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Thanks!

If I'm lucky enough to join some of you, I think I've got most of it under wraps, but it's good to know if I'm unsure of something I can ask you guys. :)

We'll find out soon who made it, but there's a good selection of Classes so I'm sure whoever makes it will make for a good party!

I fixed a few grammatical issues, but my story is done and my character is where he needs to be to fit into this campaign. Whether he gets to pursue the troubles of his story in any way, or bigger issues arise, I'm happy either way. I don't believe in special attention for characters if it disrupts the overall story.

Stories are to develop character personality, history and offer a hook to the GM should they wish to include any of that in their adventure. :)

Thanks a lot Felix!

Fingers crossed, though I deserve to get in just as much as every other applicant, so may the best contributor win.

It's 7.40am for me now, so I've stayed up way longer than I wished, but my story is complete and now in my character profile.

I apologise for the long read, but if I was awake more it would have been even longer, so I guess consider yourself lucky!

Good luck as well Felix and everyone else for that matter! :)

So not midnight on the 14th, but on the 13th into the 14th. Damn, I thought I had the whole of today to type my backstory.

Thankfully I made my personality, ideals, bonds and flaws express specific aspects of that, but I dunno if that'll suffice. It'd just take me an hour or so to type a full backstory up, but it's 5.40am here, so I'll have to do it later, when I wake up again in 6 and a half hours.

Though knowing me I'll worry and type it in a sec anyway.

Good luck as well man!

Thanks to everyone who offered to help me as well. It turns out I didn't need much help in the end, but it's nice to know the options are there and some of those resources you guys linked for me really did help. I mean I learned how to play in six hours.

Also, we have until midnight tomorrow right? Not as soon as it clocks over from 00:00 to 00:01 tomorrow?

I've not been on these boards for two years or so, but really wanted to learn 5th Edition over Pathfinder (I play Pathfinder in a current tabletop game with friends but find it too convoluted and restricting now), so came back solely for this thread, haha.

There are similarities between the two systems, but considering this thread motivated me to learn how to play 5th Ed in 6 hours, I prefer many aspects more.

There aren't as many applicants as I thought there'd be, but there are still a good number to choose from. Just gotta see what GM Barlowe is most happiest to run for!

I never expect games to last long on these boards, but always devote myself for the duration of time they run for.

I tried a Savage Worlds conversion of Curse of the Crimson Throne on here once (Character: Elegad Espris) and loved it. It didn't last long, but was great while it did.

Getting into the minds of my characters is something I find really fun. I prefer the speed of real life tabletop, but PBP gives you more time to elaborate on your characters thoughts and feelings, so both have their pros and cons.

It's a shame we won't be using Roll20 because I have an account on there but never got involved in a game using that method of combat, but who knows. I might not even get in yet. :p

Back story will be up in full later. Just applying for a few jobs and listening to Classic Rock at the minute, haha.

I'm not too sure it'll matter because I was thinking along the same lines but if we can't, we could always just sell the gear for half coin (if selling gives half like pathfinder). I know the only two things I want for my character is a Longsword and likely Chain Mail plus the background gear you're given.

Edit. Ninja'd by the GM.

Excellent. Thanks Barlowe, I'm glad I asked now!

Okay, I'm actually pretty much done with the build at least.

I'm not finalising anything until I know if Eladrin are allowed in as an Elven Subrace, but if not I'll go High Elf.

The only final issue I have is that the flavour text of the Feature for Haunted One works miles better for how I see people approaching my character, where as the Noble background is true to his old lifestyle, so I don't really know what to do there.

Aside from the Feature text of Haunted One and the Harrowing Encounter I'm using to make the character specifically viable for this campaign, everything else in Noble suits him more.

I've got a pretty wicked back story in mind for him.

Edit: Noble it is. People can react to my character based on how he comes across in his backstory. Minor problem solved. :)

Man, I've learned a lot in one night. It's 7.22am here, so I'm going to sleep for a bit now.

Thankyou.

I'm trying not to clog up the thread here, but so far this is what I have (if allowed).

Stats aren't modified by Class or Race yet:

Str: 15
Dex: 12
Con: 14
Int: 11
Wis: 10
Cha: 10

Harrowing Event: You were born under a dark star. You can feel it watching you, coldly and distantly. Sometimes it beckons you in the dead of night.
Personality Traits: I refuse to become a victim, and I will not allow others to be victimized.
Ideals: I try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good).
Bonds: Removed to not spoil things if I make it into the game.
Flaws: Removed to not spoil things if I make it into the game.

