Everest: Monk sounds interesting, but I don't want any class that is too restricted in terms of character. Such as the Tome Of Battle's classes; they would force me to play a certain type of personality, which is boring to me. I like making characters that have abilities that seem contradictory, but are then justified by the character and their backstory. You can see this in my Exalt, Ema Weiß, who is a princess but is a ridiculously powerful warrior who serves as my group's Mighty Glacier and Big Guy.
So a monk might be good if they're not restricted too much. I like all kinds of battle styles, but I feel like being a Martial Artist. Can Monks use any type of magical attacks (such as elemental punches/kicks)?
"Who wants to hear about good stuff when the bottom of the abyss of human failure that you know doesn't exist is so much greater?"-WraithHm...Odd. SO it doesn't use Elemental Rock–Paper–Scissors?
Oh well, not like Exalted does either. I can deal, as long as I do acrobatic fighting and grappling.
"Who wants to hear about good stuff when the bottom of the abyss of human failure that you know doesn't exist is so much greater?"-WraithNah. I mean, like, there are Fire spells, and Ice spells, and such, and you can get armour that absorbs points of Fire damage, etc. but it's not a huge part of the mechanic. In fact, most people will just end up not even worrying about it.
Regardless, here's a link for you-
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/classes/monk.htm
MY GOD
SO MANY STATS AND RULES I DON'T KNOW
Man, D&D is complicated. Though it probably all makes sense with knowledge of the rules.
Though, given the Edition Wars, I don't know what books to buy...3.5e or 4e?
EDIT: Aw, crap, I can't be Chaotic Neutral?
edited 18th Feb '11 3:23:08 PM by Chagen46
"Who wants to hear about good stuff when the bottom of the abyss of human failure that you know doesn't exist is so much greater?"-WraithIf you want unarmed, Monk is the most obvious choice, but it does have a Lawful restriction which you might not like. The Ninja class can do well if you want some acrobatics in your combat, as long as you supplement it with some movement skill tricks. The Rogue can also do similar things, but isn't as movement oriented as the Ninja.
I'm not quite sure what else to say, but you might want to look through the Player's Handbook at least. The Ninja is a part of the Complete Adventurer book.
And I got a bit ninja'd myself.
Helpful Scripts and Stylesheets here.I'll look into it.
Also, while I'm not insulting D&D, and I don't mean this in a bad way, I have to give a chuckle as to how even Level 20 D&D characters are about half as powerful as a begining Exalt.
"Who wants to hear about good stuff when the bottom of the abyss of human failure that you know doesn't exist is so much greater?"-WraithBuy? I just torrented 'em >_> This game is a 3.5 edition game, though.
Uhhh... No, you can't be Chaotic Neutral. But hey- at least you aren't restricted to Lawful Good >_>
The rules all make sense pretty quickly. Trust me ^_^
The point isn't the power levels, though, Chagen. The point is how you play the characte
edited 18th Feb '11 3:33:01 PM by CyganAngel
There are too many toasters in my chimney!I prefer buying books. I like to hold books in my hand and read them while relaxing in a nice chair. And readin PDF's is annoying.
And I know it's not about the Power levels, it's about the characters themselves (same goes for Exalted). I'll make my character interesting, don't worry.
"Who wants to hear about good stuff when the bottom of the abyss of human failure that you know doesn't exist is so much greater?"-Wraith3.5 is completely out of print at the moment.
And as for complexity, D&D isn't really as complicated as it looks. The core mechanic is "if you're doing something with a chance of failure, roll d20, add something and compare it to a number."
Infinite Tree: an experimental storyThe most complex thing is really character creation on its own because of everything that goes into it, but once you've got that done, you're pretty much set. And sure there's lots to take in, but you won't need more than a small fraction of it for any one campaign really. Hell, I've been playing for quite some time now and I'm still getting surprised by things from even the basic PHB that I hadn't noticed before.
The bookstore I'm at only has 4e, it seems. What edition are you running?
I have to wonder what about 3.5 and 4e inspires nerds to argue over two books like they're opposing religions.
"Who wants to hear about good stuff when the bottom of the abyss of human failure that you know doesn't exist is so much greater?"-WraithWe're running 3.5. 4E is all your bookstore has because it's the only one in print atm.
The edition wars are over Wizards' decision to simplify the game, but at the cost of making the classes all very similar.
