evangaline
2014-05-26, 06:07 AM
Greetings fellow playgrounders,
For your comprehension I will give some additional information, we have played 6 sessions. The players are 18, 18 and 19 years old with little expirience in D&D. The cleric had 10 str, and hardly ever uses spells. He does not buff himself either. They have reached level 3. The bard has 8 str and a stupidly high diplomacy bonus. The sorcerer has nearly died at least once every session. He has also got a stupidly hard to remeber name wich is Sylvanon Ashabella Dalanar, try remebering that.
I have for you a tale. To be specific, a tale about a sorcerer, a cleric and a bard. This may perhaps sound like a 'party with potential and power'. It is, in fact, not.
Let us start with the divine might, the grandest of tiers; my dear friend Zedduin the first, cleric of Alhonna. Allow me to discribe the spells my dear friend uses: None. He considers melee overpowered and will always use his masterwork sword, even though his arms are too weak to carry such inferior equipment (10str). Yes, with this vast array of divine powers at his disposal he prefers to use a glorified metal stick!
Second is our grandmaster of the arcane arts, the sorcerer 'sylvanon asha-something, dala-something'. He has devoted himself to using burning hands until his final moment. Keep in mind that this 'final moment' has come close many times, however he has divised a cunning strategy to prevent this. He has chosen to lead the charge! Indeed. He has even overcome his inner squishyness by taking toughness. And, to proove his dedication to the evocation school, he will never take any spell that does not belong to the evocation school.
Now it's time for the 'most capable' player, I introduce to you Baka the bard, slayer of goblins and proud possesor of the title 'Owner of a genuinly bad name'. He may sound like potent warrior, however you should not let his titles decieve you. This man is utterly, genuinly and completely worthless in combat. He does not have acces to the powers of the arcane, nor does he have acces to a divine force. This man has power over a whip. With his puny gnome arms he may have some trouble lifting this mighty leather weapon of mass destruction, but fear not! He will not use this grand leathery band of mass destruction to make you fall, no! He will just hit you in your face with it! This may seem like an unoptimized way of trying to slay goblins, indeed this is a slow way to slay these pests. However this problem has also been solved by this genius. He has used his full WBL for buying armies and he has rallied peasants to march at the goblins, earning titles, gold and a rod of wonder! By organising this massive slaugher he had also managed to turn this wonderful game of D&D into rome total war with magic, wich made the Omnisire sad.
The bard will DM from now on and I will play a warblade with 14 str while wielding combat pans to prevent myself from being overpowered. Source of the Warpan: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1901693996/combat-kitchenware
For your comprehension I will give some additional information, we have played 6 sessions. The players are 18, 18 and 19 years old with little expirience in D&D. The cleric had 10 str, and hardly ever uses spells. He does not buff himself either. They have reached level 3. The bard has 8 str and a stupidly high diplomacy bonus. The sorcerer has nearly died at least once every session. He has also got a stupidly hard to remeber name wich is Sylvanon Ashabella Dalanar, try remebering that.
I have for you a tale. To be specific, a tale about a sorcerer, a cleric and a bard. This may perhaps sound like a 'party with potential and power'. It is, in fact, not.
Let us start with the divine might, the grandest of tiers; my dear friend Zedduin the first, cleric of Alhonna. Allow me to discribe the spells my dear friend uses: None. He considers melee overpowered and will always use his masterwork sword, even though his arms are too weak to carry such inferior equipment (10str). Yes, with this vast array of divine powers at his disposal he prefers to use a glorified metal stick!
Second is our grandmaster of the arcane arts, the sorcerer 'sylvanon asha-something, dala-something'. He has devoted himself to using burning hands until his final moment. Keep in mind that this 'final moment' has come close many times, however he has divised a cunning strategy to prevent this. He has chosen to lead the charge! Indeed. He has even overcome his inner squishyness by taking toughness. And, to proove his dedication to the evocation school, he will never take any spell that does not belong to the evocation school.
Now it's time for the 'most capable' player, I introduce to you Baka the bard, slayer of goblins and proud possesor of the title 'Owner of a genuinly bad name'. He may sound like potent warrior, however you should not let his titles decieve you. This man is utterly, genuinly and completely worthless in combat. He does not have acces to the powers of the arcane, nor does he have acces to a divine force. This man has power over a whip. With his puny gnome arms he may have some trouble lifting this mighty leather weapon of mass destruction, but fear not! He will not use this grand leathery band of mass destruction to make you fall, no! He will just hit you in your face with it! This may seem like an unoptimized way of trying to slay goblins, indeed this is a slow way to slay these pests. However this problem has also been solved by this genius. He has used his full WBL for buying armies and he has rallied peasants to march at the goblins, earning titles, gold and a rod of wonder! By organising this massive slaugher he had also managed to turn this wonderful game of D&D into rome total war with magic, wich made the Omnisire sad.
The bard will DM from now on and I will play a warblade with 14 str while wielding combat pans to prevent myself from being overpowered. Source of the Warpan: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1901693996/combat-kitchenware