Eladrin/High Elf Fighter. Trying not to have my heart set on Eladrin in case it's not allowed, but on the plus side this is teaching me the rules in a super fast timeframe.

GM Barlowe - Would you allow Eladrin from the DMG? It's a Subrace of Elf, keeps the same weapon proficiency as Elves, adds +1 int as per High Elf and its third and only other ability is it allows Misty Step to be used once between short and long rests.

As you'd have seen I'm new to this, but I'm liking the idea of an Eladrin Fighter.

Thanks to Legoguy I can make a character, but the only book I own is the DMG, so I'm limited to character creation from the Basic Rules PDF available for free on the WotC website. I know this makes my options a lot more limited in comparison to everyone else, so I'm just working with the info I have available to me. :)

Ah ok, so no rolls.

That's the 27 points to expend rule right? It's in this Basic Rules doc Legoguy kindly linked me to. :)

Edit:

Trinket: 1d100 ⇒ 90
Trinket: 1d100 ⇒ 60
Trinket: 1d100 ⇒ 92

Seeing which one I like the most out of three rolls.

4d6 ⇒ (6, 5, 6, 2) = 19 = 17
4d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 3, 4) = 15 = 12
4d6 ⇒ (5, 3, 1, 3) = 12 = 11
4d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 1, 5) = 10 = 9
4d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 5, 2) = 11 = 10
4d6 ⇒ (5, 4, 2, 2) = 13 = 11

Wow, I'm really good at something!

I'm still reading the rules right now, but there is a lot to take in. Thankfully there are quite a few similarities between Fifth and Pathfinder, so I'm halfway there at least.

I've also read that subraces give the stat increase in addition to the normal one you get from your parent race, so that's quite nice.

Thanks guys, that's really good of you!

I'll take a read of this and likely have a concept for you tomorrow.

I usually lean towards Marshall Classes, but have had some real fun playing Clerics in Pathfinder before, though if I'm not familiar with the ruleset at this point in time, I'm thinking Rogue or Fighter are probably the simplest to go with.

I'll look at the DND Rules link now.

Thanks a lot for the help everyone! :)

I'm very interested in giving this a go, but have only small amounts of knowledge with DnD 5th Edition and most of that has come from watching Critical Role.

I live in England, so my timezone is GMT+1 and I don't own the Players Handbook, only the DMG.

Would you be able to help me create a character based on a concept, telling me the only details I need about the character from the offset or would that be too much work for you?

I'd be tempted to play an Eladrin (they're in the DMG, oddly enough) but am open to many options.

I have extensive knowledge of Pathfinder but have no idea on how to make a character under 5th Edition. I am familiar with the Advantage and Disadvantage system though, again from watching Critical Role.

It's ok if the answer's no as I feel it may be too much work for you.

Yep, that sucks alright. So it's a case of attempting to use the new Arcanist Class or mixing straight up Cleric and Sorcerer together, meaning I'd probably only gain the power of a level 10 Sorcerer and a level 8 Cleric, as I'd be done when I get Dimensional Hop.

I guess it's a case of go Cleric or Sorcerer only, with a more basic concept then. It's a massive shame you can't be more creative with concepts/

Wow, so all MT does is allow you to have combined spells and little else? No Bloodline Powers or Domains advance?

That sucks. It's a pretty useless Prestige Class if that's the case.

I'm checking out the other stuff now. Of note, I can't use Third Party sources.

Hey all,

I've been working on a homebrew campaign and have finished writing out the first chapter, but just wanted to get some feedback really.

The campaign will start out with the PC's all receiving a letter from someone unknown asking for their aid.

Their objective is to retrieve an ancient artefact (I know it's a little clichéd) that has been stolen from the one asking for their aid. Only when they retrieve it, it unleashes a terrible evil upon the world and this evil passes through each PC before escaping into the world.

Two mysterious figures appear and do try to stop this, but fail to do so and so, the start of the campaign has the PC's somewhat vilified and their mission will be to right the wrong they accidentally caused by helping the wrong guy.

I've planned a lot of cool things for this and not everyone will hate them, but the PC's will quickly discover they messed up and here's the kicker - Depending on their actions, one of them by the end of the campaign will likely become the embodiment of the evil that escaped into the world, while the rest of the party use their resources they've acquired over the course of the campaign to stop this.