Infinite Tree: an experimental storyMaybe I'll do torrenting, but I think my friend's brother has a copy of 3.5 and he doesn't play anymore, so I think I may be able to get it from him.
How exactly are the playstyles of the two different?
"Who wants to hear about good stuff when the bottom of the abyss of human failure that you know doesn't exist is so much greater?"-WraithI'm tired today, so I've yet to apply colours, but here's yesterday's log:
[20:26:27] <Everest> The adventurers wake up from a well-deserved night of rest.
[20:26:38] <Everest> (This is basically the time to don armor and stuff before the fight starts)
[20:26:50] * INUH|Tramlaw gets up and stretches a bit. "Morning, everyone."
[20:27:11] <Agia_Anima> "..."
[20:27:31] * Everest "Morning, Tramlaw. So, let's hope the captive wakes up soon."
[20:27:44] * Everest "Morning, Agia. Are you always this silent?"
[20:27:51] * balrog1911|Zenfyr checks to make sure his bow is still there and scans the area real quick
[20:28:09] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> "Perhaps Agia's just not a morning person."
[20:28:21] <INUH|Tramlaw> "I can't say I'm a morning person myself."
[20:28:48] <Agia_Anima> "I have no use for morning pleasentries."
[20:28:58] <INUH|Tramlaw> "...Okay..."
[20:29:11] * INUH|Tramlaw gives Agia a weird look.
[20:29:16] * Everest "Hm. Okay, then. Personally, I love mornings."
[20:29:50] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> "But you can use the morning to get an advantage over other people. Or beings. Sorry, Seren, sometimes battles are best fought a little dirty."
[20:30:17] * Everest "Agreed."
[20:30:21] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Seren gives Zenfyr an annoyed look, but doesn't say anything because Cygan's not here.)
[20:31:08] <Everest> (I guess we'll assume that everyone has donned their armor now)
[20:31:12] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> "Is the prisoner still alive, then?"
[20:31:33] * Everest "I think so. I bound his wounds pretty well, and I don't tihnk he bled that much."
[20:31:34] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (pretty much, yea)
[20:32:10] <Everest> (Make Spot checks, everyone)
[20:32:15] <INUH|Tramlaw> "That's good. I guess. I'm not particularly fond of him."
[20:32:25] <Agia_Anima> Spot .roll d20+10
[20:32:26] <feepbot> Agia_Anima: (d20 : 5) + 10: 15
[20:32:35] <Everest> (And Listen checks too)
[20:32:36] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> .roll 1d20+6
[20:32:36] <feepbot> balrog1911|Zenfyr: (d20 : 1) + 6: 7
[20:32:43] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (how, how, HOW)
[20:32:50] <INUH|Tramlaw> Tramlaw .roll 1d20+2
[20:32:50] <feepbot> INUH|Tramlaw: (d20 : 20) + 2: 22
[20:32:55] <Everest> Llayra .rolld20+6
[20:32:55] <feepbot> Everest: (d20 : 15) + 6: 21
[20:32:58] <Everest> (That was Spot)
[20:33:02] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> listen .roll 1d20+6
[20:33:03] <feepbot> balrog1911|Zenfyr: (d20 : 18) + 6: 24
[20:33:05] <Everest> Llayra Listen .rolld20+8
[20:33:05] <feepbot> Everest: (d20 : 4) + 8: 12
[20:33:10] <Agia_Anima> Listen .roll d20+10
[20:33:11] <feepbot> Agia_Anima: (d20 : 13) + 10: 23
[20:33:12] =-= Everest is now known as Everest}Llayra
[20:33:13] <INUH|Tramlaw> (That was spot)
[20:33:13] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (well, at least one was good)
[20:33:18] =-= Everest}Llayra is now known as Everest|Llayra
[20:33:21] <INUH|Tramlaw> Tramlaw listen .roll 1d20+2
[20:33:21] <feepbot> INUH|Tramlaw: (d20 : 20) + 2: 22
[20:33:24] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> now for Felgrove:
[20:33:26] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Holy shit!)
