Heh. looking over other characters I think I might have made a mistake. Sooo I have a question...
number of starting feats...
every 1st level toon gets one. 1 for adventurer class, 1 for human race and 3 pts worth of selected feats. or is the 1 for class considered the feat that all 1st level characters get? no big deal but i might need to lose a feat.
"The Terrors" or "The Devil's Coin"
Few written records exist from the earliest settlers in this world, but those few that remain and oral tradition make a few things clear. Somewhere, there is a larger world, where the first settlers of this smaller one first lived. Something terrible was happening in this other world, and many tried to flee. Somehow, a caravan of refugees learned of the entry to this place, and were told that it would mean a home for them and their children - but at a price that would remain unspoken. Whether this was a celestial being, a mortal of great power, or Asmodeus himself is unknown, but over the generation many have ended up believing it is the latter. It didn't take long for the populace to learn that the obelisks were somehow related, and to begin keeping a watch on them. Sometimes hundreds of years pass between the terrors, but there have been times when one followed on another's heels in mere days.
The First Death - Something like smoke in the air killed many who breathed it, and killed every last dwarf that had come to this supposed refuge. This is said to have happened very shortly after the settlers arrive.
Time of the hungry wild - A few years after the first death, packs of wolves, and according to legend more dangerous creatures, suddenly arrived in great numbers, roaming and killing until a group of heroes fought them off. The wolves and such that now live in the wild are generally skittish, aside from the occasional raid on livestock.
The Flood - Suddenly rising waters left only a few pockets of land habitable, leaving only a few isolated communities. Dunstone, situated on a high hill, was the largest of these settlements.
The Sudden Flame - A fire swept from pole to pole, destroying homes, crops, and forestland. it took a decade to restore normalcy.
The rage - Something in the air, or in the water, caused men and women to be filled with anger at best, and murderous rage at the worst. This lasted only for a few days, but it was enough to cause terrible damage. In its wake, many who could not live with the knowledge of what they had done - regardless of the unnatural influence - chose to take their own lives.
The Great Storm - History says this event was relatively mild - much destruction of homes and crops occurred, but little loss of life.
The Second Death- Just days after the great storm, a visible blackness came on the wind, and again those who breathed it sickened and died. What records and stories remained from the time of the first death suggest that this second one was a trifle in comparison, though the toll seemed terrible enough to those at its time.
The Mixed Blessing - A metal giant emerged from the forest unexpecedly and with ferocity, wiping out many dozens before it was rendered lifeless. The metal harvested from its remains proved invaluable in forging tools.
The Second Flood - This second flood wiped out the lowlands again, but most people were able to gather at least some of their belongings and speedily travel to one of the hilltop settlements. After a few tense months of cramped living, the people dispersed and rebuilding began
The Broken Ground - An earthquake shook the land and threw down much that had been built since the time of the flood. Worse still was the fate of Nethor, a town which had thrived from its quarry, supplying this world with stone. When the quake ended, nothing of Nethor remained but a large sinkhole. When early attempts to search for survivors resulted only in several would-be rescuers becoming trapped in rubble or falling to their deaths, Nethor was abandoned. There
have occasionally been those brave enough to tunnel into the ruins in search of valuables.
The Famine - A supernatural blight on the land caused crops to wither, livestock to die off en-masse, and stored grains and meats to rot away. The ordered society that had existed for generations, centered around the hilltop communities that survived the first flood, broke down into anarchy. Among those alive today there are many ashamed of what they did to survive in those days - and some who regret only that they did not react quicker to their own benefit.
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Sorry about the delay in posting - yesterday evening was busy, and I've had family over today capitalizing on a bit of winter weather to much enjoyment. I'll confirm our player list soon - which I will relent and expand to include 6 or 7 instead of my initial plan of 4. Thanks to all for the effort in submitting their characters.
Note to Bolt - A first level character does indeed get their normal beginning feat, a bonus feat from the class, 3 points to spend from the training feature, and potentially a racial bonus feat if they are human.
Ugh, just got internet to allow me back.
If I am too late, oh well. But here is my submission.
Friedrich Armitage, half elf librarian archivist loremaster.
S 12
D 14
C 14
I 16
W 14
C 14
Feats.
Awareness
Arcane talent
3p combat casting
Skills
Acrobatics
Climb +
Diplomacy
Knowledge geography +
Knowledge nature
Knowledge Arcane +
Knowledge dungeoneering,+
Knowledge history +
Linguistics +
Perception +
Plus symbol denotes where I am placing ranks.
Backstory
Being a librarian was Friedrichs dream job. Until he started wondering about the library and all those abandoned documents. Now he works to recover those, and bring them to the library.
And baby with poopy diaper and dying phone require i pause the character creation.
Can't wait to see if Merle gets to exist!
Great Bolt can stay as is... now hope he gets to come alive as well... luck Jelani.
Good luck to all. XD
@ Haiku thanks for more history/ backstory fodder. world seems very interesting.8)
:P
I actually kinda hate Merle, but I like Earl a lot. I was inspired by growing up in Ohio, the Walking Dead and Borderlands 2 the Hodunk clan.
Ohio? What part?
heh. but isnt Merle the name you love to hate? makes a decent bad guy.
*waits impatiently for the 10th n the start of the new season..*
Outside Columbus. Spent a fair amount of time down in Athens though, my wife's from there.
Ah, grew up outside of Akron.
My little brother is going to college there right now.
Just another check-in, since we get the 1st-level feat PLUS all the others (I assumed that the Adventurer got feats at each level instead of the normal feat progression), Kearan picked up Toughness. Now he's hard to kill, which is always nice at 1st level, hah.
Here is my alias.
Looks like Mokrim gets another feat as well, then (I think?). I'll try to pick fast.
Edit: Went with Fast Learner. :)
Looking forward to the rolecall good luck to everyone.
After deliberating today, I've decided to widen the pool of players all the way to 8. If I bungle anything early on I hope you'll forgive me as this will be new to me both due to the number of players and the play-by-post nature. I somewhat regret expanding the player base since that leaves us only a few applicants not brought in, and it does seem an arbitrary cut off - but I figure the line must be drawn somewhere. Thanks again to everyone who expressed interest and rolled up character for my unorthodox beginning - and a hearty welcome to the following characters:
Bolt
Brine Baxter
Caelreth Dho’Eldren
Kearan the Short
Merle Rutter
Mokrim
Nial Farnell
Rotann
Out of character discussion thread is open here.
I will be reading this one.