paizo.com Recent Recruitment Posts for [5E] A Darkness Gatheringpaizo.com Recent Recruitment Posts for [5E] A Darkness Gathering2018-01-31T20:05:44Z2018-01-31T20:05:44ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: 5E: A Darkness Gathering (interest check/recruitment)baticeerhttps://paizo.com/campaigns/5EADarknessGathering/recruiting&page=2#672016-08-13T04:56:37Z2016-08-13T04:56:37Z<p>All right then. After looking over all the characters as they were being sent in, there were just too many neat ideas. It was really hard to choose and I wish I had room for everyone. Here is who I ended up settling on:</p>
<p>scranford as <b>Lilly</b>
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Daniel Stewart as <b>Duncan</b>
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Filios as <b>Maeltheron</b>
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Loup Blanc as <b>Kjell</b>
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<b>Jiggy</b> as an as-yet-unnamed half-elf
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Ken Marable as <b>Krieger</b></p>
<p>I have connected a discussion thread where you can go and finish setting up aliases, character sheets, maybe talk about character relationships, et cetera.</p>All right then. After looking over all the characters as they were being sent in, there were just too many neat ideas. It was really hard to choose and I wish I had room for everyone. Here is who I ended up settling on:
scranford as Lilly
Daniel Stewart as Duncan
Filios as Maeltheron
Loup Blanc as Kjell
Jiggy as an as-yet-unnamed half-elf
Ken Marable as Krieger
I have connected a discussion thread where you can go and finish setting up aliases, character sheets, maybe talk about character...baticeer2016-08-13T04:56:37ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: 5E: A Darkness Gathering (interest check/recruitment)Ken Marablehttps://paizo.com/campaigns/5EADarknessGathering/recruiting&page=2#662016-08-12T20:10:02Z2016-08-12T20:10:02Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">baticeer wrote:</div><blockquote><p> @Ken: A Mystic is fine. I'm sorry, I should have responded earlier to let you know but I forgot in all the other talk here. Nice character, thanks.
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</blockquote><p>No worries! Thank you!baticeer wrote:@Ken: A Mystic is fine. I'm sorry, I should have responded earlier to let you know but I forgot in all the other talk here. Nice character, thanks.
No worries! Thank you!Ken Marable2016-08-12T20:10:02ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: 5E: A Darkness Gathering (interest check/recruitment)baticeerhttps://paizo.com/campaigns/5EADarknessGathering/recruiting&page=2#652016-08-12T19:17:15Z2016-08-12T19:17:15Z<p>@Ken: A Mystic is fine. I'm sorry, I should have responded earlier to let you know but I forgot in all the other talk here. Nice character, thanks.</p>
<p>Everyone else:
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please have a general character concept in by the end of today (Midnight EST)! I will post the characters I picked soon afterwards.</p>@Ken: A Mystic is fine. I'm sorry, I should have responded earlier to let you know but I forgot in all the other talk here. Nice character, thanks.
Everyone else:
please have a general character concept in by the end of today (Midnight EST)! I will post the characters I picked soon afterwards.baticeer2016-08-12T19:17:15ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: 5E: A Darkness Gathering (interest check/recruitment)Jiggy (RPG Superstar 2015 Top 32, RPG Superstar 2012 Top 32)https://paizo.com/campaigns/5EADarknessGathering/recruiting&page=2#642016-08-12T14:49:10Z2016-08-12T14:49:10Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Loup Blanc wrote:</div><blockquote>I will add to my earlier submission post with Kjell's relation to Aleanor Pathsteader, as I realized I forgot to mention that.</blockquote><p>Whoops, I forgot that too.
<p>The well-intentioned half-elf "cleric" would likely have been strongly drawn to Pathsteader, as a fellow enthusiast for pursuing righteous adventures. Probably annoyed her a bit, even, and might even see her as a role model.</p>Loup Blanc wrote:I will add to my earlier submission post with Kjell's relation to Aleanor Pathsteader, as I realized I forgot to mention that.
