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Do you have any restrictions or guidelines for the character creation process?

and...

Is there a campaign ID set up in the dice roller that I could use for recording rolls for this?

Well, maybe standard array for ability scores: 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8

Feats enabled

Use this site for options. Race, subrace, background, class, subclass, etc.

No campaign ID yet, I'll get working on it.

And, if you have any ideas for the setting, things you like or dislike, tell me about it.

Actually, I do have a dice roller campaign ID, I realized I'd set one up to test the site.

Putting this here for now until it is finalized and then I will shift it to the character thread.

Hiram Bandlebrott

Race: Human
Class: Rogue
Background: Folk Hero - I broke into a tyrant's castle and stole weapons to arm the people.
Feature: Rustic Hospitality - fit in among common folk
Personality Trait: I get bored easily
Ideal: Freedom - tyrants must not be allowed to oppress the people. (Chaotic)
Bond: I protect those who cannot protect themselves.
Flaw: I have a weakness for the vices of the city, especially hard drink.

Attributes after 4th Level Ability Score Improvement
STR 09 ( -1 )
INT 13 ( +1 )
WIS 11 ( +0 )
DEX 18 ( +4 )
CON 14 ( +2 )
CHA 15 ( +2 )

HP = 52 (8+2+6+3+7+2+1+7+16 con)

Equipment:
Recorder
Rapier
Short sword
An explorer's pack
Leather armor
Two daggers
Thieves’ tools

Class Skills:
Sneak attack
Thieves’ cant
Cunning Action
Roguish archetype - assassin
Uncanny dodge
Evasion


Skill Proficiencies:
Double proficiency bonus for having Expertise
Animal Handling
Survival
Insight
Performance
Persuasion
Stealth
Disguise kit
Poisoner’s kit
Assassinate


Saving Throws:
Dexterity, Intelligence

Tool Proficiencies:
Artisan's tools
Vehicles (land)

Languages:
Common
One More

Advancement Rolls: Original Attributes Attributes after Human Ability Score Bonus

I am open to whatever ideas you have. I am currently participating in a number of games but only two in a fantasy setting - one within Tolkien's world (TABA rules) and the other in a Scandinavian mythology influenced world (Dungeon Crawl Classics).

My only DnD experience was in a Treasure Hunt (2e) game set in the Sword Coast setting of Forgotten Realms and the Moonshae Isles that stalled in the beginning. I am open to revisiting that world or following your lead somewhere else.

Before we go on anywhere:

So, what classes are available? That depends, because I'm ok with D&D 3.5, D&D 5e, and Pathfinder 1, but the point is that it has no spells or similar features.

I'm afraid the bard class does not qualify, the whole point of the game is the highlighted part.

I misunderstood - I will look back through your original posting I thought the magic was revised to be used through an item as an alternative to the spellcasting rules. I didn’t pick up on the class limitations.

I will revise

Let me know if the reclassification as a rogue assassin will work.

Rogue assassin is ok.

This way of magic is an addition to a non-caster class, replacing magic use in general for the whole game.

I may not have been clear enough on this, it happens when I think about something in detail that it becomes so natural for my mind that I don't recognize I haven't explained it fully.

I get it. The same thing happens to me. I still like the idea and the adjustment to magic use.

Any further thoughts on the setting?

Hi,

I've just arrived home from a two-day 215-km bike tour. I'll need a day or two to recuperate

That is exciting!

Take your time - I am not in a hurry.

Any further thoughts on the setting?

My default idea is the Forgotten Realms, as there's extensive setting lore on it. However, I will tone down the amount of magic and magic users.
The regions I generally like here are the Savage Frontier, the Bloodstone Lands, the Silver Marches, the Dalelands, the Great Dale, Rashemen, maybe the Border Kingdoms or the Lands of Intrigue.

If you don't like FR, I'd fall back to the Lost Lands, which is not as well-known, but I have a lot of lore on it in books.

Those seem fine. I think the Silver Marches is the most appealing to me from a quick look at those regions.

the Silver Marches is the most appealing to me

Ok, then that's it, we will start there.

Do you have any ideas about what the character wants?
And what the artifact wants?

If they match too much, a lot of the drama is lost; if they are too contradictory, the artifact would look for another wielder.
Probably things that are independent of each other, without being opposites.

Some ideas to mix and match for a start.

Character:
Wants safety for family and community
Wants to depose a corrupt leader
Wants to find a nice place to settle down

Artifact:
Wants to avoid all conflict
Wants only the truth to be told around it
Encourages wanderlust

Wants safety for family and community
Wants to depose a corrupt leader - someone who usurped their position and wronged the PC's family
Wants to find a nice place to settle down

That's a good mix, especially for a lurker like the PC you made.

How do you like this:
The artifact is interested in discovering new places (let's say every month at least one).
It wants power shifted from merchants back to nobility. As a result, it wants the character to not simply destroy the family of the corrupt leader, but to reinstate the rightful members and keep the family strong.

I like those motivations and would only possibly shift destroy to remove from power to leave the approach a little more flexible.