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Ramus2011-08-05 11:57:58

So here's our Warforged Berserker:

• Str: 17, mod +3
• Con: 18, mod +4
• Dex: 14, mod +2
• Int: 13, mod +1
• Wis: 10, mod 0
• Chr: 7, mod -2

Which means we tank, kill, and move like a beast. Also above average intelligence and average wisdom. Kinda ugly though, but that's alright, INSERTNAMEHERE is a whirling machine of death.

• HP: 16
• AC: 17
• Fort: 16
• Refl: 12
• Will: 10

Equipment:

• Chainmail - consider the other player refunded. We don't need this thanks to the Mithril Body feat.
• Greatsword
• Greataxe
• Greatclub

Had to make ends meet by borrowing some of the starting money of another player. On the upside, we'll be better equipped than the rest of the party for anything the beginning of the campaign can throw at us. On the downside, all we got are weapons and armor. Luckily, Warforged are perpetual motion machines, so no food necessary.

Feat(s):

• Power Attack Mithril Body

Yeah, need that to get Cleave. Don't worry, we'll get cleave ASAP. We'll get Power Attack ASAP and then Cleave. But right now, Mithril Body is a level one only feat.

Skills:

• Literacy (eh, we've got enough intelligence for it)
• Swim
• Jump
• Climb
• A couple of points in Intimidate (using strength stat as base)

So now we have a scary, all terrain, whirling machine of death. Top all of that with faster running speed and the ability to rage and I think that covers all of the stat related stuff to our Warforged, unless I managed to forget something. Eh, whatever.

Now, fluff, there doesn't seem to be any agreement here beyond definitely chaotic. What we still need:

• Name
• Age (Maybe? Warforged don't really age, they just kind of hang around.)
• Gender (Maybe? I don't think I've ever seen anyone play a female Warforged, even female players.)
• Backstory (Or at least motivations/reasons for going on rather unclearly defined quest. We could just chalk this one up to programming.)
• Personality
• Moral axis of alignment

Whatever you guys pick, pick it before Friday, 6PM EST. At some point on Saturday, I'll update this liveblog with the details of the first session.

Comments

MadWritter Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 2nd 2011 at 3:17:33 PM

Resa Age: 21 Gender: Female Moral Axis: Chaos Neutral

darnpenguin Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 2nd 2011 at 5:04:37 PM

• Name: LEE (Liberty Enforcement Engine)
• Gender: I'm liking female more and more.
• Alignment: Chaotic Good

The Liberty Enforcement Engine was originally constructed to help quell borderland rebellions in a nearby empire. It was deployed at one village after another, and its wit and tactical intelligence as a sentient construct afforded it a great deal of freedom in executing its duties. Traveling on its own for long stretches gave it time to develop an appreciation for freedom and the open wilderness. Seeing the way the simple country people managed to survive and even thrive in this lovely and brutal land, LEE slowly began developing respect and admiration for the very rebels it was built to slay.

Brutally punished time and time again for displaying any sort of compassion eventually fractured LEE's mind. Whenever it was forced to kill those who represented everything it held dear, it would black out, allowing its combat programming to take over completely.

One day, when meeting its superior officer to receive its next batch of instructions, its bivouac was attacked by an organized rebel force. It witnessed its own employer slain before being immobilized by an artificer and dragged away into the wilderness.

It awoke to find itself prisoner in a rebel encampment, and spent the next several days being interrogated by the woman in charge of the underground resistance. It told its story honestly, free to express its true feelings for the first time, and the two became fast friends. It was through her admiration of the charismatic rebel leader that LEE first started identifying as female.

It wasn't long before the retaliatory strike came. Not wanting LEE to be recaptured and reprogrammed, the rebel leader ordered her to disappear into the wilderness, refusing to let her aid in their doomed defense. She dutifully ran off, and wandered the woods until she came to a town in another kingdom and agreed to travel with a group of adventurers.

Psyga315 Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 2nd 2011 at 6:39:52 PM

• Name Silverkin Goldstein
• Age: 3 Months Physically, 18 Years Mentally.
• Gender N/A
• Backstory: Built in a mass production plant and sold to the adventurers, though can malfunction quite easily.
• Personality: Half the time, it's cold and calculating, trying to find the best logical solution to any puzzle. When it malfunctions, it goes berserk on anyone and everyone.
• Moral axis of alignment: Chaotic Evil.

Envyus Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 2nd 2011 at 7:04:21 PM

I don't think there are Female Warforged they have no gender so it does not matter.

Name:Dinorzeo (prenouced Die-Nor-Zeo) I just thought of a fantasy sounding name on the spot but I don't care about the name.

Alingnment:Chaotic Neutral (so pretty much whatever It feel's like at the time)

Personality: Prigmatic, Cunning, rather selfish but loyal do to its nature as a warforged being a solider at heart. It can be caring when it feel's like it but It has an awful temper that clouds its judgement. Does what ever It wants to not careing if its good or bad but will tend to go with whatever the party dicide's unless it conflicts with its goal's or does not feel like it but will mostly do what is asked of do to normal warforged mentality.

