Q&A: All things out of character

[GreyWolfVT]

any character creation or other out of character things can go here.

[GreyWolfVT]

so I am putting the pre-gen. characters up and I know there is some information missing or incorrect for 2nd edition since these were originally made back in Basic D&D. So there are some pre-gens I skipped over as they are "elf" or "dwarf" where that was a class not just a race. I'll put them up but the class will be up to the player much as these others were meant to be humans since that was how it was done back then. I added "race: up to the player" basically to the pre-gen.

[shaidar]

really looking forward to the game.

do you have a game ID for the character sheet?

[GreyWolfVT]

really looking forward to the game.

do you have a game ID for the character sheet?

I do and it's very funny to have this as the campaign roller ID #

666

"Woe to you, oh Earth and sea, for the Devil sends the Beast with wrath
Because he knows the time is short
Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the Beast
For it is a human number, its number is six hundred and sixty six"

The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden

[shaidar]

[GreyWolfVT]

Yeah I sure do hope that ID # isn't a sign of whats to come.

[LtTibbles]

For starting gold are we rolling for it or using the max for our class?

[GreyWolfVT]

For starting gold are we rolling for it or using the max for our class?

It looks like the pre-gens were rolled for so lets roll for it this time. Plus give a little bonus for being level 2, roll and add 1 more of the die type for your class to the roll before the multiplier.

Example: Warrior starting money roll is 5d4 x 10 you get to roll 6d4 x 10 for starting money.

[Xaxyx]

Soooo currently I'm very heavily leaning toward pre-gen #7. (Strangely, his ability scores in B11 are slightly less than in B12. Go figure!)

I'm thinking of making him an elf Cleric of Wisdom, worshipping Angharradh (presuming this goddess is appropriate to the setting) or a similar goddess with wisdom as an aspect. This will let him wield a long sword and a bow (hooray for elves!), wear armor and shield, and have access to all of my favorite spell spheres. Being an elf also bumps his dexterity to that sweet, glorious 18 that I love so much om nom nom.

I may also consider grabbing weapon-and-shield specialization as outlined in the Complete Warrior's Handbook, as it's permitted to Clerics.

Thoughts?

[GreyWolfVT]

A cleric of Angharradh is perfectly fine I'm sort of "breaking boundaries" seeing as I mentioned to another player that deities are from forgotten realms even though the modules are in Mystara (which I am not overly knowledgeable in) even my Thyatis game I pulled characters from another world entirely into Mystara. I'm still sticking to allowing deities from Forgotten Realms regardless. As for the option you mentioned that is in the complete handbook if it is allowed for clerics than so be it fine with me.

[Rex]

I am going with a Dwarf Wayfinder (fighter/thief) if there are no objections.

[Dram]

I have 2 pregens that I made from previous games that never started. Or do you want me to create a whole new character.


1. Listoria (1/2 Elf Female M.U./ Thief)


2. Xlore Strongoak (Elf Male Thief/Adventurer kit)

[GreyWolfVT]

Dram both of those appear to be the same exact character in name, race, class, kit & stats. Was there another you meant to post or are they both the same guy?

[shaidar]

just got to do equipment, which I'll do possibly tonight, if not then definitely this weekend.

I'll probably do an intro post later today.

[GreyWolfVT]

shaidar sounds good to me. I hadn't really set a formal "go live" date for the game just yet. I was leaving more time for those that are still working on characters time to get that taken care of or "squared away" before saying ok folks need some IC posts. I suppose being the type of "guy" I am I say give folks until next Friday 6/8/18 to get characters finished up and see if we get that 6th player. Then I'll get into moving the IC stuff forward. That does not mean do not post an intro, please do so when you are ready to. I will be on the road Tuesday and Thursday so I won't be posting much those two days that is in part why I said 6/8 for me to make another DM post and everyone to hopefully have an intro post up and characters finished.

Sound good to you all?

[shaidar]

sounds good.

I don't want to make anyone feel like I am rushing them, or anything like that. Just full of enthusiasm. I like how the group is shaping up.

[shaidar]

looks like we have somebody interested in the final player slot.

[GreyWolfVT]

Yes indeed we do I just added Captain Kinkajou to the game for the final "6th" player spot.

[LtTibbles]

Alright I think I've got my character complete (minus the description and background of course) let me know if I missed anything or my math was off somewhere!

[GreyWolfVT]

Alright I think I've got my character complete (minus the description and background of course) let me know if I missed anything or my math was off somewhere!

It looks good to me the only thing I noticed is the Dagger you are not proficient in so the THAC0 would be 21 or the alternative would be when create the attack macro you would get a -1 to the hit roll. Either way you want to work that is fine so long as you understand the penalty to hit only for non-proficiency in the weapon. Otherwise your character is all set.