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[DolosusDoleus]

Are spell books needed for casting spells, or learning them?

Also, my sheet's done.

Learning.

Also, yer in.

[Glass]

I'd like to sign up.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Jacob Frost
Age: 21
Class: Bard
Prior occupation: Thief

Dex 3+1
Str 2
Cha 2+1
Int 3
End 0-1

Inventory start:

If no hand crossbows:
Crossbow (-150 gold)
2 knives (-25 gold)
First aid kit (-25 gold)
100 gold left

If hand crossbows (assuming 100 gold cost):
Hand crossbow (-100 gold)
Shield (-50 gold)
2 knives (-25 gold)
First aid kit (-25 gold)
100 gold left


Appearance: Jacob is nearly as tall as a half-giant, but as wiry as an elf. His height and pale blue skin belie his family's heritage with the frost giants of old, although only wild magics have maintained the physical characteristics associated with it. His clothing is made for the wanderer that he is: his tunic is simple and handmade but comfortable, lined with furs on the inside, while his light sandals have rabbit fur soles, to lighten the stress of long treks. He also wears a hood, long enough to keep the sun out of his eyes, or, if necessary, cover his face in shadow to maintain his anonymity; a few messy white locks of hair sometimes find their way down to his nose and mouth.

Personality: Let there never be a person who says that Jacob doesn't look for the best course of action. He is pragmatic, especially when there are lives on the line; bandits know well that if you attack a man and Jacob sees it, nearby villagers will "mysteriously" start figuring out where your camp is. However, in cases where there is less risk, Jacob is quite willing to try new things, and will get quite excited when something works out well.

History: Like many of his culture, Jacob felt the call of wanderlust early on; there are few things more exciting than adventure! Except that adventuring is not entirely adventuring, and it gets tedious slogging from village to village, looking for things that people need done that are more important that being a glorified delivery boy. So, Jacob became an wanderer and explorer: seeking out places that none had sought before, seeing the sights that others could only ever hope to see in pictures, finding the beasts only found in legendary tales, and, as time went on, Jacob began to tell the tales of these beasts, draw the pictures of these scenes, and tell the tales of his adventures to enraptured tavern audiences. Of course, as he told the tales of his adventures to his drunk audiences, he stilll had to make his riches somehow, and drunk people enraptured in a story are not the best or most attentive gamblers...
Now, he goes to Fireblood Mountain to make another tale to share.

BTW, are there hand crossbows (I.e. 1-handed)?

EDITS: Something I noticed: you have maces as 2-handed weapons. I'm pretty sure that something like a warhammer/maul would be the 2-handed version, while maces are 1-handed.
In addition, why are the shortswords so expensive? And, speaking of shortswords, aren't you also able to stab with them? Sure, not at the same time as you slash, but they're still short enough for that to be one of the ways that you use one.

[Aliemma]

Alright, this sheet is almost done, I just need to add a few details for appearance and history fluff.

Spoiler: Jerila, Archer (click to show/hide)

Name: Jerila Nakiash
Age: 25
Personality: Jerila’s past as a thief has led her to go with her gut and take actions without thinking about consequences. This has led her to be light on her feet and quick to react whenever things go wrong and able to lie better than most, and she practices often.
Appearance: Light brown hair that falls to her shoulders and is an absolute mess of tangles. She’s built fairly lean, and tends to dress comfortably.
History:Born from a night of fun to a mother that wasn't ready, Jerila wasn't exactly well off. As she grew and she required more food to stay alive, she started joining in on odd-jobs by groups of thieves. She decided to stick with one which taught her the way of the bow, and it soon became her weapon of choice. When she heard rumors that Fireblood Mountain was active, she decided to see if there was anything valuable to keep her and her mother afloat.
Stats:
Strength: 2
Dexterity:3+1
Endurance: 0-1
Charisma: 3+1
Intuition: 2
Class: Archer
Former Profession: Thief
Inventory: Bow:100gp 25 arrows(come with bow) 2 daggers:25gp
Gold: 175gp
Medicine: -1
Melee Weapons: -1
Ranged Weapons: +1
Arcana: +-0
Unarmed Combat: -1

Edit: Fixed stats, added history and appearence, and changed shop items. Sheet's good to go.

