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Connors any chance you could put out stats that we rolled up on the site. Doesn't have to be fancy or anything just one line would suffice I think (e.g. Player 1 - S10 D10 C10 I10 W10 Ch10)
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Sure. I was waiting to see where we start & faction, then I can actually put up a Campaign Forum.
This is a Setting Forum.
When we have a faction, etc we can give the Campaign a name and I will then put a thread up for that. I would rather have the campaign discussion there.
For now though, I'll put below and then remove this thread when a Campaign one is started.
(These are all WITHOUT a swap. I can tell you what you had on sheet if you like, but here are stats AS ROLLED).
| Ability/Name | Angus | Blair | Shane | Nicko | Aido |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STR | 11 | 16 | 10 | 15 | ? |
| DEX | 12 | 15 | 13 | 15 | ? |
| CON | 17 | 16 | 12 | 16 | ? |
| INT | 11 | 9 | 13 | 14 | ? |
| WIS | 9 | 14 | 17 | 14 | ? |
| CHA | 18 | 12 | 12 | 13 | ? |
Angus: Was going to swap DEX w CHA.
Blair: Was going to swap CON w CHA and play a 1/2 Elf Bard.
Shane: Was going to swap CON w WIS and play a Cleric.
Nicko Was going to swap STR w INT and play an Eladrin Fighter/Wizard.
Aido: (was not present to roll).
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
Sounds interesting… and race write-up already done, so you can go ahead with that one.
Can others give me races, so I know what to write up next. Inc Aido if he has one of the races in mind.
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
EDIT - I changed the title from Angus to Blair - can people PLEASE change the post titles to reflect what you are talking about.
Staying with the half-elf bard here. Almost finished writing him up.
Hanlon's Razor - Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity.
Hmmm. Blair just brought something to my attention. Whilst I have updated a lot of our House Rules to pages with ALL systems in one place, I still had some of the old D&D Pages live and that may have caused some confusion. very sorry.
I have now updated the D&D - House Rules Page. This is this page that summarises all our changes and is a guide to follow as you create your PC. Please check it out now and if you see something else I have missed let me know :)
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
So, with the loss of Aido, you are a party of 4. (See the PC Page).
You basically have the 4 'mains covered': fighter, cleric/healer, arcane caster (bard in this case), & rogue.
Races (fairly standard, eps for this setting): Dragonborn, Half-elf, Eladrin, Halfling.
So, just letting people know, if anyone wants a 2nd PC, go right ahead. Never hurts to make a back-up or 2 either :)
(And reminder - I posted a link to a Gunslinger ftr archetype in another thread that may be of interest given chance to play one with this setting. i would also love to see some of our archetypes tried, but I guess most are 'new' anyway as we have not played much 5E. ALSO, before you settle on subclass, look into those in Xanathar's Guide to Everything - it comes out next month).
Just want to finalise a few things b/c thinking of playing this in Oct when I am down. :)
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
I have actually already started a new character (stats rolled online with a screen capture as evidence :) ).
Rolled the race randomly and got Eladrin, which got me thinking that this character might be the twin of Nicho's character (if he is up for that). Super rare for eladrin I know, but thought it would be cool.
While Nicho's character was sent to study with a wizard, mine would be left to supply food for the family by hunting and gathering from the wilds.
Thoughts?
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I spoke to Nicho last night and he was happy to do this, just have to do a little addition to his character and make sure that our histories match up ok.
Chaotic Good: Governments should be afraid of their people.
Sounds great to me. Strong ties b/w characters is always a good thing in my mind. twins might be cliche = b/c it works! :) The massive Critical Role campaign has twin half-elves on it :)
If this a starting PC, post minor details and I'll create a thread for it. Eladrin Ranger? (Or going the Rogue with Scout subclass)?
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
Neither Rogue nor Ranger, Sorcerer with Sharpshooter Feat, Proficient in Nature, Animal Handling & Survival.
Using 4d6 method stats rolled were 13, 17, 17, 13, 13, 17, which after race/drawbacks are now 11, 19, 13, 13, 13, 18
Don't have to be twins if you think it's to cliche, could just be siblings. Could be triplets, the other one is not with party though, at least not yet lol.
