A suggestion for the quiz would be to separate the hobbies into an often, sometimes, never answer. Many of those answers fit (partying, writing, rustling jimmies) that choosing just one was a dilemma.
The engine wouldn't allow that, though I guess I could make each it's own question. But that would make the quizz a lot longer I'll think about it.
Well, I seem to fit two fairly well according to your list. Monk, as I'm fairly proficient in a couple of eastern martial arts. Cleric as I'm deeply religious and know my religion's doctrine extremely well.
if I was ever dropped into the bg world I would have been a monk for sure, but based on how you outlined them above, I would say I am a perfect mix of barbarian/sorcerer, so I would be a multiclass barbarian/sorcerer quite the bizarre mix indeed
That's a hybrid class in Pathfinder's Advanced Class Guide
if I was ever dropped into the bg world I would have been a monk for sure, but based on how you outlined them above, I would say I am a perfect mix of barbarian/sorcerer, so I would be a multiclass barbarian/sorcerer quite the bizarre mix indeed
If I was dropped into the bg world I'd probably die pretty fast.
I don't know how to use a sword. I don't know how to use a bow. There aren't any M-16s or M-4s lying around for me to use. The average enemy, a hobgoblin, stands about 6 and a half feet, while weighing about 275lbs. They know how to use swords and bows. If I ran into one, it'd probably kill me. Hell, the most hardcore thing I've ever done is a 16k march with a ruck sack, rifle and helmet while I had a jacked up ankle. To a hobgoblin that's probably called monday. The fact that Khalid (whom we all make fun of) can fight them is because he "threw himself into the martial pursuits, studying under members of the city militia." That's something which few of us can reach.
I'd also argue that having Str15, Dex16 and Con17 is well beyond the reaches of most American adults. Because remember, Str15 means comfortably carrying up to 120lbs without slowing down, and only getting tired at a normal pace. That's pretty damn impressive, truth be told.
Just about any modern day person dropped into faerun wouldn't last very long. Because even lvl 1 adventurers have proficiency points in weapons of war, which almost none of us have. Just about any one of us "dropped into the bg world" would die a pretty messy death.
@Grum: On the plus side, having grown up in a modern country means we got the early-life nutrition that would keep us relatively healthy compared to the average medieval slob. Understanding basic medicine and hygiene, among other things, would probably keep us alive as commoners long enough for us to convince the local literati to teach us magic.
But even if I didn't get butchered by a hobgoblin (or, to be honest, more likely a gang of xvarts) and had the chance to study magic, I don't think I'd become an adventurer. It'd be more fun to live as a king's in-house mage, spending my time reading books and acting important and practicing Charm Person on the local maidens.
@Grum: On the plus side, having grown up in a modern country means we got the early-life nutrition that would keep us relatively healthy compared to the average medieval slob. Understanding basic medicine and hygiene, among other things, would probably keep us alive as commoners long enough for us to convince the local literati to teach us magic.
But even if I didn't get butchered by a hobgoblin (or, to be honest, more likely a gang of xvarts) and had the chance to study magic, I don't think I'd become an adventurer. It'd be more fun to live as a king's in-house mage, spending my time reading books and acting important and practicing Charm Person on the local maidens.
Leaving aside the non consensual magic...that's a good idea. Even if not a Mage, I'd like to take a scientific approach to learning Druid magic, so as to repurpose it towards helping crops grow, as well as treating illnesses.
If I was dropped into bg world, I would be a lousy...thief. No fighter because I have no fighting skill or muscle to speak of. No wizard as I never studied the arcane languages/scrolls of magic in Faerun, and don't think I would suddenly be understanding all upon arrival. No cleric as I can not devote myself to foreign gods so readily and completely. No bard as-no musical training, no charisma, zilch, nada. I think any adventurer that can not qualify in those automaticaly becomes a thief...This leaves me to a thief, and with my horrible dexterity (dex 9 or so, have trouble unbinding hard knots) and bad eye sight I would be a lousy one, and would die in a few days, I think.
