Living in the Lands of the Linnorm (Inactive)

Game Master Aiunder

DM-ARC: I'll be elaborating on background/ fluff later this evening. Work issues the last day and a half have not given me that opportunity. I do have a question too.

Ice Walker seems like a very appropriate trait for an Artic Elf. Can I reflavor it as an Elf trait instead of a Kellid trait?

Hi all,

This is Skald's build - crunch is complete but still working on background. Beorn is a viking want -to-be, mostly right off the farm. Story will be up tomorrow by this time.

I think I'm going close recruitment a bit earlier than I originally planned.

I'll give everyone until later tonight to add anything and I'll try and make my decision tomorrow so we can start this weekend.

If you have any questions or clarifications best to ask now.

All I can say is I hope I get in. I'm psyched for this, it sound awesome.

here's hoping :) look forward to the selection list.

Beorn is complete, except somehow he has no ranged weapons. I'll need to add a spear or two, but other than that he is done. DM ARC please look him over and let me know what you think.

And comments are welcome from anyone. I appreciate feedback.

Thanks!

Can't think of anything else to ask at the moment, so I'll just keep my fingers crossed.

I had planned on writing most of the character fluff tomorrow, when I had no errands or other responsibilities, but I'll try to make time for it today.

This party could be interesting enough to read even if you're not playing.

Updated Belka to include a campaign trait, in her case Old Friend. It's the closest fluff-wise, even though it's slightly off.

All set good luck everyone

I'm afraid I'm not going to have time to finish the character's appearance or personality tonight, though the background and crunch are finalized at this point and presented on the Alias profile. I shifted too many meetings and errands to today so that I could have tomorrow free.

In short, Andreas is an outgoing individual willing to step into social situations. Though he does not seek out the role, he is willing to accept the burden of leadership in situations as needed. He's generally polite and courteous, though he can't keep himself from cracking the occasional joke or acting rashly from time to time. This has been known to land him in some tough spots over the years. He's also prone to flirting with beautiful woman; one benefit of being a protector of beauty is the opportunity to enjoy its presence in the world around him.

Also included on the profile page is the re-fluffed campaign trait, as well as the variant options used in the character's stats.

I will have the mechanical details up later tonight, but I'm thinking I may change Garulk's Patron to Endurance, and mention that he believes himself to be a cleric of Zon-Kuthon, or at least, a version of Zon-Kuthon that is more about self reliance and enduring pain and is fairly silent on the issue of torturing others.

Added some description/personality stuff for you to look at. My equipment is not done yet, but I've added the key parts. I'll fill out the adventuring gear if picked.

I submit Eclip Shavrosh, a weather druid that fanatically follows Savol, believing him to be a messiah of their people. He serves his people as a spiritual leader, a historian, and a mystic, in a classical historical druid sense.

His gear isn't done, but the character is fleshed out.

Here is what I have for submission. Since he's a lot more buff than spellcasters tend to be, I intend at the first level up to take a level in barbarian, and then jump back to witch for the rest of the way. As yo might notice, his biggest flaw is that he is about as charismatic as. . .well, as someone that cuts into themselves for the magical powers they derive from it.

Thanks for waiting patiently through too much deliberation.I spent so much time pouring over posts, backgrounds and answers that my wife took my tablet away

Since I couldn't cut it down to six I've decided to run with eight I've run successful games with up to twelve people before but they got a bit hairy.

Final choices:

Thanks everyone for posting such great character ideas. If you don't mind I'll pm someone if a spot is vacated.

I'll have the discussion and gameplay thread started in soon.

Oh well. Have fun all. I liked Beorn at least.

I am a little disappointed that I never got a response to my PM to DM ARC. No feedback so not sure where I was weak.

Congrats to everyone who got picked and good luck to others finding new games

Edit: Woah! Forgot my class skill bonuses

That's odd Beorn I did reply. It may be little condolence but you were the last one I ended up cutting

Just checked again. Never got it. Please check your sent posts and send it again. Had I been able to tweak my build per your comments you might have liked it better, but I never got that chance.

Due to real life we've lost one of our players so we're looking for a replacement player for our game.

