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Hello All
This has been a project I have been sitting on for a little while now, but which I am excited to begin with all of you.
The idea is to play Ire of the Storm as a little mini-campaign and use it as a lead into the Year 9 Exchange Meta-plot taking place largely in this coastal southern Garund region
Ire of the Storm (level 1 or 2 if you're bringing in an existing PFS character and which will take you to level 5)
Champion's Chalice Pt 1 (5.1)
Champion's Chalice Pt 2 (5.2)
Signs in Senghor (5.3)
Bloodcove Blockade (6.1)
Before the Dawn Pt 1 (6.2)*
Before the Dawn Pt 2 (6.3)*
The Ghol-Gan Heresy (7.1)
*these two are somewhat negotiable but there isn't a lot of fitting content to splice in at that tier
This should form a nice little narrative and will be run with as much connective tissue as I can really muster. If you wish to drop out at any point between scenarios that will be fine too - it shouldn't be too hard to find replacements at any given scenario break.
I would prefer this to be done in CORE, but I won't force it if there's no interest
Normally for my PFS tables I go with the customary first come first served but since this is a longer term commitment, I would like to see a little more before I choose a table. Ideally, the character will have been created with this project in mind, but if you have an existing character you are excited to play through this then that's fine too.
So for each player I would like to see:
Character:
PFS#:
Faction (if applicable):
CORE or CLASSIC:
Character Concept:
Roleplay/writing sample: Just something that tells me you'll be up to playing this character longer term than a normal PFS session.
I will be looking to choose 5-6 people.
Thanks GM Eddv for the offer! Below you find my character concept.
Character: Aryas Eltran
PFS#: 314670-5
Faction (if applicable): Grand Lodge
CORE or CLASSIC: Classic
Character Concept: Halfling, Bloodrager 1 / Bard 1
Roleplay/writing sample:
"It is hard to give when you have given all you can give. When you have given up your country, your culture, your roots ... no, when you were forced to give up all this. My parents were from the notoriously insular Song’o tribe of the Laughing Jungle in the south of Sargava. They would have loved to live their life in peace. But they were abducted. Abducted by the Chelish to work as slaves in a country they despised and a culture that eventually tortured them to death. I was was born in Egorion and was treated as slips are treated at the bottom of Chelish society. After the brutal death of my parents I was lucky. Many have heard of the Bellflower Network but to receive the assistance of these angels is something I will never forget. My escape to Korvosa was just a coincidence but here I started to think about a saying ... your roots define the core of what you are. In my case many aspects of my roots are unknown to me. I long to see the homeland of my parents ... to understand my roots. Yes, I will return to Sargava!"
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I would also much prefer to pay this in Core.
Character: Mak'da
PFS#: 44523-39
Faction (if applicable): Exchange
CORE or CLASSIC: CORE
Character Concept: Reluctant go between, Half elf (ekujae) Druid 2
Roleplay/writing sample: The Mwangi is my home, why are these foreigners here? Mother says we must work with them, must learn from them but they know nothing, certainly not how to survive the dangers of the jungle. She says that father was one of them but I have never met him and those I have met have been foolish. But, I will honour her wishes and work with these humans even if they have stirred up the lizard folk. Gozreh preserves those who understand the wild.
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Definitely interested. Will check my stable and see who is available and what would be suitable :)
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Character: Say'ri Al Bashere
Player: Nikolaus de'Shade
PFS #: 200192-7
Faction: Scarab Sages
Core/Classic: Either.
Concept: Dedicated to Horus since birth Say'ri has travelled south, led by strange disruptions in the winds until she reached Pridon's Hearth. (Osirian Paladin of Horus 1)
Roleplaying Sample: A long running campaign Say'ri played in can be found Here. An RP sample I'm particularly happy with was this one when Say'ri suffered a near death experience in the Tomb of Akhentepi, and found out she had a famous ancestor!
"Horus whispers to us in the wind, but lately his messages are... troubled. Even the eldest of our priests find it hard to discern his will and the sacred falcons are uneasy. I feel the wind though - pushing me south. Every day I travel the air becomes more disturbed, harder to breathe. Something is wrong and I believe Lord Horus wants me to find out what it is."
