the D&D role play.

[naughtyelf]

i donno if this is going to work, its a very complicated game and even hard to keep track of if everyone is in the same room, but its so cool i have to give it a try.

allrighty then, first you gotta pick one of these here classes:

fighter: the name says all
rogue: sneaky fighter who uses stealth over brute force
ranger: wilderness fighter
druid: nature spell caster
cleric: divine spell caster
wizard: arcane spell caster
sorcerer: like a wizard only more spells but less to choose from
barbarian: fighter who uses his rage to win fights
monk: martial artist
bard: the jack of all trades
paladin: divine fighter

now you must choose a race.

human: pretty much good with everything.
high elf: fast and nimble, low health
wood elf: fast and strong, low health and inteligence
gray elf: high inteligence, low strength
hill dwarf: high health, low charisma
halfling: fast and nimble, low strength and health
gnome: high health, low strength
orc: high strength, low inteligence and charisma


got all that? now we choose stats, your stats are.

strength: melee damage and accuracy
dexterity: range attack accuracy
inteligence: arcane magic strength
wisdom: divive magic strength
charisma: personality, people skills, and the like.
constitution: health

take 8,10,12,13,15,and 18, and put one in each skill, these should very with race and class, an example would be

gray elf wizard would have stats like these.

strength 8 ( wizard has no use for melee attacks)
dexterity 13 ( dex is also your ability to dodge)
inteligence 18 ( a must for a arcane wizard)
wisdom 10 ( not needed, since you cant use divine magic)
constitution 15 ( health is very usefull for wizards, as theey cant wear heavy armor, which we will get to later)
charisma 12 ( this is whats left over, might as well have good people skills)



now to choose equipment and spells.

weapons for melee classes are as follows:
dagger: small and low damage, can be thrown 10 feet
short sword: slightly better then dagger
long sword: very reliable weapon
great sword: very powerfull sword, need 2 hands
light mace: light and good for smashing things
heavy mace: good for smashing things
light flail: spikey and fast, very nice weapon
heavy flail: a 2 handed flail, more damage
short spear: pointy, can also be thrown 20 feet
long spear: pointy and has long reach
hand axe: weak axe, can be thrown 10 feet
battle axe: most common weapon with dwarves
dwarven war axe: very powerfull axe
greataxe: very powerfull 2 handed axe

you may choose to eather use a one handed weapon,
a one handed weapon with a shield,
a 2 handed weapon,
or 2 one handed weapons, but you lose some accuracy

range weapons are as follows:

shortbow: short range, can be fired from horseback.
longbow: long range, cant be fired from horseback.
comp shortbow: strength make it do more damage, unlike a regular bow,
comp longbow: like a longbow, but strength counts for damage.
crossbow: long range and damage, slow to reload.

here be spells: only wizards, sorcerers and bards use these spells:

1st level spells are.
magic missle: low damge, un dodgeable.
burning hands: cone of fire
shocking grasp: a shocking grip
sleep: makes opponents fall asleep
read magic: lets you read magic writeing
detect magic: detects all magic in a 60 foot radius
chill touch: lowers opponents strength

level 2 spells are.

acid arrow: long range acid damage
fog cloud: obscures vision
web: fills 20 feet with sticky spider webs
darkness: 20 foot radius of super natural shadow
spider climb: allows you to climb on walls
flame sphere: rolling ball of fire
invisibility: makes you invisible for 5 minutes

3rd level spells are
hold person: stops one person from moveing for 1 mniute
daylight: 60 foot radius of bright sunlight
lightning bolt: bolt of lightnibg springs from your hand
fireball: ball of fire shoots from your hand
dispel magic: cancels magical effects
blinck:you randomly vanish and reapear

level 4 spells are

dimention door: teleports you a short distence
scrying: spies on subject from a distence
wall of fire: deals damage to anyone walking through it
fear: makes one monster flee from you
ice storm: hail rains in a 40 foor cylinder

ill add to this if anyone ever gets high enough to use spells stronger then these. and there are more spells of the levels that i have mentioned, but i think these should do fine.

