3.5 dnd game.

[nikohl]

Does Etta's sheet still work as it stands or do I need to do any modifications?

[Jacon]

Should be fine. The setting will be different so just prepare to change your background from the other setting.

EDIT: Level 4 will be the starting point

EDIT: Let me know which fraction you'll be with starting off. Imperial or tribal or other. This will only be for knowing where you start off and won't have any bearing on your alligience

[Theis2]

I feel like doing a shameless plug for my own game considering that not everyone got selected
It's a bit lower than the level Jacon wants to use.

[Jacon]

I feel like doing a shameless plug for my own game considering that not everyone got selected
It's a bit lower than the level Jacon wants to use.

SHAMELESS!!
I forgive you....

[Nerre]

Have fun!

[Quarg]

Alright....
The question is what character classes to we have at the moment?
Tea: Cleric?
Chuck:??
nickhol: rouge
Quarg: Pending though looking at duskblade or ranger...

[Jacon]

Nickohl is a rogue.

[ChuckDaRighteous]

Not entirely sure what I'm gonna go for yet, but my first thought is leaning towards spell thief or scout.

[Quarg]

So as a group we are light on magic ability hmmm....

[ChuckDaRighteous]

I was wondering a bit about what the campaign setting would be. Not necessarily the people/factions but instead the environment. Beaches? Jungles? Forests? Deserts? Caves? Mountains? Hot weather? Cold weather? Since its an island but it was colonized for its mining i figure there is some range in the environment, but some idea of what's more prevalent would be useful. Whether we're on the coast trading or deep in the mines mining can make a difference. After all, I don't want to go with a partially-aquatic frost character and then somehow end up in the middle of a desert.

[Jacon]

Terrain is basically heavy jungle to forest with a few mountains thrown in. Theirs beaches cause it is surrounded by the ocean. Gordor is actually two islands split by sea river. But for the most part it's pretty heavy jungle.

[Tea]

I'm currently leaning towards cleric (whatever doom that gets me in future). Second choice is looking like it's a rouge.

Editing:Of course, then right after I post this I start looking at sorcerers, the cleric bit may change if I can convince the guy that it wouldn't drive him mad. Pending looking into it a little more.

[Jacon]

Well if you need any help building a character let me know

[Quarg]

I think I'm going to have to add levels of wizard to my duskblade to improve their debuffing capability...

[Tea]

Okay, currently I have a half-orcish cleric most likely on the chaotic neutral side and a rough backstory worked out. Next is,...find some dice (or, their computer equivalent) and figure out to do with the numbers?

[Quarg]

Well typically I use http://www.pathguy.com/cg35.htm to generate scores and characters...

http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards ... opic=420.0 is a guide for making Clerics...

And here is the current background 'story' which will need editing to fit into Godor...

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Dear Mother,

I received your letter of the twenty seventh yesterday. I must say that Mrs. Thunt next door has more tails about Gordor than I do, and I live here.
And I am not sharing my rooms with some native tribesman. I am sharing them with a Adrocan, Captain Alexander Rylinnl'ona formerly of the 12th Kestna Volunteer Rangers.
Before that twit Thunt fills your head with goblins and bugbears, the Adroca is one of the smaller old kingdoms. Actually it is an island off the far south coast, which I am informed by is only known for sheep and whiskey. I can attest to the quality of the whiskey, I have no clue about sheep. Adrocans are known for their odd pointy ears and long lives, but they are really no different than any other citizen of the Empire.

Captain Alexander is a bit of an interesting character himself. Well not in description, he's about my height, emerald green eyes and brown hair. If he was on the street in my gear you'd think he was a solicitor, until you noticed that he strides about the place like he's on march. He grew up as the second son of one of the more noted distillers on the island. But not wanting to work for his brother ran off and joined the Legions.

I know you don't know who the 8th Legion, the Iron Legion, is from the Cistern Boys choir, but they are something. Oh, wait, you once asked me why some Legionaries wear those wide brimmed hats with red feathers rather than proper helmets? Those people with the black hats were from the 8th. Anyway he joined the eighth just before the whole blow up in Kestna and they sent out the 8th to deal with it all. Apparently Captain Rylinnl'ona was attached to the scouts and got caught out in the open, where he suddenly demonstrated an ability to cast magic...much to the disappointment of the Kestna black guards. Anyway they sent him back here to the Registerium Academy. That's the place that Bill Witter went to as an officer candidate and flunked out of so they sent him to wash floors in Pildara.

