Completed Blind newfag plays Pool of Radiance!

[Monstrous Bat]

Well, I figured... If I'm finally going to play this game, I might as well do a LP of it.

I don't think anything needs to be said about this game. However, I have to inform you some facts about this LP:
This will be a blind LP. I have never played PoR before.
This is my first LP. Please tell me if I fucked up anything.
I will use first-roll characters. No popamole stuff like rerolling or stat editing.

First of all, however, we will have to create a party consists of 6 characters. Naturally, this being a LP, I will let my readers participate in the character creation. If you are even more of a newfag than me, here's the basics of the character creation system in this game:

Race
Human: Humans have a lot of potential - they can be any of the four classes and don't have a level cap (I don't know what level will we be able to advance to in PoR, but the manual only listed spells up to the third level so I guess it won't be terribly high). They can't multiclass. Note that dual-classing is NOT possible in PoR!
Elf: Elves can be fighters, mages (actually they were called magic-users but I will be calling them mages because it's shorter and sounds less stupid) or thieves. Their multiclass options include F/M, F/T, M/T and F/M/T. They also have a better chance of finding hidden objects. They have infravision.
Dwarf: Dwarves can be fighters or thieves. Their only multiclass option is F/T. They have innate magic resistance as well as infravision.
Half-Elf: Half-Elves can be any of the four classes. Their multiclass options include F/M, F/T, F/C, M/T, M/C, F/M/T and F/M/C.
Gnome: Gnomes are like Dwarves but inferior in every way. Dunno why SSI even bothered to include them.
Halfling: Halflings are weaker but more agile version of Dwarves. They also have innate magic resistance.

Class
Fighter: Typical fighters. Can use any kind of armor or weapon.
Mage: Typical mages. Can cast arcane spells.
Cleric: Typical clerics. Can cast divine spells and wear any kind of armor. Can't use sharp weapons.
Thief: Typical thieves. Can wear light armor and use light weapons. Can backstab.

Gender
You can be a man or a tranny. Trannies have a lower strength cap and don't have any advantage that I'm aware of.

So! You know the drills, Codexian - pick a race, gender, class, alignment and name. The game will start when we have six people.

Discuss!!




TABLE OF CONTENTS
Party Creation
Starting Out
Slums, Part One
Slums, Part Two
Kuto's Well
Sokal Keep
Podal Plaza
Textile Complex
Library
Wilderness
Kovel Mansion
Temple of Bane & Valhingen Graveyard
Pyramid
Lizards
Kobolds
Buccaneer Base & Zhentil Keep
Stojanow Gate
Valjevo Castle

 

[Elwro]

Nice. But be sure to read the manual first! And don't get angry at the shopping and casting interface, they can drive you crazy in this game.

I'd like to be Elwro, the mighty and backstabbin' Dwarven Fighter / Thief. Chaotic Neutral. FeMale of course.

 

[procrastinator]

Sister Procrastianna, human cleric, true neutral, tranny

 

[Crooked Bee]

Bee-Chan, an Elven mage! Female obv.

 

[Monstrous Bat]

Sister Procrastianna, human cleric, true neutral, tranny

Um... You see, good clerics can smite undeads while evil clerics can rebuke them. Neutral clerics can do neither, which means they are sub-par. Sorry bro, I can't include a neutral cleric in our party because that would be against mondblut's teaching.

Bee-Chan, an Elven mage! Female obv.

Alignment?

 

[Crooked Bee]

Chaotic Good.

 

[procrastinator]

Um... You see, good clerics can smite undeads while evil clerics can rebuke them. Neutral clerics can do neither, which means they are sub-par. Sorry bro, I can't include a neutral cleric in our party because that would be against mondblut's teaching.

You don't like additional challenge?

Ok, then neutral good it is.

 

[Kz3r0]

Kezerilla
Elf
Thief
Tranny
Chaotic neutral

 

[Grunker]

El Grunkerino
Half-Elf
Fighter/Mage
Male
Lawful Neutral

 

[Azira]

Late to the party. :sad:

Looking forward to the inevitable rape though.

Should I for some reason or the other make it into the party however, make me this char:

Magnus
Dwarf
Cleric (of Clangeddin Silverbeard, they should be proficient in battleaxes, depending on the rules used)
Male
Neutral Good

 

[Elwro]

Late? I think there are 5 of us.

 

[Azira]

True. For some reason though, I just assumed Monstrous Bat himself would roll the sixth character. M:

 

[Monstrous Bat]

Recruitment closed. Party creation coming soon.

 

[Grunker]

Looking forward to following this!

 

[Azira]

I'm just glad I chose a character that can wear plate armour and gets a boost to con. It's going to be ugly.

 

[Monstrous Bat]

Azira, dwarves can't be clerics. You'll have to pick another class.

 

[Crooked Bee]

He's a dwarf. Make him a pure fighter.

 

[Monstrous Bat]

'Kay. Here's your character sheets:

First update should come tomorrow.

 

[Elwro]

Cool! Note also that you can match a male face with a female torso and vice versa. Just sayin'.

 

[Grunker]

My stats are really nice. I approve

 

[Azira]

Woo boy, look at those stats

And no dwarf cleric? Forgot this was 1st ed AD&D.

Ohwell, gotta roll with it. You would probably be better off shooting for better stats. 18+ str for fighters, 18+ dex for thieves, 18+ int for mages and 18+ wis for procrastianna..

 

[Elwro]

Yeah. Right now there's really no one to deal any melee damage. But still, if you get through the first dungeon with this party, you'd deserve a strong for effort.

 

[Azira]

El grunkerino is the only one with decent stats, and look at Bee's hps..

 

[Crooked Bee]

And my Intelligence.

 

[Azira]

Don't feel bad. My fighter's strength is even worse.