Character Creation Thread

[Japher]

Gnome's are awesome... I think there was a kit for a gnome inventor in the 2nd edition.

Maybe armour and weapons would be good for a gnome, as there aren't too many weapons sized just right for a man of your stature...

[Jon Miller]

Well, in Lantan Humans are the artificers, in the rest of FR only Gnome's are Artificers.

An artificer makes equipment that can do spell like things (like give the effects of Haste). I am actually quite interested in Gnomish Artificer Communities in the wide world, I wonder if they do things any differently than wedo in Lantan (I have of course seen a couple of Gnome Artificers, but I have never been off Lantan until I came here)

Tarna

[Jon Miller]

I could maybe go into blacksmithing instead of weaponsmithing or armorsmithing.

Gemcutting would also be a possibility, but I am afriad that I am not interested in being a Tailor.

Tarna
(I think that my character is most interested in creating things, as such I think that wizard would be more her direction (item creation feats))

[Japher]

leatherworking
sculpting (figurines of wonderous power, golems too)
fletching
Tattooing (i always like the idea of enchanted tats)

I don't know just giving ideas, you can always try and do multiples and such...

[Jon Miller]

Those crafts are not used in artificing (well, at least not in Lantan artificing).

Tarna

[Jon Miller]

Character

**** it, I am going Rogue

My character will be a Rogue\Wizard(illusionist)\Gnome Artificer (the gnome artificer is a prestige class open only to gnomes and humans from Lantan)

'Tarna' (after my brother's girlfriend who I think has a cool name)
Human Female Rogue
Neutral Good
15 years 2 months
5 foot even, 90 pounds
Level 1

Str 10
Dex 14, +2 missile, +2 AC, +4 Reflex Save
Con 14, 8 hp, +8 per level, +2 Fort Save
Int 18, 52 Skill Points, +13 per Level
Wis 10, 0 Will Save
Cha 8, -1 Modifier

Skill Ranks Cost
Craft (Blacksmithing) 4 4
Craft (Metalworking) 4 4
Craft (Armorsmithing) 4 4
Craft (Weaponsmithing) 4 4
Disable Device 4 4
Profession (Apocrathy) 4 4
Apraise 4 4
Decipher Script 4 4
Forgery 4 4
Search 4 4
Swim 2 2
Read Lips 2 2
Craft (Gemcutting) 4 4
Craft (Locksmithing) 4 4

(I will be getting the knowledge skills architecture and engineering as well as alchemy in my future wizard levels)

Feats:
Skill Focus: Metalworking +2 to craft metalworking
Mercantile Background +2 to appraise and craft metalworking

Equipment: (200 GP)

Dagger, punching (2 of them) cost 4 GP 4 lb
Crossbow, Heavy cost 50 GP 9 lb
Bolts, crossbow (10) (x6) cost 6 GP 6 lb
Artisan's Outfit cost 1 GP 4 lb
Explorer's Outfit cost 10 GP 8 lb
Spellbook, wizards (blank) cost 15 GP 3 lb
Artisan's Tools, Masterwork cost 55 GP 5 lb
Book on Artificers (Lantan) cost? probably 3 lb
Backpack cost 2 GP 2lb
Bedroll cost 1 SP 1 lb
Blanket, winter cost 5 SP 3 lb
Donkey cost 8 GP
Saddle, Pack cost 5 GP 15 lb
Ink cost 8 GP
Inkpen cost 1 SP
Flint and Steel cost 1 GP
Paper (10 sheets) cost 4 GP
Lamp, common cost 1 SP 1 lb
Tent cost 10 GP 20 lb
Sack (2) cost 2 SP 1 lb
Rope, hemp cost 1 GP 10 lb

left 19 GP and 1 SP (an additional 10 GP if I get an outfit for free)

Armor is 12, speed is 30 ft/s

Worships Gond.

Speaks Lantanese among other languages (alphabet is Draconic).

Has large Green Eyes, Copper Hair, and Parchment-colored Skin.

Tarna was always a tinkerer with different gadjets and intended to follow her father's footsteps in becoming an artificer all her life. Well read and studied, she developed a strange wish to see what the other artificers of the world (the gnomes) were doing, right in the midst of her studies. She left on a merchant ship from Lantan and made her way to that cernter of learning, Waterdeep.

She intends to Study Illusion for a time (3 levels) and than follow the path of the Artificer.

Jon Miller

[Jon Miller]

we need to start os that I don't keep chaning my character

JOn Miller

[The Mad Monk]

Jon, just edit the entry of yours that Ellestar linked to on the previous page. Keeps everything orderly.

[Jon Miller]

nah, I promise I won't change it again (he needs to change the Wizard Illusionist to Rogue)

Jon Miller

[Jon Miller]

Makeo, you might want to look at the master samurai prestige class as found in the fighter and monk guidebook

you need cleave, power attack, improved initiative, mounted archery, mounted combat, and weapon focus : bastard sword as well as
4 ranks of ride, 4 ranks of intimdate, 5 ranks of knowledge nobility and a base attack bonus of +5

fairly steep requirements

Jon Miller

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Ellestar
Deacon Welkamt Aarston(m)- Dwarven Cleric 1 (MattH)
Darvin Helder - NG Human Sor 1 (Bookwyrm)
Rags - CN Halfling Male Sorcerer 1 (dejoin)
Dolor - Elf Wizard (Solver)
Ript - Human Male LN Fighter 1 (dejoin)
Half-Elf LG Paladin (FrustratedPoet)
Ostler of the Rushmores - Human Male NG Bard 1 (Felch)
? - Lawful Neutral Human Monk 0/Druid 0 (Urban Ranger)
Makeo Mixtakano - Human Male CN Fighter 1 (Makeo)
Vexander Sangreal - Half-Elf Male NG Fighter 1(FrustratedPoet)
Tantallon Dirle - Human CG Barbarian 1 (Sandman)
Kyllight Cindwesdon - Human Ranger (SlowwHand)
Kruz - Human Male CG Barbarian 1 (korn469)
Arenwen, CN Wild Elf Cleric 1 (Ellestar)
Lord Braddock of Ahtlaka - Aasimar Male LG Paladin 0 (Kramerman)
Morganna - Human Female CN Rogue 1 (The Mad Monk)
Morden Calhoun - Half-elf CG Ranger 1 (Lonestar)
Tarna - Human Female NG Rogue 1 (Jon Miller)

so apparently we have 17 people playing

that is bad, but not too bad

Jon Miller

[FrustratedPoet]

You can scratch my name from the list.

[Jamski]

My god this is a lot of players. Um...

/me thinks twice about DMing*

Give me a moment to get to grips with this rabble

-Jam

[Jon Miller]

it's down to 16

more might lose interest also

Jon Miller

[Jamski]

Well, after some long thought...

I'll be running an adventure for 4-6 (7max) of the above characters - I suggest that someone else DM's parallel adventures, keeping them quite short, so that after the first "quest" people can swop to other parties, go their own way and so on. That will be much easier to manage for all of us.

-Jam