Post by: Sirgod on October 14, 2003, 10:30:29 am
But in the manner of remaining PC, I would want to know how many of you wouldn't mind being the Butt of a joke, or part of the Game?
Also, what is your favorite class, race, etc., I'll try to get them in If I can.
Thanks,
Stephen
Post by: Aldaron on October 14, 2003, 10:57:40 am
Post by: vsfedwards on October 14, 2003, 11:00:03 am
Give me some funky arrows or something.
Post by: AcePylut on October 14, 2003, 11:05:12 am
And get your butt onto The Three Towns server.
Post by: Sirgod on October 14, 2003, 11:07:22 am
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CG Elf Wizard.
And get your butt onto The Three Towns server.
LOL, I'll difinatly try to Ace, I need to step away from this PC, and actually pack a few things. I'll try It out tonight though.
stephen
Post by: Hstaphath_XC on October 14, 2003, 01:17:46 pm
Post by: TheBigCheese on October 14, 2003, 01:23:59 pm
).My character is also a master backsmith in the ATS on that server
Post by: Dash Jones on October 14, 2003, 01:32:23 pm
Barring being a Ranger...hmm with the expansion my favorite PrC will be available...that of weaponmaster, but if it's not with HotU
Than I also like being a Sorcerer or Wizard. With a Wizard I typically like being a specialist along the lines of Invoker/Evoker.
Post by: Khalee on October 14, 2003, 01:46:13 pm
Course I am playing a Human Chaotic Neutral Good Ranger/ Thief combo in NWN.
Could go Druid/Thief might be a interesting class to play.
Post by: TOCXOBearslayer on October 14, 2003, 05:09:55 pm
Or my evil twin Skippy's persona is a Elven ranger with serious theiving abilities.....CG of course...
Post by: msnevil on October 14, 2003, 11:52:19 pm
NG Cleric. Roman snyden. Strong as an ox, dumb as a box. Cunning as a fox, looks like the pox.
Post by: SFC Bennie on October 15, 2003, 01:21:24 am
My last PC was a Bard/Cleric, if that helps.
Scott Bennie
Post by: La'ra on October 15, 2003, 04:27:05 am
I like Half-Elves. Rogues, Monks, and Rangers. CG, usually, unless I'm a Monk.
Post by: Khalee on October 15, 2003, 04:49:48 am
Post by: AcePylut on October 15, 2003, 08:10:43 am
Post by: Hstaphath_XC on October 15, 2003, 08:52:50 am
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I'd be honored it if Hstaph used me, even in a cruel, demeaning way.
Cruel and demeaning??? I can't possibly imagine where you would EVER get such an idea... really now...
With MP:TTT complete, I have to have SOMETHING to parody until I start work on RotK, ya' know...
Well, actually, the alternative is for me to write more song parodies.
Hey Sirgod, I followed your suggestion and Ann fixed my rank for me, whoohoo!
Post by: Sirgod on October 15, 2003, 09:30:33 am
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I'd be honored it if Hstaph used me, even in a cruel, demeaning way.
Cruel and demeaning??? I can't possibly imagine where you would EVER get such an idea... really now...
With MP:TTT complete, I have to have SOMETHING to parody until I start work on RotK, ya' know...
Well, actually, the alternative is for me to write more song parodies.
Hey Sirgod, I followed your suggestion and Ann fixed my rank for me, whoohoo!
That looks Great Hsta. WTG,
Stephen
Post by: Toasty0 on November 13, 2003, 09:22:13 pm
Post by: thefish on November 13, 2003, 11:37:15 pm
Post by: TalonClaw on November 14, 2003, 02:11:00 pm
Post by: Hstaphath_XC on November 14, 2003, 06:17:56 pm
I wanted to roleplay something a bit unique. Hehe... my new character reminds me of when I'm flying Hydran, it just does NOT pay to get to close to me... I'll pummel your kneecaps with my Fusio-- errr... with my mace! Yeah, with a MACE in each hand!!!
Yep, I'll be the short guy in the purple armor hanging out in the corner that's passing a lot of gas. Now if only I could get a wizard to grow me another arm...
LOL, my favorite taunt is "If you ever stop running I'm going to pummel your knees!"
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on November 14, 2003, 10:59:40 pm
A Elven Thief/Sorcerer or Thief/Bard would be about right. Stealth oriented and flexible.
Post by: Harlax on November 15, 2003, 01:59:27 am
Dwarf CG Fighter
Though I've not been around enough of late to have provided much grist for parody....
Post by: Tremok on November 17, 2003, 03:16:02 pm
Post by: Dracho on November 17, 2003, 04:49:51 pm
, but the fun of the lampoon is part and parcel the character and race, so do whatever you must.... 
Post by: Julin Eurthyr on November 18, 2003, 11:38:36 am
Julin originally was a D&D character. For third edition, he'd be a human wizard, packing a 2-handed sword, possibly bastard sword as not many people use it, and in 3E the exotic weapons proficiency leads to his air of mystey. His history (2nd edition rules):
Third son of Mediterranean-area like family. First son is crown prince, second son is head of army. With no duty to fulfill, he trained as a fighter in an attempt to become an elite general, wielding a 2 handed sword. During a battle with a troll, his neck was cut deeply, about an inch from cleanly severing his head off. The troll left, and an apprentace mage arrived on the scene. In order to prevent his death, he used a mending spell to reattach Julin's neck. While this did save Julin's life, it left an irremovable scar on his neck, and his voice is very raspy due to the vocal cord damage. With that defeat, he never would be able to command an army, so he became an ambassador, and started studying the arts of magery. Julin wears his family colors (purple), and is still a fan of the tunic/pants combination. He wears a vest covered with pockets instead of a robe, and a stiff, high-necked cloak in order to cover the scar. He still carries (and can use) his 2-handed sword, which he uses mostly for intimidation.
An outsider to the Neverwinter area, his strange looks, air of superiority (still a prince after all), and the scar on his neck all combine to give Julin a relatively low charisma score.
Post by: Sirgod on November 18, 2003, 01:59:15 pm
Stephen
Post by: Tremok on November 18, 2003, 03:32:11 pm
Post by: Rondo_GE on November 18, 2003, 06:31:11 pm
In NWN Main I ran 3 PCs with names and skills roughly close to PCs I had run while really playing D&D...
Aarron Half-Elf (Fighter)
Kama Female Human Druid
Chaz Half-Orc Paladin
All have worked out well but I must say the Druid is very powerful. I breezed through most of NWN with her. Aarron, my Fighter, is the first time I ever played a straight fighter. Aarron used to be a fighter/cleric but being a newby I didn't want to double my class skills as I am unfamiliar with the new rules. He pairs up with that psycho dwarf and together they are just a two man wrecking crew. He did have a little trouble with with Dragons and some of the reallly nasty types but the ending battle with that Lizard Queen was a thriller.
I also play a straight ranger in Adam Millers 10 mods (DreamCatcher/Shadowlords) called Harto Colt. I don't know who this guy Miller is but he rocks. I also have a full Elf thief in the Graveron Seduction...a pretty decent mod.
Currently playing a full Elf Fighter/Thief in SOU. I'm still not sure how the multi class system works though but I found this mod much harder than the main quest in NWN. SOU is better but there are parts that are really laggy.
Question...how does the "to hit" chart go in NWNs for multi-class PCs? If I'm a Fighter at 6th level and a Thief at 5th level do I hit at 5 or 6 or 11? I noticed that some magic items won't let you use them until you attain a cartian level. Like I got this Katana that said it can't be used until i reach the 5th level. But When I was a thief 3rd and a Fighter at the 2nd level I was able to use it...does the hit chart work that way?
Post by: Mog on November 19, 2003, 04:07:10 am
Post by: msnevil on November 19, 2003, 07:39:25 pm
http://nwvault.ign.com/Files/modules/data/1026158289826.shtml
The character hits add up. So a Fighter\mage is worse then straight fighter. But alot better then pure mage. 6+11=17/2=8.5
At least I think.
Post by: Rondo_GE on November 20, 2003, 02:08:04 pm
I went online last night just for grins. I played on a few underpopulated servers and fealt no different than single player. But the last one I was on had lost of folks. They were ok but a little standoffish...due in no small part to the fact that I was starting with a level 1 PC and all these others were like lvl 10 and up...duh. I'll give it a go but I do like the single player end of this game very much.
