PSE RPG Chatroom - 2021-01-06 (page 7 of 9)

8:00 PM

also the small words D:

The other pages of the character sheet are spells (you don't have any) and backstory/appearance/personality/allies - basically roleplaying information - and I think you already have that down

Mithical

bobble

Are the skills you wrote down the ones you have proficiency with?

Mithical

I was about to ask... what's the Proficiency Bonus?

bobble

Some stuff you're "proficient" with. It basically means you're good with that thing. I'm proficient with my warhammer, for example, because I'm a Dwarft. Also Medicine because I'm a Cleric. You get a bonus if you're proficient in something. The Proficiency Bonus is the size of that bonus

Sciborg

(+2 at Level 1)

bobble

8:06 PM

If you would normally have +2 for something based on your raw skills, and you're proficient in it, then you get 2 + PB

And yeah, the short version is you have +2

2 hours ago, by bobble

it goes up with your level - so since you're a ranger, at level 5 your Proficiency Bonus becomes +3

Sciborg

You guys are slowly becoming D&D masters already :D

Mithical

Then I guess yeah that's what I'm Proficient in

bobble

I am good at absorbing large quantities of information when I want to, and also at transcript searching

Mithical

Features and Traits is also something I'm unclear on

(opens up the handbook, which is being slow because of its large size)

Sciborg

It's basically a catch-all for your racial and class abilities, things that don't fit in other boxes.

i.e. your halfling racial traits

between calls at the moment

Mithical

8:15 PM

I see

How do I calculate Perception, especially given I've chosen it as one of my skills?

And sorry if this has already been explained... long day

Sciborg

Perception uses Wisdom, so it's your Wisdom modifier + proficiency bonus if you are proficient in it. And Passive Perception, which is bottom left ish box, uses 10 + Perception modifier.

Mithical

So my Perception would be... 3, and Passive Perception 12?

Sciborg

If your Wisdom is +1 and you're proficient, yup, it would be +3. Then passive perception would be 13.

Mithical

Ah

bobble

math!

Mithical

8:20 PM

I guess now I have to look up again what the stats are for the armor and weapons I've chosen are

...and race specific abilities

Sciborg

For armor, note how it calculates your Armor Class (AC). For weapons, note what type they are (finesse/ranged/thrown is Dexterity, reguluar is Strength).

bobble

15 hours ago, by Sciborg

so, Clerics start out with either scale mail, leather armor, or chain mail. Scale mail grants 14 + Dex mod (max 2) AC. Leather armor grants 11 + Dex modifier AC and is light. Chain mail (heavy armor, so you might not be proficient) grants a flat 16 AC.

you're using Scale Mail, right?

Mithical

Aye

Sciborg

Your Dex is 16 (+3), so you would get an AC of 14 + 2 = 16.

Mithical

Ooh, I miscalculated pounds and kilos >.< that should be ~10kg / 22lb weight

@Sciborg got it

Sciborg

8:24 PM

i must now go into my next zoom call ;-;

Mithical

Short swords are finesse weapons, 1d6 piercing damage

bobble

roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Weapons#content

list of weapons

Mith, I could fill out a character sheet for you if you want?

Mithical

So that'd be 1d6 + ...16 for the damage?

bobble

16?

Mithical

@bobble that'd be wonderful, thanks

@bobble dexterity

bobble

8:27 PM

add your dex mod, not dex

Mithical

...oh

bobble

and if you're proficient then add you proficiency bonus

Sciborg

(not to damage - prof. bonus only applies to attack roll)

Mithical

Which number is the dexterity modifier again?

bobble

ah i have my sheet wrong then

also North has his wrong >_<

Sciborg

8:28 PM

(it is confusing, my bad :p)

Mithical

Oh, +3

I... think that's the entire character sheet except spells?

bobble

you don't have spells

Mithical

Cool, simpler

bobble

Is your strength mod a +2 or +0?

Mithical

0

I didn't mark the modifiers in the picture I sent

They're on the sheet now though

bobble

8:36 PM

Are you proficient in any saving rolls?

