For players to introduce their characters.

Gnome factotum in the works here
This message was last updated by the player at 02:07, Sun 19 Jan 2020.

Will keep this on hold until we hear from the other proposed GM. If he doesn't post again before the end of the week we could try to get things rolling in here.

Sounds good to me

halfling fighter here with aspirations of becoming a warsling sniper

Which kind of halfling?

ordinary PHB halfling.

The tallfellow and deep version don't get the bonuses to jump, climb and move silently

i got the impression that weird is not something the group is going for, so i am keeping the build simple and letting the role play add the extra flavor.

but with the idea of a shared origin i would be open to a shared "thing"

I don’t think the forest gnomes are weird.  A little smaller than average, a bit less gregarious and more woodsy.
A good fit for the nymphs kiss feat at the start of things

The factotum class brings its own brand of weirdness.

By weird I was referring to something like building a halfling with elemental subtypes from unearthed arcana or some of the la+0 templates from books

Though the idea of a miniaturized halfling to be tiny would be interesting for a caster, because they could ride thier familiar as a mount.

“i will call him mini-mage!”

Where is everyone?

i am building my character sheet somewhere else because i still dont have a place to do it here.

but coming along well, just alot of coding to get things to line up neatly

Started working on my guy on note paper will then do the sheet.

If we are 3rd level I must take Craft Wonderous Item so I can craft items more mundane like a self repairing traveling cloak and broom that sweeps up by magic to items more - potent. I am a creative player crafting new innovative items. Well some items are for selling to well off folks and some for personal use or trade to people who seek serious magic and offer things of value.

I can help!

My spellcasting as a factotum allows me any spell off the wizard/sorcerer list
My number of spells and spell level are major restrictions though
Right now only 0th and 1st level spells

I've taken brew potion so I can make healing potions

Anyone else taking a home I plan to have a nice warm hole with a front shop with excellent woodwork goods his take ten craft with masterwork tools is 22 if he really goes for a carefully done work taking twenty is 32. So well its good stuff. His sanctum is in back all arcane locked up. Then living space and food stuffs. Needs a woman's touch and little feet running about.

He should be a good catch being a wizard and craftsman of high quality.

I was planning on living in a tree with a wood nymph deep in the forest...
So no home in the normal sense, but forest gnomes are small even by gnome standards and a bit more fey-ish.

I travel for knowledge and to read books, I imagine some years ago I began coming to the village to make friends and learn new things
(Or help out here and there), and to bring in my improved pipe weed Or other requests, dried mushrooms, rare herbs, etc

Feats so far
Nymphs kiss
Trivial knowledge

Being both a forest gnome and druid, if I had a house it would be on the edge of a village. She would come to town rarely for healing animals and sometimes people

Clover is quite physically weak and mentally strong so he would "live" at a library or the closest thing to one that is in the area. And would be prone to sleeping on whatever book he was studying late into the night.

Many of us are not super front line fighters or anything

But gnomes can 1/day speak with burrowing mammals so I think it might make sense that the non-fighter and non-ranger/druids might have a combat trained animal (or even a riding dog/pony); such as badgers, foxes, mongooses, etc

Or even other non-combative creatures, rats, ferrets, etc

I am planning on inclusion in my gear selection
This message was last edited by the player at 15:58, Sun 02 Feb 2020.

I have a "creature" but it is currently defensive. But it can become offense with some work.

My companion can help.

I think I will keep myself limited to a nice riding dog for the start of the game.

I feel good about my skills; still a bit more to do on gearing up.

  Theo Metuckle is mainly a cleric of Tymora and is a bit of a wanderer rather than having a home. Being a follower of Lady Luck he's come to know when his luck has run out, at which point he often finds it best to move on. . . Hence (being a lesser deep gnome) he is far from what was once his home.

How close is everyone to finalizing everything?

I keep thinking their is going to be some big adventure coming and we are all going to think it should be biggins business....
...might be why no one ever sees gnome/halfling games. ; )

I am ready pretty much

I changed my profession to barber, for some reason the quick razor seems perfect

Might even eventually take this feat:
Barber-Surgeon [General]
Your training as a barber includes various medical techniques.
Prerequisite: 5 ranks Profession (barber)
Benefit: You receive a +2 bonus to your Heal skill, and that skill becomes a class skill for you. Also, you may use your Intelligence modifier in place of your Wisdom modifier on Heal checks.
--
Author: Jonathan D. Woolley © Jonathan D. Woolley 2005   This feat is from the NBoF, please see NBoF Credits.

I can't edit my sheet, but pretty sure I have everything figured out, just need to populate.

Sorry, I thought the char sheets were automatically created and editable when the character was created. I think that they are all ready now for you to use.

Now I have a sheet but I still can't edit it. One more step and I'm there!

I was looking at alchemy (as part of my gear) and found a most useful list....

https://orbitalflower.github.i...hemy-items-list.html

I am ready to go...over burdened but ready.

I could be ready-er...but I am unsure if I can buy/sell/trade starting gear I don't need/want...for stuff I do.

Maybe you just need a pony and saddlebags

Riding Dog with Combat Training for me a Mastiff likely.

Something like that is exactly what I would like it buy/sell/trade for.

Maybe a St. Bernard complete with a barrel of ale on the collar.


Pack dogs too it sounds like

I have figured out how to allow players to edit their character sheets! The wheels grind slowly but they grind fine, as they say.

In reply to DM Neogi (msg # 36):

Huzzah!

