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Døden kommer til deg (3.5, low magic, players wanted)
Døden kommer til deg
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Jorgen ran down the knoll with the reckless abandon of a dead man, he knew it, it just hadn't dawned on him yet.
Lather foamed at his mouth and blood ran freely from his thigh and arm,
"I can make it, I can make it..." he breathed hoarsely to the hoar frost on the ground "I can make it, I can make it..." his breath sending plumes of steam into the air.
He collapsed on top of the small hill, unaware of whatever was behind him, or not caring.
"I can make it..." *crunch* he stopped breathing and closed his eyes, maybe it would protect him if he couldn't see it?
*crunch*
"I can..." *crunch*
The cold gets passed his adrenaline and he starts to shiver. slowly he opens one eye and sees two peering back at him. "I can make it..." he says with tears in his eyes.
You are warriors of your tribe, bought to the chieftain in haste, something has disturbed him and nothing disturbs the venerable Ruthgar.
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1. What game system are you running (D&D, Call of Cthulu, Palladium, GURPS, etc.), and if applicable what edition (Original, Classic, Revised, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 10th, etc.)?
3.5, no magic
2. What 'type' or variant of game will it be (i.e. "Shadow Chasers" or "Agents of Psi" for d20 Modern)? What is the setting for the game (eg. historic period, published or homebrewed campaign setting, alternate reality, modern world, etc.)? Armor as Damage reduction Vitality and wound points
3. How many Players are you looking for? Will you be taking alternates, and if so, how many?
6
4. What's the gaming medium (OOTS, chat, e-mail etc.)?
These forums
5. What is the characters' starting status (i.e. experience level)?
Bottom of 6th
6. How much gold or other starting funds will the characters begin with?
You may have anything non magical, no exotic armors, no special materials, masterwork is fine.
7. Are there any particular character classes, professions, orders, etc. that you want... or do not want? What are your rules on 'prestige' and/or homebrewed classes?
Allowed classes
Paladin
Ranger
Barbarian
Bard (d8 HD, full BAB)
Monk
Fighter
Swordsage
Warblade
Crusader
Samurai
Swashbuckler
Dragon shaman
Knight
Binder (AKA witch)
Hexblade
Marshal
Ninja
Scout
Homebrew on a request basis. Do not spam requests.
8. What races, subraces, species, etc. are allowed for your game? Will you allow homebrewed races or species? 'Prestige' races or species?
Only human.
9. By what method should Players generate their attributes/ability scores and Hit Points?
6 x 4d6 or 28 pb
HP's are rolled (all of them) re roll 1's
10. Does your game use alignment? What are your restrictions, if so?
Sorta, choose one to categorize your PC just in case.
11. Do you allow multi-classing, or have any particular rules in regards to it?
sure, no penalty
12. Will you be doing all of the die rolling during the course of the game? Will die rolls be altered, or left to the honor system? If players can make die rolls, which ones do they make, how should they make the rolls, and how should they report them?
I'll make some of yours and all of mine, you'll do some of yours.
13. Are there any homebrewed or optional/variant rules that your Players should know about? If so, list and explain them, or provide relevant links to learn about these new rules.
Group initiative.
Retroactive skill points
max 2 flaws (that are real flaws) or 2 traits (or mix match)
Feats are every other level
The Big 6 items (items granting enhancement bonuses to ability scores, resistance bonuses to saves, enhancement or deflection or natural armor bonuses to AC, and enhancement bonuses to attack) no longer have those functions. Instead, you gain +1 to each ability score at every even level, which roughly approximates these bonuses while making you more all-around competent. This bonus replaces the standard +1 to one ability every 4 levels.
Fractional Saves/BAB
14. Is a character background required? If so, how big? Are you looking for anything in particular (i.e. the backgrounds all ending up with the characters in the same city)? TMB
15. Does your game involve a lot of hack & slash, puzzle solving, roleplaying, or a combination of the above?hack and slash, we be Vikings!
16. Are your Players restricted to particular rulebooks and supplements, or will you be allowing access to non-standard material? What sources can Players use for their characters?
No, if dragon, I need the # and page.
Re: Døden kommer til deg (3.5, low magic, players wanted)
Interesting. Given the Humans only races option for players, what other races are there in the game world? If one were to play a Ranger what Favored Enemys would be appropriate? I'm guessing Humanoid (Humans), Giants, Monstrous Humanoid, and Animal.
