So, after more than a few years of very back burner preperation, I got a group together and began running Age of Worms. So far we've done character creation and did about an hour and a half of introduction/combat. A few of the players are basically new to Pathfinder, one played a few sessions in my Rise of the Runelord campaign, another played in said campaign, but owns Pathfinder books, and then there's me.
What we ended up with...
human monk (lotus)
This guy went over character creation a little, and then went off to get something to eat...so I'm not 100% on what's going on with his PC. Pretty sure he's a human, but I know he's doing the lotus monk, as apparently this has been something he's been wanting to do for years and could never find an outlet.
halfling rogue
This is the player from my last campaign who is the most familiar with the rules. His character is a nearly compulsive gambler who wound up heavily indept to the emporium. When I get the full stats posted up I'll explain a little more.
dwarven fighter
Another guy from my last campaign, though he isn't very familiar with Pathfinder beyond that. Other than him being an axe and shield warrior, I know he formerly worked in the mines, but offended someone and ended up working as a woodcutter instead. Again, when I have their full stats posted I'll likely have their full backgrounds as well.
half elf inquisitor
It figures that my oldest friend would be the only person to choose an APG class while he was only visiting. I'm very excited to see how the inquisitor works out, though I imagine the player will only be here for one or two more sessions...
dwarven sorcerer (deep earth)
I'm not sure how new this guy is to PRGing in general, but I know he has the least experience with Pathfinder and d20 in the group. I like the class race combination, and look forward to seeing how things go with him. So far I know little about his background, as he was the last person to show up, so got the least attention from me.
As you probably got from the thread title, this campaign is the Age of Worms, with the Falcon's Hollow series and some Ptolus stuff thrown in. So...if anyone is playing in any of that, consider this your one and only spoiler warning...Oh, and if one of my players accidentally wound up here...this is where you stop reading.
The primary plot line of the campaign is going to be the Age of Worms path, with Diamondlake becoming Falcon's Hollow. The Ptolus aspect will come in when the part travels to the city later on in Age of Worms.
Things began with the above characters, all having their own reasons to dislike the Hollow, and desperate to find a way out, ariving at an abandoned mine office several hours walk from town. A mutual contact had contacted each of them, letting them in on "the score of the decade", claiming to have a map to one of the ancient burial cairns north of Falcon's Hollow that was missed durring the town's previous boom.
Unfortunately all the group found at the mine office was a hungry choaker (who they are currently in combat with). Hopefully after handeling the beast and looking around a bit more, they decide to return to town and track down Blixt (the man with the map).
Unfortunately for poor Blixt, he is one of several Hollow residents to come down with a nasty bug called blacksour. Before anyone goes off plundering the Whispering Cairn, their going to have to find a way to cure Falcon's Hollow of blacksour...