here be divine spells:

level one divine spells:

cure light wounds: heals small wounds
shield of faith: plus 2 armor class for a little while
detect undead: detects undead within 60 feet
bless water: makes holy water ( does damage to undead)
bless: all allies hit more often

level 2 spells
cure moderate wounds: heals moderate damage
bulls strength: makes one allie stronger (plus 4 strength)
shield other: takes damage done to an allie
zone of truth: sunject within range cannot lie
consecrate: fills area with posotive energy, makeing undead weaker

third level spells

blindness/deafness: makes subject blinf and deaf for 2 minutes
searing light: deals great damage to undead
cure sirious wounds: cures sirious damage
water breathing: lets you breath under water
invisibility purge: dispels invisibility

level four spells

air walk: subject walks on air as if solid
cure critical wounds: heals critical damage
dismissal: forces a creature to return to its native plain
hallow:designates ground as holy
flame strike: smite foes with divine fire


on to armor and shields.

leather armor: weak armor worn mostly by rogues and bards.
studded leather: slightly better then ragular leather
chainmail shirt: best light armor

hide: only armor wearable by druids, medium armor
full chainmail: good defence, low menuverability
breast plate: good defence, mostly used by barbarians

half plate: really good defence, not as good as full plate but quite a bit cheeper
full plate: most defenceive armor, very low menuverability

light shield: small shield, ok defence
heavy shield: good defence, a little bulky
tower shield: super defence, really bulky, gets in the way during combat

after you have your equipment or spells, its time to get your health and armor class.

base health for different classes are.

fighter 10
rogue 6
ranger 8
druid 8
barbarian 12
wizard 4
sorcerer 4
cleric 8
bard 6
monk 8
paladin 10

if u put an 8 in constitution, your health is base minus 1
if u put 10, your health is base
if u put 12 or 13, its base plus 1
if u put 15, its base plus 2
if u put 18, its base plus 4

every time you level up ( ill tell you when you level up)
your health goes up by base halved plus constitutuon modifier.

ok, time for armor class, your armor class is how hard you are to hit. armor class is based on your armor, shield, ans dexterity. some armors ( like full plate) give you a ton of armor, but allow bo dexterity armor bonus.

leather: gives plus 2 armor and allows plus 6 dex
studded leather:gives plus 3 armor and allows plus 5 dex
chain shirt: gives plus 4 armor and allows 4 dex
hide: plus 3 armor and allows plus 4 dex
full chainmail: plus 5 armor and allows plus 2 dex
breastplate: plus 5 armor and allows plus 3 dex
half plate: plus 7 armor and allows 1 dex
full plate: plus 8 armor and allows no dex bonuses

dexterity is to armor ans constitution is to health, same bonuses. 8 is minus 1, 10 is nothing, 12 and 13 arew plus 1, 15 is plus 2, and 18 is plus 4.

shield armor bonuses are.
light shield: plus 1 armor
heavy shield: plus 2 armor
tower shield: plus 4 armor

now to choose an alignment, you could choose to be.

lawful-good
chaotic-good
neutral-good
neutral
neutral-chaotic
neutral-lawful

noramaly you could chose to be evil, but playing evil doesent work well in my kinda campaigns, so im banning it.

ok i think that about covers it, take a look at my character as an example.

name: Jozen
race: high elf
class: ranger
alignment: chaotic-good
stats.
strength: 15
dexterity:18
inteligence:10
wisdom:8
constitution:13
charisma:12
equipment.
weapon: greataxe
ranged weapon: composite shortbow
armor: chainmail shirt
shield: none

health: 9
armor class: 18

spells: none


if there is something extreamly importent that i have forgotten, please let me know.

the actual game will begin when everyone who is going to play has made a character, until then the story will not be anounced.