Mithical

I don't know what that means :|

bobble

I'll look it up. Halfling Ranger

Mithical

(AFK for a few)

Prince North Læraðr

Hm, I'm trying to figure out if I want to meet Kithri and Astrid both at once or just Astrid

I want to be taught Common Language by the party but not know it right away

bobble

Kithri would teach you Common

Prince North Læraðr

8:39 PM

But does Kithri speak Sylvan or Elvish?

bobble

Halflings don't like teaching Halfling, and they would need a way to communicate with you

I dunno

Prince North Læraðr

Those are the only languages Lae speaks

bobble

I speak Sylvan through my religion, so I could converse with you in that

Prince North Læraðr

I mean, Astrid speaks Sylvan

Right, but would Lae want to speak with a hill dwarf?

Well actually

bobble

I assume that I would meet Fen before you

Prince North Læraðr

8:41 PM

True

bobble

Like he went running off one time and I calmed him down, you came looking for him and ran into me

Prince North Læraðr

What would be interesting is if I don't have that strong of a dislike towards dwarves to begin with since I was raised by wolves

Like I don't like dwarves in general, but it's not like a bitter hatred

bobble

If it helps, you tower over me by 2'2''

Prince North Læraðr

So I dislike dwarves, because they're dwarves, but because I was not raised that much by the Elves, it's not a bitter hatred

Mithical

@bobble That's almost my entire height >.>

bobble

8:44 PM

So if you climb on top of me, we could be taller than Lae!

Prince North Læraðr

So, Astrid and Kithri meet Fen, Fen attaches to both Astrid (dunno why) and Kithri because they're good with animals

bobble

I can talk to Fen

or at least I can burn a spell slot to talk to animals

Prince North Læraðr

Lae calls for Fen in Sylvan, and both Astrid and the halfling get excited to meet a fairy at last... and then to Astrid's horror it's a damned wood elf!

Mithical

Eh, I've met elves before...

But Astrid is the first dwarf

Prince North Læraðr

Well, dwarves don't like elves so

bobble

8:48 PM

Rangers are proficient in Dex and Str saving throws

Prince North Læraðr

Astrid starts telling Kithri about all the horrible things she's heard wood elves do ("They feed wanderers to trees!")

Mithical

I dismiss those as unfounded rumors, but am still slightly wary at first

I have no prejudice against either elves or dwarves, just meeting dwarves is rarer

bobble

I'm trying to get Fen to come back to me (he ran to you)

Prince North Læraðr

Astrid tries to lunge at me with her Warhammer but hits Fen (Fen isn't hurt, of course, being invulnerable) but I take it as her attacking Fen

Fen then bites my clothes and pulls me back before I can do anything

At this point Kithri is just laughing on the floor

bobble

I make a flower bloom and offer it to you

Prince North Læraðr

8:52 PM

I take the flower and I crush it

bobble

Hey, I protect wild things. You just destroyed a bit of nature!

Now I'm upset at you

Prince North Læraðr

You try to talk to me in Common but obviously, I don't understand

bobble

(Mith, did you pick a background?)

Sciborg

@PrinceNorthLæraðr You don't speak Common? Ohhh dear :p

bobble

At that point - he's going to learn from one of us

Prince North Læraðr

8:53 PM

@Sciborg Nope, not initially. By the beginning of the campaign I will because Astrid teaches me

Sciborg

Ah, gotcha

Prince North Læraðr

I speak, write, and can read barely enough in Common to get by

Sciborg

You can do the D&D equivalent of Spanglish :P

Prince North Læraðr

Sure

Sciborg

as in, you speak Common, but idioms/metaphors might be lost on you

Prince North Læraðr

8:55 PM

Right

I also don't understand the concept of "pronouns" so I always refer to people by name, making sentences really awkward sometimes

bobble

you sure you want to commit to that?

Sciborg

"Astrid went to the city but Astrid lost Astrid's book" :p

Prince North Læraðr

Yup

bobble

Mith's sheet is only missing Background, Personality Traits, and most of the second page

Prince North Læraðr

Oh, as an outlander, I can play an instrument. So I play the pan flute :P

Sciborg

8:58 PM

Sounds like it's time for Backstory :D

@PrinceNorthLæraðr the Pan flute you say? :P

bobble

Second page is specifically missing Character Appearance, Allies and Organizations, Additional Features & Traits, and Character Backstory

you mean the pan pipes?

