Just a note, I switched from a two-weapon fighting build to more of a ranged, at least to start. I wanted him to be mobile, which is hard to do when two-weapon fighting with all of the full-round attacks.
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I think that I'm going to stick with my current build. The time Meurig would have spent in the church would have been doing simple tasks rather than training in clerical magic. Also, I am always looking for new ways to brush on my Photoshop skills, so I did up an illustrated version of the region map that I thought I'd share. I hope you enjoy it or can put it to good use. Some of the areas I wasn't sure if I was misinterpreting (Lower Alenka) and others I took some artistic liberties (the marshes). Shout out to fantasticmaps.com for the great tips.
I may also consider doing a build of Cleric 1/Inquisitor 1 to represent his time in the church + this inquisition when I get off work. Seems like it would make more sense character-wise.
I managed to read all of the gameplay. There were some seriously close encounters and great combats (I especially liked Drexels attempts to trick the gnolls). I have an idea for Meurig with personal history and how he ended up in Meston, but I don't want to make assumptions about the world you've created. But here is the basics of what I had in mind, and maybe I could get more information on the town of Meston and any orders that he could join to fit this idea. Based on the feedback, I will do a thorough write-up: Meurig grew up in New Allence in a middle-class working family, employed to one of the farmers for the city. His father is a drunk whose beatings and family defamation led to a fallout without the church. When Meurig was 16, he came home to find his father in rage worse than any other and his mother lying motionless on the ground, bloody and battered. Meurig knew he had crossed the line as his father shouted at him, "It's your fault - your fault she's dead!" Meurig fled and grabbed some supplies from the farm - a sickle so familiar to him. Returning in the dead of night, Meurig had planned to take the life of his father, just has he had stolen that of his mother. He crouched behind the house, seeking to sneak in from the back entrance. As he opened the door, sickle in hand, he felt the hand of another reach out and stop him, whispering, "I don't know who it is or what they've done, but there are other ways..." Looking back with tears in his eyes, Meurig saw the old priest whose sermons he grew up listening to. What the kindly old man was doing there, Meurig never asked. From then on, he rejoined the church and gave himself up to the Judge. His father was tried and imprisoned, sentenced to meet with the Judge in due time. Meurig spent a couple years as a servant of the Judge until one day, the same priest that had saved him approached him again. The priest told him about an organization being composed by both the church and government as an attempt to combat the Taloth. Agents of the Judge who discard their material want in pursuit of justice and retribution. They would be stationed in Meston where they could train close enough to the front lines yet remain out of sight and be deployed expeditiously if need be. Wanting an escape from the constant reminder of his past, Meurig accepts the offer and prepares for the challenges ahead. After a year of training to be an infiltrator for the order, he is summoned when a small band of servicemen arrive in Meston with a mission from the Overlord.
I would like to offer a submission as well. I was reading through the original recruitment thread not realizing it was a year old and got all excited. The basic idea for this character is an Inquisitor of the Infiltrator archetype that was trained in subterfuge to serve as a scout and operative against the orc incursion. With this being a seemingly simple mission, this will be my first official assignment and test in the field. I will read more into your setting and the campaign events today to try and get a better understanding for a more in-depth background. Unless, of course, recruitment is closed. I have the crunch in the alias, story to come. |