[20:33:41] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> spot .roll d20+4
[20:33:42] <feepbot> balrog1911|Zenfyr: (d20 : 10) + 4: 14
[20:33:52] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> listen .roll d20+5
[20:33:52] <feepbot> balrog1911|Zenfyr: (d20 : 17) + 5: 22
[20:33:53] <INUH|Tramlaw> Seren spot .roll 1d20+1
[20:33:54] <feepbot> INUH|Tramlaw: (d20 : 12) + 1: 13
[20:34:02] <INUH|Tramlaw> Seren listen .roll 1d20+1
[20:34:02] <feepbot> INUH|Tramlaw: (d20 : 11) + 1: 12
[20:34:21] <Agia_Anima> (Tramlaw rolled a 20 and yet still got beaten by the two rangers)
[20:34:33] <INUH|Tramlaw> (2 20s, actually :^D)
[20:34:52] <Agia_Anima> (Right, wow. That spot beat ours in any case.)
[20:35:04] * INUH|Tramlaw was apparently paying attention.
[20:35:10] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (I don't think my ranger's eyes work)
[20:35:42] <Everest|Llayra> From about 240 feet away, Zenfyr hears some talking noises, and from 220 feet away, Tramlaw spots people who, from this distance, appear to be quite brown.
[20:35:51] <Agia_Anima> (Feepbot has certainly been mean in that respect.)
[20:35:55] <INUH|Tramlaw> "I see people."
[20:36:03] <INUH|Tramlaw> "Over there."
[20:36:06] * INUH|Tramlaw points.
[20:36:10] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> "There's some chatter too"
[20:36:16] <INUH|Tramlaw> "Indeed."
[20:36:26] <INUH|Tramlaw> "They aren't exactly being stealthy."
[20:36:27] * Everest|Llayra "Oh, I see them now. Shit. I have a feeling they're not friendly."
[20:36:45] <INUH|Tramlaw> "Is anything ever friendly to start with?"
[20:36:51] * Agia_Anima gets bow.
[20:36:54] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (Everest, is it any of the following languages: common, sylvan, orcish? )
[20:37:00] * INUH|Tramlaw draws his spear.
[20:37:12] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (probably not sylvan, but worth asking)
[20:37:22] <Agia_Anima> "I'm wondering about how many times I've been attacked since I joined you guys."
[20:37:26] * Everest|Llayra draws her sling.
[20:37:48] <Everest|Llayra> (@ Moe: They mostly speak common, but a few of the brighter ones speak Elven, Gnome, Halfling, or Sylvan)
[20:37:53] <INUH|Tramlaw> "Yeah, I'd never been attacked until right before leaving my village. And now it happens all the time."
[20:39:00] * balrog1911|Zenfyr grabs his bow and squints in the general direction of the noise
[20:39:13] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> "I'll tell you one thing, I'm not climbing a tree this time."
[20:39:48] <Agia_Anima> "I'm glad you have a brain in there."
[20:40:15] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> "Well, what little there is of it tries to keep me safe."
[20:40:17] <Everest|Llayra> The spotted people continue to approach at a rather leisurely pace.
[20:40:25] <Everest|Llayra> (How long before we should formally confront them?)
[20:40:29] <Everest|Llayra> (What distance, I mean)
[20:40:42] <INUH|Tramlaw> "They don't look too agitated. Should we call out?"
[20:40:45] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (150 feet. Maximum bow range for me.)
[20:41:06] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> "Ask them to stop and state their business. See what they want."
[20:41:15] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Magic Missile range is 110, so 140 would be good.)
[20:41:41] <Agia_Anima> (Can we tell the race from here?)
[20:41:56] <Everest|Llayra> (From here, yeah, I can give a description of them now)
[20:42:18] <Everest|Llayra> (And we'll go with 130, I think; they started being spotted from 220, and they walk 30 feet per turn)
[20:42:27] <Everest|Llayra> (So three turns, I guess)
[20:42:38] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Sure.)
[20:42:39] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (alright)
[20:42:53] <Agia_Anima> (Sure)
[20:43:57] <Everest|Llayra> From here, the adventurers can see a group of humanoids standing a little over five feet tall, with rather animalistic features, such as sharp teeth and flat noses.
[20:44:00] <Everest|Llayra> (Picture incoming)
[20:45:14] <Everest|Llayra> [image
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[20:45:32] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Are those those things from Ebberon?)
[20:45:42] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Or Eberron or however you spell it.)
[20:45:45] <Everest|Llayra> (Weapons not accurate; each is actually holding a battleaxe and a small shield)
[20:45:55] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (Eberron, indeed)
[20:46:00] <Agia_Anima> (I know they exist in 4e, I don't know anything about the 3.5e versions.)
[20:46:01] <Everest|Llayra> (They're shifters; I felt they would be pretty cool in this campaign)
[20:46:13] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (dammit Everest you ninja me all the time.)
