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Author Topic: Dark underground prisons & Flying reptiles with breath weapons  (Read 8730 times)

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Re: Dark underground prisons & Flying reptiles with breath weapons
« Reply #15 on: May 06, 2007, 05:25:25 PM »
IRC is one of those completely screwed for me...

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Re: Dark underground prisons & Flying reptiles with breath weapons
« Reply #16 on: May 06, 2007, 08:28:56 PM »
Damn. Something must be done.

However, to intimidate players, it'd be great if you could answer these questions.
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Re: Dark underground prisons & Flying reptiles with breath weapons
« Reply #17 on: May 07, 2007, 12:08:38 AM »
you'll have it by later tonight.

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Re: Dark underground prisons & Flying reptiles with breath weapons
« Reply #18 on: May 07, 2007, 12:14:55 AM »
So whats the ETA on that cookie?
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Re: Dark underground prisons & Flying reptiles with breath weapons
« Reply #19 on: May 07, 2007, 12:18:30 AM »
ETA? No one said it would result in receiving a cookie, it was just an option to vote for.
 
Oh-kay, seeing as I'm most likely DMing, second level it is, happily meaning that level adjustment +1 races are allowed.

Thanks, PUR, at least someone is showing decent activity.  :clap: :-P
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Re: Dark underground prisons & Flying reptiles with breath weapons
« Reply #20 on: May 07, 2007, 12:20:13 AM »
ETA? No one said it would result in receiving a cookie, it was just an option to vote for.

You have failed me Soly.
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Re: Dark underground prisons & Flying reptiles with breath weapons
« Reply #21 on: May 07, 2007, 01:11:39 AM »
still working at it. and to everyone else...
get cracking
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Re: Dark underground prisons & Flying reptiles with breath weapons
« Reply #22 on: May 07, 2007, 02:05:52 AM »
I'm willing to play :).

I don't have IRC on my backup computer though (my main is down for the count), might be a problem.  Which IRC do we use, and what would be the IP, server, etc?

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Re: Dark underground prisons & Flying reptiles with breath weapons
« Reply #23 on: May 07, 2007, 02:26:40 AM »
Most likely espernet, which can be accessed through Taijitu IRC. It'd be great if you could produce a character concept in the near future.

On a more general scale, if you want to make a really extravagant character build, tell me what books you've used to get it. Also, if you want to write up the character sheet already, here's a check-list:

1) 72 attribute points, 1-to-1 buy (Oh yes... >:D)
2) Level 2, so +1 LA allowed
3) Preferably, no Chaotic Evils without a really good reason, they're not team-players
4) No Ardents or other insta-powerbuilds
5) Some, but not all monstrous PC races or classes
6) Basically, if it's in the Dungeon Master's Guide (NPC classes, mhmm), Player's Handbooks I and II, Complete Warrior, Complete Adventurer, Complete Divine, Complete Arcane, Book of Exalted Deeds or Expanded Psionics Handbook, it's most likely ok. If it's not, it's possible it's fine and dandy.

Hopefully, I forgot nothing of the list. If someone wants to challenge any of the above, feel free to. They're just the initial starting points.

Also, do the spell-casters wish to use the mana point system from Unearthed Arcana?

Questions welcome.
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Re: Dark underground prisons & Flying reptiles with breath weapons
« Reply #24 on: May 07, 2007, 02:35:41 AM »
your going to love this.

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Re: Dark underground prisons & Flying reptiles with breath weapons
« Reply #25 on: May 07, 2007, 02:37:00 AM »
I'm sure I will.

Saaay... anyone planning on playing a Drow Chaotic Good Ranger that wields two scimitars?
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Re: Dark underground prisons & Flying reptiles with breath weapons
« Reply #26 on: May 07, 2007, 03:19:03 AM »
nope heres mine:

What is your character's complete physical description?

What is his/her race, age, height, weight, build?
Female Human; 5'2"; 110 lbs; petite frame; 22 years of age but looks about sixteen

 Hair color, length and type?
 shortish black hair, slightly curly, one curl eternaly swirled on her brow

Eye and skin tone?
bright blue-green eyes, usualy rimmed with kohl; likes staining her lips red; alabaster skin that seems immune to tanning

Unusual marks or scars?
fluer de lis tattoo on her right hip bone; sharpened canines

Bearing and usual demeanor?
strangers assume that she is very aloof and cold yet she gives off an aura of pure sex.

