Lucky

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@Dark Cloud All good. Might could use a tank.

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I just wanted to voice my interest in this. I've already created a very basic character which I'll likely edit fairly heavily.

I am wondering if this is going to be a full TTRPG experience or whether you're going to lean into the 5e system as you need.

@Black Dog

My intention is to keep this as RP focused as possible and to follow 5e rules for settling abilities, spells, skills, etc. Let it work for me, you know? Plus I can keep track of inventory, health, and important things.

@Dark Cloud Everything looks fine. RAW, wielding two shields doesn't stack AC benefit btw. So you'd get no bonus from having two equipped for any reason. I don't have any plans to homebrew that would facilitate what you may be going for.

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So Warforged are a relatively recent attempt, I'd say in the last twelve years. So at most, twelve years old. Of course, they don't really "mature" in the same sense organics do.

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@Lucky I do have a question about the history of Eiden. When was the last war or the most historic battle fought? It might help me decide how old Myrm is. I imagine he is old in my mind just don't know how old. He was built to serve as an infantryman to shield others and protect (I'm using the Soldier background btw). I decided to not take gaming set proficiency because it doesn't make sense.

@Dark Cloud

There are a few small ongoing wars currently. Than'dyr (starting country) is currently NOT at war. The thing about wars is that they have to be quick, because they are too costly to wage in a world with dangers like the Mist.

To be more specific for your Warforged, the official name for the race would be a misnomer because they were actually designed to navigate the Mist in my setting; the experiment was largely unsuccessful. Because of the magical engineering that went into them, these "Mistforged" realized their sapience and briefly fought for their independence. They were granted rights within months, in order to keep loss of life and property down.

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@Timemaster Alright, well whatever you end up with, I'm sure will be a ton of fun!

@Dark Cloud D&D5e doesn't have stats for shields besides the fact that they increase AC by 2. RAW, there are no stats for using them offensively so they would be an improvised weapon (1d4 bludgeoning), but I'd allow you to use your proficiency bonus to hit since technically you're proficient in using them and of course the strength bonus for damage. As an action only, though, they would not be considered Light for a bonus action attack.

As much as I'm interested to know your background/rumor ideas, I'll ask for you to hold onto those until I put up the OOC.

To clarify with everyone, a character sheet made through dndbeyond is not necessary for applications to be approved. I'll be judging RPG character sheets based off their contents, having a dndbeyond sheet that I can inspect mechanically is just a plus.

@Dog Standard Array or Point Buy is acceptable. Options like that are clarified in my dndbeyond campaign link.

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@Lucky I'd say 40% familiar. I've played one ages ago.

Had a thought about it and I think it would be better for me to stick to what I know than try to explore for now. I'll go to my usual go-to and then if needed, branch out.

@Timemaster

I didn't want to scare you away from Monks! I'm actually playing one right now in a friend's campaign and it's a ton of fun. You just gotta know that they function very differently from everyone else in terms of build and playstyle.

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@Timemaster Hey, was looking over your monk and I'd like to know if you're familiar with the class. They have virtually no need for STR besides the Athletics skill check, and their AC + Spell-like abilities are based off DEX and WIS. That's just my suggestion, you don't need to make any changes.

Also! I forgot to mention that one houserule I like to play with is a free feat at level 1! So in your character sheets, feel free to add one feat from under Manage Feats. I believe it really helps set the direction the character goes and helps diversify the cast.

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@Lucky Nvm I'm dumb, how do I calculate the average of the gold? Fighter is 100gp right?

@Dark Cloud

5d4(10)
12.5(10)
125

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Of course! Details of the world will come with the OOC, so you can make it all tie in together.

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I see. Well, it's not really necessary with dndbeyond. Everything is easily accessible and tracked there. I'd rather have character sheets all in one place.