Joshua M. said: Sir. Daniel said: baldhermit said: Sir. Daniel said: baldhermit said: Sir. Daniel said: Greetings, I am new to 4e and I am pretty sure that there are things wrong with my sheet, so sorry in advance. I have read the Basic Rules/FAQ. I have read the New Player Checklist. I havent downloaded the Portable Compendium and dont have access to the Online Compendium. (Basically I just sat there for a while a lot of PDFs opened.) Below is a link to my character sheet which I have made using the above resources. <a href="https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1376014" rel="nofollow">https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1376014</a> Hi Daniel, welcome to the guild Living campaign 1) Your ability score array, racial bonus and your level 4 boost I really would not recommend. Per Step 5 of the New Player Checklist we urge you to keep boosting your main attack stat. Starting with a 14 makes this character a liability and he will never pass recruitment. 2) whether you describe your armor as regular clothing, and your character is just very resilient, is just description and makes no mechanical difference. However I would strongly urge you to go with the best armor your class allows you to, and that is not cloth, This will also free up a feat slot for you. 3) under quick lookup you list an armor bonus of 1 due to the cloth armor you bought. This is not correct. This carries to the armor / ability score in your AC calculation, which in turn is also not correct as a consequence. 4) where does the +1 misc. bonus to speed come from ? 5) master at arms is about the worst of all expertise feats. This is not technically wrong, but is there no better suited one you could find? 6) please explain the 1/0 for enhancement in your attack and damage calculations. 7) your twin strike damage calculation is at the very least missing an ability score modifier 8) your HP score is incorrect. Could you please show your math to help us identify where you went wrong? 9) please fix the type error on your level 2 utility power chosen 10) you do not have to pay for a mundane spiked gauntlet. That price is included in the price of the enhanced version. Not technically wrong, but to explain : your theme, and the advice given, was based on you making your attacks through a ki focus and it's enhancement bonus. You seem to have gotten the theme, gone unarmed, but not purchased a ki focus. Please take your time to review above, and when you repost, please do so using the quote function. Let us know using the same number indicators what, if anything, you changed. Greetings. 1) I changed it as to that it is now a 16. I hope a 16 is sufficient to not be considered a liability. 2) I chose cloth because I wanted to use some of the magic armor options that are specific to it. Considering that I took a feat for it, I thought it would equal itself out. My Armor and feat would overall give me 3 armor, 1 being the enhancement the magic aspect of the Armor. So, I havent changed this one because I think it isnt that bad, plus with the magic I used for my armor I can get 2 additional AC. 3) Talking about which, maybe I should have put that 1 to the enhancements... which I did now. 4) Cause I am a Marauder ! The Marauder Fighting Style gives me a + 1 to my Speed as long as I am not wearing a shield or a two-handed weapon. 5) Sadly this is the best I found. 6) Well, Twin-Strike uses 2 different weapons, and one of those weapons got one more Bonus than the other, so I figured I would show that this way. 7) No, It doesnt. I dont know what you mean with "at the very least" but as for the Ability Mod. Twin Strike doesnt get any to the damage. 8) Novice-Mistake : Added one Level too much 9) Ahem... Type Error ? What Type Error ? I dont see a Type Error. (Fixed) 10) Oh, Alright then. More money for me. Well, the Enchantment is more powerful... But it probably doesnt hurt to purchase it for my other weapon. A Ki Focus has been purchased. At 1 : it's at the very low end. I am afraid you simply will not enjoy playing this character and think the game is at fault. You are choosing poorly. So do I understand correctly that you are building a Strength / Wisdom class with a Cha / Str race with the following: starting with 13 Str / 11 Con / 16 Dex / 8 Int / 16 Wis / 10 Cha racial bonus to 15 Str / 11 Con / 16 Dex / 8 Int / 16 Wis / 12 Cha Level 4 boost to 16 Str / 12 Con / 16 Dex / 8 Int / 16 Wis / 12 Cha This does not match what you list in the statistics block, but I am trying to calculate how you got to where you ended up. At 2 : It is not technically wrong At 3 : As you so eloquently explained you are planning to play the