Prince North Læraðr

They're the same thing, actually

@Sciborg Sylvanus's flute actually. I'm not a follower of Pan

Sciborg

Yeah :p just thought it would be funny

I like the profusion of Nature Characters we've got

Prince North Læraðr

And a wide pantheon of gods :P

We have followers of three different nature deities

bobble

Mith, could you specify what you want me to put in for Personality Traits? There's a bunch of stuff scattered over the transcript; not sure what you want to condense it into

Sciborg

9:01 PM

We shall hug all the trees

bobble

unless they're carnivorous

in that case we run away

Sciborg

True

Prince North Læraðr

Hm, I wonder if I can be 6' 2" but only weigh 140 pounds

Okay, I'll make it 150

Sciborg

That should be fine - weights don't usually come up unless it applies to pressure plates and traps

bobble

does 4' 120lb sound good for a dwarf?

they're supposed to be short and stocky, I think

Sciborg

9:03 PM

Yup :)

Mithical

@bobble only half here - what type of stuff goes there

bobble

Sciborg, help?

Sciborg

Personality Traits can be very loose, but basically: Bonds = things you are tied to and people you know, Ideals = what you believe is most important in life, Flaws = character flaws and things you struggle with.

bobble

there's separate boxes for those

I have Kith's bonds, ideals, and flaws written down

Sciborg

Ah - sorry, thought you meant those boxes

Prince North Læraðr

9:06 PM

Oh I thought bonds were why you are on this campaign-whoops

Sciborg

The main Personality Traits box is just "what's your personality like"

Bonds can be that, too - it's loose

bobble

> Shy, but always up for a ramble about stonework. Loves friends fiercely. Optimistic due to faith.

that's what I have for Personality Traits

Mithical

Ah

Prince North Læraðr

> "Quiet, unassuming, but not brooding. Makes very awkward conversation starters. Loyal."

Sciborg

"Makes very awkward conversation starters" is such a relatable mood

me trying to talk to people

bobble

9:10 PM

I imagine Astrid as the kind of person who runs headfirst into things for friends and trusts it will all come out okay in the end.

Mithical

Adventurous; likes interacting with people but shy at first. Good with animals. Tries to be open-minded about new things but once mind is made up can he difficult to change. Vegetarian. Slightly sarcastic, and a realist.

Additional flaw: She's a bit too trusting of people that like animals (e.g. people with dogs) without knowing much about them.

bobble

So the text is getting really small now

Mithical

Welp

bobble

Mithical

I've got most of this on my phone and / or on the paper as well

bobble

9:12 PM

I think you're missing money and Background

Do you want a list of Backgrounds?

Also are you still Lawful Good?

Prince North Læraðr

What does under treasure?

Mithical

@bobble Chaotic Good

Background... Yeah, I probably have to look at the options

Prince North Læraðr

Hehe, we have two chaotic goods :P

bobble

5e.tools/backgrounds.html#acolyte_phb

Prince North Læraðr

What's msh's race, btw?

bobble

9:14 PM

Human

Prince North Læraðr

Ah, human bard? Nice

Alignment?

bobble

dunno

Prince North Læraðr

I tried to be neutral good but couldn't justify it, so I'm True Neutral

Is allies and organization our party?

bobble

I assume it's people who you're allied with and organizations you're a part of

Not sure if my faith counts

Sciborg

Your faith can count for that if you want :)

It's technically an organization you are part of

Prince North Læraðr

9:17 PM

Hehe, I have pixie friends!

Or had

Mithical

Hmm. Outlander seems to fit most closely

Sciborg

Two Outlander Rangers :D

Prince North Læraðr

Let's goooo

Sciborg

Outlander Ranger squad unite

Prince North Læraðr

Thankfully Mith is most likely going to be a beastmaster, so at least we won't have two of the same paths

@Mithical What fighting style are you considering taking as ranger at level two?

bobble

9:18 PM

So you got Athletics and Survival

What musical instrument is Kith profiecient in?

Mithical

@PrinceNorthLæraðr I haven't gotten that far yet

Prince North Læraðr

I'm trying to decide between the archer specialty or duel-wield

@Mithical Technically I haven't either but

Mithical

@bobble bone flute

Sciborg

oooooh

Mithical

...if that's an option

Prince North Læraðr

9:19 PM

@Mithical What extra language does Kithri speak?