[20:46:14] <Agia_Anima> (In any case, should we do a knowledge check to know about them?)
[20:46:40] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (I don't suppose a knowledge nature would help?)
[20:46:49] <Everest|Llayra> (Sorry, balrog. And Knowledge (nature) might help)
[20:46:51] <INUH|Tramlaw> (What knowledge check?)
[20:46:56] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Ninja)
[20:46:59] <Everest|Llayra> (Let's do that.)
[20:47:08] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> .roll d20+6
[20:47:09] <feepbot> balrog1911|Zenfyr: (d20 : 16) + 6: 22
[20:47:12] <Everest|Llayra> Llayra Knowledge (nature) .rolld20+3
[20:47:12] <Agia_Anima> (Does it need to be trained?)
[20:47:12] <feepbot> Everest|Llayra: (d20 : 17) + 3: 20
[20:47:14] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Don't have that one. Common knowledge OK?)
[20:47:18] <Everest|Llayra> (@Moe:Yes, it does)
[20:47:40] <Agia_Anima> (Ok, so Felgrove has it, I believe)
[20:47:40] <Everest|Llayra> (@ INUH: I doubt it; they aren't a very common race)
[20:47:42] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Though I think it would be out-of-character for Tramlaw to have even common knowledge of them.)
[20:47:49] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> Felgrove nature .roll d20+3
[20:47:50] <feepbot> balrog1911|Zenfyr: (d20 : 19) + 3: 22
[20:47:52] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Even if they were fairly common.)
[20:48:04] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (...well that's a nice numbers coincidence.)
[20:48:33] <INUH|Tramlaw> (So I guess you guys know about them.)
[20:48:45] <Everest|Llayra> Zenfyr, Llayra, and Felgrove all know that these new approaching humanoids are shifters.
[20:49:20] <INUH|Tramlaw> "No idea what those are. Do you guys recognize them?"
[20:49:36] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> "Shifters. I've heard of them, never seen any with my own eyes."
[20:50:11] <Agia_Anima> "Shifters?"
[20:50:22] <INUH|Tramlaw> "What are those?"
[20:50:27] * Everest|Llayra "I've heard tales of them. They're said to be good fighters due to their lycanthropic heritage, and looking at them, I'd believe it."
[20:51:15] <INUH|Tramlaw> "I see. What's 'lycanthropic?'"
[20:51:25] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> "Basically, they're descendants of what you might call werewolves. Watch yourselves around them."
[20:51:46] <Agia_Anima> "I see."
[20:51:57] <INUH|Tramlaw> "I see. So not known for friendliness, then?"
[20:52:15] * Everest|Llayra "No, they are not."
[20:52:32] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> "I've never met one, so I can't say. But I haven't heard anyone praise them either, so I doubt it."
[20:52:39] <Everest|Llayra> The shifter in the middle of the group sees the adventurers' camp and yells out to them:
[20:52:48] <Everest|Llayra> "HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN 'ERE?"
[20:53:03] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> "Who wants to answer?"
[20:53:16] * Everest|Llayra "Eh. No thanks."
[20:53:22] <INUH|Tramlaw> "Not it."
[20:53:39] <Agia_Anima> "I'm not the one to handle diplomatic stuff."
[20:54:03] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> "Suppose I'll do it then."
[20:54:17] * balrog1911|Zenfyr shouts back at them
[20:54:55] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> "Why would that be important to you?"
[20:55:20] * Agia_Anima starts stepping back.
[20:55:24] <Everest|Llayra> "WE DON' WANT MORE CHUMPS IN THE FOREST! 'S BAD ENOUGH WIT' ALL THE SMALL GUYS RUNNIN' AROUND!"
[20:55:43] <Everest|Llayra> "LAST THING WE NEED IS TALL, STRONG ONES, SO GET OUT!"
[20:56:14] * INUH|Tramlaw speaks quietly: "Well, that's not very nice of them."
[20:56:30] * balrog1911|Zenfyr whispers back "Seems like they think they own the place..."
[20:56:39] <Agia_Anima> "My can they shout."
[20:56:53] <INUH|Tramlaw> "So, I guess this is headed for a fight, then?"
[20:57:01] * Everest|Llayra "Most likely."
[20:57:06] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> "WE'RE HERE TO SETTLE A DISPUTE. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR TROUBLE"
[20:57:29] <Everest|Llayra> "THE 'ELL YOU'RE NOT! YOU 'EARD ME!"
