I wrote a little song that’s sung to the tune of “Do-Re-Mi” by Rodgers and Hammerstein. It’s about how to make a character in Hackmaster (sort of).

Let’s start at the very beginning
A very good place to start
In reading you begin with A-B-C
In Hackmaster you begin with a level one PC
First roll 3d6 to see your stats to be
Strength-Int-Wis, Strength-Int-Wis
Strength-Int-Wis-Dex-Con-Looks-Cha
Let’s see if I can make it easy
Strength, Muscles, and a bonus to damage
Int, a bonus to attack
Wis, a bonus to defense
Dex, a bit of everything
Con, only gives HP
Looks, for Elves not stinky Dwarves
Cha, will give you bonus honor
That will bring us back to Strength
Strength-Int-Wis-Dex-Con-Looks-Cha-Strength
Con-Strength!
Now everyone, Strength-Int-Wis-Dex-Con and so on
are only the tools we use to build a PC
Once you have these stats on your sheet
you can improve your character by adding building points
Like this
Con-Strength-Looks-Dex-Wis-Strength-Int
Can you do that?
Con-Strength-Looks-Dex-Wis-Strength-Int
Con-Strength-Looks-Cha-Strength-Int-Strength
Con-Strength-Looks-Cha-Strength-Int-Strength
Now, put it all together
Con-Strength-Looks-Dex-Wis-Strength-Int,
Con-Strength-Looks-Cha-Strength-Int-Strength
Good!
You must be making a fighter
So we put in weapon specializations
One aspect for every five points
Like this
First attack and then comes damage
Then defense and speed is last
Together!
First attack and then comes damage
Then defense and speed is last
Strength, Muscles, and a bonus to damage
Int, a bonus to attack
Wis, a bonus to defense
Dex, a bit of everything
Con, only gives HP
Looks, for Elves not stinky Dwarves
Cha, will give you bonus honor
That will bring us back to Strength
Strength-Int-Wis-Dex-Con-Looks-Cha-Strength
Strength-Cha-Looks-Con-Dex-Wis-Int
Strength-Wis-Wis
Wis-Con-Con
Int-Dex-Dex
Looks-Cha-Cha
First attack and then comes damage
Then defense and speed is last
Strength, Muscles, and a bonus to damage
Int, a bonus to attack
Wis, a bonus to defense
Dex, a bit of everything
Con, only gives HP
Looks, for Elves not stinky Dwarves
Cha, will give you bonus honor
That will bring us back to Strength-Con-Strength

Sung to the lyrics of “Do-Re-Mi” from the Sound of Music
Do=Strength Re=Int Mi=Wis Fa=Dex So=Con La=Looks Ti=Cha

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Welcome to the GoCorral website! I’m Isaac Shaker and this is a place for me to write about D&D and occasionally other topics. I host a podcast called Setting the Stage that interviews different DMs about their campaigns. I’m currently focused on completing the Cimmeria campaign setting and turning it into a book.

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86 – Wuxia Adventures in RPGS (Daniel and Metanoia/Ithasen) Setting the Stage, Campaigns for D&D and Other RPGs

I interviewed Daniel, my cohost of the Tabletop Community Spotlight! Daniel created his own setting called Ithasen with an in-progress wuxia TTRPG system called Metanoia to go along with it. Ithasen has a spiritual force known as Ren that pervades the world. Ren is a magical manifestation of the user's, or Rennim's, will upon the universe. Rennim that cultivate their will grow stronger and capable of more amazing feats as the concentrate their power and force of personality.Within Ithasen there are seven lineages of people that decide what type of Ren they can use. Anamor use conversion Ren. Elkyr use flux Ren. Janim use elasticity Ren. Nyl use influence Ren. Okoi use recurrence Ren. Haqol use harmony Ren. Finally, Daruner use use coalescent ren. The two races lineages that drive unique politics in Ithasen are the Daruner and the Haqol.Daruner children absorb the Ren talents of both their parents, becoming a perfect blend of Daruner and another lineage parent. Through this mixing, a Daruner family could potentially include all other lineages within itself. This power has placed Daruner as the nobility of Ithasen.Haqol's power of harmony allows them to amplify the Ren powers of others. This puts Haqol in a vulnerable position as unscrupulous people will do anything to incorporate Haqol lineage into their bloodline. Haqol have experienced something akin to a genocide as their lineage has been consistently absorbed by other lineages and diluted over the centuries.There's a whole lot more than that so strap in!Daniel has a fully setup GitHub Wiki for information on Metanoia and Ithasen that you can explore.There's a Metanoid Discord server you can join to discuss the rules and setting with other fans.The occasional musing on TTRPGs can be found on Daniel's blog, Tabletop Discourse.GoCorral YouTube Channel for watching the Tabletop Community Spotlight.Vote in the CRIT Awards! Voting is open until August 23rd.Check out the Setting the Stage website!Want to be on the show? Fill out this survey.Join our Discord!Support Setting the Stage on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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