marauder subtype of the ranger class. Please put the two weapon defense bonus under quick lookup. It will carry into your defense calculations At 4 : check, my bad At 5 : Since you now plan to make your attacks through a ki focus, perhaps look at that expertise feat again At 6 : since you are now making your attacks through a ki focus, please look at each entry of the attack and damage calculations again. Also, what two weapons are you making attacks with when you are using Twin Strike? At 7 : check, my bad. At 8 : check At 9 : check At 10 : still listed under expenditures Please check with Skype chat and minor rulings how ki foci work. I would urge you to take your time in reviewing my comments before you reply. Please install the compendium before you reply. Thanks for helping me ! 1) I changed the Stat Array I used, now I have a 20 in my main stat. Normal attacks use Dexterity and most of my powers do as well. Aside from that I also got a Crossbow which can prove useful when its necessary to attack from Range. Oh, and I changed the Ki Focus I had to another since having a fire power twice is kind of redundant. 3) Done 5) I did. Since I use spiked gauntlets, I really have no use for the Master at Arms Feat, so I am glad I was able to change that one. 6) I wrote the Weapon behind the Name as Clarification. I have decided to use the Crossbow since that is the only effective Option. 10) I think it is correct now. Sorry to pick up in the middle and this probably isn't as concise as balds he has been doing reviews a lot longer. Looking throw things I noted out a few things that still seem to be incorrect. 1. Attack Workspace
hasn't been updated to account for increased Dex with level bump also
your spiked gauntlet when attacking using your Ki Focus should gain
the feat bonus to hit as well (I would suggest always using your Ki
Focus unless there is a weapon power you really want to use, why
would you not want the extra bonuses provided by your expertise
feat.) 2. I'm not seeing a
feat bonus to Damage anywhere for your twin strike damage bonus.
3. Quick Lookup is
wrong see Attack Workspace for why. Also For Flaming spiked Gauntlet
why would this be lower than your other spiked gauntlet (Unless you
are using the Power from the Flaming Gauntlet) Damage is wrong on non
flaming spiked gauntlet remember half stat to damage with melee
training.
4. Twin Strike just
something to keep in mind even with Melee Dex Training will attack
off of Str for melee attacks
5. Missing Choice
of (Prime Shot / Running Shot) from class features
6. Born of Shadows
gives plus 1 to saving throws in Dim Light as well. (If you aren't
taking born of shadows as a prerequisite for something in the future
might be better off taking Resilient Focus for plus 2 to saves
always)
7. Your AC
Calculations are wrong should have Armor/Ability 16 - Class 0 –
Feat 2 – Enh 1 – Misc 0 From what I can see if my calculations
are wrong just let me know. Your final math was right just not sure
where the 1 Misc came from unless its from your shield bonus this is already factored into he Arm/Abil spot and you were missing 1 from feat.
8. Not sure where
the 1 misc to Ref comes from remember your shield bonus from two
weapon defense is already factored in to the Arm/Abil slot
9. Gold should have
5 more I think you just forgot to add back in one of the non magical
items you paid for remember they are all free
10. Don't forget
your plus 2 to Saving throws while bloodied and keep in mind this
does not stack with the plus 2 to poison saves from your Ki Focus On a personal note not something wrong but why by a flaming spiked gauntlet thats a good chunk of change for someone just starting out you could by a Body of Fire Ki focus instead of the Cobra Strike it would still give you fire damage on your attacks if that is important to you but would save you 1520-840 = 680 gold over buying both of the other magic items.
Thank you. 1) Apparently I thought that the Mod of 20 is 4. (fixed) 2) Fixed that. 3) For the flaming Gauntlet I always calculate as if I was using its enchantment since otherwise the Stats would be the exact same like the other Gauntlet and there is little point in having the same stats twice on the sheet. 4) I know, thats what I got a Crossbow for. 5) No, I got myself a Fighting Style instead : Marauder. 6) I am planning on taking some of those Shadow Features later. 7) Fixed it. 8) I totally forgot about that. (fixed) 9) Right, forgot to actually add the money from the Gauntlet back again. (fixed) 10) Good to know. I put it on the Sheet. (fixed) True but this way I have different kind of damages at my disposal, which can come in handy if something is weak to it.