You could have a connection to Saronis easily he could be a friend, mentor, or such to your father. Saronis could be related to Sharea somehow, he could be her uncle or some other familial tie. Lots of options, the only question is how you want to incorporate him or others. If there is a familial tie, it would make even more sense why a dragonmark appeared on you Sharea.
Recent background and events
Part of the background was that she lives in Sharn now after not being not welcome in Stormhome.
While she commands magic intuitively she is curious about magic. While she has no intention of becoming a wizard she works at the university for a professor, helping him severely to spice his lectures up, making them actually popular among the students and thus deepening her own understanding of magic by experiencing it without being forced into the thinking of a wizard.
She is not actually unhappy, but she is more and more drifting into an all too normal life as an employee and she would very much like to find ways to prove herself and ... well, she is not naive, but cannot deny quite romantic dreams of adventures. Which is why she hangs out at the borders of the underground and delves in information brokerage and provides magical expertise as "QD1".
She is supposed to be a bit of a femme fatale in film noir, but a well meaning one.
She lives in a half-elven community in Sharn, like most half-elves she prefers to stick to her own and likes to involve herself in the community, but keeps that strictly separate from her "adventures".
As you can see from the stats, the familiar was removed, because sorcerers in Pathfinder don't usually have familiars (as opposed to D&D 3). And since she is a dragonmark wielder, she has a dragon bloodline. Silver Dragon to be specific.
Equipment
Well, some items that Tanira had do not make sense for Sharea. In order to be done quickly I bought a ring of protection +1 for 2000 gp and a masterwork dagger, leaving me with 700 gp of which I spend 500 gp on minor things.
Post Rate
I would like once per day. More often is tricky, due to the difference in time zone and because we post at different times of the day - I live in GMT+1.
Connections
She may know Saronis, but then more from her youth at the edge of the forest. She lived near the village of Wyr in Aundair as a child. So I suppose he might know Sharea's mother. Sharea's father is captain of a skyship of house Lyrandar. Sharea's parents met back when he was a lieutenant and their ship had to perform a crash landing near Wyr and they needed appropriate wood to fix the damage. Sharea's mother knew the forest best and... well, the two had a very intense yet short relationship. But I don't see how Saronis would know a trade captain of one of the houses.
She may know Cil, especially if she originally posed as a half elf... helping her with smuggling operations and cast a "silent image" or a "charm person" here and there to cover things up, but she does not wish to be directly involved into anything illegal and would definitely not use the her real name in this context. She would trade her services for rare magical components to get some support at the academy in order to make the professor look over a glitch in operations or other resources disappearing now and then. She would definitely be inclined to help the oppressed and make life a little easier for them. She would not do anything she considers outright unethical. Ultimately she's not in it for the money (she is not greedy and has enough) nor out of altruism (she is a good girl but that's not what drives her), but for the excitement.
She might as well know Falko. She does not usuaully represent house Lyrandar in affairs dealing with other houses, but there may have been a matter that was simply not very important and Sharea was readily available. Maybe a dig of the academy she works needed security and thus she dealt with Falko as member of her house. Later Falko recognized her in her more shady dealings with Cil and Sharea came to visit Falko to implore him to keep quiet about this.
I can do 1/day. I'm looking forward to the fireworks getting started. :D
So it looks like 1/day is the plan, I just hope Cil can get on the band wagon. Speaking of that Cil I believe we are waiting on you for the progression of the story. I will do what I can.
I am willing to be connected to anyone in almost any way, just let me know how you want to do it. Remember there are two background stories under my alias, the one I tell most people and the more real gritty story that I only tell if I have to.
1 per day is good for me.
I'll get a post in a tad later....
Alright... I think this character is finished so far. May I post now?
Yes Sharea go right ahead. I will be looking over your character sheet now.
Looks good nothing wrong that I can see with my sleep deprived eyes.
Did you figure out how you were going to be connected with other players?
To Cil, Saronis and Falko, yes. :) All right, gotta get some groceries and then I'll write something... starting with how she prepares in her own apartment, if I got that right.
The story isn't the best I've ever written. A lot of kitsch, a lot of Cinderella in there. But I think when I rewrote the original I made it a bit more plausible and gave it at least a bit more spice.
Does that make sense? Any questions?
And check whether the scene is consistent with a shifter attack, even though she does not have the nerve to investigate it in detail.
Should I write a follow up thread right now?
Well, just cut this is short as possible. I wanted to just go on and write a post where she coming into the Rusty Tankard and meets the others, but in order to do so I must have an understanding of what went on. At the moment I could say: "Hello folks... something happened." and if I was to explain what "something" means I'd be at a loss.
