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#CharacterCreationChallenge – Day 25 – D&D 5E (WotC)
Building on yesterday’s post, here’s Kevan as he ended up after the conclusion of the initial adventure. We leveled up part way through, and with only two party members, I felt I needed more beef while maintaining some healing ability. So I added another level of Paladin. Kevan d’York – Human Warlock 1/Paladin 2
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#CharacterCreationChallenge – Day 24 – D&D 5E (WotC)
Following up yesterday’s post on the 10-year-old’s 3rd-level barbarian as we finished the adventure, I present my 2nd-level character at the start of the adventure. We started at 2nd-level. I’ve had fun in the past with divinely-touched arcane spellcasters (Celestial Warlock, Divine Soul Sorcerer), but I wanted something a little more beefy this time, while…
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#CharacterCreationChallenge – Day 23 – D&D 5E (WotC)
On the other hand, the 13-year-old is capable of coming up with a campaign seed and start things off. He has a self-described problem of continuing after the initial bit, but I am pretty sure that will come with time. So when he described his next pitch as “Escape from Totally-Not-Fantasy-Australia-Where-Everything-IS-Trying-To-Kill-You”, the 10-year-old and I…
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#CharacterCreationChallenge – Day 22 – D&D 5E (WotC)
Nothing deep today. This is just a 5E character I pulled together for a 5E adventure my 10-year-old wanted to run. Do you know what happens when a 10-year-old gets ahold of first level characters and the Monster Manual? You get the worst Monty Haul adventure you’ve ever seen with an increasingly bizarre number of…
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#CharacterCreationChallenge – Day 21 – Rifts (Palladium)
Rifts is a gonzo setting. It is literally the kitchen sink. If you can’t find the character concept there, you can build it. The Palladium Megaverse is even more gonzo. Combine the two? It’s like a doctor’s prescription to eat unlimited dark chocolate and black cherries! Critiques of the mechanics aside, Rifts allows one to…
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#CharacterCreationChallenge – Day 20 – Heroes Unlimited (Palladium)
I own a lot of Palladium books from various settings. Say what you will about the ruleset, Palladium’s publications *drip* ideas. But I’ve never gotten to play one until recently. The same DM who wanted to try the 5E “Lite” game started off wanting to run an online Heroes Unlimited game set in and 80s-action-movie…
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#CharacterCreationChallenge – Day 19 – D&D 5E (WotC)
Welcome to my first day of phoning it in. (I’m on vacation. While I’m on vacation, I preset a bunch of posts so I wouldn’t miss a day. That’s going to look funny if I mess up the first three weeks of the Challenge!) I belong to an online group of Facebook gamers who gather…
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#CharacterCreationChallenger – Day 18 – In Nomine (Steve Jackson Games)
And now for something completely different. I have been meaning to revisit In Nomine again. I find it an excellent game, a fascinating setting, and just wonderful for subverting expectations. I very much enjoyed the traffic on the now-moribund In Nomine email list, even though I didn’t participate very much. Alas, I have never gotten…
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#CharacterCreationChallenge – Day 17- Gangbusters B/X (Mark Hunt)
Gangbusters is nominally set in the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression. Characters are usually the criminals getting rich on Prohibition or people’s increasing desperation or the heroes bringing criminals to justice and bringing hope to the downtrodden. Abilities are standard. Saves have different names, but you know what they’re for. Character classes are broader:…
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#CharacterCreationChallenge – Day 16 – Tall Tales B/X (Mark Hunt)
Today and tomorrow’s characters are intertwined. Early in the pandemic, I went on a Basic/Expert D&D bender. I picked up some old favorites. I looked over some OSR stuff. I got interested in the rest of the TSR backlist, though not at those prices! I ran across Mark Hunt’s Gangbusters and Tall Tales for B/X.…
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