The adventure begins in the small town of Sandpoint on the west coast of Varisia. Therefore, it makes sense that your character should be from Sandpoint (or at least from that region) in order to explain how your character established his/her relationship with one of the four key NPCs : Ameiko Kaijitsu, Koya Mvashti, Sandru Vhiski and Shalelu Andosana. The game will begin in the Summer season (mid Summer), in the month of Erastus, so you can choose your gear accordingly. The most commonly worshiped deities in the region are Abadar, Desna, Erastil, Gozreh, Sarenrae and Shelyn.
* Character Creation Guidelines *
• Characters: Starting at Level 1
• 15-Point Buy Build: Please note that only one ability stat will be permitted to be below 10 (after penalties) and it cannot go below 9. Stat dumps don't make me happy. ;)
• Allowable Races: Core plus the following Uncommon Races: Changeling, Kitsune, Samsaran. No Advanced Races, for example, no Aasimar or Tiefling permitted. (Please note: I like diversity, so you won't be seeing multiple kitsune, for eg, accepted in game.)
• Allowable Classes: Core, Base (No Summoner! No gunslinger - except for bolt ace, which is permitted), Alternate Classes (only Ninja & Samurai) and Hybrid. No Occult Classes. Can use standard or unchained versions of Barbarian, Monk or Rogue.
• No Third Party Publishers/Materials.
• Alignment: Characters can be of any Good or Neutral Alignment (except for CN). No Evil alignments will be permitted.
• Background Skills: We will be using Background Skills (2 per level). Please tie them into your backstory.
• Traits: Characters will begin play with 3 traits, one of which must be a Campaign trait found in the Jade Regent Player's Guide. No Drawbacks for a 4th trait.
• Hit Points: Characters on 1st level will start out with maximum hit points. Thereafter, the character will take average plus 1.
• Starting Gold: Average starting gold per class.
• Backstory: I do like a good backstory and may use elements from each player's backstory in game in some way. The backstory need not be a novel, but give me something to work with, please (a few paragraphs is good). ;) Can you also provide me the general fluff details, such as age of your character, physical description and a personality blurb on your character profiles or via a spoiler on your submission post. I like working together with players to build an enjoyable adventure/story.
• Romance: Romance is an option in game with one of the 4 key NPCs or the other PCs. It is not a requirement, however.
• Conflict: I do not enjoy negative energy/drama, especially for the sake of it. Some tension between PCs (tug and pull to build relationships and story arcs along the way) makes reasonable sense as people can be emotional creatures. However, I do not want to see any PvP in game or heated conflict between players out of game. That isn't fun for anyone, especially a GM. If there is an issue that someone feels strongly about, I ask that you PM me directly and we'll try to resolve it in a harmonious fashion.
• Posting rate: I hope that players will be able to post at least once a day on weekdays (Monday-Friday). I do hope to see more if people are so inclined