Whoops, I forgot that too. The well-intentioned half-elf "cleric" would likely have been strongly drawn to Pathsteader, as a fellow enthusiast for pursuing righteous adventures. Probably annoyed her a bit, even, and might even see her as a role model.Jiggy (RPG Superstar 2015 Top 32, RPG Superstar 2012 Top 32)2016-08-12T14:49:10ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: 5E: A Darkness Gathering (interest check/recruitment)Ken Marablehttps://paizo.com/campaigns/5EADarknessGathering/recruiting&page=2#632016-08-12T03:28:56Z2016-08-12T03:28:56Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">baticeer wrote:</div><blockquote> I'm going to say most likely yes (I've seen the class played before in my home game and never had any issue with it), but I'll have to take another look at the psionics system and see if it would require me to change any NPCs' abilities to function as psionics. Like, if your mystic is doing proper non-magical psychic disciplines then it wouldn't feel right having them fight a mind flayer straight out of the monster manual who has "psionic spellcasting" ;) </blockquote><p>I don't want to make more work for you, but if you are ok with it, I think this could be a fun character to try:
<p><b>Krieger Stoneheart</b> - <i>NG male deep gnome awakened mystic, urban bounty hunter background (SCAG)</i></p>
<p>The svirfneblin of the Stoneheart Clan were well known for their stoic dispositions. They often seemed cold and heartless at first meeting, but others who knew them well understood that it actually was a reaction to the harsh reality of the Underdark. Deep in the caverns, it is easy to grow fearful of every noise and paranoid of every traveler. The Stonehearts, however, were like the stone under a waterfall - just letting it all slide off of them. They mined and performed their duty, and knew no fear. A founding philosophy of the clan is that one can often choose how they live but rarely choose how they die.</p>
<p>And died they did. When dark elf necromancers, focused on conquest marched an undead legion to the surface, the Stoneheart Clan's village was in their path. They were nothing more than a minor inconvenience that briefly slowed the undead army. As a band of adventurers who were seeking to stop the dark elf-led legion followed close behind, they found very few survivors among the Stonehearts. They knew the village was no longer sustainable, and therefore simply left to find another svirfneblin settlement to join. All except Krieger. </p>
<p>A young deep gnome with a keen understanding of people, he could sense the suppressed anger and depression among his few remaining clan members. He felt it as well. Also sensing within the adventurers a determination to stop the undead army, Krieger followed them instead, talking his way into their party. A ranger named Aleanor Pathsteader in particular took a liking to the bold deep gnome. Although he was only of minor use among the powerful and experienced adventurers, Krieger was there when the dark elves and their undead were vanquished. Underneath his stoic exterior, he felt pride, and he liked it.</p>
<p>Although traveling with Aleanor for a while, they both realized he was out of his league. So after making sure he was settled into a nearby town, they parted ways. Krieger soon found enough small adventures to occupy himself, and even had some success being hired to find highly wanted criminals and bring them to justice. He became good enough at it that some members of the City Watch he frequently worked with wondered if he might want to join their ranks. But Krieger preferred a less rigid life. Furthermore, he became more bold and self-motivated in his pursuits of criminals including exposing a noble who enriched himself in illegal slave trade. This scandal led to his falling out of favor with the Watch. Not quite an outlaw vigilante, but certainly far from sanctioned, Krieger finds his cold demeanor, and insight into the minds of criminals and stray monsters serve him well in helping to capture or destroy the evils that lurk in shadows and in the open.</p>
<p>Krieger has done good things for his community by fighting the criminal and monstrous elements, but he isn't motivated by good deeds. He may not have even admitted it to himself yet, but Krieger savors overpowering, outwitting, and destroying evil. It's not even a matter of making the world a better place as much as it is a matter of Krieger no longer feeling helpless and trapped. The bigger the enemies that he defeats, the quieter the voices of doubt and fear become.</p>baticeer wrote:I'm going to say most likely yes (I've seen the class played before in my home game and never had any issue with it), but I'll have to take another look at the psionics system and see if it would require me to change any NPCs' abilities to function as psionics. Like, if your mystic is doing proper non-magical psychic disciplines then it wouldn't feel right having them fight a mind flayer straight out of the monster manual who has "psionic spellcasting" ;)