It isn't so much the jerks that bother me. I was not a voracious ladder match player (only about a 120 SL/GZ matches over 3 years of play), I had maybe 800 or so non ladder matches (rough estimate). The real issue I had with online play was the fact you can't pause a game. Having a family means at times you just have to leave the computer alone and take care of business. As a Gorn my lifetime win perc was just 57% and as a Fed I was at about 64%...but I estimate I lost 10-15% of my matches because I simply had to abandon the computer for various reasons in the middle of play. This also made team play a real risk...even though I loved to play on a team...as it would let your teamates down. Tournaments were out of the question...another thing I had to not do. I remember a few matches where I was playing on a team and my kid broke a soda bottle on the kitchen floor and I had to leave the system in a hurry...my ship charged into the enemy and got annihilated and my teamate hated me...nuff said.
Oh yeah there are jerks online but there are also some good friendships to be made as well. I had some drama with a few of these rejects but by and large the experience was positive.
Anyway I heard XC might have a server...wonder if they need any players? XC was a pretty good Fleet in SFC so I wouldn't mind getting back into a little SFC once in a while, I miss it. I kind of slicked SFC2 off my system to make room but still have SFC OP on it. I think slicking SFC2 was a mistake because GAMESPY wont let you go into the chat rooms for the game if you don't have it...bummer, and that's where most of the remaining SFC players are to be found (except for SFC3 I guess)...
Post by: Aldaron on November 20, 2003, 09:09:59 pm
Post by: Rondo_GE on November 20, 2003, 10:52:46 pm
I went on again tonight and finally joined a party.
Mostly just hack and slash but it was fun. I must have died 3 or 4 times at lvl 3 (Dwarf Fighter) but we had some ungodly powerful female whatever with us so we made it through pretty easily. When she summoned up a Balor I knew she must have been pretty high up, lol.
I'm sort of experimenting with different class combinations right now. Next up...Thief/ Druid....
So far though Thieves don't seem to have much to do. Not many traps and locks in the dengeons I've been in...
Post by: msnevil on November 20, 2003, 11:16:51 pm
I can never find it. I don't know if the server is down when I am on? 12pm Indiana Eastern time zone.
Post by: Mog on November 21, 2003, 03:29:54 am
Post by: Rondo_GE on November 21, 2003, 05:29:48 pm
MSNevil I got on Three Towns late last night. It's under the action category.
Actually it's pretty good but laggy as hell. I created a Druid Thief...female...(I may have found my perfect PC) and it gave me to the 4th level on exp points. I lvl'd up to Druid (3) and Thief (1).... then paired up with what was either a very powerful Ranger or another Druid...methinks it was a Ranger because this guy was only able to call up the same kind of anumals I had at lvl 3. It was pretty easy until I foolishly otran my summoned battled line (Dire Wolf and Dire Boar) and smack dab into what appeared to be a preset formation of grungies....oh well had to repsawn. Got too greedy. Also I found out that the game won't give you experience points for your partner's kills if he/she is more than three levels above you. O well, cya dude....
I plan on leveling her up at a ratio of 2 (druid) to 1 (thief).. Near as I can tell I won't need her trap and picklock skills all that much since these dungeons don't appear to be all that big traps and locks...perhaps they don't reset I dunno. But I love that "sneak attack" and the stealth skills of the thief.
Try to get onto the server agin SAT morning for a little bit.
Post by: Aldaron on November 21, 2003, 08:24:16 pm
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Mogs u just made my day!
MSNevil I got on Three Towns late last night. It's under the action category.
Actually it's pretty good but laggy as hell. I created a Druid Thief...female...(I may have found my perfect PC) and it gave me to the 4th level on exp points. I lvl'd up to Druid (3) and Thief (1).... then paired up with what was either a very powerful Ranger or another Druid...methinks it was a Ranger because this guy was only able to call up the same kind of anumals I had at lvl 3. It was pretty easy until I foolishly otran my summoned battled line (Dire Wolf and Dire Boar) and smack dab into what appeared to be a preset formation of grungies....oh well had to repsawn. Got too greedy. Also I found out that the game won't give you experience points for your partner's kills if he/she is more than three levels above you. O well, cya dude....
I plan on leveling her up at a ratio of 2 (druid) to 1 (thief).. Near as I can tell I won't need her trap and picklock skills all that much since these dungeons don't appear to be all that big traps and locks...perhaps they don't reset I dunno. But I love that "sneak attack" and the stealth skills of the thief.
Try to get onto the server agin SAT morning for a little bit.
The level restriction for parties is to keep people from twinking (ie, high levels helping low levels get xp in areas that are a breeze for the high levels but high xp for low levels........xp gained is based on your character level). There are a couple of areas that require thief skills (the tombs in Wheaton Woods require lock pickand the Vrock caves have tons of traps).
And as a warning don't take anything for granted, all creatures are custom made (ie goblins have at least 20+ hp).
Any other questions/tips just ask. I'm on as Elvewyn(bard 8/Rouge 3/Arcane Archer 9), Amonaug (cleric 20) or Takashi (monk 11)
Post by: Kieran Forester on November 21, 2003, 09:00:09 pm
My character is Kalanis, a LN gold elf fighter/sorcerer. In my pen+paper campaign, he's quite powerful, but I haven't played him much on NWN because my normal computer is too crappy to operate it.
Post by: Rondo_GE on November 22, 2003, 03:30:15 am
Actually I never needed the picklock thing even in single player...I just destroyed locked chests with traps with lightening are used a boc/crossbow. Now if I were designing a game I might try to cheapen the loot if the chests were opned that way...lets say due to destruction...but I never noticed that happening. Sometimes it backfires like when I wipe out a safe but the lightening seems to spread and takes out a door that sets loose a particularily lethal badboy/girl that I wasn't ready for. I guess another way would be to script in a ward (if this is possible) that would summon something nasty or reflect damage back at PCs that try to open chests or doors by destroying them.
Now traps by themselves are definitely torublesome which makes the detecting skill and the dismantling skill valuable no matter how you shake it.
Post by: Aldaron on November 22, 2003, 03:22:37 pm
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Oki Doki Ald I'll remmber all that hey I'm a newby and ignorance is blissssssss....no gripes on the experience thing on mismatched parties. Seems sensible.
Actually I never needed the picklock thing even in single player...I just destroyed locked chests with traps with lightening are used a boc/crossbow. Now if I were designing a game I might try to cheapen the loot if the chests were opned that way...lets say due to destruction...but I never noticed that happening. Sometimes it backfires like when I wipe out a safe but the lightening seems to spread and takes out a door that sets loose a particularily lethal badboy/girl that I wasn't ready for. I guess another way would be to script in a ward (if this is possible) that would summon something nasty or reflect damage back at PCs that try to open chests or doors by destroying them.
Now traps by themselves are definitely torublesome which makes the detecting skill and the dismantling skill valuable no matter how you shake it.
Actually you just mentioned most of what does happen in 3T
(brekaing things if you smash chests and have things spawn )
Post by: TalonClaw on November 22, 2003, 06:39:44 pm
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thanks Guys, Keep them coming. right now, I'm just adding in the characters, and won't start much as far a mapping until HoTu comes out. That way, I might borrow from It.
Stephen
HoTu should be out in stores on 12/03. I can't wait. Level 40 characters.
Post by: Nob Akimoto on November 22, 2003, 08:18:19 pm
Anyway, if you have NWN and have fond memories of PnP sessions, you HAVE to try out the Persistant Worlds that are available online.
www.avlis.org
The World of Avlis is perhaps the single most addicting gaming experience I've had in years, and I've found myself spending 7-8 hours a day on here...(Hence no time for the forums I guess)
Try it out, and no we have ZERO "phat lewt" searching powergamers.
Be sure to say hi to a very very old SFC community vet Vanor when you see him DMing.
Post by: La'ra on November 23, 2003, 04:40:22 am
Post by: Reverend on November 25, 2003, 12:31:16 am
thank you for inviting me, Sirgod.... as for my, I was running a CG female half-elf Monk/Rogue (actually, for the Hordes of Undrentide, I had her a pretty high-up Shadowdancer also).... boy, she can move! Those monks get movement bonuses after 4th level I think, so at a 13th lvl with Boots of Speed for luaghs, she hauls a little butt here and there, lol.
I hope that I am able to acquire me one of those new-fangled Underdark games too- trouble with modding NWN is that once a certain mod gets downloaded so many times from their server, they decide to put that mod into the next game! Now, the new game is going ot have visible cloaks, a more interactive camera, and bloody nicer skies! Drat, I had just learned how to put those in!
If there are any needs for modding help, let me know... I stink, but maybe I might have a hint you didn't....