Anyway, graduated and then was sent back to the eighth. Then when they raised the 12 Kestna Rangers, well they decided that the senior officers should be Imperial officers so they pulled Alex over and he served as Warlock Cohort. The 12th Kestna wound up here when they got sidelined from being sent to Zula. And they were here for the last five years.
Well, until they appointed General Bludard to be the Army commander. He basically disbanded the 12th here, by then most of the imperial officers had retired but a handful were stuck without any billets. Most have gone home usually in the old kingdoms, to wait to get off of half pay. Alex is still here because his half pay can go a lot father in Gordor than it can back home. That and he doesn't like his brother's wife...apparently she was once engaged to him.

And unlike a good number of those half-pay officers back home who can be found all hours, drinking ,smoking, gambling and whoring down near the canary, Alex actually has a job.
Well alright, you will find him two weeks out of four in the officer's Mess road, drinking, smoking, and playing cards. The other two weeks he's out as a Reeve. He rides out into the countryside and decides local disputes betweeen the various tribes. Not in a legal capacity, but more of just a non-partisan judge. Anyway, he gets paid a small stippend for it and the rest of the time he's trying to entertain himself. I know he's hoping that either an open slot in the local officer ranks will become vacant or that he's finally recalled by the Ministry to take a post elsewhere.
I ........

[Tea]

So, if we're going colonial does this bit

imperials have more rights than the common native ( They are allowed to wear metal armor and use metal weapons unlike many tribals who need permits to do so.)

still apply? I'm looking like I have a very definitely not imperial and very unlikely to get a permit (at least, not by the normal legal route) type character who is looking at possible weapons/armor.

Oh, and just to run by Character Thus Far in case there's anything that isn't going to work for it

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Name: undecided
Race: Half-Orc
Class: Cleric (of Grummesh, domains undecided yet)
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Physical Description: still working on it
Background: raised mostly by his orkish mother, human father either never showed up or left very early on. Whatever the relationship was between his parents, it was certainly not one of love (the idea is currently ranging from he was a patron of hers in the red-light district, to he simply raped her). He hates his father vehemently, and set out to find him and kill him (this may or may not tie into him taking up being a cleric) only to find out that the man had already been killed. Shortly after that point he now finds himself (wherever heÔÇÖs being put in this game). He tends to be pretty close-lipped about himself and has pretty much come to terms with the fact that he will probably die young (as a precaution, he assumes everyone he meets would gladly slit his throat given the opportunity)

Ability Scores
Constitution: 14, Intelligence 10, Strength: 13, Charisma 6, Dexterity: 12, and Wisdom: 16

[Jacon]

At this age you'd proberly just be able to buy whatever metal armor/weapons you want,

That idea works. I think were going to start off with people from the empire/other fractions getting off a boat unto a imperial borderland base on the coast of Gordor, Tribals players will also be at this base,

[Tea]

Okay, done with everything but physical description, equipment and weaponry (are there any rules for how much or what we can start out with?), and spells.

[Jacon]

For armor i'd say don't go higher than breastplate, any weapon you want and go ahead and make it masterwork. You can buy 150 gold pieces worth of equipment and lemma know if you have an idea for a daily. I might also give you a small magic item to go along with what you buy.

[ChuckDaRighteous]

Could you explain dailies to me? Being something you took from 4 and I being exclusively 3.5, I have no idea what exactly you expect from that. Just make up a power or is there more to it?

[Jacon]

Basically you come up with a concept and the stats you think you should have for that concept. ( Example: My characters draws upon his draconic ancestry to breath flames. As a minor action I can breath fire that does 2d4 points of damage, dc damage halves and the dc is based upon my dex.)

Than you and I haggle over the power until it fits within your level.

I think Quargs power is basically Gaseous form ( spell) for one round. So you could just use a spell for your daily as well.
If you having trouble coming up with a concept I can give you a pretty generic daily based on your role in the party until you come up with a concept that you'd like to have.

[ChuckDaRighteous]

Ok I've worked out the basics for my character. He's an Imperial chaotic neutral Raptorian Spellthief. I still need to work out skill lvls and equipment and I might change one of my known spells but its otherwise finished.

I haven't seen much from other players how is everyone else doing on their characters?

Do you have an idea on when you want to start the game?

[Jacon]

When everyone has their sheets ready I will start the game.
Nikhol and Quarg are already set.

[Tea]

I'm almost done over here (I think I just gotta grab some equipment and, I swear there was maybe another thing or two). I remember having some good ideas for what I wanted for the daily earlier, but now, I can't remember what they were.