I can see my PC getting on very well with yours rorek55. Both kind of out casts becouse of blood
Hello again BigBenClockTower! This is my submission for your MoR campaign, Davian Dreamspun, aasimar most un-cleric cleric of Desna and proud varisian. His backstory is Golarion-based so it might have to be tweeked to fit your homebrew campaign. Please look him over and tell me your thoughts. And thanks in advance.
I had a think about the setting and starting point of joining a mercenary guild. I asked myself, why would they want Lady Zal to be part of this, then it hit me that she may have been an Army Officer and a means to not be wed off to a chinless noble. Her class fits so well as an Intelligence officer, now Ex army and freelancing once more she may well be just what they are looking for. So taking that core idea, I have reworked her background and here it is in 10 min from. I hope this fits much better.
Five things about her background
1. Lady Zal Azra Qlin-Zra was born into an old noble elf Family. Her father was a elf who Divorced and remarried a few times, three in fact. His tastes where wide and varied. Zal has an older brother who is true blooded elf, a half-elf/human older sister. She how ever was the product of wife No3, A Drow noble, who meet her father at a trade meeting. Her older brother of course took the family name at power being a true blood. She and her sister, where ear marked for marriage to a lesser lord and making babies. Her older sister embraced this, even as and half-elf she is shocking beautiful, with deep green eyes and long golden hair, a giggle that just melts the heart. She had no problem finding a high ranking Government official to marry. Her wealth and power in place just like her elder brother. But Zal was having none of it, put it down to her mixed blood unlike her sisters her's came with something of a stigma. Drow female nobles are well known for being cunning and ruthless, just like mum, even if she did walk out on dad 1st chance she got. Zel did have as a child, a streak for both. But also high intelligence and the kind of cunning that makes prospective husbands very worried. After trying to wed her off and finding no takers. And her father becoming ever more exasperated at Zal's head strong stubbornness. Her out right unwillingness to being educated as a lady with wifely ways. In Expiration and for punishment father sent her off to a military academy. Fully expecting her to be back in a week crying and begging for the girls finishing school. Much to his shock, she not only liked military school but excelled there. Letters coming back parsing her self discipline and dedication to her studies. Particularly, Military and Political history and Interrogation Skills Classes. In fact she was top of her class and was recommended for Intelligence office training. Her father making the best of a bad deal, agreed and paid for her 1st commission. Much to the interest of her elder brother and amusement to her curtly sister.
2. In military school she excelled in class and was an avid reader. Spending her nights looking up as much information as she could cram in her head. "Knowledge is power" and to a Lady who wants to be an officer in a males Army. Her mind would have to do what her body could not. And give her ways to win.
3. It was found she was good at integration and magics to help with that. She had extensive training to make her battle field competent with spells.
4: After graduation she entered the army, but found that with out a large ongoing war her skills where getting dull. So she paid her way out and went and joined another, one in a war, In the end doing this more than once, and fighting in more than one war. She has killed, some times well some times not, but she has done what was needed to be done.
5:She has commanded, and find it rewarding to do so. She is a strict competent commander, liking her men and trying to keep them alive. Always seeking always to 'think' her way to victory not 'Smash' her way to it.
Two Goals
1. To learn as much as she can, she loves knowledge and problems.
2. Become immortal and all keep learning.
Two Secrets [One known/one unknown]
1. She is half Drow, this is a point of slight shame for the family as the could not wed her off. Also she is a professional Intelligence officer. A trades person which also seems to be a point of shame.
2. She once uncovered a plot to kill her Brother, the now head of the Family. She stopped it and spent 3 mouths killing off one by one all those behind the plot but the key planner who she is still looking for. What she dose not know is that person is her sisters husband. Seeking the family title for himself.
Three People [2 friends 1 enemy]
1. Lord Qlin-Zra, Her noble Brother and head of the family. Known form time to time to ask her to and investigate things for him.