Typical garb (include multiple scenarios, if appropriate)?
black leather pants with a mostly open strip down each side, sleeveless black silk shirt with a high neck open between the breasts, soft red calf hide coat trimmed with longish black fur and raven feathers, black soft calf hide boots, black stovepipe hat with a red scarf tied around the base of it

What is your character's complete psychological description?

What are his/her ethics, religion, philosophy, and deity?
actualy lacks in most ethics however will not do anything bad in front of or with children, considers the harm of a child the most heinous act imaginable, she believes that music and love will save the souls of everyone they contact, general philosophy is do as you want as long as its not hurting anyone

What kind of personality and interests does he/she have?
she has a rather loving and passionate personality, she is very interested in music, sex, love, peace and all that jazz

Is he/she intense, passionate, prone to violence, insane, crafty, etc?
passionate, crafty, caring, insane, warm hearted, generous

What are your characters hobbies?
travelling, singing, flirting, playing with kids, smoking

What does your character generally do in his/her leisure time?
play with kids all day and make love all night, or play a funky tune.

What does your character do to "unwind"?
smoke some tobacco, light a fire, get laid

Why does your character have the class, weapon proficiencies, skills, and languages that he/she does?

What are your character's favorite things? Colors, smells, foods, drinks, sounds, animals, locations, etc.
she loves the sights sounds and smells of the orphanage where she was raised, she loves the sound of music, she favors a red and black color scheme, loves the smell of leather, prefers eating fruits and vegetarian alternatives to meat, she mostly drinks water, she loves shock lizards

What are your character's least favorite things?
meat, men, alcahol, cruelty to children

Who are your character's current friends, lovers, allies and associates?
to be filled out at a later date

What is the nature and intensity of these relationships?

Who and what are your character's enemies and foes?

Are these based on personal experience, second-hand encounters, cultural biases, etc?


Does your character have any pets, henchbeings or constant companions?
she has her horse named lucky.

Does your character want any?
she would love all of the above.

What were your character's previous adventures and experiences?
she has travelled all about and i will come up with some fun stories later.

How have they shaped who your character is today?
totally otherwise she wouldn't be doing so well with music.

What are your character's attitudes, habits and vices?
very caring with children, she acts as an older sister to anone younger than her, she starts campfires even if they aren't needed, she enjoys smoking tobacco and enjoys sex.

Does he/she drink, smoke, do drugs, have sex, gamble, steal, etc?
smoking, sex, stealing.

What are your character's fears, phobias and issues?
mindflayers freak her out severely to the point of hysteria, her parents brains were eaten by mindflayers and she was forced into slavery by them for roughly one year before being rescued by a beautiful adventurer.

Do you have unresolved childhood traumas?
see above.

Where does your character call home?
the town where her orphanage is based. it is a rather largish yet rural town.

Why?
because she was raised there.

Have there been previous "homes"?
none she remembers besides the road.

Is your character a wanderer?
oh yes indeed.

Your character needs a horse for a long journey. Describe the steed's size, coloring, build, training and personality.
steed would be sleek, black, fast, combat trained, free spirited, devoted, loving

Would your character rather make use of an exotic mount and/or use an esoteric manner of travel?
an exotic mount would rock, however a dimensional doorknob would kick ass like whoa.

What are your character's views on death and dying?
it sucks so don't do it.

What would be the "perfect death"?
saving orphans from some evil bastard

What would be a shallow or meaningless death?
dying without glory

If your character has already died and been raised, how has this experience changed your views?

From your character's viewpoint, which is better, being loved or feared?
being loved by those who desrve love and feared by the evil ones.

Why is your character an adventurer?
because the matron of her orphanage told her to bring her singing voice on the road, which she did and did quite well with it.

Is it the money?
sometimes, but mostly to give to the community

The magic?
nah

The power?
nope

The challenge?
often times yes

The excitement?
mmhmmm

The hand of Fate?
nah

Some combination of these?

You return to a comfortable way-side inn that has housed you in comfort numerous times over the years. You find that the kindly family has just been threatened, beaten and robbed. You have the means to track down the guilty bandits. What do you do?
track down the evil bastards and make them pay.

Would your answer change if members of the tavern-master's family were killed or raped?
yes then they would be tortured slowly.

Would your character be comfortable being reincarnated?
sure

Why (not)? (Remember, when a person is reincarnated, they often experience a fundamental shift in their personality. How would your character cope with this?)
because death is a drag and life is great so any chance to live is a great thing.

