Dark Star starts has embarked in a new venture - infiltrating cells of leftwing radicals at a local university.
/vx/ - Videogames and Paranormal
1625740464.png (698.6 KB, 838x612, 4C5FF72EC592924090BFAEAB06105F4E-16638154.png)
1213 replies and 19 files omitted.
>>150313
Silver finds a seat to sit down in, if there is one.
"I wanted to ask if you knew of any good potions for long-term pain management and healing. My friend suffered great wound and effectively had his chest torn open and heart exposed. He was fixed up at hospital, but he left after only couple of days and is not yet fully healed. I did buy potion from someone else when I found you were not here yesterday, and it seems to help, but I wonder if there is anything else."
Silver finds a seat to sit down in, if there is one.
"I wanted to ask if you knew of any good potions for long-term pain management and healing. My friend suffered great wound and effectively had his chest torn open and heart exposed. He was fixed up at hospital, but he left after only couple of days and is not yet fully healed. I did buy potion from someone else when I found you were not here yesterday, and it seems to help, but I wonder if there is anything else."
>>150314
A simple wooden chair is available. The room is mostly empty, though it's clearly been used both as an office and as a storage room, with an undecorated desk and a metal shelf with bottles of alcohol on it.
She nods
"Pain management is difficult, really. In the end your only options are to dull the pain through drugs, or to solve the source of the problem. Well, I suppose you can remove the ability of the body to feel pain, but... Well, that isn't better.
For healing, you can either try to grow parts of the body through potions, or you can accelerate the body's healing of itself. The first option, of course, is necessary sometimes, but is very dangerous and likely to fail. The second option is slower and less powerful, but surer in the long run... But there are some things the body will never heal.
Temporary healing potions often times simply strengthen parts of the interbody, while giving the body more energy. But you aren't looking for such solutions."
[Read more] A simple wooden chair is available. The room is mostly empty, though it's clearly been used both as an office and as a storage room, with an undecorated desk and a metal shelf with bottles of alcohol on it.
She nods
"Pain management is difficult, really. In the end your only options are to dull the pain through drugs, or to solve the source of the problem. Well, I suppose you can remove the ability of the body to feel pain, but... Well, that isn't better.
For healing, you can either try to grow parts of the body through potions, or you can accelerate the body's healing of itself. The first option, of course, is necessary sometimes, but is very dangerous and likely to fail. The second option is slower and less powerful, but surer in the long run... But there are some things the body will never heal.
Temporary healing potions often times simply strengthen parts of the interbody, while giving the body more energy. But you aren't looking for such solutions."
>>150315
"He asked for alcohol, so that may be all I can do for him, but you know potions better than anyone I know so I thought to ask for you. Thank you anyways. Now, I also have bit of proposition for your other line of work. When storms rolled in and water receeded today we found and recovered box of rifles and ammunition that went overboard from Equestrian ship. Ammunition is likely junk from being underwater, but rifles are still in good condition and just need some basic maintenance."
"He asked for alcohol, so that may be all I can do for him, but you know potions better than anyone I know so I thought to ask for you. Thank you anyways. Now, I also have bit of proposition for your other line of work. When storms rolled in and water receeded today we found and recovered box of rifles and ammunition that went overboard from Equestrian ship. Ammunition is likely junk from being underwater, but rifles are still in good condition and just need some basic maintenance."
floof noises
Perhaps Spark tomorrow
Things didn’t quite work out today. Maybe it will be better tomorrow.
Well… this has been a rough week. Sorry that I couldn’t make it in so long.
>>150396
“Yeah…” she looks down
“They’ll need to know”
She looks back up to him with her orange eyes
“When are we coming back?”
“Yeah…” she looks down
“They’ll need to know”
She looks back up to him with her orange eyes
“When are we coming back?”
>>150397
"Hopefully it won't take very long. We do have to help Wellspring here get away safely, but if her leads are correct, then it should be quick."
"Hopefully it won't take very long. We do have to help Wellspring here get away safely, but if her leads are correct, then it should be quick."
Is it okay for me to join this campaign again, or is that bridge burned? You don't have to. You have already accommodate me enough. I'll play when I feel like it which seems to be no problem since others do the same thing here. I want to play with a new character. I swear, this won't become a thing were I constantly make new characters either.
>>150442
I'm gonna make a monk.
Do you have a list of the equine faiths and gods in your universe?
How many is the total number of points I can use for the point buy, again?
What is the Equestrian Liberation Front? From what I remember I thought I might wanna make my pc a member of them. Them or the black hooves but it depends on what is possible.
I'm gonna make a monk.
Do you have a list of the equine faiths and gods in your universe?
How many is the total number of points I can use for the point buy, again?
What is the Equestrian Liberation Front? From what I remember I thought I might wanna make my pc a member of them. Them or the black hooves but it depends on what is possible.
>>150443
>>150444
I don’t have a list per se,
Mostly the faiths are analogs to faiths as they would have existed in the human world in the 20th Century.
Most of the ponies of the Three Tribes believe Harmony to be a spiritual force in the world and revere it, with (various interpretations of) the morality of the show as its moral tenets. Almost are organized into large churches. “Universalists” see the princesses as living gods, the “Orthodox” as ascended beings, and the “Reformed” who see them as paragons of virtue and magical prowess, but otherwise not particularly special. These are very organized entities with monestaries, (formerly) military orders, cathedrals, and inquisitions.