If it goes down this way, the PC's will inevitably have to fight one of their own as the end boss. As the GM I wouldn't take control away from the player who may become the great evil, but it does mean the campaign will then have two endings. The first being the evil guy wins and the world is likely doomed (though it won't be black and white. The world will still likely function, only under the rule of a new evil - One of the PC's who slowly became corrupt and all powerful) and then the second is the party have to kill one of their own, are regretful of the outcome but ultimately save the world from a time of darkness.

As a GM, I don't like to be unfair on the players, don't get high on my ruling power and am fully aware for a campaign to run the players need to be alive, but this is where I'm wanting to take the story and just wanted some feedback, opinions and anything else you may want to contribute towards the idea.

I'd like to pick your roleplaying and GM'ing brains here please!

Thankyou! :)

Hey all,

I'm looking for some advice on a viable Trickster typed Sorcerer.

To elaborate I may be playing a Legacy of Fire campaign IRL in the not so distant future and had this concept for a Sorcerer who could essentially teleport at will and cast annoying spells to hamper enemies.

I'd also like to be able to jump into combat for short periods of time, namely when I run out of spells.

I've been having trouble working out decent viable ways of doing this, but have come to the conclusion the best way I can accomplish this is by going the Mystic Theurge route.

Now I've never used a Prestige Class, but I'll just throw out what's on my mind with this right now.

So, I was thinking of going down this route:

Trait: Magical Knack (Sorcerer, to make up for losing 3 cl's, only losing 1)
Campaign Trait: Wand with 20 charges of Magic Missile
Race: Aasimar (Standard)
Main Feats: Angel Blood, Spell Focus and Greater (Enchantments) and Angel Wings
Class: Sorcerer - Crossblooded (Rakshasa and Fey) 1st 3 levels.
Class 2: Cleric (Travel (Trade) and Charm Domain) for levels 4, 5 and 6.
Class 3: 10 levels of Mystic Theurge.
Last levels: Back to Sorcerer.

Cleric Variant Channeling to Harm: Contracts/Oath

The idea is to use Dimensional Hop from the Travel Domain as it allows me to bounce around as a move action that doesn't provoke AoO's, cast evocation, trickster spells like Sleep, Entangle, Suggestion, Dominate Person etc, fly around with a natural fly speed by level 10 and use the proficiency from Cleric to fight with Martial Weapons.

The character is good aligned and only wants to Channel Harm to debuff the enemies, so effectively the DC would be harder for enemies to beat when casting things like Command, Suggestion, Hold Person etc. The +2 to Compulsion Spells from Fey compliments this and I'd use most of the Rakshasa Bloodline Powers.

Does this seem like a good mix or would it be terribly underpowered?

With Magical Knack I'd only lose 1CL as a Sorcerer, but obviously a few Spell levels.

Any help or feedback on this would be hugely appreciated!

Thank you all. :)

Sounds good to me. I'll change the Common into Taldane. :)

Will have my profile and everything sorted by tomorrow night. Thanks for choosing Ellie. :)

Yea, that's essentially why I'm "hanging back" out of character. It's not like I'm dead still like Dmitri imagined it. In game, Apollo simply fell back/hanged back to slowly make his way back towards the Cave as he awaits Sonja's response for another entrance. As soon as she says no, he'll head back in. He's not separating from the party. He initially wanted to scout the area and find another way in, discovered the mess outside and the new woman and decided she was friendly, so wished to be the first one to approach and welcome her....without actually saying "WELCOME!" in an overly excitable voice. The time in rounds is 6 seconds per round, so this has all taken place in probably under 1-2 minutes which is why he's in no rush to get back in yet. That and as far as he's concerned the coast is clear.

Awaiting an answer from the Aasimar, Apollo gives a concerned glare at the mention of the Gnoll King.

I wish the way were more simple than this. If anyone gets in my way, I dunno what I'll do, but what I do know is, it won't end well.

Oops. The exact amount was on the previous page in character creation anyway, but no worries.

I'll leave everything as is then and just keep tabs on this thread for any updates and/or changes you make to character creation.

Thanks!

I don't remember seeing this, but how are we doing gear?

