[QUOTE=slayer20;42029317]Couple questions.
A Dwarf gets a +2 bonus to Endurance and Dungeoneering. Does this mean he is automatically trained in those two skills? And I'm free to choose what ever other skills my class lets me, right?[/QUOTE]
training is separate from +2 race bonuses
[QUOTE=slayer20;42029478]Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition.
Adding to my questions, when an ability calls for an attack on Strength vs AC, does that mean it's a 1d20 + Strength modifier + Attack Bonus?
And then if you hit, would it be 1[W] + Strength modifier + Attack Bonus + Other bonuses?
I'm reading through the Player's Handbook and I'm kind on confused on how to add my numbers together here. If the above is true, then if an ability says that it's a 1[W] + Strength Modifier, would that really be a 1[W] + Strength modifier + Attack bonus + another strength modifier?[/QUOTE]
I'm not entirely sure what you mean by attack bonus, but a roll to hit generally includes strength mod + half of your level (0 at level 1) + weapon proficiency + other misc feat/magic weapon bonuses
if you want more specific answers about specific powers I'd be happy to help you out with it, assuming you don't have this all figured out already since this is a late reply
[QUOTE=azure 505;42048935]
I'm not entirely sure what you mean by attack bonus, but a roll to hit generally includes strength mod + half of your level (0 at level 1) + weapon proficiency + other misc feat/magic weapon bonuses
if you want more specific answers about specific powers I'd be happy to help you out with it, assuming you don't have this all figured out already since this is a late reply[/QUOTE]
Let's say I have a weapon that I'm proficient in, and it gives a +2 bonus to attack. Would I add that attack bonus to my initial hit dice, or when I'm actually dealing damage?
[QUOTE=slayer20;42049140]Let's say I have a weapon that I'm proficient in, and it gives a +2 bonus to attack. Would I add that attack bonus to my initial hit dice, or when I'm actually dealing damage?[/QUOTE]
ah, yeah
that's called the weapon proficiency bonus, and it applies specifically to the hit roll, but not damage
Anybody run solo campaigns or adventures at present, or have you run them at any point?
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;42050550]Anybody run solo campaigns or adventures at present, or have you run them at any point?[/QUOTE]
Solo campaigns?! Don't they cause you to go blind?
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;42050550]Anybody run solo campaigns or adventures at present, or have you run them at any point?[/QUOTE]
once upon a time i read a choose your own adventure book
that's really the closest you'll get.
[QUOTE=elowin;42052187]once upon a time i read a choose your own adventure book
that's really the closest you'll get.[/QUOTE]
I remember once I read a story about a guy who thought he was playing a singleplayer campaign as a necromancer, traveling the world and spreading necromancy as a way to replace manual labor. When he started getting old, he went to revisit all the places he had been over the years, and found that all of them were back to human workers instead of skeletons or zombies. He learned that a group of adventurers had been traveling the land, killing all those he had taught and telling people to go back to manual labor. On his death bed, the adventurers caught up to him, and he told them he just wanted to make life easier for the living, then died. Then his DM told him he had been using him as the BBEG for another game he was running, and he played his part brilliantly.
[QUOTE=Rats808;42052728]I remember once I read a story about a guy who thought he was playing a singleplayer campaign as a necromancer, traveling the world and spreading necromancy as a way to replace manual labor. When he started getting old, he went to revisit all the places he had been over the years, and found that all of them were back to human workers instead of skeletons or zombies. He learned that a group of adventurers had been traveling the land, killing all those he had taught and telling people to go back to manual labor. On his death bed, the adventurers caught up to him, and he told them he just wanted to make life easier for the living, then died. Then his DM told him he had been using him as the BBEG for another game he was running, and he played his part brilliantly.[/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure that was just made up on the spot.
Regardless, I've seen people fawn over that story enough that I've come to despise it.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;42052808]I'm pretty sure that was just made up on the spot.
Regardless, I've seen people fawn over that story enough that I've come to despise it.[/QUOTE]
yeah that's pretty obviously fake.
[QUOTE=DarkMonkey;42048747]They're far more kawaii in color, it's ok. Also absolutely riddled with magical experimentation bullshit.[/QUOTE]
oh god their backstory is not kawaii at all.
