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[Glacies]

Yep. And your character sheet will tell you all of the info you need to roll about what capabilities you have to make those rolls.

 

So I want to convince a guard to do something. He's an idiot and I have +3 to persuasion. I maybe have to roll 7 to pass a DC (difficulty check) of 10 to be successful to do what I want.

[BIG POPPA]

So can the DM just kill you? No, not really. Can the DM decide that lightning strikes at you because you wouldn't take the hint and get off the roof in a storm while wearing your full plate armor? Yes, but but there's a skill check for for that...


edit: does that make any sense?

 

I was really being overly dramatic. But Iron Chic provides a great example. Think of it kind of like real life. If you were going to cut a tree down in your yard, what would be the process? Well me personally, I would assess the difficulty (rolling for initiative or dexterity) and whether I was capable of such a feat or not. Now most of us don't walk around with a little felt bag of multi-faced die to determine our actions in daily real life. (Believe me - there are those that do ) We use our brain to do virtual  dice rolls to determine what we are going to do today....The same in the game. Since in game, there is no automatic way to know about things except to explore them, we used dice in relation to things you would normally do in real life without thinking. The example I think was given: If you want to scale a wall, you would roll for initiative, dexterity, etc

 

Now that I have made it more confusing....   

 

For real guys, you all will be fine I think. I believe there are enough people who have played some amount at some point in their life that they will be able to help others...remember you are not competing against each other per se. For the most part you will be waiting on me as I will be your weakest link until I get a few sessions under my belt and get my DM aura back. So I will be the inept one in the mix...but I think you guys will be fine. 

 

I really was just being overly dramatic...

[BIG POPPA]

[Glacies]

lol

 

what happens when you piss off your dm

[Buscotucky]

File this under "am I doing this right?"...created a character on the D&D Beyond site that was linked earlier. I should be able to import this guy into the game, right?

 

Goliath Barbarian, btw. I just wanna bust some skulls.

[Vagus]

File this under "am I doing this right?"...created a character on the D&D Beyond site that was linked earlier. I should be able to import this guy into the game, right?

Goliath Barbarian, btw. I just wanna bust some skulls.

I created a cleric. Will keep you busting, bro

[Buscotucky]

I created a cleric. Will keep you busting, bro

 

I gotta admit, felt kinda guilty picking the berserker type character...felt like I was drinking your cool aid, lol.

[Vagus]

I gotta admit, felt kinda guilty picking the berserker type character...felt like I was drinking your cool aid, lol.

Plenty of different types of melee characters. But only the cleric can be the holy vessel of Alcoholism

[Glacies]

I didn't think about that. Please play a drunken ass cleric ude.

 

edit: The whole time I was thinking - I'll just bulid whatever a party needs to be balanced so everyone can have a good time - will probably end up playing a cleric. Didn't think of the roleplaying possibilities.

[Buscotucky]

Plenty of different types of melee characters. But only the cleric can be the holy vessel of Alcoholism

 

Somebody had to pick brewing as a skill, right? RIGHT???!

[Vagus]

Somebody had to pick brewing as a skill, right? RIGHT???!

Chaotic Good, damned delicious.

[Brownbeard]

We're creating first level characters?

[BIG POPPA]

We're creating first level characters?

 

YES

[Brownbeard]

ddb.ac/characters/5545027/HewEBQ

Edited by Brownbeard, 25 September 2018 - 08:50 AM.

[Brownbeard]

I still need to work on the background. Lightfoot Halfling rogue.  Chaotic Neutral.  

[Buscotucky]

https://www.dndbeyon...racters/5499321

[Thag]

Let me know what character my group is lacking, I am flexible.

[BIG POPPA]

gimp

[Brownbeard]

Are we starting out with uncommon weapons and items? 

[Vagus]

Once i finalize my man of the cloth, he'll be wielding common items (beer stein and a scrot wrap) until he can score some adventuring gear.