Sciborg

i dig that, it is an option now

Mithical

@PrinceNorthLæraðr (looks up options)

Prince North Læraðr

Urm there's a lot, let me see

Or, bobble can look for you, I guess :P

bobble

17 hours ago, by bobble

22

Q: What are the official languages available to players?

The D&D 5th Edition Player's Handbook lists some languages on page 123, giving players with characters who can choose a language a number of choices. There are other sources of player-choosable languages across a variety of published materials. What are the official WotC-published languages ava...

voila

Sciborg

magic

bobble

9:21 PM

You also get a trophy from an animal you killed - what animal, and what trophy?

Mithical

...Abyssal, just don't ask why 👀

Sciborg

that's an incredibly ominous sentence, i am down for it

Mithical

Bear, trophy is a tooth

Prince North Læraðr

Hellhound tooth is my trophy

bobble

There a reason why you kept the tooth?

Prince North Læraðr

9:22 PM

Eh, I'll make it a claw instead

bobble

I want the story!

Sciborg

Tell us the story North :P

Prince North Læraðr

Actually do hellhounds have claws? Whatever, I'll keep the tooth

@Sciborg I'm getting there

Sciborg

i need the lore immediately

bobble

> Specialty
You've been to strange places and seen things that others cannot begin to fathom. Consider some of the distant lands you have visited, and how they impacted you.
Options: Forester, Trapper, Homesteader, Guide, Exile or outcast, Bounty hunter, Pilgrim, Tribal nomad, Hunter-gatherer, Tribal marauder

There's this thing for Outlander, not sure what it means

Sciborg

9:25 PM

Basically some backgrounds have features that give you roleplaying perks, this is one of those

Prince North Læraðr

I'm like 60% finished

Sciborg

write faster dangit :P

bobble

I'm also interested in Kith's story, if they care to share

Mithical

That's the tooth that left the scars on my elbow

Sciborg

oooh

Mithical

9:28 PM

(I think I mentioned the scars)

Sciborg

i am loving the implied Epic Backstory here

hey, msh is here! :)

msh210

o/

bobble

Want to choose one of the Specialties for Kith?

Mithical

I have bits and pieces of a background in mind... nothing fully fleshed out though

@bobble there are lots of things to choose

bobble

yep!

Mithical

9:30 PM

Guide sounds interesting, I have no idea what it means

msh210

I don't plan to read through the entire transcript since I was last here. If I should, please lemme know, and I shall. Otherwise, I'd appreciate knowing anything important that I missed.

bobble

> determine your occupation during your time in the wild

Sciborg

We have just been discussing Mith's character and going over some minor rules, so you probably don't have to read the entire thing :)

bobble

Seems like I left out an important bit here

Basically, what have you been doing while you're adventuring around?

Mithical

Ah

In that case Forester is probably the best option

Prince North Læraðr

9:33 PM

Terrible writing but I like the story:

Læraðr was born to a tribe of peaceful wood elves in a distant forest, whose name has been lost to history. His family was a devoted follower of Sylvanus, the nature god. However, their village was ransacked by a marauding group of hellhounds and fiends. A pack of hellhounds found young Lae attempting to climb up a tree to escape the onslaught but was ambushed by a pack of hellhounds. One bit off the left arm of Lae while another scratched his right eye, leaving a large gash across. As the hounds closed in, however, a brave young wolf cub jumped out of nowhere and started barking at the gro…

msh210

@Sciborg if and when you can continue your tutorial, I'd appreciate it. I have read the intro to that gargantuan rulebook, and picked up a very little more from the good folks in this room.

bobble

> A pack of hellhounds found young Lae attempting to climb up a tree to escape the onslaught but was ambushed by a pack of hellhounds.

Prince North Læraðr

What's a "treasure"? We don't have any of that right?

bobble

two packs of hellhounds?

Prince North Læraðr

Uhhh

Sciborg

9:34 PM

@msh210 Definitely - we left off with you being a Human Bard, I think, so the next thing we can do is pick a Background. This is basically your character backstory, so i.e. where you come from, what you did before being an adventurer, that kind of thing.

There is a list of backgrounds i can grab you, hang on

msh210

Like what North just wrote?