I don't want to make...Ken Marable2016-08-12T03:28:56ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: 5E: A Darkness Gathering (interest check/recruitment)Nem (alias of Nicos)https://paizo.com/campaigns/5EADarknessGathering/recruiting&page=2#622016-08-12T00:55:42Z2016-08-12T00:55:42Z<p>You guys seems like cool folks to play with, but I can't wish you luck to all of you because I'll would be left out of the game :p</p>
<p>Now, if the DM open a second and third table for the eye tyrants and sea devils trilogies..., a player can dream, a player can dream.</p>You guys seems like cool folks to play with, but I can't wish you luck to all of you because I'll would be left out of the game :p
Now, if the DM open a second and third table for the eye tyrants and sea devils trilogies..., a player can dream, a player can dream.Nem (alias of Nicos)2016-08-12T00:55:42ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: 5E: A Darkness Gathering (interest check/recruitment)aptinuvielhttps://paizo.com/campaigns/5EADarknessGathering/recruiting&page=2#612016-08-12T00:46:48Z2016-08-12T00:46:48Z<p>Oh, that's a good point, I completely forgot to mention that. Aleanor almost certainly saved my bard's life at some point. The character will currently be in his early thirties, and it probably occurred many years ago (when he was much, much younger), but not something that he'll easily forgot.</p>Oh, that's a good point, I completely forgot to mention that. Aleanor almost certainly saved my bard's life at some point. The character will currently be in his early thirties, and it probably occurred many years ago (when he was much, much younger), but not something that he'll easily forgot.aptinuviel2016-08-12T00:46:48ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: 5E: A Darkness Gathering (interest check/recruitment)Loup Blanchttps://paizo.com/campaigns/5EADarknessGathering/recruiting&page=2#602016-08-12T00:30:31Z2016-08-12T00:30:31Z<p>Great to see so many familiar faces submitting to this game. It's sure to be a good one no matter what!</p>
<p>I will add to my earlier submission post with Kjell's relation to Aleanor Pathsteader, as I realized I forgot to mention that. She's been one of his finest companions in this new land, particularly in and around Stormport, where Kjell's adventured for the past year or so. They've fought together, drunk together, and nursed one another's wounds after hard-fought victories. Aleanor's taught Kjell about this land, its people, its customs, its history, and its dangers; for his part, Kjell's mostly lent his namesake of a strong arm to her endeavors, as well as telling her about his own homeland and sharing tips and knowledge of survival in the harsh winters—and how to properly drink good drafts.</p>
<p>Of course, all of this can also easily be true for any or all of the other party members, as Kjell's gregarious and joyful by nature. I imagine he might even get along with Garnult Tranhammer, hehe. At the very least he'd drink and raise a hammer with him.</p>Great to see so many familiar faces submitting to this game. It's sure to be a good one no matter what!
I will add to my earlier submission post with Kjell's relation to Aleanor Pathsteader, as I realized I forgot to mention that. She's been one of his finest companions in this new land, particularly in and around Stormport, where Kjell's adventured for the past year or so. They've fought together, drunk together, and nursed one another's wounds after hard-fought victories. Aleanor's taught...Loup Blanc2016-08-12T00:30:31ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: 5E: A Darkness Gathering (interest check/recruitment)Filios Philandril (alias of Filios)https://paizo.com/campaigns/5EADarknessGathering/recruiting&page=2#592016-08-11T22:05:27Z2016-08-11T22:05:27Z<p>Yep, cool concepts!</p>Yep, cool concepts!Filios Philandril (alias of Filios)2016-08-11T22:05:27ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: 5E: A Darkness Gathering (interest check/recruitment)Jiggy (RPG Superstar 2015 Top 32, RPG Superstar 2012 Top 32)https://paizo.com/campaigns/5EADarknessGathering/recruiting&page=2#582016-08-11T13:40:30Z2016-08-11T13:40:30Z<p>@Ultrageek: Thanks! Thought it sounded fun. :D</p>@Ultrageek: Thanks! Thought it sounded fun. :DJiggy (RPG Superstar 2015 Top 32, RPG Superstar 2012 Top 32)2016-08-11T13:40:30ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: 5E: A Darkness Gathering (interest check/recruitment)Daniel Stewarthttps://paizo.com/campaigns/5EADarknessGathering/recruiting&page=2#572016-08-11T04:59:04Z2016-08-11T04:59:04Z<p>looks like we have a pretty diverse group here...best of luck to everyone!!</p>looks like we have a pretty diverse group here...best of luck to everyone!!Daniel Stewart2016-08-11T04:59:04ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: 5E: A Darkness Gathering (interest check/recruitment)legoguy4492https://paizo.com/campaigns/5EADarknessGathering/recruiting&page=2#562016-08-11T01:59:42Z2016-08-11T01:59:42Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Going to go straight warlock</span>
