In truth, the Stolen Lands belong to no one, and are stolen from no one. Many have tried to claim them, but the abandoned ruins that dot the swath of wilderness stand as testaments to the difficulty of ruling these savage lands. They have remained wild with a fierce tenacity, a haven for monsters and criminals and dangerous secrets, and as such have posed a menace to their neighboring nations as long as anyone can remember. Now the Swordlords of Restov have charged you with traveling and surveying the Greenbelt, as well as striving against banditry. Other groups were sent previously. None have returned. Many believe this to be a foolhardy task or a suicide mission. Are you up to the task?
Character creation:
Looking for 4-5 players
Ability Scores: 20-point builds with stats no lower than 8 and no higher than 18 after modifiers.
Races: Core races preferred but other races open for consideration (better be a really good backstory!)
Alignment: No evil
Classes: All except Gunslinger and summoner. Archetypes are allowed.
Starting gold: Average starting gold.
Traits: 2 traits, one of which must be a campaign trait, no drawbacks.
Concept: Character appearance and motivation: Why do you care about the Greenbelt renowned for its dangers and why have you accepted the Swordlords' charter?
Will leave recruitment open for a week, subject to change depending on number of applicants.
I've an Aldori I made for a failed game. Consider him my application and I'll scale him back soonish. Background is in profile. I've got a PFS trait I could change if u want.
dotting interested I will see what I come up with.
Interested. Any restrictions on casters?
Currently have submissions for a couple other games pending and don't want to risk having too many irons in the fire, so may or may not end up submitting a character, but wanted to go ahead and dot for tentative interest.
I'll second Ionia's question; what sort of "low magic" are we talking? :)
May I present Faffnyr Stagson, a bastard of old noble blood, who was raised by in the erastil temple of Restov. Although his faith is strong his blood is much stronger. But even stronger is his burning will to make a mark on the world and rise above his tainted birth.
Dot! Been very keen to play this path since its release, and had two games never even leave Oleg's trading post.
Interested in playing a half-elf or half-orc bastard of some kind, having active characters of every other core race right now. I've just discovered the Huntmaster Cavalier, which seems like a really flavorful choice for a Restov native. The human eye for talent ability is pretty tempting, however. I'll check back in the morning with a character.
Curious, and would also like to hear more about low-magic.
By low-magic, I mean that magical/wondrous items are rare in the game. There are no +1 swords for sale at the local armory as soon you accumulate 2000+ gp, etc. The secrets of crafting magic died out years ago. Perhaps, one of the reasons for your traveling to the wilderness is to find remnants of the "old magic" in the ruins. Casters are not affected except no item creation feats allowed initially.
Also, I forgot to mention but please list your timezone. I am EST (GMT-5). Also, no rich parents trait. Any other questions, let me know.
I've tried to get into Kingmaker a couple of these. I put together an Aldori Swordlord specifically for this AP whose concept I like.
This profile is that character, actually. I don't make a profile until a character has been accepted into a game. In this case, one of the applicants who also failed to get into a Kingmaker game offered to run it for THREE tables. I don't know how far along the other tables got, but we didn't make it to the first fight before he vanished. Such is the risk of PBP.
I will need to edit Josef slightly for your character creation rules (IIRC, the only "problem" is that he has a drawback and bonus Trait), but that shouldn't take long. Unless you are lurking and watching for character submissions right now, I will probably have that edit done before you see this submission.
If you see anything about this character beyond that which you would like me to consider altering or expanding upon to ease your consideration, please, tell me. I have a hard time stumbling my way into making desired alterations if I don't know they are desired.
Edit: Time Zone: Central US
By low-magic, I mean that magical/wondrous items are rare in the game. There are no +1 swords for sale at the local armory as soon you accumulate 2000+ gp, etc. The secrets of crafting magic died out years ago. Perhaps, one of the reasons for your traveling to the wilderness is to find remnants of the "old magic" in the ruins. Casters are not affected except no item creation feats allowed initially.
Also, I forgot to mention but please list your timezone. I am EST (GMT-5). Also, no rich parents trait. Any other questions, let me know.
Thanks. I like it.
I have a couple if option I need to decide between. I will see what makes the most sense as I develop a backstory.
Submitting Elwitta Bad-Axe for your consideration.
I've an idea for an Archaeologist (Bard Archetype) that would fit well into this. His main motivation would be exploration and discovery in the Greenbelt and he could be the party rouge... going to draw up something and be back soon.
