Calibans and Booged are both types of humans, twisted by the supernatural.
...you do realize that humans fear and distrust twisted humans even more than they fear and distrust other races, right?
No need to worry about the applicants issue; most applicants are humans.
And my 20 Charisma will certainly help in the social department.
Monkeygod, my reasoning with that story feat is not only could you gain small rewards by helping people, but if you're smart enough to trick a into wishing, well... lol.
Neils and Elijah, not strong enough. MOAR POWERZ! I can make some suggestions!
EVERYONE,YOU CAN SUMMON ANY CREATURE OF APPROPRIATE CR WITH SUMMON MONSTER(X)!
I am not disallowing non-humans, but trust me, non-humans make one wrong move and the pitchforks come out. Still, I would prefer at least 3 out of 6 of the final applicants to he human(ish). Calibans and Booged are both types of humans, twisted by the supernatural.
Recruitment does not close until Sunday.
Please do
@Neils: Please do... what? *is confused*
He was referring to RVT's suggestion of MOAR POWERZ! for tale feats(I'm guessing that's what she meant.)
Okay took me a long time to get through all of that with the number of posts. I am still interested and will pull a character together and submit tomorrow.
It does seem like the group as a whole are all, oddities that would cause all sorts of interesting things in town. Not all of it nice. It will be interesting keeping the darker tone with the characters.
I don't know what's odd about me. Just a humble alchemist.
What do you mean, Jazz? We're all sunshine and rainbows and DEATH. :|
Totally not dark.
I'm just an old doctor from a small town that may want to burn a witch. Nothing odd or dark here.
What's wrong with the dark?
I'm just the hopeful hero.
I'm juust here to get my dues.
I'm… just here.
I'm just an amnesiac who's best friends with the snarkiest centaur-cat in the Wilds.
also,
What do you mean, Jazz? We're all sunshine and rainbows and DEATH. :|
Totally not dark.
And I'm just someone who wants to get rid of these accursed visions
Also, it's Cuàn here.
As for the campaign trait:
Hag Ridden:
A hag wanted to swap you for a changeling as an infant but it was prevented by a timely intervention from your parents. In anger the hag cursed you, though it didn't quite have the effect she intended.
Effect: You treat your level as 1 higher to determine the effect of your Oracle's Curse.
Figured that'd be in line since while it's equal to 2 levels of some favored class bonuses it is a one time effect.
EDIT: Character isn't done yet and neither is her background.
I'm just an old doctor from a small town that may want to burn a witch. Nothing odd or dark here.
And is apparently terrified of Faeries...
@Mae: I approve of such a character. Anyone who hates hags is an O.K. person in my book.
I'm not really terrified of faeries in general. I mean, I don't exactly trust them.
Mostly, though, I'm a little scared of a six foot tall talking cat that considers everyone it comes across as a possible meal.
Maybe it's just me.
Arwyne isn't scared of me. If a young Gnome isn't afraid of me, I don't see why an old man like you would be.
I don't see why anyone would actually like hags.
Maena is very curious about what happened with the Changeling child that was meant to replace her though, even if she has become a hag by now.
I present Marianne Avignone. Marianne is an ex-soldier in service to the Mistress of Mirrors.
Not knowing anything about the setting, I have taken rather a lot of liberty with the Land of Mirrors, establishing it as a totalitarian land based off 17th century France. The Mistress of Mirrors is a being of such vanity that no other in the kingdom is allowed to surpass her in anything, from beauty to cleverness and even happiness. It is required that all girls be presented to her at the age of five to disappear if they are above the norm in any way. Marianne's is a story of a parent who refuses to do that.
Like usual for me, I've made a packet. It is currently 6 pages and with her character sheets, a summary of all of her feats and abilities and sheet that will include her equipment once purchased. There is a three page story detailing the key moment of her life and illustrating my writing style. As well, the packet includes four pictures of Marianne in both her uniform and civilian clothes.
Marianne is a gunslinger and while I had a really tough time deciding between pistols and a musket, I went with a musket as I thought it more "soldierly." Please let me know if most of the action will be indoors as that would really tip the board toward pistols.
Like 17th century France, the citizens take their last name from the village in which they live. As Marianne married after becoming a soldier and moved to another village, it is possible for her to return to her unit if you prefer that we have active jobs as we adventure. Failing that, you have asked that we have a profession and so Marianne is an outlaw, revolutionary and monster hunter - usually of the two-legged variety.
Please let me know if you have any questions, prefer that I move my story to a different NPC or need me to devise a different concept as I also have priest of the dawn/Morninglord that I would like to try out if this one does not pass mustard.