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Most tieflings are discriminated against for their fiendish heritage. Some are given dirty looks, while others are openly refused jobs and entrance to shops. Malrakas was a budding explorer, who had a obsession with the occult. Lacking the resources to do some seriousness adventuring, he tried for a job at multiple universities and temples.</p>
<p>All of these rejected him. Though they wouldn't admit it, it was because of his fiendish heritage. Unprepared and reckless, he explored on his own. Finding an ancient library, he uncovered a tome that would ruin his life. He curled up in a ball for a day, driven insane by the arcane contents. When he emerged, his insane mind had learned magic. As he emerged into the wilderness, he met Aleanor Pathsteader, who helped him find brief periods of calm in the roiling storm of insanity. In return, Malrakas aided Aleanor in defending the innocent. After several years, Malrakas had mastered his insanity. But, now, it's coming back, and he needs help again.</p>Going to go straight warlock
Most tieflings are discriminated against for their fiendish heritage. Some are given dirty looks, while others are openly refused jobs and entrance to shops. Malrakas was a budding explorer, who had a obsession with the occult. Lacking the resources to do some seriousness adventuring, he tried for a job at multiple universities and temples.
All of these rejected him. Though they wouldn't admit it, it was because of his fiendish heritage. Unprepared and reckless,...legoguy44922016-08-11T01:59:42ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: 5E: A Darkness Gathering (interest check/recruitment)ULTRAGEEKhttps://paizo.com/campaigns/5EADarknessGathering/recruiting&page=2#552016-08-11T00:33:37Z2016-08-11T00:33:37Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">baticeer wrote:</div><blockquote><p> @Ultrageek - I am going to veto the Revenant subrace because I don't feel it's a good fit for this adventure. The "respawn if you die" and "everything is about completing one very specific goal" makes it a race that really only works for a very particular sort of campaign. Feel free to keep the flavor that your character came back from the dead, that is pretty neat, but I would rather he just be mechanically a normal race.
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</blockquote><p>Thanks for considering it! I'll probably play as a rock gnome!
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Jiggy wrote:</div><blockquote></p>
<p>So I've got my general concept:</p>
<p>A young, good-hearted half-elf (name not chosen yet) was always interested in helping people, and grew up trying to help out at a local temple whenever possible. Friendly and enthusiastic, he was always welcome at the temple, but he yearned for more: he wanted to one day become a full-on cleric. However, try as he might, he never could seem to make any progress toward that end. Gullible and impressionable, he seemed to lack the discernment and insight necessary to delve deeper into the power of the faith, leaving him unable to learn even the most basic of divine cantrips.</p>
<p>His mentors at the temple tried to gently explain that he didn't have what it takes, and he decided (somehow) that that meant he needed to go off adventuring to become strong enough to become a cleric and wield the power of goodness and light. Ever the optimist, he set out alone with a smile on his face.</p>
<p>He kept practicing at learning magic on his own, but since he never fully grasped how he was supposed to be doing it in the first place, he ended up just kind of winging it. To his surprise, however, he eventually learned to cast spells! Once he had successfully healed a wounded traveler with his magic, the bright-eyed half-elf believed himself to be a true cleric, and that night he prayed really hard in thanks.</p>
<p>And someone replied.</p>
<p>A deep voice in his head introduced itself as "Mordoloth, archfi— er, high celestial of goodness and light" and said it had taken notice of his devotion and dedication. It offered him new magical powers with which to protect himself and smite his enemies (in the name of righteousness, of course). It told him his spells would be different from those of most clerics, because he's special. Overjoyed, the young man now goes looking for opportunities to go on adventures and spread the light of the noble Mordoloth (I made up that name, if that works) and smite evil with his purifying fire!</p>
<p>So, while wandering alone he picked up a level of bard, gaining self-taught healing magic that way. Then Mordoloth tricked him and he gained warlock levels. Starting off as bard1/warlock5, with the acolyte background. When do you need the full character sheet?
