Horde of the Dragon Queen - OOC

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Lyku

Quote from: Priapus89 on October 05, 2017, 07:58:09 PM
Here is Twill Gravejoy:


Nice beginning for your sheet.  Now... under the section where it says Personality, Ideal, Flaw and Bond, that typically connects to your background.

Quick reference for backgrounds can be found here:  Here

Backgrounds add depth to your character.  Backgrounds also one of the factors that help decide what skills you would possess.

For skills in 5e, you get skills from a few sources.  You background gives you typically 2 skills that you are proficient in.  Classes will tell you to pick 2 or 3 skills of your choice from a list specific to your class.  Some races may also give you a skill or two.  Being proficient in a skill means when you need to make a roll using that skill you add your proficiency score to the roll.


...Sidetracking to how skill checks work...


To give a bit of an example... we'll start with Bob the Level 1 Rogue.  For this example, he has a score of 16 for his Dexterity (Which gives him a Dexterity bonus of +3) and an Intelligence of 12 (Bonus of +1).  He is also proficient in Stealth.  So he decides he wants to sneak into a temple.  To sneak in, he says he is going to attempt to do so.  For him to attempt to sneak in, he would first roll a 1d20.  In this situation, we will say he rolled a 10.  Now, since he is proficient in Stealth, he would add his proficiency modifier of +2 to that roll, bringing it up to 12.  Stealth is also a Dexterity based skill check.  For that reason, he would also add his Dexterity modifier (+3), bringing his total roll up to 15.  This would typically help him overcome a medium difficulty challenge... maybe there was a guard on duty and with that roll, you snuck past him.

So continuing with Bob, he ends up getting into the temple and he finds a book regarding words of an old deity.  He wants to see if he recalls any information regarding this deity from past experiences.  So he would roll his 1d20... and this time he rolled an 11.  Now, he isn't proficient in the skill "Religion", so he doesn't add his proficiency to that roll.  However, he would add his Intelligence modifier as Religion is an intelligence based check, bringing his total up to 12. 

When you make those rolls... the difficulty of the challenge is something that the DM (In this case, me) would know.  You would provide your total and I would give you the results of what you accomplished.
Every great dream begins with a dreamer.  Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.  – Harriet Tubman


Lyku

Don't worry about it, Dragon.  That is the purpose of this game, to help teach.

I can help you out or one of the experienced players.  Whichever you feel comfortable with.
Every great dream begins with a dreamer.  Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.  – Harriet Tubman


Dashenka

I think my brain just exploded...


*wanders off for a cup of tea*


*goes back to reading*


:P
Out here in the fields, I fight for my meals and I get my back into my living.

I don't need to fight to prove I'm right and I don't need to be forgiven.

Lyku

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. :D  I can be overwhelming.
Every great dream begins with a dreamer.  Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.  – Harriet Tubman


ZameRagues

Quote from: Dragongoddess on October 06, 2017, 08:28:24 AM
Okay using these I have a better idea of classes I might be interested in.  If there are any experienced players willing to help me create a character, please let me know here so I can PM you.  I'm so inexperienced that I know after seeing the character sheet better that I'm going to need a LOT of help.  So much so that I believe it would be better for the rest of the group if I took my getting help to PMs from here.
im sure any of the experienced players would be willing to help with character creation, so just pick and choose one, or ask questions of all of us.
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Dashenka

Quote from: ZameRagues on October 06, 2017, 03:12:44 AM
Alright, Rogue it is. You'll be a Dex based fighter

There are a couple different styles of Rogues you can play. Dexterity is your main stat and what you will fight with. Would you prefer to play a smart investigative thief that can find traps and stealth around enemies, or more of a face who can lie to people can coerce them to your desire?

Stats so far
Str -
Dex 15
Con -
Int -
Wis -
Cha -

15 14 13 12 10 8


Sorry I missed this at first.

I think I like a bit of both. Lie to a person what a pretty face they have while robbing them blind, but also being able to stealth around the battle and stab a scallywag in the back :) That requires Constition and Charisma no?
Out here in the fields, I fight for my meals and I get my back into my living.

I don't need to fight to prove I'm right and I don't need to be forgiven.

Lyku

Constitution would determine how physically healthy you are.  Charisma is the stat that would determine how well you could lie.  Both rogue and bard would be good choices for that concept.
Every great dream begins with a dreamer.  Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.  – Harriet Tubman


Dashenka

Out here in the fields, I fight for my meals and I get my back into my living.

I don't need to fight to prove I'm right and I don't need to be forgiven.

Lyku

Starting is looking good so far.  Using base human, their racial modifier is increase all stats by 1.  So increase all your stats up 1.  Any reason for choosing evil?  You described your character not as much of heartless as more selfish.  Sounds like she might be more true neutral unless she likes to eliminate the competition.  Be warned, this story is based around effectively saving a portion of the world.
Every great dream begins with a dreamer.  Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.  – Harriet Tubman


Dashenka

Isn't the allignment based on the Deity?
Out here in the fields, I fight for my meals and I get my back into my living.

I don't need to fight to prove I'm right and I don't need to be forgiven.

Lyku

Every great dream begins with a dreamer.  Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.  – Harriet Tubman


Muse

  A naive worshipers of a goddess of the sea so cruel they call her the Bitch Queen?  Interesting.  ^_^;; 

  Sorry, I'll keep my trap shut about evil characters.  I'm not the DM and the DM is doing fine. 

  *Smacks himself on the hands.* 
A link for all of us who ever had a shouting match with our muse: http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html

How to set this Muse ablaze (O/Os)

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Muse

#62
^_^;;   I'm probably being a bad senpai phrasing it that way. 

