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Ruslan
2016-10-03, 06:18 PM
Let's try and build a 5E character together ... again! There's a plot twist for this game: one player shall be designated as the Spoiler. It is the Spoiler's job to make the character as mechanically weak as possible, while everyone else is trying to make the character as strong as possible.

Who is the spoiler? Simple: it's the person who posts the Name and Gender (#8 below). Note that due to the three-post-rule, the Spoiler cannot choose the ability score assignments, nor the class at level 1. But he can do a bit of damage further down the road, hehe.

PS: If you don't want to make the character as weak as possible, please do not post at post #8! It is against the spirit of the game to take post #8 and then say "well, I actually wanted a strong character, so I won't spoil it".

It's Forum vs. Spoiler, go!

Poster #1 will choose Race, and any sub-race if applicable.
#2: Alignment
#3: Background, and alternate background feature, if applicable.
#4: Personality Trait
#5: Ideal
#6: Bond
#7: Flaw
#8: Name and gender <-- Specter is the spoiler.
#9: Ability score assignment - use the 15/14/13/12/10/8 array, apply racial bonuses
#10: Racial choices (eg. if race is Variant Human, choose feat, if race is Half-Elf chose bonus skills, if High Elf choose a Cantrip, etc); if race doesn't allow optional choices, skip this step.
#11: Class at 1st level, and any class-related choices (eg. known spells for Sorcerer, fighting style for fighter, etc)
#12: Class at 2nd level, and any class-related choices
...
#30: Class at 20th level, and any class-related choices

All choices must be legal. For this game, let's keep it to all official WotC material except UA. Traits, Ideals, Bonds and Flaws can be made up, using PHB guidelines. You may not have an Ideal that's opposed to your Alignment.


The three-post rule applies (don't post unless at least 3 people posted since your previous post)

Let me start.

#1: Tiefling


----------------Summary ------------------

Arthas Roneglia, male CE Tiefling
Background: Acolyte

Proficiency: Insight and Religion
Languages: Undercommon and Deep speech
Pantheon God: Loki, edit: (God of Thieves and Trickery) - Trickery domain and his symbol is a flame

Trait: I see omens in every event and and action. The gods try to speak to us, we just need to listen.
Ideal: Those who worship my god's enemies are heretics and punishment should be inflicted upon them. (Evil)
Bond: My loyalty is to the elderly priest who took me in after my parents were killed.
Flaw: I am quick to anger and will commit murder if I feel offended without regard for the consequences.

MasterMercury
2016-10-03, 06:26 PM
#2
Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Very interested how this works out.

Foxydono
2016-10-03, 06:39 PM
#3 Background: Acolyte

Proficiency: Insight and Religion
Languages: Undercommon and Deep speech
Pantheon God: Loki, edit: (God of Thieves and Trickery) - Trickery domain and his symbol is a flame

I'm interested in how this will work out as well :p

PrismaRiyo
2016-10-03, 06:54 PM
#4 Personality Trait:
I see omens in every event and and action. The gods try to speak to us, we just need to listen.

CantigThimble
2016-10-03, 06:55 PM
#5 Ideal: Those who worship my god's enemies are heretics and punishment should be inflicted upon them. (Evil)

Ruslan
2016-10-03, 07:09 PM
#6 Bond: My loyalty is to the elderly priest who took me in after my parents were killed.

Tauguy628
2016-10-03, 07:16 PM
Flaw: I am quick to anger and will commit murder if I feel offended without regard for the consequences.

Specter
2016-10-03, 07:20 PM
Arthas Roneglia, male

Foxydono
2016-10-03, 07:22 PM
Arthas Roneglia, male
Damn, you beat me to it. Should have thought of a name beforehand..

CantigThimble
2016-10-03, 07:22 PM
Well, I guess Specter's the Spoiler.

Str: 15 Dex: 10 Con: 13 Int: 8+1 Wis: 12 Cha: 14+2

Grimslade5
2016-10-03, 07:27 PM
Paladin level 1
Skills Athletics and Persuasion

Ruslan
2016-10-03, 07:29 PM
Paladin 2.
Great Weapon fighting style.

[Grimslade, pick skills?]

Tauguy628
2016-10-03, 07:35 PM
Sorcerer level 1
Draconic ancestor: red(fire)
Cantrips: greenflame blade, create bonfire, minor illusion, mage hand
Spells: shield, chromatic orb

Specter
2016-10-03, 07:37 PM
Warlock 1
Cantrips: Friends, True Strike
Level 1: comprehend languages, illusory script
Patron: great old one

Damn, it's hard to screw this one over! No bad multis to take.

CantigThimble
2016-10-03, 07:39 PM
Warlock 1
Cantrips: Friends, True Strike
Level 1: comprehend languages, illusory script
Patron: great old one

Damn, it's hard to screw this one over! No bad multis to take.

Muahahaha! My talent in denying multiclasses finally becomes a force for good!

Paladin 3: Oath of vengeance

(Honestly I was kinda afraid you'd go for oath of devotion on the zealous murderbot)

Foxydono
2016-10-03, 07:39 PM
Warlock 1
Cantrips: Friends, True Strike
Level 1: comprehend languages, illusory script
Patron: great old one

Damn, it's hard to screw this one over! No bad multis to take.
I was actually thinking of rolling into a cleric so you couldn't multiclass at all, but I was not fast enough :p

Foxydono
2016-10-03, 07:45 PM
Warlock 2

Hex
Invocations: Devil's Sight and Fiendish Vigor

Specter
2016-10-03, 07:45 PM
I'll be back 2 hours from now. Be kind!

