Characters in Savage Vinland will start at first level. In a playtest, we all had fun at this low power setting, and decided that this was the best way to learn the new system. Making characters is going to be very easy, and I encourage anyone with a Player's Handbook to make your own and bring it to the game. I ask that you use one of the two Attribute Assignment methods instead of rolling. Any class or race in the book is available, as well as the Warforged race that's not in the book.
Note: This contradicts my original plans; I had wanted to introduce Dragonborn and Warforged in game and make them part of the crazy new world of the campaign. But plans changed, we started out at first level, and to put too much into delayed gratification would be a mistake.
Make your character as complete as possible, with whatever equipment is available at the first level with the standard starting resources. The book does a good job of limiting this, and I don't need to design any further.
If you don't have a book, look things up in the online D&D Compendium (link below). It's a crap way to go, but pretty much the whole Player's Handbook is there.
I would prefer that you use some kind of electronic resource for character creation, such as a savable PDF or the great Excel character sheet. When you're done, send it to me; more for records and less for approval. Give your character a Viking name (more on this later).
Here are some resources:
D&D Compendium
D&D PDF and Excel Sheets
Warforged in 4th Edition
Using Pre-Made Characters
I will be happy to make characters for players; in fact, this may be the only way we can handle creation for players that don't have books. Start an e-mail discussion with me about what you want to play. We'll pick role, race, class, and one of two builds for each class (for instance, a Ranger can be built as a ranged bowman or a close-in two-sword fighter). This can be as involved a discussion as you want: I can run with "Make me a shit-kicker," or I can refer you to different text excerpts online until I'm just filling in the dots at your direction. I'll then make your character and have it ready for the first game.
If I make your character, you can change powers, skills, race, class, anything, for the first three games of the campaign.
Using Pre-Made Characters
I will be happy to make characters for players; in fact, this may be the only way we can handle creation for players that don't have books. Start an e-mail discussion with me about what you want to play. We'll pick role, race, class, and one of two builds for each class (for instance, a Ranger can be built as a ranged bowman or a close-in two-sword fighter). This can be as involved a discussion as you want: I can run with "Make me a shit-kicker," or I can refer you to different text excerpts online until I'm just filling in the dots at your direction. I'll then make your character and have it ready for the first game.
If I make your character, you can change powers, skills, race, class, anything, for the first few games you play.
No comments:
Post a Comment