We have 1950gp, so just buy anything within that you see fit to. Lein'll let you know if it's wrong. :)

All updated and just to reconfirm, we're saying the Amulet only works with the Adept spell list? Is that right? I think it makes sense to me because it's not meant to be something that massively powers you up. As a commoner it'd give you a slight edge, but then the true powers come from our PC Class, so if we ever retrained our NPC Classes, the Amulet would look nice but lose its power/essence.

All set!

Ah, that's pretty great!

Thanks Lein. I'll keep the Wind subdomain but axe the Cloud subdomain. :)

Yea and I have no interest in an animal companion. Still, I don't believe any of that's non-standard. My first point is on pretty equal ground with yes and no's and my second point follows the Wizard's bond rules, so as far as I can see they're both legal, but they're something I just want clarification/given the ok with, purely because they're the only points that would/would not need to be changed depending on Lein's answer. The second one is very underpowered and the first, if it's an issue, I'll just scrap one Subdomain and keep the other.

I have a couple of questions with this as I've created this with the possible expectation that I'd need to change things, so:

1. I have Cloud and Wind as my Air Subdomains, replacing the 1st and 8th level Domain powers. The level 9 spells from the domain are the only things that overlap, so with the Winds of Vengeance spell being the only one I'd use, am I allowed this? Nothing else overlaps and I've looked at the rule queries for it and people (both GM's and players) have pretty mixed opinions. Some said it's ok and others not.

2. Adept gives you summon familiar, but as it follows the Wizards Bond rules, I was going with the idea of Ellie having a Bonded Amulet for this purpose, allowing her to cast speak with animals 1/day through it, following how the Wizard Bonded Object works. Is this also allowed?

Apart from that, I'm all done.

Yea, the risk of running a group of monsters is the only thing that I'm not a huge fan of with this idea, but it's of no concern to us because Lein is probably already set on what kind of party he'd like, so the mixture of races may not be an issue.

My character is an experiment to me and one I'd quite happily invest a ton of time into. She can do a few tricks but isn't really in control of her powers, nor does she really class them as powers. They're more like small party tricks she somehow came into possession of and so I'll be roleplaying her discovering her new abilities, how they work, which ones are best suited for preparation every day and which ones she'll favour and react most positively to.

She's just a commoner with no background in combat whatsoever. Anything she gains from level ups will be entirely new to her, so the most important thing for me is nailing her build down to fit her concept, which I've nearly completed. This is a lot more geared towards her character, personality and destined path than it is to turn her into a powerhouse and I'm also on the fence about retraining those base commoner/adept/aristocrat levels, unless of course there's a really good reason for it.

They begin play as common folk, so I feel to a good degree that the original levels should stay as they are. They represent your origins. If we would be retraining for story purposes to make us more powerful later on, that's fine too, but I like things to remain a surprise, so for now, I have no plans to swap those NPC class levels out to PC class levels.

I do love the fluff though!

hp 1: 1d6 ⇒ 5
hp 2: 1d6 ⇒ 3
hp 3: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 Favoured Class

HP: 15 (16 if we take max at level 1)

I've just looked into Wild Shape and it doesn't state that you have to look identical to the animals chosen, so to me, even if I don't do it, being able to just extend your finger nails or grow fangs could be kind of fun. It might happen even if it's outside of my character concept, but fits in well with her relationship to animals.

The one thing that concerns me is that I could use my fly skill instead of acrobatics when jumping....which is really cool, but then the traits I pick to increase my acrobatics with wind abilities for jumping only apply to acrobatics, so would you carry this over to flight instead?

Actually, it says it replaces acrobatics, so I guess that means you use it instead of, so any bonuses to acrobatics still apply as it's still an acrobatics move but you're using fly instead.

Well I wanted her to be simply "good", but with the alignment restrictions, she'll be Neutral Good. She's aloof and kind of an "air head".

As for Wild Shape, nah, I have no interest in that. Why become an animal when you can be surrounded by them and love them that way? Yea, the concept I'm going for is purely with the manifestation of her Elemental bloodline because I haven't done something like that before, having taken no interest to elemental types before hand.

Sylph was something out of my usual area and I'm happy with the concept I have, so all I need are the feats to go the Kukri route (not yet mind, as nothing in the story has prompted her into purchasing such weapons - though if you want to work that out with me, I'm game) and then her build is as follows:

Adept 2/Druid 1

I wanted to go Adept 1/Aristocrat 1/Druid 1, but that was just so I could gain martial weapon proficiency, so I decided against it because I don't want to over-optimise when our characters are all merely commoners/adventure-less humans.

