Volin Dustdune - 2e Elemental Priest/Psionicist
4e Shaman, Elemental Priest Theme
Unfortunately I won't get to play in a regular campaign (at least right away). I am limited to D&D Encounters.
I asked our DM tonight if the pre-gen characters were the same quality as the ones that were made for Undermountain, and he said they were. This makes me a sad panda
.I rarely get off-duty as the DM, but if I do get the chane, I'll remake Apoei as a Revenant this time. Actually having been killed by the fire with the rest of his veiled friends, but ressurected by its spirit to become its agent, Apoei sounds about right as a Wizard|Psion hybrid. Lots of pyro from wizardry and more subtle attacks with psionics when in cities. Might go for the Wasteland Nomad theme, and let him wander around in his pristine white cloak. XD
My first Dark Sun character a long time back was a Thri-kreen who ended up eating a half-elven NPC. I want to play something a little more subtle this time around.
Maybe a Human Sorcerer who does his best to downplay his arcane side, but has a strong temptation to defile. He might be a kind of magic junkie; holding back until he feels like he will explode, and finally, unable to control himself, unleashes his anger wildly, and defiling for that extra boost. Ok, that might not be any more subtle than a desert crazed bug who eats the party's NPC companion, but might be just as fun.
.But that fond memory is slightly scarred by the fact that my character was the only one with a good alignment in the group... If you've seen Dorkness rising, think of the Paladin that was always sent away when the group 'planned' something.
My character will be a Thri-Kreen of as of yet undecided class... Maybe I'll make him a ranger like my Kreen back in the day...
Heh, I also had a thri-kreen ranger that was a lot of fun. My first character will definately be a thri-kreen, class undetermined. I'd love to make a thri-kreen pursuit avenger, which would mean bending the "no divine power source" bit about DS, but I think the class could simply be made "primal" and be just fine. As I plan on DMing the campaign initially, I will likely have to keep him an NPC at first
My gaming friends aren't all that excited about 4E, but I think DS will be a good showcase world to make them reconsider. They are very resistant to battlemaps in general, but I would LOVE to see us use battlemaps in our WoD and Shadowrun games...sigh.Yeah, Psion|Warlock isn't the zenith of optimization, but what the hey. It fits thematically, I think I can make it at least decent mechanically if not fantastic, and I think it will be fun.
I'll let the implications sink in.
Lots of defiling.
But if I could I'd make a Halfling Druid or Warlord.
Tops are probably Battlemind gladiator or psionic theme, fighter with gladiator or psionic theme and warden with gladiator or psionic or nature related theme.
Hopefully some unique pp and ed, dont really want a rehash of old though many might have to be changed flavorfully in order to fit.
Halfling Druid (Wild Shape Focus) / Rogue Slave; Dropping more rogue stuff as leveling up. Low on Con d/t Silt Sickness when young and getting beaten when enslaved. Force myself to deal with some of the survival play, some cannibalism. I've got a good backstory for him.
Battlemind Human Templar w/ a big obsidian club and malformed face; Always wearing a dust cowl, silent because of oversized tongue and jaw, Eventually hoping for Outcast because of moral complications
Elven Warlock (Star Pact) Tribal; Very distrusting but afraid of being alone, Constant Liar
Dwarven Warden, Focus of Reversing the Silt Sea Expansion, Gladiator Slave; Played as emotional wreck
I DM most of the time and I've got a good friend planning to run so I may be over excited...
Flavor text for this power: "You rip vital energy from your enemy and cause it to ache deeply at the resulting loss."
But it gets better. On a miss you can choose to take damage and try the power again next turn (with an attack bonus). I'd play that up as self-defiling. It makes defiling (or at least this particular defiler) seem kind of noble in a crazy, reckless way. Maybe he doesn't preserve because he can't figure it out, so he does the "next best thing" and defiles himself before the environment or his friends.
I'm thinking about a bard...
Yes. A bard with the Alchemy and Poisoner feats would fit in very nicely.
I'd like to make either a Half-Giant (Goliath) Seeker or a Halfling Barbarian. I love the idea of a huge guy who throws spirit empowered hammers at people or a raging little guy cannibal who just tears everyone up.
