PSE RPG Chatroom - 2021-01-07 (page 4 of 5)

We were tentatively thinking a time of 10:00 UTC on Thursday/Fridays unless Mith is not comfortable staying up that late which is fine. We wanted to see what your scheduling was like though

msh210

@PrinceNorthLæraðr I believe Grey said Brisbane. Unless I'm confuing them with someone else, which is entirely possible.

@bobble I didn't know Canada had had a civil war.

bobble

CA = captain america

me lazy

Prince North Læraðr

So GMT+10 in Brisbane

@Sciborg Hm, insight vs athletics... wait I think I get athletics from my background

Mithical

6:51 PM

@PrinceNorthLæraðr that's 8AM

msh210

@Sciborg what's "OP"?

Sciborg

"OP" means "Overpowered."

It's when something is so good that it breaks the game a bit.

Prince North Læraðr

Aka, me

(just joking)

bobble

or "unfairly good"

Sciborg

^

Prince North Læraðr

6:54 PM

^^

Yup, looks good

Sciborg

Our debate earlier was whether the Halfling's racial trait "Lucky" is OP, and if we should limit its uses.

Prince North Læraðr

I'll send you my updated updated sheet, for the last time

It wasn't really a debate

I was complaining about it, but it's not that broken

Sciborg

oh, i thought you were implying i should nerf it :P

Prince North Læraðr

Nah

I think it's hilarious

Sciborg

it's a very funny ability, i love when it comes up

"oh, i rolled a 1? how about no"

Mithical

6:57 PM

*bobble adds Kith flipping off failure to the drawing*

msh210

Sciborg

Bobble can you save that transcript somehow as "msh's character sheet" so i can look back at it later?

i do not know how to do that

msh210

... though I'm thinking I should have longstrider instead of one of my level-one spells

so wait, don't save it yet :-)

Mithical

post all the sheets together and then bookmark them

Sciborg

ahh, good idea

Mithical

7:00 PM

probably get the backgrounds in there as well

Sciborg

alternatively msh you're welcome to email a final sheet to me, as i have been making a folder of everyone's sheets :)

bobble

here you go, 'borg

msh210

msh210's character sheet: i.stack.imgur.com/iZWRr.png i.stack.imgur.com/Am2L0.png i.stack.imgur.com/7GKcd.png

Sciborg

you are a blessed crown <3

msh210

no wait, I changed page 3

bobble

7:01 PM

deleted the conversation, since pinning the message will be easier

msh210

yeah thanks

Sciborg

so the imgur ones are the final versions? i will download those :)

msh210

yeah - the first two are the same as above; the last just substitutes longstrider for healing word

bobble

I hijacked the "ADDITIONAL FEATURES & TRAITS" area to dump extra character information, hope that's okay

Sciborg

Saved :)

You can hijack other spots to put character stuff, no worries! :P

msh210

7:04 PM

@Sciborg please let me know what's still missing from my sheet. I assume there's something. Please also let me know if you, as omniscient outsider, want/need to know what went wrong that made me stop racing, even though I don't tell anyone else.

Prince North Læraðr

Damn msh is balanced as heck

msh210

slightly unbalanced though

Prince North Læraðr

Have you seen my stats?

Oh mine got updated, I'll send you my updated stats

msh210

it was a joke -- "imbalanced" means with one <whatever> more than another. "unbalanced" means crazy

Prince North Læraðr

Ah

Sciborg

7:05 PM

@msh210 You've got everything, the only thing missing is your Spell Save DC but that's easy to calculate. 8 + proficiency + ability modifier you use to cast spells.

Prince North Læraðr

I'm unbalanced too, don't worry

msh210

@PrinceNorthLæraðr it's okay

Prince North Læraðr

Ah, okay

bobble

picture of just my stats/skills, because why not

msh210

where do I put spell save dc? and what does it mean?

bobble

7:07 PM

3rd page, top row, the box labeled "Spell Save DC"

Prince North Læraðr

msh210

thanks. so it's 8 + my proficiency bonus (2) + my charisma modifier (2) I guess....

Sciborg

And your spell attack bonus is just the ability modifier you use to cast spells + proficiency.

bobble

darn, I don't have my Spell Save DC either

Prince North Læraðr

@bobble Pfft, you're only skilled in 4 skills?

bobble

7:07 PM

or that

Sciborg

The Spell Save DC is the number that enemies have to beat to not be affected by certain of your spells.

msh210

what are spell save DC & spell attack bonus, though?

@Sciborg ah ok

bobble

time to recopy Astrid again ;-;

Sciborg

you don't have to recopy!! ;-; can just calculate on the fly if you need it

Mithical

y'all are making me want to double-check all my stats and skills

Prince North Læraðr

7:10 PM

No, I'm just dumb

Sciborg

after i finish up work i am going to go over everyone's character sheets with a more detailed check, no worries.

bobble

I'm very non-sneaky: -1 for Stealth and Chain Mail

who can sneak well in our party?

Prince North Læraðr

I am very sneaky

Very sneaky

+5 stealth, +3 dex, 17 total dex + mask of the wild trait

msh210

2 stealth

How do you get a minus anything?

Prince North Læraðr

That's if you're like me and min/maxed

bobble

7:12 PM

I have 8 dexterity

msh210

oh because your abilities modifiers (did I get that name right?) are negative?

Prince North Læraðr

Yup

msh210

got it

Prince North Læraðr

So I'm really good at what I'm good at, and I'm bad at what I'm really bad at

Sciborg

Precisely :p

Prince North Læraðr

7:14 PM

Once I get Fog Cloud at level 2, I get +10000000 bonus to my stealth :D (joking. But I do get a massive stealth boost)

I was like how does msh have such high stats and I was like oh that's right humans get like +1 in everything

Right>

msh210

I can usually do 22:00 UTC but can't guarantee I can do so every night. And Friday nights are completely out.

