Session Zero: Character Creation

Method Two: Roll 4d6. Discard the lowest-scoring die and total the remaining three. Do this for each of the six attributes. Once the six scores are generated, each score is assigned to an attribute of the player’s choice.

Maximum Hit Points

Maximum Starting gold to purchase equipment.

I will normally post daily - exception is Sundays (that's family day)

If you have any questions let me know. I dont' know if someone is making a character sheet or not, but you can post characters in your thread. You will have one in order to keep your own notes and stuff.

Awesome. Here’s six basic attribute rolls:

Totals: 13, 13, 10, 11, 16, 10

Cool! Not bad at all.

Be sweet to me ole mighty Dice Lord. Hmm. I been frowned on.

Stats: 16, 12, 11, 10, 9, 9

A Fighter, a Ranger and a Cleric are recommended.

roll the entire thing over

You need a 15 and a 13 in your stat block.

Gesh: 14, 14, 14, 11, 10, 6 ... Still no 15 & 13 in stat block. Try again.

Woot: 15, 14, 12, 12, 10, 8 ... There you go. That works. Fairly average rolls.

Thinking a male Half-Orc Ranger.

I don't know how to add a character sheet, but I made one that seems to be very basic, but might work. Anyone know how I can do that?

Done it a long time ago and forgotten. Generally, I have found it takes considerable time to make a really sweet character sheet. I have started making the character now, but I really don't create a nice sheet till I have everything about the character done. That way I can make a character sheet that encompasses the whole character well. The first workings of the character are applied while I'm creating it now.

GM: If you have any suggestions on background/history for the character, I'm open to thoughts. I'm working on Zugor the male Half-Orc ranger and have a picture done.

I added a thread with the character sheet, all you have to do is copy the code.

Who is Zugor? I see now. I approved Zugor. Most impressive!

Same here, I could use a little bit of setting context if you can provide. The map is quite useful!

If it’s all the same to you and as much as I appreciate the character sheet, I think I’d prefer to leave my character information freeform. Is that alright?

I have added more lore in the Graffenvold thread.

You enclose your character sheet template between the following tags:

[charsheet="C&C character sheet"]
[/charsheet]

You can then post it in the forum I linked earlier, so that it is shown in the first post of the thread.

Seems like you're carrying 10 EV and have a limit of 18.

I have some cash leftover; I’m picking up a pony, bridle, and some saddlebags. However I couldn’t find rules for exactly how much a pony can carry so I’ll just assume it’s a pretty good amount for now.

Gold indicates the amount of gold the animal can carry - specifically gold coin. They make a case that coins can vary in size and weight. I don't really care about that much bean counting. Coins all weigh the same as far as I'm concerned. Old school.

We almost done with character creation?

I'd like to begin on Tuesday if everyone is ready by then.

I’m almost ready and I’ll definitely be ready on Tuesday. I am unsure how to submit a character to this game officially, but here’s a copy of my sheet:

Name: Wilfred Bergkind
Description: A lithe human man with a bulbous nose and striking green eyes.
Class: Cleric 1 of Inzae Incarnate
Race: Human
Attributes: Str 10 (+0), Dex Primary 13 (+1), Con 10 (+0), Int 11 (+0), Wis Primary 16 (+2), Cha Primary 13 (+1)
Stats: HP 8/8, EV 10/10, AC 15

Abilities
Spells: 1st Level 2/2
- 0 level spells: First Aid, Detect Magic, Light
- 1 level spells: Cure Light Wounds, Shield of Faith

Turn Undead: one round invocation, 60ft range, 1d12+1 undead turned.

Equipment:
- Trousers, Cloak, and Soft Boots: 2 EV
- Bronze Breastplate: 3 EV, +4 AC
- Morningstar: 3 EV, 2d4 melee
- Vial with 1 ounce of Holy Water*
- 12 silver pieces*
- Backpack: 2 EV, 8 capacity
[Waterskin, full 3 EV
Flask Holy Water, 1 EV
Week’s Rations (cured sausage & potato), 4 EV
4x rope, hempen 50 ft, each 3 EV
flint and steel*]

Pony, 30 gp, named Kornblume
- Bit and Bridle, 1 gp
- Padded Barding, 20 gp
- 2 saddle bags, 8 gp
- 10 days’ feed, 0.5 gp
- 1 saddle blanket, 0.5 gp
- 10 bandages, 1 gp

Stat Rolls.

Last stat

We could all get pack animals and just form a little trading caravan for the game. Win the goblins over with spices and wine :)

[quote="Apidae"]I’m almost ready and I’ll definitely be ready on Tuesday. I am unsure how to submit a character to this game officially,"/quote]

1. Go here: C&C Death in the Treklant>Character Creation Template
2. Click on this:(C&C Character sheet)



3. It will open like this:


4. Click on Create Character:


5. It will take you to the Character Sheet like the one below, and fill it in:

6. Once you're finished filling in your sheet, go to Characters on the top panel, find your character and add it to the library by clicking on the little book icon on the left:



7. Then go to Games up top, My Games>C&C Death in the Treklant:


8. Once there, scroll down to "Submit a Character", find your character and click Submit:




Then I will approve your character and it will appear at the bottom of my screen so I can access your sheet when necessary.

