The Scales of War: D&D 4th Edition Play-By Post Game

[Qwikshot]

OOC: Seems fine to me, please note after this Saturday I will be away from internet until Tuesday at the earliest.

[Sgran]

OOC: gorgeous maps, WVUfan

[Peregrine]

Originally Posted by Sgran

OOC: gorgeous maps, WVUfan

OOC: Yes, I also love the maps - I'd be interested to find out how you made those, in case I ever run one of these.

[WVUFAN]

I use MapTools -- RPTools - Home -- it's a free program that makes creating and using maps really, really easy.

The actual map itself I got from Wizard's website.

Everyone should be getting PM's tonight about Feats, if you haven't gotten one already.

[WVUFAN]

dola ...
I have a spot open, since Poli isn't in the game anymore, so if anyone is interested, PM me or post here.

Also, there is a new class available:

MONK

Spoiler

CLASS TRAITS
Role: Striker. You typically eschew weapons in favor of unarmed attacks, and you avoid armor in favor of maneuverability and agility. No one can match
your speed and poise on the battlefield. Your powers are more than simple attacks; they are complex forms that allow you to strike and move with unmatched grace. Depending on your choice of class features and powers, you might lean toward controller as a secondary role.

Power Source: Psionic. Your intense focus, constant training, and exceptional talent combine to allow you to harness the psionic power within yourself.

From high in forbidding mountains to the alleys of a city’s meanest district, the ascetic warriors known as monks practice their art. By focusing on their minds and bodies, honing both to near perfection, they master a psionic fighting art that allows them to deliver a punch with the force of a giant’s club and to absorb attacks as well as a heavily armored knight. Monks tap into the psionic potential that rests within their bodies and minds, turning that energy further inward to fortify their bodies and sharpen their minds.
Perhaps you set out on this path to put a dark past behind you, or maybe your village was victimized one time too many by an evil lord or marauding beasts and you now seek justice. No matter what your motivation, the path of the monk transforms you into a living weapon.
The road opens wide before you. With little more than a walking stick and perhaps a satchel of food, you are ready to take on whatever the world can throw at you. Your many years of training taught you to turn your eye inward. Now it is time to look outward and test yourself against the world and its dangers.

CREATING A MONK

You can choose any powers you like for your monk, though your choice of Monastic Tradition is likely to influence some of your choices. Dexterity is the most important ability for monks, since all monk attacks rely on it. Depending on your Monastic Tradition, you might favor Wisdom or Strength as your second ability score.

CENTERED BREATH MONK

You search for the flow of energy within yourself, the world, and each battle. Calmly anticipating your enemy’s attacks, you move swiftly across the battlefield and excel at projecting your psionic energy outward to control your enemies and foil their plans. Dexterity should be your highest score, Wisdom should be your second, and Strength can be your third, since you will probably want to select a mix of powers that use Wisdom and Strength.
Class Feature: Centered Breath
Suggested Feat: Focused Expertise
Suggested Skills: Acrobatics, Athletics, Insight, Perception
Suggested At-Will Powers: dancing cobra, five storms
Suggested Encounter Power: drunken monkey
Suggested Daily Power: masterful spiral

MONK CLASS FEATURES

MONASTIC TRADITION
Monks train in a number of traditional techniques, with each monastery focusing on a specific style. Each monk chooses a Monastic Tradition, which provides a Flurry of Blows power and a defensive benefit.
Your training and use of psionic magic allow you to strike with incredible speed, represented by the Flurry of Blows class feature. Each Monastic Tradition teaches a different version of Flurry of Blows. Your tradition also helps you focus your body or mind to become more resilient to attacks.

Centered Breath
The Centered Breath tradition focuses on honing your mental awareness to better harness psionic magic. This tradition teaches that only by controlling yourself can you control your environment. The tradition’s adherents are typically ascetics, whose monasteries stand in quiet corners of the world, where the monks can train and study without distraction. In some of these monasteries, speech is forbidden except for one hour each day.
Centered Flurry of Blows: You gain the centered flurry of blows power

Centered Flurry of Blows

You strike with incredible speed, your fists a blur as you follow up your initial attack with another.
At-Will Implement, Psionic
Free Action Melee touch
Trigger: You hit with an attack during your turn
Target: One creature
Effect: The target takes damage equal to your Wisdom modifier. If the target was not a target of the triggering attack, you can slide the target 1 square to a square adjacent to you.
Special: You can use this power only once per round.
Special: Level 11: Target one or two creatures
Level 21: Target each enemy adjacent to you


Mental Equilibrium: You gain a +1 bonus to Fortitude. This bonus increases to +2 at 11th level and +3 at 21st level.