(Many) Indigenous ponies practice Solar worship, mostly of s variety that is nominally Equestrian Harmonism centering on Celestia. Bat Pony beliefs are mirrors of the Solar cult and Equestrian Harmonism, centering variously on Luna, Nightmare Moon, or the Moon itself.
If you like, you can invent a “Pagan” religion, presumed to be a survival of pre-Equestrian beliefs
Atheism - seeing magic and harmony as simply another force in nature, isn’t particularly uncommon.
There are many non-Equestrian Ponies in foreign lands. There are two (three-ish) relatively detailed religions from non-Equestrian ponies and horses.
Griffins, Changelings, Wolves, and Hyenas all have fairly detailed faiths.
>>150444
Essentially, it’s everything that would exist in a semi-modern setting. There is a bias in favor of those drinks made from tropical snd subtropical plants and crops because of localized climate conditions.
[Read more] >>150444
I don’t have a list per se,
Mostly the faiths are analogs to faiths as they would have existed in the human world in the 20th Century.
Most of the ponies of the Three Tribes believe Harmony to be a spiritual force in the world and revere it, with (various interpretations of) the morality of the show as its moral tenets. Almost are organized into large churches. “Universalists” see the princesses as living gods, the “Orthodox” as ascended beings, and the “Reformed” who see them as paragons of virtue and magical prowess, but otherwise not particularly special. These are very organized entities with monestaries, (formerly) military orders, cathedrals, and inquisitions.
(Many) Indigenous ponies practice Solar worship, mostly of s variety that is nominally Equestrian Harmonism centering on Celestia. Bat Pony beliefs are mirrors of the Solar cult and Equestrian Harmonism, centering variously on Luna, Nightmare Moon, or the Moon itself.
If you like, you can invent a “Pagan” religion, presumed to be a survival of pre-Equestrian beliefs
Atheism - seeing magic and harmony as simply another force in nature, isn’t particularly uncommon.
There are many non-Equestrian Ponies in foreign lands. There are two (three-ish) relatively detailed religions from non-Equestrian ponies and horses.
Griffins, Changelings, Wolves, and Hyenas all have fairly detailed faiths.
>>150444
Essentially, it’s everything that would exist in a semi-modern setting. There is a bias in favor of those drinks made from tropical snd subtropical plants and crops because of localized climate conditions.
>>150446
Thanks for the effort posting. It's appriciated.
I'll make my monk a universalist of Princess Celestia.
I might have her be drinking a lot of liquer.
Okay, what about points?
Thanks for the effort posting. It's appriciated.
I'll make my monk a universalist of Princess Celestia.
I might have her be drinking a lot of liquer.
Okay, what about points?
>>150448
Points, I tentatively want to say about 27. You can also roll for stats with the keep-the-best-three-of-four 1d6 system.
I suppose you want an Equestrian pony. There are many nnon-pony races, and also non-Equestrian ponies. If a pony race, which one?
>>150443
The Equestrian Liberation Front is an organized and armed movement to reestablish an independent Equestrian Nation on the continent, that at war with both the Changeling Hegemony and the New Mareland government and intends to remove them. This movement tends to be centrist politically with a slight left-lean, but accepts creatures of all political orientation, so long as they have similar goals. Exactly what they intend to do when they reestablish Equestria is a bit fuzzy, with restoring Twilight, restoring Celestia and Luna, enacting a republic, placing Starlight Glimmer as Lord Protector, and establishing a Socialist State all being possibilities.
The Blackhooves are the political party that controls New Mareland and the Eastern ~60% of Equestria, as well as a large area of Griffin populated land on another continent. They are at war with foreign powers, and their short-term goal is to stabilize East Equestria and avoid invasion and annexation of East Equestria by Changelings, until they can end their overseas wars and focus all of their attention on Equestria. It's assumed there will be a war between the Changelings and New Mareland for control of all of Equestria. The Blackhooves are willing to cut whatever deals are necessary to keep the status quo for a little while longer, and their ultimate plans for Equestria are not known or not determined.
The Popular Front is a collection of leftist insurgents most powerful in the local setting of most of the campaign, and they are allies of the ELF. Their goal is either to establish a socialist state, or to make a victorious ELF as leftwing as possible.
[Read more] Points, I tentatively want to say about 27. You can also roll for stats with the keep-the-best-three-of-four 1d6 system.
I suppose you want an Equestrian pony. There are many nnon-pony races, and also non-Equestrian ponies. If a pony race, which one?
>>150443
The Equestrian Liberation Front is an organized and armed movement to reestablish an independent Equestrian Nation on the continent, that at war with both the Changeling Hegemony and the New Mareland government and intends to remove them. This movement tends to be centrist politically with a slight left-lean, but accepts creatures of all political orientation, so long as they have similar goals. Exactly what they intend to do when they reestablish Equestria is a bit fuzzy, with restoring Twilight, restoring Celestia and Luna, enacting a republic, placing Starlight Glimmer as Lord Protector, and establishing a Socialist State all being possibilities.
The Blackhooves are the political party that controls New Mareland and the Eastern ~60% of Equestria, as well as a large area of Griffin populated land on another continent. They are at war with foreign powers, and their short-term goal is to stabilize East Equestria and avoid invasion and annexation of East Equestria by Changelings, until they can end their overseas wars and focus all of their attention on Equestria. It's assumed there will be a war between the Changelings and New Mareland for control of all of Equestria. The Blackhooves are willing to cut whatever deals are necessary to keep the status quo for a little while longer, and their ultimate plans for Equestria are not known or not determined.
