Do you need any more background from me before designing the character?
Well, I’m not one of those Elves with their fancy bows. I’m just a simple man from Dale, and if anyone is going to be flank attacking, it will be me.
OOC - Thank Og I hit on the fighters’ tables.
I sent this in an Email, but I will repeat here:
I need to beg each player to send a synopsis of their characters.
Please ensure you list the following.
Class, Race, Sex, Name if you have one, Preferred secondary skill, Proficiencies, whatever history we have come up with so far. Any oddball notes that it would be helpful for me to know as I start creating the characters.
For Fighters, please list 3 to 4 weapons & your specialization.
Let me know if you have problems with Word 2000 format. I send most of my attachments in Word 2000.
This, from the very funny Brunching Shuttlecocks website, might be diverting. I wanna get me one of those Amulets of Pretty Much Instant Death: http://www.bookofratings.com/dnd.html
I’m not making any more puns. They’re bad for my Elf.
Theogrim cocks an eyebrow at all the linguistic tomfoolery, but says nothing. :dubious:
Character sheet and synopsis received, DM, and it looks great. I’m very excited to get going.
Received - a minor query or two, and then I’m ready to rumble. 
I stayed up late last night, enjoying studying my character.
What Exit? has done a fine job.
My character has character (so to speak), with several strengths and a weakness or two.
I’ve got quite a lot of information to absorb, but I’m sure I can be jolly useful to the party.
As per previous posts, I have a decent number of healing + offensive spells. I won’t fight (apart from firing my blowpipe with paralysing poison), but I have several useful herbs as well as my spells.
I can even help the Ranger track if he wants.
The first time I fail a roll and you make it, I’m going from insecure to “Marvin the Robot”. 
I am really excited to see how my guy shapes up! I look forward to charging out to the front lines and whacking some orcs with my axe.
It’s not my fault - apparently Woses are naturally good at tracking! :o
I have stalled a bit in trying to put together a spell list for the Mage.
**appleciders ** has no D&D experience and has never seen a Players Handbook, so I am writing up his spells.
It is off and I am taking a break. Four characters of 8 are done and mailed.
You’re next. You probably have the easiest character. I like Dwarves for just the reason. 
Well, all 3.5 spells are online and most of them are identical to the old-school ones, as far as I can tell, so see what you can copy-and-paste. I’ll go hit a used bookstore and see what I come up with.
Nothin’ wrong with easy. As long as there is a good fight to be had and the spellcaster and Elf stay a good pace out of my way everything should be fine.
Whereas the Men of the West are naturally good at … nothing?
Theogrim draws a frothy mugful of ale from the cask and passes it to the dwarf, with an approving nod for speaking so fair.
So more silly questions- I’ve heard talk of “cantrips”, weak little 0-level spells, and I’ve looked them up and made sense of them on outside websites, and they make sense. However, they’re not separated from 1st level spells on my character sheet. Should I assume that anything that’s a cantrip here is still a cantrip in this game? Everything but “write magic” is listed as either a cantrip or a first level spell on that site.
Thanks for bearing with my unending questions!
Thankee. I do have a mighty thrist.
It is worth noting, that Woses only track well outside in woodland environments.
They are worthless as trackers indoors, in deserts, in grasslands, etc.
Generic Men of the West are good at being the common standard that all other groups compare to and the most numerous of the races. The are collectively the Jack of All trades that can do almost any job second or third best.
**What Race is best at what class: **
Clerics: Common Man, Southrons
Druids: Woses & Beornings followed by common man.
Melee Fighters: Khazad, Beornings, Dunedain, Common
Horse Riders: Rohirrim, Dunedain, Common
Bowyers: Silven, Sindar & Noldor then possible Hobbits
Rangers: Dunedain of course, then Common
Paladins: Rohirrim, Common
Mages: Common Man or Noldo
Illusionist: Common Man, Southrons
Thiefs: Hobbits, Common, Silvan
Monks: Southrons. Common
Bards: Elves are best then all others.
Ranger Bards: Dunedain of course, then Common
Jim
I’ll find a list of cantrips for you somewhere. These are very minor spells you keep in your head that do far less than the ones from your link.
They are things like coloring hair, stacking wood, sweep the floor, button or unbutton. Tie something neatly etc. Simple, easy, gratuitous magic.