3 missiles but you can add 1 for each slot-level above first that the slot that you use is. (4 missiles at 2nd, 5 missiles at 3rd, etc.)
Oct 11, 2018 5:53 am
Aahhhh I see, so basically only for certain spells and can be increased any number of times right? Must a spell slot of each level be consumed? Eg at lvl 3, 1 lvl 1,2 and 3 slot is used?

And my char is VERY intelligent apparently XD rolled a 17 and added 1 to it to make 18 intelligence XD
Oct 11, 2018 6:59 am
Vorn369 says:
Aahhhh I see, so basically only for certain spells and can be increased any number of times right? Must a spell slot of each level be consumed? Eg at lvl 3, 1 lvl 1,2 and 3 slot is used?

And my char is VERY intelligent apparently XD rolled a 17 and added 1 to it to make 18 intelligence XD
No, if you cast magic missile at level 3, it would only consume a level 3 slot. Generally, higher the levels, fewer spell slots you get depending on your class and character level. That's why it's a trade-off.
Oct 11, 2018 8:20 am
Ok so have a few questions.

What's 27 point buy? Is it skill points? What's the diff between starting and background equipment? And how does arcane focus and a component pouch work?
This is my 1st wizard so I'm not sure how they work XD
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Oct 11, 2018 2:03 pm
Point buy is when you use 27 points to buy ability score numbers for your six abilities. The key is as follows:
8=0 points
9=1 point
10=2 points
11=3 points
12=4 points
13=5 points
14=7 points
15=9 points
And you cannot get a *base* score above or below those values. Racial bonuses apply normally.
Last edited October 11, 2018 2:33 pm
Oct 11, 2018 2:14 pm
Background equipment is stuff given to you through your background, which will be the spy variant of criminal it looks like, and starting equipment is equipment given by your class at 1st level.
Oct 11, 2018 2:30 pm
Arcane foci, like a staff or wand, allows you to cast spells without their costless material components (if it has a stated monetary cost, you still have to provide it) and a component pouch has all of those cost less components on it (it's assume that you stock it up at every opportunity) and you still have to provide the ones with a money cost.
Oct 11, 2018 2:43 pm
Hi guys!
Sorry for not posting sooner!
My character is Nathriel, a Half-Elf (Drow) Ranger.
I was thinking in a "Robin Wood" kind of character. A chaotic good character that can face some moral issues in doing bad things (like blackmail, robbery, etc) for a good cause, like feeding the hungry, and giving money to the poor. Also, I like the idea of the Half-Elf that covers his dark skin with some kind of make up, to cover his Drow origins and pass for a more common Half-Elf.

I'm having some difficulty to place him in the world.
I guess it makes sense if he's an orphan that was raised in the streets in Mirthing Reef and oposes the abuses of the Forlon's Watch.
The anger he carries for people with authority caugth the attention of a misterious guy, who gave him a roof and trained him from his early teens unitl recently, when he disapeared.

Then Nathriel started his crusade understanding the local nobility and digging some dirty on them.

This misterious guy probably had a political reason to train Nathriel and set him loose in the world again.

I'm starting the background with very little information, so I can complete the blanks with information that makes sense with the rest of the party. (Things like the Drow heritage and the identity and motives of this misterious guy)
I'm very open to suggestions!
Oct 11, 2018 2:56 pm
Drow Houses are usually very proud of things like purity of bloodline and strength of reputation. It's more than likely that Nathriel was abandoned on purpose to maintain these values.
Oct 11, 2018 3:52 pm
Endermun says:
Drow Houses are usually very proud of things like purity of bloodline and strength of reputation. It's more than likely that Nathriel was abandoned on purpose to maintain these values.
Yeah, I know!
I left it open because I saw that your chatacter is a Drow, and so, if the GM wants to persue the Drow place in the Lore of this place, he could suggest some Drow Houses complications.
Oct 11, 2018 4:03 pm
If you come from my house, we could vary easily be uncle and nephew. Something like one of my older sisters fell in love with a human traveler from the surface and they had a secret child and the Matron mother found out and killed the human and abandoned the baby. It certainly sounds like something an oppressive matron mother would do.

Sidenote, you would probably know of me anyway through my somewhat famous performances in the Magic Talisman in the market district of Mirthing Reef.
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