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caelym
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asmo's world looks amazing. | ||
AsmodeusXI
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
It'll get in i promise | ||
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Gahlo
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Goumindong
United States3529 Posts
The first question you should ask is what kind of character do I want to play? How does he/she [i]feel[i]? Once you have you character archetype/idea build the character. Then figure out three questions. 1) how did they attain their class? 2) how did they attain their profession? 3) why are they now adventuring? For my character the answers are, or could be, family, fortune, folly (or family, necessity, justice). Either way, answering those three questions gets everyone the core "story" of a character. Twist as needed from there in order to get the effect you desire. | ||
TheYango
United States47024 Posts
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ketchup
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Goumindong
United States3529 Posts
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On December 08 2014 06:17 Goumindong wrote: I have heard that the monster creation guidelines are really bad (in that they create stronger monsters than they should) so it's a distinct possibility I don't think WotC has ever had a "good" iteration of CR/encounter determining rules, so that wouldn't really be surprising. | ||
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Goumindong
United States3529 Posts
On December 08 2014 08:22 TheYango wrote: I don't think WotC has ever had a "good" iteration of CR/encounter determining rules, so that wouldn't really be surprising. Aside from high level monsters not being powerful enough in 4e, 4e was really good. And they fixed it. But 5e doesn't budget outsized power well, so there are monsters with like cr 3 which will one shot you but have low defense. Which is OK if your group is super metagamey and so knows which monsters are the real threat(so you don't waste actions on defensive monsters) but if for any reason the enemy gets init on you they can wipe your team just by virtue of going first. They also apparently dole out advantage/disadvantage too readily (the power of advantage depends on the target number but it's a bit better than +5 if you need to roll a 10 [due to crits] Edit: Maybe i am more disappointed looking at the system because it looks like Wizards purposely unlearned a lot of the things that it had appeared they learned with 4e even as they clearly learned some of the lessons. (Lack of weapon focus equivalents are a really good example) | ||
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
On December 08 2014 05:03 TheYango wrote: From talking to Wave, he's long since had all of that fleshed out, it's just actually *writing* it out to a level of detail that he's comfortable with. I could probably stop anytime, I just got carried away when first determining the back story and now I just want to complete it as an exercise for myself. There's a couple things about my character im a little disappointed with but overall I *think* it'll be good. Also I'd just like to be clear on this---I think most people seem to assume I'm going to be chosen for this (and I suppose to some degree I am as well). I want to say that I hope I'll be given the same chance as others to do this, and while I would be disappointed if not chosen, I'd be perfectly happy watching along with the rest of TL. There should be zero pressure on Asmo to choose anyone other than who he deems fit for his game for whatever reason. (and yes it would be funny if I died 'cause I was an idiot during encounters ) | ||
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
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AsmodeusXI
United States15536 Posts
On December 08 2014 09:19 PrinceXizor wrote: I wrote a long bio and description of my character, but i dunno if I should ask to play, i don't want to take a spot from others. i might just send my description and stuff to asmo after he picks so maybe he can add something to his world or campaign if he's interested. lol mang you're allowed to give yourself as much of a chance as anyone else. | ||
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Goumindong
United States3529 Posts
That being said I kinda want to see the characters that everyone has dreamed up, post that shit publicly yo | ||
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
On December 08 2014 10:57 Goumindong wrote: I don't think anyone is going to feel bad if they don't get selected, at least I would hope so. That being said I kinda want to see the characters that everyone has dreamed up, post that shit publicly yo If I don't get selected, for sure. I have a whole bunch of interesting sekret stuff I've cooked up so no reveals for me. | ||
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
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phyvo
United States5635 Posts
I guess I'm mostly posting this for the benefit of Wave since you seemed so intent on me applying. I just wanted to share why I think it would disingenuous of me to do so. | ||
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
On December 08 2014 12:28 phyvo wrote: I know Wave was telling me that I should join and I claimed I was afraid of commitment but I think the real issue for me is that I don't feel confident that I will stay interested and/or available. I've been a part of four tabletop campaigns (a long time ago) but two died out in less than two months and the other two died out after the first session. More importantly if this lasts into spring any job I get for spring season will have an irregular schedule that will screw up my ability to play. I might not even have consistent internet (I often work at remote field sites). I guess I'm mostly posting this for the benefit of Wave since you seemed so intent on me applying. I just wanted to share why I think it would disingenuous of me to do so. Haha it's ok buddy. I don't want to force anyone into doing anything they don't want to do. I mean though...did those sessions die out because you weren't interested or was it another party's fault? If it's because you think you won't have time or you'll lose interest yourself then I totally understand. I can (almost) guarantee that interest in general in this game won't die out here considering how many of us have been wanting to do this for so long. | ||
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AsmodeusXI
United States15536 Posts
Feel free to use any class or race that's in the 5E Player's Handbook. The fact that it's not in any of my worldbuilding documents only means I haven't gotten around to telling that race's story in Iris yet (and I will, I promise). All the vanilla PC races already exist, so use any that you want. At worst, I'll work with you to help you nudge your character into the Iris-context for that race. At best, you'll actually help me write some of the lore from your race. And either way it won't guarantee or disqualify anyone. I might actually be posting some sample characters today, so maybe that'll give those of you who are a bit lost an idea of how I would do it (and then you can proceed to do whatever you feel is appropriate). Reminder, Deadline is tomorrow! All characters should be dropped by Wednesday, Dec 10 4:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)! | ||
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phyvo
United States5635 Posts
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