I knew there was experimentation involved but [sp]their internal organs were harvested from their parents and split between them because it was figured to make them magic better[/sp]
Start Uni in a few weeks, and was rather worried about finding a game. Turns out, the majority of the other physics students seem to play tabletop RPG's so it's all good! :v:
[QUOTE=Saint Jimmy;42063506]Start Uni in a few weeks, and was rather worried about finding a game. Turns out, the majority of the other physics students seem to play tabletop RPG's so it's all good! :v:[/QUOTE]
and then they all turn out to be assholes
[QUOTE=elowin;42063561]and then they all turn out to be assholes[/QUOTE]
Not to judge, but the RP groups at my uni kind of freak me out
Literally, nowhere else have I seen nerd stereotypes so accurately transcribed to flesh
The fact they all play wonky obscure systems that I've never heard of anywhere else, and almost of their characters are references to random anime doesn't help either
If you make a character that is stolen from another source, you're a shitty player and should be booted. For real.
Outside of a joke campaign, don't be a fuckhead and base your entire character on being Blizzt Bo'Burden you fucknut. Try a LITTLE bit please.
[QUOTE=SiberysTranq;42063978]Not to judge, but the RP groups at my uni kind of freak me out
Literally, nowhere else have I seen nerd stereotypes so accurately transcribed to flesh
The fact they all play wonky obscure systems that I've never heard of anywhere else, and almost of their characters are references to random anime doesn't help either[/QUOTE]
The only way is to break them with min-maxing. Obviously.
[QUOTE=Chronische;42064041]If you make a character that is stolen from another source, you're a shitty player and should be booted. For real.
Outside of a joke campaign, don't be a fuckhead and base your entire character on being Blizzt Bo'Burden you fucknut. Try a LITTLE bit please.[/QUOTE]
brb making robocop character
I'm currently in a campaign with 6 other guys. Playing as a Bovine-Kin Titan Mauler Barbarian that will soon become a Bear Warrior. First time I've actually played. It's pretty fun.
[QUOTE=elowin;42064282]brb making robocop character[/QUOTE]
Ah, well, Robocop is good in any setting. Or Judge Dredd.
Faerun could certainly use the LAW!
brb making a Macho Man Randy Savage character.
[QUOTE=Chronische;42064414]Ah, well, Robocop is good in any setting. Or Judge Dredd.
Faerun could certainly use the LAW![/QUOTE]
but you just said that stealing a character from another source was bad :v:
[editline]3rd September 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;42064769]brb making a Macho Man Randy Savage character.[/QUOTE]
implying you would ever play anything that isn't female
[QUOTE=elowin;42064945]but you just said that stealing a character from another source was bad :v:[/QUOTE]
It is bad though, for real. You should always do something you made, not just play something someone else made. In D&D at least. There's plenty of other games that encourage wacky shit, pretty much any superhero or cyberpunk game for example. I don't see why you'd just be a boring clone of a character that was probably boring in the first place.
[QUOTE=Chronische;42065009]It is bad though, for real. You should always do something you made, not just play something someone else made. In D&D at least. There's plenty of other games that encourage wacky shit, pretty much any superhero or cyberpunk game for example. I don't see why you'd just be a boring clone of a character that was probably boring in the first place.[/QUOTE]
DnD doesn't encourage wacky shit?
lies and slander
Not actively. Not post Gygax, at least.
The players and GMs more than make up for any lack of silliness.
So after the last DnD night I had, two of my friends left and two stayed, and one of them wanted to DM me and the other, just for shits & gigs. It was kind of fun, and he was pretty good for his first time, but I now realized how important the players are to the DM. If the players don't go with the flow of the DM and interrupt everything all the time, it makes it really boring and hard for the DM to go on. On the flip side, however, if the players are actively roleplaying (which is really fun, dunno why you wouldn't) and doing creative things, it makes the DMs life a lot easier. I just wish my friends would reach the same conclusion as I did :v:
[QUOTE=elowin;42064945]
implying you would ever play anything that isn't female[/QUOTE]
Then he'll make Macho Woman Sandy Ravage
Or I'll hand the charater to a more theatrical player than I, or make an exception because Macho Man seems like such a wonder to play as.
I know I've posted this story before, but I just posted it in the DnD stories thread and I figured I'd post it yet again here so you all could enjoy it once more.
A while back me and my group decided to play Only War. For those who don't know, Only War is a 40k roleplaying system that has you take on the roll of a small squad of Imperial-Guardsmen.
I'm not too well versed in 40k lore, so forgive any inaccuracies.
I made a commissar character who had a few extra points in Operate Surface (like draiving cars and tanks and shit) because nobody else put shit in it except for like one dude who only had one little point.
The other characters iirc were a marksman that used mostly las weaponry, a sergeant who was the one dude to put a point in Operate Surface, and two mostly generic grunts.
Our squad of misfits was tasked to go clear out this Promethium (like the 40k equivalent of that stuff in the explosives barrels in doom) station that has been over run with Orks.