Motive: Dinorzo was a solider who did what ever It was asked of like normal warforged until for some reason it felt like change. It desserted and became a mercenary who's main goal was to do whatever it felt like doing cruel or kind acts on a whim. It only real goal is to get stronger so that no one can oppose it giving it the freedom to do anything it wants without fear of retaliation wether good or bad.

Envyus Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 2nd 2011 at 7:10:25 PM

ok just found out there are no female warforged they have no gender you can have a female body shape but its only cosmetic and up to the DM if there are female shaped Warforged

Ramus Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 2nd 2011 at 7:14:06 PM

Awesome, so then if the Warforged has a gender, it'll just be cosmetic. Well, more cosmetic than usual.

Ramus Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 3rd 2011 at 10:32:45 AM

Remember, I'm going to need a consensus here for what the character will be, otherwise I'm going to have to cherry pick/randomize the final outcome.

ShieldOfDoom Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 3rd 2011 at 11:31:12 AM

Well, I can say for sure that darnpenguin's multiple paragraphs of backstory won me over. Therefore, I'm inclined to suggest going with LEE.

twasBrillig Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 3rd 2011 at 5:39:54 PM

Milfred von Freud Milfred is a killing machine, but it (or, by her preference, she) also considers herself a student of the social sciences and psychology. Ascribing to a philosophy of Chaotic (smartass) Good, she hopes to better examine organic society by completely and utterly defying their expectations for her, and eventually, life in general. Far from Chaotic Stupid, any apparent randomness usually stems from something you've missed that she hasn't. Though her unorthodox mentality has removed her from a traditional military role (read: slipped out amidst chaos during bootcamp [haha, computer joke]), her creators may one day try to track her down to find out what is so unique about her wonderful (and faintly terrifying) mind.

Milfred's prime motivation is fun. Whether that manifests as making life interesting for her friends, or making her boring friends relax a little to make things more interesting for other people, she's in the adventuring business for the adventure. What use is immortality if you don't put it to good use?

If you're into transhumanism enough not to just toss random "Haha, puny meatlings" comments, you might try putting a bit of that edge onto things, regardless of how you take things otherwise. I mean, this is a walking, talking, self-aware killing machine, right?

Also: Bear warrior. Why? Robot bears.

Also also: see if you can swap out Fast Movement for Pounce (Tacklehugs from the happy robot? I don't know.) with...spirit lion totem? I think is the feature? Which is supposed to be good. Also, jumping robots.

Psyga315 Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 3rd 2011 at 6:13:48 PM

Hm... Okay, I'd go with LEE too if it's one consensus.

Envyus Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 3rd 2011 at 10:24:13 PM

Damn you Psyga

24.66.195.248 Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 4th 2011 at 8:38:44 AM

Ehh... I'm Going to vote for Dinorzeo.

darnpenguin Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 4th 2011 at 9:24:45 AM

If I may make an addendum to my concept: Everything I said previously, but with Brillig's choice of eventual prestige class. Because YES.

Envyus Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 4th 2011 at 1:13:14 PM

Darn you Penguin I will not lose

Same for my guy

Its between me and Darnpenguin were the only one's with more then 1 vote

twasBrillig Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 4th 2011 at 6:01:32 PM

Oh, thing you should know! Assuming you're using the stats from the Ebberon Campaign Setting, Warforged can't wear armor. Their Composite Plating racial trait gets in the way, so as awesome as a robot in a suit of armor would be* the chainmail isn't useful as armor. Though I guess you could probably fluff it as the warforged equivalent of a security blanket? Albeit a very expensive one.

The plating can be enchanted, so that's a plus, and it's free, so that's another. If +2 to armor seems too wimpy, the feats Mithril Body (+5 to armor, it counts as light armor, increased spell failure chance, assorted skill penalties) and Adamantine Body (+8 to armor, DR 4?/Adamantine, counts as heavy armor, heftier penalties including 20ft movement) are available. As it is, I'd say Power Attack is probably the better choice.

• In Pathfinder (and elsewhere), there are rules for wearing constructs as suits of armor. So that makes the details of this trait somewhat unfortunate since it prevents a robot wearing another robot. I mean there is just so much potential there.

Ramus Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 4th 2011 at 8:00:24 PM

Hmm, I should play more Warforged and get to know about this sort of stuff.

Well, as is, we can only take Mithril Body feat on the first level. It'll serve as a nice bonus to pretty much everything, and though we'll be slower at getting around to killing everything faster, it'll allow full movement that chainmail wouldn't. Also, with Mithril Body, we can also later get Mithril Reflexes, which gives us +2 to initiative, and more importantly, for level/2 rounds per day, act as if hasted, so you know, in case we didn't have a fast enough all terrain death machine, we can make it faster.

Power Attack we can get at any other point, so... or you know, we could just forgo armor and do it in the (robotic) nude, which would be pretty barbarianesque.

Whatever you guys decide. I'm personally leaning Mithril Body solely because hasting at will later on.

Psyga315 Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 5th 2011 at 6:09:22 AM

Okay, Mithril Body makes more sense. Go with that.