[OOC] DnD a Day.

[MonstrousMan]

NEED RESPONSES FROM EVERYONE.
Are we all ok with 5th edition?
All have a char in mind?
Any complaints?

[Mr_pink]

NEED RESPONSES FROM EVERYONE.
Are we all ok with 5th edition?
All have a char in mind?
Any complaints?

@MonstrousMan

Yep
Yep
Nope -edit-

Would adding a bard to the class list be alright? I realised we wont have much support past a mage and I'd like to try out being a bard.

[ActRaiserTheReturned]

Chen Wan, Human Cleric of War.
Faith: The philosophy of all victories over evil. As such, he's a Cleric of Good, but his domain is War. Likewise, the handbooks both say you could be a cleric of any deity and choose a Domain not traditionally belonging to that deity. Chen Wan, however, is the Cleric of Valor and Chivalry.
Alignment: Lawful Good (Neutral Good tendencies)
Strength: 16
Dexterity: 16
Constitution: 16
Intelligence: 16
Wisdom: 16
Charisma: 16

Gender/Sex: Male

Languages:
Common, Dragonborn

Folk Hero Origins:

Defining event:
A decree was put forth for the massacre my entire town for insubordination, as a cloistered member of a small group of clergymen, I set myself on fire and burned to death to make a point in front of the Emperor. I was raised from the dead and the village was spared. One thousand people would live without harassment from the authorities from that time forward.

Personality:
If someone is in trouble, I'm always ready to lend help.

Ideal:
Respect: People deserve to be treated with dignity and respect (Good).

Bond:
I protect those who cannot protect themselves.

Skill Proficiencies:
Animal Handling (He's a Cleric Of War/Good, so he knows how to ride a steed)
Survival
Religion
Insight

[Keyblade87]

Name: Tyler Sorensen
Gender: Male
Country/languages: USA/English
DnD experience: Since Freshman Year so about 5-6 years of and on
Preferred edition: started on 3.5 but 5 has been fun
Preferred characters: Elves,Humans-Rangers,Paladins,Clerics-any alignment really XD
Days you can play: Saturday and Sunday provided theres nothing else going on
Misc: I have a 1 year old at home so I may wind up bouncing up and down to take care of him from time to time.

@MonstrousMan

[The Fated Fallen]

Chen Wan, Human Cleric of War.
Alignment: Lawful Good (Neutral Good tendencies)
Strength: 16
Dexterity: 16
Constitution: 16
Intelligence: 16
Wisdom: 16
Charisma: 16

@ActRaiserTheReturned

Where does it say you can pick 16 for all stats at the GM's discretion? It seems stupidly OP for something any previous version of D&D, don't know about 5th or 4th

[MonstrousMan]

@Mr_pinksure why not

[MonstrousMan]

@Keyblade87 welcome friend :)

[MonstrousMan]

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Where does it say you can pick 16 for all stats at the GM's discretion? It seems stupidly OP for something any previous version of D&D, don't know about 5th or 4th

@The Fated Fallen

does slight...

[Keyblade87]

thanks im glad to be welcomed and have a group of people to actually play with XD. I guess we'll just be posting here if we're un available that week or day or such?

[The Fated Fallen]

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does slight...

@MonstrousMan

You would need to roll around 2 5s and a 6 for every stat roll (and another smaller number if this works the same way as previous versions)

edit: In fact, reading the example character, the highest score he has as a warrior without modifiers is 15 strength.

All your stats are higher than his highest

[ActRaiserTheReturned]

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Where does it say you can pick 16 for all stats at the GM's discretion? It seems stupidly OP for something any previous version of D&D, don't know about 5th or 4th

@The Fated Fallen

You start with 15, 15, 15, 8, 8, 8

Then 27 point buy. Humans gain 1 attribute point for all attributes.

@ Fallen
With 27 point buy, all 8's can be raised to 15, then +1 with every stat as a Human race, they all raise to 16.

@ GM, page 13, I think I might have misunderstood the character creation process.

So, does character creation start with (15, 15, 15, 8, 8, 8), or (13, 13, 13, 12, 12, 12)?

[MonstrousMan]

Okay, made this myself, works pretty well.
Base stats are all 8.
You have 25 normal points to spend.
These 25 normal points cannot raise your stats above 17.
You then roll a d10.
The roll determines how many ancestral points you get. The ancestral point can be spent anywhere but can also raise stats to 18+.
If any single stat is an 18 then you must roll a d20 to see if you can spend more points on that stat. If you roll a 7 or less then you can spend 1 more ancestral point in that stat. You must repeat the d20 roll to see if you can raise the stat by a further 1 each time.
Some of this is down to chance, as so is life.

Thoughts?

