Oh crap. I forgot this was ending soon. You probably don't need anymore submissions to sift through, but I might throw another in before midnight.
This is the alias that will be The Pale King's character in the near future. Background and roleplaying sample to be added!
By the way, pre-game crafting of bullets and black powder, yes or no?
Edit: Background and appearance in, only the roleplaying sample is required now.
Although I'm pretty certain midnight has come and passed on the east coast, I wasn't able to get my roleplaying example done in time due to some s%@+ that happened this morning.
Just in case I can do a quick after-the-deadline bit, I'm going to work on it now that I'm off work.
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Just get 'em in soon. :) You're fine. You can craft bullets and powder pre-game, just don't go overboard.
I'll be making the final decision in the next few days. Thanks for all the interest! This is an incredible group of characters, and I can't wait to watch you all crush the hopes and dreams of the righteous and the pure.
Nooooo-how-did-I-not-notice-this-until-today-booo!
...I may try and slip under the wire here if I can make my character idea come together fully in the next couple of hours. Apologies in advance for trying to duck the rules.
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Here is my roleplaying example with this character, recreated here as well as in my character profile. I hope you enjoy it!
”Oh, thank you dearie!” An elderly woman, wearing an old, lacy dress and smelling of cats and old spices is joined outside of Rohalendi’s Hospice by a young man in his mid-twenties wearing a simple leather outfit and carrying a small bag of goods with him. He puts his arm around the old woman’s arm and helps her down the stairs of the hospice, before walking with her towards the town.
The man smiles at his charge as the duo walk at a snail’s pace down the stairs. ”Not a problem ma'am - Gerya asked me to make sure you get home safely and I intend to do just that.” Standing only slightly taller than the hunched lady, he is forced to take baby steps to ensure he doesn’t outpace the old woman’s shuffling. Although he puts on a friendly facade, he secretly rankles at the smell, which reminds him of cat piss.
”Gerya is such a dearie, opening her home to us old folks. Ever since my husband passed away, it’s been getting harder and harder for little old me to get by. It’s good to see she has such a sweet young man to help her out. Ghivinus, isn’t it? I’m so sorry to hear about your mother. Such a nice woman, it was so horrible what happened to her.” The woman’s old voice cracks from time to time, like the croaking of a frog long overdue to meet its maker. Being so close to her, Ghivinus can smell her rotten breath, reminding him of his short tenure at the Louslik Tannery. The smell is easily worse than the smell of cats, and it is all Ghivinus can do to not screw up his face in disgust.
Ghivinus mentally rolls his eyes at her sympathy, but outwardly smiles. ”It has been hard, but I’ll manage. I just hope she is in a better place and no longer has to worry about anything.” He scoffs inwardly, in actuality glad he’s rid of his whiny, overbearing mother who never left him alone.
The old woman continues to prattle on about how good of a young man he is, about how good of a man her husband was and babbles on about her earlier life, all the way to her home. Ghivinus, outwardly patient as he is, answers when necessary but hardly listens. Instead, his arm wrapped around the old ladies is subtly picking at the contents of the old woman’s purse, as oblivious as its owner is. By the time they finally reach her house, he has scored himself a few dull silver shields, which he pockets.
”Thank you dearie. Here, you deserve a tip for being such a good young lad.” Having arrived at her home, the old woman lets go of Ghivinus and searches around in her purse. Ghivinus meanwhile, shakes his head. ”No, no, its ok ma’am, I’m just trying to do a good deed. Gerya already pays me to help out anyways.”
”Nonsense, you deserve something extra. Now where were they.. I was sure I had a few shields in here somewhere. My mind must be slipping - probably spent them on something at the market earlier. At this rate I’ll be a full-time tenant at Gerya’s. You wait here dearie, I’ll go fetch something from inside - and I won’t take no for an answer. “ She leads him into the common room of her small home and shuffles into another room. As soon as Ghivinus is in there, he’s bombarded with an amplified smell of cat piss, dust and decay, and an odd, nauseating assortment of perfumes, candles and other, less identifiable smells. Numerous of the old woman’s cats curiously approach Ghivinus, meowing. He reaches his hand out and pets one, who purrs in response.
A few minutes later the old woman returns, more cats following in her slow wake. She smiles at Ghivinus and puts a shiny gold crown in his hand - as well as a few candies that are likely older than Ghivinus himself. ”You deserve this, young man. No, don’t shake your head - it’s good to see that chivalry in this nation isn’t dead yet in our younger generations. Spend that on something nice for yourself.”
”Thank you ma’am,” Ghivinus smiles and bows, before giving one of the cats a last pat on the head and heads out the door back to his employer’s.
Finally. I need to get away from these old s@@~s. I need to speak with Cimri again and see what that offer about work was about. Anything is better than this.
Sweet baby Asmodeus I just found an.. AMAZING way to assassinate someone as a Psychic Detective.
Instigate Psychic Duel. Enter a duel of the minds and take them out in their own mind! Although more than likely it would simply subdue them, that in itself is a good outcome, allowing me to swoop in and coup de grace after the fact. This would be better against brutes.. while the death attack (Which I'll bump up to at least DC 32 by the endgame) I'll use against everyone else.
...almost makes me want to forgoe the assassin class altogether. Almost, but not quite.
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Anybody else obsessively checking the thread? By me posting this, did I just give false hope that the results were posted? Mwa ha ha!
Yep, bout once an hour like I check every game I'm involved in.
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I deleted the bookmark I made for the thread, as when I type "p" into the search bar, the last page of this thread shows up because I've visited it so often. I type "J" in the address bar and three different Justimar pages (inventory, alias, google drawing) all show up before anything else.
Checking a bit too often probably, but I'm not at work so I *can* do so hah. Working on rewriting Book 3 of my Iron Gods campaign on me day off.
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Over the last few days, I've been conferring with a few players via PM and talking extensively with the player who already has a spot in the campaign to discuss our thoughts on a selection of villains whose personalities, stories, and attitudes seemed to match up the best. This was an incredibly painful decision, because I am rejecting almost a dozen excellent players with this list. To that end, I'm even taking on one additional player, bringing the party total up to six.
Thanks for waiting, everyone. The villains who will be bringing the revolution to its knees and crushing the hopes and dreams of freedom-lovers in Cheliax everywhere are the following:
- Justimar of House Leroung
- Ghivinus Varth
- Vance Magravi
- Arruk Karras
- Amatsu Mi
You will notice that there are no divine spellcasters on this list. The player who originally was going to play our Unchained Rogue will be creating a different character instead to fill that role - I'll let him fill you in on the details in the discussion thread.
Congratulations to the five players I've selected, and my sincere apology to everyone who I didn't get to pick - you all clearly worked very hard on your characters and created a highly impressive rogues gallery. I'm utterly convinced that most of you will quickly find yourselves accepted into upcoming games of Hell's Vengeance with other GMs, should you choose to apply.
Best of luck at your villaining!
Alas, my skeleton army and I will have to start elsewhere. Have fun crushing the Iomedaean scum.
Congratulations!
Congrats to those who made it, have fun.
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Congrats everybody, and thanks GM for considering me and taking the time to review all the submissions.
It stings a little that there was a different Lore Warden selected, and that no divine casters were chosen and my original submission was a cleric--makes me think I had a shot, hehe. But the chosen 5 are great, so I can't complain.
So--anybody else here have the Book and want to DM? ;-)
Congrats to those who were picked! Have fun!
Agreed, congrats to the chosen few!
Not a choice I would want to have had to make - congratulations to those chosen.