The Popular Front is a collection of leftist insurgents most powerful in the local setting of most of the campaign, and they are allies of the ELF. Their goal is either to establish a socialist state, or to make a victorious ELF as leftwing as possible.
>>150454
Is it okay for my pc to be part of the ELF? If not, it's fine. I can play whatever. I think it would fit her backstory that is starting to form in my head.
I imagine her as a filly who grew up in a cloister close to Canterlot and actually had like an encounter with the Princess C and it left her with a good impression. This church or cloister taught their nuns martial arts as well. She was very dedicated and loyal to Celestia so when the Blackhoofs attacked she saw this as a betrayal.
>restoring Celestia
Uhm, not sure what that means but that's something I feel she would want to do.
But anyway, she escaped the changeling hordes and skipped the border to New Mareland or wherever the most other players are or whatever the ELF are most active, or something. She joined them. These days she drinks to numb the pain The cloister forbade drinking. She sleeps in a backalley and is a regular at a tavern.
Regardless, if anything of this is not possible then that's fine. If nothing, then I just cook up something new. Np.
>27
ooh and level was 5, right?
[Read more] Is it okay for my pc to be part of the ELF? If not, it's fine. I can play whatever. I think it would fit her backstory that is starting to form in my head.
I imagine her as a filly who grew up in a cloister close to Canterlot and actually had like an encounter with the Princess C and it left her with a good impression. This church or cloister taught their nuns martial arts as well. She was very dedicated and loyal to Celestia so when the Blackhoofs attacked she saw this as a betrayal.
>restoring Celestia
Uhm, not sure what that means but that's something I feel she would want to do.
But anyway, she escaped the changeling hordes and skipped the border to New Mareland or wherever the most other players are or whatever the ELF are most active, or something. She joined them. These days she drinks to numb the pain The cloister forbade drinking. She sleeps in a backalley and is a regular at a tavern.
Regardless, if anything of this is not possible then that's fine. If nothing, then I just cook up something new. Np.
>27
ooh and level was 5, right?
>>150456
She can join the ELF, although in the particular location that has most of the players are at, the ELF are mostly subordinate to the Popular Front. That does not mean "non-existent." It would of course take effort to track them down, gain trust, join, and so forth.
What race is she?
Yes, level is 5
She can join the ELF, although in the particular location that has most of the players are at, the ELF are mostly subordinate to the Popular Front. That does not mean "non-existent." It would of course take effort to track them down, gain trust, join, and so forth.
What race is she?
Yes, level is 5
>>150457
>What race is she?
Probably earth pony.
>although in the particular location that has most of the players are at, the ELF are mostly subordinate to the Popular Front.
Maybe it's bad to have her be there then, in a way. This could cause pvp since my pc will be in an opposing faction to an other pc. Not something I desire.
I guess, I will solo her in an area far away from other pcs instead. Whatever is fine, actually. Her bckstory is pritority.
>That does not mean "non-existent." It would of course take effort to track them down, gain trust, join, and so forth.
Hmm. So there is no way my pc can just have been part of the organization before I start playing her. If there isn't, that's okay but I ask because I prefer to just be part of an organization rather than doing all that stuff. As I stated, whatever is fine. Just sayin'.
>What race is she?
Probably earth pony.
>although in the particular location that has most of the players are at, the ELF are mostly subordinate to the Popular Front.
Maybe it's bad to have her be there then, in a way. This could cause pvp since my pc will be in an opposing faction to an other pc. Not something I desire.
I guess, I will solo her in an area far away from other pcs instead. Whatever is fine, actually. Her bckstory is pritority.
>That does not mean "non-existent." It would of course take effort to track them down, gain trust, join, and so forth.
Hmm. So there is no way my pc can just have been part of the organization before I start playing her. If there isn't, that's okay but I ask because I prefer to just be part of an organization rather than doing all that stuff. As I stated, whatever is fine. Just sayin'.
>>150463
>Her bckstory is pritority.
What I meant is that her backstory of being a nun and all that I wrote is more important than in which city she operates.
>Her bckstory is pritority.
What I meant is that her backstory of being a nun and all that I wrote is more important than in which city she operates.
>>150464
Well, let me take a look at the back story
>>150456
>a filly who grew up in a cloister
Technically the initiates will only ever be of at least adolescent age, but it’s common for nuns to manage orphanages, a fact that has even featured in this campaign. So she was an orphan or for other reasons raised by nuns, and decided to join them when she came of age.
>close to Canterlot
A little note that this is more or less the border area between the Changelings and New Mareland, with Canterlot on the New Mareland side, but with the border not far away. This area could be a center of ELF resistance, especially the Everfree forest.
> and actually had like an encounter with the Princess C and it left her with a good impression
This is good. I like it
>This church or cloister taught their nuns martial arts as well
Fighting nuns seems slightly odd at first, but it’s easy to imagine unarmed combat taught as a way to defend against monsters and bandits, and then kept as a tradition because of its ability to teach discipline and stay in good physical condition. Maybe the fillie overcame some emotional or personal problem through martial arts, if built up relationships with her teachers. Then when the war came, she could use it as an actual way to fight.
> She was very dedicated and loyal to Celestia so when the Blackhoofs attacked she saw this as a betrayal
Makes sense
>restoring Celestia
I mean putting her back on the throne
> But anyway, she escaped the changeling hordes and skipped the border to New Mareland or wherever the most other players are or whatever the ELF are most active, or something. She joined them
Not terribly hard in that area
>These days she drinks to numb the pain. The cloister forbade drinking. She sleeps in a backalley and is a regular at a tavern.
