Jun 19, 2025 1:15 pm
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Jun 19, 2025 1:17 pm
As stated in the recruitment thread, if you have the Weird Ancestries book, some ancestries will not be allowed: centaurs, dragonet, ferren, harpy, naga, revenant, sphinx, sprite, tatterdemalion, and warg. Ideally each player chooses a different novice path, but it's just a suggestion rather than an ironclad rule. Characters will be level 4.
Jun 19, 2025 2:29 pm
Are ancestry novice paths allowed, or would you prefer we stick to the basic ones?
Jun 20, 2025 8:02 am
Cool! I'll wait to see what everybody else wants to play before I decide. Right now, I'm looking at daeva, demigod, elf, or faun, either as their novice path or just as a base ancestry with another novice path.
Jun 20, 2025 9:43 pm
I was thinking demigod or changeling, and Mage as the Novice class I think. Then Wizard as the Expert path. But I could go in a totally different direction too! Do folks have a general sense of whether they wanna play squishy caster type, rogue/skill type, martial type, or heal/support?
Jun 21, 2025 9:53 am
I am leaning towards marshal. Either Fighter or Rogue. Leaning more towards fighter.
Jun 22, 2025 12:56 am
OK I am making an Elf Wizard. I am using the Elf ancestry, but not the Elf ancestry path; I'll be using the Mage Novice path instead.
Jun 22, 2025 8:51 am
Drgwen says:
Oh also, if we are making level 4 PCs, what kind of coin do we start with?Jun 23, 2025 12:55 am
Ah nevermind! I found this one, made by our own nezzeraj!
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[ +- ] Shadow of the Weird Wizard
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Personal InformationName | Ancestry | Level |
| Age | Size | Gender |
| Novice | Expert | Master |
| Profession | Languages | |
| Appearance |
Attributes
| Attributes | Score | Roll | |
| Strength | 1d20 | ||
| Agility | 1d20 | ||
| Intellect | 1d20 | ||
| Will | 1d20 |
| Characteristics | |||
| Health | Injured / Incapacitated | / | |
| Defense | Damage | | |
| Bonus Damage | Speed | | |
| Afflictions |
Equipment
| Coin | Halfpenny | Copper | Silver | Gold |
| Amount | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Worn | ||
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| Stored | ||
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Attacks
| Weapon | Attack | Damage | Traits |
| 1d20 | | ||
| 1d20 |
Jun 23, 2025 4:39 am
OK! Salvia Evensong, elven mage/wizard, submitted! Her magical traditions are Conjuration, Divination, and Shadowmancy, btw. 
[ +- ] Salvia
Last edited June 23, 2025 4:40 am
Jun 23, 2025 11:37 am
An elf wizard! Nice! It looks like priest isn’t popular, but I can play that! It just means looking at spell descriptions! My nemesis! Will probably make it something pretty vanilla!
Jun 23, 2025 12:16 pm
Drgwen says:
OK! Salvia Evensong, elven mage/wizard, submitted! Her magical traditions are Conjuration, Divination, and Shadowmancy, btw. [ +- ] Salvia
Jun 23, 2025 12:18 pm
KCC says:
An elf wizard! Nice! It looks like priest isn’t popular, but I can play that! It just means looking at spell descriptions! My nemesis! Will probably make it something pretty vanilla!Jun 23, 2025 1:15 pm
KCC says:
An elf wizard! Nice! It looks like priest isn’t popular, but I can play that! It just means looking at spell descriptions! My nemesis! Will probably make it something pretty vanilla!One big frustration right up front: at least half the spells use Will, not Intellect. Now, that makes sense for cleric type spells, but it also covers all the elemental spells, too, and a lot of the psychic stuff, too. In fact, I'd bet that Will gets used more than Intellect, but I could be wrong; I didn't count.
Anyway, have fun reading, KCC!
PS for @nezzeraj, I think I found a spell you may want to houserule, too. It's a 1st level Destruction spell, "break the body" (p. 105), that deals 1d6 auto-damage each round for a minute, no save, no end condition. It should have added "(luck ends)", I suspect. Otherwise, it's an automatic 10d6 in one minute as a 1st level spell! It's interesting that there are so many auto-damage spells that mention neither a spell roll nor a save.
Jun 23, 2025 2:28 pm
Drgwen says:
One big frustration right up front: at least half the spells use Will, not Intellect. Now, that makes sense for cleric type spells, but it also covers all the elemental spells, too, and a lot of the psychic stuff, too. In fact, I'd bet that Will gets used more than Intellect, but I could be wrong; I didn't count.
PS for nezzeraj, I think I found a spell you may want to houserule, too. It's a 1st level Destruction spell, "break the body" (p. 105), that deals 1d6 auto-damage each round for a minute, no save, no end condition. It should have added "(luck ends)", I suspect. Otherwise, it's an automatic 10d6 in one minute as a 1st level spell! It's interesting that there are so many auto-damage spells that mention neither a spell roll nor a save.
Jun 23, 2025 3:13 pm
Just have equipment left to do, but have submittet what I have so far. I'm Kade Callan, a former soldier that just want to get back home to his village to settle down as a woodcutter.
Rolls
wealth - (2d6+75)
(35) + 75 = 83
Jun 23, 2025 4:01 pm
I'll be the rogue, then. I'll look at everything tomorrow morning and make a character then.
Jun 23, 2025 6:41 pm
Look at us! Rounding things out nice! Sounds like maybe a human fighter? Goodness me, a halfling rogue and a dwarf cleric and we are playing 5e, baby!!
Jun 24, 2025 5:42 am
Okay! Inquisitor seems like it might be fun. Lots of tongue lashing people and following a hunch! Character will be submitted today!
Jun 24, 2025 7:54 am
I think I am going to make a faun ranger. I'll work on the character today and tomorrow.
Last edited June 24, 2025 8:00 am
Rolls
Wealth - (2d6+75)
(31) + 75 = 79
Jun 24, 2025 2:11 pm
I mostly chose human fighter since I just have the core book. Fun fact, my wife came into my office to ask a question just as I was looking for art for him. With the search term "Himbo lumberjack fantasy art" :P
Jun 24, 2025 7:54 pm
I got my Inquisitor to level 1 before crashing out for the night! Hermann Drakner!
Not sure what art to go with!
Not sure what art to go with!
Jun 24, 2025 10:26 pm
yeah I think I like number 1 as well. Number 2 looks sleazy. But hey, maybe that's the vibe you're going for with this PC?
Jun 25, 2025 8:34 am
Number one comes with a straight-on picture which deflates some of the mystery! Number 1 it is!