UNARMED COMBATANT
You can make unarmed attacks with much greater effectiveness than most combatants. When you make an unarmed attack, you can use the monk unarmed strike, which is a weapon in the unarmed weapon group. This weapon has the off-hand weapon property, a reach of 1, and a +3 proficiency bonus, and it deals 1d8 damage. You must have a hand free to use your monk unarmed strike, even if you’re kicking, kneeing, elbowing, or head-butting a target.
The Enchant Magic Item ritual can be used to turn your monk unarmed strike into a magic weapon. For example, through that ritual, you could have a +1 flaming monk unarmed strike.

UNARMORED DEFENSE
While you are wearing cloth armor or no armor and aren’t using a shield, you gain a +2 bonus to AC

Full Discipline
Many monk powers have the full discipline keyword. A full discipline power gives you two or more actions to choose from, usually an attack technique and a movement technique. Attack techniques usually require a standard action, and movement techniques are options for your move actions. For a monk, a full discipline power represents a fighting style, a unique combination of a move and an attack.
You can use only one full discipline power per round. However, if you spend an action point to take an extra action, you can switch to a different full discipline power. You can use the techniques of a full discipline power in whatever order you like, and you can choose to use one of the techniques and not the other during a particular round.
The number of times you can use a full discipline power’s techniques during a round is determined by the power’s type—at-will or encounter—and by the actions you have available that round. For example, you can use the techniques of an at-will full discipline power as many times during a round as you like, provided you have enough of the required actions, but you can use the techniques of an encounter full discipline power once during a round.

IMPLEMENTS

Monks wield monk weapons as implements, channeling psionic energy through them. When you wield a magic monk weapon as an implement, you can add its enhancement bonus to the attack rolls and the damage rolls of monk powers and monk paragon path powers that have the implement keyword. Without an implement, you can still use these powers. If you score a critical hit with a magic monk weapon when using it as an implement, you use the weapon’s critical hit effect. You don’t use a monk weapon’s proficiency bonus when wielding the weapon as an implement.First published in Player's Handbook 3.

[WVUFAN]

Sabotai so far has the highest Initiative score, with +5

NTNDeacon has the most hit points, with a whopping 32 Hit Points at 1st Level!!

Quikshot has the best AC of anyone, with a 16 AC, and that's with no armor at all!!

[WVUFAN]

To those who are unfamiliar with 4th Edition or D&D:

Wizard has put out Quick-Start Rules, on it's website, in PDF form for free, and they will let you know how the basic game works, as well as some of the terminology. I highly encourage you to take a glance at them:

D&D Test Drive

[WVUFAN]

Testing character sheet output-- which do y'all like better:



Or ...

Pumpy Tudors

Str  16 ( +3) [sub]+14(Starting)+2(Bugbear)[/sub]
Con  10 ( +0) [sub]+10(Starting)[/sub]
Dex  20 ( +5) [sub]+18(Starting)+2(Bugbear)[/sub]
Int  10 ( +0) [sub]+10(Starting)[/sub]
Wis  11 ( +0) [sub]+11(Starting)[/sub]
Cha   8 ( -1) [sub]+8(Starting)[/sub]

Hit Points
    Max HP:      22 [sub]+10(Con)+12(Monk 1)[/sub]
    Bloodied:    11
    Surge:        5
    Surges/Day:   7 [sub]+7(Monk)+0(Con mod)[/sub]

Defenses and Senses
    AC:   17 [sub]+10(Constant)+0(1/2 Level)+2(Unarmored Defense)+2(Unarmored Defense)+5(Dex mod)[/sub]
    Fort: 15 [sub]+10(Constant)+0(1/2 Level)+1(Mental Equilibrium)+1(Monk)+3(Str mod)[/sub]
    Ref:  16 [sub]+10(Constant)+0(1/2 Level)+1(Monk)+5(Dex mod)[/sub]
    Will: 11 [sub]+10(Constant)+0(1/2 Level)+1(Monk)+0(Wis mod)[/sub]

