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6 posts. Alias of Art Burd.


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Keva will move over to the opening overlooking the lower level, casually leaning out to look down and estimate the distance to the ground.


Keva will have spent her time up to this point quietly observing the other members of the group, assessing them before deciding to do anything. She will have stayed near enough to the group conversing with the halflings to hear their conversation while her eyes watched the others go about their business. Seeing that everyone is doing well for the time, she elects to remain silent for a while longer. If anyone goes to talk with the four mercenaries, she will move up to accompany them, but will wait until someone else wished to go.


Seeing the group of obviously non-Halflings in the street, Keva angles towards them as she approaches the Tavern-Fort. Seeing as how they look like a grab-bag of assorted people, it would make sense that this was the group she was to join with before heading to Hommlet. Walking up to them, she nod in greeting as she says "Hello, everyone. I take it that you were all sent here by the Viscount?"

Everyone else sees a tall and thin woman, with pale skin and white hair. Her skin is covered in faint blue patterns, and her eyes are the color of silver. She wears studded leather armor, simple travelers clothes, and a gray woolen cloak. At her back is a shortbow, and a pair of shortswords hang at her belt. On her left shoulder hangs her pin, placed to where it could easily catch the eye.


Background Questions:
Did you grow up poor, middle-class, or upper-class and wealthy?
· Keva grew up middle-class, but also spent several years living on the road.

Did you live in the rural areas, or grow up in small, medium, or large town? Or, did you move from place to place a lot?
· Keva spent the majority of her childhood living in a small coastal town, but began traveling after her mother's death.

Are you from the local area where the adventure begins, or a foreign land?
· She is from a foreign land.

Who was your father, and what did he do for a living?
· Keva’s father was named Elbridge Windrider, and he was the captain of a small merchant ship.

Who was your mother, and what did she do for a living?
· Keva’s mother was named Soreen Windrider, and she managed a small general goods store.

Do you have any siblings?
· Keva has five siblings, four Human and one Sylph. Her human siblings were all older than her, with there being three older brothers named Alder, Magnus, and Raleigh, as well as an older sister named Sandria. Her Sylph sibling is an identical twin sister named Feve.

Do you have any extended family, (i. e. cousins, aunts, grandparents, etc.)?
· Keva does have some extended family, but she has had very little contact with any of them. Additionally, she has grown more distant from them over the recent years.

Was your family religious?
· Her family was religious, but tended to pray to any applicable god whenever it would have been appropriate to do so.

What was your education like?
· Keva was mostly taught by her mother, especially in the ways of trade and being a merchant. It was also her mother that taught her how to wield a blade, the better to defend herself with. However, these lessons bored her, so she also taught herself the ways of the thief. These lessons became more important later in life when she had to fend for herself

What were your friends like?
· Keva had very few friends in her childhood, with the few that she had being some of the street urchins who frequented the area around her mothers shop.

Who was your first love, and what happened to them?
· Keva hasn’t truly ever felt that she was in love with another person. She has had occasional fleeting crushes, but they would never last long.

What was the happiest moment of your childhood?
· The happiest moment of Keva’s childhood was her 14th birthday, when her mother baked her and Feve sweet cakes.

What was the scariest moment of your childhood?
· The scariest moment of Keva’s childhood was when her home town burned in a massive fire. She and Feve were separated from their mother, and barely managed to escape the inferno alive.

What was the saddest?
· The saddest moment of her childhood was the morning after the fire, when she discovered that her mother had perished in the flames.

Why did you become the class you are? Family tradition? Just fell into it?
· Mostly just fell into it. She found it something interesting to do when she was younger, but developed the skills further when she was forced to use them later in life.

Who taught you your class's skills?
· Keva mostly taught herself, but also received some lessons from her mother, as well as some of the more friendly street urchins around her childhood home.

What's your relationship with your family now?
· She had not had contact with any of her older siblings or father since before the fire, as she was never well liked by her father or elder siblings. Up until several years ago, she was practically inseparable from Feve, and two would go everywhere together, always supporting one another. However, one night her sister simply disappeared without a trace. Since then, Keva has been keeping an eye out for her wherever she goes.

If your character wasn't adventuring, what would they be doing instead?
· She would likely be conducting research, looking through libraries for ancient stories or knowledge.

What does your character think of the Gods? Are they religious, fearful of them? Do they even believe in them?
· Keva certainly believes in the gods, but is not a super-devout follower of any of them. The two deities who she feels the most connected to are probably Cayden Cailien and Desna.

If you could pick one emotion to describe your character, what would it be?
· Curious.

What terrifies your character?
· Uncontrolled, large fires. They remind her too much of the night that her mother died.

What emboldens your character?
· Seeing someone that she cares about in danger.

Do they have any goals? If so, what?
· Keva’s main goal is to travel the world, hoping to find out what happened to her sister.

Why do they adventure?
· Keva adventures to make a name for herself, see new places, and meet new individuals.

What role do they fill in the group?
· Keva is a decent skill-monkey and trap-spotter, and can also be a semi-decent melee combatant.

How does your character get along with members of a group?
· Keva gets along with most people quite well, unless they give her a reason not to.

How do they feel about other races, like humans, dwarves, halflings, elves, etc.?
· Keva has no particular feelings tied towards any of the other ‘good’ races.

How do they feel about "evil" races like goblins, kobolds, orcs, and gnolls?
· Keva believes that while they should be death with as necessary, individual members of the “evil” races should not be condemned simply because of their race.

How does your character feel about magic?
· Keva has no particular feelings about magic. Sure, it can be a useful tool, weapon or defense, but it is not strictly needed.

How does your character dress?
· Keva typically dresses in loose clothing that allows her to move freely. A thin leather vest goes over a simple white shirt, as well as her armor. Her legs are typically clad in pants, and her feet have basic shoes on them. On her back is a woolen cloak.

What does your character look like? Do you have distinguishing birth marks, deformities, hair color?
· Keva’s skin is covered in faint blue patterns, and is overall somewhat pale. Her eyes are a silvery color, and her flowing hair is a pure white.

Do they have any personality quirks?
· She tries to be contsantly smiling, and occasionally tries to make jokes when the situation gets too serious. Additionally, she constantly messes with her hair absentmindedly.

An orphanage is on fire and the children are trapped inside, what does your character do?
· Blanking out her own fears, she would rush in and attempt to save as many of the children as she can. She would try her hardest to make sure that none of the children she saves lose any sibling, if they have any.

The home of the local money lender, who just foreclosed on an orphanage, is on fire and he's trapped inside. What does your character do?
· Keva will attempt to save him. As she does this, she will try to make sure that he comes out of the experience with as little material wealth as possible, hopefully with only the clothes on his back. However, if she feels that doing so would put herself at too much risk, she would refrain from helping directly, calling for assistance from other nearby.


Thinking about it, I am going to rework Keva into being a rogue. Nobody else is building towards that direction, and someone else already has an elemental bloodline sorcerer.

Also, what about my above question (about example quirks/flaws you would give for starting at 2nd level)?

Rogue Gold: 4d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 4, 1) = 13 130 gold


This is Jace Nailo. I am working up a Sylph Sorcerer with the Elemental (Air) Bloodline. Rolling for gold:

Sorcerer Gold: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 5) = 11 110 gp

Also, in your initial post you mentioned starting at 2nd level by recieving a quirk or flaw. Could you provide examples as to what those might be?