Post by: Sirgod on November 25, 2003, 08:47:48 am
Stephen
Post by: TalonClaw on November 25, 2003, 11:39:14 am
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Awesome idea La'ra...
thank you for inviting me, Sirgod.... as for my, I was running a CG female half-elf Monk/Rogue (actually, for the Hordes of Undrentide, I had her a pretty high-up Shadowdancer also).... boy, she can move! Those monks get movement bonuses after 4th level I think, so at a 13th lvl with Boots of Speed for luaghs, she hauls a little butt here and there, lol.
Hordes of Undrentide
Post by: Toasty0 on November 25, 2003, 11:47:20 pm
Post by: Sirgod on November 26, 2003, 09:09:28 am
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oh, you guys are gonna so regret me re-installing this game...
sirgod <---- pokes pinata with a 40' pole. Oh do tell ToastyO do tell .
Stephen
Post by: Reverend on November 29, 2003, 02:55:25 pm
Heck, mine isn't installed yet either...
TalonClaw, I don't get it, whats so funny about Hordes of Undrentide? I want to laugh also...
the funniest part of that game was betraying the dragon by using that belt against him.... polymorphing into a frost giant and beating the crap out of him!
Post by: Aldaron on November 29, 2003, 07:31:17 pm
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do it Toasty- do it! I dare you!
Heck, mine isn't installed yet either...
TalonClaw, I don't get it, whats so funny about Hordes of Undrentide? I want to laugh also...
the funniest part of that game was betraying the dragon by using that belt against him.... polymorphing into a frost giant and beating the crap out of him!
Becasue it's "Shadows of Undrentide" and "Hordes of the Under Dark"
Post by: Aenigma on December 02, 2003, 05:53:34 am
This way i'll get four extra feats, plus a familair (pixie), plus dual-weapon fighting feats for close range combat + favored enemy (human) + archer prestige class.
I'm focusing on being an archer, so this should be a nice built.
My character is named Aenigma the Thrice-Doomed, an elf who lost his family, home and mind.
Aenigma
Post by: Sirgod on December 02, 2003, 12:03:11 pm
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My character is named Aenigma the Thrice-Doomed, an elf who lost his family, home and mind.
talk about Fantasy mirroring Reality...
J/K bro.Stephen
Post by: Aenigma on December 02, 2003, 12:33:49 pm
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talk about Fantasy mirroring Reality... J/K bro.
I can't remember that i am an elf
Aenigma
Post by: Sirgod on December 02, 2003, 02:33:36 pm
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talk about Fantasy mirroring Reality... J/K bro.
I can't remember that i am an elf
Aenigma
Too funny Bro. I needed that laugh.
stephen
Post by: Aldaron on December 02, 2003, 08:30:49 pm
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Right now, i'm playing on the Three Towns server. I'm currently Ftr5/Rng1, and i'll try to do Ftr8/Wiz1/Rng1/Arc10.
This way i'll get four extra feats, plus a familair (pixie), plus dual-weapon fighting feats for close range combat + favored enemy (human) + archer prestige class.
I'm focusing on being an archer, so this should be a nice built.
My character is named Aenigma the Thrice-Doomed, an elf who lost his family, home and mind.
Aenigma
Sorry to tell you this but you are limited to 3 classes for multi-class characters. If you plan on going Arcane Archer you aren't doing it with this character. BTW lvl 10 AA is useless in 3T. By the time you get death arrow (DC 20 to fort save) most creatures you'll be fighting can save against 80% of the time. Use the extra level for something else.
Now this may all change with HoUD.
Post by: Aenigma on December 03, 2003, 04:45:09 am
I guess i'll have to restart my character then
Aenigma
Post by: Reverend on December 04, 2003, 12:14:12 pm
Post by: TalonClaw on December 05, 2003, 08:50:03 am
Post by: Aenigma on December 05, 2003, 11:59:50 am
Aenigma
Post by: Sirgod on December 05, 2003, 01:00:53 pm
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Well yeah. If you have a totally uber character then what's the point? D&D is centered around having a party where each member makes the group stronger as a whole.
Most of my players always centered around assasinateing the Paladin Played by my best friend. I guess you could View It that way also though.
Post by: Aenigma on December 05, 2003, 04:54:39 pm
Aenigma
PS now playing as Amathien Eldarion.
Post by: Aldaron on December 06, 2003, 12:13:44 pm
Post by: TalonClaw on December 08, 2003, 10:29:29 am
Post by: Skawpya on December 13, 2003, 01:41:20 pm
Post by: Skawpya on December 13, 2003, 01:57:40 pm
Miost interesting pnp events I remember?
first is in red steel with ongoing prankfest between my hutaakan cleric mage, and my guardionos swashbuckler. things like the hutaakan putting all the swashbucklers underwear in a chest along with the key and then casting lock on it, or the swashbuckler collecting a jar of fleas and putting it under the hutaakans sheets
second, running the horde module, and the players knight upon seeing the old wizard/sage in the first emporer's city assumed he was a lich and killed him.
third, my old underdark gnolls driving the player character nuts and her return of holding the "exchange wood for adamantine in equal value" against them, by making weight the measure of value
Post by: Aldaron on December 13, 2003, 02:07:39 pm
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Well now that I finally have a computer that can run the blasted game, fiddled with it a bit, and a dsl line soon to be available, I am wondering what haks does three kingdoms use and does it allow gnoll characters?
Do you mean Three Towns? The Kingdoms I don't know about but Three Towns uses no haks.
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on December 14, 2003, 10:12:31 pm
Post by: Sirgod on December 15, 2003, 08:27:45 pm
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ROFLMAO. another Zinger there Nemesis.
Stephen
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on December 16, 2003, 08:02:36 pm
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ROFLMAO. another Zinger there Nemesis.
Stephen
It seemed to fit right in.
Post by: Sirgod on October 14, 2003, 10:30:29 am
But in the manner of remaining PC, I would want to know how many of you wouldn't mind being the Butt of a joke, or part of the Game?
Also, what is your favorite class, race, etc., I'll try to get them in If I can.
Thanks,
Stephen
Post by: Aldaron on October 14, 2003, 10:57:40 am
Post by: vsfedwards on October 14, 2003, 11:00:03 am
Give me some funky arrows or something.
Post by: AcePylut on October 14, 2003, 11:05:12 am
And get your butt onto The Three Towns server.
Post by: Sirgod on October 14, 2003, 11:07:22 am
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CG Elf Wizard.
And get your butt onto The Three Towns server.
LOL, I'll difinatly try to Ace, I need to step away from this PC, and actually pack a few things. I'll try It out tonight though.
stephen
Post by: Hstaphath_XC on October 14, 2003, 01:17:46 pm
Post by: TheBigCheese on October 14, 2003, 01:23:59 pm
).My character is also a master backsmith in the ATS on that server
Post by: Dash Jones on October 14, 2003, 01:32:23 pm
Barring being a Ranger...hmm with the expansion my favorite PrC will be available...that of weaponmaster, but if it's not with HotU
Than I also like being a Sorcerer or Wizard. With a Wizard I typically like being a specialist along the lines of Invoker/Evoker.
Post by: Khalee on October 14, 2003, 01:46:13 pm
Course I am playing a Human Chaotic Neutral Good Ranger/ Thief combo in NWN.
Could go Druid/Thief might be a interesting class to play.
Post by: TOCXOBearslayer on October 14, 2003, 05:09:55 pm
Or my evil twin Skippy's persona is a Elven ranger with serious theiving abilities.....CG of course...
Post by: msnevil on October 14, 2003, 11:52:19 pm
NG Cleric. Roman snyden. Strong as an ox, dumb as a box. Cunning as a fox, looks like the pox.
Post by: SFC Bennie on October 15, 2003, 01:21:24 am
My last PC was a Bard/Cleric, if that helps.
Scott Bennie
Post by: La'ra on October 15, 2003, 04:27:05 am
I like Half-Elves. Rogues, Monks, and Rangers. CG, usually, unless I'm a Monk.
Post by: Khalee on October 15, 2003, 04:49:48 am
Post by: AcePylut on October 15, 2003, 08:10:43 am
Post by: Hstaphath_XC on October 15, 2003, 08:52:50 am
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I'd be honored it if Hstaph used me, even in a cruel, demeaning way.
Cruel and demeaning??? I can't possibly imagine where you would EVER get such an idea... really now...
With MP:TTT complete, I have to have SOMETHING to parody until I start work on RotK, ya' know...
Well, actually, the alternative is for me to write more song parodies.
Hey Sirgod, I followed your suggestion and Ann fixed my rank for me, whoohoo!