[20:57:48] <INUH|Tramlaw> (how far are they?)
[20:57:52] <Everest|Llayra> (130 feet)
[20:58:09] * INUH|Tramlaw whispers: "This isn't going to end peacefully, right?"
[20:58:49] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> "LOOK, WE'RE TRYING TO STOP A SMALL WAR FROM BREAKING OUT. PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO HELP? IF NOT, WALK AWAY NOW."
[20:59:04] * balrog1911|Zenfyr turns to the rest
[20:59:14] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> "Best get ready. I don't think they're walking"
[20:59:20] <Agia_Anima> "What a pain..."
[20:59:30] <INUH|Tramlaw> "Should we attack first?"
[20:59:31] <Everest|Llayra> "WE LIVED 'ERE BEFORE ALL THESE OTHER GUYS, WE'LL FIGHT 'EM OURSELVES!"
[20:59:43] <INUH|Tramlaw> (I want a surprise round this time.)
[21:00:06] <Everest|Llayra> (Fair enough. They're still talking to us, not really expecting us to take charge)
[21:00:12] <Agia_Anima> (I'm fine with that.)
[21:00:21] <Everest|Llayra> (I'll fix the map and move us away from the camp, if we're moving ahead)
[21:00:22] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> "Tramlaw, think you can ready something? I'll try to keep him busy until you're good to go"
[21:00:29] <Agia_Anima> (Seren can't attack in the surprise round anyway.)
[21:00:44] <INUH|Tramlaw> "Sure. I'll count to three and we can attack."
[21:00:47] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> "THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF THEM. IS IT REALLY WORTH THE RISK?"
[21:00:56] =-= Everest|Llayra has changed the topic to ``The Jammies D&D Game: Today: Adventurers vs. Shifters''
[21:01:14] * Everest|Llayra "There's only three of them, I think the seven of us can take them."
[21:01:34] <Everest|Llayra> (I forgot to mention their numbers. Derp. -_-)
[21:01:38] <INUH|Tramlaw> "Right, then. One...two...three."
[21:01:50] <INUH|Tramlaw> Initiative .roll 1d20+3
[21:01:50] <feepbot> INUH|Tramlaw: (d20 : 19) + 3: 22
[21:01:56] <Everest|Llayra> Initiative .rolld20+3
[21:01:57] <feepbot> Everest|Llayra: (d20 : 10) + 3: 13
[21:02:01] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> "AND BESIDES. YOU HAD YOUR WARNING. TOO BAD YOU DIDN'T WALK."
[21:02:23] <Agia_Anima> Initiative .roll d20+2
[21:02:24] <feepbot> Agia_Anima: (d20 : 12) + 2: 14
[21:02:26] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> init .roll d20+3
[21:02:27] <feepbot> balrog1911|Zenfyr: (d20 : 4) + 3: 7
[21:02:36] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (oh fuck you feepbot)
[21:02:39] <INUH|Tramlaw> (So are the Kobolds still asleep?)
[21:02:50] <Everest|Llayra> (Either they are, or they're pretending to be)
[21:02:59] <Everest|Llayra> (Probably not the best time to find out)
[21:02:59] <Agia_Anima> (Roll for the other guys too.)
[21:03:29] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Shit. Closed Seren's sheet)
[21:03:33] <INUH|Tramlaw> (one second.)
[21:03:38] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> Felgrove init .roll d20+2
[21:03:39] <feepbot> balrog1911|Zenfyr: (d20 : 17) + 2: 19
[21:03:45] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (...wow)
[21:03:54] <Meophist> 2(Seren's dex +1)
[21:04:17] <Everest|Llayra> Haisa .rolld20+2
[21:04:18] <feepbot> Everest|Llayra: (d20 : 10) + 2: 12
[21:04:39] <INUH|Tramlaw> .roll 1d20+1
[21:04:39] <feepbot> INUH|Tramlaw: (d20 : 14) + 1: 15
[21:05:18] <Everest|Llayra> (Map time)
[21:05:43] <Everest|Llayra> (Is it okay if I just put everyone at the edge of the new map?)
[21:05:58] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (works for me)
[21:06:14] <Agia_Anima> (Sure)
[21:07:59] <Agia_Anima> (I wonder if I'll ever be able to find a use for my caltrops...)
[21:08:14] <INUH|Tramlaw> (probably not in the woods)
[21:08:55] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (if we ever get to mounted enemies...)
