[DnD] Let's Cast Magic Missile!

I suspect it's SAUS that's the distraction more than the loss of Brigid. Deni's not been around so much lately either for some reason and Pang's connection seems less than reliable of late. Things will pick up again soon enough I'm sure.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I can appreciate wanting to play with a new toy, Zerg, but you've already managed to make that shit get old.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Come now diss, it's entirely appropriate for GFF's biggest traditional holiday!

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Ahahaha! But do you know what would be even funnier

If you stopped doing that

immediately

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Having people do their own rolls is highly encouraged and makes things easier for me, so please do continue by all means.

How ya doing, buddy?

So whose stupid idea was it to "Warm up on some weak enemies" before we took on the vampire then?

How ya doing, buddy?

But they are weak! The armors are actually a level below you!

Fight woulda been over by now if not for the insistence of certain folks on standin' around buffing their nails.

FELIPE NO

Brady, the orange armor is dead. Do not attack it.

(Of course that technically occurs after your turn, but ummmm)

How ya doing, buddy?

Balls. I was just following Garr. Sorry guys.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Would you guys stop apologizing for taking your turn

I don't think anybody has a problem with you posting your actions "out of order". I'd much rather get your post 3 hours early as opposed to 27 hours late, and I'm quite capable of checking my own initiative sequence to determine which order in which to resolve said posts.

Anyway I've stuck all the PHB2 races/classes in the OP and tidied it up a bit for the peanut-gallery sorts who concern themselves with that sort of thing.

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... but you got rid of the alt-text. How am I supposed to hover and read a description extremely quickly?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

While we're on that topic, where did the extra classes come from, Pang? I didn't see a few of those in the 4th edition manual. (Avenger, Invoker, Shaman, Warden)

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I'm guessing they're from the Player's Handbook 2 . . . which makes me wonder if he's just waiting until it's uploaded to share.

I was speaking idiomatically.

But of course.

Also, PHB2 brings in Background support. This gives the players a minor skill bonus generally and gives the DM helpful plot hooks. You can have as many as three background elements but only one of them grants a mechanical bonus.

If you don't pick anything I'll just assign you some background as appropriate to your playstyle so far to make sure nobody falls behind the curve.

GEOGRAPHY: Desert, Forest, Mountains, Urban, Wetlands

SOCIETY: Poor, Wealthy, Noble

BIRTH: Among Another Race, Blessed, Cursed, Omen, On Another Plane, Prophecy

OCCUPATION: Archaeologist, Artisan, Bounty Hunter,Criminal, Entertainer, Executioner, Farmer, Hired Killer, Hunter, Mariner, Merchant, Military, Scholar

DWARF: Outcast, Dedicated to an Ancestor, Ancestral Home Lost

ELF: Fey Ally, Wild Elf, Urban Elf

HUMAN: Ancestral Holdings, Heir of the Forgotten Gods

HISTORY: Accursed Lineage, Adventurer's Scion, Foe Killer, Guerrilla, Infiltator, Lost Kin, Mystic Slayer, Necromancer's Chattel, Poison Master, Punisher, Restless Dead, Revolutionary, Thief, Thug, Touched By Darkness, Zealous Slayer

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I may be mistaken, but weren't there already some backgrounds in some other books? Or perhaps those were only ones specific to an area, like Faerun. I just remembered seeing them when I was looking at making a Bard with the Wizards toolset.

FELIPE NO

Strictly speaking the campaign is in Faerun but asking the players to research all these different regions to decide which one they're from is a little much. "I lived in a city" is much more flexible than "I lived in Baldur's Gate".

So rather than saying "PHB2 adds backgrounds" I should have said "PHB2 adds backgrounds that aren't absurdly overspecific".

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Barbarian... *sigh*

Oh well, I'll look over the backgrounds and get back to you.

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Geography: Urban

Being raised by the sisters in the school for special childrens added more terrible sounds and smells to the background of an already bleak urban environment. Everywhere he goes, Argumentus carries with him the stink of civilization.


Birth: Blessed

On the occasion of Argumentus's birth, a Disciple of Pelor witnessed his life-giving underneath the bar of a dock tavern. With a cringe he proclaimed, "Gods bless him."


Occupation: Military

Shortly after graduating from the school, Argumentus found employ in the service of a backwater militia protecting a trading town. The militia training gave him skill and discipline but did little to improve his mental capacities. That town no longer exists, destroyed in some kind of fire. The less said about it the better.


Background Ability: +2 to Endurance Checks

How ya doing, buddy?

Gimme til tomorrow on the backgrounds and I'll hit you up.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

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HISTORY: Accursed Lineage, Adventurer's Scion, Foe Killer, Guerrilla, Infiltator, Lost Kin, Mystic Slayer, Necromancer's Chattel, Poison Master, Punisher, Restless Dead, Revolutionary, Thief, Thug, Touched By Darkness, Zealous Slayer

Does this mean I can play Undead Brigid?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

No, that's more of an OH WOE IS ME MY SHITTY VILLAGE IS OVERRUN BY DEADS kind of thing. While there are provisions for vampire PCs it is so far impossible to be a zombie.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Especially when your mortal body is taken by the gods.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Yeah, but who knows where they took it to

Maybe they just stuffed it in a closet somewhere

you can't rule these things out!

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Oh god the possibilities

Now I really don't know what I want to do. I mean, granted I'll have a year or two to think it over, but.

Originally Posted by a lurker

Does this mean I can play Undead Brigid?

Well, your corpse got vahporized bah tha lord, but you might be able to hammer something out as a third party possessed. I'm sure that'd make for some comedy gold

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Originally Posted by Skexis

Oh god the possibilities

Now I really don't know what I want to do.

You can always leave it up to fate.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Pangalin

No, that's more of an OH WOE IS ME MY SHITTY VILLAGE IS OVERRUN BY DEADS kind of thing. While there are provisions for vampire PCs it is so far impossible to be a zombie.

I'm pretty sure that three fifths of our party are currently zombies actually.

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Background

Society - Wealthy

Bob's mother owned a large area of woodland and his father was the heir to a logging empire. Bob's unwillingness to take on the family business however led to him being outcast and ultimately led to the death of both his parents and the estate being destroyed by fire.

Birth - Cursed

Bob's parents had a loveless marriage and his father hated him from birth. "That boy will never amount to anything" was all his father had said to his mother the day Bob was born. Whether his father was prescient or just a bit of a bastard nobody will ever know.

Occupation - Scholar

After leaving the logging business, Bob enroled at an Arcane University in the hopes of becoming a necromancer. He was a bit shit and spent more time getting drunk and going to the theatre with people with names like Tarquin than he did studying and was fairly despised by most of his fellow students. Being naturally rather clever though, some of what he was taught sunk in and he often knows things without really knowing how he knows them.

+2 to Arcana skill checks.

Jam it back in, in the dark.