I would really like to meet up with the group and get going.
Sorry guys RL has exploded on me. Sorry for being away and I will likely be gone until Monday, I will try to post but no promises.
It's okay. That happens to all of us at some point or another.
Back from camp, lets see what happens now that the whole group is here.
You should all know what shifters are in Eberron since they are a race specifically created for the campaign setting. To give you a blurb:
Shifters, sometimes called "the weretouched" are descended from humans and natural lycanthropes. now nearly extinct on Khorvaire. Shifters cannot fully change shape but can take on animistic features-a state they call shifting. Shifters have evolved into a unique race that breeds true. they have a distinct culture with its own traditions and identity.
Jake are you coming back? We still have some time... let me know before you just jump in.
If new players come in, OceanShieldWolf has got a vote from ke. Played with them in several games before.
Where is OSW? *Looking intently now...*
Ah that is right he just showed interest, well, we will see what happens.
Hello dm,
Reporting in from the old game thread
Sorry everyone I have been working, Yay!, and helping clean up/move my fiance and her parents places before the Inlaws showed up.
Pop in Jake and greet rook at the front door. Though before doing that you might want to see who you can connect with. When in doubt you can be an old buddy of Saronis from one escapade or another... Either ask or come up with connections here or PM people.
Jake please update you background and equipment with the starting values on the recruitment thread. Check out the first post.
Will do Falko thanks for the update.
Sorry everyone I was being more retroactive rather than proactive. I think I will move the story along even more now that we have a majority of the players.
Right now you might be thinking should we start in rounds? I tell you 'no', at least not until you engage in a fight or a chase.
Cil and Sharea know that there are four main exits. Out the front door, out the kitchen 'back door', go down four floors to the next level below, or climb eight stories to get to the level above.
If you want more description about something say it here and I will do my best to describe it in gameplay or here, depending on what is asked.
Sorry, I am still here.
I updated my profile to include the mage armour. It lasts for three hours...
Thanks Sharea!
Tsk, Tsk, Tsk... Rhobannon not trusting the group to get in there? Changing your action mid round... bad form... I like the intent but you really should have kept with the first posted action... now it will get tougher on the group...
Get in where? Honestly im 100% confused on where everything is.
i got the impression that the area where rook is is sorta to the side, only slightly out of the way from where we came from and the room Saronis opened.
Re:mid round change, i figured that would be on my next action.
i figured Cil would want her friend saved, and i have a decent AC against shifters.
Sorry I meant to put in some smiles with the post. ;) I really did not mean it to sound so serious. :)
I can whip up a quick map, it was just that you had posted for Round 2, then put in more actions. Did you mean to change what you were doing or actions for Round 3? Roger for Round 3, well it helps when you mark your actions/posts with which rounds they are suppose to be attached.
Everyone please mark your actions with "Round 3" to help keep things organized.
Here it is:
Map/Grid of Rusty Tankard flight!
I am not quite sure when exactly the current conversation takes place, but Sharea will have wanted to take her rest as well. If she did use another Silent Image she would be down to two level one spells otherwise.
Check out my most recent post. It allows for a night of rest if it makes sense with your character.
yeah, store crashed while i was trying to edit that in
Yeah I know it happened to me as well, at least I saved the post!
Tenro I think you got the wrong link, or at least it doesn't make sense to me.
keith-baker.com/dragonmarks-7214-subraces-sarlona-and-more/
Ok I see your point. LOL: "That’s the sexiest minotaur I’ve ever seen!”
I was actually going to play that angle with Saronis without even reading that! ;)
Ah, that makes the hat kinda superfluous then. Although the the Sexiest Minotaur thing is going to be interesting seeing as she's just a bit on the naive side.
That said, I was under the impression that Rakshasas were feared/hated, and I figured anyone that managed to figure out she was Rakshasa-blooded would want to do her in. I can see that isn't probably going to work, so yeah, bring on the awkwardness-inducing unwanted advances.
Most folk would have little idea that you were Rakshasa blooded though. Yes Rakshasa's are feared and most people are scared of anything different anyways.
Good luck with the advances, LOL ;)
Yeah, Rhobannon missed the check to determine Rakshasa-ness, but it would be more of something he would monitor quietly rather than blow up into an awkward conversation
If you have nothing to add to the discussion at least tell us what you are doing and such, I would like everyone to at least post something.
Posted. Howl can be a bit dense at times. :D
My bachelor party is this weekend so I will be away until at least Sunday night.