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D&D Character Questions!
Something Witty:
ZOMG. NERDINESS.
Okay, so anyway.
I've always wanted to get into D&D, but have never had the chance until now. A few friends of mine are starting a fresh game, new characters and all, and I have been invited to jump in. Of course I said "Yes." I have read through most of the player's guide and such, but forgot to bring it home with me for the weekend to continue my research, so I am going to probe the vast expertise of you nerdswonderful people.
The type of character I want, I want to be similar to a FF style Dragoon, Jumping, spear/lance-wielding(I like the guisarme) badass in Spiked full plate, with a pet dragon of epic proportions. This, atleast to me, seems like a bit of a task for a first-time player, but my DM has assured me that he knows what I want and will do his best to help be get there via advising me on feats and such.
I know that I will be taking atleast a level-or-two as a fighter to get Heavy Armor, and general badassery, and I believe that the D&D "Jump" is in the monk skill set. Also knowing that I will need to do a charisma roll for taming/training the dragon(Hopefully I can find/tame one large enough to teach the "Take Rider" ability), I will need some extra points in charisma, as well as in strength for the heavy armor and large weapon. I will also need some dexterity(concentration?) rolls for the odd chance that I fall into a body of water and need to hook my guisarme onto something to save my ass from drowning/losing my armor.
So, assuming you read all that, how would you go about creating a character such as the one I want? Break it down as much as you can if you have the time, if not, just do a general over-all of how to do it. You could also throw in some other character ideas to get a similar effect, if you felt the need.
Also, last thing, I need to make a trip to the nerdiness store to buy some dice. Based on the above/below, what should I get?
DISCUSS!
ForteBass:
I'd say 1 D20, 1 D10, 2 D8, A crapload of D6, and 1 D4.
Outside of that most characters aren't really hard to play. Especially if you know what you want.
Something Witty:
I've already got a crapload of D6 that I have harvested from many, many games. I keep all of my dice and various little gaming bits in a big fishing-tackle box. I even have bits of cardboard gold coins from one game or another.
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--- Quote from: Something Witty ---
--- Quote from: Absolam ---Dude...I hate to burn you, but JUMPING in heavy armor is very tough. Your best ways to make this work is too do the following
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I know this, which would be why I have this topic running on three different forums to get different ways to handle it. :3nod:
--- Quote from: Absolam ---
-Get a Mithril set of heavy armor, same size and bonuses, but it is lighter ^_^
-Get a RING OF JUMPING this is either a +10 or a +30 I forget.
-Get the feat Leap of The Clouds, this way you may jump as high as your character is able, not just twice your hieght like most characters can.
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I was referring to that "Leap of the clouds" ability when I mentioned jump. Thanks for pointing out the name of it.
--- Quote from: Absolam ---As for wanting a mount, you MIGHT want to look into a book called THE COMPLETE WARRIOR. In there is a class called the calvalier that is a Specilazied class just for working on a monuted animal, and with spear/lances.
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I will most certainly look into that, as soon as I get the chance.
--- Quote from: Absolam ---DO NOT GO TO THE MONK, since all thost abilities don't work in any armor.
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I wasn't planning on it. I was just noting where the ability was incase anyone was not sure.
--- Quote from: Absolam ---Oh, and about the DRAGON thing, ask your DM if you can get a Wyrvern. this is in the Monster Manual and is like a smaller dragon. A full sized dragon would never bow to you, honestly, but a wyrvern might ^_^ I had a ranger with one, so it'll work.
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I wasn't planning on a full-sized dragon, because I know that a full-sized dragon would die before yielding, let alone being put to work as a so-called pet. I was thinking of finding a much younger(and MUCH smaller) one, a large wyvern or some such thing. It's not like I need any sort of huge beast if I choose a smaller race. I'm just trying to get more clear ideas on what to do.
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That answers the bit on advice about armor and jumping, and the "pet" dragon. If you have anything to add to it feel free.
ChaoticEvil:
Dice are easy to get online
If you have time to kill check out the GiantIntheplayground forums they have a massive PbP (Play by Post(forum post not send a letter/email)) setup which will allow much fun for little to no effort.
If you have poeple willing to RP with you you are sooo lucky (my local people are like' does AD&D stand for Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance')
Dice... Well you'll probably want a d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20 and a d100 (tensided, but goes up in tens. used in conjunction with a d10 for percentiles)
Or you could use an online diceroller if you are a skinflint
For a bunch of pretty dice ((big thing among gamers for some reason)) I would recommend the following site
Linkage
GiantInThePlayground : http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl#play_cat
Diceroller : http://members.lycos.co.uk/noentiendo/Rolls.html
Dice Online : http://www.chessex.com
Something Witty:
--- Quote ---If you have poeple willing to RP with you you are sooo lucky
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Not only are they willing, but atleast one of them is an In-character nazi. If you speak OOC, he beats you with the wrath of god.
So is that $3.50 for a set of 7 dice pretty standard? Because there's a gaming shop right down the street, so I would rather go there than order online and wait for delivery..
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