Prince North Læraðr

ok

So sounds like Thursdays

msh210

no guarantee I can do so every Thursday, either

Prince North Læraðr

Thursdays may be a finicky, but it's not a bad day

msh210

I have familial obligations etc

Prince North Læraðr

7:17 PM

Schoolwork, test-studying, or Bible Study

bobble

Schoolwork, tutoring, and occasionally I make dinner

msh210

chewing gum, walking across the room, drying my hair

bobble

gum is disgusting

Prince North Læraðr

I have Bible study at 3:00 am UTC

msh210

(I was kidding. I don't actually have an obligation to chew gum some Thursdays. In case that wasn't clear. :-) )

@PrinceNorthLæraðr that's a weird time to have it if you live in Greenwich

Prince North Læraðr

7:19 PM

:P

bobble

what do you do at a bible study?

my only references here are To Kill a Mockingbird and Young Sheldon

Prince North Læraðr

We read the Bible and talk about the passage we read

Or we watch a video about a passage and reflect

It's really fun because my leader is awesome

@Sciborg What's our total stat used for?

Or total mod or whatever, the big box number

Sciborg

Do you mean like the ability score big number?

Prince North Læraðr

Yeah

The 17 in the 17 (+3)

Sciborg

There are some effects that can deal ability score damage and drop your ability scores, and if one drops to zero, you can die.

Prince North Læraðr

7:26 PM

Oh crap

Maybe I shouldn't have min/maxed so hard :/

Sciborg

It's extremely uncommon, no worries :p

i have never had anyone die from ability damage

Prince North Læraðr

So the big number doesn't do much, it's the modifiers that do the most of the effects?

Sciborg

Yup

Prince North Læraðr

Ah, okay

bobble

@PrinceNorthLæraðr *doesn't?

Prince North Læraðr

7:28 PM

Yes

Do our numbers increase in level?

Sciborg

Some levels give you Ability Score Increases, which you can use to increase a) one Ability Score by +2 or b) two Ability Scores by +1.

This can obviously raise your modifiers and affect other stuff

Instead of taking the Ability Score Increase, however, you can pick a Feat instead, which are special powers and fun stuff.

Prince North Læraðr

7:41 PM

Ooh okay

I can't dual-wield with rapier, right? Because it's not light?

Sciborg

yup, it's Finesse but not Light

Prince North Læraðr

Hm, rapier is much better than longsword for me

Or slightly better bc my dex is +3 but strength is +2

bobble

Not sure where to note this - from my picture, Astrid is left-handed. Does it matter?

Prince North Læraðr

I think I'm going to go into dual-wield specialty level two. Going super aggro

Sciborg

@bobble Doesn't affect anything mechanically, so it can be noted under Features and Traits maybe.

Prince North Læraðr

7:46 PM

Also @Sciborg a friend of mine that plays a lot of DnD says there are initiative bonuses at level one? I'm not sure

Sciborg

Only with specific types of Rangers i think?

Prince North Læraðr

Really?

Sciborg

and you'd have to be Level 4 IIRC

Mithical

@PrinceNorthLæraðr cool, and I'll focus on ranged

Prince North Læraðr

@Mithical Perfect

His advice for me was like "You can just focus on close damage and run away if your health starts dropping because you're already pretty fast"

Sciborg

7:48 PM

Yup, you have really high speed since Wood Elf so you can book it out of combat pretty easily.

Prince North Læraðr

@Sciborg He might've mixed on different editions, he plays a lot of different editions

@Sciborg Or Fog Cloud and hide

Sciborg

I think the only possible initiative bonus for Ranger comes at Level 4

and you'd have to be something weird like Gloomstalker

Prince North Læraðr

Hm looking through the PHB

Sciborg

once i get home i can check for certain

bobble

Astrid would prefer to not be front-line fighting - she likes hanging back and protecting things/friends. She'll warhammer anyone who gets too close.

Prince North Læraðr

7:50 PM

Doesn't seem like there's an initiative bonus

How intiative work? You roll a d20 but also dexterity? Bit confused

Sciborg

It's a flat Dexterity roll. d20 + Dex mod.

Prince North Læraðr

Ah, I think that's what he was talking about

The dex mod

bobble

;-; I have -1 dex mod

Prince North Læraðr

It's okay, you can heal us or finish off enemies

It makes sense the two more aggressive builds would move earlier

bobble

I'm very non-combat-focused

None of my spells can really be used in a combat situation...

Sciborg

7:53 PM

(I hope you're not judging me too hard for being on Discord and Stack Exchange at work, entry-level busywork programming gets really boring)

Prince North Læraðr

Nah, we don't judge

What are gray's stats?

Sciborg

He gave me his character sheet - 8 STR, 16 DEX, 10 CON, 10 INT, 14 WIS, and 16 CHA.

Prince North Læraðr

So 16(+3) for dex. Cool

bobble

Ack! calculated hitpoints wrong

I have 12, not 10

>< I think the sheet will need to be recopied again

Prince North Læraðr

Yikes :/

Sciborg

7:57 PM

no!!!

Prince North Læraðr

I never closed my sheet, so I can just edit it

Sciborg

cleric hitpoints is 8 + Con right?

bobble

This time 'round I can correct hitpoints and add in Spell stuff

Con is 16, so mod of +3

Prince North Læraðr

And, of course, I always save it after editing it

bobble

Dwarven Toughness gives me one more

8 + 3 + 1 = 12

Sciborg

7:57 PM

ahhh, so 12. yup.

bobble

I'm not quite so squishy!

AC of 16 and 12 HP seems good for level 1

Sciborg

it is! :D

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