Ok, character is built. Reinhardt Von Harstveld, Half Elf Fighter.

Approved

Does religion have any kind of importance for non-cleric characters in this game? If yes, what are the options?

There is very litle interactions between the gods and the people, however, most folks in this world are religious. See the Graffenvold thread for more information.

I have three characters. Waiting for Apidae...I will send a message.

So let’s see what the dice roller provides to start with.

Those are relatively low. I saw this up in the thread:
Does this mean I can/should reroll?

I will, just to gain some time. If unnecessary or not alllowed, we can discard the second set of stats.

Or the third. No, if we can, we’ll keep the third. Or we’ll build from the first roll.

Keep the third stat block.

And we currently have a fighter, a ranger, a cleric and a thief?

Also, are we allowing the optional multi-classing rules?

Yessir...

We have no wizard, which makes me want to play one. I have flirted with the idea of a multiclass wizard-something, probably an elf.

I really liked the idea of an elven knight with some, minor spellcasting (class and a half option, with knight as main class and wizard as secondary class), but that makes for a rather complicated split in the stats (two primaries 17 cha and 14 int, and a 17 str as secondary), a very slow progression (as both classes are costly), low hp for a melee character, and a rather limited selection of spells to use, since there are some armor incompatibilities. Could work if elven knights were expected to use bows, rather than melee combat, but I don’t think that to be the case… the castle keeper might clarify this point, perhaps?

Another option, probably an easier build, would be an elven wizard with a secondary rogue class. Progression would be a bit faster, and they could use intelligence and dexterity as primary abilities…

And then again, I could just create a simple human wizard.

Make up your mind sir. LOL!

Mind made up. Working on the character as I write this.

I have just submitted Sibylla, known in her native dialect as Anairë Petals-come-dancing. Elf wizard and (half) rogue. I have to sort out her equipment and appearance, but I’d like too know if I’m on the right path to completing the character, @umbraldragon.

So I've pretty much finished my character sheet, with a number of questions :
- is the general background ok / compatible with the world ? I have taken some inspiration from a more faerie-like folkloric elven archetype (a bit more Dolmenwood and or Vance's Lyonesse...). It might be that this is totally at odds with the general feel of elves in C&C, I wouldn't know...
- Languages : I've copied whats on the Player's book, but I understand there are at least two languages spoken by humans here, and a number of different dialects for humanoids. Could I get some clarification on what she knows or doesn't? Depending on your answer, I might pick comprehend languages rather than another spell...
- are Sibylla's class features ok ? Not sure she has the correct skills for her 0-level rogue side (I understand she has any skills that involve checks, but not the skills that don't, like 'Back attack' or 'cant')
- I have picked Sibylla's desired spells, but p.47 of the rulebook states that spells can be chosen by the Castle Keeper, the player, or selected randomly, so please let me know what her spells are. Also, what is the EV and weight for a spellbook?
- what deity would be appropriate for elves. Sibylla will probably not be devout in, any way, but might find cultural meaning in belonging to a religious tradition.
- After acquiring her belongings, Sibylla has a grand total of 5sp to her name (I assume she has the clothes on her body for free, if not she'll have to forego rations). When carrying her backpack with spell book and rations, she is burdened. If she wears a cloak, she is burdened. Is that ok from your perspective, @umbraldragon?

Looks good, I'll get your spell book tomorrow up to date and I will read through your backstory.

Apologies, I have looked at your character.
You start with 4 Cantrips
Arcane Rune
Discern Magic
Discover Poison
Message

And 4 Level one Spells
Arcane Armor
Read Arcane Script
Sleep
Summon Familiar

You also have a wand, given to you by your master, that has a capacity for 30 spell components, ie the entire components for 1 spell is 1 slot no matter if there is one component, or 5 components, that slot is enough to contain the components for 1 spell. So you will have to determine how many times you may cast a spell with your wand of components. This is free and costs no money and is based on the spells you currently have in your spell book. The wand allows you to cast "Transfer components" when you have all the components ready for the spell in question. No more searching or catagorizing your components, just cast the spell, since you already have the components in the wand.

You also get 50 xp each time you cast a level one spell. This increases later.

I like your background. You are ready for action!!

Great, I’ll get to updating the spells on my character sheet. I’ve been meaning to ask, what version/edition of C&C are we using? I can’t find "arcane armour" in the 7th printing which I used to create the character.

Since Sibylla has the summon familiar spell, it would make sense that she have summoned her familiar prior to her meeting the party. Do you want to roll or decide which familiar she has (in relation to her backstory or the needs of the campaign), or should I just roll a d20 as indicated in the spell description?

I will send a roll, just in case. Unless you decide otherwise, Sibylla’s familiar is a hawk. I’ll roll hp for it according to the summary description on the PHB. Very lucky roll, really starting to want to keep this hawk… :-P

A few last questions, though we can start without my having full responses to them:
- what are the weight and EV for the spell book and for the wand (the wand would make the spell component pouch less necessary, but I’ll keep it for now.
- what are Sibylla’s saving throw / check values ?
- what languages would she actually know, given how there doesn’t seem to be a single ‘common’ tongue, or a single ‘goblin’ tongue?