[DolosusDoleus]

I'd like to sign up.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Jacob Frost
Age: 21
Class: Bard
Prior occupation: Thief

Dex 3+1
Str 2
Cha 2+1
Int 3
End 0-1

Inventory start:

If no hand crossbows:
Crossbow (-150 gold)
2 knives (-25 gold)
First aid kit (-25 gold)
100 gold left

If hand crossbows (assuming 100 gold cost):
Hand crossbow (-100 gold)
Shield (-50 gold)
2 knives (-25 gold)
First aid kit (-25 gold)
100 gold left


Appearance: Jacob is nearly as tall as a half-giant, but as wiry as an elf. His height and pale blue skin belie his family's heritage with the frost giants of old, although only wild magics have maintained the physical characteristics associated with it. His clothing is made for the wanderer that he is: his tunic is simple and handmade but comfortable, lined with furs on the inside, while his light sandals have rabbit fur soles, to lighten the stress of long treks. He also wears a hood, long enough to keep the sun out of his eyes, or, if necessary, cover his face in shadow to maintain his anonymity; a few messy white locks of hair sometimes find their way down to his nose and mouth.

Personality: Let there never be a person who says that Jacob doesn't look for the best course of action. He is pragmatic, especially when there are lives on the line; bandits know well that if you attack a man and Jacob sees it, nearby villagers will "mysteriously" start figuring out where your camp is. However, in cases where there is less risk, Jacob is quite willing to try new things, and will get quite excited when something works out well.

History: Like many of his culture, Jacob felt the call of wanderlust early on; there are few things more exciting than adventure! Except that adventuring is not entirely adventuring, and it gets tedious slogging from village to village, looking for things that people need done that are more important that being a glorified delivery boy. So, Jacob became an wanderer and explorer: seeking out places that none had sought before, seeing the sights that others could only ever hope to see in pictures, finding the beasts only found in legendary tales, and, as time went on, Jacob began to tell the tales of these beasts, draw the pictures of these scenes, and tell the tales of his adventures to enraptured tavern audiences. Of course, as he told the tales of his adventures to his drunk audiences, he stilll had to make his riches somehow, and drunk people enraptured in a story are not the best or most attentive gamblers...
Now, he goes to Fireblood Mountain to make another tale to share.

BTW, are there hand crossbows (I.e. 1-handed)?

EDITS: Something I noticed: you have maces as 2-handed weapons. I'm pretty sure that something like a warhammer/maul would be the 2-handed version, while maces are 1-handed.
In addition, why are the shortswords so expensive? And, speaking of shortswords, aren't you also able to stab with them? Sure, not at the same time as you slash, but they're still short enough for that to be one of the ways that you use one.

Alright, this sheet is almost done, I just need to add a few details for appearance and history fluff.

Spoiler: Jerila, Archer (click to show/hide)

Name: Jerila Nakiash
Age: 25
Personality: Jerila’s past as a thief has led her to go with her gut and take actions without thinking about consequences. This has led her to be light on her feet and quick to react whenever things go wrong and able to lie better than most, and she practices often.
Appearance:
History:
Stats:
Strength: 2
Dexterity:3+1
Endurance: 0-1
Charisma: 2+1
Intuition: 2
Class: Archer
Former Profession: Thief
Inventory: Bow:100gp 25 arrows(come with bow)
Gold: 200gp
Medicine: -1
Melee Weapons: -1
Ranged Weapons: +1
Arcana: +-0
Unarmed Combat: -1

Both of you are in! I'll update Jerila's sheet when you do.

To answer questions,

1. No, because I get the feeling that having two crossbows would be a tad overpowered.
2. Shortswords are expensive because reasons.
3. For the sake of my own personal sanity, I'm restricting each weapon to one type of damage, except in cases where they can be used as different weapons types, in which case their usage depends on their damage type. E.g., the staff deals only bashing when used as a melee weapon, and only magic damage when used as a arcane weapon.

First update will be soonish.

[Glass]

1. No, because I get the feeling that having two crossbows would be a tad overpowered.

Well, you clearly can't dual-wield hand crossbows; it would be impossible to reload them. And besides, compared to a hand ballista regular crossbow, it'd have to do less damage, and probably have a shorter range, too (you can't put as much force behind a bolt in 6 inches as you can in a meter). Think of the difference between a pistol, a rifle, and a cannon (the hand crossbow, crossbow, and ballista, respectively).

Anyway, I was hoping to be able to have a hand crossbow in one hand and a shield in the other, because safety. Safety is important.

For comparison's sake:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Crossbow:


Hand crossbow:


Awesome ballista

[DolosusDoleus]

Turn 1: Enter the Mountain

Five heroes have assembled at the base of Fireblood Mountain, at a gaping obsidian hole piercing the side of the humongous volcano. A faint molten glow barely illuminates a wooden sign reading "Abandon all hope ye who enter here." Nobody has entered the cursed mountain for as long as anyone can remember, but these five are just brave - or insane - enough to attempt to conquer that which no man dares even enter.

