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Posting to kickstart the thread, not official first post.

A massive giant with malformed legs and wielding a great frozen hammer smashes a pile of Elsa dolls as you enter.

'Ello, welcome to Hell - Frozen Over!

Just doing this to set up my second table

Come on down, grab some hot cocoa, pull up an ice cube, wrap that fur blanket round your shoulders, and let's chat.

Let's use this thread to keep in touch, post updates, and ask questions of each other.

Despite the warming weather, you notice a snowflake drifting down, passing before your eyes in a moment of alien beauty.

This is not the official first post, more of a prelude.

Ice to meet ya'll, I'm the DM Chill-iax and I'm here to tramp through that well-traveled adventure of icy worlds and colder hearts: Reign of Winter. However, Imma do a thing with this. I would like to run The Witchwar Legacy as a prelude to the adventure path proper. What does this mean?

I'd like you to submit TWO characters, one at level 17, and another at level 1. Character creation rules for both will be mostly the same. The pair you will submit will not be the same character. The Witchwar character could be a relative of the Reign of Winter character, or completely unrelated. They can be separate builds, or the WWL character can reflect how you plan to build your RoW character.

CHARACTER CREATION RULES, UNIVERSAL
Only Paizo Materials No third party, no conversions, none of that.
Stats Focus/Foil. 8 in one stat, 18 in another, 1d10+6 in the other four as you please.
Races As this adventure is a world-hopper, I'm not going to ban races at the start. I will ask that in your dot or pitch you run the race by me first.
Classes Only Paizo, no psionics. Occult, Shifter, and Vamp Hunter are fine by me.
Alignment If you are chaotic and/or evil, be a team player. Otherwise, no restrictions. You will be dealing with – and allying with – things far worse than you in this adventure.
Traits Two to start, one campaign and one other. Take a drawback and a third can be taken. I'll be impressed if you only take the drawback and no third trait.
Background Skills Can be in effect. Moments for downtime will be available.

CHARACTER CREATION FOR WITCHWAR LEGACY
Wealth Average for level 17.
Hit Points Max for level one, roll or take average for your class.
Background You are either mercenaries working for Queen Elvanna or followers of the demon lord Kostchtchie, both parties interested in recovering the infamous Torc of Kostchtchie. I'd like to try and get a mixed allegiance in this – just to see how that would play out – but if that'll be too disruptive we can have a neutral party caught in the middle.

CHARACTER CREATION FOR REIGN OF WINTER
Wealth Average for class or roll.
Hit Points Max for level one.
Background You start in Heldren, Taldor, according to the AP, but there is no reason to not be a native. Your characters can be from anywhere, but they require a reason to be in Heldren. Visiting family, hearing tales of the pleasant weather and people, something that'll drive your character to save the village.

Recruitment will be open till the seventh of April! I am looking for 4-6 players!

Any other questions, feel free to ask! Feel free to sing "Let It Go" and the Anastasia OST, Imma be different and post this: When the Wolves Cry Out! It fits, I think.

A hand extends over the table covered in dice and colorful figurines, casting a shadow from beyond the dungeon master's screen

Write me if you're in need of something or post if you wish to talk amongst yourselves.

A voice emanates from the other side of the screen

Well met, gamers. I am the DM Game Master, but ya'll can call me Gee-Em. I'm planning on running the Pathfinder AP Second Darkness for a friend of mine and I'm opening up submissions for 4 more characters. We all know how this goes so I'm going to come straight to my points.

CRUNCH and FLUFF

--Stats shall be 20 point buy.
--Average gold and max hp at first level, further health points rolled
--Paizo material only, no third party anything!
--All classes are available to choose from
--Almost all races are available, but for reasons no drow or half-drow or anything too monstrous; no racial feat taxes for races that can access those
--Alignments allowed are as follows: LG, NG, CG, LN, TN, CN, LE, and maybe NE. No CE, again for reasons
--Two traits: one campaign and one other. Drawbacks may be selected to gain a third trait; all traits/drawbacks must be worked into character and will be enforced
--I love a healthy background, so do not be afraid to send me an essay about your character. Since some of the campaign traits can tie characters together, feel free to discuss amongst yourselves how your characters could know each other prior to the AP's beginning
--Ad will close December 22nd

I look forward to what you have to offer!