I like how the famous scholarly Dr. Van Richten has thief levels out of neccesity and the like, he is no fighter, but he is not automaticaly a wizard because he is the smart, bookish type:he has devoted his life to science and medicine, instead of arcane/mysterious magics, and when he had to go adventuring to slay undead monstrosities, only thief class was suitable to him. He has a knack for reading languages (actual thief skill in ad&d) and using gadgets/scientific methods to reach his goals. He is not a thief because he steals, IIRC he is even lawful good, an alignment forbidden to traditional thieves that steal. He is thief in a class sense only that he is a resourceful and skilled, knowledgable individual. He knows some old languages, he knows anatomy (so he can backstab) and has very skilled hands (being a former surgeon) he can hide well when neccesary to ambush a vampire, etc.
Look at those stats you would think he is a mage, or at least he would dual into one, but no. Becoming a mage requires a life-time dedication and study. Imoen was able to dual into mage canonwise, because she was raised in Candlekeep and had a base knowledge of the arcane from her lessons and potential, and even then she required immense study under the female duke in SoD. In 3e you can multi-class into a mage readily and say 'my character has been looking over the shoulder of the party mage as he studied and taking notes the whole time' which is IMHO ridiculous. Parodied awesomely here: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0126.html Cracks me up big time.
Anyway, Van Richten would be my idol if I found myself in a fantasy world. ^ Course, since I would have abysmal stats when compared, I wouldn't be as succesful.
If I was raised from birth in bg world, I would strive to become a mage. Hence, my initial answer to the poll. Reading/writing and learning fast has always been my only forte. At worst I would be a level zero clerk for my whole life. (not a cleric!)
It was between bard and paladin, but calling yourself a paladin is just being a pretentious jerk. Also somewhat identify with wizards. If Bardic Paladin were a dual class option I'd love it. Would fit well for public interest lawyers.
Screw class restrictions. You can dual-class as whatever you want.
Also, no one said anything about you being transported into the BG world. Religion works entirely different on Faerûn. So even though if you are an atheist IRL, you most likely wouldn't be in the realms, simply because the gods are a tangible force there and their existence is not up to debate. And don't forget the Wall of the Faithless.
And even if, your survival chances are not that low. Not everyone is a trained adventurer in this world and your chance to survive would actually be higher than in the real medieval world, simply because of of the gods. I mean, just go up to the next temple of a good god, preferably Ilmater, and someone there will help you. Even if you happen to land in the wilderness, the chance of getting rescued by a random party of adventurers or the local druid or ranger is not exactly the slimest.
You'd become the main NPC in a sidequest for a party to rescue. Like the Knights of Solamnia.
And don't forget, the human ability to adapt is insane. So unless you are actually physically handicapped in a major way, your fight-or-flight sense might yet save you.
Most likely to be a sorc because while my grades and test scores were pretty high (scored 27 on my ACT* first try), I never really studied for those grades.
*the big test that high school graduates take for college admission where I'm from. Max score is 33 or 34, I think.
Bard, definitely. I'm a journalist irl, I work for the evening news, so I need to get along with almost everyone I meet, so my charisma score would need to be plenty high. Journalists tell stories for a living, even if those stories are just about old lady Smith who has a collection of teacups from the 1800s. I also play a bit of music, so I can't see myself fitting into any other class.
Screw class restrictions. You can dual-class as whatever you want.
Also, no one said anything about you being transported into the BG world. Religion works entirely different on Faerûn. So even though if you are an atheist IRL, you most likely wouldn't be in the realms, simply because the gods are a tangible force there and their existence is not up to debate. And don't forget the Wall of the Faithless.
And even if, your survival chances are not that low. Not everyone is a trained adventurer in this world and your chance to survive would actually be higher than in the real medieval world, simply because of of the gods. I mean, just go up to the next temple of a good god, preferably Ilmater, and someone there will help you. Even if you happen to land in the wilderness, the chance of getting rescued by a random party of adventurers or the local druid or ranger is not exactly the slimest.
You'd become the main NPC in a sidequest for a party to rescue. Like the Knights of Solamnia.
And don't forget, the human ability to adapt is insane. So unless you are actually physically handicapped in a major way, your fight-or-flight sense might yet save you.
Most of us would end up as the gnome that Charname meets by the Nashkel mines...
Ya know, the real thing that would probably kill you would be all those foreign sicknesses we don't have immunities against. And don't forget ourselves being contaminated and then possibly infecting others.
Why does no-one keep that in mind for planar travel???* *Rethoric question.
@ajwz: As a writer, I must point out that you have conjured a vivid image with only a few well-chosen words, and not many people can do that. Well done.
I don't know what Viccy would find more insulting, that she has the weight of a duck, that human MALES are trying to figure out her weight, or that they consider her some common witch.