    Passive Perception:  10 [sub]+0(Perception)+10(Constant)[/sub]
    Passive Insight:     10 [sub]+0(Insight)+10(Constant)[/sub]

    Initiative:  0 [sub][/sub]
    Speed:       6 [sub]+6(Bugbear)[/sub]
    Vision:     Low-light

Powers
    At-Will
    Melee Basic Attack
        Monk Unarmed Strike
            Attack: 6 vs. AC [sub]+3(Strength modifier)+0(1/2 Level)+3(proficiency bonus)[/sub]
            Damage: 1d8+3 [sub]+3(Strength modifier)[/sub]
        Unarmed
            Attack: 3 vs. AC [sub]+3(Strength modifier)+0(1/2 Level)[/sub]
            Damage: 1d4+3 [sub]+3(Strength modifier)[/sub]
    Ranged Basic Attack
        Unarmed
            Attack: 5 vs. AC [sub]+5(Dexterity modifier)+0(1/2 Level)[/sub]
            Damage: 1d4+5 [sub]+5(Dexterity modifier)[/sub]
    Centered Flurry of Blows [sub] [Free Action][/sub]
    Dancing Cobra
        Monk Unarmed Strike
            Attack: 8 vs. eflex [sub]+5(Dexterity modifier)+0(1/2 Level)+3(proficiency bonus)[/sub]
            Damage: 1d8+5 [sub]+5(Dexterity modifier)[/sub]
        Unarmed
            Attack: 5 vs. eflex [sub]+5(Dexterity modifier)+0(1/2 Level)[/sub]
            Damage: 1d4+5 [sub]+5(Dexterity modifier)[/sub]
    Dancing Cobra [Movement Technique] [sub] [Move Action][/sub]
    Dragon's Tail
        Monk Unarmed Strike
            Attack: 5 vs. Fortitude [sub]+5(Dexterity modifier)+0(1/2 Level)[/sub]
            Damage: 1d6+5 [sub]+5(Dexterity modifier)[/sub]
        Unarmed
            Attack: 5 vs. Fortitude [sub]+5(Dexterity modifier)+0(1/2 Level)[/sub]
            Damage: 1d6+5 [sub]+5(Dexterity modifier)[/sub]
    Dragon's Tail [Movement Technique] [sub] [Move Action][/sub]

    Encounter
    Predatory Eye [sub] [Minor Action][/sub]
    Open the Gate of Battle
        Monk Unarmed Strike
            Attack: 8 vs. AC [sub]+5(Dexterity modifier)+0(1/2 Level)+3(proficiency bonus)[/sub]
            Damage: 2d8+5 [sub]+5(Dexterity modifier)[/sub]
    Open the Gate of Battle [Movement Technique] [sub] [Move Action][/sub]
    Second Wind
    Action Point [sub] [No Action][/sub]

    Daily
    Masterful Spiral
        Monk Unarmed Strike
            Attack: 5 vs. Reflex [sub]+5(Dexterity modifier)+0(1/2 Level)[/sub]
            Damage: 2d6+5 [sub]+5(Dexterity modifier)[/sub]
        Unarmed
            Attack: 5 vs. Reflex [sub]+5(Dexterity modifier)+0(1/2 Level)[/sub]
            Damage: 2d6+5 [sub]+5(Dexterity modifier)[/sub]

Race and Class Features
    Oversized [Bugbear]
         [sub]Use weapons one size larger.[/sub]
    Predatory Eye [Bugbear]
         [sub]Use predatory eye as an encounter power[/sub]
    Monastic Tradition [Monk]
         [sub]Choose a Flurry of Blows and become more resilient[/sub]
    Centered Breath [Monk]
         [sub]Centered Flurry and Mental Equilibrium[/sub]
    Centered Flurry of Blows [Monk]
         [sub]Deal wisdom modifier damage and slide 1 if it is not your target[/sub]
    Mental Equilibrium [Monk]
         [sub]+1 to Fortitude, +2 at 11th, +3 at 21st[/sub]
    Unarmed Combatant [Monk]
         [sub]Gain Monk Unarmed Strike +3 attack, 1d8 damage[/sub]
    Unarmored Defense [Monk]
         [sub]+2 AC in cloth armor[/sub]