2. Her sister lady Leena, Who she gets one well with, but who drives her mad as she keeping introducing her to possible husbands. Leena this she is too grim and proodish, and should have more fun. Stop working and live an easy life.
3. The human smuggler "Red-Petto", Zal uncovered his undergraund smuggling root and passed the information on. Red has said he will kill Zal should he ever get his hands on her.
Three Memories
1. Looking over a murder scene, winter time and the Inn was locked form the inside. 20 dead bodies, most ripped apart, blood frozen to the walls. The wards still intact and no one left alive. A feeling of excitement working out, what had happened.
2. Standing on the deck of a ship in harbour, a large half-orc coming at her. Sword out, face of teeth and anger. She taking two steps to the left and waiting. His breath as he came close, lifting his word, her counting. He stops looking at her, as if to ask Why are you counting then she gets to zero and the small chemical charge going off. The puff of acid and her pointing at the half-orcs feet. Him looking down nonplussed as the deck gives way and he fells into a hold full of fish.
3. Leading a group of wounded conscripts out of an ambush that sore mast of the battalion decimated. The rain purring down onto the blood socked ground and the looks on the faces of the men and women with her. A look of fear and hope that she could save them.
Would a Vigilante be suitable for this campaign?
@TheWaskally: Nice! I'll give it a look over.
@rorek55: I'll give him a look over!
@GM_Panic: That is a pretty good summary. Iselilox does have some of the better military schools in the region.
@JonGarrett: They can work. Mercenary work isn't limited to bashing skulls after all. Plus, anything you guys do on the side may be suitable too.
A notion comes to mind.
Play up the "halfling underclass" assumption.
Be the Most Helpful Halfling (TM).
Start with Helpful (halfling race trait) and build from there. I suspect a combination of bard and cavalier, aiming for battle herald, though I'll continue working on it.
Halflings could be fun. I wonder how a Halfling Cavalier will handle much of the prejudice against Halflings in several nations. The idea has me giddy!
With further applications slowing down, I'll be making my choices this weekend at latest. I will be posting up my thoughts on each application so far over the course of today and tomorrow, to let you guys fix anything or change anything that you need to.
Okay. I aim to have my halfling ready for submission before the weekend.
Hey Ben, I'm not coming up with any ideas for a character that I'm dying to play. You've got plenty of good applicants for this one so I am dropping from the recruitment.
Thanks for running the game, and good luck to everyone.
@Robert Henry: Aww! Sorry to see you go! Have a great time anyway! Thanks for showing interest.
Okay, thoughts on submitted characters so far.
@GM_Panic: Drow Sign Language has a name, and it isn't Drow exclusive. The name for it is Sakvroth. Looks complete otherwise. I do want to ask how much exposure to outside cultures she's had, since I don't see that anywhere in the backstory.
@TheWaskally: Davian looks fine, and we already discussed the exception privately, so everything is in order. However, this campaign is a homebrewed setting and region, so you'll need to replace any Golarion lore with lore fitting to my setting. For your purposes, it seems Arenstone may actually fit just fine for what your background is aiming for, but Zem may also be a fitting choice, since Desna has a huge presence there. Rebuild his background; see the World Map for an idea of locations, and ask me any questions you may have about any location.
@Zanbabe: Zaeta looks great, and lore is fitting to my setting, so everything is in order. Perhaps figure out what nation most of her stuff happened in though. Arenstone is home to the Blackened Steps, so perhaps all of the other events she encountered happened in Arenstone too? Think about it, and ask any questions you may have about it if you need more detail.
@Grumbaki: Eluvias is fine mechanically, but he needs a backstory. I cannot accept him without one. If you have any questions about the setting, ask away, and I'll dish out the relevant info.
@For the Night is Dark: Cara is good. Short, sweet story, and mechanically fine. Just make sure she's Level 5.
@rorek55: Alexander seems fine. His profile should be copied to a page on this website, as the majority of posting will happen here. Also, if it is flavorful, the 6 Charisma is fine, but remember what it means, character wise, and how it could have a bearing on how he's viewed or interpreted in-character.