[21:10:47] <Agia_Anima> (I imagined they'll've been useful for Agia when she was by herself, but in a group it seems less useful.)
[21:11:12] <Everest|Llayra> (Once everyone is situated on the map, we can begin the surprise round)
[21:11:36] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (okay)
[21:11:55] <Agia_Anima> (I guess I'm at the edge then...)
[21:12:12] <Everest|Llayra> (I'll add some trees, too)
[21:13:37] <Everest|Llayra> Round 0 Begin; Tramlaw's turn!
[21:13:53] <Everest|Llayra> (Wait, where's Seren? She should at leaswt be on the map)
[21:14:07] <Everest|Llayra> (Even if she's not participating in the surprise round)
[21:14:08] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (I've put Felgrove at the edge with all of us)
[21:14:09] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Right. Sorry.)
[21:14:17] <Agia_Anima> (I think she'll be in front.)
[21:14:51] * INUH|Tramlaw steps forward as far as he can and sends a bolt of magical energy at the Shifters.
[21:15:07] <Agia_Anima> (Well, whatever.)
[21:15:54] <INUH|Tramlaw> .roll 1d4+1
[21:15:55] <feepbot> INUH|Tramlaw: (d4 : 2) + 1: 3
[21:16:05] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Not much, but meh. Surprise round.)
[21:16:21] <Agia_Anima> (Wait)
[21:16:21] <Everest|Llayra> The shifter that was hit falls!
[21:16:33] <Agia_Anima> (...)
[21:16:46] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Wait?)
[21:16:55] <Agia_Anima> (Well, whatever, but...)
[21:17:09] <Agia_Anima> (I thought surprise rounds worked differently...)
[21:17:16] <INUH|Tramlaw> (How so?)
[21:17:27] <Agia_Anima> (1 Standard Action)
[21:17:43] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Is that right? I thought it was a full round.)
[21:18:15] <Everest|Llayra> (I'll check)
[21:18:26] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (I'm having a look)
[21:18:44] <Agia_Anima> (137 of PH)
[21:18:46] <Everest|Llayra> (Moephist's right)
[21:18:52] <Everest|Llayra> (It's 1 Standard action)
[21:19:08] <Agia_Anima> (Unless you want to homerule differently of course.)
[21:19:12] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Hm. If I'd known that, I wouldn't have said 130 feet...)
[21:19:26] <Everest|Llayra> (Nah. It makes sense that they'd only get 1 action before the enemies react)
[21:20:06] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Yeah. It's just that I don't feel like I would have started the fight if I'd known I couldn't get within range.)
[21:20:31] <Agia_Anima> (Maybe we could say that Tramlaw's starting at a closer range?)
[21:20:35] <Everest|Llayra> (Oh well. Not too big of a deal, I don't think)
[21:20:43] <Everest|Llayra> (It's good that we're even getting a surprise round)
[21:20:47] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Want to just say I stepped forward and attacked)
[21:21:08] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (well they were talking...)
[21:21:09] <Everest|Llayra> (You could always ready a missile for one that gets too close or something like that)
[21:21:14] <Everest|Llayra> (But I dunno.)
[21:21:18] <Everest|Llayra> (I'll think on it for a sec)
[21:21:38] <INUH|Tramlaw> (I'll just go with the readied action. Same difference.)
[21:21:58] <Everest|Llayra> Felgrove's turn!
[21:22:04] <Agia_Anima> (Maybe I should keep quiet about the readied stuff too?)
[21:22:26] <INUH|Tramlaw> (What?)
[21:22:49] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> Felgrove will step forward and ready his shortbow for any that come into range
[21:22:52] <Agia_Anima> (We've been doing it a little differently from the rules, at least in the last battle.)
[21:23:01] <Everest|Llayra> (I checked it. I think all it does is change your order in the initiative to right before the trigger)
[21:23:11] <Agia_Anima> (Right, that's it.)
[21:23:46] <Everest|Llayra> Seren's turn!
[21:24:03] <Agia_Anima> (Wait...)
[21:24:24] <Agia_Anima> (I should stop saying that.)
[21:24:34] <Agia_Anima> (Felgrove just took two actions, I believe.)
[21:24:45] <Everest|Llayra> (Well, now that you have, I want to hear it—Oh. Okay)
[21:25:06] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Indeed. He could make a 5-foot step as a free action and do it, though...)