The only issue was that Bolter fire would cuase teh entire plant to explode and we'd either die or be executed.
We weren't too worried that we couldn't use our bolters because the marksman was just going to use the heavy lascannon on top which would be more than effective to clear out the Orks we could see.
He near critical failed, breaking his arms and the heavy las cannon. I'm not sure [b]HOW[/b] that happened, but it's what the DM said.
So my Commissar yelled out to the seargent at the wheel:
"Alright you miserable filth pot! Move over and patch up this man, I'm driving!"
I took the wheel and sped down the hill as fast as this transport could go. I burst through the doors of the Promethium station and started running over Ork after Ork.
After a good long while every single Ork had been splattered under my mighty tires of glory.
The DM was annoyed that we managed to just wreck all the Ork so he said:
"After many cases of vehicular Ork slaughter, the Warboss bursts from the barracks and yells"
[b]"OI! WOT YOO 'OOMANZ DOIN' IN MAH 'OUSE!?"[/b]
The Warboss picks up the transport and throws the thing with us in it. We all go to bail out in mid-air and succeeded.
The Warboss was stomping over right to me. My bolter was out of reach and I had to think fast.
I sprinted for the transport, grabed a spare tire out of the back, and toss it at Warboss's head.
Crit.
Confirmed crit.
The Warboss died instantly.
And thus, Commissar Maximo Doomtires was born.
[QUOTE=Katatonic717;42067535]I know I've posted this story before, but I just posted it in the DnD stories thread and I figured I'd post it yet again here so you all could enjoy it once more.
A while back me and my group decided to play Only War. For those who don't know, Only War is a 40k roleplaying system that has you take on the roll of a small squad of Imperial-Guardsmen.
I'm not too well versed in 40k lore, so forgive any inaccuracies.
I made a commissar character who had a few extra points in Operate Surface (like draiving cars and tanks and shit) because nobody else put shit in it except for like one dude who only had one little point.
The other characters iirc were a marksman that used mostly las weaponry, a sergeant who was the one dude to put a point in Operate Surface, and two mostly generic grunts.
Our squad of misfits was tasked to go clear out this Promethium (like the 40k equivalent of that stuff in the explosives barrels in doom) station that has been over run with Orks.
The only issue was that Bolter fire would cuase teh entire plant to explode and we'd either die or be executed.
We weren't too worried that we couldn't use our bolters because the marksman was just going to use the heavy lascannon on top which would be more than effective to clear out the Orks we could see.
He near critical failed, breaking his arms and the heavy las cannon. I'm not sure [b]HOW[/b] that happened, but it's what the DM said.
So my Commissar yelled out to the seargent at the wheel:
"Alright you miserable filth pot! Move over and patch up this man, I'm driving!"
I took the wheel and sped down the hill as fast as this transport could go. I burst through the doors of the Promethium station and started running over Ork after Ork.
After a good long while every single Ork had been splattered under my mighty tires of glory.
The DM was annoyed that we managed to just wreck all the Ork so he said:
"After many cases of vehicular Ork slaughter, the Warboss bursts from the barracks and yells"
[b]"OI! WOT YOO 'OOMANZ DOIN' IN MAH 'OUSE!?"[/b]
The Warboss picks up the transport and throws the thing with us in it. We all go to bail out in mid-air and succeeded.
The Warboss was stomping over right to me. My bolter was out of reach and I had to think fast.
I sprinted for the transport, grab a spare tire out of the back, and toss it at Warboss's head.
Crit.
Confirmed crit.
The Warboss died instantly.
And thus, Commissar Maximo Doomtires was born.[/QUOTE]
Holy shit you are Doomtires?
Oh hey! I didn't realize FP had a D&D thread!
I've been enjoying DnD since early last year and gosh it's one of the most fun things I take part in. I currently DM two games and I play Wednesday Night Encounters at my local FLGS. Is anyone else taking part in the Murder at Balder's Gate event?
My favorite character currently is my Dragonborn Barbarian named Rockskin the Arsehole, who is basically an alcoholic hobo who has absolutely no filter so he does not hesitate to insult characters in the game or show disapproval of things. It's been quite fun meeting new NPC's and instantly calling them out for being funny looking.
Rockskin was really drunk in his last session, cuz NPC's kept giving our party free alcohol, so he was hammered off his ass. He began trying to court one of the NPCs, so I had him try to attain a flower to put on his cheap hobo clothes to make him look nice, so my DM made me do a roll to see if I could grab the right thing. I rolled super low and grabbed a cabbage instead, and the first words out of his mouth to the woman were "Has anyone ever told you that your eyes..... give me a boner?"
D&D is such a blast seriously
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