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Kenen, level 6
Human, Warlord
Build: Tactical Warlord
Warlord: Combat Leader
Commanding Presence: Tactical Presence
Background: Occupation - Merchant (Bluff class skill)
Kenen, level 6
Human, Warlord
Build: Tactical Warlord
Warlord: Combat Leader
Commanding Presence: Tactical Presence
Background: Occupation - Merchant (Bluff class skill)
FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 8, Con 12, Dex 12, Int 19, Wis 10, Cha 17.
STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 8, Con 12, Dex 12, Int 16, Wis 10, Cha 16.
AC: 21 Fort: 16 Reflex: 19 Will: 18
HP: 49 Surges: 8 Surge Value: 12
TRAINED SKILLS
Bluff +11, History +12, Heal +8, Endurance +8, Diplomacy +11
UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics +3, Arcana +7, Dungeoneering +3, Insight +3, Intimidate +6, Nature +3, Perception +3, Religion +7, Stealth +3, Streetwise +6, Thievery +3, Athletics +1
FEATS
Human: Mark of Healing
Level 1: Improved Inspiring Word
Level 2: Lend Might
Level 4: Lend Strength
Level 6: Skill Swap
POWERS
Bonus At-Will Power: Brash Assault
Skill Swap: Swift Recovery
Warlord at-will 1: Commander's Strike
Warlord at-will 1: Direct the Strike
Warlord encounter 1: Powerful Warning
Warlord daily 1: Destructive Surprise
Warlord utility 2: Knight's Move
Warlord encounter 3: Overwhelming Force Trap
Warlord daily 5: Scent of Victory
Warlord utility 6: Reorient the Axis
ITEMS
Hide Armor, Light Shield, Sickle, Belt Pouch (empty), Flint and Steel, Flute, Mystic Salves (Heal), Waterskin, Common Meal
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Theme: Noble Adept
Theme encounter: Adept's Insight
Definitly revenant, either assasin or some kind of shadow power source class when it becomes available.
Oh... Revenant! That got me to thinking. If arcane magic is so despised in Darksun, I'd play a Revenant with an arcane class!
"Yeah... they killed me. So what?! I came back."
Elven Rogue.
Elven Psion/ Rogue hybrid...though I have no idea about the powerlevel of the character...but have to admitt never really cared about it that much if I like the concept enough.
Elven Wizard.
I love the flavour of the burning man wandering the burning wastes.
One of my friends wants to play a warforged made of steel that fell into athas somehow (one way rift or something) and is now in a desperate fight for his own survival with regards to the value of its body.
We all serve King Kalak in our own way.
I realise Gods are silent and there are likely no divine classes. However I could see Avengers fitting, thematically, into a sort of angry-elemental-smiter-type.
Failing that, probably something psionic ;)
Now, if I could get into a play by email or play by message board game, that would be cool. Actually being a player rather than a DM would be an interesting change.
Or for the lulz, Wilden Warlock (yes defiling) with the elemental priest theme (if possible), that believes the ashes left from defiling is a sign that the world is burning (and thus returning to the fire it belongs to). Maybe go with the idea that some other character tried to become an elemental priest, but the ritual went wrong and the wood in the pyre was what became the elemental priest.
A friend and I have discussed the idea of a Githzerai Cleric whose spelljammer crashed.
I also want to play a hybrid Monk/Psion, and take the Dreamwalker paragon path (Oh, I'm sorry, you thought you were fighting me? No, I'm over here). Probably human, maybe Eladrin.
I will stab your kidneys for the greater glory of the Sorcerer King.
I also want to play a hybrid Monk/Psion, and take the Dreamwalker paragon path (Oh, I'm sorry, you thought you were fighting me? No, I'm over here). Probably human, maybe Eladrin.
Well, finished as much as I can making the Monk|Psion. Freder Trend, level one human with the Merchant Prince background (for now). AFAIK, now I just need to apply a theme to him when the book comes out, and maybe modify his equipment. Basically, he's the son of a wealthy merchant, good alignment mostly from being too apathetic to judge (goodbye Lawful Good), too lazy to cause trouble (goodbye evil and chaotic evil), but too bored to not help (goodbye unaligned).
