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This message was last edited by the GM at 18:48, Thu 28 May 2015.

Might be a good idea to post character creation stuff here, so I can get a sense of who's going to be what for the story, etc.

So we've definitely got a wild mage, but we may have a sword mage or an artificer or something else, right?

I think Swifty is playing an Artificer now, it's been bouncing around a lot, lol.

One quick question - do we need to worry about tracking (and therefore buying) normal ammo? Well, I won't be using a ranged weapon but will Swifty need to if she does?

If you're starting at level 1 then yes, but any other level only track magical ammo. If there's any special circumstances we'll figure it out on a combat by combat basis.

I was thinking of starting at level three, so we get our basic equipment and some magic items for free :D.

Yep, I know you guys won't go nuts so you'll get a 4th level item, a 3rd level item, a 2nd level item, enough money to buy a 2nd level item (I'll look that up if it's ambiguous) and you'll have reasonable carte blanche to come up with the stories around those items.


I liked how you had the magic items in your game actually be enhancements of previous items too, so feel free to have that for any items that seem odd to own when lower level.

I trust all your imaginations, and for everything else I trust mine :p

Don't worry, I'll check my gear and stuff with you before I start and you'll be able to see it on my sheet anyway, once it's filled in :).

Just checking in to see how you guys are doing.

Got Swifty's character sorted yesterday in terms of abilities, powers, everything like that. Just need to sort gear for both of us now but it was about midnight and we were both tired and decided to leave it till today. Swifty has gone with a Half-Elf Artificer in the end :).

Cool, just keep me in the loop. I might have a stickied thread with any decisions made just for reference and helpful stuff.

I'm just sorting my gear now - Swift's not online atm but she said she would be at some point today. We're also going to sort out whether ou characters already know each other and how they'd've met and stuff, even if only roughly.

Unless you want to be strangers first for character purposes / rp fun, I'd prefer you guys to known each other. Still, its your characters you wanted to try out, so I'm flexible. :)

Yeah I figured it'd be easier if we already knew each other - saves coming up with some motivation for us to do once the game actually starts :D.

One question I just want to clarify - do we get all non-magical stuff for free? As in, anything in the "Gear" section (and non-magical weapons/armour/implements if for some reason we don't want magical combat gear)?

Edit - I'm not planning on trying to get a free castle or private island or anything, don't worry - I just wanted to check that all the items are free ;).
This message was last edited by the player at 13:09, Sun 31 May 2015.

Depends what you mean. You get 520gp (I believe that'sd the cost of a level 2 magic item) to buy potions,etc or just to have 'on hand', and some permanent  magic items.

Everything else don't worry about within reason. By the time you've started adventuring proper its assumed you have had the opportunity can buy / acquire what else you would need and be a decently equipped adventurer. So don't sweat having a bow and a decent amount of ammo for example, when at first level that is a luxury for certain builds. However, don't just assume you have a wagon or whatever.

I'll vet the equipment list anyway, so take what you want and we can discuss sanity if you've grabbed more than I'd expect.

Yeah, it's 520gp for a second-level magic item. I've not spent that yet (will probably use it all on another magic item, though, or a first-level one and have some spare cash if none of the second-level ones grab my fancy) but I've done my three free magic items. Gear-wise there's not much I think I need, really (it's mostly basic stuff - backpack, food, etc), but I'm nearly done and then I'll get on with copying it across onto my char sheet on here so you can have a look :).

Don't forget potions and other consumeables or rituals.

I can't cast rituals and I'm not fussed about potions. I just spent all 520gp on another second-level magic item :D. I'm gonna get started on typing up my sheet now...

Okay, my sheet is done. You might want to turn on the word wrap thingy as mine's stretched across the whole screen. I think I remembered to put in all the details for my items and stuff but let me know if there's anything you have a problem with or whatever :).

Edit - Oh yeah, there's nothing in the fluff of any of my items that says this, but can we say that my robes change size to fit me if I change shape, just so I don't turn from, say, an elf into a minotaur and suddenly rip through my clothing? ;)
This message was last edited by the player at 16:07, Sun 31 May 2015.

The word wrap is on, I guess that only affects the viewed output not the editor itself?

Will have a look at the powers, etc later - your insight and bluff seem +2 higher than I'd expect, is there another bonus from somewhere I'm missing?

Looking at my GM Menu in my own game, I think the setting you need to make sure is activated is under "Edit Character Sheets", then tick the "Fixed Width" box. If that doesn't work I'll just manually move the longer lines onto multiple lines :).

Oh you posted while I was posting. I got +2 Insight and Bluff for being a Changeling.

Well that's the opposite of what you asked for :p I can make it fixed width but yes, you'll need to add line breaks as your current sheet will display unreadably :)


You get +2 bluff and diplomacy according to your sheet (need to check later on my own rules) and i was taking that in to account.

So that answers insight, but that still means your bluff is too high (+2 changeling +4 charisma is 6 like dip) and your diplomacy is about to be too high

Ah, wait, did you make the character with a generator? The +2 bluff/diplomacy would be added automatically, without you then adding +2 to bluff/insight. Might it be that then?

Let's see, I got +2 to Bluff and Insight for being a Changeling, and +2 Bluff and Diplmacy for that Fey Bond Feat...which I'd forgotten about and actually that may not have been added in automatically (I'm using Hero Lab).