I am studying for my state medical board exams for the next couple of weeks, and while I have plenty of time to keep up with a game, keeping up with this thread is a little difficult. If I have failed to keep up with a change in the guidelines since your first post, I may have to update Marianne.
Thank you for taking the time to read my application. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
I'm just an old doctor from a small town that may want to burn a witch. Nothing odd or dark here.And is apparently terrified of Faeries...
Faeries are quite terrifying; quick, strong magic, sneaky. Ya' can barely trust them as far as you can toss 'em.
OH MY HILDE, HOW DID YOU MAKE THAT CHARACTER SHEET SO AWESOME?! O_O
I will answer questions and offer commentary after I get back to my notepad (What Americans call a laptop. How odd if you never put it on your lap!).
@Cake: Oooh~ where are you from? I'm pretty much half-western European (my mom is an immigrant and most of her family lives in Switzerland and England) and half-extremely American (my dad is from the midwest).
also, that's... just sorta the slang for it. Don't question us, 'Murica is better.
Every Starbucks I go to has people with laptops on their laps. More iPads sit on tables than laptops.
Hilde's sheet looks like...overlapped, somehow? At least when I view it...Weird. I will say it definitely looks better than my plain-as-bread sheet, though... :|
Edit: Also, I've got French and German blood, myself. ^w^
I present Marianne Avignone. Marianne is an ex-soldier in service to the Mistress of Mirrors.
Viva La Resistance!
RTV. Prelim background up. Game mechanics tinkered.
All I can think of is all the spiders I want to summon.
Captain's avatar is created, too. Working on describing personalities for both.
Aright, think I've settled on a concept: Going to be akin to Mr Gold/Rumpelstiltskin.
Arwyne, Emmeline, you girls wanna fight it out to be my Belle? :P
She's 14. ಠ_ಠ
I don't even know how old I am, so I'm not even gonna try anything for at least the next seven years.
Updated Goodfellow class! It's now called the Feywarden, as suggested by yours truly.
Also, I'm making Xerxes a foot shorter in height and six inches shorter in length; I drew it out and he's taller than most of the PC's here, when he's really only supposed to be a bit taller than Arwyne.
EDIT: This is like, the least chance for a romance any campaign I've ever been in has had.
According to the faewarden class, they don't get their companion until 4th level. We're only third. How's Arwyne's kitty work?
According to the faewarden class, they don't get their companion until 4th level. We're only third. How's Arwyne's kitty work?
Mischievous Companion tale feat.
Also, just after he posted that, the creator decided to switch the levels where you gain Spelltricks and the Faerie Beast. So I don't have Spellcasting until 4th level, technically. And, since I technically don't need Mischievous Companion because of this... Can I perhaps have a marmoset for a pet as well?
OH MY HILDE, HOW DID YOU MAKE THAT CHARACTER SHEET SO AWESOME?!
I was an artist for 20 years before I was a medical student. I have an adobe illustrator layout that I use each time and add pictures, pages and logos where needed. I actually spent most of my time writing for this one although I did do about six hours work in photoshop to make all of the pictures represent the same person.
I make all of my character sheets like this because I am a very visual roleplayer. I also like to write quite a bit so while my posts do run a little long, I like to describe my actions rather than simply say, "Marianne runs over, rolls a 17 and stabs the bad guy for 3 damage." Fortunately, most of the other players on these boards are like me in that regard. 8)
Hilde's sheet looks like...overlapped, somehow? At least when I view it...Weird.
I'm sorry that this has happened. Maybe you should try to re-download it if you'd really like to see it.
Viva La Resistance!
It's really cool that someone else knows the importance of the name Marianne to the French. That's why I picked it. 8)
Thank you for the comments. I am a Ravenloft fanatic and based the setting off Falkovnia. While many applicants are make fantastical characters, I think the fairy tale setting will be more fun if we are the "victims" so to speak, rather than the perpetrators. I have therefore been thinking in terms of Hansel and Grettle, Witchhunters, Van Helsing, and that kind of stuff rather than playing a witch, werewolf, etc.
The wonderful thing about this game however is that everyone gets to play what they want. It would be boring if we all did the same thing.
Well, it might just be because I was looking at it on the viewer, instead of actually downloading it. All the work you put into it is very obvious, though, as it looks amazing!
Edit: And despite her current form, she is still just a 14-year old girl. I'm more than likely taking levels in barbarian, however, because she's going to be fighting the more primal urges she'll eventually have. At her core, though, she's still not the type to just randomly attack something. She's really just a frightened victim who wants out of her situation.