[ActRaiserTheReturned]

Okay, made this myself, works pretty well.
Base stats are all 8.
You have 34 normal points to spend.
These 34 normal points cannot raise your stats above 17.
You then roll a d10.
The roll determines how many ancestral points you get. The ancestral point can be spent anywhere but can also raise stats to 18+.
If any single stat is an 18 then you must roll a d20 to see if you can spend more points on that stat. If you roll a 7 or less then you can spend 1 more ancestral point in that stat. You must repeat the d20 roll to see if you can raise the stat by a further 1 each time.
Some of this is down to chance, as so is life.

Thoughts?

@MonstrousMan

I would prefer that no rolling is done. 13, 13, 13, 12, 12, 12, as the default stat sounds the best.

Unless all player characters had equal ancestral points, like all of us having +1, 2, 3, etcetera bonus points to our character.

as so is life.

Dungeons and Dragons is fantasy.

[Mr_pink]

Could I get a sort of character skeleton to work with for the stats? I'm not great with the whole maths thing so that would be a massive help.

[ActRaiserTheReturned]

Could I get a sort of character skeleton to work with for the stats? I'm not great with the whole maths thing so that would be a massive help.

@Mr_pink

Page 13 says you can have a very high default like I posted. (15, 15, 15, 8, 8, 8) legitimately giving me 16 in ALL stats.

or the skeleton can be 13, 13, 13, 12, 12, 12 or ANY set of numbers between those extremes.

[MonstrousMan]

example char:
Thirgrin Battlehorn
Human
Fighter

I spent my 25 normal points on my base stats of 8's so that my stats look like this:
Str-15
Int-10
Cha-12
Wis-11
Dex-12
Con-13

I rolled a seven on my ancestral points.

My fighters stats are now:
Str-17
Int-12
Cha-12
Wis-11
Dex-13
Con-15

[MonstrousMan]

Dungeons and Dragons is fantasy.

@ActRaiserTheReturned

Indeed, but it has always been about the rolling of a dice.

I'm just trying to find a good balance and something that allows for diversity.

[Mr_pink]

Rondell Stonefist
Dwarf
Bard

Original Stats
Str-10
Int-10
Cha-17
Wis-10
Dex-13
Con-13

rolled a 10

proof

Current stats after ancestral roll and racial bonuses/detriments
Str-12
Int-10
Cha-17
Wis-12
Dex-15
Con-17

Racial traits

Dwarf Traits (Ex): Dwarves possess the following racial traits.
+2 Constitution, –2 Charisma.
Humanoid (Dwarf).
Medium: As Medium creatures, hill dwarves have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
Hill dwarf base land speed is 20 feet. However, hill dwarves can move at this speed even when wearing medium or heavy armor or when carrying a medium or heavy load (unlike other creatures, whose speed is reduced in such situations).
Darkvision: Hill dwarves can see in the dark up to 60 feet. Darkvision is black and white only, but it is otherwise like normal sight, and hill dwarves can function just fine with no light at all.
Stonecunning: This ability grants a hill dwarf a +2 racial bonus on Search checks to notice unusual stonework, such as sliding walls, stonework traps, new construction (even when built to match the old), unsafe stone surfaces, shaky stone ceilings, and the like. Something that isn’t stone but that is disguised as stone also counts as unusual stonework. A hill dwarf who merely comes within 10 feet of unusual stonework can make a Search check as if he were actively searching, and a hill dwarf can use the Search skill to find stonework traps as a rogue can. A hill dwarf can also intuit depth, sensing his approximate depth underground as naturally as a human can sense which way is up.
Weapon Familiarity: Hill dwarves may treat dwarven waraxes and dwarven urgroshes as martial weapons, rather than exotic weapons.
Stability: A hill dwarf gains a +4 bonus on ability checks made to resist being bull rushed or tripped when standing on the ground (but not when climbing, flying, riding, or otherwise not standing firmly on the ground).
+2 racial bonus on saving throws against poison.*Not reflected in the saving throw numbers given here.
+2 racial bonus on saving throws against spells and spell-like effects.*Not reflected in the saving throw numbers given here.
+1 racial bonus on attack rolls against orcs and goblinoids.
+4 dodge bonus to Armor Class against monsters of the giant type. Any time a creature loses its Dexterity bonus (if any) to Armor Class, such as when it’s caught flat-footed, it loses its dodge bonus, too.
+2 racial bonus on Appraise checks that are related to stone or metal items.
+2 racial bonus on Craft checks that are related to stone or metal.
Automatic Languages: Common and Dwarven. Bonus Languages: Giant, Gnome, Goblin, Orc, Terran, and Undercommon.
Favored Class: Fighter. A multiclass hill dwarf’s Fighter class does not count when determining whether he takes an experience point penalty for multiclassing.
Level Adjustment: +0.
The dwarf warrior presented here had the following ability scores before racial adjustments: Str 13, Dex 11, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 9, Cha 8.

Bard Spells
Bard Features

[MonstrousMan]

Roll for more points basically

[MonstrousMan]

I DONT KNOW ANYMORE *CURLS UP INTO BALL*