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[Willfor]

This isn't so much a game as it is a player-input driven simulation. The inputs will be in character-generation with the outputs being the story and the results.

The Goddess Voadiana is looking for warriors to help her in a task that will determine the fate of the dimension she protects. Specifically, she wants warriors who are 3.5 compatible. She doesn't care what they believe in, she doesn't care how optimized they are, and she doesn't want players to hinder their minds with meta-thought. She wants characters submitted to her world, and your success as an agent of hers will be bringing her these characters. You won't control them once they are submitted, but they will act based on the history and personality you give them, and you will be shown the results.

They are to be EL 5. They are to use 30,000 gold for equipment. They can be from any book in 3.5 D&D. You can cheat a little bit in their creation if you would like to; I'm certainly going to be cheating a little bit with the people they're fighting against.

Something to bear in mind; they will be participating in a one-shot battle that will go on for some time. This will make classes that can endure longer battles more effective.

The most important part is the personality and character of your character. The mechanics aren't really as important as the concept behind the character. Take inspiration from something you like, or anywhere really, and if you include links to what inspired you I will give the character a homebrewed ability or something that makes it better reflect its source material. A little bit of thought and description of your character will go a long way.

I'd like to start running the simulation of the battle within 24 hours if at all possible, and I will need roughly six characters. I'll keep accepting beyond six, though, and as 24 hours is likely too short, it's probably going to take longer to get the amount of characters I need. I'm just hoping to get enough enthusiasm from people making characters to start.

Submitted:

Jackson Smith

Quake Steelgod

Orrdus the Valiant

Raphalangelo Donanardo

[Alternatecash]

Here's my submission. Hailing from a world where humans are forbidden by the gods from practicing magic, Jackson Smith is the product of an industrial revolution! A skilled inventor from a city beset on all sides by supernatural horrors, Jackson has decided to take the fight to them, and eventually destroy their masters, the cruel and uncaring gods. He prefers to take out foes from afar with his custom longrifle, but when the fight comes to him, he's more than willing to lay into enemies with steam-powered boarding claws. His "familiar" is a mechanical cat that serves as a spotter for him.
He smokes like a chimney, hits on anything with a pulse and a gender, and drinks like a fish, but it's mostly a mask for his driven and borderline autistic focus on becoming powerful enough to kill a pantheon.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Jackson Smith, male human coglayer (DragonMech) 5
Str: 11 +0
Dex: 18 +4
Con: 17 +3
Int: 18 +4
Wis: 14 +2
Cha: 15 +2
App: 14 +2

HP: 26

BAB: +3

Saves:
   Fort:   +8 |+4 |+4
   Reflex: +5 |+4 |+1
   Will:   +3 |+2 |+1

Feats:
   Gearhead
   Skill Focus; Craft: Steam Gear
   Secrets of Steam
   (b)Versitile; Heal, Hide
   (b)Open Minded

Skill Tricks:
   Healing Hands
   
Flaw:
   Short Temper

Skills:
   Craft: Steam Gear +20 |7 |4 |3 |2 |4
   Craft: Gunsmith   +11 |7 |4
   Craft: Alchemy    +11 |7 |4
   Craft: Blacksmith +11 |7 |4
   Craft: W. Smith   +10 |6 |4
   Disable Device    +11 |7 |4
   Knowlege: Geog.   +11 |7 |4
   Knowlege: Local   +11 |7 |4
   Knowlege: Nature  +11 |7 |4
   Knowlege: S. Tech +15 |7 |4 |4
   Knowlege: Anatomy +11 |7 |4
   Heal        +9  |7 |2
   Hide        +11 |7 |4
   Listen        +9  |7 |2
   

Steam Powers:
   Clockwork Puppet, 1000gp
   Discriminator, 350gp
   Animator, 400gp
   Optical Orb, 275gp
   Imagemaker, 90gp
   Wavemaker x2, 130gp
   Navigator, 50gp
   (I)Flywheel, 280gp
   (I)Muffler, 200gp
   Spring Box, 200gp

Equipment:
Steam Rippers (mw), 840gp 2h s/b 1d10+1/1d8 19-20/x4 - 30 lbs.
Adamantine, 3000gp

Spyglass Rifle (mw), 1000gp 2h P 2d8 ×3 150 6 lbs.
Autofeed, Silenced, 750gp

10 magazines "Knockback" bullets, 300gp (50 shots)
A target hit by a round of blowback ammunition must make a Reflex saving throw or be knocked prone. The DC for the saving throw is equal to the damage the attack deals.

