Create a compendium of pre-gen characters #109

Closed asacolips closed 7 months ago

In GitLab by @Asacolips on Feb 21, 2021, 08:18

Summary

A nice usability enhancement for the system would be to create pregenerated characters for each class of varying levels. I'm open to suggestions on what level ranges to tackle, but I would lean towards the following as a starting point:

[ ] Level 1: Good for using as starting points on new characters.
[ ] Level 2: Good for low-level one shots, and a common starting level for pregen characters in resources if I recall correctly.
[ ] Level 5: Good for a higher level one shot and showing champion tier characters.

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/cc @Asacolips @cswendrowski

In GitLab by @LegoFed3 on Feb 21, 2021, 12:35

Would any character do? Are we restricted to draw from "official" pregens (like from the various Free RPG Day adventures)?

In GitLab by @Asacolips on Feb 22, 2021, 08:00

@LegoFed3 we have no restrictions if we create our own characters while using the materials available in the SRD. I've updated the issue with some suggested levels to cover. I can get token artwork for us on them once we decide on race/class combinations.

I've put some recommended level ranges up, but I'm open to suggestions there. The PF2e system also includes pregens if you'd like to see how they organized the compendiums for them.

In GitLab by @LegoFed3 on Feb 22, 2021, 08:19

Well, I have something approaching 300 character concepts mechanically worked from lvl 1 to 10, so if you can provide a list of desired archetypes to cover I can probably provide these quite easily (especially since now there's a lot of automation in setting up stats and powers!).

In GitLab by @Asacolips on Feb 24, 2021, 19:19

Sure thing, I'll think on this some. I think definitely characters covering the core classes for the three levels listed in the issue, but doing more levels could work as well if you have time for those. Some multiclass characters would be good as well to show how they can be implemented in the system, but I imagine we could a smaller subset of those. I haven't had a ton of multiclassing in my games, so I would recommend asking around in the discord for suggestions on what archetypes to cover for them.

In GitLab by @LegoFed3 on Jan 26, 2023, 13:57

marked this issue as blocked by #123

In GitLab by @mhilbrunner on Jan 26, 2023, 14:32

Having one per core class that focuses on being easy to grok/play while fullfilling the most archetypical version of that class fantasy may be good, to be able to quickly have new players select a class, hand them a pregen and play, reducing cumbersome stuff or surprises.

Doing the same for each tier of play could also be cool just so you have starting points.

In GitLab by @Asacolips on Feb 26, 2024, 19:23

mentioned in commit 6691b2bc0417456beb2cb4749e3b404c0e483439

asacolips-projects / 13th-age

Create a compendium of pre-gen characters #109

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