[OOC] Inn of the Prancing Pony

[Telcontar]

Hi Silent. I'm struggling a little with the variant rules on encumbrance. Taking the standard gear for my culture and class would automatically result in me being encumbered unless I had a Strength of 18 or 19. With an average Strength of 10, in fact I'm perilously close to being heavily encumbered. I tried downgrading my armour and ditching some of the less essential gear, but even that couldn't get me anywhere near the encumbrance limit.

Am I doing something wrong?

[Silent Rain]

@telcontar East Middle Vales makes sense. I doubt the elves of Mirkwood would appreciate a human carousing across their land often enough to know it inside and out.

I am going to strike the variant encumbrance rule for this game. That is my boiler plate, but AiME already does a good job of reflecting the weight of carrying around all that stuff on your backs.

[Telcontar]

Originally Posted by Silent Rain

@telcontar East Middle Vales makes sense. I doubt the elves of Mirkwood would appreciate a human carousing across their land often enough to know it inside and out.

I am going to strike the variant encumbrance rule for this game. That is my boiler plate, but AiME already does a good job of reflecting the weight of carrying around all that stuff on your backs.

I promise not to abuse that by carrying around ridiculous amounts of gear.

[Elanir]

@Silent: Silent, you state that scholars „...have a pool of healing tricks and techniques that replenishes when you take a long rest. You have Healing Dice (1d6) equal to 1 plus your Proficiency Bonus.“ There seems to be some contradiction with the „official“ Player‘s Handbook. Is this an oversight or a rule variation? Also, is the healing die supposed to be a 1d6 or a 1d8? Thanks.

[Telcontar]

Hi Touketsu. Given that there's two Wanderers in the group, I think we should coordinate to make sure we don't overlap too much.

So, given that Bardings get Intuition for free, I was planning to make Solveig high Wisdom and take Animal Handling, Perception and Survival. It all kinda meshes together.

I was also planning on taking the Lure of the Road background. It's not mechanically the most brilliant thing ever, but it fits Solveig personality perfectly.

I genuinely haven't given any thought to whether I'll go Hunter of Beasts or Hunter of Shadows, but we should probably give it some thought now. Which one are you thinking you'll take?

[Telcontar]

Okay, Background and Other Possessions still need fine-tuning, but I'm happy with Ability Scores, Weapons, Armour, Skills, Virtue(s) and Known Lands. I'm just getting a bit tired now.

I'll tidy up the character sheet and do a Stat Block tomorrow.

[Helvorix]

Is the starting coin that you roll for also able to be used to purchase starting gear, or is that supposed to be left alone?

Also, I presume multiclassing isn't going to be a thing on here? At least, I haven't seen anything about it in the player guide.

[Totentanzen]

Trying to sort my gear out, what season are we starting in?

[Telcontar]

Spring.

[Silent Rain]

@Elanir Good eyes. My "Player's Handbook" is an amalgamation of the core AiME rules and some of the variant rules that were published along the way after some class adjustments were made.

As you identified, the original rule stated: ...You have a pool of healing tricks and techniques that
replenishes when you take a short rest. You have one Healing Die (1d8) per level in the Scholar class.

The variant rule states: You have a pool of healing tricks and techniques that replenishes when you take a long rest. You have Healing Dice (1d6) equal to 1 plus your Proficiency Bonus.

The original rule would have provided you with 1 1d8 healing die at level 1 per short rest. The variant provides 1 + prof mod 1d6 healing mod per long rest. Playtests responded with a much better reaction to these variant rules than the original. But, if you feel strongly about the original, I will revert back.

@Helvorix Feel free to spend starting coin however you like. Yes, multiclassing is allowed. I will add a chart to the top of the class section in the handbook that shows the min req modifers.

[Silent Rain]

Question: Now that everyone has had a chance (presumably) to look over their intended class in more detail, is anyone wanting to change their class (or any other aspect of the character)?

[Elanir]

No, Silent Rain, I like the variant. For lower classes the ability is more powerful than according to the official rules, though it rather loses potency as a character advances, which means that it might need some tweaking after a few levels. That said, I’ll leave the mechanics of the game up to you, for I have absolutely no experience with AiME. I just wasn’t sure if the change was intentional or not. Thank you for the quick response.

Nolmendil‘s character sheet and stats box are ready, please tell me if I need to change anything.

[Totentanzen]

I might need to change my story a bit to fit the background but otherwise no this is exactly what I had imagined for grimfara. And the fact that I can go into this wearing no armor and wreck is perfect. Although I will be no use on journeys other than story telling and honey cakes lol

[Helvorix]

Oh, there is multiclassing, cool!

I decided I liked the Oathsworn background and changed two paragraphs of my history and switched them around so they would be in chronological order. You will have to let me know if I need to change the oath or make it more specific or something.

[Silent Rain]

Since it was brought up, it is worth thinking about now. What roles will your characters take on journeys, which, to summarize briefly, is the party traveling from point A to B in between adventures. This might take a day, a week, a month...

The roles filled during a journey are (more detailed information is in the handbook):

• Guide (Can only be one) - In charge of all decisions concerning route, rest, and supplies. Guides rely on Wisdom and Survival proficiency.
• Scout - In charge of setting up camp, opening new trails. Scouts rely on Stealth and Investigation.
• Hunter - In charge of finding food in the wild. Hunters rely on success with Survival checks.
• Look-out - In charge of keeping watch. Look-outs rely on their abilities in Perception.

A journey will not dive into the minutia of each of these activities, but the success of your roles will impact your journey in various ways. Will you avoid the storm, get captured by orcs or trolls, find forgotten ruins along the way, etc.

I don't need to know who will be filling which roles immediately, but everyone will need to decide shortly into starting the campaign.