Madness! Madness at Gardmore Abbey!

Phuse · Mar 19 '12, 11:10pm

I would like to get into a 4e Game, but I do not have access to the Character builder. Are there any other online resources that help with Character creation?

Rudra · Mar 19 '12, 11:11pm

is this open to a newbie? i've never played dnd, free to call me black sheep, i know some basic mechanics but will need some assistance

Ryfte · 11:36pm

So, can we add one more factor to the roll Cnyperos?

+4 total bonus and at least one 16 rolled.

That way you at least have an 18 in a single stat you can use for your primary after a racial bonus. *shrug*

Edit: With the standard 22 point buy you end up with a minimum of +6 and up to a +8 or so. Granted with a roll people can get much higher but they can get low enough that they won't be able to participate as well. Of course I may be assuming to much importance to an 18 or 20 in a classes primary stat as well, particularly depending on how you're going to run your game, lol.

Edit 2: The code you want for the roll is 6m4d6r1v1z within roll tags.

Edit 3: Or, so as not to overly favor rollers, if you don't roll at least a single 16 you can increase one of your highest rolls to 16. That will still grant the higher stat for a primary but stop people from pushing a low score up and ending up with a better point spread than those not risking it and going for the point buy.

My bad for not realizing that you were going with a 20 point buy, lol. Nothing to see here, move along...

Wait... 4d6r1??? That will literally add 4 six sided dice together, rerolling 1's. Are you sure you didn't mean 4d6v1 which is roll 4 six sided dice and drop the lowest one rolled and do that for each attribute?

SConstance · Mar 19 '12, 11:14pm

Interest posted.

And before someone else says it..

Madness? THIS IS SPARTA! [/meme]

PChubby · 11:37pm

~~Can we skip the rolls and take the point buy?~~

NM missed the point buy option the 1st read through.

Ren Zhe · 11:31pm

Oh, heck yes.

So, 20 point buy is 2 points short of the standard 4e point buy. Is that intentional? What are the specs for application?

PChubby · Mar 19 '12, 11:24pm

20 is the standard standard 4e point buy if you start w/ all 10s. 22 point buy if you start w/ a floating 8.

Ryfte · 11:40pm

I'd wait for clarification on the rolling before anyone does them. If it's 4d6r1 per stat that's going to be a range of 8 to 24 which doesn't seem correct. If it's a 4d6v1 it's the normal range but the bell curve of the roll shifts upwards. It is a drastic difference and I'm guessing Cnyperos meant for the latter.

Cnyperos · 12:18am

Yeah, Ryfte has it right. It's 4d6r1v1. Seems odd I'd forget that little detail. O.o

For the point-buy, the 20 assumes you raise the 8 too a 10. I usually do, because I don't like having negative modifiers. But if it bugs you that much you can always from one of the 10's to an 8 and get those 2 other points.