__________________ The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai Me. "We have sent many to Hell, to smooth our way," said I, "and we are standing yet and holding blades. What more?"
Re: Døden kommer til deg (3.5, low magic, players wanted)
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Originally Posted by Cookie Nomster
When you say hack-n-slash, just how much action are we talking, and how will the combat be run?
I would say ~50/50 spread on hack & Slash/RP.
Combat will be done with the party rolling a combined initiative vs the monsters and once everyone has posted actions they will resolve in the order of individual initiative bonuses and the the monsters and then the party (wash, rinse and repeat)
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Originally Posted by Chambers
Interesting. Given the Humans only races option for players, what other races are there in the game world? If one were to play a Ranger what Favored Enemys would be appropriate? I'm guessing Humanoid (Humans), Giants, Monstrous Humanoid, and Animal.
Basically for starters.
I'm thinking right now, a barbaric northern human area ,think Chereks and Algars from the Belgariad, or real world Norse/vikings. That will eventually find other races, but its going to be more gritty than usual, with no magic and the vitality - Wounds alt rules.
Re: Døden kommer til deg (3.5, low magic, players wanted)
I'd be interested in playing a priest of the/an almighty thunder god, bringing down righteous lightning as a Capacitor. Can't have vikings without a little bit of thunder and lightning, and it doesn't seem more magicky than a binder, so it seems like it might be acceptable, maybe, and definitely my only bit of homebrew.
Some additional rambling about the class:
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I'd probably remove the summon monster spells from the SLA list, and depending on your view of healing either bump up the vigor spells 1 level or remove them (though, fast healing does nothing for Wound Points, so I dunno if that makes a difference). On that same note (for consideration/balancing purposes maybe?), I was considering Protection from Arrows or Shield, Thunderhead, Lesser Vigor, and probably either Lightning Bolt or Weapon of Energy. Most of his combat will involve running into the middle of things and warhammering them, with (Con Mod) electric damage on each hit and a facefull of 3+(1x or 1,5 Con Mod) electricity to anyone who hits him. It might even turn into a Karmic Strike build if my stats allow it.
Probably be a bit of refluffing here and there, and maybe not actually charge by moving around so much but instead sacrificing actions in combat to charge.
Re: Døden kommer til deg (3.5, low magic, players wanted)
I think I'm going to post interest here, probably as some sort of really manly warrior, with traditional values. With that wonderful greenish blue face paint, charging into battle, weapons raised high. I think I might stay pretty traditional, with a light wooden shield and a battleaxe. Otherwise, I'll make a High Sword, Low Axe Fighter.
Re: Døden kommer til deg (3.5, low magic, players wanted)
stats
Dunno why my 4db3 didn't work... (4d6b3)[2][5][6][1](14)13 (4d6b3)[2][1][2][1](6)5 (bwahahaha!) (4d6b3)[5][4][6][3](18)15 (4d6b3)[4][1][2][5](12)11 (4d6b3)[4][2][2][4](12)10 (4d6b3)[2][6][4][3](15)13
So, net bonus of +1 stats. May I reroll, or...?
Health (6d8)[4][5][3][3][1][4](20)
Rerolls of ones: (3d8)[8][4][3](15) so that's 27 hp, plus con.
Request for an heirloom bow named Plogrlopt, that is a Dragonbone, Elvencraft Masterwork Composite Longbow. Passed down through the Freyjuhof generations, it is a bow that can be used as a quarterstaff, and shoots farther than a normal bow.
Request this Pathfinder feat:
Deadly Aim (Combat)
You can make exceptionally deadly ranged attacks by pinpointing a foe's weak spot, at the expense of making the attack less likely to succeed.
Prerequisites: Dex 13, base attack bonus +1.
Benefit: You can choose to take a 1 penalty on all ranged attack rolls to gain a +2 bonus on all ranged damage rolls. When your base attack bonus reaches +4, and every +4 thereafter, the penalty increases by 1 and the bonus to damage increases by +2. You must choose to use this feat before making an attack roll and its effects last until your next turn. The bonus damage does not apply to touch attacks or effects that do not deal hit point damage.
Request a Flaw: Vulnerable -1 to AC. Heiðr is overconfident in melee combat, and often overextends her guard.