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I would love to do this in CORE. This CORE character has only done the Confirmation.
Character:Xanko Rhenee
PFS#: 114768-47
Faction (if applicable):Exchange
CORE or CLASSIC: CORE
Character Concept:Fighter that is a swashbuckler theme- would take the duelist PrC. Care free, noble irritating, fighter with swagger. Light on his feet and light with his fingers. Xanko is often called the Varisian Cayden Cailen due to the similar looks. However he has an irritating and abrasive personality. He is a dandy of a swordsman and hails from the Varisian barge folk, who are known to be less reputable than others.
Roleplay/writing sample:
Xanko leans one hand against the cavern wall..."Is it over...?" he pants out..."Did we get all of them...?" he wheezes for some air. "We all make it...? Did we get anything good....? Wow I need to work on my cardio."
"I need to take a bath and scrub all this grime of me. Then maybe hit the tavern for a few drinks... whose with me? I hear Sheila is dancing tonight..."
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This is Arisira, a Level 1, XP 0 core bard that is currently wrapping up her first PFS scenario. I could either modify her to match your start point, or just throw her in as is (once this dragging game ends)
Character: Arisira (F Halfling Bard)
PFS#: 273096-5
Faction (if applicable): Exchange
CORE or CLASSIC: Core
Character Concept: Bard/Archer, personality is playful/sarcastic/optimistic.
Roleplay/writing sample: "You had me at adventure!, punctuating the statement with a flurry of a bow. "You don't make it into the legends by staying at home and counting your gold. It is the glory that matters!...Well, I guess the gold matters a little..." Her weight sifts back and forth uneasily. There is nothing quite like an audition to get your nerves going...
You can find her current campaign here: Fallen Fortress
I can also direct you to some other of my active aliases if you want more of a feeling for my posting style!
Okay! My proposal for a classic campaign character above is probably irrelevant as it looks like this is going to be a CORE game! Never played CORE before so I would give it a try. Just thought about the classes and I think I would play a Wizard given the post so far which lean towards more martial characters. ;-)
Character: Shen Hawaah
PFS#: 314670-6
Faction (if applicable): Grand Lodge
CORE or CLASSIC: CORE
Character Concept: Elf, Wizard 1
I believe you have seen my RPG/posting style so I am giving a little bit of background on the character. I am trying to build a connection to Cheliax and Sargava.
Shen had a rough start in life. Found decades ago before the rise of house Thrune on the steps of the temple of Calistria, wrapped in blankets, with no name or note of any kind but a golden mark resembling the holy symbol of the Savored Sting on his arm, his life could have ended right there.
But two Calistrian priests, a Sargavan spy and a Korvosan prostitute, Sharon and Kollina, had received a repeating vision that showed two elves in an immoral union and a strange golden mark on their arms that were identical to the mark on the child in front of their steps.
Irritated but obliged to follow this mystical sign the two women cared for the kid in an environment not typical for a child. They named him Shen and although the life of Sharon and Kollina was centered mainly on themselves and pleasure came before duty they raised him in the faith of Calistria.
Though Shen was not the only child in the temple, his innocence and initial lack of social aptitude led to a harsh life in a house where seduction, vengeance and erratic behavior were the norm. Although he also saw the good that could potentially result from the faith, he also saw the evil that was committed in her name.
A child is framed by the environment that he lives in but Shen was never comfortable with the full aspect Calistria’s portfolio, and it was clear after a while that although he was devoted to his two mothers, Shen was not willing to accept Calistria as his goddess.
The rise of house Thrune and the attack on the Calistrian faith throughout Cheliax led to a disaster that Shen could not have imagined. In a single night the majority of Calistrian clerics in Kintargo were either killed, imprisoned or pushed into hiding. Although Shen was already an adolescent at that time it was nonetheless a shock for him when Sharon proclaimed him independent and left him on his own to leave Cheliax.
