Sure, outliers. By all means put bodybuilding or martial arts in your background or as part of your NPC class. ;)
Being anti-social might mean a low Charisma, or a high Charisma with a forceful personality...
I didn't mean it that way...just a way of explaining how we use real life instances to explain why some of these kids might be the way they are or that it's possible to have those kinds of stats.
I've gotten better at social situations since then....but all kids are different in the ways they deal with things. That's all I was really trying to say. I was just using myself as an example.
Gashka is the way she is because of the things she's gone through and all the responsibilities she has at home. Both of her parents work hard to provide for their family, so she had to take care of alot of the heavier chores. Plus she's very physically active, swimming, fishing, ect. She's learned over time how to hit people and make it hurt...things like that. She don't need martial arts. LOL
I'm not really thinking you are meaning anything in particular Gashka. It's all good. :)
I was a weedy, short kid, but knew big solid kids too. I've coached football for plenty of years, so I've seen the gamut of physicality - strength, stamina, endurance, dexterity, alacrity; and social stuff - shy, brash, noisy, quiet, violent, peaceful, bright, dull etc...
It takes all kinds and it takes a village... ;)
I hated school, every last stinkin minute of it. I was NEVER coordinated enough for any sports, which since I was like super tall the coaches never seemed capable of understanding that and kept trying to push me to join stuff...which they stopped once most of their players ended up injured thanks to my clumsiness. :o)
Sorry if I seem a little defensive, but people were constantly underestimating me or just trying to make my life a living Hell....I guess that's pretty much why I am the way that I am now. I know you didn't mean anything by it. And it is all good.
Understood Gashka, and I empathise. Being a hypercapitated Lego and RPG nerd wasn't made much fun by being small to boot, but my Dad was a soccer coach and my elder brother played too. I was good at it, but never really loved it.
Now I mentor kids rather than try to get them to fit in where they obviously don't want to be, and I raise my son to be his own person rather than live vicariously through him like my mother sometimes tried to do.
Growing up is hard, and I never forgot what it was like to be a kid. I'm very conscious of kids' abilities. I think that's enough self-psych for one night... ;)
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Gashka I have this mental image of our first meeting going like this:
Gashka is storming away from a group of children who were making comments about her small stature and slightly Orcish speech, having decided that leaving was better than hurting them at the moment. She's just out of earshot of them when she sees a grey catfolk kit hanging by his knees from a tree branch.
"Was those guys your friends? They were bein pretty mean... why ya didn't hit 'em?"
Gashka stared back at him for a second, a little taken aback and still choked up with her anger.
"Want me to go hit 'em? they don't look like they'd be fun to fight though." He Swings down from the tree and with a nimble half turn,
lands flat on his face...
Gashka stifles back the giggles at his mishap as he gets up and dusts himself off "no no, that's alright... who are you? are you new here?"
He just gives an impish grin and says "Yeah, I'm Tikkle" :3
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Yea I would like to know how old we are ultimately. If I were an early teen I'd be an archer proper as opposed to a rock thrower. I mean how else could I volunteer for tribute? :)
Maybe Gashka comes from strong stock. Like maybe related to Skaar?
Poor Flashohol...no sickies!!!!
@Asho...yeah enough of the Psych talk...but it helps to get other peoples opinions and hear their stories. I think that's one of the reasons I like this so much....
What's that about being related to Skaar? LOL
@Tikkle Thats funny...it's a cute way for characters to meet. We shall see what happens once the party is finally formed.
*gettin antsy*
It's kinda funny that you mention Skaar since Henry and I were joking around me being the child of Corda and Skaar, but I just thought that seemed...I don't know, too weird?
I'm watching Scary Movie 3 right now and laughing my ass off.
Well you are the strongest kid we've ever seen and a half-orc. I think we have ourselves an origin story!
LOL......if you only knew
Heh.
Ahhhh
"hello?"
hello
*waves
Hi!
I don't think I have any tie in for any of you guys.
Well she's a noble who doesn't want to act like it. Looks like she needs a bad-boy. Like the kind that plays hooky to skip rocks and stuff like Flynt.
Well she's a noble who doesn't want to act like it. Looks like she needs a bad-boy. Like the kind that plays hooky to skip rocks and stuff like Flynt.
Maybe...
O.M.G ROFLMAO
Well, being that pretty much all but one of you are from the same village, I think is stands to reason that you might have some sort of knowledge of each other.
@ Tikkle - Loved that little scene, I think you and Gashka should develop it a little more.
@ Viluki - Let me see if I have this correct. Family is pretty straight forward, a Cabal is like a Clan, and then a Council is a collection of Cabal's. Is that right?
@ Vallterra - Given your rebellious nature, I can see you falling in with the escapades of Flynt and his brother Nathaniel.