10 magazines "Farshot" bullets, 300gp (50 shots)
Gyro-stabilized ammunition ignores the first two range increments when calculating any penalties incurred by making ranged attacks against targets beyond the fi rst range increment. The third range increment counts as the first range increment for determining penalties (thus, the wielder takes no penalty for range until the fourth range increment)

Backpack Steam Plant, 700gp 35 lbs.
This object allows for the generation of steam power, it is used to power many steam generators. It has a hardness 10, hit points 10 and AC 10. Each generator has a specific attachment which is always compatible with this. A personal steam engine uses half your backpack slot, you may still have a small pack on your back.

Plated leather (mw), 350gp +4 +5 0 15% 30 ft. 25 lbs.

Gunsmith’s tools (mw), 55gp 5 lb.
Coglayer's tools (mw), 55gp 5 lbs.
Healer's kit, 50gp 1 lb.

725gp

[Willfor]

Someone else has heard of the DragonMech campaign setting? My day has been made.

[Alternatecash]

I mostly use it for the steam powers and mech rules. Give it up for post-apocalyptic scavenging!

[Willfor]

Bumping this for great justice. My finals are over, and I have way more than enough time to run this.

[Heron TSG]

Mein gott! I love EL 5!

Spoiler: Thank you, Extreme Hero Name Generator. (click to show/hide)

Quake Steelgod: Warbot Extraordinaire
Quake Steelgod hails from the world of Eberron, where magic and technology have fused to create many mechanimagical wonders, including his very race, the Warforged. Quake was a mercenary on the continent of Khorvaire that has spent more than two centuries killing anything he is paid to kill. He is intensely loyal and always puts the team first, when he has one. He prefers that his assassinations be fairly straightforward. Kicking down the front door and putting everyone inside to the blades of his massive sugliin. He does not eat, sleep, or even breathe, making him the perfect being to hire when you want someone dead now. His immunity to poison and disease allows him to bypass most nonmagical traps, expediting his breaking and entering.

You may be wondering why he has a neutral alignment. That would be because he takes missions for whoever pays him the most, whether they have good or evil intentions. It balances out.

Spoiler: Reference picture (click to show/hide)

[Willfor]

@ Barbarossa: Definitely accepted!

Gonna keep waiting for more characters to come in, but I've been working on getting most of what I need for the simulation built up.

[Heron TSG]

Can I submit more than one if not enough people show? I have tons of characters lying around.

[Willfor]

Yeah, you sure can.

[Willfor]

Sometimes people like to know what they are getting into:

Spoiler: History of the Conflict (click to show/hide)

Voadiana is the sister to the Goddess of Firey Madness, Valimene. The two sisters haven't really gotten along since Valimene took up the position of being a major deity to the Goblins in the northern kingdoms. Valimene isn't mad herself, but she endorses quite a number of mad people. Who happen to like fire.

Voadiana was stuck with a rather small portfolio consisting of Firey Envy, and very few people wanted to worship her. To that end, she wanted to make herself feel better by pulling someone else down, and she knew that her sister would be able to take a joke. She sent one of her followers on a divine mission to try to spit in Valimere's eye.

This fanatic was very knowledgable in politics, and knew that one of the weaker goblin kingdoms had a royal family (if you could call a gobiln royal family ... royal) that was patroned by Valimere. He had the best idea ever! He traveled to the northern kingdom of Grimdoren, crossed the meager defenses of the Goblins' fortress, and snuck into the royal chambers. One by one, he gagged and dragged every member of the family from their beds to the fortress walls where he hang them over the side by their feet. He poured oil over them, and he lit them on fire. Then he started traveling home.

There was one minor flaw in his plan: Grimdoren was a progressive Goblin kingdom that was slowly changing due to their alliance with a small-but-powerful Elf kingdom in the south. Their king was married to an Elf princess, and her two children from another marriage had come with her; Goblins and Elves can't breed, they were to be his heirs. The morning after, the princess's younger brother teleported into Grimdoren's fortress -- his name is Erlind -- and found the chared remains of his sister, brother-in-law, nephew and niece hanging off the wall. Unlike his older brother, who was wise, just, and perfect for staying at home, Erlind had always found his peace as an adventurer, tearing through monsters with whatever weapon was at hand. Erlind's wife was also a mercenary. And Erlind always traveled with a magician or two from his homeland.