If I didn't make it clear before, please address the following questions in your applications:
Why do you care about the Greenbelt, a clearly dangerous place and realm? What made you accept the Swordlords' charter to "colonize" the wilderness? Groups sent before you have died! I want to get a feel for your character's psychology and motivations. Saying "I'm an adventurer" is not enough. Why did you choose this life? Why not be a butcher/herbalist/tanner and live a long healthy life instead of risking death at the end of a bandit's sword or a creature's claw?
Thanks!
Expanded request on why would you be here of all places?
I THINK I covered this in the background within the profile. Here are the pertinent bits pulled out and explicitly stated:
The Orlovsky family is famous for avoiding confrontation and finding a diplomatic solution. Josef turned to direct confrontation as a way of expressing himself while he was still a young child.
Josef was sent off for training in how to be both confrontational and successful (something which had eluded him as a child), where he drug the family name into both a scandalous affair with a commoner and an act of impassioned murder. The affair being scandalous primarily because of the murder, but . . ..
The family decided to send Josef away, in order to reduce the embarrassment he can cause them. The request for people to go exploring the Greenbelt was perfectly timed to provide a truly dangerous destination. The family expects Josef to die in the Greenbelt. Josef has little choice but to go there, but he has every intent of proving himself to be better than those sending him to his death.
That does cover what you wanted, doesn't it? Just trying to make sure.
My time zone is GMT, but I check the PC every morning after getting up and every evening before I go to bed.
Well whenever I hear the name Orlovsky, a certain Theresa comes to my mind. Never met her, though. If you don´t know her google. EVIL GRIN
Please may I submit this character? I'd love to.play this and Lelouch was made for this game. He wants to be King and has a lot of motivation and reasoning for being in the stolen lands!
Been waiting to play this for a very long time! Please read this character profile for complete build, fluff and flavour!
Thanks very much for your consideration!
Also GMT, awesome! I'm in England too. :-D
This is Ionia's still-in-progress submission. He is a wizard/diplomat modeled after the American founding fathers. Fed up with the decades of misrule in Brevoy, he signed up for this expedition in hopes of founding a new nation ruled by laws, not men.
I'd like to join this foray into Brevoy!
Mechanically, Alexio is a sword-based fighter. I'd like for him to eventually become a hellknight, which gives some plot hooks and also may require a little buy-in from the GM when it comes to defeating a devil in single combat.
Background/motivation wise, Alexio's family was once a noble/land-holding family before the uprising of Galt and the fall of Chelaxian influence. His family has lost everything except for a small household in Brevoy. Alexio has been raised as the last hope of his family line and would risk all to return House Thraxas to a position of rulership. There is a lot more history and formative data in his profile.
I'm EST and generally plan to post 2x a day.
I am putting together a Cleric of Erastil. Are the feather(animal) and growth(Plant) domains ok?
Also does the horse from the Pioneer trait come with a bit/bridle/saddle/saddlebags or do I need to buy those from starting gold? ( I am also assuming a light horse)
I will include a full version with the crunch but the cleric will be focused on recovering the lost temples of Erastil knowing the only long term way to do that is to resettle the area.
here is a submission I was working on a long time ago.
the backstory is here , the stats are not done yet. I picture the character a druid (eagle Shaman), possibly a level or two of fighter.
but I still need to take a look at the new class guide classes as well to see if they are a better fit.
Backstory:
Arcadia, the mysterious continent, lies across the Arcadian sea. A place of mystery and wonder; Centuries ago Ulfen settlers called Arcadia their new home, until the natives took offence to their presence and nearly drove them from their home.
The native tribes called skraelings by the Ulfen settlers were considered savage and ruthless. But this I can tell you is not entirely true.
I am White Eagle, son of Ten Bears, and I am a skraeling. Though I was not born on the land my ancestors once called home My Father and I have held to the teachings passed down to us by my father’s father and his father before him. I am of the Defohy tribe, Nomads always moving with the changing seasons making our home in the plains of Arcadia in places where our horses may graze and the fish are abundant.
The Defohy depended on the land for their survival. The earth and rivers provided roots and berries, fish and game. Farming and land ownership were foreign to the Defohy. They believed (and still do today) the earth was not to be disturbed by hoe and plow. The land was their home, not a commodity to be bought or sold.
Chief Yellow Wolf, a relative of Chief Ten Bears said, “We were always here. The Great Spirit placed us on this land of ours.”