I’m a big curious as to why there is exceptional pain
The easiest way, I think, to reconcile this backstory with a Baltimare setting is to say that she joined the ELF in the Canterlot area, and then something traumatic happened that caused her to leave to Baltimare. In this way, she will have had contact with the ELF and could continue to be active for them, without necessarily being active at the immediate moment of the beginning of the story. She would be new to the city and have a reason to have become an alcoholic. This is assuming we want to put her near other characters.
[Read more] Well, let me take a look at the back story
>>150456
>a filly who grew up in a cloister
Technically the initiates will only ever be of at least adolescent age, but it’s common for nuns to manage orphanages, a fact that has even featured in this campaign. So she was an orphan or for other reasons raised by nuns, and decided to join them when she came of age.
>close to Canterlot
A little note that this is more or less the border area between the Changelings and New Mareland, with Canterlot on the New Mareland side, but with the border not far away. This area could be a center of ELF resistance, especially the Everfree forest.
> and actually had like an encounter with the Princess C and it left her with a good impression
This is good. I like it
>This church or cloister taught their nuns martial arts as well
Fighting nuns seems slightly odd at first, but it’s easy to imagine unarmed combat taught as a way to defend against monsters and bandits, and then kept as a tradition because of its ability to teach discipline and stay in good physical condition. Maybe the fillie overcame some emotional or personal problem through martial arts, if built up relationships with her teachers. Then when the war came, she could use it as an actual way to fight.
> She was very dedicated and loyal to Celestia so when the Blackhoofs attacked she saw this as a betrayal
Makes sense
>restoring Celestia
I mean putting her back on the throne
> But anyway, she escaped the changeling hordes and skipped the border to New Mareland or wherever the most other players are or whatever the ELF are most active, or something. She joined them
Not terribly hard in that area
>These days she drinks to numb the pain. The cloister forbade drinking. She sleeps in a backalley and is a regular at a tavern.
I’m a big curious as to why there is exceptional pain
The easiest way, I think, to reconcile this backstory with a Baltimare setting is to say that she joined the ELF in the Canterlot area, and then something traumatic happened that caused her to leave to Baltimare. In this way, she will have had contact with the ELF and could continue to be active for them, without necessarily being active at the immediate moment of the beginning of the story. She would be new to the city and have a reason to have become an alcoholic. This is assuming we want to put her near other characters.
>>150466
Maybe. Could you tell me more about it. Regardless, if the dm allows it or not I'm intrested in why you think so. Search the webs for it but haven't found that much useful information on it yet.
Also, regardless of circumstances I want to keep the flavour of her beign a nun so if the I would want to play it instead and the Dm were to allow it, I would still want to dress this Unarmed Swordsage as a nun.
>>150470
Glad you like the backstory.
>I’m a big curious as to why there is exceptional pain
Maybe her cloister was torn down by the changeling hordes or something. But I mean the fallout of the war just recently happened so it isn't too hard to see why she is depressed, I think.
>Your other thoughts
Mm.
>something traumatic happened that caused her to leave to Baltimare
Or maybeshe was just repositioned there.
But yeah, let me ponder that for a little. Maybe there's a neat solution.
[Read more] Maybe. Could you tell me more about it. Regardless, if the dm allows it or not I'm intrested in why you think so. Search the webs for it but haven't found that much useful information on it yet.
Also, regardless of circumstances I want to keep the flavour of her beign a nun so if the I would want to play it instead and the Dm were to allow it, I would still want to dress this Unarmed Swordsage as a nun.
>>150470
Glad you like the backstory.
>I’m a big curious as to why there is exceptional pain
Maybe her cloister was torn down by the changeling hordes or something. But I mean the fallout of the war just recently happened so it isn't too hard to see why she is depressed, I think.
>Your other thoughts
Mm.
>something traumatic happened that caused her to leave to Baltimare
Or maybeshe was just repositioned there.
But yeah, let me ponder that for a little. Maybe there's a neat solution.
>>150471
>Or maybe she was just repositioned there.
That could work
> But I mean the fallout of the war just recently happened so it isn't too hard to see why she is depressed, I think.
This is true, though maybe fighting in the resistance os taking its toll
>Or maybe she was just repositioned there.
That could work
> But I mean the fallout of the war just recently happened so it isn't too hard to see why she is depressed, I think.
This is true, though maybe fighting in the resistance os taking its toll
>>150471
The Swordsage is a great class, one of the three Martial Adepts of the Sublime Way printed in the Tome Of Battle, the ultimate martial artists. It can advance unarmed damage, like a Monk, and gets a wide variety of martial maneuvers that let you do things such as shatter mountains with your bare fists, choke people standing 60ft away, throw enemies with so much force they explode upon impact, blast cones of fiery ki, teleport through shadows, pounce like a lion (better than it sounds), walk through walls and fly. Swordsages are the ultimate martial
http://srd.dndtools.org/srd/classes/baseTob/swordsage.html
If you want to stay closer to the Traditional monk build, a good prestige class that would advance most of the Monk abilities you care about while also giving you more maneuvers. It's also thematic for a Sun-Worshipper.
Monk 2, Unarmed Swordsage 3, Shadow Sun Ninja X is a classic build.