Character name Heiðr Freyjuhof.
I speak no Old Norse, but looked up some cool sounding things online. The name is Honor Freya's Temple, and the Bow is Sky/wind plough.
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Re: Døden kommer til deg (3.5, low magic, players wanted)
Thinking swordsage or warblade...how do you feel about homebrew martial schools/maneuvers? Not sure if i will use them but wanted to know if its worth looking
Re: Døden kommer til deg (3.5, low magic, players wanted)
I haven't read (or heard of) that book series, though wikipedia makes it seem interesting. According to this page it seems to be comprised mostly of humans and a handful of strange monstrous creatures (Harpies, Trolls, Dire Animals, and Fey). Translated into monster types, the most common would seem to be Animal, Monstrous Humanoid, Giant, and a smattering of Fey.
Does that seem accurate? Just trying to get a better idea of what the people in the world know about and what kind of beasts they would be scared of/protect against. 'Ware the bog at night, for that's when the Black Dog prowls. He howls in grief and loneliness and kills any he comes upon out of frustration and rage.
__________________ The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai Me. "We have sent many to Hell, to smooth our way," said I, "and we are standing yet and holding blades. What more?"
Re: Døden kommer til deg (3.5, low magic, players wanted)
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Originally Posted by Tacitus
I'd be interested in playing a priest of the/an almighty thunder god, bringing down righteous lightning as a Capacitor. Can't have vikings without a little bit of thunder and lightning, and it doesn't seem more magicky than a binder, so it seems like it might be acceptable, maybe, and definitely my only bit of homebrew.
Some additional rambling about the class:
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I'd probably remove the summon monster spells from the SLA list, and depending on your view of healing either bump up the vigor spells 1 level or remove them (though, fast healing does nothing for Wound Points, so I dunno if that makes a difference). On that same note (for consideration/balancing purposes maybe?), I was considering Protection from Arrows or Shield, Thunderhead, Lesser Vigor, and probably either Lightning Bolt or Weapon of Energy. Most of his combat will involve running into the middle of things and warhammering them, with (Con Mod) electric damage on each hit and a facefull of 3+(1x or 1,5 Con Mod) electricity to anyone who hits him. It might even turn into a Karmic Strike build if my stats allow it.
Probably be a bit of refluffing here and there, and maybe not actually charge by moving around so much but instead sacrificing actions in combat to charge.
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Dang, 24pb. Is the 28 an alternative option, or is it straight one or the other?
Capacitor looks ok, just know the pwers from it will make you a witch/shaman/thunder priest (huzzah!)
Rolls explained at the bottom of this post.
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Originally Posted by Cookie Nomster
I think I'm going to post interest here, probably as some sort of really manly warrior, with traditional values. With that wonderful greenish blue face paint, charging into battle, weapons raised high. I think I might stay pretty traditional, with a light wooden shield and a battleaxe. Otherwise, I'll make a High Sword, Low Axe Fighter.
Sounds great!
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Originally Posted by Erik Vale
Wondering If I could grab this fighter/combat classes variant. If a no, I'm thinking either a stranded fighter or a binder...
Looks good.
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Originally Posted by psiclone57
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Character name Heiðr Freyjuhof.
I speak no Old Norse, but looked up some cool sounding things online. The name is Honor Freya's Temple, and the Bow is Sky/wind plough.
PF feat is fine, flaw is good. No special materials for weapons or armor, and no elvencraft (it will come, do not worry)
and rolls explained at bottom of post.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Obvious
Question, what historical time period is this setting based on? Yeah I know vikings, but the vikings of when?
I'm going for a 'classic' vikings, so not historical, more fantasy based. You will be encountering other fantastical races (but later on).
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Originally Posted by tigerusthegreat
Thinking swordsage or warblade...how do you feel about homebrew martial schools/maneuvers? Not sure if i will use them but wanted to know if its worth looking
I'm ok, dependent on which ones, there are some good ones and some bad ones.
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Originally Posted by Chambers
I haven't read (or heard of) that book series, though wikipedia makes it seem interesting. According to this page it seems to be comprised mostly of humans and a handful of strange monstrous creatures (Harpies, Trolls, Dire Animals, and Fey). Translated into monster types, the most common would seem to be Animal, Monstrous Humanoid, Giant, and a smattering of Fey.