Feats
    Improved Initiative
         [sub]+4 to initiative checks[/sub]

Skills
    Acrobatics:    10 [sub]+0(1/2 Level)+5(Trained)+0(Acrobatics Misc)+5(Dex mod)[/sub]
    Arcana:         0 [sub]+0(1/2 Level)+0(Arcana Misc)+0(Int mod)[/sub]
    Athletics:      8 [sub]+0(1/2 Level)+5(Trained)+0(Athletics Misc)+3(Str mod)[/sub]
    Bluff:         -1 [sub]+0(1/2 Level)+0(Bluff Misc)-1(Cha mod)[/sub]
    Diplomacy:     -1 [sub]+0(1/2 Level)+0(Diplomacy Misc)-1(Cha mod)[/sub]
    Dungeoneering:  0 [sub]+0(1/2 Level)+0(Dungeoneering Misc)+0(Wis mod)[/sub]
    Endurance:      5 [sub]+0(1/2 Level)+5(Trained)+0(Endurance Misc)+0(Con mod)[/sub]
    Heal:           0 [sub]+0(1/2 Level)+0(Heal Misc)+0(Wis mod)[/sub]
    History:        0 [sub]+0(1/2 Level)+0(History Misc)+0(Int mod)[/sub]
    Insight:        0 [sub]+0(1/2 Level)+0(Insight Misc)+0(Wis mod)[/sub]
    Intimidate:     1 [sub]+0(1/2 Level)+2(Intimidate Misc)-1(Cha mod)[/sub]
    Nature:         0 [sub]+0(1/2 Level)+0(Nature Misc)+0(Wis mod)[/sub]
    Perception:     0 [sub]+0(1/2 Level)+0(Perception Misc)+0(Wis mod)[/sub]
    Religion:       0 [sub]+0(1/2 Level)+0(Religion Misc)+0(Int mod)[/sub]
    Stealth:       12 [sub]+0(1/2 Level)+5(Trained)+2(Stealth Misc)+5(Dex mod)[/sub]
    Streetwise:    -1 [sub]+0(1/2 Level)+0(Streetwise Misc)-1(Cha mod)[/sub]
    Thievery:       5 [sub]+0(1/2 Level)+0(Thievery Misc)+5(Dex mod)[/sub]

Inventory
    Weapons
    Monk Unarmed Strike (1 of 1 equipped)

    Armor
    Cloth Armor (Basic Clothing) (1 of 1 equipped)

    Other
    Adventurer's Kit (0 of 1 equipped)

    Coin
    Carried: 84 gp
    Stored: 

Proficiencies
    Weapons
        Club [Monk]
        Dagger [Monk]
        Quarterstaff [Monk]
        Shuriken [Monk]
        Sling [Monk]
        Spear [Monk]
        Monk unarmed strike [Monk]

    Armor
        Cloth [Monk]

[Greyroofoo]

I like the 2nd

[Sgran]

with that much information i think you have to go with the smaller font

[ntndeacon]

agreed on the more info and smaller font

[Qwikshot]

ooc: I have returned after a long trip to Texas to get my daughter for the summer...I'm all for the 2nd, but whatever is easier for you to post is important as well...

[sabotai]

The second. Longer, but I don't have to click through a bunch of menus to get to the data.

[WVUFAN]

Cool beans, we'll go with the second. Waiting on some info from the rest of the players to get going again.

[ntndeacon]

Flul orders a second drink and a bowl of something to snack on as he looks around and noticers the bars various trophies

[ntndeacon]

looks around the bar wondering where these folks are from.

[Qwikshot]

Carnax slowly ambles up to the bar, he waves off the bartenders offer of drink. He stands at the end, so as to at least face the other bar patrons. His eyes take in the actions, but he remains rather passive, deep in thought perhaps.

[Lonnie]

Lonnie peeks in the window of the bar while strolling down the street. These people have been in there for quite a while. Must be something good going on.

[WVUFAN]

Sorry for yet another delay -- my laptop hd crashed, and I'm having to recreate the characters again. I'll be PM'ing everyone with the info needed to finish out the characters.