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</blockquote><p>Nice character concept :)baticeer wrote:@Ultrageek - I am going to veto the Revenant subrace because I don't feel it's a good fit for this adventure. The "respawn if you die" and "everything is about completing one very specific goal" makes it a race that really only works for a very particular sort of campaign. Feel free to keep the flavor that your character came back from the dead, that is pretty neat, but I would rather he just be mechanically a normal race.
Thanks for considering it! I'll probably play as a...ULTRAGEEK2016-08-11T00:33:37ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: 5E: A Darkness Gathering (interest check/recruitment)baticeerhttps://paizo.com/campaigns/5EADarknessGathering/recruiting&page=2#542016-08-10T21:23:41Z2016-08-10T21:23:41Z<p>@Ultrageek - I am going to veto the Revenant subrace because I don't feel it's a good fit for this adventure. The "respawn if you die" and "everything is about completing one very specific goal" makes it a race that really only works for a very particular sort of campaign. Feel free to keep the flavor that your character came back from the dead, that is pretty neat, but I would rather he just be mechanically a normal race.</p>
<p>@Jiggy - I just need the concepts for now. We will make full character sheets after I pick the players.</p>@Ultrageek - I am going to veto the Revenant subrace because I don't feel it's a good fit for this adventure. The "respawn if you die" and "everything is about completing one very specific goal" makes it a race that really only works for a very particular sort of campaign. Feel free to keep the flavor that your character came back from the dead, that is pretty neat, but I would rather he just be mechanically a normal race.
@Jiggy - I just need the concepts for now. We will make full...baticeer2016-08-10T21:23:41ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: 5E: A Darkness Gathering (interest check/recruitment)Jiggy (RPG Superstar 2015 Top 32, RPG Superstar 2012 Top 32)https://paizo.com/campaigns/5EADarknessGathering/recruiting&page=2#532016-08-10T16:51:58Z2016-08-10T16:51:58Z<p>So I've got my general concept:</p>
<p>A young, good-hearted half-elf <span class=messageboard-ooc>(name not chosen yet)</span> was always interested in helping people, and grew up trying to help out at a local temple whenever possible. Friendly and enthusiastic, he was always welcome at the temple, but he yearned for more: he wanted to one day become a full-on cleric. However, try as he might, he never could seem to make any progress toward that end. Gullible and impressionable, he seemed to lack the discernment and insight necessary to delve deeper into the power of the faith, leaving him unable to learn even the most basic of divine cantrips.</p>
<p>His mentors at the temple tried to gently explain that he didn't have what it takes, and he decided (somehow) that that meant he needed to go off adventuring to become strong enough to become a cleric and wield the power of goodness and light. Ever the optimist, he set out alone with a smile on his face.</p>
<p>He kept practicing at learning magic on his own, but since he never fully grasped how he was supposed to be doing it in the first place, he ended up just kind of winging it. To his surprise, however, he eventually learned to cast spells! Once he had successfully healed a wounded traveler with his magic, the bright-eyed half-elf believed himself to be a true cleric, and that night he prayed really hard in thanks.</p>
<p>And someone replied.</p>
<p>A deep voice in his head introduced itself as "Mordoloth, archfi— er, high celestial of goodness and light" and said it had taken notice of his devotion and dedication. It offered him new magical powers with which to protect himself and smite his enemies (in the name of righteousness, of course). It told him his spells would be different from those of most clerics, because he's special. Overjoyed, the young man now goes looking for opportunities to go on adventures and spread the light of the noble Mordoloth <span class=messageboard-ooc>(I made up that name, if that works)</span> and smite evil with his purifying fire!</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>So, while wandering alone he picked up a level of bard, gaining self-taught healing magic that way. Then Mordoloth tricked him and he gained warlock levels. Starting off as bard1/warlock5, with the acolyte background. When do you need the full character sheet?</span></p>So I've got my general concept:
A young, good-hearted half-elf (name not chosen yet) was always interested in helping people, and grew up trying to help out at a local temple whenever possible. Friendly and enthusiastic, he was always welcome at the temple, but he yearned for more: he wanted to one day become a full-on cleric. However, try as he might, he never could seem to make any progress toward that end. Gullible and impressionable, he seemed to lack the discernment and insight...Jiggy (RPG Superstar 2015 Top 32, RPG Superstar 2012 Top 32)2016-08-10T16:51:58ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: 5E: A Darkness Gathering (interest check/recruitment)GM Niles (alias of nilesr)https://paizo.com/campaigns/5EADarknessGathering/recruiting&page=2#522016-08-10T13:30:21Z2016-08-10T13:30:21Z<p>Since 5e is for grognards, Garnult Tarnhammer is the grognardiest of them all!</p>
<p><b>Ach! Stupid elves, don't ya see the Orc is still moving! Gotta smash em good like this! </b> Garnult says with a grimace as he brings his warhammer down on the orc's head. </p>
<p>Garnult is a rough, crude and ultimately foul tempered dwarf. He likes ale, smashing goblins, beer, smashing orcs, mead, smashing drow elfs and sometimes Dwarven Firegut Whiskey. </p>
<p>Remember all those books you read as a kid with the grumpy dwarf? Well, I read them too and I'm combining all those literary characterizations into one character. </p>
<p>Mechanically Garnult will be a Battle Master Fighter with the Defender fighting style. Expect lots of cursing, rude jokes, jokes at the expensive of elves, wizards and anyone not dwarven enough and drinking.</p>Since 5e is for grognards, Garnult Tarnhammer is the grognardiest of them all!
Ach! Stupid elves, don't ya see the Orc is still moving! Gotta smash em good like this! Garnult says with a grimace as he brings his warhammer down on the orc's head.
Garnult is a rough, crude and ultimately foul tempered dwarf. He likes ale, smashing goblins, beer, smashing orcs, mead, smashing drow elfs and sometimes Dwarven Firegut Whiskey.
Remember all those books you read as a kid with the grumpy dwarf?...GM Niles (alias of nilesr)2016-08-10T13:30:21ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: 5E: A Darkness Gathering (interest check/recruitment)ULTRAGEEKhttps://paizo.com/campaigns/5EADarknessGathering/recruiting&page=2#512016-08-10T00:36:41Z2016-08-10T00:36:41Z<p>Character Concept:
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Alvyn Beren is a scheming gnome. Or, more appropriately, was a scheming gnome. Born to a pair of gnome nobles, Alvyn lived a life of intrigue. Alliances shift, enemies become "friends", friends are never friends, and a dagger may be at your back. Alvyn survived by his constant manipulation, but even with his endless blackmail and bribery, he knew he wouldn't live for long. And so, when his death came, Alvyn was ready, but he had regrets. Plenty of them. In the Hells, he schemed against Death himself. He was outmaneuvered, of course, but his effort amused the reaper. And so, he was given a year of life, but he came back with a "gift". Wooden dolls, puppets, things he controlled, to remind him of his constant regrets, and make him feel guilt every minute of his mockery of life. Alvyn adventures to set things right, and so he can feel at peace when he returns to Deaths embrace.....</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Also, may I use the <a href="http://dnd.wizards.com/sites/default/files/media/upload/articles/UA%20Gothic%20Characters.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Revenant</a>?</span></p>Character Concept:
Alvyn Beren is a scheming gnome. Or, more appropriately, was a scheming gnome. Born to a pair of gnome nobles, Alvyn lived a life of intrigue. Alliances shift, enemies become "friends", friends are never friends, and a dagger may be at your back. Alvyn survived by his constant manipulation, but even with his endless blackmail and bribery, he knew he wouldn't live for long. And so, when his death came, Alvyn was ready, but he had regrets. Plenty of them. In the Hells, he...ULTRAGEEK2016-08-10T00:36:41Z