Shen ’s survival was not a certainty but he was successful to follow his teachings and made a path through Cheliax that led him to a far corner where his Chelish roots would hold but resistance versus house Thrune was also visible: Sargava!
Character Personality:
Although he is not a follower of Calistria, Shen’s personality is partially shaped by his two mothers that were Calistrian clerics. Shen wants nothing more and nothing less than the freedom to live as he pleases without bothering his environment. He is against the way of the wicked, and distastes amoral behavior. Nonetheless, he values the individual’s right to satisfaction, in whatever form that takes. He accepts that one’s actions have consequences, and knows that life is not fair, nor is it good or evil. It simply is, and he is determined to seize every moment together with companions and help others to experience the fruits that life has to offer.
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Character: Luh Kee
PFS#: 177216-13
Faction (if applicable): Exchange
CORE or CLASSIC: CORE
Character Concept: Luh Kee is a scoundrel who does her best to fight without fighting, using control spells to hinder enemies or lure them into traps rather than attacking directly. Likes to use spells like Animate Rope and Unseen Servant to set up and deploy traps while she leads enemies into disadvantageous positions. She will start at Bard 1, with plans to multiclass into Rogue, and eventually get into the Pathfinder Chronicler prestige class.
Roleplay/writing sample: Ai ya, would you look at all these buildings?! thinks the elven woman as she wanders through the streets of Absalom. Whose idea was it to put them so close together like that? No way you could grow anything here. Turning at the sound of a disturbance down an alleyway, she spots a scrawny, but hard looking young man pushing around a small boy. Seems like a fun place to play some tricks though. With a flick of her wrist, a length of rope at the edge of the alley slithers silently toward the pair. When it gets behind the young ruffian, the rope rises up like a cobra and gives him a tap on the shoulder. As the boy turns to face whatever fool is interrupting his fun, the rope loops itself around his ankles and pulls his feet out from under him, sending his m sprawling into the mud.
With a look of terror, the small boy runs from the alley and passes an eleven woman with a wry grin. The elf gives him a wink, then continues strolling along toward the Grand Lodge of the Pathfinder Society.
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Aleth Cadairn, human unchained summoner, and his eidolon Eddie
267725-1
Liberty’s Edge
Standard character creation (I assume this is what you meant by core or classic, but I wasn’t sure)
Character Concept For reasons beyond his own knowledge, Aleth’s mind seems to have a tenuous link to Azathoth, the Blind Idiot God. He has forged a connection with a bizarre eldritch creature who he calls Eddie (since his true name is almost unpronounceable).
Roleplaying Sample Aleth leaned back, looking up at the sky. He began idly tracing the mark on his left palm, as he did when he let his mind wander. "I don’t know, I just don’t understand why that shopkeeper was so scared. Yes, you’re technically not from this plane of existence, but still…” He heard Eddie mutter something in Aklo. Aleth agreed, "True. It might have been that you were eating a rabbit in front of him."
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Character: Gaia Lightfinger
PFS#: 110249-13
Faction (if applicable): The Exchange
CORE or CLASSIC: Core
I played Meran in your Living Gods series.
”He did WHAT?” Davina yells so loud people are afraid she could be heard in the Coffee House if it were open at this time of night.
She paces back and forth. ”That, that.” she sputters. She doesn’t want to use those words in front of their followers. ”Just because he can. That’s a stupid reason to show up at a party and act like a big brat. Hopefully his marking the youth of the nobility will start to upset the parents.”
She agrees to a drink, and sits with Leora.
”To Cayden Cailean who saved both our friends today I’m sure.” she raises the drink. She looks upset and glances at the group with a look of worry.
I don’t know if I can do this. Jess’ doghousing was a close one, and Leora almost got caught by an Inquisitor. We could all lose everything if we continue this. She gets more morose and continues to drink.
Davina seems to have shaken off her worry and hangover from the Day/Night of Wrath festivities. She enjoys the literary salon very much. Taking the chance to be an academic for the first time in what feels like forever.
”Thank you so much for inviting me. Lady Aeldervenk. It’s nice to have a chance to do something normal for a change. Ever since the Lord Mayor arrived things haven’t been quite the same have they.”