[21:25:16] <Everest|Llayra> (INUH has the right of it)
[21:25:50] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (sorry, my bad indeed. I'm an idiot sometimes)
[21:26:08] <Everest|Llayra> (Don't worry about it)
[21:26:44] <Everest|Llayra> Anyway, Seren's turn!
[21:27:29] <INUH|Tramlaw> Seren will step forward. That's it, I guess.
[21:28:05] <Everest|Llayra> Agia's turn!
[21:29:02] * Agia_Anima sights the Shifter to the left, drawing an arrow and shooting it before they expect an attack. .roll d20+1
[21:29:02] <feepbot> Agia_Anima: (d20 : 16) + 1: 17
[21:29:29] <Everest|Llayra> Hit!
[21:29:47] <Agia_Anima> .roll d8
[21:29:47] <feepbot> Agia_Anima: d8 : 8
[21:29:57] <Agia_Anima> (Yay)
[21:30:11] <Everest|Llayra> An arrow seems, from this distance, to take its heart.
[21:30:25] <Everest|Llayra> (I'm assuming it's not actually dead yet, but I don't know what we want to do with it)
[21:30:31] <Everest|Llayra> (Leave it for dead or not)
[21:31:06] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (I'd leave it for dead. One prisoner is enough. Anyway, that's for in-character)
[21:31:14] <Agia_Anima> (Agia isn't really interested in saving it, but Seren might...)
[21:31:22] <Agia_Anima> (Actually, probably not.)
[21:31:41] <Everest|Llayra> (Well, for now all I'll say is that it's not quite dead yet)
[21:31:48] <Everest|Llayra> (Very close, though)
[21:31:54] <Agia_Anima> (We already know of its motivations anyways.)
[21:32:08] <Agia_Anima> (Mibbit's very laggy...)
[21:32:11] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Whatever. Who's up next?)
[21:32:47] <Everest|Llayra> Llayra's turn!
[21:34:29] <Everest|Llayra> Llayra readies a use of Entangle for any shifter that comes within 20 feet of the tree closer to her left.
[21:34:33] <Everest|Llayra> Haisa's turn!
[21:35:19] <Everest|Llayra> Haisa moves towards the shifters.
[21:35:50] <Everest|Llayra> Zenfyr's turn!
[21:36:12] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> I'm taking a shot at the centre shifter
[21:36:43] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> attack .roll d20+4
[21:36:43] <feepbot> balrog1911|Zenfyr: (d20 : 13) + 4: 17
[21:36:46] <Agia_Anima> (Yay for rhyme)
[21:37:20] <Everest|Llayra> Another hit!
[21:37:32] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> woo!
[21:37:42] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> .roll d8+1
[21:37:42] <feepbot> balrog1911|Zenfyr: (d8 : 7) + 1: 8
[21:38:06] <Agia_Anima> (...I got the exact same results...)
[21:38:14] <Everest|Llayra> An arrow pierces this shifter's heart as well.
[21:38:19] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (...feepbot's messing with our brains)
[21:38:29] <Everest|Llayra> Round 1: Tramlaw's turn!
[21:39:29] * INUH|Tramlaw moves forward and uses magic missile he wanted to use in the first place.
[21:40:27] <INUH|Tramlaw> .roll 1d4+1
[21:40:28] <feepbot> INUH|Tramlaw: (d4 : 1) + 1: 2
[21:41:04] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (I assume this is going to the last one)
[21:41:21] <Everest|Llayra> (Oh, the Thief game, yeah)
[21:41:39] <Everest|Llayra> (Well, next time I'll probably have more shifters attack us, so we can actually see what they can do)
[21:41:39] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (no, no, as in, the missile is going to the last shifter)
[21:41:48] <Everest|Llayra> (Oh, well yeah, that too)
[21:42:08] <Everest|Llayra> Tramlaw's missile rams the shifter, who coughs blood but stands on its feet, wavering (0 HP)
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[21:45:08] <Everest|Llayra> Felgrove's turn!
[21:45:17] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Hello, Cygan!)
[21:45:22] <Cygan> Uuuuuuh ribbit?
[21:45:31] <Everest|Llayra> (Hey Cygan.)
[21:45:32] <Cygan> Hi!
[21:45:39] <Loni-Jay> Hi Cygan!
[21:45:56] <Everest|Llayra> (We just mopped the floor with some shifters, and more will attack us next time, in greater numbers, and in a position where they can actually attack us)
[21:45:58] <INUH|Tramlaw> (We've got the last enemy on his feet at 0 HP. We won't be long.)