Does that seem accurate? Just trying to get a better idea of what the people in the world know about and what kind of beasts they would be scared of/protect against. 'Ware the bog at night, for that's when the Black Dog prowls. He howls in grief and loneliness and kills any he comes upon out of frustration and rage.
Yeah that sounds around right, at this point in time the tribes have stories of monsters, and they are extremely rare, the occasional beast is slayed or hunted down. So the majority of people haven't seen a troll, brownie, nymph, ogre etc...but there are stories.
@Everyone: stats are 4d6, roll 4d6 and add together.
Re: Døden kommer til deg (3.5, low magic, players wanted)
Very interested. I'll go for a Warblade, I think, probably with a bit of a focus on Iron Heart and White Raven abilities, for true Viking might. I'll go for the point buy system rather than roll - two scores at 16, the others at 10. That'll do, since the house rules are going to end up modifying them.
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"Not trusting me might be the smartest decision you made since getting off of your horse."
Odin hates me!
The bard that is allowed is the non-casting bard variant?
About the dragon shaman, have the tribe ever seen a dragon?
Is the TWF fix allowed?
Are we allowed to grow a beard so manly that it can wield his own axe?
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Re: Døden kommer til deg (3.5, low magic, players wanted)
Cool. Probably take Humanoid (Humans) and Animals then, as it sounds like the few beasts that are encountered would probably be more massive or strange versions of regular animals (i.e. Dire Animals). That a fair assumption?
He'll be a straight Ranger. I'd like to use the Champion of the Wild ACF from Complete Champion. Figures it makes sense in a world mostly without magic. I'd also like to use the Strong Arm Combat Style from Dragon 326. It's pretty simple; Power Attack is the first Combat Style feat, Improved Sunder is Improved Combat Style and Great Cleave is the Combat Style Mastery feat.
__________________ The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai Me. "We have sent many to Hell, to smooth our way," said I, "and we are standing yet and holding blades. What more?"
Re: Døden kommer til deg (3.5, low magic, players wanted)
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Originally Posted by Korney
Viking game, Raaaarrrg!!!
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Edit: Well this is my viking:
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Odin hates me! apparently so, PB it is
The bard that is allowed is the non-casting bard variant? YUP
About the dragon shaman, have the tribe ever seen a dragon? Probably not
Is the TWF fix allowed? Yes
Are we allowed to grow a beard so manly that it can wield his own axe? you may try
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Originally Posted by Chambers
Cool. Probably take Humanoid (Humans) and Animals then, as it sounds like the few beasts that are encountered would probably be more massive or strange versions of regular animals (i.e. Dire Animals). That a fair assumption?
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He'll be a straight Ranger. I'd like to use the Champion of the Wild ACF from Complete Champion. Figures it makes sense in a world mostly without magic. I'd also like to use the Strong Arm Combat Style from Dragon 326. It's pretty simple; Power Attack is the first Combat Style feat, Improved Sunder is Improved Combat Style and Great Cleave is the Combat Style Mastery feat.
Everything sounds good to me.
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Originally Posted by Maugan Ra
Fair enough. Guess my Warblade isn't going to be the most dexterous fellow in existence.
Re-EDIT: Alright, so I'm thinking a fast, tough, strong barbarian champion of the north. Maybe not the brightest, but with plenty of simple wisdom to dispense. Or maybe he allows his actions to speak for themselves, rather than his words...to hide his crippling stuttering problem.
Last edited by Cookie Nomster : 09-29-2012 at 11:15 AM.
Re: Døden kommer til deg (3.5, low magic, players wanted)
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Originally Posted by Cookie Nomster
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EDIT: SIX?!
Re-EDIT: Alright, so I'm thinking a fast, tough, strong barbarian champion of the north. Maybe not the brightest, but with plenty of simple wisdom to dispense. Or maybe he allows his actions to speak for themselves, rather than his words...to hide his crippling stuttering problem.
Love it when players use bad stats for awesome RP.
Re: Døden kommer til deg (3.5, low magic, players wanted)
Hit Points (6d8)[5][4][2][8][1][1](21)
Re-rolls for 1's (6d8)[1][3][7][3][5][5](24)
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Døden kommer til deg (3.5, low magic, players wanted)