She looks nervous when Lady Eldonna asks that she and Dom accompany her to her estate. When she hears the subject is Jess she slumps slightly, ”I’m worried about her. She’s a friend of my daughter you know. They are close to the same age. Thankfully Kelyan is away at school, and not in the middle of this mess. I’d be up every night with worry if she was here in Kintargo. I worry about everyone who is part of our little group. Dom and our other friends are more capable of handling themselves.”
She decides to be frank with Lady Eldonna, ”Jess is capable, but impulsive. She’s given me grey hairs from her antics. I’m sure she’s done the same to you. I do not want to see that good heart and bright light snuffed out by Thrune for her just being herself. I feel responsible for her. Hells I feel responsible for them all.” She gives Dom a quick glance.
She nods in agreement with Dom about setting boundaries on Jess, ”As much as I’d like you to send her away to keep her safe, the Ravens will need her at some point. There’s something about the Opera House and a song. She’s researching it. She also has entree into the higher ranks of society in Kintargo. We will need those contacts in the future. A bunch of people just running around causing trouble for the Chelish Citizens Group isn’t going to get our beloved city free. She has the heart as Dom said to try and make that happen without us. I don’t want her left to her devices like that. We haven’t been keeping an eye on her as we should have, and for that I apologize.”
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Character: Corrus Cadrick
PFS#: 155986-5
Faction: Grand Lodge
CORE or CLASSIC: CORE
Character Concept: Human Fighter. With his two-bade sword he hunts down any monster you've got ... if you've got the coin.
Roleplay/Writing sample: see game I am running note NPC characterization.
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Character: Sirius Sa'luk, AKA "The Lucky Dog", "that thieving bastard", "HOW MANY TIMES MUST I KILL YOU?!?", and worse
PFS#: 40025-27
Faction (if applicable): The Exchange
CORE or CLASSIC: CLASSIC
Character Concept: thief, rapscallion, tramp, daredevil, thrill-seeker, no-goodnik - and proud of it!
"So, what brings you three here? To the Pathfinder Society, in general?" Sheela stops scratching Blarg. "A socialite like me tends to get into lots of trouble, but Grandmama was right: Through the Society I can do some good. The Kolphans tend to die as heroes."It suddenly dawns on those present that there is a draft in the room, despite its solid construction. It is the closest thing to footsteps announcing the arrival of a handsome young man in light leather armor over well-made but drab clothes riddled with pockets, whose Keleshite features sorely mismatch the incredible pallor of his skin and hair. A mismatched pair of short blades hang by his sides.
"Now see, that's hardly an incentive to be a hero, is it?" He replies to Sheela with a smirk. "Stick with trouble, I say."
He gives her an exaggerated Keleshite-style bow, then raises his head to look up at her (how far up is a bit hard to tell for certain). "Allow me to introduce myself, sayida: I am Trouble."
He stands back up without any visible physical effort, and turns to the others. "You may also call me Sirius Sa'luk. Some call me 'The Lucky Dog.' Some call me other things, too, but they're not worth keeping track of."
Sirius looks at the red lacquered chest as though from across a chessboard.
"I went too easy on you. Let's try this again, and this time, I'm going to mean it...."
*high, but nonetheless failed, Disable Device Roll*
"Sirius, you didn't want to try the key first?"Sirius gives Osamu a look.
"I would, but this is now personal. I have a matter of honor to settle with this chest."
Sirius just stands there for a moment. "Ah. Well. Nice trick there, Mr. devilkin. Still," He begins waving the silver letter opener around. "As long as I've got this, you're in troub-OOPS!" He cries as he accidentally flings the dagger out of his hand, across the room, and hopelessly deep into the mess.
Or so it would appear....
*successful Sleight of Hand roll to make it appear he's lost the silver dagger when in fact he's hidden it on himself*
Sirius tries and fails to suppress a snicker.
"If we find it 'undeserving,' is that the part where we burn down? I've heard stories, see...."