[21:46:10] <Cygan> (Capture him.)
[21:46:14] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> Felgrove...will move forward, but I think he'll be just out of the 60ft shorbow range
[21:46:21] =-= Cygan is now known as Cygan|Seren
[21:46:34] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Won't have the chance, I think. More are about to attack...)
[21:46:36] <Everest|Llayra> (Oh, and the other two are at -6, so we might just be better off leaving them for dead)
[21:46:43] <Everest|Llayra> (That too, what INUH siad)
[21:46:47] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (fire at and possibly kill, or leave him to die?)
[21:46:52] <Cygan|Seren> (Okay, point.)
[21:46:53] <Everest|Llayra> (The other two will bleed out by then as well)
[21:47:08] <Cygan|Seren> (Uhhhh...INUH, how long til Thief is set to start?)
[21:47:33] <Everest|Llayra> (I think we start in about fifteen minutes, so hopefully everyone is on by then)
[21:48:19] <Everest|Llayra> (Let's decide what Felgrove does first, though. We technically still have an enemy to fight)
[21:48:44] <INUH|Tramlaw> (He's not in any shape to act. If it were me, I wouldn't waste an arrow on him.)
[21:49:01] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> Felgrove, seeing that the last of the shifters is about to collapse, decides to save his ammo and wait for that one to keel over.
[21:49:10] <Everest|Llayra> (Fair enough. I assume everyone will just sit there and watch him fall to his knees?)
[21:50:05] <INUH|Tramlaw> (I certainly will.)
[21:50:06] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (though, with a Good alignment, would putting him out of his misery be more in character?)
[21:50:12] <Agia_Anima> (Sure.)
[21:50:16] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Nah. He'll pass out in a second.)
[21:50:52] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (alright, then Felgrove won't waste an arrow)
[21:51:25] <Cygan|Seren> (Uhhh... According to the Book of Exaalted Deeds, Seren should be trying to save him.)
[21:52:04] <Everest|Llayra> (We might be able to save that one, but with another battle immediately following on its heels, I can guarantee that the others will be dead before we reach them)
[21:52:12] <Everest|Llayra> (Though we already stated that)
[21:52:29] <Everest|Llayra> (We have 10 rounds, or a minute, to defeat the new wave and save him)
[21:52:42] <Cygan|Seren> (Okay. That can work.)
[21:52:44] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Want to break it off here and have the new wave attack at the start of the next session?)
[21:52:51] <Everest|Llayra> (Yeah)
[21:52:52] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (sounds reasonable)
[21:53:26] <Everest|Llayra> (Probably for the best that we didn't do anything outstanding with two people missing)
[21:53:42] <Everest|Llayra> (Hopefully the Jammiers will have a full party for next time)
[21:53:48] <INUH|Tramlaw> Hopefully.
[21:53:49] <Everest|Llayra> (That way the battle will be better)
[21:53:55] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (well, I won't be missing anymore.)
[21:54:07] <Meophist> 2(I can't be here this Saturday, I've said so before...)
[21:54:38] <Everest|Llayra> (Oh . . . Well, hopefully everyone else can make it)
[21:54:46] <INUH|Tramlaw> (Scheduling really sucks.)
[21:54:57] <balrog1911|Zenfyr> (well, we are rather spread out, timezone wise...)
[21:55:00] <Everest|Llayra> (That it does)
[21:55:04] <Cygan|Seren> Yep :/
And I wouldn't call it higher-powered, myself. 3.5 characters with decent builds are almost always completely broken by level 20.
As for the rules, almost everything 3.5 can be found at d20srd.org.
Infinite Tree: an experimental storyUnarmed attacks deal non-lethal yes. Additionally, you can make any melee attack non-lethal by accepting a -4 attack penalty.
Helpful Scripts and Stylesheets here.INUH: Hm. The streamlined combat of 4e would probably suit my character better, him being a Martial Artist who specializes in stringing together attacks into graceful yet deadly combos. I wonder if I can make him work for 3.5, though.
"Who wants to hear about good stuff when the bottom of the abyss of human failure that you know doesn't exist is so much greater?"-Wraith

You listed me? Hooray! Alright, so the next thing I'd like to ask is what my class should be. Is there anything in particular you're looking for? I've played pretty much every character archetype at least once, and I'd like to choose whatever will fit best with this group.