I found it! Daggerspell Shaper.

Thanks for finding this. It's pretty great!

It looks like a good choice for me. The only two things I'm still considering now are:

1. Seeing if we can make that class work with Kukri's instead of Daggers (if this is too much work for you, no problem), where I'd then take my level 3 feat as Martial Weapon Proficiency for Kukri's and later follow the Rogue's Knife Master Archetype.

2. It's likely I won't be using Wild Shape at all to turn into an animal, as for this character concept, the only thing that interests me is the Elemental Body Wild Shape option, which I can do at level 6, so it doesn't bother me not being able to use it for two levels.

Lastly, how many traits are we allowed, have you made any specific to your homebrew campaign and will we be selecting a feat at every other level (inclusive of our NPC levels?), meaning I'd have two at level 3 from classes alone?

Thanks a lot!

Apollo simply nods at Brek.

Yea and I invite them to! laughs the man, before properly responding to Brek.

I'm familiarising myself with Sonja here, but we're hardly far from the cave entrance. Go on ahead. We won't be far behind.

With that, Apollo continues to slowly walk back towards the cave mouth, still conversing with Sonja along the way.

I'm currently thinking of a Sylph (one with the Sylph Druid Archetype) but really want to go Rogue as well, so I'm a little split at the minute, but I'm thinking possibly a girl who lives on the edge of society, is curious about a lot of things and likes to frolic around in the woods a lot, possibly disguising herself as a lowly goods handler to make a living, transporting goods and crates to people around the local Town or transporting good sfrom ships at the port to local businesses.

She usually keeps her hood up so is unlikely to be seen as strange or even remain recognisable to most.

We're supposedly going back into the cave. We're all following but Apollo's hanging back to speak with Sonja, still following the rest back towards the cave.

Why is that bothering you? As far as.he's concerned, there may be another way in. That's why he left the cave to begin with.

Watching as Dmitri hoists Je'Grik over his shoulder, Apollo decides to hang back a little, seeing it as a chance to converse with the new face.

Sonja he says as he lifts his Longbow over his head and shoulder, freeing his hands up in the process.

Did you catch a glimpse of any other openings into the House of the Beast around here? We've already tried going through the front gates and that was.....risky.

I actually would really like to play this. I'm not sure if you're going the Dystopian Cyberpunk route, but I could quite easily see a Ranger or Rogue becoming a Railgun wielding Sniper.

Regardless, have you got any ideas you can throw my way (everyones way for that matter) with regards to what kind of back story we should have?

I'm not playing any other games so am more than happy to put the time in for this also. I'm pretty forgiving with house rules and homebrew, having already created 47 pages for my own tabletop game of Gantz (which I'll get back to adding to soon).

As for spell limitations with casters, I'd say have you ever thought that Lein might have made his own list of spells up for this new world? :p

In just that one post, I feel better connected as a character to Je'Grik than I ever did, lol.

There's no rush my friend. We're still yet to find an entrance into that damn building.

Outstretching and arcing his arms outwards, Apollo smirks as his movement gestures towards the fallen Gnoll's around him.

You did well to survive.

Well, if you're okay with that... he said, watching as Sonja unsheathed her blade, fearless in her actions.

What a situation to be in.....If that fool makes a move, I'll put him down myself.

Going on to state her intentions and reason for travel, Apollo listened and perked up a little as he heard the name "Solku". He knew little of religion and most of what this young woman said made little sense to the man, but Solku he knew.

Solku you say?

Thinking back on things, he recalled a story told to him many times as he grew up with all those he now seeks revenge for.

Solku. That name? What was it they used to say? "We found you floating down river from Solku. You were so small and tiny back then. We couldn't have predicted you'd grow to be as big and strong as you are now. We took care of you for sometime, expecting someone to come by and collect you, but after several years of waiting we thought the worst and that was when we decided to take you in."

That story... he voiced quietly, still deep in thought and unaware of the words that escaped him.

Mum used to tell me that story all of the time growing up.

As his daydream subsided, Apollo looked at Sonja, her words honest and calming to his ears.

My name's Apollo. I ventured out from Katapesh myself. This here is Dmitri he says, nodding towards the white haired man.