  Dashenka, if you're wanting a more benevolant but still roguish goddess, I would sugest Tymora, goddess of good fortune.  This is a good summary of her dogma: 

One should be bold, for to be bold is to live. A brave heart and willingness to take risks beat out carefully wrought plans nine times out of ten. Place yourself in the hands of fate and trust your own luck. Bear and conduct yourselves as your own masters, showing your good or bad fortune as confidence in the Lady. Chase your own unique goals, and the Lady aids the chase. Without direction or goals, you soon know the embrace of Beshaba, For those on no set course are at the mercy of misfortune, which has no mercy at all. 

*  *  *

Maybe my turn to play senpai to you, Lyku.  :) 

It will probably cause less confusion if you find out which section you want this gmae in and move the OOC there.  :)
A link for all of us who ever had a shouting match with our muse: http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html

How to set this Muse ablaze (O/Os)

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Dashenka

#63
That sounds good :)


Updated with the new Deity, alignment and the human base stats.


Anything else I should do?
Out here in the fields, I fight for my meals and I get my back into my living.

I don't need to fight to prove I'm right and I don't need to be forgiven.

Vergil1989

Sorry for not being around for the past couple of days.  I DO have good news though, beyond being a bit busy and still a bit depressed.  Thanks to a good friend of mine, I went to a place called Titan Games that has all kinds of fellow nerds, geeks, and the like who get together to play various board and tabletop games.  Most notably, they're starting up a Starfinder game on Monday that I'm hoping to become a part of.  ;D  I'm excited to say the least, but just wanted to let you guys know I haven't forgotten this place.  :D

I'll get to work on a sheet today, despite having not slept the greatest.  I'll read through what's here and go from there.  Thanks for doing this guys and gals and here's hoping we survive against Tiamat and her cultists.  Lol yes I know full well the general story for this particular module, but not the in depth content/details.

Do we already have a cleric?  I had planned to do one myself is all but if someone else has that role I can try to make something else easily enough.
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Dragongoddess

Quote from: Vergil1989 on October 06, 2017, 03:34:32 PM
Sorry for not being around for the past couple of days.  I DO have good news though, beyond being a bit busy and still a bit depressed.  Thanks to a good friend of mine, I went to a place called Titan Games that has all kinds of fellow nerds, geeks, and the like who get together to play various board and tabletop games.  Most notably, they're starting up a Starfinder game on Monday that I'm hoping to become a part of.  ;D  I'm excited to say the least, but just wanted to let you guys know I haven't forgotten this place.  :D

I'll get to work on a sheet today, despite having not slept the greatest.  I'll read through what's here and go from there.  Thanks for doing this guys and gals and here's hoping we survive against Tiamat and her cultists.  Lol yes I know full well the general story for this particular module, but not the in depth content/details.

Do we already have a cleric?  I had planned to do one myself is all but if someone else has that role I can try to make something else easily enough.
Welcome back.  So far I haven't seen any cleric sheets go up.  I am in the process of making my character but I don't plan on a cleric either.

Vergil1989

Alright, thanks DG.  I can call you DG right....?  Lol that aside, I'll start gettin' my old girl together.  Stats have been posted once on here I saw but I'd have tried to do rolls myself, but that's just me.  ;D  Meh, no biggie either way, although i thought it was 16, not 15?  I'm good either way, I just thought it was always 16 the few times I've had to do a character sheet.  :D
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Muse

 What are you asking about 15 and 16 virgil? 
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How to set this Muse ablaze (O/Os)

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Vergil1989

One of the starting stats I thought was always 16, not 15.  I don't mind either way I guess I'm just misremembering things is all.  :D  I have the D&D handbook for 5e, I just need to find it.  It's either on my Google Drive or my Drivethru RPG account, but I DO have a start to a sheet if you guys want to take a look.  Still need to get some of my numbers crunched but for some reason, none of my spell things are popping up nor is my Spell Save DC or any of that.  I might have picked the wrong sheet from the list on Myth Weavers.  Bleh.
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Vergil1989

She still needs a fair amount of work, but I'm getting there.  Here's what I have thus far though.  :D

Neria Zathrial
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Muse

You're probably thnking about a set of stats after racial modifiers, Vergil. 
A link for all of us who ever had a shouting match with our muse: http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html

How to set this Muse ablaze (O/Os)

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Vergil1989

Ah gotcha, you're probably right, and it's not a big deal regardless so no worries.  :D  It's only one point difference anyway lol.
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Muse

*smiles*  Let me know if I can help somehow, Vergil.  You're the only one ot have pitched a cleric or any other caster with supernatural healing ot the best of my knowledge.  :) 

If we turn out very short on supernatural abilties once every concept is in, I can pull up a diferent character, but after what Lyku said about adjusting things, I doubt it'll be a problem. 

Lyku, I changed my background to one that fit a tad bit better.  I also filled in the Personality and Bonds information.  Because of my character's unusual history, I tweaked some a little bit.  I don't knwo if there's any game mechancis associated with those.  If I've messed somethign up because I'm somewhat new to 5th, please let me know. 
A link for all of us who ever had a shouting match with our muse: http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html

How to set this Muse ablaze (O/Os)

When the little angel won't appear no matter how many plum blossoms you swirl:  https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=135346.msg16474321#msg16474321 (Major update 5/10/2023)

persephone325

Quote from: Vergil1989 on October 06, 2017, 05:03:12 PM
She still needs a fair amount of work, but I'm getting there.  Here's what I have thus far though.  :D

Neria Zathrial

Another Wood Elf! Same age and everything! XD
This doesn't have to end in a fight, Buck.
It always ends in a fight.
You pulled me from the river. Why?
I don't know.
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Dragongoddess

That makes at least three elves (I'm just not sure between wood or high elf right now)