Post by: Sirgod on October 15, 2003, 09:30:33 am
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I'd be honored it if Hstaph used me, even in a cruel, demeaning way.
Cruel and demeaning??? I can't possibly imagine where you would EVER get such an idea... really now...
With MP:TTT complete, I have to have SOMETHING to parody until I start work on RotK, ya' know...
Well, actually, the alternative is for me to write more song parodies.
Hey Sirgod, I followed your suggestion and Ann fixed my rank for me, whoohoo!
That looks Great Hsta. WTG,
Stephen
Post by: Toasty0 on November 13, 2003, 09:22:13 pm
Post by: thefish on November 13, 2003, 11:37:15 pm
Post by: TalonClaw on November 14, 2003, 02:11:00 pm
Post by: Hstaphath_XC on November 14, 2003, 06:17:56 pm
I wanted to roleplay something a bit unique. Hehe... my new character reminds me of when I'm flying Hydran, it just does NOT pay to get to close to me... I'll pummel your kneecaps with my Fusio-- errr... with my mace! Yeah, with a MACE in each hand!!!
Yep, I'll be the short guy in the purple armor hanging out in the corner that's passing a lot of gas. Now if only I could get a wizard to grow me another arm...
LOL, my favorite taunt is "If you ever stop running I'm going to pummel your knees!"
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on November 14, 2003, 10:59:40 pm
A Elven Thief/Sorcerer or Thief/Bard would be about right. Stealth oriented and flexible.
Post by: Harlax on November 15, 2003, 01:59:27 am
Dwarf CG Fighter
Though I've not been around enough of late to have provided much grist for parody....
Post by: Tremok on November 17, 2003, 03:16:02 pm
Post by: Dracho on November 17, 2003, 04:49:51 pm
, but the fun of the lampoon is part and parcel the character and race, so do whatever you must....
Post by: Julin Eurthyr on November 18, 2003, 11:38:36 am
Julin originally was a D&D character. For third edition, he'd be a human wizard, packing a 2-handed sword, possibly bastard sword as not many people use it, and in 3E the exotic weapons proficiency leads to his air of mystey. His history (2nd edition rules):
Third son of Mediterranean-area like family. First son is crown prince, second son is head of army. With no duty to fulfill, he trained as a fighter in an attempt to become an elite general, wielding a 2 handed sword. During a battle with a troll, his neck was cut deeply, about an inch from cleanly severing his head off. The troll left, and an apprentace mage arrived on the scene. In order to prevent his death, he used a mending spell to reattach Julin's neck. While this did save Julin's life, it left an irremovable scar on his neck, and his voice is very raspy due to the vocal cord damage. With that defeat, he never would be able to command an army, so he became an ambassador, and started studying the arts of magery. Julin wears his family colors (purple), and is still a fan of the tunic/pants combination. He wears a vest covered with pockets instead of a robe, and a stiff, high-necked cloak in order to cover the scar. He still carries (and can use) his 2-handed sword, which he uses mostly for intimidation.
An outsider to the Neverwinter area, his strange looks, air of superiority (still a prince after all), and the scar on his neck all combine to give Julin a relatively low charisma score.
Post by: Sirgod on November 18, 2003, 01:59:15 pm
Stephen
Post by: Tremok on November 18, 2003, 03:32:11 pm
Post by: Rondo_GE on November 18, 2003, 06:31:11 pm
In NWN Main I ran 3 PCs with names and skills roughly close to PCs I had run while really playing D&D...
Aarron Half-Elf (Fighter)
Kama Female Human Druid
Chaz Half-Orc Paladin
All have worked out well but I must say the Druid is very powerful. I breezed through most of NWN with her. Aarron, my Fighter, is the first time I ever played a straight fighter. Aarron used to be a fighter/cleric but being a newby I didn't want to double my class skills as I am unfamiliar with the new rules. He pairs up with that psycho dwarf and together they are just a two man wrecking crew. He did have a little trouble with with Dragons and some of the reallly nasty types but the ending battle with that Lizard Queen was a thriller.
I also play a straight ranger in Adam Millers 10 mods (DreamCatcher/Shadowlords) called Harto Colt. I don't know who this guy Miller is but he rocks. I also have a full Elf thief in the Graveron Seduction...a pretty decent mod.
Currently playing a full Elf Fighter/Thief in SOU. I'm still not sure how the multi class system works though but I found this mod much harder than the main quest in NWN. SOU is better but there are parts that are really laggy.
Question...how does the "to hit" chart go in NWNs for multi-class PCs? If I'm a Fighter at 6th level and a Thief at 5th level do I hit at 5 or 6 or 11? I noticed that some magic items won't let you use them until you attain a cartian level. Like I got this Katana that said it can't be used until i reach the 5th level. But When I was a thief 3rd and a Fighter at the 2nd level I was able to use it...does the hit chart work that way?
Post by: Mog on November 19, 2003, 04:07:10 am
Post by: msnevil on November 19, 2003, 07:39:25 pm
http://nwvault.ign.com/Files/modules/data/1026158289826.shtml
The character hits add up. So a Fighter\mage is worse then straight fighter. But alot better then pure mage. 6+11=17/2=8.5
At least I think.
Post by: Rondo_GE on November 20, 2003, 02:08:04 pm
I went online last night just for grins. I played on a few underpopulated servers and fealt no different than single player. But the last one I was on had lost of folks. They were ok but a little standoffish...due in no small part to the fact that I was starting with a level 1 PC and all these others were like lvl 10 and up...duh. I'll give it a go but I do like the single player end of this game very much.
It isn't so much the jerks that bother me. I was not a voracious ladder match player (only about a 120 SL/GZ matches over 3 years of play), I had maybe 800 or so non ladder matches (rough estimate). The real issue I had with online play was the fact you can't pause a game. Having a family means at times you just have to leave the computer alone and take care of business. As a Gorn my lifetime win perc was just 57% and as a Fed I was at about 64%...but I estimate I lost 10-15% of my matches because I simply had to abandon the computer for various reasons in the middle of play. This also made team play a real risk...even though I loved to play on a team...as it would let your teamates down. Tournaments were out of the question...another thing I had to not do. I remember a few matches where I was playing on a team and my kid broke a soda bottle on the kitchen floor and I had to leave the system in a hurry...my ship charged into the enemy and got annihilated and my teamate hated me...nuff said.
Oh yeah there are jerks online but there are also some good friendships to be made as well. I had some drama with a few of these rejects but by and large the experience was positive.
Anyway I heard XC might have a server...wonder if they need any players? XC was a pretty good Fleet in SFC so I wouldn't mind getting back into a little SFC once in a while, I miss it. I kind of slicked SFC2 off my system to make room but still have SFC OP on it. I think slicking SFC2 was a mistake because GAMESPY wont let you go into the chat rooms for the game if you don't have it...bummer, and that's where most of the remaining SFC players are to be found (except for SFC3 I guess)...
Post by: Aldaron on November 20, 2003, 09:09:59 pm
Post by: Rondo_GE on November 20, 2003, 10:52:46 pm
I went on again tonight and finally joined a party.
Mostly just hack and slash but it was fun. I must have died 3 or 4 times at lvl 3 (Dwarf Fighter) but we had some ungodly powerful female whatever with us so we made it through pretty easily. When she summoned up a Balor I knew she must have been pretty high up, lol.
I'm sort of experimenting with different class combinations right now. Next up...Thief/ Druid....
So far though Thieves don't seem to have much to do. Not many traps and locks in the dengeons I've been in...
Post by: msnevil on November 20, 2003, 11:16:51 pm
I can never find it. I don't know if the server is down when I am on? 12pm Indiana Eastern time zone.
Post by: Mog on November 21, 2003, 03:29:54 am
Post by: Rondo_GE on November 21, 2003, 05:29:48 pm
MSNevil I got on Three Towns late last night. It's under the action category.
Actually it's pretty good but laggy as hell. I created a Druid Thief...female...(I may have found my perfect PC) and it gave me to the 4th level on exp points. I lvl'd up to Druid (3) and Thief (1).... then paired up with what was either a very powerful Ranger or another Druid...methinks it was a Ranger because this guy was only able to call up the same kind of anumals I had at lvl 3. It was pretty easy until I foolishly otran my summoned battled line (Dire Wolf and Dire Boar) and smack dab into what appeared to be a preset formation of grungies....oh well had to repsawn. Got too greedy. Also I found out that the game won't give you experience points for your partner's kills if he/she is more than three levels above you. O well, cya dude....
