Jormengand
2015-05-15, 01:04 PM
Welcome to the third Ridiculous Character Concepts Contest! In this contest, we compete to see how viable you can make a completely ridiculous character concept. And generally, how fun it would be!
First up, the concept! It wasn't me! Anything that does something... by not doing it! Maybe you're a master illusionist who's banned illusion, or perhaps you raise armies of the dead without knowing any necromancy spells. The choice is yours!
You can make up to 3 characters. If you make more than three, the last three will count. Post them straight onto this thread.
Build your items in. Use standard WBL allowances, and start with 100 gold at level 1, just to standardize everything
LA can be either just hit dice, or ECL. Expect me to look more favorably on ECL, because it limits your options a but more.
THIS SHOULD BE STRICTLY 3.5 CONTENT. NOTHING ELSE.
Builds will be presented at levels 1, 4, 7, and 13. No level 20, and no high point.
Some ground rules for source use - these have changed slightly from the original due to differences in chair.
1. No dragon magazine, yes dragon comp.
2. Yes splatbooks
3. UA will be allowed, but should be used sparingly.
4. No cohorts or followers of any kind.
Points will be awarded based on 6 categories. These are
Viability: How well do you do what you do? /100
Originality: How weird, wacky and left-field is your class? /100
Elegance: How well does your class mesh together? Are you multiclassing every level and using a million different UA variants, or using a simple, cohesive, well thought-out class? /100
Theme: How well does the build fit the theme? /100
Fun to play: How fun do I think this class will be to play? /50
Difficulty challenge: +10 requires no items to fulfil the theme, +30 no magic/psionics/sp/ps, +10 no multiclassing.
A maximum of 500 points will be awarded. Once the competition is over, the top 3 builds will be rated. A composite score will be provided, and so will scores for the individual categories.
Standard 32 point buy will be used.
Contestants have until 7:00 PM BST on June 15th to submit builds. After that, posting ends.
Builds should be formatted in the same manner as Iron Chief entries.
Level
Class
Base Attack Bonus
Fort Save
Ref Save
Will Save
Skills
Feats
Class Features
1st
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
2nd
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
3rd
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
4th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
5th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
6th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
7th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
8th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
9th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
10th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
11th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
12th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
13th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
There will be a first, second and third place winner, however, you may not win with more than one character!
Bragging rights to the winner, and happy building!
RCC2: Slam-dunk! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?402795-Ridiculous-Character-Concepts-2-Slam-Dunk!)
RCC1 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?395701-Ridiculous-Character-Concepts-Challenge-I)
First up, the concept! It wasn't me! Anything that does something... by not doing it! Maybe you're a master illusionist who's banned illusion, or perhaps you raise armies of the dead without knowing any necromancy spells. The choice is yours!
You can make up to 3 characters. If you make more than three, the last three will count. Post them straight onto this thread.
Build your items in. Use standard WBL allowances, and start with 100 gold at level 1, just to standardize everything
LA can be either just hit dice, or ECL. Expect me to look more favorably on ECL, because it limits your options a but more.
THIS SHOULD BE STRICTLY 3.5 CONTENT. NOTHING ELSE.
Builds will be presented at levels 1, 4, 7, and 13. No level 20, and no high point.
Some ground rules for source use - these have changed slightly from the original due to differences in chair.
1. No dragon magazine, yes dragon comp.
2. Yes splatbooks
3. UA will be allowed, but should be used sparingly.
4. No cohorts or followers of any kind.
Points will be awarded based on 6 categories. These are
Viability: How well do you do what you do? /100
Originality: How weird, wacky and left-field is your class? /100
Elegance: How well does your class mesh together? Are you multiclassing every level and using a million different UA variants, or using a simple, cohesive, well thought-out class? /100
Theme: How well does the build fit the theme? /100
Fun to play: How fun do I think this class will be to play? /50
Difficulty challenge: +10 requires no items to fulfil the theme, +30 no magic/psionics/sp/ps, +10 no multiclassing.
A maximum of 500 points will be awarded. Once the competition is over, the top 3 builds will be rated. A composite score will be provided, and so will scores for the individual categories.
Standard 32 point buy will be used.
Contestants have until 7:00 PM BST on June 15th to submit builds. After that, posting ends.
Builds should be formatted in the same manner as Iron Chief entries.
Level
Class
Base Attack Bonus
Fort Save
Ref Save
Will Save
Skills
Feats
Class Features
1st
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
2nd
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
3rd
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
4th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
5th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
6th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
7th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
8th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
9th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
10th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
11th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
12th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
13th
New Class Level
+x
+x
+x
+x
Skills
Feats
New Class Abilities
There will be a first, second and third place winner, however, you may not win with more than one character!
Bragging rights to the winner, and happy building!
RCC2: Slam-dunk! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?402795-Ridiculous-Character-Concepts-2-Slam-Dunk!)
RCC1 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?395701-Ridiculous-Character-Concepts-Challenge-I)