Heroes in the Making

[waysoftheearth]

Welcome Discuit, your numbers are:

Discuit
Strength 9,
Intelligence 8,
Wisdom 12,
Dexterity 14,
Constitution 11,
Charisma 13,
Purse 70 gp.

[discuit]

Quick Q.

Is the Thief considered core? As he's listed in the book, but he's listed as Optional. Cheers.

[waysoftheearth]

Is the Thief considered core? As he's listed in the book, but he's listed as Optional. Cheers.

Yes, the thief is allowable.

[discuit]

Potts The Gourmand

Halfling Thief

Strength 9 (open doors 5-6, 75 lb/100 lb/150 lb/225 lb)
Intelligence 8 (2 languages: common and nuetral)
Wisdom 12 (+1 to Dex for XP calculations)
Dexterity 14 (missiles +1 to hit) (+4 with hurled weapons as per Halfling racial bonus)(5% XP Bonus)
Constitution 11 (80% shock survival)
Charisma 13 (6 retainers, loyalty +1)
Purse 70 gp

Poison 11
Wands/Rays 11
Paralysis/Petrify 11
Breath Weapon 13
Spells 14

(Saves at lvl 5 Thief as per Halfling racial bonus?)

Thiefy Type Stuff successful on 3 to 6.

Equipment

Backpack (4 gp, 30 lb capacity) containing
Iron rations, week (15 gp, 7 lb)
Tinderbox (2 gp, -)
Torches, six (1 gp, 5 lb)
Waterskin (1 gp, 5 lb)
Pots & Pans for Cooking! (2 gp?, 10 lb?)

Travelling Cloak (3 gp, 5 lb)
Leather Armour (10 gp, 25 lb)
Short Sword (12gp, 3 lb)
Sling (1 gp, 1 lb, 5"/10"/15")
Bag of Stones (Free? 1lb?)

Total Spent: 50 gp Total Weight: 62 lb

Movement: 12" (unencumbered)
AC: 7
HP: ???

Everything look ok so far?

Ps - I have 20gp left over if anybody needs to borrow any!

[discuit]

Should I buy some rope? I have the the gold and weight free!

[discuit]

Hmmm, maybe i should pick up 2 hirelings? They can be his cooking assistants (maybe Potts is one of the mercenary groups cooks in his normal day to day life?).

What do the rest of the group think? One can be cook's assistant turned Torchbearer and the other a cooks assistant turned Porter? I have 4gp to spare and it means i don't have to carry my noisy pots and pans myself!

[waysoftheearth]

Nice work Discuit; a few things to note:

Wisdom 12 (+1 to Dex for XP calculations)
Dexterity 14 (missiles +1 to hit) (+4 with hurled weapons as per Halfling racial bonus)(5% XP Bonus)

Technically, your 12 wisdom adds 1 to your Prime Requisite (think of your prime requisite as your 7th "ability"), while your dexterity score remains unchanged. But in reality this makes no practical difference.

Also, like bonuses generally don't stack; only the highest one applies. So you'll typically be +3 to hit with hurled missiles (including sling stones), and +1 to hit with any other missiles.

Saves at lvl 5 Thief as per Halfling racial bonus?

Yes.

Pots & Pans for Cooking! (2 gp?, 10 lb?)

2 gp will buy one compact solider's cook-pot with a lid which doubles as a frying pan. Weighs 2 lb.

Bag of Stones (Free? 1lb?)

Yes, they're free. You can pick them up anywhere. A dozen good stones will weigh 1 lb.

Movement: 12" (unencumbered)

Alas, Halflings have a base movement of 9" unencumbered.

I'll roll everyone's hit points just before we're ready to go.

I have 20gp left over if anybody needs to borrow any!

Should I buy some rope? I have the the gold and weight free!

As a neutral thief, you'd always be on the lookout for yourself. You'd want to lend money at a "decent" interest rate, say 20% per month, or something similar to make it worth your while

Rope is something a thief can always use too!

You can go ahead a post your character in the PCs section here.

[aspiringlich]

I note that ... you don't carry a missile weapon (other than a spear) despite having high dexterity.

Yes, the only one I could afford is a sling, and I hate slings

[discuit]

1 Pot! Sacrilege! He'd have at least 2 or 3! He's a Gourmand! Well there goes some more gold!

Cool, i'll make those amendments and then post it in the official forum and format!

[waysoftheearth]

Yes, the only one I could afford is a sling, and I hate slings

Well, you could have three hand-axes for the price of one short sword but, generally, one shot is all you get