[Happy Camper]

actualy i think this is a great idea, but lets keep this as the charactor thread, and when everybody makes a charactor we use this thread, it will also keep the STORY thread uncluttered

[naughtyelf]

ok, thats a good idea.

[NightStarFairy]

so you make a character out of all that stuff?

[SkinnyGreenMan]

Yeah, let me give you an example of what a finished character would look like when you posted it (note, this is just an example) :

Name: (oh come on, its just an example don't expect me to name it...)
Race: Dwarf
Class: Fighter
Allignment: Lawful Good

Stats:


Strength: 18
Dextarity: 15
Wisdom: 10
Intelligance: 12
Constitution: 13 (+2 for being a dwarf = 15)
Charisma: 8 (-2 for being a dwarf = 6)

Equipment:

... One thing Dillon didn't mention is that you have to buy equipment to start out with, and thus you can't just pick and choose what you want. Dillon, you should get a price guide up and how much money each character class starts with.

... Another thing Dillon forgot to mention. Feats. Little bonuses that everyone gets to choose from, perhaps he decided it was just to complicated to use at first?

To Caroline: It sounds like it would be easier to design a character with the help of Dillon. Come up with what you can (name, race, etc.) then ask him to help with the other stuff (idk if he'd wan't it via pm or posted here). He should be able to explain what different things mean.

To Dillon: Once you get that price guide up I'll make a character and join.

[NightStarFairy]

Ok, I shall see what I can come up with.

[SkinnyGreenMan]

*decides to go ahed and make a character*

K Dillon, when you read this call me or something so we can fix it up and all (with feats/equipment/whatever). I'm gonna try out an elf wizard (I've only ever played as an elf druid and I liked the dextarity bonus lol).

Name: (... Naming was never my strong point, will be filled in later.)
Race: High Elf (I guess, you ought to explain the difference between the elfs to me Dillon lol)
Class: Wizard
Allignment: Lawful Good

Stats (I'm basing this off of what I know from the normal elf stats, I'm assuming thats the same as high elf but I'll ask Dillon) :

Strength: 8
Dextarity: 15 + 2 = 17
Inteligance: 18
Wisdom: 10
Constitution: 13 - 2 = 11
Charisma: 12

Spells: (I'll have to talk to Dillon first)

Equipment: (as stated in my above post, I can't say yet)

[naughtyelf]

ok scott, im just gunna leave feats out, a little to complex for an online game, and here is the equipment and costs.

dagger: 2 gp
short sword: 10 gp
long sword: 15 gp
great sword: 50 gp
light mace: 10 gp
heavy mace: 25 gp
light flail: 12 gp
heavy flail: 30 gp
short spear: 5 gp
long spear: 10 gp
handaxe: 4 gp
battleaxe:15 gp
dwarven war axe: 35 gp
great axe: 40 gp

and armors.

leather: 25 gp
studded leather: 50 gp
chain shirt: 100 gp
hide armor: 30 gp
full chainmail: 150 gp
breastplate: 250 gp
half plate: 600 gp
full plate: 1.500 gp

fighters, paladins, rangers all start with 150 gp
rogues, bards,barbarians, and clerics all strt with 100 gp
wizards and sorcerers start with 50 gp
and monks and druids start with 25 gp

oh, and monks dont use regular weapons, instead they can choose from these weapons.

sai: a three pronged dagger
staff: ( also for wizards, but not sorcerers) long piece of wood
kama: a one handed sythe
throwing stars: sharp and pointy little buggers
nunchuku: piece of wood chained to another piece of wood...better then it sounds.

[SkinnyGreenMan]

I don't see ranged weapons anywhere... Do shortbows cost 5 or 10gp?

I'm gonna assume 10gp for now and get my equipment:

Shortbow - 10gp
Shortsword - 10gp

5gp left

Lol... I guess thats it.