Freder's father is from Nibenay, his mother from Balic, and Freder has spent his childhood in various regions, mostly Gulg, Nibenay, and Raam. From Balic he learned of democracy (even if it's not really in effect there), from Nibenay he picked up the younger people's sense of honor (well, sort of), from Gulg a respect for nature, and from Raam a sense of freedom of ...even if he doesn't have much to express). He has no hatred for the sorcerer kings, although he does tend to see them only as politically powerful kings and not much else. The truth that they are draconic defilers would probably be as shocking to him as it would to the most fervant worshipper.
When his (unaligned, borderline evil) father saw Freder's psionic gift at a young age, he sent Freder to the best school in the hopes that he would become an empath. Unfortunately, Freder was too apathetic to find out what people were thinking and too nice to take control of their minds, so he ended up focusing on telekinetics. Being gifted but a bit lazy, short ranged but powerful telekinesis was all he could really manage (Centered flurry, force punch, kinetic trawl for the extra power points, masterful spiral). Despite being rather dull and unnoticable (i.e. 8 cha, trained in stealth), he is nice and does have a decent working knowledge of psychology and sociology (i.e. trained in diplomacy, bluff, and insight).
If you ask his father, Freder finished with all of the training the academy could provide at 16, and has spent the next seven years amassing a fortune, which isn't showing because he is hiding it for his protection and investing it shrewdly. In reality, Freder is just sort of drifting, making enough money to live on comfortably. Nobles and inkeepers who know him tend to believe his father's view, and feel glad that he only asked for a room for a night and maybe a meal. The poor who have encountered him also believe he is wealthy, for he's one of the few people to be charitable. In reality, he believes the best way to hide wealth is to get rid of it and make it again somewhere else, so he leeches some wealth from the rich upon arriving to a town, and gets rid of what he can't use upon leaving so he can travel lighter.
He usually wears a custom made silk shirt and pant one piece, rasclinn skin belt and boots, and sometimes a hooded sandy poncho/cloak thing that can either look ratty or fashionably unique.
I have no 4e characters in mind; I'm happy with 2e.
I'm trying to decide whether this or your pointless regurgitation of the 'soviet Russia' meme qualifies as your most worthless post I've seen.
I've done a bit of work on a Monk|Ranger that I planned Githzerai, but could well make Thri-Kreen if the crunch lines up in a pleasing fashion. It's been nearly a decade since I delved into DS, so I'll have to wait for the books to hit so I can refresh myself and find inspiration.I have no 4e characters in mind; I'm happy with 2e.
I'm trying to decide whether this or your pointless regurgitation of the 'soviet Russia' meme qualifies as your most worthless post I've seen.
I'm gonna DM as usual, but if I could, I'd recreate my Dray Defiling Wizard (would be Sorc in 4e given his background) or my first Dark Sun character, Ash.
Ash was your average half giant, dumb as a rock and big as a house. He was mute. He was fighting with a very big, very dull obsidian greatsword (something my DM described as a "tombstone on a stick") and during a gladiatorial game, he lost his right hand, which he replaced with wristblade. Later on, his face was burned by an acid spell from a Nibenay templar, and he sculpted and grafted a bone mask on his deformed face (something that looked either a skull or a very crude bone hockey mask).
He gloriously died at level 14 evading from Nibenay's prison... he tore down a wall and foundt himself in the guard barracks. The bodycount was impressive.
As a side note, I cannot wait to get my hands on Psionic Power and see what improvements have been made to the psionic classes.
I'm the DM for my group as well. So far we have a Mul Stormwarden, a Half-Elf Rogue, a Human Paladin (he's actually sponsored by a DS, but he doesn't know it), and a Human Assassin/Ardent Hybrid.
I'd like to make either a Half-Giant (Goliath) Seeker or a Halfling Barbarian. I love the idea of a huge guy who throws spirit empowered hammers at people or a raging little guy cannibal who just tears everyone up.
I'll also be DMing for my group, but I'll be encouraging at least one player to consider the Halfling Barbarian. I think it's a combo with lots of opportunity for roleplay, in and out of combat.
