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Post by Gigermann on Oct 26, 2012 11:20:11 GMT -6
My initial thinking was to have everyone play their "default" characters, for starters, in this campaign. This would end up with: - Me=Elven Ranger
- Rigil=human Paladin/Cavalier
- ChrisIII=Rogue
- Not sure about N8/ShLE—haven't been at it long enough to establish a default (except N8's default may be "crazy" )
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Post by Rigil Kent on Oct 26, 2012 11:33:14 GMT -6
Probably Human Knight for me. LN. Thinking that I will borrow Sturm Brightblade concept - he's from a historically famous name that has fallen into disfavor thanks to his father's actions, so he's in the lowest knightly order, the one that is generally perceived as having nothing but jumped up commoners. ("Order of the Sword", with "Order of the Rose" being middling, and "Order of the Crown" being reserved for highborn.)
Would probably be a good idea if the group were already friends before this.
ETA: If we do the "only PHB, DMG & MM" thing, I'll likely go with either fighter or paladin. Depends on what the team needs - if we have no healer, I'll probably go with paladin.
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Post by Rigil Kent on Oct 26, 2012 11:48:16 GMT -6
Also, need to determine character creation method. Since this is "Generica," I recommend the Standard Array: 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8
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Post by WxMAN on Oct 26, 2012 12:20:34 GMT -6
Shelley tends to play fighter or fighter variants..
I tend to play awesome
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Post by Gigermann on Oct 26, 2012 12:24:34 GMT -6
My original thought was that the PCs would be the "heroes guild" of some small town—that is, there are only the PCs in the guild—and are looked to by the locals to handle any weirdness. Also, thinking of them as Punch Clock Heroes (the "for the money" variety). The RAW Standard Array sucks—rather use Rigil's last one, if we don't roll stats
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Post by Rigil Kent on Oct 26, 2012 14:20:43 GMT -6
The RAW Standard Array sucks As a "Generic Hero," you need to suck it up and use the RAW Standard Array. Wimp.
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Post by Gigermann on Oct 26, 2012 14:28:22 GMT -6
As a "Generic Hero," you need to suck it up and use the RAW Standard Array. Wimp. Under no circumstance will I voluntarily accept an "8" in anything Besides…"generic," not "average"
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Post by WxMAN on Oct 26, 2012 14:57:01 GMT -6
Do you trust rolling 6, 4d6 drop lowest in front of us with your luck? I think a RAW Standard Array is pretty generous for you
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Post by Gigermann on Oct 26, 2012 15:03:53 GMT -6
I won't suffer shitty stats. Not gonna happen. I will abort.
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Post by LabRat on Oct 26, 2012 15:12:55 GMT -6
I usually go fighter variant and N8 usually has more fun with spell casting. I can work with Rigil so we have some melee variety. Like one can do a tank build, the other a glass cannon. Right now, nothing is jumping out at me in terms of inspiration. I will have to think on it. If you think we have a need for something just let me know.
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Post by Rigil Kent on Oct 26, 2012 15:15:04 GMT -6
I'm leaning toward the traditional Paladin simply for the eventual option to gain some healing, though honestly, I'd prefer the Knight from PHB2 who is more of a damage soaker. You could probably go straight Fighter if you wanted... I won't suffer shitty stats. Not gonna happen. I will abort. Wimp.
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Post by LabRat on Oct 26, 2012 15:23:22 GMT -6
A part of me would like to give Corabelle another shot since I had to abandon her at Level 4, but then that would mean that we would have two rogues in the party or ChrisIII would have to give up the rogue slot. I don't know if that's possible and I am not committing to anything. I just would like to see my possibilities.
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Post by Gigermann on Oct 26, 2012 15:25:56 GMT -6
A part of me would like to give Corabelle another shot since I had to abandon her at Level 4, but then that would mean that we would have two rogues in the party or ChrisIII would have to give up the rogue slot. I don't know if that's possible and I am not committing to anything. I just would like to see my possibilities. Why make a fuss? If we want to do that, do that. If we're overbalanced in the rogue-direction, we adjust our adventure choices accordingly. In some ways. it might be better to figure out what we want to do with the party before we decide what to allow/disallow, rules-wise.
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Post by Gigermann on Oct 26, 2012 15:28:39 GMT -6
I still want to play Uzi, or Snaga
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Post by Rigil Kent on Oct 26, 2012 15:49:48 GMT -6
A couple of ideas we could use in terms of adventuring party: - Rather than be the "adventuring guild" of a city, since a lot of adventures presume that the characters are murder hobos, maybe we could be part of a minstrel caravan (like gypsies.) That way, lots of Rogues would make sense, fighterly types could be Strong Men, wizards could useful, etc. Obviously, I'd need to tweak my initial character concept (Knight), but I'm not sold on that anyway.