Should be straight forward, just pick a song for the Pathfinder villain posted above then post another villain. Doesn't have to be a big bad either, any "boss battle" will do.

Kicking things off with Eccardian Drovenge.

It is all too dark. The faint smell of burnt stone and flesh still lingers here. You look around. The scorched ruins still stand despite the obvious damage. There is no wind. There is no life. Only the haunting whispers that promise horror.

And you awake.

Welcome to Carrion Crown, the Adventure Path of gothic horror, ranging from hauntings, monsters, cultists, and nightmares beyond mortal understanding.

For first posts in Gameplay, I'd like my players to tell from where they came from, how you arrived (whether by foot, horseback, or carriage), your thoughts during the journey, and your steps to the Lorrimor house, where you were to meet Kendra and from there attain the late Professor's funeral. Effectively, you all received a letter at your latest residence, telling you that the Professor Lorrimor, old friend, mentor, and colleague of yours, has passed and had requested you attend his funeral and the reading of his will, as he has seen fit to include you within it.

Use this thread to discuss character interaction, ideas for encounter tactics, and anything between life and death.

"You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?" - The Happy Mask Salesman, Majora's Mask

Welcome to my recruitment thread, gamers all. Please, enter freely and of your own accord. I have taken it upon myself to run the Carrion Crown adventure path, a long-time favorite of mine, through its entirety and perhaps beyond.

So, by viewing this thread you are hoping to submit a character to play through the adventure, so I'll get right to the crunch so the fluff may develop after.

For your listening terror...

CRUNCH 'n' FLUFF
-For stats, I'm using a formula known as the Focus and Foil. In a nutshell, you have an 8 and an 18 to place as you wish before racial bonuses are applied. The other four are determined by rolling 1d10+7 four times, and these may be placed as you wish.

-Average gold and max hp for your class.

-Paizo material ONLY! No third party material will be permitted.

-All classes are available, including the unchained versions of them. I'm a bit hesitant on gunslingers and summoners, but I'm letting them through my net.

-Core races are fine, along with aasimars, changelings, dhampirs, orcs, skinwalkers, and tieflings. Other races will have a harder time getting in, but if you present an awesome story, I might let it slide. No feat tax for alternate racial goodness for tieflings and others, if you were wondering.

-Alignments are as follows: Lawful Good, Lawful Neutral, Lawful Evil (only if team player and a good story behind it), Neutral Good, True Neutral, Chaotic Good, and Chaotic Neutral (only if minimal disruption). No Neutral Evil or Chaotic Evil for hopefully obvious reasons. Now, this is only for initial character creation/submission. I love a good story as much as the next dungeon master, and if your story is one that warrents a fall into darkness, so be it. Don't plan on going evil early unless you really want a screwy character. In that case, PM me first and we'll work something out off the books.

-Two traits - one of which must be a campaign trait - and one drawback for a third. Drawbacks will be monitored and used/abused and must tie into the character's background; same goes for traits.

-As for backgrounds, I'd like it to go as follows:

1) I'd like 5+ points that capture the concept and story of the character. More are welcome, but no less than five.
2) Two goals that you'd like the character to accomplish in-game.
3) Two secrets, one the PC keeps to himself, and one kept from the PC. I'll come up with a third that both the character and player aren't aware of, in hopes of shocking surprises within the storytelling.
4) 3-5 people that are tied to your PC by blood, love, rivalry, honor, etc. I'd like at least one enemy in a set of three or four, with no more than two for a set of five.
5) Three key memories that define your character as the person they are at the time of submission. Including Lorrimor in one of those might not be a bad idea.

All that is to help you and me tell a compelling story not only you, but any who read our adventure, will enjoy. If this is asking too much, let me know.

-Finally, I'd like you to include with your submission a fear or paranoia that causes your character to shiver, cower, or panic. Anything from spiders to unexplained happenstance, but I'm sure you'll all come up with some awful stuff on your own. Cool?

Questions are welcome and wanted; if I missed something, tell me. I look forward to meeting your characters in Ustalav.

Edit: Ad will close Jan 31. Thnx for pointing that out.