If you don't like the sublime way (you're missing out), I think Drunken Master would be a flavorful prestige class for your character, available at lvl 6.
The Swordsage is a great class, one of the three Martial Adepts of the Sublime Way printed in the Tome Of Battle, the ultimate martial artists. It can advance unarmed damage, like a Monk, and gets a wide variety of martial maneuvers that let you do things such as shatter mountains with your bare fists, choke people standing 60ft away, throw enemies with so much force they explode upon impact, blast cones of fiery ki, teleport through shadows, pounce like a lion (better than it sounds), walk through walls and fly. Swordsages are the ultimate martial
http://srd.dndtools.org/srd/classes/baseTob/swordsage.html
If you want to stay closer to the Traditional monk build, a good prestige class that would advance most of the Monk abilities you care about while also giving you more maneuvers. It's also thematic for a Sun-Worshipper.
Monk 2, Unarmed Swordsage 3, Shadow Sun Ninja X is a classic build.
If you don't like the sublime way (you're missing out), I think Drunken Master would be a flavorful prestige class for your character, available at lvl 6.
>>150473
Geee, that post came out badly. It's what I get for typing on my phone.
Anyway, Swordsage is a great class. Consider it if you want to be a martial artist.
The ascetic/monastic aesthetic is one of my favorite archtypes for fantasy characters, so I've reasearched quite a bit of ways to represent them.
If you'd like to lean towards a more cloistered/religious aspect of your nun, consider Monk 1-4 / Cleric 1-4, and then put the rest of your levels into Sacred Fist, a full-BAB prestige class that advances your unarmed damage and your Cleric spellcasting. You can make up lost unarmed strike progression with the superior Unarmed Strike feat.
http://dnd.arkalseif.info/classes/sacred-fist/index.html
Sacred Fist is considered to be one of the best prestige classes for Monk, being one of the only full-BAB prestige classes that advances unarmed damage, and also one of the only full-BAB PrCs that advances spellcasting in full (text trumps table). Clerics and Monks have the same BAB, so you sacrifice nothing by dipping Cleric for Monk.
Monk 2 / Cleric 3 / Sacred Fist 10 would be an extraordinry build for a cloistered martial artist who draws their monastic inspiration from faith. You could use your epic Cleric spells to buff yourself and improve your monk abilities, and you could even use Wisdom for attack rolls with the Intuitive Attack Exalted feat (requires you to be good).
[Read more] Geee, that post came out badly. It's what I get for typing on my phone.
Anyway, Swordsage is a great class. Consider it if you want to be a martial artist.
The ascetic/monastic aesthetic is one of my favorite archtypes for fantasy characters, so I've reasearched quite a bit of ways to represent them.
If you'd like to lean towards a more cloistered/religious aspect of your nun, consider Monk 1-4 / Cleric 1-4, and then put the rest of your levels into Sacred Fist, a full-BAB prestige class that advances your unarmed damage and your Cleric spellcasting. You can make up lost unarmed strike progression with the superior Unarmed Strike feat.
http://dnd.arkalseif.info/classes/sacred-fist/index.html
Sacred Fist is considered to be one of the best prestige classes for Monk, being one of the only full-BAB prestige classes that advances unarmed damage, and also one of the only full-BAB PrCs that advances spellcasting in full (text trumps table). Clerics and Monks have the same BAB, so you sacrifice nothing by dipping Cleric for Monk.
Monk 2 / Cleric 3 / Sacred Fist 10 would be an extraordinry build for a cloistered martial artist who draws their monastic inspiration from faith. You could use your epic Cleric spells to buff yourself and improve your monk abilities, and you could even use Wisdom for attack rolls with the Intuitive Attack Exalted feat (requires you to be good).
1629331952.jpg (90.0 KB, 850x714, 181f2b80966de0a6799bcb030918fc25k.jpg)
>>150477
No problem. I'm always glad to help anyone interested in playing this 20 year old game edition.
No problem. I'm always glad to help anyone interested in playing this 20 year old game edition.
>>150480
I like the drunken master and will build a version of my character with those builds you purposed because I think it's good for my dming skill to practice building pcs.
Right, now I'll just post the full monk version of her here. (Although, without her equipmentSomesort of container of liquids and wear.)
>>150472
Thanks for bein accomodating to my pcs backstory btw. Here's the mechnical build of her.
Virgin Flame
Level 5
Unarmored Speed: +10 ft.
Feats:
Flurry of Blows.
Unarmed Strike.
Evasion.
Still Mind.
Ki Strike (magic).
Slow Fall 20 ft.
Purity of Body.
Bonus Feats (#2):
Improved Grapple
Deflect Arrows
Ability Scores:
Str: 12
Dex: 14
Con: 14
Wis: 12
Int: 12
Cha: 11
Size: Medium (0)
Armor Class: 10+2(dex)+1(wis)+1(bonus)=14
Unarmed Damage: 1d8+1
Will Save: 1+4=5
Fort. Save: 1+4=5
Ref. Save: 2+4=6
Attack Bonus: 3+1=4
Health Points:
[4d+16]
Tell me if I miss something.
[Read more] I like the drunken master and will build a version of my character with those builds you purposed because I think it's good for my dming skill to practice building pcs.
Right, now I'll just post the full monk version of her here. (Although, without her equipmentSomesort of container of liquids and wear.)
>>150472
Thanks for bein accomodating to my pcs backstory btw. Here's the mechnical build of her.
