Does anyone play D&D anymore?

[mauve]

Joined a PBP rpg site to help myself learn D&D/Pathfinder. (I felt bad about jumping into the one on NPF unannounced without any prior experience.) Made my very first character. Started my very first game.

Made my very first roll ever, on a perception check.

Critical fail.

Wow.


Clearly this means I'm getting rid of all the bad rolls now, so I'll have nothing but natural 20's for the rest of the game. Right?

....Riiiiight?

[Arhra]

You should have seen our test Exalted game.

Steel's first roll ever involved him falling off a horse.

[Overcast]

To relate this is a man who later was able to steal someone's eyeball through a promise.

[Steel Shadow]

Technically that was a different character...

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Originally Posted by Mauve Mage

Joined a PBP rpg site to help myself learn D&D/Pathfinder. (I felt bad about jumping into the one on NPF unannounced without any prior experience.) Made my very first character. Started my very first game.

Made my very first roll ever, on a perception check.

Critical fail.

Wow.


Clearly this means I'm getting rid of all the bad rolls now, so I'll have nothing but natural 20's for the rest of the game. Right?

....Riiiiight?

In the first game I ever played. our rogue ,ade te first roll of the game and crit botched a climb check.

[mauve]

Taking the advice I got here, my first character ever is a warrior, because they seem the easiest to make/play. My second perception check was decidedly meh (rolled an 8, plus +3 modifier), but luckily that was enough for him to notice the giant spider directly above him. Now we'll see if the crappy rolls extend into initiative and combat phases. My luck, he'll stab himself in the eye and die before the spider even has a chance to do anything. XD

[Overcast]

In every game there seems to be a dice hole, where all the bad rolls go. Ask RMB.

[mauve]

Sorry to spam the thread, but can someone explain to me how spells work for Clerics in Pathfinder? I'm confused about how many a Level 1 Cleric gets. From what I read, he/she gets four cantrip-like spells, and there's a list of additonal lvl1 spells to choose from, but there's ALSO spells from the two Domains he/she chose. There's no way I should actually get a spell from each Domain, four orisons that don't have daily limits, and X number of standard Lvl 1 Cleric spells. That seems like a lot, even considering I can only prepare x amount per day.

[Azisien]

Under normal rules, a 1st level Cleric should have...

3 Orisons
2 1st level spells (1+1)
1 1st level Domain spell

You get one Domain spell "slot" per spell level (a 1st level Cleric only knows 1st level spells, or 1 spell level, so 1 Domain spell). You get Orisons and spell casts according to the Cleric table, AND you get BONUS spell slots based on your Wisdom score:
http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/g...d-spellcasters

Cleric table: http://paizo.com/prd/classes/cleric.html

Orisons can be cast unlimited times, it's true, but they aren't particularly amazing.

...I think. Effin' Pathfinder.

[mauve]

Ah, that makes much more sense. Thanks!