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Dotting for observation (won't be posting here but want to follow along)
Dotting for observation
Have a great game, everyone! (Do you mind if Magda shows up to watch the game thread? This has lots of fascinating potential...)
”Someone needs to investigate!”
So far we have the following submissions: Lady Cathryn d'Endrin, human fighter, played by Groundhog
and these proposals dhampir inquisitor, played by chillblame
Still working on equipment, Is the starting gun for a gunslinger -- or other class that starts with one —considered to be an advanced firearm? Also, do I have it right that ”firearms everywhere” reduces the price of guns and ammo to 10% of normal, so a revolver that normally costs 3000 go now costs 300?
And then there’s Magda Loran, seeking revenge for her dead partner. Background:
Magda’s father never talked about the past.. He moved from city to city, working odd jobs, never settling long, He taught his daughter to work a pack of cards, trust no one, and keep her pistol handy. When she was seventeen, he died in a tavern brawl outside Korvosa, leaving two gold coins, a silver dagger, and plenty of mystery. Magda knew her mother was not human - her claw-sharp fingernails, her oddly tough skin and mismatched blue and green eyes were proof enough. It made life hard, and lack of trust made it harder, but she managed a living around the edges of gambling halls, running errands, and occasional stints as a guard. Until Ember. The Varisian dancer was a gaming partner one evening, a friend the next morning, and eventually partner and lover. She had her own mysteries, but she was exciting, passionate, and accepting. The two of them talked endlessly, trusted each other, and eventually opened a joint business as investigators, with Ember as the brains and Magda — frail, ethereal, but steel-hard and knife-sharp — as the muscle and quiet eye in the background. They made a good living and were happy. Two weeks ago, Ember’s stripped corpse turned up in an alley near the docks. Magda had to identify the body. Then she had to do the funeral. Then she dropped everything and went for vengeance. She found Ember’s ring in a jeweler’s shop, and still hasn’t been able to buy it back. But the jeweler mentioned that Gaedren Lamm, a local crime lord, might have sold him the ring. (For the record, Magda’s very sorry about the broken glass.) First, find Gaedren Lamm. Then, ask some questions. Then, depending in the answers, a bullet through the brain.
Notes for DM: Magda’s mother is deliberately left vague as a hook for the DM. Magda doesn’t know anything about her mother, and has never knowingly encountered a hag... she has lived very much in the human world rather than the arcane one, and more among upper-class gambling halls and the edges of Society than the low-life hells where Gaedren Lamm dwells. Ember also has plenty of mystery in her background - why would a clannish Varisian not have family around? Magda never asked - with Ember, it was trust at first sight. (She’s a lot more suspicious with anyone else.)
Have fun, all!
Reporting aboard! Mindy is a sailor's daughter, but not as experienced and clever as she thinks she is, or she would never have fallen for such an obvious trick
Updated Mindy with equipment and physical description.
A ship's captain's daughter, familiar with the world and with fighting aboard ship, currently stranded in Katapesh and really, really not wanting to go back on ship. (Constant seasickness has a way of doing that to you.)
I just went with 20 point buy. Heroism is about what you do, not what you're born with. :)
Just found this, but I've got a character concept. Ok with frequent postings and Crypt of the Everflame. Mindy Panotti, daughter of a rcently-retired ship captain, who's tired of being seasick and wants to be a heroic adventurer... On land, thank you very much. Mindy grew up on shipboard with her father, a sea captain trading all along the Inner Sea from Cheliax to Taldor and beyond. The rush of wind, the fresh sea air, the cry of gulls. Mindy hated every minute of it. Uncertain footing, bilge smells, the eternal threat of falling overboard and drowning like her mother... She was never so happy as the day Father announced his retirement to their ancestral village. Of course, a year of boredom in the boondocks made Mindy more than willing to find something to do. Strong, tough, self-reliant (maybe a little too much), Mindy was more than willing to go out and be a hero. Not for her the merchant's endless truckling to his customers, or the sailor's continual patching of hulls and knotting of ropes...no, someday the minstrels would be singing songs of her... |