Welcome to Gaia! ::

I understand the workings, I'm not as new to this as you'd assume. I'm just here to help out, and be a member. ninja If there is something wrong with what I've posted already, then please let me know the egsact fault and it will be fixed. But I will not change my character-profile because of your preferrence.

Also, Gaia has a dice system... we could play Dungeons and Dragons. domokun

Where would the best places to recruit be? Should we scout RP threads and select people who are poor at roleplaying and bring them here? Telling them that they'll learn how to do it right? sweatdrop

Right now I am asking for permission to advertise my guild in my present guilds. If they say yes, then I will start there. I have an ad in the moderators guild.

I also plan on making an ad for my sig.

Flat Footed= your armor class (how easy it is to get hit) when you are caught off guard, unaware.

Initiative mod= roll 1d20 and add. highest acts first. This determines order of actions.

Fortitude save= How well you can resist poison and harsh conditions. You roll 1d20 and try to beat a saving throw determined by the Game Master (GM). the higher the saving throw, the more powerful/difficult the situation.

Reflex save: Same thing as Fortitude (Fort) save, but works for situations like catching your balance, or reacting to traps.

Will save: Same as fort save, but works for illusions and some magic effects.

Attack (handheld): This is your melee attack modifier. this determines the ability you have at hitting someone. The higher, the better. roll 1d20 and add the modifier, subtract the targets armor class and if you win you hit. (Basically if your attack roll is higher than there def/armor class you hit.)

Attack (unarmed): This is your attack modifier for unarmed attacks. Same thing as Melee attacks for accuracy.

Attack (missile): Take a guess, yup same as melee, but works for any ranged attack (Bows, crossbows, throwing objects, etc.) This can also be used for light weapons if you have a special feet for it.

Grapple check: This is the same thing as before. This works for if you were to grab an opponent. This one is very confusing, and rarely used.



Any other questions? Yes I have been playing D&D for a little while.

I'm a little confused. Coud you really break down the meanings of this? :




I understand the initiative roll, and that the highest character (or guy with the highest stats?) goes first. But what do you mean by 'order of actions'?

Note to self, no extra vowels for Shad. ninja

OK, we have three players. Battle happens with two beasts. The players (1,2, and 3) each roll.

P1 rolls a 3 + 2 for initiative mod. total of 5
P2 roll. 19 +0 (Has intelligence/wisdom, what ever one it is based off of, of 9 which means a mod of -1. You can never have a negative total unless by magical effect.) Total 19
P3 total 8

Beast 1 has a 10 and beast 2 got a total of 9.

The order would go:
P2
Beast 1
Beast 2
P3
and P1.

each player can only take their actions on their turn, not before. this would mean on Gaia, the posting would follow that order.

Might be a pain and slow things down if the next in line isn't there, but the system is good in life. Might not be so practical on Gaia.

Is that better?

It cleared it up, anyway, so if I have like Initiative modifier: +1 = +1 [dexterity] and I'm rolling 1d20, and I roll a 6, I end up with 7 due to the mod. And if someone else (including the monster) rolls anythinghigher they go before me. This'd work if the DM rolled for the monsters (as is usually the case anyway), as for the turn based thing, I think it would work so long as we had dedicated players. I know I'd post as soon as it was my turn anyway. sweatdrop I'm still new to it, and would probably suck for the first game... but I think I'd get better as I got used to it. You've been helpful, anyway.