PeteNutButter
2016-02-29, 07:05 PM
Ever been at the table with another party member that has 6 odd stats? Maybe a fighter that dumped con? A rogue with all mental stats? Inexperienced or bad players exist and we have started somewhere, but in an effort to replicate the efforts we go to help our teammates salvage their characters (if they even let us help), I am proposing a simple build challenge.
The challenge is thus: Roll 2d6, a 1d12, and percentile dice. Each d6 corresponds with a primary stat: str is 1, dex 2, etc. Using a 27 point buy, for the two stats you rolled one must be a 15 and the other at least a 14. (if you rolled doubles, yay!) Now that d12? Bet you guessed it. Go to page 45 in your phb, you rolled your starting class. Those percentile dice are your race, going off of the Reincarnate spell on page 271.
The challenge is to make a character with these random rolls viable, and even seem like on purpose. If you roll a monk with a 15 INT, then how can you make it look like it was on purpose that you took first lvl in monk? The worse your start, the better the salvage. Bonus points if you can even come up with a practical RP reason for your class(es), but not required. Also feel free to offer "improvements" on other people's rolled builds.
I rolled a 5 and a 4 on my d6s, so that's Int and wis, and a 7 on my d12 so that's paladin, 51% makes rock gnome! woot! Starting stats 13 str, 8 dex, 9 con, 17 int, 14 wis, 13 cha.
Gnobby is a paladin that will leave his poor paladin class at lvl 3, take a lvl of war cleric for occasional extra attack, then progress as a full wizard (abjurer), smiting away as he goes. First ASI goes to str and int, then take resilient con.
Gnobby always wanted to be a champion, but soon realized he wasn't cut out for it, so he took to devout prayer, but that didn't work very well for him either. He found he was best at studying magic with his natural smarts.
The challenge is thus: Roll 2d6, a 1d12, and percentile dice. Each d6 corresponds with a primary stat: str is 1, dex 2, etc. Using a 27 point buy, for the two stats you rolled one must be a 15 and the other at least a 14. (if you rolled doubles, yay!) Now that d12? Bet you guessed it. Go to page 45 in your phb, you rolled your starting class. Those percentile dice are your race, going off of the Reincarnate spell on page 271.
The challenge is to make a character with these random rolls viable, and even seem like on purpose. If you roll a monk with a 15 INT, then how can you make it look like it was on purpose that you took first lvl in monk? The worse your start, the better the salvage. Bonus points if you can even come up with a practical RP reason for your class(es), but not required. Also feel free to offer "improvements" on other people's rolled builds.
I rolled a 5 and a 4 on my d6s, so that's Int and wis, and a 7 on my d12 so that's paladin, 51% makes rock gnome! woot! Starting stats 13 str, 8 dex, 9 con, 17 int, 14 wis, 13 cha.
Gnobby is a paladin that will leave his poor paladin class at lvl 3, take a lvl of war cleric for occasional extra attack, then progress as a full wizard (abjurer), smiting away as he goes. First ASI goes to str and int, then take resilient con.
Gnobby always wanted to be a champion, but soon realized he wasn't cut out for it, so he took to devout prayer, but that didn't work very well for him either. He found he was best at studying magic with his natural smarts.