I plan on leveling her up at a ratio of 2 (druid) to 1 (thief).. Near as I can tell I won't need her trap and picklock skills all that much since these dungeons don't appear to be all that big traps and locks...perhaps they don't reset I dunno. But I love that "sneak attack" and the stealth skills of the thief.
Try to get onto the server agin SAT morning for a little bit.
Post by: Aldaron on November 21, 2003, 08:24:16 pm
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Mogs u just made my day!
MSNevil I got on Three Towns late last night. It's under the action category.
Actually it's pretty good but laggy as hell. I created a Druid Thief...female...(I may have found my perfect PC) and it gave me to the 4th level on exp points. I lvl'd up to Druid (3) and Thief (1).... then paired up with what was either a very powerful Ranger or another Druid...methinks it was a Ranger because this guy was only able to call up the same kind of anumals I had at lvl 3. It was pretty easy until I foolishly otran my summoned battled line (Dire Wolf and Dire Boar) and smack dab into what appeared to be a preset formation of grungies....oh well had to repsawn. Got too greedy. Also I found out that the game won't give you experience points for your partner's kills if he/she is more than three levels above you. O well, cya dude....
I plan on leveling her up at a ratio of 2 (druid) to 1 (thief).. Near as I can tell I won't need her trap and picklock skills all that much since these dungeons don't appear to be all that big traps and locks...perhaps they don't reset I dunno. But I love that "sneak attack" and the stealth skills of the thief.
Try to get onto the server agin SAT morning for a little bit.
The level restriction for parties is to keep people from twinking (ie, high levels helping low levels get xp in areas that are a breeze for the high levels but high xp for low levels........xp gained is based on your character level). There are a couple of areas that require thief skills (the tombs in Wheaton Woods require lock pickand the Vrock caves have tons of traps).
And as a warning don't take anything for granted, all creatures are custom made (ie goblins have at least 20+ hp).
Any other questions/tips just ask. I'm on as Elvewyn(bard 8/Rouge 3/Arcane Archer 9), Amonaug (cleric 20) or Takashi (monk 11)
Post by: Kieran Forester on November 21, 2003, 09:00:09 pm
My character is Kalanis, a LN gold elf fighter/sorcerer. In my pen+paper campaign, he's quite powerful, but I haven't played him much on NWN because my normal computer is too crappy to operate it.
Post by: Rondo_GE on November 22, 2003, 03:30:15 am
Actually I never needed the picklock thing even in single player...I just destroyed locked chests with traps with lightening are used a boc/crossbow. Now if I were designing a game I might try to cheapen the loot if the chests were opned that way...lets say due to destruction...but I never noticed that happening. Sometimes it backfires like when I wipe out a safe but the lightening seems to spread and takes out a door that sets loose a particularily lethal badboy/girl that I wasn't ready for. I guess another way would be to script in a ward (if this is possible) that would summon something nasty or reflect damage back at PCs that try to open chests or doors by destroying them.
Now traps by themselves are definitely torublesome which makes the detecting skill and the dismantling skill valuable no matter how you shake it.
Post by: Aldaron on November 22, 2003, 03:22:37 pm
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Oki Doki Ald I'll remmber all that hey I'm a newby and ignorance is blissssssss....no gripes on the experience thing on mismatched parties. Seems sensible.
Actually I never needed the picklock thing even in single player...I just destroyed locked chests with traps with lightening are used a boc/crossbow. Now if I were designing a game I might try to cheapen the loot if the chests were opned that way...lets say due to destruction...but I never noticed that happening. Sometimes it backfires like when I wipe out a safe but the lightening seems to spread and takes out a door that sets loose a particularily lethal badboy/girl that I wasn't ready for. I guess another way would be to script in a ward (if this is possible) that would summon something nasty or reflect damage back at PCs that try to open chests or doors by destroying them.
Now traps by themselves are definitely torublesome which makes the detecting skill and the dismantling skill valuable no matter how you shake it.
Actually you just mentioned most of what does happen in 3T
(brekaing things if you smash chests and have things spawn )
Post by: TalonClaw on November 22, 2003, 06:39:44 pm
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thanks Guys, Keep them coming. right now, I'm just adding in the characters, and won't start much as far a mapping until HoTu comes out. That way, I might borrow from It.
Stephen
HoTu should be out in stores on 12/03. I can't wait. Level 40 characters.
Post by: Nob Akimoto on November 22, 2003, 08:18:19 pm
Anyway, if you have NWN and have fond memories of PnP sessions, you HAVE to try out the Persistant Worlds that are available online.
www.avlis.org
The World of Avlis is perhaps the single most addicting gaming experience I've had in years, and I've found myself spending 7-8 hours a day on here...(Hence no time for the forums I guess)
Try it out, and no we have ZERO "phat lewt" searching powergamers.
Be sure to say hi to a very very old SFC community vet Vanor when you see him DMing.
Post by: La'ra on November 23, 2003, 04:40:22 am
Post by: Reverend on November 25, 2003, 12:31:16 am
thank you for inviting me, Sirgod.... as for my, I was running a CG female half-elf Monk/Rogue (actually, for the Hordes of Undrentide, I had her a pretty high-up Shadowdancer also).... boy, she can move! Those monks get movement bonuses after 4th level I think, so at a 13th lvl with Boots of Speed for luaghs, she hauls a little butt here and there, lol.
I hope that I am able to acquire me one of those new-fangled Underdark games too- trouble with modding NWN is that once a certain mod gets downloaded so many times from their server, they decide to put that mod into the next game! Now, the new game is going ot have visible cloaks, a more interactive camera, and bloody nicer skies! Drat, I had just learned how to put those in!
If there are any needs for modding help, let me know... I stink, but maybe I might have a hint you didn't....
Post by: Sirgod on November 25, 2003, 08:47:48 am
Stephen
Post by: TalonClaw on November 25, 2003, 11:39:14 am
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Awesome idea La'ra...
thank you for inviting me, Sirgod.... as for my, I was running a CG female half-elf Monk/Rogue (actually, for the Hordes of Undrentide, I had her a pretty high-up Shadowdancer also).... boy, she can move! Those monks get movement bonuses after 4th level I think, so at a 13th lvl with Boots of Speed for luaghs, she hauls a little butt here and there, lol.
Hordes of Undrentide
Post by: Toasty0 on November 25, 2003, 11:47:20 pm
Post by: Sirgod on November 26, 2003, 09:09:28 am
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oh, you guys are gonna so regret me re-installing this game...
sirgod <---- pokes pinata with a 40' pole. Oh do tell ToastyO do tell .
Stephen
Post by: Reverend on November 29, 2003, 02:55:25 pm
Heck, mine isn't installed yet either...
TalonClaw, I don't get it, whats so funny about Hordes of Undrentide? I want to laugh also...
the funniest part of that game was betraying the dragon by using that belt against him.... polymorphing into a frost giant and beating the crap out of him!
Post by: Aldaron on November 29, 2003, 07:31:17 pm
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do it Toasty- do it! I dare you!
Heck, mine isn't installed yet either...
TalonClaw, I don't get it, whats so funny about Hordes of Undrentide? I want to laugh also...
the funniest part of that game was betraying the dragon by using that belt against him.... polymorphing into a frost giant and beating the crap out of him!
Becasue it's "Shadows of Undrentide" and "Hordes of the Under Dark"
Post by: Aenigma on December 02, 2003, 05:53:34 am
This way i'll get four extra feats, plus a familair (pixie), plus dual-weapon fighting feats for close range combat + favored enemy (human) + archer prestige class.
I'm focusing on being an archer, so this should be a nice built.
My character is named Aenigma the Thrice-Doomed, an elf who lost his family, home and mind.
Aenigma
Post by: Sirgod on December 02, 2003, 12:03:11 pm
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My character is named Aenigma the Thrice-Doomed, an elf who lost his family, home and mind.
talk about Fantasy mirroring Reality...
J/K bro.Stephen
Post by: Aenigma on December 02, 2003, 12:33:49 pm
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talk about Fantasy mirroring Reality... J/K bro.
I can't remember that i am an elf
Aenigma
Post by: Sirgod on December 02, 2003, 02:33:36 pm
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talk about Fantasy mirroring Reality... J/K bro.
I can't remember that i am an elf
Aenigma
Too funny Bro. I needed that laugh.
stephen
Post by: Aldaron on December 02, 2003, 08:30:49 pm
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Right now, i'm playing on the Three Towns server. I'm currently Ftr5/Rng1, and i'll try to do Ftr8/Wiz1/Rng1/Arc10.
