Saturday, July 23, 2016

"HOPELESS CHARACTERS"

"HOPELESS CHARACTERS"
Sometimes the universe of chance allows a character to appear who is below average in everything. At the Dungeon Master's discretion, such a character might be declared unsuitable for dangerous adventures and left at home. Another character would then be rolled to take his place. There is enough chance in the dungeon encounters, however, that sometimes a character like this will survive and advance to a position of power and importance.

Originally shared by Jez Gordon

What's the term for a D&D character who's total ability modifiers is less than zero?

7 comments:

  1. An awesome opportunity for good role-playing... :)

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  2. Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do brutha? Less than Zero the Hero! :-)

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  3. This is something DCC deals with, you play whatever survived the funnel.

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  4. Good point, Denis. I've thought before of adapting the DCC funnel to Holmes.

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  5. What's the term for a D&D character who's total ability modifiers is less than zero? 
    Fun.

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  6. Zach H Surviving to 2nd level IS the Holmes funnel! :)

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  7. Aaron Kesher True, though I like the idea of 0-level characters that can generated more quickly than standard 1st levelers.

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