Many miles south of the Ulfen settlement others from your world also journeyed to Arcadia. Settlers, seeking trees, animals and metals came to our home. These settlers moved into land we have journeyed to for countless generations. We sought to make peace with the newcomers and many of them welcomed us. We showed the settlers how to farm the soil in Arcadia and where to hunt good food. The Ulfen were friends. My people called all who came to our land as Ulfen as we had no concept of the different races of other lands. To us what you call elf was called spirit beings that were as mysterious to us as our home is to you.
Not all settlers who came to our home were friend. Bad Ulfen, I have learned were called Cheliax in your tongue, came to take gold from the hills and mountains of Arcadia. They enslaved many skraeling to dig the gold from the earth.
My ancestors became scattered and many were sent on ships to Cheliax home. Among them was my grandfather Chief Charlo, whose wife was with child. My father was the first of the skraelings to be born on this new world.
My father was strong and it is said that he had the strength of a bear and would do the work of ten men and so was given the name Ten Bears. Ten Bears was a slave like all the skraelings brought over to Cheliax.
However the Great Spirit saw what was happening to the people of Arcadia and took pity on them. Many skraelings were freed when guardians of freedom who bore the sign of the eagle freed our people.
Ten Bears lead a small group of Defohy north until we found land to call home in what is called Restov Plains. There. Our people prospered living peacefully on the plains and many new Defohy were born.
Ten Bears took a wife and bore a son, White Eagle.
For many years my people lived freely on the Rostov plains, trading goods with the settlements in this new land. My brother, Swift Elk, would lead hunting parties and trade furs with other Ulfen hunters and trappers.
Soon though Cheliax warriors would try and destroy the peace my people have created. (Note Cheliax is the name given to all human bandits, brigands, or other unsavory types, including warlords). Many disguised as Defohy attacked and scalped local Brevoy villagers.
Trust of the local villages and settlements was beginning to deteriorate. Ten Bears journeyed to the Ulfen city of Restov to plead the case of our people.
The Mayor agreed to a treaty with Ten Bears. The Defohy people would provide one of their own and explore the place called the Stolen Lands and there the Defohy could go and make a new home. And in return the people of Restov would assist and help protect the Defohy people.
During this time White Eagle had recently returned from his journey of the Wyakin to receive his guardian spirit. White Eagle had a vision while alone that he would be a great leader of his people guiding them to new lands and better hunting grounds. White Eagle was to go to fulfill Ten Bears promise to the Chief of Restov.
The Defohy have a strong belief in dreams and visions. Young boys and girls went alone to remote places hoping to receive knowledge of a personal guardian spirit. This personal WYAKIN would warn them of danger and give them special powers. In all phases of daily life, the Defohy thought of the spirits of forces and objects around them as supernatural WYAKIN
Thinking of an Evangelist cleric if that archetype is acceptable, still kicking some ideas around so not sure on deity or race yet.
Dotting for interest, want to see how a couple other apps turn out first. Really liking the idea of a ranger/rogue that has been forced to accept this job. Got caught doing some illegal work or was framed for something. The Swordlords decided that the character could be more resourceful and a better example to them serving as the chartering party instead upon the executioner's block.
A matter of curiosity, regarding the crafting feats.
Would the wizard's Scribe Scroll and the alchemist's Brew Potion be replaced as per PFS rules, or would they just be dormant?
@Josef orlovsky: Yes, that covers it. Thx!
@Aquanda: Sub-domains are fine. Horse comes with supplies, you just need to feed it. Yes, a light horse.
@Lady Ladile: Archetype is allowed.
@Mahorfeus: Scribe Scroll and Brew Potion work as normal and are not affected.
We got a lot of Aldori
Considering a gnome bard with wanderlust. He has been in some shady dealings in Brevoy, and needs to lie low (the Brigand campaign trait), but his natural wanderings and inquisitiveness are what's really driving him.
No bards submitted yet, it appears. Or gnomes for that matter.
If I didn't make it clear before, please address the following questions in your applications:
Why do you care about the Greenbelt, a clearly dangerous place and realm? What made you accept the Swordlords' charter to "colonize" the wilderness? Groups sent before you have died! I want to get a feel for your character's psychology and motivations. Saying "I'm an adventurer" is not enough. Why did you choose this life? Why not be a butcher/herbalist/tanner and live a long healthy life instead of risking death at the end of a bandit's sword or a creature's claw?
Thanks!
This should be covered in his story line (updated).