The character we've lost was our only healer so those applications will obviously carry more weight,

A bit of information abut this game:
-You will take the part of a group of trusted champions of a newly crowned Linnorm King in his crusade to reclaim his ancestral lands from the witches of Irrissen
-This game is approaching its once year anniversary later this month
-we try to keep the pace up to one post a day but I like to think that I am very considerate of stuff that slows it down (especially since my own life can sometime cause gaps in progressing e story forward
-experience and WBL is being abstracted, the party levels at appropriate times for the story or if I feel that the players themselves have earned rewards due to role playing and interactions and I try to provide suitably thoughtful or at least useful rewards

To make things interesting my players will have majority decision in choosing the new recruit

Wouldn't mind throwing my hat into the ring. Are you looking for character concepts at this point? Or is there a starting point for character buy (crunch), etc.?

I'd be glad to put together a healer for the team. I'll take a look at the pcs in three group so far and start cracking.

20 point buy.

Concepts first, crunch is secondary in my opinion.

*grins* I'm liking it already. General tone? I took a peak at the original call out and it seems we're sticking with overall good characters, etc. I'll get to work. Thanks for the quick response.

Wouldn't mind throwing my hat into the ring. Are you looking for character concepts at this point? Or is there a starting point for character buy (crunch), etc.?

I'd be glad to put together a healer for the team. I'll take a look at the pcs in three group so far and start cracking.

The PCs still around include:

Looking back at DM-Arc's original post, races are limited to Core and Orc. As Jediah says, 20 point build.

I'm not sure about alignment restrictions, but I think more than one of us would give a thumbsdown to any evil.

Our own concepts vary a LOT and I'm not sure I'd trust me to speak for the others on theirs :)

Here's the basic concept...

Skallangbiorn son of Heiflmein
- Ulfen

- Because of the nature of being a Blackraven scout, when he bonds to a group, he will swear to enter a battlefield first as herald and will not leave the field until all are safely removed (dead or alive)

Skall was born in Trollheim to a refugee woman held deep within the city. His mother was Ulfen, as was his father, but they had both been taken as slaves in Irrisen. Sacrificing his life, Heiflmein saw to it his wife was on board a driftwood raft set into the icy waters of the river leading to Trollheim. There she was taken in and sent to be held and observed by the authorities of the city.

But she was pregnant. And Skallangbiorn would not await his mother's release before being born. It was only a divine miracle that kept him alive in the dark and filthy cells below Trollheim...but Gorum knew the heart of his mother...knew the heart of his father... Great Gorum would see to it that another warrior would step forth into the world of the north. One more to the battle. One more to the call of iron.

Skallangbiorn's mother died during his birth, and the child was given over to other refugees to keep alive until their release. Word of how Skall's mother died spread, how she'd called out to Gorum, challenged him to stand before her and fight for the life of her child.

So as the years grew ever forward, Skallangbiorn followed the call of mighty Gorum. Honing his skills with sword and eventually with the divine magics granted him by his god. He found himself in the service of the Blackravens, attending the scouts on their sorties into Irrisen as both healer and fighter. No matter the odds, no matter the wounds, Skall found a way to return to Trollheim along with his party.

Within his survival and his ferocity and his fortitude, Skall was recognized by his superiors and chosen for a scouting mission into the heart of the west. Rumor had spread of a moutain among men. A leader whose blood flowed a deeper red and mixed with the Bear. A man who was being heralded as the next heir...perhaps the very leader the Blackravens had been seeking to lead them not on scouting missions but to strike at the core of the winter witch's usurped homeland. A leader that would take them into the heart of evil and gut it from within until the snows were black with demon blood.

That was where Skallangbiorn son of Heiflmein was to be found. Trudging through the snow into the no man's land ruled by warring bandits and other men with no spines for true battle. Skall was not the only man sent west to search...but by Gorum he would be the one to find this new leader and bring him east to glory!

Hope this works for a concept. Let me know if there should be any tweaks that would work best for your group. Also, let me know if you want a quick writing sample in character to get a flavor for his personality

What level is this at?

4

a newly crowned Linnorm King

Wait ... when did that happen?

Hope this works for a concept. Let me know if there should be any tweaks that would work best for your group. Also, let me know if you want a quick writing sample in character to get a flavor for his personality

Heeey - a fellow Irrisenian! I'm all for another character with a local background.

I see you are aiming for a quiet and serious character. One thing I really love about this game is all the bickering and drama between player characters.

How would you as a player feel if my character, behind his back, described your character as the most stiff and bland person she has ever met?

How would your character react if he overheard it?

We're being taken over by the Irrisens!

He'd take it as a compliment. His face grim, jaw set, he'd say something like... "Thank you. There are too many weak-kneed, weak-minded fools playing at glory with high sounding words but whose spines bend like twigs in a gentle northern breeze. I will add color when I spill the blood of the enemy upon the snows of my homeland." Then continue with his silent contemplation of every soul in the room and identifying their weaknesses should battle ensue.

