I am in the process of creating a campaign website that will have details on the setting as well as any houserules we will be using. Once it is done and I have my players selected I will give each player access to the site.
The reason I am waiting is I am planning on including some material that I will be using in an upcoming product that my company will be releasing. So those in this game will have a chance to playtest the material before its release.
I've put this up on the site, but I'm posting it here to get comments. I haven't mentioned the other wanderers because I don't know how we're coming together. If you guys want, we can work that out or we could just meet on the road and go from there.
Born in the Kingdom of Kakushi, the boy who would become The Howling Wind was rescued at the young age of six by a martial artist when his home was attacked by bandits. He longed to study the style of swordplay practiced by his nameless savior, but though young boy possessed great talent, the nameless master could sense within him a terrible darkness. Knowing that his teachings could not diminish the boy's deep-seeded hatred, the nameless master refused to pass on the secrets of his sword technique. Filled with shame, he left the nameless one and set out into the world, vowing to himself to become a swordsman greater even than the nameless master himself. The boy survived on his own, eventually making his way to a port town where he fell in with wokou, or pirates. For a time, he felt at home amidst the heartless cutthroats, exulting in the savagery and carnage they left in their wake and for a while, he forgot the oath he made. In time, the boy became a man and as a man, the Howling Wind, or Xiao Feng as he came to be called by the clan, would eventually captain his own ship.
But that sense of joy would not last long.
The head of the wokou clan became jealous of Xiao's fast rise to prominence. Fearful that the Howling Wind was becoming too ambitious for his own good, the chieftain of the pirate clan petitioned Kiuatsu, the Wokou Lord, for aid to eliminate this potential rival. Unaware of the conspiracy to destroy him, Xiao Feng reveled in the freedom of being a wokou. But Xiao began to be haunted by dreams he'd not had since he was a child, visions of a golden sword and a man whose face he knew but could not name. Xiao sought to find the meaning of his dreams. In time, Xiao would find the sword from his nightly visions, the Golden King Saber. However as Xiao was preparing to learn more of this weapon and what ties it had to the nameless man from his dreams, a fleet led by the head of his clan struck. In the wake of the attack, Xiao was left for dead amidst the flotsam of his broken vessel. In time, Xiao Feng recovered enough to flee Kakushi in secret, making his way through the Teichi and Tong Shi Kingdoms before stopping in Ling Do in Erufu Kingdom, where he has been, until recently, living quietly and training his body.
Now the time has come for the Howling Wind to sweep forth and undertake his quest for revenge on those that abandoned and betrayed him.
Looks great, and has a lot of ties that I was going to suggest. It really helps with planning out the story so that each character has conflicts and resolutions within the overarching story. And trust me, you haven't seen the last of Kiuatsu or the Wokou.
Also to note, here is the link to the other discussion thread. I will be posting it in the Info page as well.
I'm at the fine tuning stage in character creation. Should be 100% ready to rock and roll by the weekend.
Personally I don't really like the idea of a talking sword for the bladebound archetype, it just puts silly pictures in my head. With your permission I'd like to reserve the telepathic communication as it's key form and a minimal one at that. It would more or less influence him to think or act one way or another rather than start up a conversation. Could serve as a deus ex machina at the very least...?
Lastly, I'd kick myself if I didn't at least ask, have you considered gestalt? Seems a lot of people are multiclassing.
It's not so much intelligent items, as they can gain the ability to speak, it is just the black blade, which is essentially a dumbed down version of an intelligent item.
Taking a glance at the character it looks good. I haven't finished reading the backstory yet but so far so good. Now all you need to do is post this on the website on your character page.
Sorry for the length of that. I made the mistake of drinking a 20oz red bull as if it were a soda while I was writing so I started rambling even more than usual.
I have access to edit in the logistics and treasure log tabs of your website but I can't get into the character manager. I'm basically down to choosing equipment and arguing the necessity of the craft wand feat so I shouldn't be that much longer.
It should be fine, we will just have you as a new recruit that still isn't trusted fully. Thank you, I am still trying to finish up some of the flavor stuff and world info, and maybe get some more of the archetypes, deities, spells, etc. up, and finish the honor conversion stuff. I am not looking forward to spells and monsters, there is a lot that needs touching.
@Endoralis (Jin Hebimoto), The Maven (Renzo Agasha), and Morrin (Xao Pa-Wu), you guys still need to put your info up on the website.
@Endoralis and The Maven, I have not seen any responses or posts from you in a while. If I don't see something soon as to your progress with your character I may have to drop you from the game for now so that they other players can start soon.
@Morrin, by the way there is a whole new forum for the Travelers that you can go and communicate with the others of your game. But it has been a few days since I have heard from you as well. So I may have to do the same as I am going to do with Endoralis and The Maven.
Also the three above. If you are no longer interested let me know so I can find replacements. And if I don't hear from you within two weeks of starting the game I will just drop you and replace you.
Sorry, but I want this game to be enjoyable to those that are taking it seriously.
Also I just want to apologize if things seems to die off a little last week. I just started school and work again. I am just having to get used to the new schedule (which is why I was figuring we wouldn't be starting till the 1st) and since it is nearing the end of the second week things are calming down a bit.
So starting next week we should be starting the game at least with introductions.
I have decided to continue to use my Honor system, and I will try to finish the rest of the information soon. If you have any questions about interactions just ask.
Also, I am planning on getting an introductory post up today. So keep an eye on the gameplay thread.
I just want to apologize for not getting the site completely finished, or even really fleshed out a little. I will try my hardest to get as much of it filled in. It has just been difficult since I am doing a lot of it on the fly since this game wasn't really pre planned.
So it looks like we lost a player, The Maven, and I don't know where Endoralis is. He hasn't done anything yet so I am assuming he either isn't interested or doesn't have the time or resources to play. So that leaves PoisonousDahlia left that needs to post.
I will try to get two more players for this group over the weekend and get the next part of the story posted then as well. Thanks for sticking through the waiting period with me.
Gosh Darnit
Okay as you guys as my witness after work i shall have my character up, This is a new computer ( A laptop) because my old one's screen got broken and then i had to pull alot from my savings to get this one, unfortunately because said broken screen I cant eve send the info on there nor look at it... SOOOO after work today I shall post it up, I have Decided on Synthesist 4/ Mysterious Stranger 1 btw and gone with the Half-elf with the Snake motifs... I apologize greatly
As I just got out of class I will get responses to questions tomorrow. But here are a few things that I noticed that I wanted to address before we get to far into the game.
@Cassian You can't use Knowledge skills untrained and neither of the ones you used have ranks in them, so they are untrained.
@Tenpenny Do you need some assistance putting your character info on the website page? You seem to missing some things and some things seem a little off. If you need help I can assist you with it.
I took the Breadth of Experience feat (APG, pg 151). I even considered editing that into my post from my phone. Sorry for the mix up.
Just wanted to let everyone know that I have made the website open to viewing for everyone. I figured that there isn't really anything I need to hide on it for now, so this way others can read and get interest and maybe follow the story. And if anyone is interested in helping me flesh out the kingdoms and towns let me know.
Do you want to do the Kingdom or the City?
Edit: Strike that, I already have some info on the Kingdom. So the city it is.
Think something like a cross between THIS and THIS with a more natural flair, it is located on the edge of a large forest and a large lake.
Being the capital city it has a large assortment of elven and kitsune goods (with the list of resources on the kingdom page being examples) as well as magical items that deal and interact with spirits.
Also to note is that being the largest city in the kingdom means that they also have a large airship dock and a train station that leads to the other two cities in the kingdom, Ling Do and Yui Ni.
So good luck.