Serpents and Sepelchers, DnD discussion topic

Okay. When I asked Neo, he said it didn't have an effect on encumbrance, and I've found several other people saying the effect is halved. I'll make my edits to my character sheet before posting then.

This is too much work. Lol kidding, but where is you get this sheet??

Someone who can make swords and armor probably uses different skills to see a dress. They have subsets, but you probably won't need most of them. If you can make a sword, I will assume that you can craft other metal things as well.

Character sheet, step by step:

Aliana Redhawke
Female Human Warblade 1
CG Medium humanoid

Initiative:+5
Language: Common, Dwarven
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Name your character whatever you feel like. Use full name. (Robert instead of Bob) and make a last name by putting a random adjective and noun together. Ex. Solomon Wetfish.
Or you can make up a last name,

On the second line, you put your gender, your race, templates if you have any/get/spontaneously discover any. You should not have any templates right now. Then you put your class(es) and the levels you have in each class.

On the third line, you put your allignment (CG stands for chaotic good), your size (we are all medium) and your creature type (which is humanoid).

Next you put your initiative. Initiative is your dexterity modifier, but it can be improved by feats such as improved and superior dexterity.
Lastly, you put the number of languages you know. You know common+whatever class and racial languages you get. An elven wizard for example gets elven and draconic for free. Also, for each +1 on your intelligence modifier, you start with an additional language.

I'm confused about the dexterity modified unless you mean the 3.5 one.

Here's a quick table for modifiers:

6-7: -2
8-9: -1
10-11: 0
12-13: +1
14-15: +2
16-17: +3
18-19: +4

Those modifiers go towards things like gaining more skill points per level, skill checks, attack rolls, etc.

That's what I was confused about. I've seen multiple sources cite halved weight of gear and the passage on d20srd isn't too specific. Neo did say he was rusty though.

Anyways, does my character sheet check out correctly? His wealth total came from a dice roll using the template in the handbook. Got 80 gp, which is slightly above average for Sorcerers, so I'm happy.

Another question that I have is about taking ten. I've seen examples of some DMs allowing taking ten on attack and touch rolls. I know it's non-standard, but are you doing that?

You need HP, equipment, gear, skills, feats, special traits (racial powers and such), Armor Class, Save rolls, combat data, etc.

Character sheet breakdown part 2

AC: 14 (+1 DEX, +3 std leather)
FF: 13
Touch: 11

HP: 14/14

Fort: 4(2+2 con)
Ref: 2 (0+1 dex+1BC*)
Wil: -1 (0-1 wis)
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This second block is made up of primarily defensive stats.
The first line is AC, or armor class. Armor class is how hard you are to hit. Alaina's total AC, 14, is before the parentheses. Within the parentheses are the modifiers which make it so.

She gets a +1 bonus from her dexterity, and a +3 bonus from her studded leather armor. If she was a small or large creature, she would get a modifier based on her size. Smaller creatures get positive modifiers, while larger creatures get negative modifiers.

Below her AC are her flat footed (FF) and a Touch armor scores. Flat footed characters haven't had a chance to act in combat and can't add their dexterity modifier to their armor class.

When defending against spells or abilities that only require a touch to cause their effect, armor is not useful, so armor bonus is not included in determining touch attack armor class.

Below that is her HP.

A character's starting HP is the maximum roll for their class hit die + their constitution modifier. Starting HP cannot be less than 1 for obvious reasons.

A warblade's hit die is d12, so her HP is 12+ her constitution modifier (2), which is 14.

Finally are her saves.
She has 3 saves, fortitude, which is constitution based, reflex, which is dexterity based, and willpower, which is wisdom based.

Each class has base save bonuses for each of them.

Like with AC, the 4 in her fortitude save is her total fortitude save. When she makes a fortitude save, she will add 4 to whatever her roll is.
The numbers in parentheses are the modifiers which make her fortitude save.

The first number, 2 is the base fortitude save of a level 1 warblade. Unlike base AC, save based change with both class and level so they are not omitted. The second is her constitution modifier.

Next is her reflex save, which is a 2. Warblade's have a base reflex save of 0 at level 1, but Aliana has a dexterity bonus of 1. She has 1 more value modifying the bonus though. Warblades have a class ability called Battle Clarity (shortened to BC above) which gives them a bonus equal to their dexterity bonus on reflex saves as long as they are not flat footed, which adds an additional 1 to the reflex save.

The poor will save is a result of a 0 base will save and a -1 wisdom modifier.



These are her attributes and their respective modifiers for reference:

CON 15 (+2)
STR 16 (+3)
DEX 13 (+1)
INT 13 (+1)
WIS 8 (-1)
CHA 8 (-1)


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I've modified my character a bit since the last time you've seen her. I made a few numerical errors, and reevaluated some of my choices.