Base history is Nicho's character being the smarter was to be wizards apprentice as parents could only afford to get one of us trained as such. My initial resentment brought our the wild fey magic of my eladrin nature in me, but have now come to terms with him being chosen over me. Or something along those lines.
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That all sounds good to me. As I said, twins is cliche, but cliches (esp in RP) work. :) The stronger the ties b/w party members the better too. It would be great to have a party that works really well together :)
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
Nicho, I thought I'd tie these two characters together a little…
During a barroom brawl he was noticed by Athron, a member of the Coronial Guard of Cendriane as having a lot of potential especially after Athron saw him use minor magics to help. The two eladrin became friends, and Athron (House Lafrahd) began to teach the younger eladrin how to fight and cast spells while fighting.
It doesn't say where this happened. Could it be on Marckwild?
I wanted Lugh to have a little backstory with some of the rumours, so tied him to one using Athron. Figured it would connect our two characters together a bit.
Lugh heard of the tales of the Cedriane Coronal Guard Athron several years ago when he hunted down and slew a pack of Ambush Drakes on Marckwild. As Lugh gathered all the parts of the story, he decided to set about to find Athron and confirm the details. It was through Thron that Lugh met his student, Katar Daeleth. The two became friends and decided to join the Deep Lantern Guild together.
Hanlon's Razor - Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity.
Or maybe you travelled to Stormhaven in pursuit of Athron, that way you could have met, katar, Kavae'lee and maybe even Darus (on the ship back to Marckwild)
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Though I guess that Katar could be in Markwild, while Kavae'lae meets Darus on the ship while travelling over to meet Katar.
Chaotic Good: Governments should be afraid of their people.
Can we go with Athron being in Dragonfall. That would be good.
Even if this recently happened.
Blair - Katar is going to have his twin sister AND dragonborn with him at this time, so you probably all went together. There is a group of 3 coming across from Stormhaven.
Just need to decide on how long they have been in Dragonfall.
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
I guess it would have to be enough time for Katar to develop his cooking skills before the fight where Athron notices him, and then some for him to train to fight, so at minimum it would be like a year for him to be there.
Kavae'lee and Darus could have been shorter only having come over recently to meet up with him, so 1 or 2 months maybe at most.
Does that work?
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Shane, that sounds great. That way, Blair's story of meeting Katar early still stands.
That would be better I reckon. Katar came over earlier (1 year+). I reckon it would be cool if the other 2 are new arrivals. So getting together has just happened.
Katar and Lugh are already in the Deep Lanterns and the other 2 are on way to join or some such. (Or they were members on Stormhaven anyway, but all head to Lantern guild here).
Todd is already a member too and would therefore have met Katar and Lugh. Todd has been a member for a few years and even stays at the guild.
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
So I now have it that:
Kavae'lee left Stormhaven to meet up with her brother (Katar) who had sailed to Markwild a little over a year ago. For some reason the Deep Lanterns want them to work together. On this voyage she would be accompanied by another new recruit into the Deep Lanterns, a dragonborn named Darus. The two have spent the whole time travelling getting to know one another enough to consider the other a friend.
Over the past year on Markwild, Katar has been working as a cook (possible at Drunken Dragon Tavern) where he started training as a fighter after meeting Athron, and would have met, and befriended, Lugh & Todd. Katar could even have been surprised to see his sister after hearing that 2 Deep Lantern recruits from Stormhaven would be joining them.
Possible that the Deep Lanterns want a group with that level of connection so that they may work better together after some recent, not so successful groupings resulted in failed missions.
Chaotic Good: Governments should be afraid of their people.
If the guys have met Todd, it would most likely have been at the actual Deep Lantern's guild. He is a regular there and in the poorer parts of town. Not likely a patron at the Drunken Dragon - but that is the perfect place for Katar to become a well-known cook :)
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
i am happy with all that, yes cook at the drunken dragon. yes been here a year, yes know and befriended Lugh and todd either through the guild or the tavern.
Can people PLEASE have their characters READY to go for the next session? Spend Advances now and update whilst they are fresh in your mind. Whoever has Nicko's please ASK him and get the PC updated.
When we don't game for weeks it would be great for players to be on top of this small detail. Also plenty going on in the forums here where I have been asking for player responses for a long time.
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
