The Mystic Isles [OOC]

[tbgg]

Working up a character (Elven Mage) if you're still accepting. Will be PMing a few questions to Enigma.

[tbgg]

@Enigma: I didn't realize that being new to the forum means I get a whole heaping 2 messages before my Inbox gets full. I have deleted one of them now, please try sending your response to me again. Sorry about that!!

[Highland Sniper]

@tbgg;
A pleasure to meet you.
you didn't put in the @ right.
And if you haven't noticed, the party is a rogue, a warlock, and a witch.
We are a party of magic squshies... minus the rogue who is a sneaky squishy.
So welcome to the squishy party.
If you want to learn some very interesting fact about the party, I suggest you look at the accepted characters. I'd say mine is very interesting. But anyone would say that about their own characters.
Anyhow. Welcome to the party.
this will only get more interesting.

[Enigma]

@tbgg; delete old messages from your sent box to have room to receive a new PM.

I've resent the message.

Something I think I need to point out about elves - they live a really long time, so they find themselves needing a lot of diversions to entertain themselves. It's rare to find an elf who hasn't mastered dance (three skill ranks) by the time they're 180. (Nobles and the wealthy merchants will hire grandmasters in dance to tutor the family.)

It's also weird if all they know how to do is dance, especially among the nobility (if you're a visitor to court, you may need to entertain them).

This is why they have to spend so many ranks on social skills.

[Enigma]

@tbgg; delete old messages from your sent box to have room to receive a new PM.

[Enigma]

@tbgg; you may find it easier to just post the questions here for now.

[tbgg]

Hi, @Highland Sniper;!

Yeah, it's my first day here. Hopefully I've got the @ problem fixed now.

I never play fighter types if I can avoid it, and I've heard a party of all squishies can be fun, if in a different sort of way, so here's to hoping that happens here! So bring on the Squishy Brigade, lol.

I'm not the most creative person (not that I don't enjoy throwing a good twist at my characters from time to time), but I do try to make my characters relatable. My mage ran away from home to get away from her stuffy noble family and an unwanted marriage so she could devote her life to magic! As soon as Enigma answers one last question for me, I'll hopefully be able to get my character profile posted out here for your perusal.

@Enigma; Yeah, giving my character 6 ranks across 2 separate perform skills wasn't exactly what I was hoping to do with my skill ranks, but I'll roll with it if it fits your world and her social station. And I can actually see her having fun with the perform (dance). She'll have 3 if not 4 ranks in that, depending on your answer to my last question.

[tbgg]

@Enigma;

Unfortunately, it seems I didn't ask my last question clearly. I'm not talking about getting any new spells at this stage. Do the cantrips also take 3 skill ranks to master?

What I was thinking was something like this:
Of the 6 skill ranks that come from class, I was thinking I'd put 1 point each toward each of the three cantrips and each of the three level 1 spells. (For the record, she's taking Charm Person, Sleep, and Hideous Laughter for the level 1 spells, and Light, Message and Prestidigitation for the cantrips).

Of her remaining 33 skill points, 15 have to go toward social skills. Of the 18 that remain after that, can I put any of them toward mastering Sleep, Hideous Laughter, Charm Person, Light, Message, and Prestidigitation - not new spells, but ones she's already chosen? If allowed, I'd also throw in a point or two to staves skill from the final 18.

Is my question clear now?


Eh, I'll give her a room with Dane and let his servants handle anything she needs done.

[Highland Sniper]

@tbgg;
This is supposed to be remnant of D&D, in which you don't use skill ranks to increase spell effectiveness, rather they get better as you level up.
I'm a warlock, one who also has spells, and I've not read/heard anything that can suggest what you seem to be thinking. But I may be wrong.

I may still be the only person with an actual sword around here.
Crossbow training wouldn't hurt either... in case I need to use range in an anti magic field or something. Just some personal ideas for me.

[Enigma]

Yeah, I'm sorry, I'm going to scrap the buying of new spells with skill ranks. You start off with three spells and three cantrips, and as you advance, you get more. We'll keep to the D&D with that. That's a carry-over from another system.