So, when the new books come out and you start your new campaigns, what do you plan to play?
Human preserver with the veiled alliance theme. I dunno, I just like the idea of having a lot of secrets.
Crunch-wise, I was looking for a character with as little reliance on items as possible-- someone who could remain viable even when stripped of all armor and weaponry.
Davian the Grappler
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Davian the Grappler, level 1
Human, Fighter|Sorcerer
Sorcerous Power: Sorcerous Power Strength
Hybrid Talent: Fighter Combat Talent
Fighter Combat Talent: Brawler Style (Hybrid)
FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 20, Con 10, Dex 11, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 14.
STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 18, Con 10, Dex 11, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 14.
AC: 18 Fort: 19 Reflex: 11 Will: 14
HP: 23 Surges: 7 Surge Value: 5
TRAINED SKILLS
Intimidate +7, Nature +5, Endurance +5, Athletics +10
UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics, Arcana -1, Bluff +2, Diplomacy +2, Dungeoneering, Heal, History -1, Insight, Perception, Religion -1, Stealth, Streetwise +2, Thievery
FEATS
Human: Hybrid Talent
Level 1: Unarmored Agility
POWERS
Bonus At-Will Power: Burning Spray
Hybrid at-will 1: Knockdown Assault
Hybrid at-will 1: Grappling Strike
Wasteland Nomad encounter 1: Wasteland Fury
Hybrid encounter 1: Hack and Hew
Hybrid daily 1: Villain's Menace
ITEMS
Cloth Armor (Basic Clothing), Adventurer's Kit
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Davian the Grappler, level 1
Human, Fighter|Sorcerer
Sorcerous Power: Sorcerous Power Strength
Hybrid Talent: Fighter Combat Talent
Fighter Combat Talent: Brawler Style (Hybrid)
FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 20, Con 10, Dex 11, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 14.
STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 18, Con 10, Dex 11, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 14.
AC: 18 Fort: 19 Reflex: 11 Will: 14
HP: 23 Surges: 7 Surge Value: 5
TRAINED SKILLS
Intimidate +7, Nature +5, Endurance +5, Athletics +10
UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics, Arcana -1, Bluff +2, Diplomacy +2, Dungeoneering, Heal, History -1, Insight, Perception, Religion -1, Stealth, Streetwise +2, Thievery
FEATS
Human: Hybrid Talent
Level 1: Unarmored Agility
POWERS
Bonus At-Will Power: Burning Spray
Hybrid at-will 1: Knockdown Assault
Hybrid at-will 1: Grappling Strike
Wasteland Nomad encounter 1: Wasteland Fury
Hybrid encounter 1: Hack and Hew
Hybrid daily 1: Villain's Menace
ITEMS
Cloth Armor (Basic Clothing), Adventurer's Kit
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That's all the flavor I've got but what else do I need, really.
Well I have the book but have not had a chance to read it yet. But I am thinking I want to create a shaman. Anyone know of any good builds that they would recommend?
After reading yesterday's Dark Sun article, Templars of the Sorcerer-Kings, you could go with a human shaman with the Pact Initiate (Sorcerer-King) and Spirit Talker of Lalali-Puy feats and the templar theme. That would make a good templar of Lalali-Puy, if you so chose.
I really like all of the themes, and have ideas for a Dune Trader, Athasian Minstrel, and Wilder that I'd like to play as well, but don't know how well that'll work out given the shortness of 4th Edition groups that I know of in my area.
We might play some one-shots with the others taking turns DMing. For those, I'm thinking of building a Human Psion (+Templar) - a reimagining of one of my previous characters, a jerk named Non who always tends to fall in with the wrong crowd until he defects back to the good guys.
For an 'evil' campaign, I'd love to play a templar of either Nibenay (assassin/bard) or Gulg (wizard/shaman). Human in either case. For a more 'heroic' campaign, a half-giant primal guardian druid sounds good. I tend to prefer leader and controller characters in general.
The new arena fighter build also sounds interesting, and I've always liked the gladiator concept. It's another character that would work best in a more morally grey campaign, IMO. (Incidentally, I gave up on finding a picture of a female gladiator that wasn't just porn...)