Character Creation

[Sputnik314]

Yay my first post! My chosen preferred enemy is the dragon.  My backstory begins in a town called Ravenreach, where I was born. My father was a ruthless man who stole a bunch of objects, I was mortified to know that the objects my father stole were what almost all my belongings were.  My mother on the other hand was an orc which I don't understand why she was a paladin.  When I was 12, I moved away because my fathers secrets were revealed to my mother and me, so my parents divorced and I ran away to Rose forest.  There I got stung by hornets at least once a week.

Eventually I found a shack and knocked on the door, a rather ugly lizardman emerged from the shack, he let me in and I told him my story, which he already knew most of.  He said I could stay for no more than 5 years.  The lizard said it was fortold that I would save the world from the greatest threat it has ever imagined.  to be continued...

[TheTick]

Excellent.  I'll try and get things moving tonight.  Mwahaha!  Ahem.

[Sputnik314]

Tagart's back story continued: I was shocked to know that the fate of the world depended on me.  Not only that but I had to go to an alternate reality in order to save the world, so the lizard which he calls himself Lorip taught me how to use a short sword and a bow and arrow.  That's how I became a ranger.  When 5 years passed, Lorip told me that a town was North of the Rose Forest called Archidonis that I should go to and live for a while.  He also gave me enough money to buy a house and start my adventure.  This is where the story begins.

So, how do you guys think of that? ???

[TheTick]

That's great.  Love the enthusiasm!  Though it is my job as DM to remind that, as a level 1 character, while it's an urban legend that you could be killed by a common housecat, you are pretty squishy and should treat your first few fights accordingly. ;)

Here's a character sheet for Tagart.  Can be tweaked if anything comes up.  Want this to be a good learning experience for all of us.

[Nighthawk]

I'm the one that can be killed by a house cat!  :-\

[TheTick]

YOU can be killed by one of the Half-Orcs farting.  I suggest sleeping at least 15 feet away.

[TheTick]

I've posted up the first thread that needs player input!  Role play away!  :D

[Sputnik314]

That is a pretty cool template, but I can kill people just by farting!?!?

[TheTick]

LOL, no.  It's a joke on Wizards (of which Nighthawk's character is) having only a few hit points per level.

[Sputnik314]

Heh Heh it's too bad I took that seriously, I hate it when this happens.

[pooka]

If he were serious, he would have said "flatulence".

[TheTick]

*bump* for the new guys, some helpful character creation links in here.

[SteveRogers]

In a lot of ways this is all really foreign to me, I'm at work, so I can't look at the PCGen program, but I intend to take a look at that once I get off work.

I thought it might be kind of fun to play a dwarf bard (possibly with a drinking problem, if that isn't too cliche), but I'm not sure if that's even possible or how to distribute skills to make such a character properly.

[TheTick]

That is definitely possible to do, one thing to note is that your standard Dwarves have a penalty to Charisma, which is a Bard's main stat.  Can be worked around, but worth noting.  Could be fun to roleplay. :D  If you'd like to avoid that, I might suggest you check out the Environmental Racial Variants in the SRD, which can give you options for different penalties and bonuses (along with the other differences).

[SteveRogers]

I'll have to take a look after I get off work.  Most of the D&D related links are blocked by my work's firewall.