Serpents and Sepelchers, DnD discussion topic

It's a good name, but he sounds more like an archer than a thief. I'll think of something. And I'm still choosing between elf and human.

Ryker Moonblade.

Wasn't that what Smexy was doing or was he doing something different?

SMEX was doing a stealth-based Melee who can use bows, but bows are terrible for sneak attacks due to sneak attack maximum range and the fact that bows can't flank.

Actually, at the first level, you automatically get the highest roll on your hit dice. So, if you have d10 hit dice, you get 10HP plus Constitution bonus.

Probably as soon as characters are finished. I may need to take a day or two in between adventures, but the first part is pretty much bareboned. Fleshing out can come with detail and player interaction as I figure out how to do this. I have a few nifty calculators, and since it is early, I can keep track of basic distance in my head, but once I get access to graph paper again, I'll be able to design much more complex maps, keep track of distance, and better design towns.

Okay then I was worried about having a melee character with only 2 HP.

Have you taken a look at your combat techniques yet?

You use them, and amazingness happens lol.

Okay, so as a crusader, you start off with 5 maneuvers and one stance. At the beginning of combat, he gets two of his maneuvers at random. Each round, he gets another random maneuver until he has drawn all of his maneuvers. Once that happens, he shuffles them all back and draws two to start the cycle again.

Stances can be entered of exited at will with a swift action.

You will want index cards for this, perhaps with a little description of what the maneuver does on one side.

These are your "spells".
The maneuvers fall under three categories, strikes, boosts, and counters.

Strikes are usually attacks of some kind, but occasionally they are not. They are usually standard or full actions. Tombstone Mountain Strike is maneuver you can use as a standard action instead of making your normal attack, like casting a spell.

Boosts are usually swift actions, and give you extra jumping ability, power, speed etc, that lasts for the round. You can still move and attack after expending your boost, but with the boost's benefit.

Counters are immediate actions which can be pulled off at any time. Moment of the perfect mind, one of my maneuvers, allows me to use make a concentration check instead of a will save.