Tauguy628
2016-10-03, 07:49 PM
Warlock 3
Pact of blade
Spells:
Swap illusionary script for darkness
Add hold person

Bruno Carvalho
2016-10-03, 07:59 PM
#18 Fighter 1

Archery Combat Style

Vorpalchicken
2016-10-03, 08:11 PM
Did Specter subcontract?

Paladin 4
Feat: Heavy Armor Master (Str +1)

CantigThimble
2016-10-03, 08:13 PM
Paladin 5: Extra Attack

(Warlock 3, Paladin 5, Sorcerer 1, Fighter 1)

Daishain
2016-10-03, 08:23 PM
Paladin 6, bring on the aura!

Foxydono
2016-10-03, 08:26 PM
Fighter 2: action surge

JackOfAllBuilds
2016-10-03, 08:34 PM
Fighter 3 Battle Master

*placeholder edit*:
Maneuvers: Disarming attack, Pushing attack, Tripping attack.
Artisan tools:Alchemist Supplies

Vorpalchicken
2016-10-03, 08:36 PM
Warlock 4
Feat: Resilient Con
Spell: Phantasmal Force
Cantrip: Booming Blade

I think we should cooperate to make a bad one next time...

Mongobear
2016-10-03, 08:37 PM
Fighter 4

Polearm Master

Vorpalchicken
2016-10-03, 08:42 PM
Approval on my maneuvers and student of war picks?

Riposte and Precision Attack are really quite good

Foxydono
2016-10-03, 08:51 PM
Sorcerer 2: Charm person

Fond magic

Edit:

What we have so far:

Str: 16 Dex: 10 Con: 14 Int: 9 Wis: 12 Cha: 16

Feats:
Heavy Armor Master
Resilient Con
Polearm Master

Level 6 pally (vengence)
Level 4 warlock (pact of blade)
Level 4 warrior (battlemaster)
Level 2 sorcerer

Vorpalchicken
2016-10-03, 08:59 PM
Has our spoiler only struck once?

MasterMercury
2016-10-03, 09:00 PM
Has our spoiler only struck once?
Said he'd be back in 2 hours. Let's see what damage he can do then.

JackOfAllBuilds
2016-10-03, 09:05 PM
Warlock 5
Sending
Mask of many faces

Also I saw below we got Darkness again, so I'll swap Darkness from before for Crown of Madness

Specter
2016-10-03, 09:06 PM
Level 18: Barbarian 1
Rage - Unarm. Defense

The sign says: No magic while raging.

Ruslan
2016-10-03, 09:11 PM
Paladin 6/Warlock 5/Sorcerer 2/Fighter 4/Barbarian 1

We can get a feat/ASI with 2 levels of Fighter or Paladin or Sorcerer, or get 4th level slots to Smite with with Warlock 7.

JackOfAllBuilds
2016-10-03, 09:11 PM
Ooh, nice monkey wrench in the works Specter.

I think 2 more paladin or 2 more sorcerer (heightened & subtle) or maybe 1 warlock and 1 sorcerer. GOO level 6 is nice

Also anyone else seeing Loki with a fire-swap instead of frost?
I mean we even got the horns with no helmet

Foxydono
2016-10-03, 09:12 PM
Sorcerer level 3: Metamagic: Heightened and Twinned Spell

2nd level spell: darkness

Vorpalchicken
2016-10-03, 09:16 PM
Sorcerer 4
Cha + 2
Spell: See Invisibility
Cantrip: Mage Hand
Swap darkness for suggestion

JackOfAllBuilds
2016-10-03, 09:22 PM
Character levels full.
Housekeeping. Sorc 3 needs a different spell unless-
Warlock 5, I fixed the DOUBLED Darkness with a CoM

Specter
2016-10-03, 09:24 PM
I'll swap Suggestion for Illusory Script and Phantasmal Force for Witch Bolt. Boom!

Ruslan
2016-10-03, 09:25 PM
How did we get to Warlock 5 w/o picking Eldritch Blast and Agonizing Blast?

Foxydono
2016-10-03, 09:27 PM
Character levels full.
Housekeeping. Sorc 3 needs a different spell unless-
Warlock 5, Specter has dibs on me swapping any previous warlock spell, including the DOUBLED Darkness

I swapped darkness with mirror image if that's alright.

edit: Vorpalchicken already fixed it

Vorpalchicken
2016-10-03, 09:28 PM
How did we get to Warlock 5 w/o picking Eldritch Blast and Agonizing Blast?
Blame no EB on me. I didn't realize we didn't already have it at level 4. I even swapped the cantrip once when I doubled up on minor Illusion.

Ruslan
2016-10-03, 09:29 PM
PSA: a very interesting plot twist was suggested to me by PM (thanks, Bruno Carvalho!)

Look out for take 10 game on this forum soon!

JackOfAllBuilds
2016-10-03, 09:34 PM
Whoops, now we have no Darkness, but I think it works

I took back the Dibs Specter, because you double-dipped

JackOfAllBuilds
2016-10-03, 09:43 PM
So can someone comb through and see what our final spell list is (not counting the paladin prayers, only the oath-spells)

I think we are a 7th level spellcaster (pal 1/2 so 3, +4 sorc, and warlock 3rd level slots)

Also a full final build from someone who doesn't go cross eyed trying to follow this all (like I did)
Should we fix the useless archery style? Or leave it for flavor?

Bruno Carvalho
2016-10-03, 10:12 PM
I say keep it.