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I don't know how to use a sword. I don't know how to use a bow. There aren't any M-16s or M-4s lying around for me to use. The average enemy, a hobgoblin, stands about 6 and a half feet, while weighing about 275lbs. They know how to use swords and bows. If I ran into one, it'd probably kill me. Hell, the most hardcore thing I've ever done is a 16k march with a ruck sack, rifle and helmet while I had a jacked up ankle. To a hobgoblin that's probably called monday. The fact that Khalid (whom we all make fun of) can fight them is because he "threw himself into the martial pursuits, studying under members of the city militia." That's something which few of us can reach.
I'd also argue that having Str15, Dex16 and Con17 is well beyond the reaches of most American adults. Because remember, Str15 means comfortably carrying up to 120lbs without slowing down, and only getting tired at a normal pace. That's pretty damn impressive, truth be told.
Just about any modern day person dropped into faerun wouldn't last very long. Because even lvl 1 adventurers have proficiency points in weapons of war, which almost none of us have. Just about any one of us "dropped into the bg world" would die a pretty messy death.
But even if I didn't get butchered by a hobgoblin (or, to be honest, more likely a gang of xvarts) and had the chance to study magic, I don't think I'd become an adventurer. It'd be more fun to live as a king's in-house mage, spending my time reading books and acting important and practicing Charm Person on the local maidens.
BTW, I did some refinement on the test and added an additional question, if you are interested.
And maybe Strength. And Polymorph Self.
And Ray of Enfeeblement. And Web.
I like how the famous scholarly Dr. Van Richten has thief levels out of neccesity and the like, he is no fighter, but he is not automaticaly a wizard because he is the smart, bookish type:he has devoted his life to science and medicine, instead of arcane/mysterious magics, and when he had to go adventuring to slay undead monstrosities, only thief class was suitable to him. He has a knack for reading languages (actual thief skill in ad&d) and using gadgets/scientific methods to reach his goals. He is not a thief because he steals, IIRC he is even lawful good, an alignment forbidden to traditional thieves that steal. He is thief in a class sense only that he is a resourceful and skilled, knowledgable individual. He knows some old languages, he knows anatomy (so he can backstab) and has very skilled hands (being a former surgeon) he can hide well when neccesary to ambush a vampire, etc.
Look at those stats you would think he is a mage, or at least he would dual into one, but no. Becoming a mage requires a life-time dedication and study. Imoen was able to dual into mage canonwise, because she was raised in Candlekeep and had a base knowledge of the arcane from her lessons and potential, and even then she required immense study under the female duke in SoD. In 3e you can multi-class into a mage readily and say 'my character has been looking over the shoulder of the party mage as he studied and taking notes the whole time' which is IMHO ridiculous. Parodied awesomely here:
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0126.html
Cracks me up big time.
Anyway, Van Richten would be my idol if I found myself in a fantasy world. ^ Course, since I would have abysmal stats when compared, I wouldn't be as succesful.
If I was raised from birth in bg world, I would strive to become a mage. Hence, my initial answer to the poll. Reading/writing and learning fast has always been my only forte. At worst I would be a level zero clerk for my whole life. (not a cleric!)
Screw class restrictions. You can dual-class as whatever you want.
Also, no one said anything about you being transported into the BG world. Religion works entirely different on Faerûn. So even though if you are an atheist IRL, you most likely wouldn't be in the realms, simply because the gods are a tangible force there and their existence is not up to debate. And don't forget the Wall of the Faithless.
And even if, your survival chances are not that low. Not everyone is a trained adventurer in this world and your chance to survive would actually be higher than in the real medieval world, simply because of of the gods. I mean, just go up to the next temple of a good god, preferably Ilmater, and someone there will help you. Even if you happen to land in the wilderness, the chance of getting rescued by a random party of adventurers or the local druid or ranger is not exactly the slimest.
You'd become the main NPC in a sidequest for a party to rescue. Like the Knights of Solamnia.
And don't forget, the human ability to adapt is insane. So unless you are actually physically handicapped in a major way, your fight-or-flight sense might yet save you.
*the big test that high school graduates take for college admission where I'm from. Max score is 33 or 34, I think.
I also play a bit of music, so I can't see myself fitting into any other class.
Why does no-one keep that in mind for planar travel???*
*Rethoric question.