@miteke: Belle should have an updated sheet for this campaign if you intend to use her in it. Make sure everything is assembled.
@GM_Panic: Drow Sign Language has a name, and it isn't Drow exclusive. The name for it is Sakvroth. Looks complete otherwise. I do want to ask how much exposure to outside cultures she's had, since I don't see that anywhere in the backstory.
Sakvroth, cool will change that.
Its hard to say where she has been with out knowning where she is able to get to GM, So I just put she had been in more than one army and more than one war. I can open that up and say she is well travailed, hence the Breath of experience feat and her kn of things.
Would you like me to list places, I would need some docs on the setting.
Okay, BigBenClockTower, I made the changes to Davian's character sheet you asked, but I kept them superficial, not having any experience with this homebrew.
How dos this sound GM BigBenClockTower
After graduation she entered the army, doing a 3 tours of duty, Then working within the diplomatic Corp. This lead to a lot of travailing. She knows the culture of Itrilia, well having spent 5 years there. Then into GOK for a fact finding trip. She Spent time in the city of Kukraek in Vasdroun, overseeing security at the Embassy there. but found that with out a large ongoing war her skills where getting dull. So she paid her way out. Then she left the service when offered a contract in AILRA in Melleau investigating for the local counsel. Then in to Alderhedge and time on a cursor in PIXIE Bay. Feyfaire was a most interesting place and so she travelled there for a number of years. This leed her into a cost country trip throw Iselilox, a scary trip which ended in a dash over the Dusk Gulf and to Kogobei Zem. A few years there working for small army and on into Atul guarding a powerful cleric. Over the Gulf of Ularn to Luna. Where she has spent the last 8 years, until her resent move back to Elsel, working as a consultant for the local Guard and her Brother.
I think the abduction of her mother was definitely Arenstone, but I was thinking Zero for her father's capture, since you mentioned that would be a good nation for the "lawful jerks" who separated her family. So that is where she would have been in an orphanage, buying her mother back, and breaking her father out of jail. Then later they ran here (starting place) to get away from the Zeroans. Does that work with your setting?
For before that, most of Zaeta's life was on the pirate ship, traveling from place to place and getting to know different areas a little bit, so maybe the names of some port cities or an area that might have a cove where pirates could hang out would be good. What is Gok like?
Updated Belle.
She has recently left her simple life healing Kitsune at the lumber camps in a region of Tien, in pursuit of... well, challenges. Her art is the most important thing in her life and she now believes that the only way to reach the level of depth of a master requires that she 'experience life'. See character sheet and writing sample for a good idea of who Belle is.
All done, and ready.
Alright, I've made my choices. I'm pretty comfortable with the ones I chose, and they have a good balance when put together as a party.
@For the Night is Dark: Cara Thrace
@GM_Panic: Zal -Azra Qlin-Zra
@TheWaskally: Davian Dreamspun
@Zanbabe: Zaeta
Those are the four I've chosen. Be watching the Gameplay thread and the Campaign Info tab, as I will be putting up all relevant Player Information and starting Gameplay posts up over the course of the weekend. Use the Discussion tab to finalize any last parts of your characters, and to communicate with me about the setting and other stuff.
For those of you who were not chosen, please keep tabs on this Recruitment thread, and save your characters; I will be coming to you first if anything should happen to any of my players!
Ah fair enough and congratulations to those chosen!
I will continue to put together my halfling cavalier, just in case.
Thanks GM, will head over.
I'll make a full post tonight. FYI: I am purposely not reading anything about the other characters, so don't be surprised when I get surprised.
Alright, bumping this Recruitment thread! I am ready to accept one more character into the group, as one of us has dropped.
The character that has left was a Brawler, but don't let that influence your ideas. I'm looking for good characters, and less for a specific mechanical setup.
All prior entrants, you can revise your characters or make new ones to submit for consideration, and I'll ask my remaining players to also make a consensus on whom they want to see join.
Thanks for any interest!