I'm facing my usual difficulty in narrowing down my ideas to just one...

So far, I got it down to:

• Barbarian, Half-Orc or Human [Variant], with the Entertainer/Gladiator or Urchin background


• Stout Halfling Monk with the Acolyte, Entertainer or Hermit background


• Half-Elf Rogue with the Entertainer or Sailor background

If Impulse is thinking Rogue, I'll focus on one of the first two. I think I'm learning towards the Monk... though the Barbarian with the Urchin background might make some easy connections with Impulse's character.

Anyway, that's where I'm at.

The Druid does have the Goodberry spell which does create 10 berries, with each berry healing 1 HP and providing the eater with nourishment for the day. I'm not sure if a person can eat more than one berry in a 24 hr period. Lady Dark, how do you interpret the text?

The Druid also has access to the Cure Wounds spell, which can use any spell slot in order to heal one person [spell slot level used x d8] hit points.

If Impulse plays a Bard, at level 2, they also have a mechanic that lets them heal everyone 1d6 each time we rest. And the Bard also has access to the Cure Wounds spell

The fighter also has a mechanic that recovers every short rest [around 3x/day] which also them to heal themselves [1d10 + Fighter Level] hit points each time they use it. So, we might not even need to spend any resources to heal the fighter.

Well, a scimitar is super easy... and you can start with two of them if you like and they are both finessable (can sub DEX for STR for attack AND damage) and light. 1d6 damage/slashing. Pretty swell in fact.

5e has a cap of how far you can improve your ability scores (20/+5 is the cap), and it is way more restrictive on how much DEX bonus you can add to your armour.... so, Leather Armour (12+5 {max dex}) is almost equal to the most protective plate mail (18... no dex allowed).

The fact that finesse weapons allow you to add the bonus to attack AND damage rolls, combined with the above armor rules, makes a DEX-based fighter a real possibility.

Yeah, 5E does a pretty good job to make any party make up okay.

Eol, are you thinking of going High Elf for your Eldritch Knight. That would seem to work best with the reading material you provided. And I wonder if LadyDark would maybe consider houseruling a martial weapon spear that would be similar to a scimitar except piercing...

So... Thrusting Spear: 1d6 damage, finessable, thrown (20/60)

I would price the weapon at atleast 25 gp, though I don't exactly understand how the game designers priced the equipment.

Anyway, just an idea.

As far as levels go, my preference would be for level 3, 4 or 6.

Hey Lady Dark!

Thanks for your willingness to start up another game here at the inn!

What's the starting level for your game? And are you able to give a little teaser for this adventure you're looking to send your PCs on?

Thanks!

Ayrn

Apparently, there is already a RPG system that tackles a lot of the elements of Altered Carbon called Eclispe Phase by Posthuman Studios.

I thought the series was alright... in particular, I enjoyed the AI hotel and the girl who jumps into the syn-sleeve. That was a neat element to the story. A lot of gratuitous nudity/sex, in the same vain as Game of Thrones... it's meant to be gratiutious and obscene. The violence and expendability of life also.

I also find it interesting how almost no show on TV has any character that is really "good" or "heroic"... everyone is broken, everyone is compromised, everyone has issues.... and, while a number of the character are aware of their shortcomings, they simply embrace/accept their shortcomings with little to no effort of trying to change them. Cheering for anyone is compomising... Breaking Bad, Orange is the New Black, Game of Throne, any of the super"hero" shows. It's an interesting movement in our cultural story-telling. 

Olan, seriously!?! You have eight kids?! When did you add them all!?! You are almost all caught up to me!

Glad you're back!

Peace,

Scott