What was your character like as a child?
morbid and quiet

How were you treated?
by parents: not too well, her father habitualy raped and beat her, her mother encouraged this with her ignorance.
by the mind flayers: same as they treat all their slaves, in other words, Survivors of Nazi Death Camps have had a better time of it.
by the orphanage: very well, the matron praised and loved her for many years.

Have you changed much?
yes thanks to the matron mostly.

Was your character a late-bloomer, a wimp, a bully, a nerd, a snitch, a klutz or a rascal?
weirdo is a better word for it, however she was always an attractive weirdo.

Who were your character's childhood friends and companions?
all the children of the orphanage were friends with her, they all lived happily together.

Were there strong bonds between you?
yep

Where are these friends now?
back in the hometown living out normal happy lives.

What would provoke you to murder someone (not kill -- actually hunt down, stalk and slay without mercy)?
harming a child

What are your character's strongest traits, personality-wise?
devotion to her beliefs and nonstop love for life.

What do others see in you?
a loving free spirit.

Do you agree?
yep

Do you as the character agree?
sure but shouldn't everyone be that way?

What emotions can your character express easily to others?
everything besides sadness.

Which are more difficult?
sadness and any variation of it.

Which do you hide from others?
pain, past , all that jazz.

What is your relationship with your god(s)?
what gods?

Are you devout?
not at all

Do you feel that you have a personal relationship with the deity or more of an impersonal tie to the church and/or the social organization it represents?
not my gig.

What were your thoughts the first time your character took a life (you may choose whether it was sentient or not)?
oh no i didn't mean to kill it, but it tried to eat my brain, oh no they are gunna all be mad now....

How did this effect you?
gave her the resolve to do what needs to be done.

What is event or characteristic is your character most proud of?
when she dropped a donation off at the orphanage for the first time.

What meaning does this have in your life?
it means everything to her

Does your character display this pride openly or is it a personal matter?
openly. always.

If you could live anywhere in the multiverse, where would it be and why?
where ever the souls of the innocent go.

Would you bring others with you?
nope.

If you are tied to one location, would you change the traits of that area?
eventualy.

If you could have any one thing, what would it be?
world peace.

What purpose would you put it to?
ending alot of suffering.

What is your character's greatest ambition?
to live a full life.

Do you have life-goal?
see above.

Do you merely follow where events lead you?
pretty much unless its a course i don't like.

What is your character's family like?
dead.
Your parents, siblings, cousins, home town, etc.

Do you still think about them?
sometimes.

 Do you still see them?

How does your character see others?
as either good or evil, her worldview has no greys.

What is your character's self-image in the eyes of others, as perceived by the character?
she thinks others see her as a nice vagabond.

Is this different than the player's viewpoint?
yep.

What is your character's most prized possession and why?

What would you do if it was stolen?

If it was lost?

If it was willfully destroyed?


If your character had a wish, what would it be?
Please be as long-winded as possible!
it would be for the world to be peaceful and for no one to go hungry and for everyone to find a great love.

Why has your character taken your particular alignment?
because its just the way she is.

What relationship does your character feel towards others of his ethos?
a fantastic one.

Is your character evangelistic in this regard?
nope.

Who is your character's best friend(s)?
her horse Lucky.

Would you sacrifice your life for this/these people?
sure would.

What is the basis of your relationship?
she helps me i help her, it all works out.

If your character was suddenly catapulted onto 20th century Earth, how would you live?
very modestly, but attending alot of clubs.

What profession would you pursue?
preschool teacher.

Describe your probable life-style (vagabond, married with children, socialite, etc)?
socialite who rarely sleeps.

What animal or creature best symbolizes your character?
dog.

Which traits do the two share?
loyalty, friendlyness, wanderlust and a general happy go lucky attitude.

Which are different?
she dousn't lick her own genitals.

How does your character view life?
As an amazing party that everyone should enjoy.

Is it a puzzle?

A challenge?

A stream of events?

How does your character fit in?
in her own boisterous way.

Does your character care?
about kids and thats about it.

What is your character most afraid of?
mindflayers.

Why?
already explained

Is your character aware of this fear?
oh yes.

What would your character do when confronted by this fear?
spaz big time.

What was your favorite adventure?
no favourites they are all fun.

Why?

How do you feel about stealing?
if its needed and not from the poor.

What justification do you need?
starvation.

How far would you go to steal/recover something?
pretty far.

