Even though I will be running the new D&D game and not playing in it, I thought it might be a good idea if I went through the character creation process. I will be helping others do it sometime soon and I probably ought to have done it ant least once.
Start on page 14 of the Players Handbook
Choose Race and Class
I need a Drow NPC for my upcoming campaign, so I will make a Drow Warlock. The stats for the Drow come from the Forgotten Realms Players Guide. The Forgotten Realms Players guide also has a special warlock pact for Drow called the Dark pact. I'll use that as well, just so I can make sure this guy is good and complicated. (Also it favors Chr which I plan on being my best stat)
Drow
+2 Dex, +2 Chr
+2 Intimidate, +2 Stealth
Speed:6
Darkvision
Fey-touched
Trance
Cloud of Darkness/Darkfire Encounter Powers
Generate Stats
Okay this is the hard part. I'm going to use the point-buy method,but first I need to know what stats a warlock needs, also I need to figure out how to balance that with the stats that are used for defenses.
Defenses
AC : Dex or Int if wearing light armor
Fortitude: Str or Con
Reflex: Dex or Int
Will: Wis or Chr
Okay the Warlock entry says that a Warlock needs Chr, Con, and Int, well that matches up nicely. Using the point buy method I get these stats:
18 14 11 10 10 8
Which I assign as follows:
Str 8
Con 11
Dex 10 + 2 for Drow = 12
Int 14
Wis 10
Chr 18 +2 for Drow = 20
Yeah he suffers a little on the physical side but hey 20 Chr! (Man I'm pretty)
Choose Skills
There aren't any additional skills from being a drow so they are all from the Warlock class.
I select Arcana, Thievery, Bluff, and Streetwise
Choose Feats
Drow Warlocks don't get any bonus feats so I just get one.
Lets see what the FRPG has for a Dark Pact warlock. Hmm nothing for a Dark Pact warlock. A Few for the Drow but nothing that seems to fit the character concept I have in mind. (Sneaky, Manipulative, Mage)
Ah here we go, Warlocks do not get Ritual Casting as a class feature like Wizards and Clerics so I'll choose Ritual Caster. Rituals look pretty useful.
Choose Powers
Okay so I get 2 At Will, 1 Encounter, and 1 Daily plus the special Encounter power for being a Drow.
At Will
Spiteful Glamour (Dark Pact)
Eldritch Blast (Class Feature)
Encounter
Curse Bite (Dark Pact)
Cloud of Darkness/Darkfire (Drow)
Daily
Your Glorious Sacrifice (Dark Pact)
Equipment
I don't need much but I'll pick up a few weapons just in case and since he starts out proficient in leather armor I might as well get some.
Fill in the Numbers - Most of this goes on the Character Sheet; Here's some additional notes I came up with.
Intelligence or Dex adds into AC if wearing light armor
The Character Class tell you what weapons your a proficient in.
The proficiency bonus for each weapon is listed in Chapter 7
Str Bonus adds to hit and damage on melee weapons
Dex Bonus adds to hit and damage on ranged weapons
Here is a link to the Character Sheet for the Warlock. I think if I was making this for a real character I would want to rearrange his stats a little. His HP and Fortitude Def just came out to low for me.
drowwarlock.pdf
Here's a power sheet that I created with the Power Cards app in the last entry. It's not perfect but it's better than writing them out by hand.
drowwarlockpowers.pdf
Start on page 14 of the Players Handbook
Choose Race and Class
I need a Drow NPC for my upcoming campaign, so I will make a Drow Warlock. The stats for the Drow come from the Forgotten Realms Players Guide. The Forgotten Realms Players guide also has a special warlock pact for Drow called the Dark pact. I'll use that as well, just so I can make sure this guy is good and complicated. (Also it favors Chr which I plan on being my best stat)
Drow
+2 Dex, +2 Chr
+2 Intimidate, +2 Stealth
Speed:6
Darkvision
Fey-touched
Trance
Cloud of Darkness/Darkfire Encounter Powers
Generate Stats
Okay this is the hard part. I'm going to use the point-buy method,but first I need to know what stats a warlock needs, also I need to figure out how to balance that with the stats that are used for defenses.
Defenses
AC : Dex or Int if wearing light armor
Fortitude: Str or Con
Reflex: Dex or Int
Will: Wis or Chr
Okay the Warlock entry says that a Warlock needs Chr, Con, and Int, well that matches up nicely. Using the point buy method I get these stats:
18 14 11 10 10 8
Which I assign as follows:
Str 8
Con 11
Dex 10 + 2 for Drow = 12
Int 14
Wis 10
Chr 18 +2 for Drow = 20
Yeah he suffers a little on the physical side but hey 20 Chr! (Man I'm pretty)
Choose Skills
There aren't any additional skills from being a drow so they are all from the Warlock class.
I select Arcana, Thievery, Bluff, and Streetwise
Choose Feats
Drow Warlocks don't get any bonus feats so I just get one.
Lets see what the FRPG has for a Dark Pact warlock. Hmm nothing for a Dark Pact warlock. A Few for the Drow but nothing that seems to fit the character concept I have in mind. (Sneaky, Manipulative, Mage)
Ah here we go, Warlocks do not get Ritual Casting as a class feature like Wizards and Clerics so I'll choose Ritual Caster. Rituals look pretty useful.
Choose Powers
Okay so I get 2 At Will, 1 Encounter, and 1 Daily plus the special Encounter power for being a Drow.
At Will
Spiteful Glamour (Dark Pact)
Eldritch Blast (Class Feature)
Encounter
Curse Bite (Dark Pact)
Cloud of Darkness/Darkfire (Drow)
Daily
Your Glorious Sacrifice (Dark Pact)
Equipment
I don't need much but I'll pick up a few weapons just in case and since he starts out proficient in leather armor I might as well get some.
Fill in the Numbers - Most of this goes on the Character Sheet; Here's some additional notes I came up with.
Intelligence or Dex adds into AC if wearing light armor
The Character Class tell you what weapons your a proficient in.
The proficiency bonus for each weapon is listed in Chapter 7
Str Bonus adds to hit and damage on melee weapons
Dex Bonus adds to hit and damage on ranged weapons
Here is a link to the Character Sheet for the Warlock. I think if I was making this for a real character I would want to rearrange his stats a little. His HP and Fortitude Def just came out to low for me.
drowwarlock.pdf
Here's a power sheet that I created with the Power Cards app in the last entry. It's not perfect but it's better than writing them out by hand.
drowwarlockpowers.pdf
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