Soft kitty, warm kitty
Little ball of fur.
Happy kitty, sleepy kitty
Purr purr purr
There's the Big Bang reference. I was wondering how long it was going to take before you did one.
Are we creating backstory up to being taken?
Anyka's biggest flaw might be not knowing when to back down from a fight.
Not that long. LOL :oP
Depends on if the creepy guys flute or whatever has spell like abilities that put children to sleep when they hear it or not. *shrugs*
Unless he has a way of knocking us out before nabbing us, I can't see Gashka going without a fight either...even if it's in vain. Just depends on how he grabs the kids.
What does your parent(s)/guardian(s) do for a living?
Anyka’s father was a local noble, well respected as an area merchant and landowner, descended from those who founded the town. He died a few years ago on a diplomatic mission at the capitol that went horrible wrong, though Anyka doesn’t know the details. Her mother is a retired adventurer, who decided to settle in Swampwood when she fell in love with Anyka’s father.
Were you born in Swampwood?
Yes. She has actually never been more than a few miles outside the town, though she plans on changing that.
What interests does your character have?
Chafing at the trappings of nobility, and seeking an outlet for her emotions after losing her father, Anyka’s mother has indulged her, hiring a swordmaster to give the girl a means of expressing, and hopefully channeling her frustrations and aggression. She has a fierce sense of fairness, though this is beginning to be tempered by what she has seen in her little escapades into the less pleasant parts of the town. Though she would deny it she actually likes dancing, finding herself as happy when doing it as when engaging in swordplay.
What does your character dream of being when they’re older?
Having recently discovered that her mother used to be an adventurer, she dreams of traveling into the world finding adventure and fighting against those who would take advantage f others….just like in the bards’ tales.
Backstories aren't really too important at this stage. It's more of a 'this is the starting point' and this adventure is the first step on the path of destiny. So if you've answered the questions, you're pretty set. Although having some extra details couldn't hurt.
\(^w^)/ Yay soft kitty! Tikkle loves acting like an actual cat, and if you scratch or stroke the right places he WILL fall asleep in your lap.
Now Tikkle just reminds me of Brian from Family Guy.
That totally fits into Gashkas personality too....he's catfolk and I could totally see Gashka going, "What a nice kitty kitty" While petting him and scratching behind his ears. Probably take him home and ask, "Can I keep him?" LOL I can really see those two becoming buddy buddy.
you have is essentially correct, also do note that while it may not be the case now Cabals will as the drow settlement becomes more successful begin jockeying for position and influence. They will start to form factions, at this moment they are preoccupied with the goal of survival...
Maybe not exactly like that, but something close to it.
Maybe not exactly like that, but something close to it.
That's what I get for posting when I'm half outta it from sleep deprivation. LOL Oh well....
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@ Tikkle - Loved that little scene, I think you and Gashka should develop it a little more.
I'm game! I assume Gashka would ask and find out that I'm a drifter at such a young age, so once the pleasantries are out of the way, What else happens, Gashka?
Actually GM, how DO you justify us having three NPC levels as kids?
who knows? GM anything I've missed?
I just got home from work and have to stay up due to getting blood splattered all over my scrub pants, so I washed out what I could with peroxide and put it in the laundry. I need some time to think about that Tikkle. It's not like ur a pet, but still she would feel bad about leaving you out all alone. She would most likely take you home to meet her mother, and father if he's not out doing something else. She would then explain your sad plight to her folks and beg them to let you stay with them most likely. ;oP
I sure did look in that spoiler too....you're already a stinker!
@ Asho - Well, mechanically, it allows me to throw some slightly higher challenges at you and I find it also allows all of you to properly build a character that fits the image you had in mind. Don't get me wrong, starting at level one is fun, but sometimes if find it hard to write a proper backstory with such limited starting stats. It's why I normally have my players start anywhere from levels three to five, richer backstories. Does that make sense? Fluff wise...... really active childhoods?
@ Viluki - Not that I can tell. I think it's safe for you to make a profile now. Lol.
@ Tikkle - Why am I getting the feeling, you would be the Gary of the group?
@GM Who's Gary? From a show?
It's a reference to this.
@ Asho - Well, mechanically, it allows me to throw some slightly higher challenges at you and I find it also allows all of you to properly build a character that fits the image you had in mind. Don't get me wrong, starting at level one is fun, but sometimes if find it hard to write a proper backstory with such limited starting stats. It's why I normally have my players start anywhere from levels three to five, richer backstories. Does that make sense? Fluff wise...... really active childhoods?
I can get behind that mechanically. I do like starting at level 1, but I'm OK with this obviously. And I think everyone has really brought the concept alive flavorwise to make it make sense.