USH'S LORD OF THE RINGS GAME- Character Creation Thread

Fire...okay. Most elves are well off......the ones from Rivendell right? So I would be somewhat wealthy(not rich, rich, rich...but well off). Also if I am an animist would I automatically be able to have animal epathy (I am not going to have healing as my best skills.....) If not..how do I buy them?

Ok..so I only get 3 background pts.........and I need to divide them to go into some type of skill......???

So Ush .... how's my char ? (guess u're really annoyed by now 😉 )

well animal empathy is made for a specific kind of creature so I dunno wether or not you'll have it

about being rich, you'll have some money indeed not too much but some atleast

yep you have to spend those three background points on something from that last
either a few of those special abilities, or a stat increase or money increase, or an item

what would you suggest.......money or a skill....or an item?

if I were you I'd increase my agility by 5, Take nimble and 50 gp

I will post my character tonight. Maybe I will need some help.

Fire: What kind of weapons may I buy with a background point?

depends, what kinda character are you playing?

fire: sounds good to me. i guess agility is a big thing....for movement..etc...

So now I am done right........until I earn more pts..... 😄

Noldor warrior - I saw an elven sword somewhere...

Ok, my character is an animist and has a animal mastery as a main skill...then healing would be next.

as Noldor you prolly can spend your 2 background points on a very special blade something that gives you a +10, tho not sure (but I think so)

Airangel I'll load it up in a sec

kewl Thanx fire! 😄

Eliara/Half-Elf (Distant cousin of Arwen) She is an Animist.
STATS:
Strength +5
Agility +10
Consitution +5
Intelligence +10
Intuition +10
Presence +5

Manoeuvres
Unarmoured- (5/10/10)= 25
Soft Leather- (5/10/-15/10)= 10
Rigid Leather- (5/5/-30/10)= -10
Chain- (5/5/-45/10)= -25

Weapon Skills
One-handed edged weapons- (10/5)= 15
Missile Weapons- (15/10)= 25

General Skills:
Climb- (5/10/1)= 16
Ride- (15/10/1)= 26
Swim- (5/10/1)= 16

Subterfuge Skills:
Stalk/Hide: (15/5)= 20

Magical Skills
Read Runes-(5/10/1)= 16

Other:
Stamina (12/5/5)= 22
Perception- (5/10/1)= 16

Background:
Nimble
Agility +5
50 GoldPieces

What is nimble?

it adds 10 to manoeuvre, I told you it was one of the things I'd pick

manoeuvre shows how well you can avoid being hit

oh,.........YIKES....i need to make sure those pts get high! hee hee 😄

This is my character. I still have doubts about the background points.

Will we start without any weapons? Is it necessary to spend a background in weapons or armor at the beginning?

And about my stamine:

Can anyone tell me if it will be better put +5 on constitution and add to stamina or buy the pain resistance...But I need a sword and I don't give up of lightning resistance... So

Corlindel - Noldor Warrior

Stats base with plus +5 strenght and +5 agility (stats extra bonuses) and +10 strenght as warrior

Noldor bonuses of +15 to Agility, +10 to Constitution, +5 to Intelligence, +5 to Intuition, and +15 to Presence!

Strength – 10 + 10
Agility – 15
Constitution - 10
Intelligence - 5
Intuition - 5
Presence – 15

They start with base skills of

Unarmoured- 5 + 15
One-handed edged weapons- 5 + 20
Missile Weapons- 5 + 15
Ride- 5 + 5
Swim- 10 + 15
Stalk/Hide- 10 + 15
Read Runes- 10 + 5
Use Item- 5 + 5
Perception- 15 + 5
Stamina- 6

Level Points:
WARRIOR: Manoeuvre (3), Weapon Skills (5), General Skills (2), Subterfuge Skills (2), Stamina (+18)

Subterfuge – changed by one manouvre point
Manouvre – Rigid Leather +5 and +10 chain mail (2 + 1 from the subterfuge changed points)
Weapon Skills – One handed edge weapons +5, two handed +5, missile weapons +5, throw weapons +5, polearms +5
General skills – changed by Spell Ofence
Stamina – 18

Porfession bonuses

+3 to all weapon skills
+2 to Stamina
+1 to all General skills

+5 special for stamina
2 Background points: lightning resistance and elven sword

Unarmoured- 5 + 15 = 20
Rigid Leather- + 5 + 15 (-30 encubrance) -10
Chain mail- + 10 + 20 (-45 encubrance) -15
One-handed edged weapons- 5 + 20 + 5 +3 + 5 = 38
Missile Weapons- 5 + 15+ 5 +3 + 5 = 33
Two handed- +5 + 20 +3 + 5 = 33
Throw weapons- 5 + 15 +3 + 5 = 28
Pole arms- 5 + 20 + 3 + 5 = 33
Ride- 5 + 5 +1 = 11
Swim- 10 + 15 + 1 = 26
Stalk/Hide- 10 + 15 + 1 = 26
Read Runes- 10 + 5 = 15
Use Item- 5 + 5 =10
Perception- 15 + 5 = 20
Spell Ofence- +5 = 5
Stamina- 6 + 10+ 18 +2 +5 =41

okie lemme have a look:
1) you can't increase your profession stat, which in your case is strength, so that +5 str you added needs to go to something else
2) you will get some starting equipment, the items and weapons you buy with background points just are much better (a normal weapon doesn't give you an attack bonus)
3) Pain resistance is better than constitution if you're only considering stamina
4) Spell offence is a skill you do not need, seeing as you can't cast any spells

5) you're a Noldor which means you have to put one of those +5's on Presence (wow that gives Noldor a presence of 20-creepy)