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[Glass]

Reserved! Here's a self portrait roughly resembling who I want to be: @

...is that a reference, a joke, or both? I can't tell (I don't know what the ASCII characters mean in DF and rougelikes... but I'm guessing it's both a reference and a joke).

EDIT: The DF creatures page didn't mention any entities that are blue @'s...

[Rethi-Eli]

Reserved! Here's a self portrait roughly resembling who I want to be: @

...is that a reference, a joke, or both? I can't tell (I don't know what the ASCII characters mean in DF and rougelikes... but I'm guessing it's both a reference and a joke).

EDIT: The DF creatures page didn't mention any entities that are blue @'s...

In roguelikes people are almost always represented as an @

...

Have you played DF adventure mode before?

[Glass]

I do not have DF.

Shocking, I know.

[mastahcheese]

Spoiler: Behold, a character (click to show/hide)

Name: Fath Allosoltar
Race: Dwarf
Class: Myrmidon
Stats: GM rolled
Spell: GM rolled (I live on the wild side)
Equipment: Medium armor, a bronze helmet with a large, purple plume atop, and however many javelins the GM lets me get away with.
Backstory: A former militia captain who has come out of retirement for fame and fortune. Mostly fortune.

[Rethi-Eli]

I do not have DF.

Shocking, I know.

Actually, I'm not too surprised. I looked through my share of succession forts before I actually started playing DF. It actually helped a lot - by my third fort, I was producing steel and pumping out artifacts.

[TankKit]

K, fixed my character so that they now have one less point in wisdom...

Two things.

1: 4 health?

2: Detection and Sleep.

I'm kinda wishing I went with Crazy Sir Lootington instead of Mysterious Sir Lootington now... ah well, screw it.

[Glass]

2: Detection and Sleep.

我喜欢。我很喜欢。

I like this a good deal. (That is also a rough translation of what I just said in Chinese.)

[Ardent Debater]

Spoiler:  Quack-Quack The Token (click to show/hide)

Name: Quack-Quack The Token
Race: Duck
Class: Wizard
Starting Spell: Charm Person
HP:

As a veteran grognard and fanatical purist, I cannot point-buy in a good conscience. inaluct, I would be forever grateful if you rolled for my stats.

STR:
DEX:
CON:
INT:
WIS:
CHA:
Money: (Starts at nothing)
Equipment: A dapper hat and heavy lantern, (medium weapon)
Backstory: Quack-Quack The Token is a particularly dapper duck who joined the party for the fun of it.

[Rautherdir]

Ooh, didn't notice this at first. Hmm...

Spoiler: Character (click to show/hide)

Name: Theta Alpine
Race: Immortal wolf (Immortal as in: doesn't age. But anyways: Can't use weapons unless custom-fitted (In which case it would basically be armor that could be used as a weapon), can't use armor unless specifically made for her, can't really manipulate items except by magic)
Class: Mystic (Magic focused more on long incantations instead of quick spells. Incantations take more than one round to prepare, but require only the ability to speak.)

HP:	3
STR	5
DEX	3
CON	2
INT	1
WIS	6
CHA	3

Money: (Starts at nothing)
Equipment:

Backstory: An ancient elf who gained immortality at the cost of being a wolf. Maintained the prophecies surrounding Tim the God-Lich.

This will be a bit of a work in progress as the exact details of the race and class get hashed out.

[Glass]

Just took a glance at the first Roguelike. Now I know why ducks are civilized and who Tim is (beyond Monty Python, of course).

How did Omada even get to play as a duck in the first place?

Also, did the current system grow out of that game, or is this going to be completely different?

[Rautherdir]

Omada kind of just did it and everyone else played along. I think this system is based on a different game.

[Ardent Debater]

Just took a glance at the first Roguelike. Now I know why ducks are civilized and who Tim is (beyond Monty Python, of course).

How did Omada even get to play as a duck in the first place?

Also, did the current system grow out of that game, or is this going to be completely different?

Hey Glass, could you link me to the first roguelike? I'm having trouble finding it.

[Rautherdir]

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=162012.0

[TankKit]

One of my favourite parts about the first Roguelike is that it was a duck barbarian who caused ducks to be recognized as a civilized race.

[Glass]

A thought regarding HP: maybe it could be a roll, but one that ranges from either 3 to Con+2 or from Con to Con+2 (depending on if Con or 3 is higher). This would limit people with a Con of 1 to 3 hp, but reward people for having more Con than that.

I'm thinking rolling a d4 for it; 1 and 2 give plus that many on top of your Con, while 3 and 4 do nothing (or, if you're less than three, give you a 3).

It's just a thought, nothing more. You are free to make of it what you will, or disregard it in its entirety. I just thought that it would be a good way to reward Con while still having a somewhat randomized hp.