Do you see adventuring as robbery (of poor orcs/ogres/dragons/etc) or justice?
justice man those big evil bastards needed to have justice smacked upside their scaly faces.

Do you feel you risk your life when you adventure?
to live is to risk your life.

Why (not)?

Have you ever thought about the odds of survival?
nope

Do you care?
nope

Are you a virgin?
nooooo

If not, what was your first time like -- the partner, the experience, the relationship, etc?
Either way, how has this affected your life?
first time was with her father when he raped her in the batcave near their house, things went downhill from there. and she still dousn't trust men.

What secrets does your character keep?
her entire past is a secret.

How personal are they?
VERY.

Whom do/would you confide in?
the matron.

Does your character like him/herself?
of course why wouldn't she?

Why (not)?

Do you as the player agree?
yea pretty much.

What characteristic are you most interested in improving?
her secrecy about her past.

Why?
its a good character developement.

How would this change your life?
it would bring some people far closer.

Are you a fairly independent person?
most of the time.

How often do you ask others for aid?
when its needed or a better idea.

How well do you work in a group?
very she fits in with most anyone.

How does your character react to clerics and other "god-servants"?
with a rolling of the eyes.

Do you hold people or things as sacred?
children and love thats all.

How do you feel about rival deities and faiths?

How easy is it for you to kill?
somewhat as long as its someone she considers bad.

Do you limit yourself to slaying only monsters?
nah
Only non-humanoids?

Animals?

Do you ever try to restrain foes with non-lethal force?
its prefered.

What are your limits?

Do you believe in destiny?
nope
Do you have a specific destiny to fulfill?
not as far as we know.

How does this belief color your decisions?
it dousn't.

What fallacies or myths do you believe in? Examples: psionic powers/drow/spell-jamming don't exist, Oerth is flat, all witches are evil, DC is NOT God, etc. Please keep in mind your cultural biases.
alcahol rots your insides, people who drink it are dying.

What magical item does your character most want?
wand of healing perhaps.

Why?
to aid others.

If you could change any one thing about your character, what would it be?
nothing

Why?
because i made her this way for a reason.

Would the character also want to change this?
.......

Do you want to have a family and/or children?
she wants to have children but is completely infertile.

Why (not)?

If your character is part of a lineage, explain what that ancestral connection means to you.

If your character could become some other person or creature what would it be?
someone who could bear children.

Why does your character feel this way?
she wants kids badly.

As the player, do you agree/feel this is a valid reason?
indeed i do.

What is your definition of happiness?
a warmth that emnates from your soul outwards.

Have you ever achieved this?
sure plenty of times.

What would you do to achieve this state (again)?
many things.

What would you as the player most like to see happen to your character?
for her to grow and prosper.

Why?

Do you believe in Law or Justice?
justice.

Which is more important, the Ends or the Means?
ends.

If your answers vary with the situation, please explain.

Have you ever been in love?
not yet.

With whom and when?

What would you do to achieve a strong and healthy romantic relationship?
almost anything.

If your character was born and raised in our 20th century Earth, how would you live?
What profession would you pursue?
she would live very well and be the head of multiple charities, while being a teacher .

What kind of car would you drive?
an electric car.

Your favorite band?
Abba

Describe your probable life-style (vagabond, married with children, socialite, etc)?
socialite wokaholic.
« Last Edit: May 10, 2007, 09:24:36 PM by PUR »

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Re: Dark underground prisons & Flying reptiles with breath weapons
« Reply #27 on: May 07, 2007, 03:44:15 AM »
:o


...And that, dear class, is exactly how to make a DM very, very happy. I mean... wow. Thumbs up. Waaaay up.


Judging by your answers, she seems to be a Chaotic Good Bard, am I correct?

Also, to add to the list, in case people want to buy items already (<.<, >.>), 999 gp are at your disposal. Just to tease you with those 1000 gp magic items.
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Re: Dark underground prisons & Flying reptiles with breath weapons
« Reply #28 on: May 07, 2007, 04:13:57 AM »
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awesome guess.
also i say no to the mana system.

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Re: Dark underground prisons & Flying reptiles with breath weapons
« Reply #29 on: May 07, 2007, 04:42:36 AM »
That's one against, out of one verified spell-caster. I also thought of why you might be joining up with the others. *evil laughter*

And yet another addition to the list: characters must take care of their basic needs (eating, drinking and toilet activities), either generically or non-generically. Malnourishment and dehydration rules apply.

More will follow, especially after the others post their characters as well.  :clap:
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