Official Blood and Bewitchment Character Creation Thread

[Llum]

The Blood Bait spell is interesting, except for the part where it MCs my character! Still, that's what you get for playing a Leechkin.

Speaking of magic items, I do not thing that my Bloodslake Manacles (Ring-->Bracers of Sustenance) are game breaking. As for some sort of penalty, I'm open to some discussion.

On another note, people are buying magic items because (and I think this is one reason) we can't buy grafts or hex tattoos at first level (unless we can make them) and 3500 is a LOT of cash to spend, so it's got to be spent somewhere.

EDIT: For Leechkin, is there some way to get past the prerequisite of Improved Unarmed Strike for Improved Grapple? It makes literally no sense for a Leechkin to have this feat, mechanically or fluffly.

[Steerpike]

Oh, the moratorium on grafts/tattoos was because everyone was going to start at 0 obeloi!  Now grafts are totally allowed!!

The Manacles are fine as is - as are all the items.  Nomadic's item is going to get more powerful, so drawbacks will manifest, but the others are OK.

[Steerpike]

Looking at the spells, the second one seems a tad underpowered.  What if it got changed so that it actively frightened foes rather than having them be shaken?

The first one does seem tricky to balance... I'd be tempted to either change it to 1 round/level or to boost the spell level to 2, but what do others think??

[Llum]

So how would we handle costs of Hexed Tattoos at higher Masteries? (For buying them, not crafting them?)

So Rifles are Large-sized two handed weapons, so a Zerda can't use one correct?

And one more question, you can use Defelct Missle on bullets? Or would that be house-ruled otherwise?

[Steerpike]

Hmm, hadn't considered the cost of the higher level tattoos... for now, you can just purchase basic ones.

Zerda could use a rifle, but at a -4 penalty (2 size categories) - if I'm reading the rules properly.

I think deflecting bullets would be impossible, so nope on that one.

We're not saying goodbye to Gorethirst, are we??  He's so magnificent!

[Llum]

Zerda could use a rifle, but at a -4 penalty (2 size categories) - if I'm reading the rules properly.

We're not saying goodbye to Gorethirst, are we??  He's so magnificent![/quote]

No, I just like to know how things work.

[Steerpike]

You made me realize that as written the Glyph Tattoo Feat was COMPLETELY FREAKIN BROKEN.  I rewrote it with only 2 mastery levels, the "temporary" and "permanent" styles, the permanent costing 500 obeloi per spell level per cast level, rather than 50.

Thank you - now it can't be abused.

[Llum]

You made me realize that as written the Glyph Tattoo Feat was COMPLETELY FREAKIN BROKEN.  I rewrote it with only 2 mastery levels, the "temporary" and "permanent" styles, the permanent costing 500 obeloi per spell level per cast level, rather than 50.

Thank you - now it can't be abused.

So a permanent tattoo Costs 500xspell level x caster level? For crafting purposes do 0-th level spells count as 1st? or are something like 250xcaster level? Also, I'm guessing tattoos are still limited to temporary ones at character creation purchase?

[Steerpike]

[blockquote=Llum]or are something like 250xcaster level[/blockquote]That one.

If you want to get an advanced tattoo, that's OK now that I've fixed the feat.

[Llum]

I have yet another question. For minimum caster level, does it have to be high enough for a caster of that Level/HD to cast that spell?

Ex: A level 3 spell must have a caster level of 5+?

So you can't get something like a level 5 spell with caster level 1 or something equally silly?

Also, could there be some sort of graft (maybe clockwork or mechanical in nature?) that increases a persons carrying capacity?

[Steerpike]

Yep, caster level has a minimum, as you described.

[Llum]

I was browsing the internet looking for an Iron Heroes FAQ (I found one btw, answers all kinds of questions) and I learned that there was an Iron Heroes Player's Companion, a book that adds three classes (one caster that uses pact-like magic, two non-casters), new traits and new feats. It's OGL so I was wondering if you would want to include stuff from it in the game or not?

[Superfluous Crow]

Is it OGL in such a way that we can read it?
And it's kinda surprising that no one before us has posted the OGL elements in Iron Heroes on the internet.

Seeing as some people are making spells and quite a lot of our team is magically inclined, here is the paragraph on hexes from the CE thread:

Hexes
Hexes are spells that can be invoked through incantation. Hexes can transform the caster or someone else, curse, augment, heal, or harm the witch or another individual, or evoke some effect on the environment. Common battle-hexes include Eldred's Excellent Exsanguination (which boils the target's blood), Catskull's Green Corruption (which manifests a voracious fungus that devours the target from the inside out, then uses them as a grisly, mushroom-covered thrall), and Vorl's Black Dismemberment (which causes loss of limb), Morith's Nine Mortifications (a series of hexes that can numb, paralyze, maim, or cause complete muscle death), and the anonymous Withering Gaze (which hexes the eyes of the witch so that his or her stare has a desiccating effect, turning opponents to dust). Hexes can also be employed in order to graft new limbs or flesh.

's [Adjective] [noun] form, rather than the more generic naming formulas of D&D. Also, their effects are somewhat morbid as everything else.

[Steerpike]

I don't mind if the names are a little less personal, but I do have a fondness for personal names.

I don't have the player's companion but if it looks CEish then it'd be fine.  The only exception would be magic stuff, which might not gel very well with the preexisting magic system.

And yeah, I scoured the web, went through Iron Heroes fan sites, even found some wikis for other systems... unless I missed one somewhere, the files I posted are the closest anyone's got to putting Iron Heroes OGL online.

EDIT: Speaking of which, I should get the combat stuff up soon.

[Superfluous Crow]

I also did a thorough search for it and found nothing.
and sorry, wasn't because I tried to enforce how people should make the spells, I just liked the ones in that paragraph ^^