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Post by Father on Jun 9, 2018 23:31:39 GMT 1
The main purpose of this thread is for prospective players to have a place to indicate if they are thinking of picking up any pre-generated character, mostly to ensure that people doesn't spend hours writing up a background for the same character and things like that. It's also open for anything else related to character creation, and people may discuss what sort of PC's they are cooking up.
Presently we got a couple of early jumpers calling dibs on Ashara Starkwood and Addam Velaryon (Supporting Starling Cast).
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Post by Addam Velaryon on Jun 10, 2018 3:17:41 GMT 1
Well I guess I’ll get the ball rolling. I will be playing Addam Velaryon for House Starling. I’ll get more general info added to the player list so, but if any other future starlings wanna know more about him than send me a pm.
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Post by Ashara Starkwood on Jun 10, 2018 4:27:21 GMT 1
I am in the process of developing Lady Ashara Starkwood - an attractive young woman, schooled in graces and courtesies from her time serving as a lady in waiting in Sunspear. Her lithe dancer's body turns heads and her olive skin brings to mind tales of Dornish promiscuity... though there aren't any tales of her, specifically.
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Post by Laena Pyre on Jun 10, 2018 14:42:47 GMT 1
I am developing Lady Laena, an original character. A Great Bastard, and the elder sister of Aerion Flowers (House Starkwood). A young widow, with two infant children, just looking to get remarried to provide her children with a safe and secure upbringing.
...Of course, 'safe', and 'secure' are ... relative terms in times like these. For Great Bastards in particular.
[Also, greetings to any Dragon's Dance veterans. I played Daveth over there.]
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Post by Ashara Starkwood on Jun 10, 2018 15:10:02 GMT 1
The ladies of House Starkwood seem to have similar preferences in hair style.
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Post by Laena Pyre on Jun 10, 2018 15:42:29 GMT 1
Spoilers: the ladies of House Starkwood have a genetic predisposition to being cross-eyed.
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Post by Laena Pyre on Jun 10, 2018 16:24:27 GMT 1
By Father's request, I am sharing this publicly, with the request that all characters use this template for their character layout in their private forums, to save them a headache with the maths.
Note that you will have to paste this into the 'BBCode' type of posting for it to work:
[tableREMOVETHISTEXT] [tbody] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Ability[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]Ability Rank[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]Ability Cost[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]Ability Running Total[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]Specialty[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]Specialty Cost[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]Specialty Running Total[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Agility[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]Example specialty A 1B[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](5)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](5)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]Example specialty B 2B[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](10)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](15)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Animal Handling[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Athletics[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Awareness[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]()[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]()[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Cunning[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Deception[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Endurance[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Fighting[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Healing[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Knowledge[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Language[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](Languages spoken)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Marksmanship[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Persuasion[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Status[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Stealth[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Survival[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Thievery[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Warfare[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"]Will[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [/tr] [/tbody][/table]
When you have more than one specialty for an Ability, copy this code in beneath the Ability, and fill in the blanks. See Agility for an example. [tr] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]()[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]()[/td] [/tr]
Obviously, Abilities that you only have 2 in and no specialties may be deleted for brevity.
Finally, note the text 'REMOVETHISTEXT' at the top? Well, remove it when you paste. It's to prevent the board converting it into BBCode, even if you're pasting it into the Preview pane.
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Post by Father on Jun 10, 2018 17:54:13 GMT 1
Thanks Laena.
Doing it like that will make it a lot quicker for me to see if the math checks out than other sorts of sheet formatting, so I'd appreciate if people use that code if they're able to make it work, though I know it can be confusing for those who haven't done anything like that before.
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Post by Laena Pyre on Jun 10, 2018 18:00:34 GMT 1
Oh, if people do need clarifications on how to use it, post here or drop me a message, and I'll edit in an FAQ/Walkthrough in spoiler text at the bottom of the post (assuming I don't lose Editing rights after a period of time).
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Post by Lysette Starling on Jun 10, 2018 18:22:27 GMT 1
Hi gang. Thinking either Lysette Starling, or Ellyn Levalle...leaning towards Levalle at the moment.
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Post by Addam Velaryon on Jun 10, 2018 19:23:33 GMT 1
I see there is a running total for specialities, but is there a running total for abilities?
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Post by Father on Jun 10, 2018 19:27:24 GMT 1
You can do that if you add:
[td style="padding:3px;"]Agility[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]X[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](X)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](Y)[/td][/b] [td style="padding:3px;"]Example specialty A 1B[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](5)[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"](5)[/td]
At least I think so. Ability ranks are easier to sum up, but it would make it easier still.
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Post by Laena Pyre on Jun 10, 2018 19:33:58 GMT 1
To make things easier, I've edited my post to add in the requested column.
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Post by Father on Jun 10, 2018 20:52:56 GMT 1
Looks like the title fields are acting weird, unless Ashara and Aladale used custom titles to get House Starkwood/Levalle in their title.
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Post by Ashara Starkwood on Jun 10, 2018 21:01:30 GMT 1
Title fields? I'm not sure what you referring to, so I don;t know what I did or did not do...
EDIT: Oh, you mean under my username? If I remember correctly from managing other forums, I think it's based on group membership.
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