- We could also do the "lord's entourage" idea mentioned many moons ago, where we have a NPC lord/baron/prince/whatever, who is frankly hopeless but thinks he's fraking awesome, so at least part of our adventures revolve around keeping him alive. In this case, it would be amusing if our goal isn't material wealth and power on our part, but to improve Lord Dumbass's lot in life.
Just some random thoughts...
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Post by WxMAN on Oct 26, 2012 15:53:24 GMT -6
May try Druid since I have been definitely attempting to have a try at each of the major class archetypes... would allow me to do some limited heals since I don't see many people jumping at the bit to cleric
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Post by LabRat on Oct 26, 2012 23:46:07 GMT -6
Well I have thought about it and I am going to try my hand at being a sorcerer. I want to do something different than a fighter and I wouldn't be able to do the build I want with corebelle due to the potential book restrictions. Figured I can start to go into spell casting.
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Post by Rigil Kent on Oct 27, 2012 16:08:45 GMT -6
So we're looking at: - Budah - no idea. Hasn't chimed in yet.
- Giger - possibly Ranger, possibly Rogue
- LabRat - Sorceror
- WxMAN - Druid
I think what I will plan on is Human Fighter at first (probably up to 4th level) who will later become a Knight. With that in mind, we'll need to consider alignment issues. Knights have to be Lawful, so I'll likely be looking at Lawful Neutral. Druids have to be Neutral in some facet (Neutral good, lawful neutral, neutral, chaotic neutral, or neutral evil.) No idea what else anyone is playing. Did we decide to use the stat generation thing I used in CrimsonCity? Finally, what level?
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Post by Gigermann on Oct 27, 2012 16:57:21 GMT -6
Consider ChrisIII to be doing a Rogue unless otherwise specified
Considering the ramifications of having an all "neutral axis" party… motivating them could be tricky
Low level, more than 1st
We never made an official decision about the stats—starting a poll
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Post by thedefiantbudah on Oct 27, 2012 18:23:37 GMT -6
*chime* halfling bard or rogue...possibly combination of both *chime*
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Post by Gigermann on Oct 29, 2012 12:20:21 GMT -6
@n8: Need to use James May for the druid
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Post by WxMAN on Oct 29, 2012 12:50:54 GMT -6
.... why?!?!
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Post by Gigermann on Oct 29, 2012 13:01:22 GMT -6
Cuz it'd be awesome. He'd make a good druid.
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Post by LabRat on Oct 29, 2012 13:25:58 GMT -6
@n8: Need to use James May for the druid You know if Giger suggested it then there is probably already something in the photoshop works
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Post by Gigermann on Oct 30, 2012 12:20:28 GMT -6
SITREP: Rigil=Human Fighter/Knight N8=[Race] Druid ShLE=Human(?) Sorcerer(ess) ChrisIII=Halfling Rogue Dan=Leaning toward Uzi (Dwarven Ranger) based on the current composition
More details?
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Post by LabRat on Oct 30, 2012 12:37:02 GMT -6
yeah, Maia is human for the time being. Not to speak for him but N8 might change to a fighter class, I think he is waiting on the group setting/how do we know each other in order to help him make his decision.
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Post by Gigermann on Oct 30, 2012 12:58:53 GMT -6
At this point, we're kinda expecting a fair amount of dungeon-crawling, since most modules tend that way. If N8 sticks with the druid, there are some variants, geared toward dungeoneering, that might be useful. Otherwise, other than lacking a heal-stick, we've got everything more-or-less covered. Can always use more hitters, of course, but then there's probably nothing a party could not use more of (except backstabbers ).
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Post by WxMAN on Oct 30, 2012 13:13:39 GMT -6
I am torn right now between Barbarian v Druid.
I'm a bit more interested in giving my brain a bit of a rest from all the thousands of spells and just bashing people's heads in over and over and over....
But I'm also interested in how the Druid plays, and I know when Shelley runs we won't have a caster in any way....
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Post by Gigermann on Oct 30, 2012 13:25:30 GMT -6
I am torn right now between Barbarian v Druid. Could always do both—can be a mean combo with the shapeshifting
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Post by Rigil Kent on Oct 30, 2012 13:52:42 GMT -6
Huh. That is an interesting combo. Shapeshift into a bear (STR increase) then RAGE! (Another STR increase.) Man, that could be freaking brutal.
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