Did you set wrap around to so there is a right border that doesn't keep going on and on?

Hey believe me it takes some time to learn the GM stuff on rpol

I am still picking alchemy items and languages

Hoping to get a little neighbor information
For example dwarves/orc/goblins in the mountains
Elves/centaurs in the woods
Next nearest town/settlement (single race or mixed)

Languages
Common, gnome, sylvan
Draconic; elven; halfling and treant
Skipping out on goblin and orc
This message was last edited by the player at 14:13, Wed 05 Feb 2020.

Would it be safe to shuffle starting equipment around as long as the cost is the same.

I will start a background / setting thread to give more details on the area.

Since you are all 3rd level you can take any reasonable equipment to start and I am thinking of some house rules to keep the game focused less on mundane equipment and simplify the money system too. Unless you all want to play with all the bookkeeping enabled.

I can't speak for everyone else but I like the book keeping.

In reply to Clover (msg # 42):

I don't mind it either myself, but I'm ok not to do it either.

Either way I am happy

With numerous crafters it might be easier to assume that once consumables are used; downtime is spent replacing them....
Bookkeeping could look something like this
5/5 holy water
5/5 alchemist fire

So when you use one you just change the first number
I already use this for my inspiration points
This message was last edited by the player at 14:09, Thu 06 Feb 2020.

I am no longer over burdened and some unused gear is traded for better

  I find bookkeeping slows things down on RPoL.

I do my book keeping OFF rpol. I have a custom spread sheet for that completely automated.

It looks like we are ready
Or at least ready enough to get started....

as we all basicly know each other from the valley, i have begun filling out his character bio page for those that wish to read it.

From what I read you might also have trivial knowledge in your build
And possibly the skill trick collector of stories

Eventually knowledge devotion?

I am seeing us as very similar in that regard but likely very different in others

Introducing “The finer things book club”

I looked at knowledge devotion and that skill trick and while they are on my plans for the future, they were edged out by other things, if only just barely.

Hello

I speak Gnome, Common, Goblin and Giant

I was a circus performer for many years, stronggnome mostly. Some shell games, other minor carnival stuff (walking high wire etc).
Left the circus to become a hero against a group of ogres plaguing the area.

On the path to become a Gnome Giant-Slayer

I am trying to imagine everyone’s manner of dress....colors etc

So if I wore a brown kilt; a long sleeved grey tunic, a reversible (green/deep purple)gnome battle cloak; socks, boots...
Would a oversized red scarf and grey leg-warmers be too much?

I think this will give a reasonably accurite depiction of Clover on the day to day dress and attire.

I am getting the Raistlin vibe for sure....
We must wrap you in bubble wrap and get a special saddle to strap you into!

So is Clover our local librarian and broker of books?
This message was last edited by the player at 15:10, Fri 07 Feb 2020.

librarian by action, bit not by trade.


he does the job, and can do it well, but no ranks in that skill...yet

his abilities don't make him a primary utility caster, but his abilities make a specialist in some key areas.

he can defend himself, at least long enough to get out of some situations.

his effective range with most of his effects is 30-60 ft so he sticks near the action. but he is as fragile as the standard wizard.

I am 2.5 and 27 lbs.

1 inch taller but the same weight

So both of you are Forest Gnomes?

If those are the ones in the phb

Minimum height
Minimum weight for me.

Yes I am a forest gnome
They range smaller than typical rock gnomes

So clover is the runt of his litter!
Bad joke only humans think gnomes have litters of offspring!
This message was last edited by the player at 20:07, Fri 07 Feb 2020.

PHB is Rock Gnome and min is 38" :), its okay though was just wonderig

I'm also a forest gnome. Fit's with my Druid class

Had so much fun playing druids over the years!

TN and you can summon just about anything
Cast both heal and harm spells
Mostly a caster not really an animal companion

Sorry, got busy in real life again for a couple of days.

What I was thinking for the simplifying is to keep all money as gp and gems; so no need to keep track of sp, cp, and all of that. I don't think that it adds much to the game to finely detail the monetary system.

And to not keep track f non-magic ammo, equipment and spell components. I'd rather just charge something like 50gp per level after every trip into a dungeon or battle, and 10gp per level a day during travel. This can cover food, lodging, equipment replacement and repair.

Does that sound like a plan?

Seems okay so long as we are getting enough treasure to cover it :)

Getting?! Earning would be more apropos. It's a hard world out there and you might need to get loans from shady characters to keep your shady characters in business if the money doesn't keep flowing in. :)

I am used to the lifestyle upkeep rules
Though I generally try and get a discount for living mostly outdoors ; )
And crashing with friends who actually have somewhere other than a nymphs tree to sleep

Have not selected ranged weapons:
I think a short bow
A blow gun
And a sling (as backup)

As far as up keep, Clover can do many things that "could" reduce his cost for one thing, but the he would end up spending just as much for other things in the same places.

he does not need much in the way of food and drink...but rumors...he can get at the tavern/inn.

hey hey hey, im a little later to the show but i guess im here.

im a student so thats probably going to happen every often.

im probably going to be a sword of the arcane order ranger mage of some sort. reading your guys char  stuff though.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:29, Tue 18 Feb 2020.

Welcome!

Glad to see another face

Hello, all!  Sorry for the late arrival.

I'm Sir Jovius, a swashbuckler, who's happy to help us have a wonderful Adventure.

I'm not looking forward to digging around in the dirt, but i'll do what I can to help save the day.