Torchbearer/Middarmark?

[Ludanto]

There's a template for characters, but until we actually have a place to post them, it's not that important.

The adventure site is out in the sticks, and really isn't close to anything, except for the remote village of Falko.

[Marullus]

Once we've got the players and sorted roles, I'd like to have a group discussion as we flesh out the characters. It really helps me to get a feel for the group and the world if we talk through our traits, our nature questions, and then who our relationships are (and potentially interlink them).

[Rusty Tincanne]

I'm happy to play a halfling burglar (preferred) or an actual thief (second choice). I'll design him to be a torchbearer or 10' pole wielder, letting the dwarf. fighter and cleric beat things up.

It's really exciting to see this many people on this site looking to play TB at once!

@ Ludanto: do you want us all to go through character creation together, or will that be confusing with this many people? If the latter, should those of use with some experience just draft up our characters?

[BillTheGalacticHero]

I've never played, but I read through the rulebook and expansions. I will be a Human Strider from the Outcasts expansion. A decent fighter with outdoor and dungeon skills - basically a Ranger without spells.
I'll type up a simple character sheet tonight - difficult to do on a droid phone. Lol

[Ludanto]

I'm assuming that everybody petty much knows what they're doing, so you can mostly complete your characters remotely.

However, in the interest of sharing (and killing time until we start) let's talk about the characters' natures and traits and relationships and raiment and whatnot.

[shroomofinsanity]

I will make a post tomorrow as I'm at work tonight so I can't roll up my cleric atm XD

[Marullus]

Ludanto - you should go into the die roller and make a campaign and then give us the number. That way we can each attach a character to track our rolls.

Creation for Allric:

The most important consideration for the wizard is what kind of magic he studies. Since the results are rolled, let's do that first:
Two spells! [2d6] = 5 [2d6] = 9

His spells are: Wisdom of the Sages, Dance of the Fireflies, and Mystic Porter

So, he's an old man, strong minded but frail (Will 6, Health 2), used to studying and entertaining children. He's from the Ashen Throne (wizard tower) where he grew more thoughtful and studied his alchemy.

Telling tales and entertaining children... His social Grace's and specialty are both Orator, giving him a skill of Orator 3. Alternately, I can go with manipulator as his specialty if nobody wants it, giving him Orator 2 and Manipulator 2.

For the special human skill... I like Criminal. His talents aren't all magical, they just look that way. It definitely isn't Survialist. If the group needs, though, he could take Haggler or Pathfinder.

Nature questions:
- He sits and contemplates on dark nights, ruminating with his long clay pipe. Thoughtful x2.
- He doesn't think much of dwarves and elves or recognize many as elder to himself. +1 Nature, -1 Scholar. (He's good at lore and stories but libraries are boring. Pretty much what has stymied him thus far as a wizard.)
- monsters around? He hides inside. (A sage choice indeed!) +1 Nature.

Friend: Gnobbin the Alchemist (+1 Circles)
Parents: Too old for parents. He has his father's signet ring. (+1D treasure)
Mentor: A better wizard of the tower, Balcalath the Teacher (Orator). (+1 Circles)
Enemy: Sure. Probably a humorless dwarf. (+1 Circles)

Will 6, Health 2, Nature 5, Circles 4
Skills: Arcanist 4, Lore Master 3, Alchemist 3, Orator 3, Criminal 2, Cartographer 2, Scholar 1
Wise: Antecedent-Wise
Traits: Wizard's Sight x1, Thoughtful x2
Spells: Wisdom of the Sages, Dance of the Fireflies, and Mystic Porter

So, Allric is a frail old man with a mind like a steel trap, good with lore and tales but with a loathing for libraries. He is a skilled Orator and his magic is more show/laziness than it is potent, making him good with crowds and impressing children. He also has a knack for misdeeds and at some point in his past wronged a particularly humorless dwarf. He otherwise knows folks in every town (good circles) and has particular friendships with an alchemist and a professor back at the Tower of the Ashen Throne.

Hopefully that gives some fodder for others. I would like to tweak relationships to mesh with others and will wait to set alignment and beliefs until I see what others do.

[BillTheGalacticHero]

Thag Simmons MXL, the 17 year old son of Thag (deceased) and Mabel Simmons, a weaveress; simple folk from a village so small it appears on no map. He has a twin brother, Thig, who was away training to be a cleric but has recently returned home to care for their mother. He also has two younger siblings, 10 year old twins, a brother and sister, who are still at home.

For over a thousand generations Thag Simmons II thru Thag Simmons MXXXIX have struggled against the demon that haunts their bloodline. Thag Simmons I was viciously killed by a land dragon while on a hunt, and his son, and all first born sons since that time have struggled, and failed, to defeat the dragon.

Trained by his mentor, the mysterious witch-hunter Solomon Kane (a Strider); Thag MXL is on his final exam - spend a year solo quest in the wilds driving back evil from the lands of men. But inside, the demon that haunts his bloodline is beginning to stir.