I think the fairy tale setting will be more fun if we are the "victims" so to speak, rather ... than playing a witch, werewolf, etc.
Ah, but am I a good witch, or a bad witch?
@Hilde: Hoooly crap, that looks like a stock character out of Paizo's Beginner Box. I approve.
Dang it, now I feel like I'm getting edged out by all these awesome human characters! Curse my Gnomishness!
Suddenly, my backstory feels a lot less creative.
It's OK, Emmie. Cake can't possibly pass up the potential within us for incredibly juicy RP.
**Updated Character sheet a bit more. Forgot I didn't have Weapon Finesse yet, and I needed to purchase an Alchemy Crafting kit.
Magic was evil. That was what she had always been taught. Ever since she was a little girl. Magic belonged to the feyling creatures of the wilde wood. Her entire life had been consumed by this one perfect fact. She knew all the charms to keep from being hexed. Garlic and silver, mirrors and salt.
Despite all this she felt a calling from the wilde woods. A soft whisper at first. Just a whisper upon the breeze, a soft scent of fresh flowers. It was forbidden to enter the wood, dark creatures lurked there ready to pounce and eat the heart of one so innocent and young as her. So the years passed and the whisper grew louder and louder, tugging at her heart and mind. Soon she really heard voices, haunting her every waking and sleeping moment. She would drop things and they would clatter away as if she had thrown them. Often she found herself speaking to the voices, bidding them to find another to bother.
Her parent's overheard her once and they made her go through all the rituals to banish the evil fey and spirits that haunted her. It was grueling and painful but the spirits left. She felt empty and alone, and for many months she could not bring herself to speak for fear of the spirits hearing.
One evening, after a long festival day she looked up noticing the full moon seemed bright. All at once the voices came back screaming, in fear, terror and agony. She tried running away, not paying attention to where she was going heading straight into the wood. Running in fear of going mad with the screaming voices. As she ran she realized she was being shadowed by something. But the voices did not scream at it....or them....they instead insisted she run, deeper, and deeper into the wood away from the town. She ran until she collapsed, her heart beating faster than a deer could run. Looking around she saw she was surrounded by wolves, but none approached. She felt the voices calm and they started to speak to her, telling her they were guiding her, she had been in grave danger and they wanted to protect her. After all, who else was going to listen to them.
She stayed the night in the wood, exhausted, surrounded by wolves. In the morning she dragged herself back to town. She found it had been attacked that night, the mayor driven to madness had been found killing a young maiden screaming about how she wasn't pure enough. No one knows what drove him mad, but the voices said it was his own evil the old bad spirits preyed on.
The spirits whispered the evil was not without, but within. They taught her tricks, forbidden things. Protections and healing to keep the evil at bay. To this day she feels she is being watched by more than the spirits that haunt her.
The long nights filled with the howling of wolves do not frighten her anymore. Only the tales of evil spirits make her wary and she tries now, to hide from the evil spirits and save those she can.
Oracle of Nature
I've updated my background, traits, and skills. Still working on feats and equipment.
Also, advice from other applicants: Kn(Arcana), Kn(Nobility), or Kn(History) for this setting? I'm having trouble deciding which one to focus on.
Probably Planes and Arcana, maybe Nobility?
I've updated my background, traits, and skills. Still working on feats and equipment.
Also, advice from other applicants: Kn(Arcana), Kn(Nobility), or Kn(History) for this setting? I'm having trouble deciding which one to focus on.
I have arcana and planes down
Slowly starting to take shape. I like the idea that this Prince Charming is kind of "fake" on the inside.
His focus is Charisma, to represent his unearthly handsomeness and charming chivalry, combined with a foible of Wisdom, to reflect his utter cluelessness in matters regarding the outside world and real, actual people.
That sounds interesting. ^^ I took Wisdom as a foible, since she's still just a child.
Will try to post replies and such later. TSP and I got drunk, since Thursdays are party days!
MPCampbell, TSP and I were talking and wondered if you would like to make some extra money formatting some of our PDFs once we get a 3PP started up? He's already got a few blokes lined up to help him get a lot written and got an editor or two on standby.
That sounds interesting. ^^ I took Wisdom as a foible, since she's still just a child.
In a way, Aristide's just as childish, having no clue how to talk to people without sounding like a stock character from a lady's romance novel. He'd probably be superficial and reject Emmeline as much for having "cooties" as much as because of her physical appearance. He doesn't know how to talk to girls very well. :P