This way i'll get four extra feats, plus a familair (pixie), plus dual-weapon fighting feats for close range combat + favored enemy (human) + archer prestige class.
I'm focusing on being an archer, so this should be a nice built.
My character is named Aenigma the Thrice-Doomed, an elf who lost his family, home and mind.
Aenigma
Sorry to tell you this but you are limited to 3 classes for multi-class characters. If you plan on going Arcane Archer you aren't doing it with this character. BTW lvl 10 AA is useless in 3T. By the time you get death arrow (DC 20 to fort save) most creatures you'll be fighting can save against 80% of the time. Use the extra level for something else.
Now this may all change with HoUD.
Post by: Aenigma on December 03, 2003, 04:45:09 am
I guess i'll have to restart my character then
Aenigma
Post by: Reverend on December 04, 2003, 12:14:12 pm
Post by: TalonClaw on December 05, 2003, 08:50:03 am
Post by: Aenigma on December 05, 2003, 11:59:50 am
Aenigma
Post by: Sirgod on December 05, 2003, 01:00:53 pm
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Well yeah. If you have a totally uber character then what's the point? D&D is centered around having a party where each member makes the group stronger as a whole.
Most of my players always centered around assasinateing the Paladin Played by my best friend. I guess you could View It that way also though.
Post by: Aenigma on December 05, 2003, 04:54:39 pm
Aenigma
PS now playing as Amathien Eldarion.
Post by: Aldaron on December 06, 2003, 12:13:44 pm
Post by: TalonClaw on December 08, 2003, 10:29:29 am
Post by: Skawpya on December 13, 2003, 01:41:20 pm
Post by: Skawpya on December 13, 2003, 01:57:40 pm
Miost interesting pnp events I remember?
first is in red steel with ongoing prankfest between my hutaakan cleric mage, and my guardionos swashbuckler. things like the hutaakan putting all the swashbucklers underwear in a chest along with the key and then casting lock on it, or the swashbuckler collecting a jar of fleas and putting it under the hutaakans sheets
second, running the horde module, and the players knight upon seeing the old wizard/sage in the first emporer's city assumed he was a lich and killed him.
third, my old underdark gnolls driving the player character nuts and her return of holding the "exchange wood for adamantine in equal value" against them, by making weight the measure of value
Post by: Aldaron on December 13, 2003, 02:07:39 pm
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Well now that I finally have a computer that can run the blasted game, fiddled with it a bit, and a dsl line soon to be available, I am wondering what haks does three kingdoms use and does it allow gnoll characters?
Do you mean Three Towns? The Kingdoms I don't know about but Three Towns uses no haks.
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on December 14, 2003, 10:12:31 pm
Post by: Sirgod on December 15, 2003, 08:27:45 pm
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ROFLMAO. another Zinger there Nemesis.
Stephen
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on December 16, 2003, 08:02:36 pm
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ROFLMAO. another Zinger there Nemesis.
Stephen
It seemed to fit right in.
Post by: Sirgod on October 14, 2003, 10:30:29 am
But in the manner of remaining PC, I would want to know how many of you wouldn't mind being the Butt of a joke, or part of the Game?
Also, what is your favorite class, race, etc., I'll try to get them in If I can.
Thanks,
Stephen
Post by: Aldaron on October 14, 2003, 10:57:40 am
Post by: vsfedwards on October 14, 2003, 11:00:03 am
Give me some funky arrows or something.
Post by: AcePylut on October 14, 2003, 11:05:12 am
And get your butt onto The Three Towns server.
Post by: Sirgod on October 14, 2003, 11:07:22 am
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CG Elf Wizard.
And get your butt onto The Three Towns server.
LOL, I'll difinatly try to Ace, I need to step away from this PC, and actually pack a few things. I'll try It out tonight though.
stephen
Post by: Hstaphath_XC on October 14, 2003, 01:17:46 pm
Post by: TheBigCheese on October 14, 2003, 01:23:59 pm
).My character is also a master backsmith in the ATS on that server
Post by: Dash Jones on October 14, 2003, 01:32:23 pm
Barring being a Ranger...hmm with the expansion my favorite PrC will be available...that of weaponmaster, but if it's not with HotU
Than I also like being a Sorcerer or Wizard. With a Wizard I typically like being a specialist along the lines of Invoker/Evoker.
Post by: Khalee on October 14, 2003, 01:46:13 pm
Course I am playing a Human Chaotic Neutral Good Ranger/ Thief combo in NWN.
Could go Druid/Thief might be a interesting class to play.
Post by: TOCXOBearslayer on October 14, 2003, 05:09:55 pm
Or my evil twin Skippy's persona is a Elven ranger with serious theiving abilities.....CG of course...
Post by: msnevil on October 14, 2003, 11:52:19 pm
NG Cleric. Roman snyden. Strong as an ox, dumb as a box. Cunning as a fox, looks like the pox.
Post by: SFC Bennie on October 15, 2003, 01:21:24 am
My last PC was a Bard/Cleric, if that helps.
Scott Bennie
Post by: La'ra on October 15, 2003, 04:27:05 am
I like Half-Elves. Rogues, Monks, and Rangers. CG, usually, unless I'm a Monk.
Post by: Khalee on October 15, 2003, 04:49:48 am
Post by: AcePylut on October 15, 2003, 08:10:43 am
Post by: Hstaphath_XC on October 15, 2003, 08:52:50 am
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I'd be honored it if Hstaph used me, even in a cruel, demeaning way.
Cruel and demeaning??? I can't possibly imagine where you would EVER get such an idea... really now...
With MP:TTT complete, I have to have SOMETHING to parody until I start work on RotK, ya' know...
Well, actually, the alternative is for me to write more song parodies.
Hey Sirgod, I followed your suggestion and Ann fixed my rank for me, whoohoo!
Post by: Sirgod on October 15, 2003, 09:30:33 am
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I'd be honored it if Hstaph used me, even in a cruel, demeaning way.
Cruel and demeaning??? I can't possibly imagine where you would EVER get such an idea... really now...
With MP:TTT complete, I have to have SOMETHING to parody until I start work on RotK, ya' know...
Well, actually, the alternative is for me to write more song parodies.
Hey Sirgod, I followed your suggestion and Ann fixed my rank for me, whoohoo!
That looks Great Hsta. WTG,
Stephen
Post by: Toasty0 on November 13, 2003, 09:22:13 pm
Post by: thefish on November 13, 2003, 11:37:15 pm
Post by: TalonClaw on November 14, 2003, 02:11:00 pm
Post by: Hstaphath_XC on November 14, 2003, 06:17:56 pm
I wanted to roleplay something a bit unique. Hehe... my new character reminds me of when I'm flying Hydran, it just does NOT pay to get to close to me... I'll pummel your kneecaps with my Fusio-- errr... with my mace! Yeah, with a MACE in each hand!!!
Yep, I'll be the short guy in the purple armor hanging out in the corner that's passing a lot of gas. Now if only I could get a wizard to grow me another arm...
LOL, my favorite taunt is "If you ever stop running I'm going to pummel your knees!"
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on November 14, 2003, 10:59:40 pm
A Elven Thief/Sorcerer or Thief/Bard would be about right. Stealth oriented and flexible.
Post by: Harlax on November 15, 2003, 01:59:27 am
Dwarf CG Fighter
Though I've not been around enough of late to have provided much grist for parody....
Post by: Tremok on November 17, 2003, 03:16:02 pm
Post by: Dracho on November 17, 2003, 04:49:51 pm
, but the fun of the lampoon is part and parcel the character and race, so do whatever you must....
Post by: Julin Eurthyr on November 18, 2003, 11:38:36 am
Julin originally was a D&D character. For third edition, he'd be a human wizard, packing a 2-handed sword, possibly bastard sword as not many people use it, and in 3E the exotic weapons proficiency leads to his air of mystey. His history (2nd edition rules):
Third son of Mediterranean-area like family. First son is crown prince, second son is head of army. With no duty to fulfill, he trained as a fighter in an attempt to become an elite general, wielding a 2 handed sword. During a battle with a troll, his neck was cut deeply, about an inch from cleanly severing his head off. The troll left, and an apprentace mage arrived on the scene. In order to prevent his death, he used a mending spell to reattach Julin's neck. While this did save Julin's life, it left an irremovable scar on his neck, and his voice is very raspy due to the vocal cord damage. With that defeat, he never would be able to command an army, so he became an ambassador, and started studying the arts of magery. Julin wears his family colors (purple), and is still a fan of the tunic/pants combination. He wears a vest covered with pockets instead of a robe, and a stiff, high-necked cloak in order to cover the scar. He still carries (and can use) his 2-handed sword, which he uses mostly for intimidation.
