Scott’s 5e Arcanis Chronicle

Druid = Male priest of Saluwe (Human or val); there are very few ‘druid’ types in the setting. Yhing Hir shamans could fit (sort of). Ardekene (maybe).

Rogue = Emerald Society Archeologist (Indiana Jones type is popular) or a DarkKin/Gnome Cat Burgler. A Kio Duelist would also fit into this class.

Wizard = Almost any Arcane build. Elorii Magi; Encali Sarishan Binder; Human Talon of the Hawk.

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Overall, I think 13 is too much choice for conventions. With an average table size of 5, a pool of 8 well-crafted, complementary builds should meet the need. It also lets you provide a 1-page ‘backstory’ linking the others together with roleplay hooks. The strength of pre-gens is the instant links to the rest of the party without needing character development time.

My ‘Companions of the Shattered Empire’ suggestion (in preferred pick order) is:

1. Human Fighter (M) (Coryani Centurion; gladius and tower shield)
2. val’Assante Cleric (M) (Illiir, Coryani, Patrician)
3. Dark Kin Rogue (F) (Altherian, Emerald Society)
4. Kelekene Sorcerer (M) (Laerestri pyromaniac; what else!)
5. val’Borda Bard (F) (SongMaster/Psion from Milandir)
6. Black Talon Ss’ressen Ranger (M) (Milandir Knight of the Realm with a Tralian Hammer)
7. Gnome Wizard (M/F) (Pirate Isles)
8. Nol Dappan Barbarian (M) (of Nier)

Keeping in mind the social restrictions of flintlocks, the val and Altherian rogue can all carry them and not be executed.

Its the nature of the clock combat system and reload time. Crossbows have the same problem. Even Quick Reload (Rapid Reload) at T2 doesn’t help a lot. But, flintlocks and crossbows are devastating as an opening salvo. With the ‘gritty’ rules, a wound in the first volley is not unusual.

To make a pistoleer, the PC *must* be Altherian or priest of Althares to get the discount. Even then, the bulk of carrying too many pistols kicks in quickly.
Its more about target priority. Pistoleer should only be targeting Elite or Adversary foes and also be ready to muck into melee to give Aid Another, Distract Opponent or Tactical Advantage to the big hitters. One reason I think the Altherian Rogue concept would make a better overall Pistoleer (from a mechanical perspective).

Converting to D&D combat rounds, the reload time isn’t high enough to reflect the difference in combat tactics. Firearms and crossbows have lower damage per round in D&D to counteract the faster reload time and keep players involved every round.
Unrealistic expectations of flintlocks if/when the players convert to ArcanisRPG is something to avoid.

As a side-note, I managed to convince a few players to ‘borrow’ heavy crossbows when we entered the Altherian Morass in a game. They had Markmanship for other reasons (no Weapon Training, though) and the shots that hit before the Elites found melee range did make a difference later in the combat.

Here is my conversion of the Elorii.

EDIT: After some thought, I gave the Ardekene more innate spells similar to the tiefling. I felt like the Ardekene were slightly behind the other subraces only able to cast one utility spell once a day.

I think you might be overdoing it. If the plan is to build a demo game, you don’t need to build whole classes and races. Just reskin what is available in the core rules and use a “looks good enough” build.

Henry’s original RPGA con game “For duty and honor” in 2000 only used core d&d3 rules in the sheets. Players generally don’t want to think about new rules for a system they may already know.

I dont have d&d5, so am not sure how your mods would affect base classes.

The Centurion has been completely overhauled and updated. I asked for help on another forum, and someone pointed out that it sounded like I wanted a Battle Master with more Charisma – so that’s what we have here.

Links are now being placed on the initial post instead of making people dig through the thread.

For people who are unfamiliar with 5e, it has a Background/Class/Archetype system that somewhat mirrors the Background/Archetype/Path system of Arcanis (though with more rigidity). To be a legionnaire, you pick the Legionnaire background. Then you pick a class to represent your combat abilities. Then your archetype represents your specialty.

For example, if you want to play a commander type, you choose Fighter with the Centurion archetype. If you just wanted to be a line soldier, you could instead play a Champion or Battle Master archetype. A Battle Mage could be represented by the Eldritch Knight archetype, or even a Wizard specialized in the Evocation School.

Henry’s original RPGA con game “For duty and honor” in 2000 only used core d&d3 rules in the sheets. Players generally don’t want to think about new rules for a system they may already know.

does anyone know which of the con games were written in D&D3rd rules?.. and then obviously re-written for the d20 system.. been trying to collect the different versions of the con games..

Brette:)