Help filling out Character Sheet?
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 2:28 am
Ok, so I've had the book for a while, and have been reading it over in preparation for a long distance game with my old group (I moved), and I've used the section on Character Creation to write up some good NPC's and whatnot.
My problem lies in that when I go to actually fill out the character sheet - the sheet and the section on creating a character do not match. I found SOME information on the spots I'm to fill in on the sheet like TV and DX by using the index, but the Combat Stats section of the sheet is full of stuff that the character generating section of the book/pdf doesn't obviously cover.
I'm speaking of the Combat Stats boxes for ROLL / DX / END specifically.
When I look at the sample characters, the ROLL section doesn't seem to match any number on the character's description, so - how is this figured? Is ROLL the number of dice added when they use that specific attack, or what? I'm confused.
DX I found by flipping to the index and going to another page, but END? This is an endurance modifier maybe? Sample characters have a smallish number here, but then the standard Endurance stat is still 40, so... does it stand for something else then? That I could not find in the index.
I never played the pre-Kickstarter version, so maybe I'm missing something. I feel a little stupid after having made several text based characters following the chapter guidelines and then not being able to figure out how to translate it directly into the Sheet. But if I can't figure it out, how am I supposed to tell my players?
I've got some backup on the Roll20 website for doing a long distance game, and someone gamely tried their hand at making a Character Sheet for the site, even having never played OVA or having any idea what I was asking for really. Testing their sheet was when it really drove home that I didn't know what some of the values were for.
If I can get the sheet issues worked out, then all I'll need is a dice rolling script and we're golden.
Sorry for being so dense. I'm probably overlooking something simple, but some people learn best if you explain the same things in a different way. Maybe that's me tonight.
I guess I'm asking for a step by step on how to take a character concept with all the abilities and weaknesses figured out and stick it into the sheet?
My problem lies in that when I go to actually fill out the character sheet - the sheet and the section on creating a character do not match. I found SOME information on the spots I'm to fill in on the sheet like TV and DX by using the index, but the Combat Stats section of the sheet is full of stuff that the character generating section of the book/pdf doesn't obviously cover.
I'm speaking of the Combat Stats boxes for ROLL / DX / END specifically.
When I look at the sample characters, the ROLL section doesn't seem to match any number on the character's description, so - how is this figured? Is ROLL the number of dice added when they use that specific attack, or what? I'm confused.
DX I found by flipping to the index and going to another page, but END? This is an endurance modifier maybe? Sample characters have a smallish number here, but then the standard Endurance stat is still 40, so... does it stand for something else then? That I could not find in the index.
I never played the pre-Kickstarter version, so maybe I'm missing something. I feel a little stupid after having made several text based characters following the chapter guidelines and then not being able to figure out how to translate it directly into the Sheet. But if I can't figure it out, how am I supposed to tell my players?
I've got some backup on the Roll20 website for doing a long distance game, and someone gamely tried their hand at making a Character Sheet for the site, even having never played OVA or having any idea what I was asking for really. Testing their sheet was when it really drove home that I didn't know what some of the values were for.
If I can get the sheet issues worked out, then all I'll need is a dice rolling script and we're golden.
Sorry for being so dense. I'm probably overlooking something simple, but some people learn best if you explain the same things in a different way. Maybe that's me tonight.
I guess I'm asking for a step by step on how to take a character concept with all the abilities and weaknesses figured out and stick it into the sheet?