Dice Hoard of the Dragon Queen (D&D 5e) - OOC

[WlfSamurai]

WlfSamurai My character isn't finished but I don't have too much to complete. A few questions: How much starting gold do we get? Do you want a character backstory? For my bard I imagine her as a former herald to a recently ruined lord, and now she's hunting for work. I could go on but I'd likely require some setting information.

I didn't set starting gold for the others. I assume they used the standard choice of equipment package or starting gold alternate form the equipment section. On page 143, you can roll your starting wealth by class instead of taking the starting packages.

As for backstory, I'm okay with you setting the lord however you like or leaving it vague for now until you know more about the world, if that's easier. This is really just Forgotten Realms. Was there specific setting questions you had? Or is that enough.

 

[WlfSamurai]

I totally forgot to tag you all in the first post. Sorry about that.

 

[Sara Sidereal]

I like this idea, and I've seen it used before, but I have never done it myself. So, you have these rolls and I just pull from them when a check is needed?

yeppers

 

[WlfSamurai]

Interesting. What do the rest of you think about keeping a log of rolls I can just pull from?

Also, it looks like we've lost response form Marira . I think I'll pull one more from the interest check to replace.

Tagging: JayTee , SilverSuzi , Sara Sidereal , Bone2pick

 

[Bone2pick]

I didn't set starting gold for the others. I assume they used the standard choice of equipment package or starting gold alternate form the equipment section. On page 143, you can roll your starting wealth by class instead of taking the starting packages.

I see. I don't have the official book so I just used the link you posted in the interest check. It appeared to be just the bare bones info, and I didn't notice an entry for rolling for starting gold. I guess I went with the package by default. I was just hoping to start with a crossbow and some bolts, but I'll pick those up later.

As to rolling, I'm not even sure how to. And personally speaking, I'm comfortable with you rolling for me whenever you need to. Especially if it's a significant time saver.

As soon as you approve my character I'll jump into the main thread.

 

[WlfSamurai]

I see. I don't have the official book so I just used the link you posted in the interest check. It appeared to be just the bare bones info, and I didn't notice an entry for rolling for starting gold. I guess I went with the package by default. I was just hoping to start with a crossbow and some bolts, but I'll pick those up later.

As to rolling, I'm not even sure how to. And personally speaking, I'm comfortable with you rolling for me whenever you need to. Especially if it's a significant time saver.

As soon as you approve my character I'll jump into the main thread.

Approved. And if you want, here are the starting wealth rolls from the book in case you'd rather use that.

 

[Sara Sidereal]

so how well should we assume our characters know each other? have they been bros for a while or did they like meet just before the opening scene?

 

[JayTee]

Interesting. What do the rest of you think about keeping a log of rolls I can just pull from?

Not a huge fan, part of the fun of dice games is the element of chance involved. That said I can see the advantages, so I'm not totally opposed to it.

 

[JayTee]

so how well should we assume our characters know each other? have they been bros for a while or did they like meet just before the opening scene?

I figure they met on the road and had been traveling together for a few days for mutual benefit. Long enough to establish some level of trust, but short enough that we're still somewhat strangers to each other.

 

[Bone2pick]

I figure they met on the road and had been traveling together for a few days for mutual benefit. Long enough to establish some level of trust, but short enough that we're still somewhat strangers to each other.

Same here.

 

[Sara Sidereal]

sounds good to me, and just had another thought: since we started at level five, do we get anything from wealth by level besides starting gear from class? I'm fine either way, just curious

 

[Bone2pick]

So how do we roll? Is it basically an honor system? The last time I played a dice RP on this site RPN had a built in dice roller.

 

[Sara Sidereal]

So how do we roll? Is it basically an honor system? The last time I played a dice RP on this site RPN had a built in dice roller.

I like orokos, it gives you a permanent time stamped verifiable link to your roll and lets you enter a character and purpose for each roll, so you also have a history you can refer to if you need to check earlier results

you can get there by clicking the hyperlink part of any of my rolls

speaking of rolls, I broke my links when I pasted to my sheet, I'll fix that when I get home

 

[WlfSamurai]

Was thinking about 5th level and getting more gold yesterday and found it in the DMG. And then, I've been thinking about the dice rolling as well. Here's what I've come to.

• Your starting gold and equipment for 5th level is 500 gp plus 1d10 x 25 gp and your normal starting equipment
• For rolling, we're just going to do the standard roll on request. I have never really had an issue with it and there will be times I'd like to discuss the roll beforehand anway.

Tagging: JayTee , SilverSuzi , Sara Sidereal , Bone2pick

 

[Sara Sidereal]

Was thinking about 5th level and getting more gold yesterday and found it in the DMG. And then, I've been thinking about the dice rolling as well. Here's what I've come to.

• Your starting gold and equipment for 5th level is 500 gp plus 1d10 x 25 gp and your normal starting equipment
• For rolling, we're just going to do the standard roll on request. I have never really had an issue with it and there will be times I'd like to discuss the roll beforehand anway.

Tagging: JayTee , SilverSuzi , Sara Sidereal , Bone2pick

scrapped roll list and rolled gold on my sheet, time to go shopping~

 

[Bone2pick]

I imagine the official book has a better selection of equipment to purchase. Do they still have master crafted items or something similar? I'd love a better than average light crossbow.

 

[Sara Sidereal]

so I found a list of stuff at the SRD but there are no prices on anything - Magic Armor and Weapons – 5th Edition SRD

 

[JayTee]

Dnd 5e is pretty stingy with magic items. According to the DMG, this is the overall price range for magic items, assuming the GM WlfSamurai allows them to be bought and sold.

 

[Sara Sidereal]

Dnd 5e is pretty stingy with magic items. According to the DMG, this is the overall price range for magic items, assuming the GM WlfSamurai them to be bought and sold

yeah I'm just gonna go with adventuring gear mostly

 

[Bone2pick]

yeah I'm just gonna go with adventuring gear mostly

Same here. Anyone else thinking of picking up a mount? I'd like a riding horse.

 

[Sara Sidereal]

Same here. Anyone else thinking of picking up a mount? I'd like a riding horse.

I suppose I could prepare Find Steed and pick, like, Giant Centipede? then we could all ride it

 

[Bone2pick]

That would be a sight to see.

 

[Sara Sidereal]

I suppose buying mules and wagons wouldn't be a good idea right now since we're in the middle of a raid

 

[Sara Sidereal]

added this stuff to my sheet

 

[SilverSuzi]

Was thinking about 5th level and getting more gold yesterday and found it in the DMG. And then, I've been thinking about the dice rolling as well. Here's what I've come to.

• Your starting gold and equipment for 5th level is 500 gp plus 1d10 x 25 gp and your normal starting equipment
• For rolling, we're just going to do the standard roll on request. I have never really had an issue with it and there will be times I'd like to discuss the roll beforehand anway.

Ok so if I'm reading this right, that takes my original 5 gp up to 605 gp (I rolled a 4). At least until I spend some. So we just use the adventuring gear list from the PHB, or are there other lists of what we can buy? And are we meant to keep track of the weight we're carrying, or just hand wave that a bit?