D&D3.5 PBP: Now with Basic Tutorial!

Twinconclusive · Post by **Twinconclusive** » Mon May 10, 2010 11:51 pm

I thought I was waiting on James' character, but that looks completed now that I look at it.

It's finals week, so I'm afraid I can't get this rolling immediately.

I'll probably be ready to go by next week.

Momoka · Post by **Momoka** » Tue May 11, 2010 5:30 am

Twinconclusive wrote:(Having a fey turn you into a Paladin of the Dragon King seems a little )

Oh, didn't notice this.

I picked a god at random. I know very little about DnD cosmology, as I tend to be a rouge or wizard, and my normal DM uses custom gods. If there's a more appropriate god, I'll pick that. Or is there an issue besides "wrong god"? I'll work around it if and when I put backstory up.

So, the party is:

Peanut the Halfling Ranger (Newbie Newtype)
Aldrick Silvertongue the Human Bard (Mogri)
Aisling Sullivan the Human Paladin (Momoka)
Ferumbras the Orc Barbarian (Spoonweaver)
Beardthar the Dwarf Druid (James)

Aisling, with two levels of Paladin and a Charisma of 15, can heal 4 hp per day. This makes her the best healer in the group.

I'm doing my brother's taxes tonight (*groan*), but I'll have my backstory up either late late tonight when I'm done, or tomorrow.

Post by **Mogri** » Tue May 11, 2010 5:55 am

Momoka wrote:Aisling, with two levels of Paladin and a Charisma of 15, can heal 4 hp per day. This makes her the best healer in the group.

You could respec? The problem with paladins is that they rely on nearly every stat.

Actually, though, with the potential to cast Cure Light Wounds 3/day (1d8+4), Aldrick is the group's best healer. That's assuming he never wants to cast Featherfall or Charm Person. (But since resting takes him two hours, he could potentially do a lot of healing this way.)

Edit: Taking a closer look, I think you get one level 1 Paladin spell. Level 4 Paladin gets 0 level 1 spells, boosted by your Cha to 1.
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/classes/paladin.htm
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/theBasics.htm#theAbilities

Momoka · Post by **Momoka** » Tue May 11, 2010 8:02 am

I'm not a level 4 Paladin. I'm a level 2 Fighter and a Level 2 Paladin. I cross-classed, although in a way that's not crippling, but isn't good enough to be cheesy. Taxes are done (

), so I'll write up the backstory behind that now.

While my healing and HOLY MAGIC are lagging, I can hit harder and more accurately as a result.

Though...I may indeed want to re-spec a bit, looking at it now. Restricted to Core, there aren't many super-good feats, so I'm not getting that much for the fighter levels (Blind-Fight? Really?)

Going straight Pallie, I'll run out of things to look forward to really fast, but maybe at level 7 or 8 I can talk to Twinconclusive about some kind of prestige class.

I'll play around and think about it for a bit.

Twinconclusive · Post by **Twinconclusive** » Tue May 11, 2010 1:30 pm

Druids can also heal (Cure Light Wounds is a 1st level spell for them, but they have a delayed healing-spell progression afterward).

However, this is not to say that you guys should be packing all your slots with Cure Light Wounds.

Actually, though, with the potential to cast Cure Light Wounds 3/day (1d8+4), Aldrick is the group's best healer. That's assuming he never wants to cast Featherfall or Charm Person. (But since resting takes him two hours, he could potentially do a lot of healing this way.)

There is sleeping time (Resting so you aren't fatigued the next day).
And then there is spell-recharge time.
For Arcane Casters, you must get a full 8 hours of rest and then 15 minutes of concentration.
After this, you get your spell slots back.

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicOverview ... ngofSpells

Taking a closer look, I think you get one level 1 Paladin spell. Level 4 Paladin gets 0 level 1 spells, boosted by your Cha to 1.

Paladin spells are based off of Wisdom

Though...I may indeed want to re-spec a bit, looking at it now. Restricted to Core, there aren't many super-good feats, so I'm not getting that much for the fighter levels (Blind-Fight? Really?)

In Core, a Fighter is pretty much either going to be an Archer or go Two-Handed weapon + Power Attack + Cleave.

Going straight Pallie, I'll run out of things to look forward to really fast, but maybe at level 7 or 8 I can talk to Twinconclusive about some kind of prestige class.

I would say that Paladins run out of neat things after Lv.5.
After which, your Special Mount gets cooler stuff than you.

Now, I wanted to stay Core because it's a source that everybody has access to.
Some of the supplements are also noticeably stronger than Core.

I was hesistant, but Wizards of the Coast sometimes releases samples of their supplemental books which are actually functional (New prestige classes, monsters, magic items, spells).

If you really want to look through it, feel free to check it out.
If you end up using any of it, pop in some sort of indication.

http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards ... ic=1109.80

Twinconclusive · Post by **Twinconclusive** » Tue May 11, 2010 1:31 pm

Also, don't worry too much about being optimal or whatnot for this campaign.

It will primarily be a basic run-through of the system.

Spoonweaver · Post by **Spoonweaver** » Tue May 11, 2010 3:35 pm

Not sure how legal this site I found is, but it's got a lot of the DnD books on it, if anyone is interested.
I'll PM'd to anyone who asks.
(Again,I'm not sure if it's strictly legal so I'd rather not post the link on mogri's site.)

Twinconclusive · Post by **Twinconclusive** » Fri May 14, 2010 3:04 pm

Peanut the Halfling Ranger (Newbie Newtype)
Aldrick Silvertongue the Human Bard (Mogri)
Aisling Sullivan the Human Paladin (Momoka)
Ferumbras the Orc Barbarian (Spoonweaver)
Beardthar the Dwarf Druid (James)

I am now flipping through modules.

Twinconclusive · Post by **Twinconclusive** » Mon May 17, 2010 4:37 pm

Adventure Started:
http://www.slimesalad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3634

As a final note, I would heavily recommend that you spend as much of your gold as possible before starting.

Newbie Newtype · Post by **Newbie Newtype** » Tue May 18, 2010 7:30 am

Little green guy

I wanna use this instead:

Twinconclusive · Post by **Twinconclusive** » Tue May 18, 2010 4:07 pm

Newbie Newtype wrote:
Little green guy
I wanna use this instead:

It is done.

NeoSpade · Post by **NeoSpade** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 12:28 am

I'm up for this, I've already started stating up (I take a long long time to stat, I'm very indecisive) also, I'd like to bring up an interesting core rule;

^ This is from a campaign (can't remember which) but basically if a Sphere of Ahhnilation and a Well of many Worlds touch, the Material Plane is removed from existance. Also, in addition to this, should a gate spell be cast on it too...then all the Multiverse implodes. Well appart from Rods of Cancellation, they'll stick around.

So here's the question? What would you do with 1d12+6 minutes?

Post by **Mogri** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 12:57 am

I'm up for finishing my stab. I take a long time to stab.