The 7ft tall lizard behind me is Nom. He's often in his own world, but one day I'm sure he'll be as strong as his father and four or five times the size he is now.

Looking down towards Je'Grik, he states; and that's Je'Grik.

Why am I telling her this? It's strange, I feel oddly at ease with this girl beside me.

Not having much luck, is he?

The party's only going to be more suspicious when Apollo and Dmitri turn up with a new face.

Not a problem he says, standing himself up to politely greet the young looking woman.

What brings you out here then? he says, keeping an eye on Nom in case of unwanted affection from the lizard.

Leaping on strangers will get him killed. Still, he seems happy enough with Je'Grik there.

As Dmitri then makes his presence known at the introduction of Sonja, Apollo shakes his head.

This man here is a part of the group I travel with. We're trying to gain entry into The House of the Beast and I he says while glaring at Dmitri, have a score to settle with the Carrion King.

With Dmitri's request of the woman's weapon, Apollo may have only just met the girl but seeing only one visible weapon on her, is quick to respond to Dmitri; You ask the girl to show you her own weapon, leaving her defenseless amidst a group of strangers. If you want to look at it, at least give her a weapon in return to feel a little more comfortable. Afterall, we're the ones who outnumber her.

Keeping his bow in hand but lowered, the Ranger turns to face Sonja once more.

Our friend on the ground here has been with us for the past year or so and with your aid, he might just make it.

Holding his left hand out, he then gestures a handshake to the young woman.

If you aided this guy off your own back, you're no enemy of mine. he says with a friendly smile.

Edited my post to make sense anyway. :-) I'll ask how pur surroundings look more frequently I think.

I really wish there was a map. :-( I have no idea what's going on. Figured it was further away as we'd surely hear fighting otherwise, but yea, it's hard without maps or guidance when you just have imagination to go on. Sorry, I thought the fight was maybe a fewminutes walk away (light jog).

Exiting the cave, as Dmitri runs out to give the man an earful, Apollo swiftly leans with head and shoulders away from the white haired man, ignoring the derogatory comments as best he can, figuring it best to stay on point than get into a fully blown argument with what he feels to be, his psychotic "ally".

Give it a rest and chill! You rush into fights, standing with yourself open to all kinds of brutalisation and I run in with a desperate need to obliterate all dog men.

Like it or not, our personalities may be wildly different, but there's more in common between us than you might think. We're both reckless and we both want bloodshed.....only for different reasons. says the man, stopping in place.

Shortly after, he turns to Dmitri, squaring up to the man in an attempt to show that their feelings are pretty mutual.

Kill as much as you like, but Ghartok.....he's mine.

If you get in my way I'll throw you to the filthy dogs myself!

Pulling out his bow and arrow, Apollo rears himself back from Dmitri, glaring at the man with ill intent, before turning to suddenly find himself stood in the middle of a fleshy, crimson coloured patch on the floor, where he finds Je'Grik, barely breathing and prone on the ground.

The hell happened here? he asked the Tiefling?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.....7

Crouching down to the demonic man, Apollo lowered his right hand, still grasping his longbow, holding it firmly to the ground as he flashed a slight grin to his old ally.

Je'Grik...you took out seven of those Gnoll's yourself huh? Not bad man, not bad.

As he knelt there, staring and oddly trying to comfort the Tiefling in his final moments, he noticed the armoured woman, standing only a few feet away.

You there. Can you help this man? he asked, unsure whether the woman was friend or foe, having not met her before and not being one to easily trust another in such an awkward situation.

Standing just behind Apollo, Nom leans over his companions shoulder and begins to lick Je'Grik's wounds.

Guess he liked the guy.

Placing his right hand firmly against the uneven wall to the cave entrance, Apollo listens to the detestable man in silence.

Wait here he says. If I just stood by while that idiot allowed himself to be harmed in every way imaginable, would I be in the wrong? Each of us lives by the consequences of our own actions, so who am I to stop him from killing himself? The way I see it, if he does die, it'd be nobody's fault but his own.

Glancing over his left shoulder and out from the corner of his left eye, Apollo somehow keeps his calm.

Good. said the man, lacking a certain degree of interest with his tone.

I had no issue with the Salamander's, nor with the creatures I fought with. They were just simply in my way.

a little like you.

Hoisting his gear firmly over his shoulder, Apollo made his way out from the cave and into the blistering heat of the desert That damn, self righteous fool, stated Apollo, loud enough for several words to be heard.