Virgin Flame
Level 5
Unarmored Speed: +10 ft.
Feats:
Flurry of Blows.
Unarmed Strike.
Evasion.
Still Mind.
Ki Strike (magic).
Slow Fall 20 ft.
Purity of Body.
Bonus Feats (#2):
Improved Grapple
Deflect Arrows
Ability Scores:
Str: 12
Dex: 14
Con: 14
Wis: 12
Int: 12
Cha: 11
Size: Medium (0)
Armor Class: 10+2(dex)+1(wis)+1(bonus)=14
Unarmed Damage: 1d8+1
Will Save: 1+4=5
Fort. Save: 1+4=5
Ref. Save: 2+4=6
Attack Bonus: 3+1=4
Health Points:
[4d+16]
Tell me if I miss something.
>>150486
For feats, consider taking Superior Unarmed Strike and Improved Natural Attack (Unarmed Strike).
If you're going for a basic Monk Build, consider Stunning Fist and Sun Soul Monk (the feat). You could use uses of Turn Undead from the Sun Soul feat to effectively burn uses of Stunning Fist to Fuel Devotion feats, such as Travel Devotion (very good feat).
Sun School is also a very good feat for Sun-Worshipping Monks, although it's better for a Shadow Sun Ninja, because one of the tactical maneuvers it grants works well with the Shadow Hand School's teleportation maneuvers.
Monks are generally feat starved, so consider taking Flaws for Bonus feats. Bestial Instinct and Individualist may be decent if you only want to do unarmed combat.
Charisma and Int are generally dump stats for monks, although Int is still good for skill points.
>Virgin Flame
Nice name.
[Read more] For feats, consider taking Superior Unarmed Strike and Improved Natural Attack (Unarmed Strike).
If you're going for a basic Monk Build, consider Stunning Fist and Sun Soul Monk (the feat). You could use uses of Turn Undead from the Sun Soul feat to effectively burn uses of Stunning Fist to Fuel Devotion feats, such as Travel Devotion (very good feat).
Sun School is also a very good feat for Sun-Worshipping Monks, although it's better for a Shadow Sun Ninja, because one of the tactical maneuvers it grants works well with the Shadow Hand School's teleportation maneuvers.
Monks are generally feat starved, so consider taking Flaws for Bonus feats. Bestial Instinct and Individualist may be decent if you only want to do unarmed combat.
Charisma and Int are generally dump stats for monks, although Int is still good for skill points.
>Virgin Flame
Nice name.
>>150488
Am I not maxed out on feats? Or are you refering to exhcanging my choice of bonus feats for other feats?
>Stunning Fist
I took improve Grapple because I thought it would be more useful in an adventure like this one were I'll mostly solo play. The stunning fist seems more like an assist feat in that regard.
>Charisma and Int are generally dump stats for monks, although Int is still good for skill points.
I did int to 12 for the modifier +1 and just but the cha to 11 because of rp reasons and (because it was too expensive to anything else at that point with it).
Thanks for your advices. It really does open my eyes do many possibilites, that might not be use now but can be used later. They are inspiring in a sense.
>Nice name.
Thanks.
Am I not maxed out on feats? Or are you refering to exhcanging my choice of bonus feats for other feats?
>Stunning Fist
I took improve Grapple because I thought it would be more useful in an adventure like this one were I'll mostly solo play. The stunning fist seems more like an assist feat in that regard.
>Charisma and Int are generally dump stats for monks, although Int is still good for skill points.
I did int to 12 for the modifier +1 and just but the cha to 11 because of rp reasons and (because it was too expensive to anything else at that point with it).
Thanks for your advices. It really does open my eyes do many possibilites, that might not be use now but can be used later. They are inspiring in a sense.
>Nice name.
Thanks.
>>150490
What about level 2? The monk qualify for one bonus feat at level one and another at level 2. So at level one I get two flaws but do I get 2 flaws added at level 2?
What about level 2? The monk qualify for one bonus feat at level one and another at level 2. So at level one I get two flaws but do I get 2 flaws added at level 2?
>>150491
Those are bonus feats you get through class. There are other ways to get bonus feats.
http://eberronunlimited.wikidot.com/flaws
Those are bonus feats you get through class. There are other ways to get bonus feats.
http://eberronunlimited.wikidot.com/flaws
>>150491
You could also increase your depravity score to moderate for another bonus feat if you want to consider acoholism to be actually a severe issue with mechanical inhibitios, although playing the taint game is dangerous and addictions can be pretty debilitating if you don't have anyone to cast Restoration or Remove Addiction on you.
You could just become undead, max out your taint, and sell your soul to Zargon for 6+ bonus feats, but you wouldn't want to do that...
Feats are the most scarce resource in 3.5e, and you're incredibly reliant on them as a Monk, so choose wisely.
You could list Magical locations for the relative equipment value in your starting equipment for certain bonus feats, but you're probably better off spending that on permanent gear, or donating it to the church as tithes for an affiliation bonus.
You could also increase your depravity score to moderate for another bonus feat if you want to consider acoholism to be actually a severe issue with mechanical inhibitios, although playing the taint game is dangerous and addictions can be pretty debilitating if you don't have anyone to cast Restoration or Remove Addiction on you.
You could just become undead, max out your taint, and sell your soul to Zargon for 6+ bonus feats, but you wouldn't want to do that...
Feats are the most scarce resource in 3.5e, and you're incredibly reliant on them as a Monk, so choose wisely.
