isn't mario a jr. character,though? that's like 100+ point difference.

In reply to Chye Isuel (msg # 685):

Yep. I only compared the missile weapons because it was secondary for a 250 point character, spending only 6 cp above a DX of 14, something that is feasible for a junior. (Including the point in signature gear to get a fine crossbow with sights). But that is why I said the melee would not be an even comparison!

DX or IQ 14 is actually really rough, being more than 50% of your starting points.  It really limits what you do (rather like with I suspect most of the Juniors, it focuses them to "I do one thing adequately and a bunch of other things mediocrely"*).


* Or with Jareth it's "I do nothing adequately and everything mediocrely, or terribly".


There is an awful lot Jednesa can't do.  Like notice when she's on fire more than half the time.

You want something knocked down (enemy, door, wall, errant tower), she's your girl...  you want anything else, eeeehhhhhhhh...

In reply to Jednesa (msg # 687):

Lol, yeah, Jednessa is a very focused character. Most magic users (including holy magic in Kirpich's case) are very focussed as well, but fortunately magic can offer a fair bit of versatility in itself. But outside of magic, Gareth, Kirpich and to some extent Aoife are not very notable. Christine does a wide variety of magic, but has put more points into DX that mages need...those same points put into magery would make her much more capable. But her breadth of spells, including enchant, scroll and Lighten, is very impressive. Unfortunately her FP supply is limited.

Clarence is another character that does nothing well. I will try to add some focus as he develops, but at the moment...

Look at it this way, Clarence has one job, it's right there under his name: 'Torchbearer'.  As long as he keeps the lights on, no one can complain he ain't doing his job...

Likewise, as long as Jednesa is 'naked', a barbarian, and an Ogress, she's on target.

In reply to Jednesa (msg # 689):

Lol, true enough. I keep the hair from preventing you being 'half-naked'!

Exactly.  A Junior who's going to be effective in combat needs to be something of a one-trick pony, and Mario is the furthest along that path of any character I've ever built.  He's as good with a longbow as I could make him, and still be able to do anything else.  In fact, he's quite competent with a staff, too, can pick locks, and climb -- but those, together, are fewer points than his Bow skill, and never mind the 80 in DX and advantages related to the bow.

And yes, Juniors were built on 125 points.  I'd be up to 130 or so by now, if not for an unfortunate knee injury.  Those doombrats are easy to remove at a distance -- one good arrow and they blow up; if they're bunched, they chain react, too -- but if they get up close, without warning (like opening a door to find one waiting), they can do a lot of damage with that knife they carry.  I know.

Jareth was a perfectly normal build for me, a "one to grow on" build.  Where he starts off pretty 'terrible' (for a Heroic, Cinematic game - skills in the 11-13 range are pretty terrible) with the idea of building him up... and then I found out how slowly we progress.

So Jednesa was my next build (with a full 250 points!), so I built her "where I want her to be" (mostly), knowing it'd be years before she advanced.

Ulo was also a "where I want her", but ... eh... she's just not right for a "Don't kill your follow PCs" game.

Stenet I didn't build, and he's actually really good (but then the OP built it strictly by template, and you can't go wrong there).



If I make another PC, I'll probably try to stick to a template build and try to hit "where i want them forever"...

Sorry be back on tomorrow

In reply to Narrator (msg # 693):

Things a little funky at home, back on tomorrow.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 694):

Or not. Having issues at home due to volume of game prep, understaffed at work so no downtime.  Definitely by monday morning.

I can sympathize on game prep.  I spent most of two weeks of spare time prepping a (planned) four hour one-shot, albeit in an unfamiliar system.  There's a good reason I'm not trying to run a game on any continuing basis, even RPOL.

In reply to Ardenas Barehand (msg # 696):

I am running a one shot SWCL game Saturday with tbe game designer as a player. It is tbe same scenario I was writing for 75pt DF characters. Gotta get more work on it today...

SWCL?

FWIW, with some system mechanics assistance from a more experienced GM, my Savage Worlds one-shot yesterday went over rather well.  Four modern-day scientists entered an exhaling magma vent in a recently active (1961) volcano in Iceland, and discovered the source of Cretaceous pollens in the airflow -- at the life cost of only two red shirts and half a dozen Deinonychus.

Bleh, I think I've just about overcome all the troubles the bout of bad weather while traveling caused.

Just in time for more snow across the eastern half of the US.  Rain changing to snow overnight into tomorrow, for North Carolina...

sounds like var has "social diseeeeeease" -5.. ewwwwwwwwww, goblin herpes. xD
"that goblin Var, issa sonuvabitch! got the blueballs, crabs, and the seven year itch!"
This message was last edited by the player at 17:00, Tue 16 Jan 2018.

Ales, since when are you in the wine cellar thread? xD

Since he forgot he's also Mancini...  ;)  Happens to all of us from time to time.  Post box defaults to your first character.

Which is why I've set mine to not defaulting to any.  It makes it much harder to accidentally post in the wrong threads with the wrong character.

...sneaks off to look for that setting...

Aha!!

Thank you, Jareth!  I've wished for that for months, never knew it actually existed.

For everyone else, it's the only toggle on the Game Preferences page.

I may be scarce  for a few days, wife is sick and needs my attention.  Hell, she needs my intention in general.

Give her attention with best of intentions