It was no surprise to anyone, least of all to the gods who watched it all with a bemused look on their face, that the fantaic who caused the crimes was caught before the sun went down that evening. It wasn't a surprise either when the man spent 48 hours of his life screaming, and a further 17 hours dying without the ability to scream. Before that point though, there was an interesting conversation.

"You're from the kingdom of Fuerunn, right?" Erlind asked.

"Yeah, but they didn't send me! I heard the voice of Voadiana!"

"Yeah, I'm going to believe that a Goddess was dumb enough to send a killer to my sister's door." After that, it became incredibly difficult for the man to speak.

So it was, three days later, and Erlind was standing in the midst of 200 goblins. He began to speak, "When my sister came here, it was because she'd fallen in love with a King who she thought could change things here. She came to a strange land, to a strange people, and she hoped that you would all start to see her as a friend. You did more than that. You fucking loved her. The letters she sent to me proved that all of the times I worried for her coming here were wrong. You loved her, and she loved you.

"That's why I never suspected you when I felt her death in the wind. And I wasn't wrong. It wasn't you. The Kingdom of Fuerunn sent an assassin, an assassin, against ones they are allied with. I don't understand why they did it. I don't give a shit what petty excuse they're going to give me either. But I'm going to ask their King anyway. And when I set the bodies of half of all of his subjects in front of him, as chared at the body of your king, I hope he has a good fucking answer to give me."

There was a lot of cheering.

Erlind's army started marching south, picking up support from most of who they encountered. The clerics were getting worried at about this time. The deities were still granting spells, but no answers to any questions were given. People who had heard the voices of gods since they were young were no longer hearing them. You see, when the deities saw what Voadiana had done, they decided the best punishment they could give to her for such a stupid act would be to force her to watch what she had done. A stupid punishment suits a petty crime. Voadiana was chained to her chair with her observation portal tuned to the happy lives that were about to be extinguished because of her.

That was where she saw a young girl in a single village in the Kingdom of Fuerunn that was a follower of hers. The girl started to pray, "Voadiana, please, help my village some way. I've heard there's a great army coming... If you can do anything, I think we need help..."

Voadiana, already with tears in her eyes, wiggled her hand out of the chains, and summoned her meager host. They were to go out into the many worlds, and find people who could help. She was going to protect the village of Hanne in any way she could...

The simulation will depict the battle.

[Heron TSG]

Spoiler: A Cavalryman! (click to show/hide)

Orrdus: Skirmisher Extraordinaire
Orrdus the Valiant hails from a harsh and cold world constantly beset by war and terror. Only a few patches of civilization exist, with most of the world being either wilderness or the domain of violent hordes of various monstrous humanoid races. Orrdus himself grew up as a child of a fairly wealthy family, and as such he was sent to be a squire at the age of 14. Once there, he took to his training well and spent the next decade slaying goblins and kobolds and such before being knighted himself. Orrdus led the military of his small border town for three decades before retiring from the position to pursue his newfound passion for knowledge as a librarian. Whenever his town was in trouble, however, Orrdus was always there to sort things out using his command experience. At the age of 60 he decided that a recent upsurge in the number of goblin attacks was a good enough reason to ride once more and paint the forests red with the blood of his peoples' enemies. Orrdus fights by throwing his harpoon at an enemy to disable it from horseback and then staying just out of reach while he shoots it to death with his crossbow. When the enemy dies or Orrdus needs his harpoon back, the magical flaming harpoon returns to his hand. His ages of experience have left him physically frail when compared to his youth, but in return he has grown wise and fights smarter, not harder.

Yes, I just made a fighter with a negative total physical stats modifier. It works, too.

[Criptfeind]

Ah. I remember when you tried to make that guy work at level one.

Fun(ny) times.

Edit: Also where are you getting the +10 attack bonus on your warforged? I only count eight.

[Willfor]

If this was a play-by-post, I'd be interested in reading it, and if this was a game without logs of any sort, well then I'm just plain out of luck on that front.

Anyhow, he's accepted, first post and title updated. :3

[Criptfeind]

There are no logs, but suffice to say the only enemy he ever got a chance to use his real abilities on was my PC. And I diced him 4 out of five times or something to that effect.

The build is solid, but you just can not afford it at first level.

[Heron TSG]

Ah. I remember when you tried to make that guy work at level one.

Fun(ny) times.

Edit: Also where are you getting the +10 attack bonus on your warforged? I only count eight.

+3 strength, +5 from BAB, +1 enhancement, +1 from serrated. Also, updating Orrdus with a horse and such. Forgot that part.