Dressed is simple outdoors garb of dull greens and browns with old worn boots. The only distinctive item he wears is a broad-brimmed, battered straw hat adorned with three old feathers: an eagle's, an owl's, and a pigeon's. Scabbarded to his belt is an ancient, but well-crafted, sword. He usually carries an old 6' walking staff, or a straight sapling cut to length.

He has the Grim-Visaged and Early Riser traits. He knows the most dangerous time of the night is the hours just before dawn. He instinctively searches for potable water any chance he can.

As a Strider from the Wanderers, Outcasts, and Exiles expansion, he has these skills: Fighter 3, Haggler 2, Hunter 2, Pathfinder 3, Rider 2, Scout 3, Survivalist 3, and Weaver 2. I picked Scout as his specialty skill, but if anyone else wants it I can change it.

Will 4
Health 4
Nature 3 Boasting, Demanding, Running
Resources 0
Circles 3

[Ludanto]

Campaign ID: 588

[jhrrsn]

Aoife Kearney is a young dwarf, born in the cloisters of Hollifort. She lived there with her parents and three older brothers, and together they ran the armoury at the bastion. Most folk respected the dwarves for their skill, even if they found their traditions to be strange and unfamiliar. Malvacar the Cleric, though, could not stand their ‘deviant, pagan rites’, and took umbrage with the outsiders.

As a high-ranking member of the clergy it was easy for him to spread rumours of their ‘blasphemous scheming’, and within a month the Kearney family were burning at the stake. However, the guards refused to set young Aoife’s pyre ablaze, and she was instead branded and cast out of Hollifort.

On that day, Aoife swore that she would avenge her family. However, she knew that she would need to be a lot stronger if she was going to succeed, so she tempered her raw anger into a smouldering rage. That was six years ago. Today, she is a competent adventurer who strides fearlessly into the wilds to build her strength and assets.

She still remembers her vow, though. She will never forget.

Game Stuff

Aoife is a skilled fighter (4) and dungeoneer (4) . She’s proud of her heritage, and has good knowledge of dwarven history. She’s also wise to treacherous bastards, as one might imagine. Her belief is that ‘everything she does must bring her closer to avenging her family’ - she is driven to become stronger and obtain artefacts of power, not help some hapless farmer rescue his sheep or whatever. She understands the value of well-equipped companions, though, so whenever she has a moment to camp she always makes sure to ‘fix up any broken gear’.

[jhrrsn]

Also, Allric sounds like he will be very entertaining (although he might irritate Aoife, haha), and Thag seems like a good guy to have around (if a little terrifying?).

[BillTheGalacticHero]

So where/how do we find the campaign thread?

[Rusty Tincanne]

When it is created, it will be at the bottom of the active game list.

[ffilz]

Could we have a summary of what we have so far for characters? I will try to create one this afternoon. Probably just from the core book.

Frank

[Rusty Tincanne]

Re-revised:
jhrrsn aka "Jack" - Dwarven Adventurerdrafted
Marullus aka "Andrew" - Human Magician drafted
shroomofinsanity - Human Cleric
BillTheGalacticHero aka "Bill" - Human Warrior drafted
Rusty Tincanne aka "Lloyd" - halfling burglar
ffilz aka "Frank" -

Additional classes remaining:
Elf Ranger (main book)
Human Paladin, Human Thief (bonus classes expansion)
The Servitor, Goblin Shaman, The Skinchanger (Denizens of the Dark expansion, skipping weird/undead ones)

@Marullus: I just noticed that you weren't considering the goblin shaman as "weird".
@ffilz: if you were set on a halfling, I could take something else. An elf, perhaps.

[ffilz]

Re-revised:
jhrrsn aka "Jack" - Dwarven Adventurerdrafted
Marullus aka "Andrew" - Human Magician drafted
shroomofinsanity - Human Cleric
BillTheGalacticHero aka "Bill" - Human Warrior drafted
Rusty Tincanne aka "Lloyd" - halfling burglar
ffilz aka "Frank" -

Additional classes remaining:
Elf Ranger (main book)
Human Paladin, Human Thief (bonus classes expansion)
The Servitor, Goblin Shaman, The Skinchanger (Denizens of the Dark expansion, skipping weird/undead ones)

@Marullus: I just noticed that you weren't considering the goblin shaman as "weird".
@ffilz: if you were set on a halfling, I could take something else. An elf, perhaps.

I'll happily do an Elf Ranger. Would be fine with Paladin or Thief also. Having never played, and not even cracked the book in years, I'm happy to stick with a core class.

Frank

[Rusty Tincanne]

Okay. I'll stick with a halfling then.

[shroomofinsanity]

Has someone picked up cartography or cooking yet? I will grab either one as a speciality just let me know. I haven't quite finished my character and have wiggle room so I thought I'd use it for the good of the group.

[Rusty Tincanne]

My character is a halfling from a busy crossroad. He will have (at least) cook (3). Not bad, and between Marullus's alchemist and the halfling, that is at least two helping dice for anyone wanting to try beginners luck at cooking.

[ffilz]

I could take Cartographer as the elf's specialty.