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Hmm... sounds okay. I'll have to look into it, though. It won't happen for a while, though, so that gives me plenty of time to prepare!
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Actually had a bit of an idea involving my character's keepsake being a shard of the weapon he'd soon make a pact with, if that's fine to work with.
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@Rondo of Blood The Hexblade Warlock class line is more a deal with a powerful being of the Shadowfell, such as the Raven Queen. This is true of all Warlock Patrons; the weapon itself is a manifestation of this particular bond.
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@CollectorOfMyst How are the stats distributed? Would i use the standard set, roll here, or is it a set amount of points that i distribute around?
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@Vexxed Vex This campaign uses point-buy. While it can be amazing to have someone roll an 18 or whatever, I use this in most of my online games (though by my own admission this is my first time running a play-by-post). If you're not familiar with point buy, I suggest using this calculator for it.
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Okay! So I have completed the recreated character sheet. Wherever it becomes relevant, replace, remove, add or change the code. This is someone else's character sheet, so just make sure to change whatever you have.



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Mostly curious btw, but are you taking the most recent errata to account? I believe it contains the Beast Master update as well as allowing spears to work with Polearm Master, which is a personal favorite change of mine.

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@Rondo of Blood So, ranger is a... difficult class to define. It has a special place in my heart, as the first class I ever played, but it is one of the most poorly implemented - and the Beast Master has... never been very good. If that's what you intend to do, know that we'll need to talk about what the subclass will actually do.

Tangent aside, the rest of the errata is good. My way of running things can be strict, but I'm not going to restrict my players unless it has game-breaking consequences.
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@CollectorOfMystI was thinking of making a Lizardfolk ranger that would eventually go into the beast master archetype....now I'm not so sure.
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@Vexxed Vex Oh, no, it's fine if you want to do that. All it means is that I'll be looking around for homebrewed versions of the Beast Master or coming up with my own.
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I've actually playtested the "newest" Beast Master and it's pretty doable if you pick the right animal companion and know what you're planning to get into. The quality-of-life changes it received are pretty nice. The main thing I'd suggest to look out for in terms of vanilla Rangers is how utility-focused they are in comparison to other martials.

That said, I'm personally leaning towards being a more bulky class, myself. Probably a Fighter or Paladin at this rate, but Barbarian isn't completely off table.
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@Rondo of Blood Which version are you referring to? UA? Also, the main issue I have for the most part is that fact that classic requires you to use your action for an independent creature, and both UA and classic give you worse versions of the creature, which somewhat defeats the purpose.
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@CollectorOfMyst T-the errata'd version. It's still the vanilla Beast Master, but at the very least, the beast retains some form of its own autonomy. I never was a fan of the revised Ranger, tbh.
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@Rondo of Blood Gotcha. Well, still, I'd have to look into it further, but it should be okay.
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Would it be fine for a character to have some prior history with the Cult of the Dragon? While I don't plan to be a former member or anything, I do have a little reference that's tangentially related to my character's backstory. If not, I can easily make it work after Greenest~

My character idea is a failed cult leader for the Demon Lord Dagon who blames his lack of success to the Cult of the Dragon (out of belief that they stole the members of his similarly named "Cult of the Dagon"). Of course, if the knowledge of the cult's existence would be too much for a character to have at this point, I can always have him prospectively looking at Greenest to start his cult operations only to have whatever starting events kick off.

As for class, I was considering doing a pseudo-tank Bladelock, but going Fighter/Warlock or even just a Fighter also works out if we're in need of a tank and you're looking specifically for d10+ classes.
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@Rondo of Blood Well someone's been doing research. I don't think I've mentioned the Cult of the Dragon at all. I will warn you, this sort of metaknowledge will need to be kept on the down-low - however, you are not incorrect that the Cult of the Dragon is involved, and at least one other player character knows of their existence. However, I will say that being a cult leader is not very feasible at first level. You might have been a low-ranking member of the cult, but we'll see.

I can provide a couple of things that tie your character's history more closely to the Cult's, too - one that might make a little more thematic sense than 'cult leader'. It's up to you.
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I swear I've only read the synopsis on HotDQ's store page 😭

That said, the idea was that my character was ambitious enough to start his own cult from the ground up, but at the same time, it's more like he tried starting his own school club than an actual cult with the bells and whistles. To give a better idea of what I meant, I was envisioning using the "Charlatan" background.

I'd love to hear your other ideas, though~
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I think I going to scrap the Lizardfolk ranger and go for a Tiefling Barbarian instead.
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@Vexxed Vex Alright! Remember to ask if there's anything you're unsure of.
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@CollectorOfMyst For the tiefling Subraces, do you also use decendants of devils. I was really into the idea of my character being descended from Levistus.
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