"Nobody likes cleaning...well, except maybe Paladins. She doesn't expect you to be Paladins, does she? This house doesn't look that clean. Reach out to the gods and SMITE that dirt, I say!" He says, lowering his voice to a mock-heroic baritone and shaking his fist toward the heavens like a self-righteous holy man.Sirius continues talking to the kids while playing marbles. The boy shrugs in response to his question. "We all have to do some cleaning to earn our share. I just don't like it."
"You guys are just a barrel of laughs, aren't you?" Sirius says, eyeing Orin and Davor. "Finally we've got a job that promises better rewards than a poisonous snake in a basket - of course, I did win a very nice marble at that crooked orphanage!"
*successful Acrobatics roll*
While Osamu is busy praying, Gunthur wages a brutal one-man war on the sea, and everyone else is having a waffle party, Sirius has already climbed up and down the crane like a spider, and fixed the hook to the chest.
Sirius carefully circles around to the chair's back, and deviously puts a huge load of papers on the seat!
*natural '1' on Dirty Trick maneuver vs enchanted guard-chair*
Suddenly, he gasps as he notices one of the papers, dropping all the others as he grabs it for a closer look.
"There's a sale at Penny's!!!"
Realizing nobody headed over to the Foreign Ministry personnel like she had asked, Angela moves over that direction, before patting herself down and realizing she doesn't have her notebook anymore. She stomps over to Sirius and jabs her hand out. "If you didn't want to look through the personnel records, that's fine, just don't take my notebook and go search somewhere else!"
"I thought it was a sandwich from the gala, I swear...."
*successful Perception roll*
Sirius looks at the woodcutting of the nymph.
"Nice woodcutting...nice amulet...nice..." His gaze looks like it might be about to wander downward, but it suddenly fixates on the amulet bit. "...hole? Ah-HA!"
He takes the sigil-shaped key from the keyring and carefully uses it on the keyhole deviously concealed in the amulet.
"WAIT FOR MEEEE!" Shouts the voice of Sirius from a nearby rooftop, seconds before the rest of him lands with surprisingly light impact on Queen Rainbowtrot's hindquarters, and the very angry woman running after Sheela is joined in the street by a very angry man...and another one, who is wearing a barrel and very little else...and an Abadaran vicar...and a gravedigger...and a stagecoach with at least three accusatory fingers emerging from the windows...and a leprechaun....Sheela clutches onto her favorite hat as she Queen Rainbowtrot run out of town, towards the sunset and away from the very angry woman running after her.
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This is already a really strong crop to choose from.
I will wait until Wednesday evening to choose a group and start playing, but I can already tell this is gonna be a good time.
@Sirius I would be okay with you stepping out for those portions of it as long as you remained the proper level for the rest.
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Character name: Farlen Mizzul
PFS #: 165069-12
Faction: Grand Lodge
Core or Classic:Core
"I am looking forward to this opportunity to see Sargavan soil again. I have not been back in over ten years now." "I thought the country of my birth really had nothing left for me as my family is all gone now. But,still I was surprised to discover I could not stop thinking about the flyer of the colonization. I just now have finally left the "rube" or "bumkin" reputation behind, but maybe it is in my blood."
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I've been listening to the Called Shot Podcast. It's a well put together actual play podcast running the Skull and Shackles Adventure Path. It has me wanting to make a cleric, and a sailor. If allowed I'd like to withdraw Gaia, and submit Vera.
Vera is a human Cleric of Cayden Cailean. She's a sailor, and a healing cleric. She grew up near Riddleport, and has been working on different ships for the several years.