An outsider to the Neverwinter area, his strange looks, air of superiority (still a prince after all), and the scar on his neck all combine to give Julin a relatively low charisma score.
Post by: Sirgod on November 18, 2003, 01:59:15 pm
Stephen
Post by: Tremok on November 18, 2003, 03:32:11 pm
Post by: Rondo_GE on November 18, 2003, 06:31:11 pm
In NWN Main I ran 3 PCs with names and skills roughly close to PCs I had run while really playing D&D...
Aarron Half-Elf (Fighter)
Kama Female Human Druid
Chaz Half-Orc Paladin
All have worked out well but I must say the Druid is very powerful. I breezed through most of NWN with her. Aarron, my Fighter, is the first time I ever played a straight fighter. Aarron used to be a fighter/cleric but being a newby I didn't want to double my class skills as I am unfamiliar with the new rules. He pairs up with that psycho dwarf and together they are just a two man wrecking crew. He did have a little trouble with with Dragons and some of the reallly nasty types but the ending battle with that Lizard Queen was a thriller.
I also play a straight ranger in Adam Millers 10 mods (DreamCatcher/Shadowlords) called Harto Colt. I don't know who this guy Miller is but he rocks. I also have a full Elf thief in the Graveron Seduction...a pretty decent mod.
Currently playing a full Elf Fighter/Thief in SOU. I'm still not sure how the multi class system works though but I found this mod much harder than the main quest in NWN. SOU is better but there are parts that are really laggy.
Question...how does the "to hit" chart go in NWNs for multi-class PCs? If I'm a Fighter at 6th level and a Thief at 5th level do I hit at 5 or 6 or 11? I noticed that some magic items won't let you use them until you attain a cartian level. Like I got this Katana that said it can't be used until i reach the 5th level. But When I was a thief 3rd and a Fighter at the 2nd level I was able to use it...does the hit chart work that way?
Post by: Mog on November 19, 2003, 04:07:10 am
Post by: msnevil on November 19, 2003, 07:39:25 pm
http://nwvault.ign.com/Files/modules/data/1026158289826.shtml
The character hits add up. So a Fighter\mage is worse then straight fighter. But alot better then pure mage. 6+11=17/2=8.5
At least I think.
Post by: Rondo_GE on November 20, 2003, 02:08:04 pm
I went online last night just for grins. I played on a few underpopulated servers and fealt no different than single player. But the last one I was on had lost of folks. They were ok but a little standoffish...due in no small part to the fact that I was starting with a level 1 PC and all these others were like lvl 10 and up...duh. I'll give it a go but I do like the single player end of this game very much.
It isn't so much the jerks that bother me. I was not a voracious ladder match player (only about a 120 SL/GZ matches over 3 years of play), I had maybe 800 or so non ladder matches (rough estimate). The real issue I had with online play was the fact you can't pause a game. Having a family means at times you just have to leave the computer alone and take care of business. As a Gorn my lifetime win perc was just 57% and as a Fed I was at about 64%...but I estimate I lost 10-15% of my matches because I simply had to abandon the computer for various reasons in the middle of play. This also made team play a real risk...even though I loved to play on a team...as it would let your teamates down. Tournaments were out of the question...another thing I had to not do. I remember a few matches where I was playing on a team and my kid broke a soda bottle on the kitchen floor and I had to leave the system in a hurry...my ship charged into the enemy and got annihilated and my teamate hated me...nuff said.
Oh yeah there are jerks online but there are also some good friendships to be made as well. I had some drama with a few of these rejects but by and large the experience was positive.
Anyway I heard XC might have a server...wonder if they need any players? XC was a pretty good Fleet in SFC so I wouldn't mind getting back into a little SFC once in a while, I miss it. I kind of slicked SFC2 off my system to make room but still have SFC OP on it. I think slicking SFC2 was a mistake because GAMESPY wont let you go into the chat rooms for the game if you don't have it...bummer, and that's where most of the remaining SFC players are to be found (except for SFC3 I guess)...
Post by: Aldaron on November 20, 2003, 09:09:59 pm
Post by: Rondo_GE on November 20, 2003, 10:52:46 pm
I went on again tonight and finally joined a party.
Mostly just hack and slash but it was fun. I must have died 3 or 4 times at lvl 3 (Dwarf Fighter) but we had some ungodly powerful female whatever with us so we made it through pretty easily. When she summoned up a Balor I knew she must have been pretty high up, lol.
I'm sort of experimenting with different class combinations right now. Next up...Thief/ Druid....
So far though Thieves don't seem to have much to do. Not many traps and locks in the dengeons I've been in...
Post by: msnevil on November 20, 2003, 11:16:51 pm
I can never find it. I don't know if the server is down when I am on? 12pm Indiana Eastern time zone.
Post by: Mog on November 21, 2003, 03:29:54 am
Post by: Rondo_GE on November 21, 2003, 05:29:48 pm
MSNevil I got on Three Towns late last night. It's under the action category.
Actually it's pretty good but laggy as hell. I created a Druid Thief...female...(I may have found my perfect PC) and it gave me to the 4th level on exp points. I lvl'd up to Druid (3) and Thief (1).... then paired up with what was either a very powerful Ranger or another Druid...methinks it was a Ranger because this guy was only able to call up the same kind of anumals I had at lvl 3. It was pretty easy until I foolishly otran my summoned battled line (Dire Wolf and Dire Boar) and smack dab into what appeared to be a preset formation of grungies....oh well had to repsawn. Got too greedy. Also I found out that the game won't give you experience points for your partner's kills if he/she is more than three levels above you. O well, cya dude....
I plan on leveling her up at a ratio of 2 (druid) to 1 (thief).. Near as I can tell I won't need her trap and picklock skills all that much since these dungeons don't appear to be all that big traps and locks...perhaps they don't reset I dunno. But I love that "sneak attack" and the stealth skills of the thief.
Try to get onto the server agin SAT morning for a little bit.
Post by: Aldaron on November 21, 2003, 08:24:16 pm
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Mogs u just made my day!
MSNevil I got on Three Towns late last night. It's under the action category.
Actually it's pretty good but laggy as hell. I created a Druid Thief...female...(I may have found my perfect PC) and it gave me to the 4th level on exp points. I lvl'd up to Druid (3) and Thief (1).... then paired up with what was either a very powerful Ranger or another Druid...methinks it was a Ranger because this guy was only able to call up the same kind of anumals I had at lvl 3. It was pretty easy until I foolishly otran my summoned battled line (Dire Wolf and Dire Boar) and smack dab into what appeared to be a preset formation of grungies....oh well had to repsawn. Got too greedy. Also I found out that the game won't give you experience points for your partner's kills if he/she is more than three levels above you. O well, cya dude....
I plan on leveling her up at a ratio of 2 (druid) to 1 (thief).. Near as I can tell I won't need her trap and picklock skills all that much since these dungeons don't appear to be all that big traps and locks...perhaps they don't reset I dunno. But I love that "sneak attack" and the stealth skills of the thief.
Try to get onto the server agin SAT morning for a little bit.
The level restriction for parties is to keep people from twinking (ie, high levels helping low levels get xp in areas that are a breeze for the high levels but high xp for low levels........xp gained is based on your character level). There are a couple of areas that require thief skills (the tombs in Wheaton Woods require lock pickand the Vrock caves have tons of traps).
And as a warning don't take anything for granted, all creatures are custom made (ie goblins have at least 20+ hp).
Any other questions/tips just ask. I'm on as Elvewyn(bard 8/Rouge 3/Arcane Archer 9), Amonaug (cleric 20) or Takashi (monk 11)
Post by: Kieran Forester on November 21, 2003, 09:00:09 pm
My character is Kalanis, a LN gold elf fighter/sorcerer. In my pen+paper campaign, he's quite powerful, but I haven't played him much on NWN because my normal computer is too crappy to operate it.
Post by: Rondo_GE on November 22, 2003, 03:30:15 am
Actually I never needed the picklock thing even in single player...I just destroyed locked chests with traps with lightening are used a boc/crossbow. Now if I were designing a game I might try to cheapen the loot if the chests were opned that way...lets say due to destruction...but I never noticed that happening. Sometimes it backfires like when I wipe out a safe but the lightening seems to spread and takes out a door that sets loose a particularily lethal badboy/girl that I wasn't ready for. I guess another way would be to script in a ward (if this is possible) that would summon something nasty or reflect damage back at PCs that try to open chests or doors by destroying them.
