Acolyte gives you Insight and Religion proficiency, so bubble those in on your Skills list

It also gives you one more language of your choice.

I thought it gave Insight and Religion?

mistype, sorry - yes

and two languages of your choice, also

is there a language associated with my religion?

What god(s) does Astrid worship?

i thought there was a god based on being a Nature domain cleric

There are a bunch of gods, so you can pick from a couple

... is there a list of these gods?

(You can also make one up :p)

Hang on, I will list

Silvanus, Obad-Hai, Chislev, Balinor, Pan, and Eldath.

only one I recognize is Pan

I'll do them

Pan is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks - they're a satyr so your two languages are probably something like Centaur, Giant, or Sylvan

Gray mentioned Sylvan

Sylvan is basically the language of fey and fairies

If we're in a forest, I think there will be more centaurs than giants

I'll take Sylvan and Centaur

Sounds good :)

@Graylocke can I quick have your current HP and the languages you speak? i am taking notes on your characters

8HP

Common, Sylvan and... another language I need to work out (help pls?)

Hmm, Ink is Far Traveler right? Maybe they've been to an exotic land somewhere and picked up a weird language

(question while I think of backstory: how are spell learned, generally? flavorwise)

^ for gray

Sylvan is already kinda weird :) But it is the fey language right?

You're a Cleric, so you probably either learned from your religious order/group or picked them up through scrolls :)

Sylvan is definitely weird, it is the fey language

Yeah - I think that works then

so Common, Sylvan and...?

I mean magic is usually written in draconic?

that works! :P

So I have my backstory lite(TM)

draft of backstory: I got overwhelmed one day and ran out to go exploring and calm down, found a little religious book about Pan that had a scroll for Druidcraft tucked into it. I took that home, learned the cantrip, and started doing it often as a I could find things to watch grow. Family didn't like that and I ended up leaving to find more nature-liking people, and I still don't let anyone else touch my little book.

might be long?

sounds great :D so you're like a cleric whose parents did not like the Magic and you booked it outta there

Heh that's fine :)

you can't touch my little book either

your parents were Muggles

can we do my skills?

sure - give me just one second, i am hungry for Snacks :D

Mine is basically, as a young teen was told to stay in the treetop town, crept out with friends, ambush of beast, reached out for power to prevent friend dying, archfey heard and responded, untrained witchbolt did serious alteration to form (inverting colours and "cursed eye" thing). Village don't trust the fey so "Bye!". Now a long way from home and driven by curiosity and the dream of the feywild.

Also a sad longing for home for that tragic backstory touch

:D

i got no longing for home

They don't like me so it's a "secret" longing... as in "I don't care!" but I kinda do.

Okay, I have acquired Snacks. I like how we all have similar story arcs going on :D

what order do we find each other?

most likely scenario is two find each other, and then the third runs into them later

So now I am just trying to find people that aren't afraid I will curse them by looking at them... which I hope includes Lae and Astrid :)

I have to figure out story still, so not sure yet :p

Let's do some skills

I think - because it is easier to RP what is most similar to RL... It would make sense for Lae and Astrid to know each other better. :P

Lae and Astrid could know each other ahead of time, we'd have to ask North

What is RL?

Oh, real life - gotcha

real life

i am bad at abbreviations :p

'borg: what even is real life? is this just fantasy?

i think you know the next lines :D

^^ sorry

frantically resists gay urge to sing lyrics

well it wasn't a landslide ... though it could have been

what skills do i get?

Okay, you are a Cleric with Acolyte Background. You already marked down the Acolyte stuff right?

Insight and Religion

Yup, so bubble in those

bubbled

Now, as Cleric you can pick two more from History, Medicine, and Persuasion

History and Medicine

Gotcha, bubble those in too

History of what?

Now, fill in all your modifiers as I described to North, adding +2 to the ones you are proficient in

is it just all history?

History is just the lore-knowing skill, basically

It includes all history

all done

Awesome, so skills are done :D

saving throws?

Now fill the little thing that says "Passive Perception" with 10 + Perception modifier

Clerics are proficient in Wisdom and Charisma Saving Throws, so bubble those and do the rest as normal.

all done

Great :D now we can do attacks

Have you picked your weapons yet?

no

I am proficient with "battleaxe, handaxe, light hammer, and warhammer"

Yup, you are proficient in all simple weapons as Cleric

those are different things

Yeah - you are proficient in Dwarf stuff + Cleric stuff. I worded poorly

Battleaxe, handaxe, light hammer, warhammer and simple weapons

are there restrictions on what i can have?

are some better than others?

i assume both answers are yes

Clerics start with 1) either a mace or warhammer, 2) either a light crossbow or any simple weapon.

is there an "and" between 1 and 2?