You could list Magical locations for the relative equipment value in your starting equipment for certain bonus feats, but you're probably better off spending that on permanent gear, or donating it to the church as tithes for an affiliation bonus.
>>150486
One of the perks of playing 3.5e is that you have 20 years of gamers who've documented various build options for you. Check out some of the handbooks:
RPGbot's stuff is pretty easy to understand. Not too comprehensive though.
https://rpgbot.net/dnd35/characters/classes/monk/
Minmaxforums has done a great job of archiving some of the old BrilliantGameologist handbooks. This one is pretty good.
http://minmaxforum.com/index.php?topic=2902.0
And GiantITP always has creative ideas, even if it's kind of a graveyard now. This handbook is decent.
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?338524-Bekeleven-s-Monkday-Guide-to-Monks
I've referred to all of these in my own Monk Builds. One of my most recent ones was a Yuan Ti Tainted One, Monk 5 / Ur Priest 1 / Sacred Fist 10 / Shiba Protector 1 "Anti-Nun", who representented a devoted monastic warrior of the phoenix clan who become a depraved agent of Sertross after having her mind poisoned by the yuan ti.
Monk is actually a pretty good entry for Ur Priest, because of its saving throw progression. That's not helpful for you unless you want to be evil though, which I doubt you would.
[Read more] One of the perks of playing 3.5e is that you have 20 years of gamers who've documented various build options for you. Check out some of the handbooks:
RPGbot's stuff is pretty easy to understand. Not too comprehensive though.
https://rpgbot.net/dnd35/characters/classes/monk/
Minmaxforums has done a great job of archiving some of the old BrilliantGameologist handbooks. This one is pretty good.
http://minmaxforum.com/index.php?topic=2902.0
And GiantITP always has creative ideas, even if it's kind of a graveyard now. This handbook is decent.
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?338524-Bekeleven-s-Monkday-Guide-to-Monks
I've referred to all of these in my own Monk Builds. One of my most recent ones was a Yuan Ti Tainted One, Monk 5 / Ur Priest 1 / Sacred Fist 10 / Shiba Protector 1 "Anti-Nun", who representented a devoted monastic warrior of the phoenix clan who become a depraved agent of Sertross after having her mind poisoned by the yuan ti.
Monk is actually a pretty good entry for Ur Priest, because of its saving throw progression. That's not helpful for you unless you want to be evil though, which I doubt you would.
>>150486
>Flurry of Blows
>Evasion
>Still Mind.
>Ki Strike (magic).
>Slow Fall 20 ft.
>Purity of Body
You've listed these as "feats" when they're actually just your class features.
You should gain one feat at lvl 1 (three, if you take two flaws), and another feat at lvl 3.
>Flurry of Blows
>Evasion
>Still Mind.
>Ki Strike (magic).
>Slow Fall 20 ft.
>Purity of Body
You've listed these as "feats" when they're actually just your class features.
You should gain one feat at lvl 1 (three, if you take two flaws), and another feat at lvl 3.
>>150494
>Picks Deflect Arrows
>Hyperlink to RPGBOT
>It's "WORTHLESS"
>Mfw
Nah, I'm just kiddin'. I picked it because I wonted to try the flavour of deflecting bullets in this setting.
>Pic 2
>Picks Deflect Arrows
>Hyperlink to RPGBOT
>It's "WORTHLESS"
>Mfw
Nah, I'm just kiddin'. I picked it because I wonted to try the flavour of deflecting bullets in this setting.
>Pic 2
>>150496
I've only ever considered Deflect Arrows to be worth it in Epic level games, if only for Infinite Deflection and Exceptional Reflection.
I've only ever considered Deflect Arrows to be worth it in Epic level games, if only for Infinite Deflection and Exceptional Reflection.
>>150497
Perhaps we should take this to another thread? While the monk build discussion can stay, since it's related, I would like to discuss the build alternatives to it and other pc builds with you. Perhaps I should make a pc build discussion thread or something?
I don't wanna bother the players of this thread but maybe that's not a problem, idk.
Perhaps we should take this to another thread? While the monk build discussion can stay, since it's related, I would like to discuss the build alternatives to it and other pc builds with you. Perhaps I should make a pc build discussion thread or something?
I don't wanna bother the players of this thread but maybe that's not a problem, idk.
>>150503
Um... did you decide anything?
>>150556
Dark Star last left off the second floor of the apartment building, outside, and is on the sidewalk outside of the apartment building. He is dyed as "Solar Night," and is wearing a trench coat and perhaps sunglasses
>>150405
"You know why" she says, not making eye contact, but standing up
Um... did you decide anything?
>>150556
Dark Star last left off the second floor of the apartment building, outside, and is on the sidewalk outside of the apartment building. He is dyed as "Solar Night," and is wearing a trench coat and perhaps sunglasses
>>150405
"You know why" she says, not making eye contact, but standing up
>>150568
Dark Star doesn't seem to see anyone looking at him - although at a different apartment, a pony smokes a cigarette outside. Then again, it would be hard to know if anycreature were looking at him through the blinds of a window, or in the shadows of an alleyway.
Dark Star doesn't seem to see anyone looking at him - although at a different apartment, a pony smokes a cigarette outside. Then again, it would be hard to know if anycreature were looking at him through the blinds of a window, or in the shadows of an alleyway.