Now traps by themselves are definitely torublesome which makes the detecting skill and the dismantling skill valuable no matter how you shake it.
Post by: Aldaron on November 22, 2003, 03:22:37 pm
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Oki Doki Ald I'll remmber all that hey I'm a newby and ignorance is blissssssss....no gripes on the experience thing on mismatched parties. Seems sensible.
Actually I never needed the picklock thing even in single player...I just destroyed locked chests with traps with lightening are used a boc/crossbow. Now if I were designing a game I might try to cheapen the loot if the chests were opned that way...lets say due to destruction...but I never noticed that happening. Sometimes it backfires like when I wipe out a safe but the lightening seems to spread and takes out a door that sets loose a particularily lethal badboy/girl that I wasn't ready for. I guess another way would be to script in a ward (if this is possible) that would summon something nasty or reflect damage back at PCs that try to open chests or doors by destroying them.
Now traps by themselves are definitely torublesome which makes the detecting skill and the dismantling skill valuable no matter how you shake it.
Actually you just mentioned most of what does happen in 3T
(brekaing things if you smash chests and have things spawn )
Post by: TalonClaw on November 22, 2003, 06:39:44 pm
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thanks Guys, Keep them coming. right now, I'm just adding in the characters, and won't start much as far a mapping until HoTu comes out. That way, I might borrow from It.
Stephen
HoTu should be out in stores on 12/03. I can't wait. Level 40 characters.
Post by: Nob Akimoto on November 22, 2003, 08:18:19 pm
Anyway, if you have NWN and have fond memories of PnP sessions, you HAVE to try out the Persistant Worlds that are available online.
www.avlis.org
The World of Avlis is perhaps the single most addicting gaming experience I've had in years, and I've found myself spending 7-8 hours a day on here...(Hence no time for the forums I guess)
Try it out, and no we have ZERO "phat lewt" searching powergamers.
Be sure to say hi to a very very old SFC community vet Vanor when you see him DMing.
Post by: La'ra on November 23, 2003, 04:40:22 am
Post by: Reverend on November 25, 2003, 12:31:16 am
thank you for inviting me, Sirgod.... as for my, I was running a CG female half-elf Monk/Rogue (actually, for the Hordes of Undrentide, I had her a pretty high-up Shadowdancer also).... boy, she can move! Those monks get movement bonuses after 4th level I think, so at a 13th lvl with Boots of Speed for luaghs, she hauls a little butt here and there, lol.
I hope that I am able to acquire me one of those new-fangled Underdark games too- trouble with modding NWN is that once a certain mod gets downloaded so many times from their server, they decide to put that mod into the next game! Now, the new game is going ot have visible cloaks, a more interactive camera, and bloody nicer skies! Drat, I had just learned how to put those in!
If there are any needs for modding help, let me know... I stink, but maybe I might have a hint you didn't....
Post by: Sirgod on November 25, 2003, 08:47:48 am
Stephen
Post by: TalonClaw on November 25, 2003, 11:39:14 am
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Awesome idea La'ra...
thank you for inviting me, Sirgod.... as for my, I was running a CG female half-elf Monk/Rogue (actually, for the Hordes of Undrentide, I had her a pretty high-up Shadowdancer also).... boy, she can move! Those monks get movement bonuses after 4th level I think, so at a 13th lvl with Boots of Speed for luaghs, she hauls a little butt here and there, lol.
Hordes of Undrentide
Post by: Toasty0 on November 25, 2003, 11:47:20 pm
Post by: Sirgod on November 26, 2003, 09:09:28 am
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oh, you guys are gonna so regret me re-installing this game...
sirgod <---- pokes pinata with a 40' pole. Oh do tell ToastyO do tell .
Stephen
Post by: Reverend on November 29, 2003, 02:55:25 pm
Heck, mine isn't installed yet either...
TalonClaw, I don't get it, whats so funny about Hordes of Undrentide? I want to laugh also...
the funniest part of that game was betraying the dragon by using that belt against him.... polymorphing into a frost giant and beating the crap out of him!
Post by: Aldaron on November 29, 2003, 07:31:17 pm
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do it Toasty- do it! I dare you!
Heck, mine isn't installed yet either...
TalonClaw, I don't get it, whats so funny about Hordes of Undrentide? I want to laugh also...
the funniest part of that game was betraying the dragon by using that belt against him.... polymorphing into a frost giant and beating the crap out of him!
Becasue it's "Shadows of Undrentide" and "Hordes of the Under Dark"
Post by: Aenigma on December 02, 2003, 05:53:34 am
This way i'll get four extra feats, plus a familair (pixie), plus dual-weapon fighting feats for close range combat + favored enemy (human) + archer prestige class.
I'm focusing on being an archer, so this should be a nice built.
My character is named Aenigma the Thrice-Doomed, an elf who lost his family, home and mind.
Aenigma
Post by: Sirgod on December 02, 2003, 12:03:11 pm
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My character is named Aenigma the Thrice-Doomed, an elf who lost his family, home and mind.
talk about Fantasy mirroring Reality...
J/K bro.Stephen
Post by: Aenigma on December 02, 2003, 12:33:49 pm
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talk about Fantasy mirroring Reality... J/K bro.
I can't remember that i am an elf
Aenigma
Post by: Sirgod on December 02, 2003, 02:33:36 pm
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talk about Fantasy mirroring Reality... J/K bro.
I can't remember that i am an elf
Aenigma
Too funny Bro. I needed that laugh.
stephen
Post by: Aldaron on December 02, 2003, 08:30:49 pm
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Right now, i'm playing on the Three Towns server. I'm currently Ftr5/Rng1, and i'll try to do Ftr8/Wiz1/Rng1/Arc10.
This way i'll get four extra feats, plus a familair (pixie), plus dual-weapon fighting feats for close range combat + favored enemy (human) + archer prestige class.
I'm focusing on being an archer, so this should be a nice built.
My character is named Aenigma the Thrice-Doomed, an elf who lost his family, home and mind.
Aenigma
Sorry to tell you this but you are limited to 3 classes for multi-class characters. If you plan on going Arcane Archer you aren't doing it with this character. BTW lvl 10 AA is useless in 3T. By the time you get death arrow (DC 20 to fort save) most creatures you'll be fighting can save against 80% of the time. Use the extra level for something else.
Now this may all change with HoUD.
Post by: Aenigma on December 03, 2003, 04:45:09 am
I guess i'll have to restart my character then
Aenigma
Post by: Reverend on December 04, 2003, 12:14:12 pm
Post by: TalonClaw on December 05, 2003, 08:50:03 am
Post by: Aenigma on December 05, 2003, 11:59:50 am
Aenigma
Post by: Sirgod on December 05, 2003, 01:00:53 pm
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Well yeah. If you have a totally uber character then what's the point? D&D is centered around having a party where each member makes the group stronger as a whole.
Most of my players always centered around assasinateing the Paladin Played by my best friend. I guess you could View It that way also though.
Post by: Aenigma on December 05, 2003, 04:54:39 pm
Aenigma
PS now playing as Amathien Eldarion.
Post by: Aldaron on December 06, 2003, 12:13:44 pm
Post by: TalonClaw on December 08, 2003, 10:29:29 am
Post by: Skawpya on December 13, 2003, 01:41:20 pm
Post by: Skawpya on December 13, 2003, 01:57:40 pm
Miost interesting pnp events I remember?
first is in red steel with ongoing prankfest between my hutaakan cleric mage, and my guardionos swashbuckler. things like the hutaakan putting all the swashbucklers underwear in a chest along with the key and then casting lock on it, or the swashbuckler collecting a jar of fleas and putting it under the hutaakans sheets
second, running the horde module, and the players knight upon seeing the old wizard/sage in the first emporer's city assumed he was a lich and killed him.
third, my old underdark gnolls driving the player character nuts and her return of holding the "exchange wood for adamantine in equal value" against them, by making weight the measure of value
Post by: Aldaron on December 13, 2003, 02:07:39 pm
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Well now that I finally have a computer that can run the blasted game, fiddled with it a bit, and a dsl line soon to be available, I am wondering what haks does three kingdoms use and does it allow gnoll characters?
Do you mean Three Towns? The Kingdoms I don't know about but Three Towns uses no haks.
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on December 14, 2003, 10:12:31 pm
Post by: Sirgod on December 15, 2003, 08:27:45 pm
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ROFLMAO. another Zinger there Nemesis.
Stephen
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on December 16, 2003, 08:02:36 pm
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ROFLMAO. another Zinger there Nemesis.
Stephen
It seemed to fit right in.