Simple weapons: Club, Dagger, Greatclub, Handaxe, Javelin, Light hammer, Mace, Quarterstaff, Sickle, Spear.

Yes, there is an "and"

tired, sorry

Lae has ranged stuff covered, right?

Yup, Lae is doing ranged stuff

you are doin' just fine dealing we my noobery

though someone needs to be at the front o.o;

you are best noob :D

I'm a cleric, I don't think that's a front-line kind of person

no tanks! :D

I'll save slots to heal y'all

well I am a weedy mage so... >.>;

You could build for tank if you were going for that, but you're Nature and have picked healing spells, so you're going more for healer :P

we had better spend our time preparing ambushes ;p

if only we had a Rogue :P

my favorite class to play

I was thinking of Rogue originally but then everyone wanted to play outside ;p

do i have to worry about cost?

listen, we're indoors right now because of Covid, so.... :P

nope, your starting equipment doesn't cost anything

@bobble your first one is free ;p

So for patrons... I had an idea :P

For 1) I'll take a warhammar that I'm squicky about using but will in a pinch

Nathair Sgiathach is a faerie dragon ;p

Blood makes me nauseous so i'm not gonna describe melee strikes in detail, no worries

i'll just be like "you bonk it really hard"

@Graylocke i am DOWN for faerie dragon patron

Deciding between quarterstaff and dagger

He seems crazy, and gives a reason for Draconic and Sylvan, if he's the one who babbles in my dreams of the faewild :P

But he is also CG so

Can I have him play pranks on you??

Definitely... I think that helping Ink out was because it was amusing

wait, now i worry both of those are bad...

they are fine! each weapon has pros and cons

make sure to note what stat each one uses, so you know what you are good with

wait how do you know the stat?

If it says "finesse," it uses Dexterity to attack, and otherwise it uses Strength :)

There are no perfect choices :) Go with what makes Astrid interesting and cool

Handaxe for 2) - if they get scared they'll throw it and hide

Relatable

Mark each weapon name down in the "Attacks" box in the middle of your sheet :)

"Warhammer" is too long

abbreviating to "Warham."

I am not sure which pact boon is cool :(

Now, the box next to the name is where the attack bonus goes

Your warhammer uses Strength, so put your Strength modifier + 2 (proficiency bonus).

Your handaxes use Dexterity, so put your Dexterity modifier + 2.

she's not good at dex..

also the table i'm using didn't say "finesse"?

Throwing weapons use Dexterity. I should have mentioned, sorry

so I have two weapons - in combat, do I choose which one at any time, or do I have to stick with one throughout?

To explain that I will have to explain actions

But basically, you can switch

Now, you've got name box (1) and bonus box (2) filled. Last box (3) is the damage the weapon does.

so I can warhammer things that get too near me and throw the handaxe if I want to hide?

Yes, you can

So, each weapon has its own damage roll and damage type it does. Warhammers do 1d8 + Str modifier bludgeoning damage, so write 1d8 + (your Str mod) in that damage box.

okay, got damages

And Handaxes do 1d6 + Dex modifier slashing

Calculated those?

So do people think it is cooler that I have a weapon I can summon out of nowhere (though I am terrible in combat), a familiar, or a book of secrets >.>;

well there isn't much calculation...

What the damage means is that each time you attack with that weapon, you roll the die and add modifier.

That's the damage you do

the most I've done of dnd is one combat that my sister was confused the entire time

so i at least know how that works

Basically, your attack roll uses the attack modifier (box 2), and the damage roll uses the damage roll (box 3).

@Graylocke I dig all those

@Graylocke i want your secrets

gimme

i apologize if i'm over-explaining, i'm just making sure this is all straightened out before we move on

it's fine! me noob!

so, you've got weapons! and hitpoints! now there is one more thing to do

Armor!

(I have a question about arcane focus...)

@Graylocke Sure :D

what is it? >.>;

An arcane focus is basically what you use in place of material spell components, provided those components don't have a cost.

It can be pretty much anything, i'm not picky

oh right... I think I would like that because... I don't really see myself fumbling around in pouches for random things >.>;

so, let me explain Armor Class really quick.

Armor Class (AC) is the number that enemies roll against when they are trying to hit you with an attack roll. So it's how hard you are to hit.

You can wear armor and shields to raise your AC.

with my luck it relies on dex

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.

and as a Cleric, you can optionally equip your Shield, which gives a flat +2 AC.

So is scale mail medium arnor?

i don't think you said

yes

sorry

scale mail is medium, leather is light