Looking around, Apollo tried to keep himself low and out of sight from the gate and watch towers around, kneeling down to talk to his little dino buddy.

Well then... he said as he looked right into Nom's eyes.

Do we die in the cave or out there?

The man smirked, as he lead Nom further around the rock face, keeping close to the raised areas for ease of movement in the event of another sandstorm. His intentions - To find another entrance into The House of the Beast. One of course, that's further out of sight.

We've got a job to do my friend. That idiot's gonna need some backup eventually and I bet it'll be Ghartok that shakes his confidence. Kori might help, but you and I both have the most valid reasons to end his wretched life.

May be a good opportunity for meeting the new character if she's near. Apollo needs some time to himself and so he's doing a little scouting the opposite side to where The House of the Beast's entrance is. Feel free to send Aeris out after me and once I get an idea of my surroundings I'll be able to guage whether I need to roll stealth checks or not. For now though, here's a Perception check.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18 extra +2 on top of this if considered desert terrain

4pm it is then and ok, I just assumed it was hot but not scolding. As for direct speech, do you mean for Apollo to engage with Dmitri directly, because right now he has nothing to say to the guy. Neither of them get on and Dmitri's dismissive and patronising nature makes Apollo feel inclined to speak to him the least out of the whole group. I'm just roleplaying how I interpret every situation from Apollo's perspective as best I can. Didn't know I could hear the conversation as I was down a corridor and in another room during that conversation, having just fought Andronograks. Figured I'd post to get things moving a bit.

Not sure of the time of day, so assuming it's around lunchtime here.

I'll take that as a no then, responds Apollo as his question is basically ignored.

The heat in here isn't so much the problem. It's more the freezing temperatures outside when night falls that you need to worry.

Glancing outside, Apollo signals Nom to follow as he makes his way back up to the entrance of the cave.

If you guys had no luck in finding a way forward he said, turning to the others.

...then we'd better get a move on.

Wiping off Nom's grazes from the blast of rubble the pair took, Apollo abruptly pulls the dinosaur towards him, giving it a tight hug around his thick, scaly neck.

Just a little longer, bud!

Nom just awkwardly looked back at the man and let out a slight snarl....as well as any respectable carnivore could.

Leaning down, Apollo placed his hammer on the ground, steel end first, as he grasped his Bow, slinging it over his shoulder once more.

Gonna need this, he mumbled to himself quietly, straining a little as he stood up once more.

Well, that'd be a great start. Putting my back out, ha! Should have put more effort into my swings back there. Clumsily half-arsing my attacks just because I have no quarrel with the enemy was a little pointless. Still, after I'm done with the Gnoll's of this place, I think I'll take a little time out. Maybe even spend a little more time with Almah...that is of course, providing she can get a little time to herself.

Responsibilities.... they never end.

Turning to his left, he see's Dmitri not too far and with barely a mark, simply asks; We got a way into the Beasts stinking lair yet?

New post from me tonight. Maybe more if people are up for a few more bits of roleplaying. Shame I couldn't have finished Andronakraks but Apollo wasn't bothered about killing either!

Scolding from Dmitri though. He's more concerned about finding some decent arrows and scouting for a better way into this place than anything else. The scolding will be present regardless. ;)

Glad to see you guys on board though!

Shame Thurrios couldn't have joined but we need a constant challenge, not an army haha!

Bit worried about Nom, mind.

Who's excited for the new folk to join?

I've PM'd Lein and have already seen two really good roleplaying opportunities. Lein has my pick, so I'm looking forward to hearing more. :)

Having a read of this as it looks pretty interesting/fun!

For anyone wanting to play a Gnoll - It's a very dangerous game because we roleplay our conflict in character as opposed to turning on one another physically, but if anyone chose a Gnoll as their PC, they'd be very lucky if Apollo didn't kill them on sight. If you could think of anyone you've ever loved, all being decapitated, maimed, torn apart and burned alive in front of you, all by this one particular race and had the chance to exact revenge on that entire race/tribe/family of murderers, I'd be surprised if you didn't.

Apollo's views are fuelled by rage and anger and as such, rather than just hunting down the tribe responsible for the loss of those around him, knowing that Gnoll Tribes are constantly expanding, his views have become clouded and somewhat twisted, so he's actually set on wiping out their entire race at present.

Just a heads up though!