Prince North Læraðr

@bobble Fixed

Sciborg

North basically expanded his choice of Background (Outlander) into a backstory, but you don't have to do that - it's just for fun :D

Prince North Læraðr

@msh210 No, that's backstory. Bit different

And what 'borg wrote too

Sciborg

Backgrounds: 5e.tools/backgrounds.html#acolyte_phb

Prince North Læraðr

9:36 PM

How do I save it so that's it's still fillable later?

Sciborg

This list explains each background, and each one gives you more skills that we will discuss later.

bobble

You can't

Prince North Læraðr

Oh darn

Sciborg

@PrinceNorthLæraðr Hit "print" and change printer to export PDF. It doesn't allow you to change it, yeah

bobble

I downloaded a new version and copy-pasted

Prince North Læraðr

9:36 PM

Okay, I guess that's not too bad to do

@Sciborg Do you have a character? Or do DMs not have one?

bobble

I think that Astrid hasn't met anyone who follows Pan other than the one priest, and she really wants to find some other believers. (Mostly I find the idea of a worshiper who's never interacted with the church interesting)

DMs get NPCs

Sciborg

@PrinceNorthLæraðr DMs don't have one :)

I get to play all your NPCs, basically

Prince North Læraðr

@msh210 What's your character's name?

msh210

@Sciborg What are Azorius, Boros, and Rakdos?

Sciborg

@msh210 Those are related to a Magic: The Gathering expansion, so skip over those.

bobble

9:39 PM

Click on Filter and deselect all but the Player's Handbook

msh210

@PrinceNorthLæraðr dunno yet

Prince North Læraðr

Hm

msh210

@Sciborg oh darn, it sounded good :-)

(Rakdos cultist)

Sciborg

One of my real-life campaigns is currently using that Magic expansion and doing Rakdos backgrounds, it's very fun but would not fit well here :P

Prince North Læraðr

Whew, finally finished my character sheet, hopefully didn't miss anything

msh210

9:41 PM

@Sciborg maybe Athlete?

Sciborg

Sure! I dig that.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Is there really nothing I can do? Gray hasn’t showed up since they made their character and you said hopping in sporadically was ok.

bobble

That's not a PHB background

Sciborg

It's fine - i think it's sufficiently general to apply to any campaign setting.

bobble

Well, since we're just creating characters, and Gray's mostly done, they don't really have to show up

Prince North Læraðr

9:44 PM

I got to go right, now have mock trial meeting

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I just want to be included somehow. As is there’s no Point in even asking for the crash course

I don’t even know why I care

Also mith, I can’t look up campaigns on discord because a. I don’t know how to play and b. I don’t know those people that well

I don’t have to play

I can’t even help with puzzles because I lack creativity

Sciborg

Platypus, i love you, but you've gotta chill a bit and try not to self-deprecate. Take a breather. You seem like you're having a rough day and I care about you.

Do you need some help or?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

That wasn’t self deprecation

Sciborg

> I can’t even help with puzzles because I lack creativity

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I am honestly not that creative; haven’t posted a puzzle since 2019

And only one of my riddles was a non-riley

Sciborg

9:49 PM

Do you need to talk to someone, Plat? it sounds like you're going through some stuff right now and could use a friend.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I’m fine. I think I’m just being selfish and irrational.

Just a bad day.

im not depressed if that’s what you’re thinking

Sciborg

It's okay, totally understand. I just want to do a wellness check. If you need somebody to talk to, please Discord or message me okay?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Just feeling a little left out. And thank you but I’m fine.

I got the same way the time my parents went to italy

Sciborg

Message me if you need a buddy, okay? Genuinely. I'm around if you need to rant in DMs.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I really shouldn’t care; my experience with dnd is watching some let’s players play it

Thank you but I’m fine. I just want be involved somehow. It looks fun.

I really shouldn’t care

Sciborg

9:53 PM

There are lots of people on the Code Golf Discord who might be missing D&D and want to start up a group that you could join. Maybe you can post in the D&D channel?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Related: can Druids wild shape into a platypus?

Again, I don’t know how to play

Prince North Læraðr

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus I mean, I understand, but you just need to remember that Sciborg is dm-ing, and I you shouldn't keep on bothering them about it.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

So I can’t do that

I’ll need the crash course before I do that

maybe later

Could you at least answer the Druid question?

Sciborg

You can wild shape into a platypus, yes.