He's not a fluffy cleric. :) Here's some more visualization:

Praying in a snow covered forest, bare to the waist, great sword planted before him, steam from his body, two orc heads before him...

Lots of scars and ritual branding along his arms...symbols of Gorum for every battle survived...

I have him with a great sword decorated with the knuckle bones of orcs and hobgoblins, a morning star, cestus....instead of the gauntlets that go with his scale mail. Ya know, spiky items to celebrate his faith!

Let me know, I've got an opening scene i cooked up this morning i can include. A day on the journey west by himself, in search of a rumored king...

Forgot, for the crowned part, Skallingbiorn may not know yet since he's been on the road for a while. I'd be glad to adapt the history though for what he knows.

Things are shaping up and looking good.

Howdy, all - I don't have time for another PbP right now, but I can't restrain myself from cruising the recruitment forums sometimes.

And I'm glad I did, because it gives me the chance to give serious props to Song of Chiroptera. I'm in a PbP with his character, Kreig Ironhand, and he's a hell of a role-player. Great writing and dialogue, and a very well thought-out, internally consistent character with some serious depth. And he's a reliable poster.

I don't think I've played with any of you, so my input may not have much weight, but I was here so I thought I'd throw in my 2 cp.

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DM - ARC wrote:

a newly crowned Linnorm King

Wait ... when did that happen?

Song of Chiroptera wrote:

Hope this works for a concept. Let me know if there should be any tweaks that would work best for your group. Also, let me know if you want a quick writing sample in character to get a flavor for his personality

Heeey - a fellow Irrisenian! I'm all for another character with a local background.

I see you are aiming for a quiet and serious character. One thing I really love about this game is all the bickering and drama between player characters.

How would you as a player feel if my character, behind his back, described your character as the most stiff and bland person she has ever met?

How would your character react if he overheard it?

We missed Months ago the Savol was a new king at his grand party I think.

@Rikar - Thanks for the nice words, dude!

Thought I'd add some more to the pc study:

Skallangbiorn son of Heiflmein knelt in the snow and prayed. His bear skin cloak to the side where lay his scale mail and other weapons, his helm atop. Before him, his great sword was stabbed into the earth where the leather straps affixed to the hilt swayed in the wind, the gleaming knuckle bones of felled orcs clicking.

Snow was on the wind, gentle flakes blended with his dirty blonde hair and long beard and melted on his back where steam drifted upwards. About his neck a cord of leather bore more knuckle bones. Along his muscled arms were brands of various designs, all dedicated to Gorum, each brand the glory of another battle.

The forest was a deathly silence, but the Ulfen cleric knew they were out there among the trees. Skallangbiorn spoke gratitude to his patron and ceased his prayers. His right hand reached over and plucked his helm from the top of his gear. He wouldn't assume the glory from what was about to transpire. No. The helm would hide his face, only displaying the grim visage of Gorum. He would receive the glory, every drop of it.

The cleric stood slowly, drawing his great sword from the snow and earth to rest the blade on his bare shoulder. His breath smoking in the crisp air, he issued his challenge. "Should have taken me while I was on my knees, scum. But maybe you worship Gorum as well, eh? No glory to old Temperbrand if you kill a man unawares."

Skallangbiorn shifted his stance as the snow crunched under the heavy steps of the two orcs emerging from the trees. "I'll call on him my way, eh? You call on him yours. Then we'll see who had the right of it."

The first orc raised an axe and bellowed his challenge, then both charged.

Skallangbiorn said nothing, letting his blade and god given strengths speak for him.
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Skallangbiorn son of Heiflmein knelt in the snow and finished his prayer. Blood stained the ground about him. The heads of two orcs rested before him, offerings to Gorum. His victory was a sign. Soon he would find the man. Soon he would return to his brothers on the watch.

Blood. Blood was his destiny.

Just gonna say: if you worship glory, you worship Julian Itto.

Gorum, Julian, not glory.

"Gorum's" just the name roundeyes gave to Glory so they could imagine sucking it off.

Welcome to the group Skallagbiorn. It looks like its unanimous

Sweet. Thanks, guys.

So what's the crunch? Point buy, level, good, hp? I'll be able to get at it tonight when I get home.

I guess you will need the GP value of items you can buy too.

20 pt buy, level 4, 1/2 HD + 1 hp per level (full HD for first).
You'll have to ask DM for equipment stuff.
Glad to have you!