There is Ardelion Dallan, full-time camelliaphile and part-time mage, who having devoted his entire life to the study of tea and believes that the mountain contains Uveali, a special herb which, if rumors are true, produces a tea so fantastic, so overwhelmingly delicious even a single taste could bring the strongest man to tears.

Next to him stands Gary, who is truly an odd character for a medic, being a narcissist and all. Generally, one would expect a doctor to be almost entirely devoted to the well-being of others, but not Gary. Nosiree.

The third member is Ae-Hale Chasme, another mage. However, this mage seeks the a wealth in Fireblood not of material wealth, but of magical knowledge. He suspects that some of the more sapient denizens of the volcano might be willing to share their knowledge with him.

Immediately following is Jacob Frost, a traveling adventurer and bard who roams the land seeking adventure and glory! Also money. Money would be nice too.

Rounding out the party is Jerila Nakiash, an archer thief who needs the money she hopes to gain from this mad excursion to keep her family afloat. Why isn't she instead just trying to ambush and rob some rich merchant? Stop asking stupid questions, it's for the ADVENTURE of course!

[Glass]

Yes.

Alright. Um...
What's ahead of us? What's beyond the sign?
Can we see that?

[DolosusDoleus]

Yes.

Alright. Um...
What's ahead of us? What's beyond the sign?
Can we see that?

Adventure! Excitement! Volcano! Gruesome DeathFun!

[Glass]

Yes.

Alright. Um...
What's ahead of us? What's beyond the sign?
Can we see that?

Adventure! Excitement! Volcano! Gruesome DeathFun!

But what is physically in front of us?

[Coolrune206]

Gary looks at his party for a moment.

"Wait! We're all squishy! We have no close combat fighters, nobody to absorb the blows so my beautiful face doesn't take them! Oh the humanity! What imbecile planned this?"

[Glass]

Gary looks at his party for a moment.

"Wait! We're all squishy! We have no close combat fighters, nobody to absorb the blows so my beautiful face doesn't take them! Oh the humanity! What imbecile planned this?"

"This is why we never let anyone close enough to reach us. Think with pragmatism, mate. Now, mages, either of your books got some light spells, or scrying, or invisibility, or some such stuff?
...and you too, Gary. The sooner you open those books, the sooner you can instantly increase your usefulness by three times or more, depending on how useful those spells are."

[mastahcheese]

I'mma get in on this.

Spoiler: Erik the Bastard (click to show/hide)

Name: Erik
Age: 20
Personality: Erik only rarely spoke with others, and was always sceptical when he did. He is often blunt, and doesn't understand courtesy in any form.

Appearance: Erik has had no easy life, and is marked with scars and callouses across his entire body, wearing them with pride. He has a broad, muscular build with no head hair, but a long and unkempt red beard.

History: After his mother had an illegitimate child with an adventurer that briefly passed through town, Erik's mother was unable to keep a steady occupation, and was only barely able to provide for her new child. They lived in poverty, frequently without a roof over their heads, as the townsfolk often shunned them. For this reason, Erik was never socialized, and grew to distrust those he did deal with. After his mother passed, Erik trained his body restlessly, and scraped together enough money to arm himself to follow in his unknown father's footsteps, the life of an adventurer. He has come to this place after hearing a rumor that his dad might be here, but whether Erik wishes to greet him with open arms, or the head of an axe, remains to be seen.
Stats:
STR:4
DEX:3+1
END:3+1
CHA:0-1
INT:0
Class: Fighter
Former Profession: Beggar
Inventory: Two axes (100 each), a shield (50), and a mysterious potion(50).
Gold: None

[TankKit]

A Tea Mage, a Narcissist Docter, a Knowledge-Seeking Mage, a Bard, and an Archer Thief. There are so many ways this can go wrong.

Sign me up.

Spoiler: Introducing: Calm Mage. (click to show/hide)

Name: Sir Lootington
Age: 26

Personality: Calm and collected stereo-typical posh Brit.
Appearance: Calm looking posh Brit wearing a tophat, monocle, cape, and holding a cane that looks like it would break instantly if used as a weapon in his left hand. He wears all this over everything else he ever puts on.
History: Well, supposedly he's travelled an extremely long distance to get here, but that's about all he's said... yet. And he also has apparantly never lost his temper.

Stats:
Strength: -1
Dexterity: 4
Endurance: 2
Charisma: 2
Intuition: 4

Class: Mage
Former Profession: Scholar

Inventory:
Wand: One-handed. Arcana. Magic Damage.(100gp)
Klodel's Guide to Magic: Contains a list of very simple spells, which can be learned by all characters. It disappears after being read once. (200gp)


Gold: 0gp

And now I wait...

[OceanSoul]

Read my tome. What sort of spells are in it?

[Coolrune206]

Gary also (tries) to read and understand his tome.