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Well good evening Dweedletoes, you seem a fine addition to the group with all that experience. I'm sure Rybalka is coping well with your enthusiasm for life and all it has to offer (plus interest)

Thank you to Mike and Nathan for your character sheets - all good, nothing bad, "hat on the side of the head" stuff; expect an experimental "treat" sometime soon, based on your backgrounds.

Ok, so Will is opting out at this time (ever the salesman in me - you may not want to play now, but you might in the future - and the words "Boo! The crowd don't like it." went around my head :-D) which leaves:

Nathan as Sigismund

Michael as Vlad

Cory as tbc

Jonathan as tbc - to confirm your question Jonathan, you've got the inital stats correct, there's 1 point you can add for 4th level AND you can move 1 point from one characteristic to another (e.g STR to DEX) PLUS, if you go for a halfling, you have any racial considerations to include (+2 to over-eating, or whatever it is...oh yes, +2 to DEX, -2 to STR) which means, in theory, you could have a DEX of 21 - assign the 17, add the 1 point from fourth level, transfer 1 point from another score and then add 2 for being a halfing - not bad for 6th level!)

Joshua and Todd to be comfirmed overall (although I don't think I can find that 26th hour in the day that Joshua would need), plus anyone else who wants to join in - Jonathan, do we have a way of announcing this on the forum for other members please?

Cheers

Stephen

Late breakfast, combined with an early lunch for economic reasons, is a gloomy affair with fairly thin fare by the standards of the Thirsty Serpent. This is made worse by the entry of the Black Bear Company, in high spirits and full of back-slapping self-congratulation.

"Drinks all round, Starling," booms the voice of one of the male members of the party, seemingly the leader. A noticable noise of appreciation goes around the bar. The hulking brute of the Black Bears, know simply as Grunt, turns towards you, smiles a jagged-tooth smile, turns back and laughs heartily, slapping the pale, religious-looking man next to him.

The local variation of porridge you have before you loses what little taste it had.

Michael, if you've got your character semi-ready, send him on through via stephenyeardley@aol.com as I'm keen to see what people are putting together.

Everyone else, any signs of the birth of your characters?

Another day breaks and there is still no new work for your team. Rybalka is quiet, very quiet, and the funds you have available won't last forever. What's worse is that you saw the Black Bear Company return with an item for Sulwotik last night, so it is getting commissions you aren't. You need to gather your wits about you and see what's on offer around and about the village.

Ahh, a true Son of the King. There's a very good reason he's constantly dragged away from his desires; if only he considered money spent on sages money well spent...

Neatly done Michael.

Ok, so Vick### (Cory) has gone for a human bard

Adventureaweek (Jonathan) has angled for a halfling rogue

Vashtin (Nathan) has started a fighter/cleric

Ronar (Michael) has staked the Klavek fighter

which leaves us with Will and (if time permits) Joshua and Todd.

Stats for ease - you all get 17, 15, 14, 12, 10, 8

You can move one point from one of these scores to another

You add and subtract racial bonuses

You get one point for 4th level

If you would like me to, I'll give you one of my own-designed magic items to play-test.

You can go back to A1-A5 and have all the magic items shared out between you as well.

The person with the best 10-line history will have a Healer's Wand (see magic items on the forum) that is tuned in to them - no swapsies on that one!

More to follow

Too much snow and not enough happening to take your mind off of it makes for a dull life when you're getting by as an adventurer. Considering Rybalka is at the end of the Klavek world, you and your rivals have made it a pretty safe place to live. So, just how well can one group of people get to know each other? Your histories are really coming out during those quiet days of recent times, but do you have more to tell the others about yourself?

How historically "housey" can I be?

For the last decade and a bit I've/we've used.

Every stat starts as 7

Every stat then has 1d6-1 added to it

You then have 15 points to share out over the six stats

You then have racial bonuses to apply

As we're kicking off at 6th level, you'll have 1 point to add for 4th level

In answer to Will's question, just the core rule books here please, for ease's sake. Them or:

http://www.d20srd.org/index.htm

So we are all on the same page.

6th Level, all magic items from A1 to A5 - you'll have to divide them as you see fit. The Blade of the Sun Lord has one sun left, whoever takes that. How many of use are in and who's watching from the shadows?

What do you do when someone else suddenly seems to be better that you at what you do to earn a living? And how come they suddenly became so good at it? Up your game and find out what's going on, that's what you do!