>>150570
Dark Star walks to the road, presumably walks a little further, and then hails and enters a taxi. Looks like a bat pony driver. Dark Star is free to move
Dark Star walks to the road, presumably walks a little further, and then hails and enters a taxi. Looks like a bat pony driver. Dark Star is free to move
>>150572
The darker colored stallion takes a moment to answer, first consulting with a map on the seat next to him, and running a hoof down it.
"Yeah" he answers, with what seems to be an unfamiliar accent. He takes the vehicle out of park, and starts to drive.
The vehicle arrives at the Eastside tavern with little delay. There is not much traffic at night.
The darker colored stallion takes a moment to answer, first consulting with a map on the seat next to him, and running a hoof down it.
"Yeah" he answers, with what seems to be an unfamiliar accent. He takes the vehicle out of park, and starts to drive.
The vehicle arrives at the Eastside tavern with little delay. There is not much traffic at night.
>>150574
The bat pony looks to Dark Star with slit eyes that are a distilled, bright yellow the color of polished brass, and nods. He drives away.
Inside are several patrons, as well as Glistening Glass.
The bat pony looks to Dark Star with slit eyes that are a distilled, bright yellow the color of polished brass, and nods. He drives away.
Inside are several patrons, as well as Glistening Glass.
>>150576
"Oh, you did?" He smiles and asks this looking to Dark Star, then away towards a glass, back to Dark Star, and back to the glass as he pours and distributes a drink.
"Oh, you did?" He smiles and asks this looking to Dark Star, then away towards a glass, back to Dark Star, and back to the glass as he pours and distributes a drink.
>>150578
The drink appears to be a straight drink prepared for another patron. After that, Glass turns to Dark Star directly
"What, you're in college now as a part of... your thing?" He asks
The drink appears to be a straight drink prepared for another patron. After that, Glass turns to Dark Star directly
"What, you're in college now as a part of... your thing?" He asks
>>150580
"Oh, nice." He looks away, presumably to another patron, and returns his eyes to Dark Star
"Which college?"
"Oh, nice." He looks away, presumably to another patron, and returns his eyes to Dark Star
"Which college?"
>>150582
"Jim Haykins?! That high, huh? Here I thought you were going to say the State University. That's pretty nice."
He pauses for a moment
"What uh, kind of something?"
"Jim Haykins?! That high, huh? Here I thought you were going to say the State University. That's pretty nice."
He pauses for a moment
"What uh, kind of something?"
>>150584
He frowns, and walks closer to Dark Star, placing hooves on the table below the counter
"What do you mean?"
He frowns, and walks closer to Dark Star, placing hooves on the table below the counter
"What do you mean?"
>>150585
"Well there was a very disgusting speech. you wouldn't believe what was said mr.glass."
He frowns
"Well there was a very disgusting speech. you wouldn't believe what was said mr.glass."
He frowns
>>150586
He pulls his lips back in empathetic disgust
"Well, I can't say I'm too surprised. I'm sorry that is like that." He pauses a bit longer
"How would you like a shot? On the house."
He pulls his lips back in empathetic disgust
"Well, I can't say I'm too surprised. I'm sorry that is like that." He pauses a bit longer
"How would you like a shot? On the house."
>>150588
He pours a shot of Dark Star's preferred apple whiskey, and sends it to him
"So... If the college isn't so great, how was the college party?"
He pours a shot of Dark Star's preferred apple whiskey, and sends it to him
"So... If the college isn't so great, how was the college party?"
>>150589
he drinks it.
"The Party was Good. although the same ponies were there. most of them have the same views as the speaker. I think i did manage to make a Friend though."
he drinks it.
"The Party was Good. although the same ponies were there. most of them have the same views as the speaker. I think i did manage to make a Friend though."
>>150596
He nods, and smiles
"Well, then that's one good thing. And remember, you're there for a reason. Do it, and you'll have done your job. You can have fun on the side, but if it isn't fun, that's alright. You weren't there to have fun to begin with."
He nods, and smiles
"Well, then that's one good thing. And remember, you're there for a reason. Do it, and you'll have done your job. You can have fun on the side, but if it isn't fun, that's alright. You weren't there to have fun to begin with."
>>150597
He Smiles back
"Thanks for everything mr.glass. today has been difficult. i almost lost my cool during the speech."
He Smiles back
"Thanks for everything mr.glass. today has been difficult. i almost lost my cool during the speech."
>>150598
He leans forward, and for a moment Dark Star might even think he meant to pat him on the head
"Well, you didn't, and maybe it's because you didn't that you got through it all, and got to come to me at the end of the day. Keep calm and remember what you came there to do, and it'll end up alright. You're welcome Dark... err, whatever you're going by now."
He leans forward, and for a moment Dark Star might even think he meant to pat him on the head
"Well, you didn't, and maybe it's because you didn't that you got through it all, and got to come to me at the end of the day. Keep calm and remember what you came there to do, and it'll end up alright. You're welcome Dark... err, whatever you're going by now."
hopes to play in a couple days
[Reply] [Last 50 Posts] [Last 100 Posts] [Last 200 Posts]
You are viewing older replies. Click [View All] or [Last n Posts] to vew latest posts.
Clicking update will load all posts posted after last post on this page.
Post pagination: [Prev] [1-100] [101-200] [201-300] [301-400] [401-500] [501-600] [601-700] [701-800] [801-900] [901-1000] [1001-1100] [1101-1200] [1201-1300] [1301-1313] [Next] [Live (last 100 replies)]
1313 replies | 30 files | 54 UUIDs | Page 17
[Add to Thread Watcher]