[ntndeacon]

I hope everyone picks as cool stuff as I got to.

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by ntndeacon

I hope everyone picks as cool stuff as I got to.

((Yup. Just wait until I get to summon a friend of mine. ))

[ntndeacon]

so we at least have two done. lets hope the rest finish soon so we can meet your friend and see my amazing morphing powers lol

[WVUFAN]

Update: Completed Characters:

Sabotai
NTNDeacon

[WVUFAN]

The night continues, as more townfolk pour into the small tavern. A local entertainer begins to sing, rather poorly to your ears, but others in the tavern seem to really enjoy his simple singing. Soon there's a few dancing between the tables, and some rowdiness, but the locals see fit to not disturb the newcomers, and keep their distance ... for the most part.

The tavern girl that spilled her drink on the massive goliath sheepishly taps him on the shoulder, and presents him with a glass mug of what seems to be dwarven ale, a very expensive drink, especially for these parts. She bats her eyes at the goliath, biting her lower lip as she says, "This is for you, sir ... I bought it with my tips. Thank you for your kindness earlier." She smiles, thrusting her ample chest towards him just slightly, but very noticeably.

A well-dressed woman, halfling, strolls confidently to the Swordmage, looks him up and down, and says simply, "Rotund belly, good sir. You must be rich. Buy me a drink."

[ntndeacon]

Originally Posted by WVUFAN

The night continues, as more townfolk pour into the small tavern. A local entertainer begins to sing, rather poorly to your ears, but others in the tavern seem to really enjoy his simple singing. Soon there's a few dancing between the tables, and some rowdiness, but the locals see fit to not disturb the newcomers, and keep their distance ... for the most part.

The tavern girl that spilled her drink on the massive goliath sheepishly taps him on the shoulder, and presents him with a glass mug of what seems to be dwarven ale, a very expensive drink, especially for these parts. She bats her eyes at the goliath, biting her lower lip as she says, "This is for you, sir ... I bought it with my tips. Thank you for your kindness earlier." She smiles, thrusting her ample chest towards him just slightly, but very noticeably.

A well-dressed woman, halfling, strolls confidently to the Swordmage, looks him up and down, and says simply, "Rotund belly, good sir. You must be rich. Buy me a drink."

Smiling at the serving girl, and glancing at her impressive attributes. Flul thanks her for the drink. "ThanYou are most welcome. The drink is unneccesary but very appreciated. Would you like to join me when you get a chance?" He motions to the bartender to keep a glass of her drink of choice (within reason of course) for when she can sit with him.

[Greyroofoo]

The good rotund halfling likes a female breast almost as much as a chicken breast, or perhaps a the roasted breast of a good bovine (roasted tenderly with the right herbs and spices of course). "Bartender!", he cries. "Give the fine lady myself and another drink.

The halfling is quite pleased with himself. He had great meal and now he has a fine lady. Now he prepares himself for the greatest battle of the evening, "Of course fine lady, I am certaintly the richest halfling in these parts, now drink up with me and hope later we shall both be merry".

Not that the halfling was rich or anything, he had only started the evening with 100gp and spent most of it. However at the moment this fine halfling woman didn't have to to know...

[ntndeacon]

still only the two that are completed?

[Sgran]

as far I know I'm up to date. At least my PM box is empty.

[Qwikshot]

I believe I'm complete as well, however, I'll be out of the country on July 4th, and not returning until July 11th.

[Greyroofoo]

i'm waiting on a PM from WVUFAN

[ntndeacon]

Originally Posted by ntndeacon

Smiling at the serving girl, and glancing at her impressive attributes. Flul thanks her for the drink. "ThanYou are most welcome. The drink is unneccesary but very appreciated. Would you like to join me when you get a chance?" He motions to the bartender to keep a glass of her drink of choice (within reason of course) for when she can sit with him.

Flel whispers in the lass' ear regalling her about her boundless beauty. He and her find a nice corner and start to get to know each other better.

[ntndeacon]

Originally Posted by ntndeacon

Flel whispers in the lass' ear regalling her about her boundless beauty. He and her find a nice corner and start to get to know each other better.

We take off to a back room and everyone finds out she isn't the quietest of women.

[Lonnie]

Most casual game ever.