Future player with character creation questions

Hi there!

Oooh, I wish I knew more about Goblins to answer these questio---

[sputters] What zuh huh!? :blink: :ohmy: :woohoo: :S :woohoo: :huh: :ohmy:

You CAN use starting build to open a second profession!?

I had asked this question ages ago, and even used a creative and brilliant example of a hypothetical Dwarf Acrobat called Angus McSomersault! I thought that the answer was an unqualified "No!". [headscratchy]

Does it only work with two STARTING professions? Or can you do: Half the build on one of your starting professions, and another half on a non-starting profession. (as long as it's not a forbidden or penalized profession?)

Because I really would like to create a ... um ... NOT a Dwarf Acrobat.

[looks at the piles of crumpled up character builds on the floor next to trashcan]

I mean, I'm totally okay with the idea of just making a 5th level [something that I don't care about] and then changing him to a [OMG this race-class combo would be awesome] after attending my first game as this alt, but ...

I just hope I can make it to the March game. I'll probably just show up as Ambrosius anyway, since I won't have all the costume pieces for my alt by then.

Sorry to make this reply all about ME, but that #3 answer really made me sputter and do a headboggly thing.

Craig,

This is a recent change because of the much higher amount of starting build for new characters. Prior to October, the answer would have been a '' a 'not without approval from James' at the VERY least. Now that there is 50 build to begin with, the stipulations have changed.

As acrobat is a penalized class for dwarves, you would have to start with a non-penalized class and then spend 15 build on the acrobat (in this example). If you wanted to then buy another (penalized or not) class, you could do so, but you are throwing away a LOT of starting build on something that you can RP your way into, and it limits what your character can actually do. Sure, you can say he's a dwarven acrobat, but you'll maybe only have one acrobat-specific skill with all the other build you have to spend on basic skills and pre-reqs. Thus, my suggestion is still to think it over and maybe RP your way into a 2nd (or further) list.

Hope that clarifies!
-Onca

Onca,
That is my thinking too. The question I posed originally was for my definate alt character for when I dont want to go fullblown prosthetics/makeup, a Coast Havener Bounty Hunter / Assassin. Great synergy with those lists (Waylay not on BH list, ugh!). A dual class like that makes sense at the start.

For penalized lists it was in regard to a possible main character Ogre bodyguard (Warrior/Ronin). Getting the Ronin list would be an RP goal for that character. Dual class like that would be much more fun to RP into than to start with. I think most Penalized lists are penalized for story reason as much as for game balance, and as a starting character I would not take one regardless of my initial level.

-Kyle
"Wanted dead or alive huh? Which one is worth more to ya?"

Hi, I'm Chris and I play one of the gobbos running around town (the dentist, to be exact). I agree with Connor in regards to waiting to write about goblinoids until you come to a game or two. The world of goblinoids at Knight Realms is very complex and rather dissimilar to other fantasy orc/goblin civilizations I can find in literature/movies, so trying to write about it sight unseen probably wouldn't work well.

If you have any questions about it for figuring out your character, shoot me a PM and I'll do my best to answer it for you! We always need more greenskins at game from the cities, right now the orc population is rather savage!

Hi there!

Thank you, Onca!

I don't ACTUALLY want to play a Dwarven Acrobat! That was my example of a race/class combo that was unavailable at start. I wasn't divulging what race/class I ACTUALLY want to bring in as an alt, because ... spoilers!! :evil:

But thank you for this information. As I said, I may just keep playing my main for a while, OR I might just stick with what you suggested. (i.e. not pick a secondary class until my alt is already established as a [fill in the blank starting class here] for a few games.