Character: Vera Darkone
PFS#: 110249-18
Faction (if applicable): Liberty's Edge
CORE or CLASSIC: Core
Vera Darkone
Human cleric of Cayden Cailean 1
NG Medium humanoid (human)
Init +2; Senses Perception +3
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Defense
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AC 16, touch 12, flat-footed 14 (+4 armor, +2 Dex)
hp 11 (1d8+3)
Fort +4, Ref +2, Will +5; +2 trait bonus vs. charm and compulsion
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Offense
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Speed 40 ft. (30 ft. in armor)
Melee rapier +2 (1d6/18-20)
Ranged light crossbow +2 (1d8/19-20)
Special Attacks channel positive energy 4/day (DC 11, 1d6)
Domain Spell-Like Abilities (CL 1st; concentration +4)
6/day—dazing touch
Cleric Spells Prepared (CL 1st; concentration +4)
1st—bless, charm person[D] (DC 14), command (DC 14)
0 (at will)—detect magic, light, stabilize
D Domain spell; Domains Charm, Travel
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Statistics
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Str 10, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 16, Cha 13
Base Atk +0; CMB +0; CMD 12
Feats Selective Channeling, Weapon Finesse
Traits birthmark, captain's blade
Skills Acrobatics -1 (+0 while on a vessel afloat on water), Climb -3 (-2 while on a vessel afloat on water), Heal +7, Profession (sailor) +7, Spellcraft +4
Languages Common
SQ agile feet (6/day)
Combat Gear acid, alchemist's fire, holy water; Other Gear hide armor, crossbow bolts (10), light crossbow, rapier, backpack, hemp rope (50 ft.), trail rations (3), waterskin, 18 gp, 5 sp
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Special Abilities
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Agile Feet (6/day) (Su) For 1 rd, you ignore difficult terrain.
Cleric Channel Positive Energy 1d6 (4/day, DC 11) (Su) Positive energy heals the living and harms the undead; negative has the reverse effect.
Cleric Domain (Charm) Granted Powers: You can baffle and befuddle foes with a touch or a smile, and your beauty and grace are divine.
Cleric Domain (Travel) Granted Powers: You are an explorer and find enlightenment in the simple joy of travel, be it by foot or conveyance or magic. Increase your base speed by 10 feet.
Dazing Touch (1 HD max, 6/day) (Sp) Melee touch attack dazes foe for 1 rd, Immune if more HD than your level.
Selective Channeling Exclude targets from the area of your Channel Energy.
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Overall I was very impressed with the character submitted. My decision was made with the following criteria:
- Interest in the characters themselves as submitted
- I wanted a mix of old hands and new
- Past Experience (a couple of the submissions are from players I have played with/run for before and been generally impressed with)
- Overall Gameload (I want to make sure you're not overloaded and liable to burn out on me)
- Party Composition (which I admittedly compromised on a fair bit)
Presented Alphabetically:
Antal Strongheart (Ranger/Scarab Sages)
Arisira (Bardcher/Exchange)
Mak'da (Druid/Exchange)
Shen Hawah (Wizard/Grand Lodge)
Vera Darkone (Cleric/Liberty's Edge)
Xanko Rhenee (Fighter/Exchange)
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Character Magga
PFS# 143586-20
Faction (if applicable) Scarab Sages
CORE or CLASSIC Core
Character Concept Magga is all offense both in and out of combat. Her AC is always less than 10, and she is incredibly forward in her pursuit of an educated man to father her children.
Roleplay/writing sample You have to earn it. | What's a synonym?
Notes I've already played the Before the Dawn series, but could step out for those scenarios or use replays if necessary. And I have a level 6 cleric if preferred, which could be played on slow progression to start.
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Hi guys, I have a paper guy I can bring in. It's been years since CORE died at our lodge so there will be some dust and rust to knock off.
Valin is currently a level 4 fighter. He is sword and board with the biggest sword and the biggest board, bastard & tower. A proponent of law and order, he was considering swearing to a holy order before his sabbatical.
Edit: I've noticed some differences between my paper sheet and his online information. I will be adjusting the online to match the paper, as that would have been what I was using to play him.
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Valin and Magga are probably the best two fits provided that Magga is okay replaying the Before the Dawn adventures.
We have a bit of a revised schedule based on consultation with the rest of the party however
We're gonna go with this series now:
Before the Dawn 1
Before the Dawn 2
Bloodcove Blockade
Ghol Gan Heresy
Beyond Azlant Ridge
So if the two of you find that acceptable go say hi in the discussion topic while I go prep a different adventure than I planned to =D