He's a soldier, son of a soldier, given training opportunity above his station but with no way to grow upwards without a nurturing patron, lands or title.
This opportunity may have been meant to kill him. He certainly could not have gotten on this charter without some influence but he's willing to face anonymous death in the middle of nowhere to be more that what he is now.
Considering a gnome bard with wanderlust. He has been in some shady dealings in Brevoy, and needs to lie low (the Brigand campaign trait), but his natural wanderings and inquisitiveness are what's really driving him.
No bards submitted yet, it appears. Or gnomes for that matter.
Well, you say that but my Cleric plays like a Bard. :p
How about this guy? I beleive his background speaks a lot of his motivations and desires.
My timezone is CET/WAT (GMT+1)
GMT +11
I have updated gear and motivations.
OK was looking over the ACG stuff.
looks like Chief White Eagle could be a Shaman or Hunter class.
Are the Playtest classes available?
Also with just a back story done, any comments/criticizims so far?
@Edward Sobel: Playtest classes are available. Concept looks good, no questions for now.
I'd like to sub a ranger for this game. Like many submittals, this character was in a game that failed to get half way through book 1. I am in Central time zone. I'll add a little more detail to his background but wanted to get him into consideration.
Thanks for running!
Any questions about my character?
Anything you would like to change, anything you would advice?
Also what noble house could/should he belong?
Any questions about my character?
Anything you would like to change, anything you would advice?
Also what noble house could/should he belong?
Nothing for now. There are minor corrections to the sheet, like a crossbow crits on 19-20 and x2 damage, but those are things that can be fixed if selected.
I think the identity of the noble house could be an intriguing mystery to pursue, especially if unknown to you.
All sorted now to 20 point buy! (was on 15 before)
Str and Dex is purposely low and is not a dump. This character is physically weak and I will be roleplaying every single part of that.
When it comes to running, he'll be out of breath before anyone. He will never be a frontline character, commanding only from the back where he can have a good view of the battles in front of him and supporting those he works with, keeping himself and all those around him alive with his own tactics and abilities.
He may be a supportive character (incredibly well so at that), but he has his own motives and see's those he works with as people working for him. He's physically pathetic but mentally outstanding and will be a formidable opponent, but an even greater ally.
P.s. If you need help with maps, I'm good with Photoshop, so will happily scale maps and characters for you in each encounter. :)
Den is ready for a review as well. Let me know what you like and don't like.
Presenting Olo Dudley, for your consideration.
If you like the basics of the concept, I am happy to elaborate on the backstory and motivation, but I think I covered what you're looking for.
My time-zone is EST (New Yorker here). I can post daily, daytime and/or late-night.
Thanks for running this :)
question:
is it possible (based on White Eagle's back story) that he speak his native tongue in addition to common? (this will be his bonus language based on a 12 Int. BTW)
Here's my submission. I still need to my some mundane adventuring gear, but I think otherwise he's all set.
I'm in the eastern time zone of the US.
Oh, also full disclosure, I'm currently GMing this AP, but I can keep player knowledge and character knowledge separate.
List of applicants so far:
Andrej Catfoot - Human fighter (GMT +11)
Josef Orlovsky - Human fighter (GMT -6)
Elwitta Bad-Axe - Dwarf fighter (?)
Alexio Thraxas - Human fighter (GMT -5)
Arran Innatven - Human Ranger (GMT +1)
Dendarial the Ken Hunter - Elven Ranger (GMT - 6)
Simeon the Wanderer - Human Fighter (GMT-5)
Faffnyr - Human sorcerer - (GMT)
Lelouch vi Orlovsky - Human cleric (GMT)
Olo Dudley - Halfling bard (GMT-5)
Chief White Eagle - Human shaman? (?)
Others pending concepts/background or narrowing class and/or race. Let me know if I missed anyone.
submitting this guy, he was not accepted into two other adventuring campaigns. So my backstory is really long, it will include him not being able to adventure into serpents skull or jade regant, but I will add to his backstory to match this campaign as well, that's what it says to do in PBP if not accepted or you came from another campaign, if that is okay. He isn't core race, but you said it could be justified and he definitely came from a different land originally.
Ok I have White Eagle mostly done but cannot get him posted till late tonight (if I am lucky) (work then my table game tonight)
BTW I am EST so I hope it is in before the deadline...
Also White Eagle is a human Shaman I took a Hawk as a familiar as I canot find an Eagle, so I was going to use the stats of a Hawk but its actually an Eagle.