Eldric's current horse, Sirian, was stolen from the bandits that attacked Oleg's Trading Post.
Eldric has not yet revealed his past to his fellows, but more perceptive PCs may have suspicions due to his light sympathy for those driven to banditry and knowledge he imparted as to how bandits typically worked. If Akiros survived the fight with the Stag Lord, Eldric likely has told him the story of his own past, having felt a strange kinship with a fellow renounced bandit.
A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!
So I'm bored here at work (its really laid back here) and I was looking at the Noble Scion prestige class... if this pbp is more rp and less dice rolling, I may seriously consider taking that prestige class if allowed. I'll literally just be a face though since I'll lose my spell progression while taking levels in that instead.
If we end up with more than four players, perhaps you being "face only" won't be much of a problem. *crosses fingers*
However everyone is expected to be able to contribute in combat. You are the defenders of your realm.
Also I don't believe in the mass combat rules. If a group of P.C. can't take down an army they are not trying. Still a face might be able to help with that.
Yes, high-level PCs can definitely deal with large groups of troops on their own, but in this world I'd expect an army to have magical support. An army with mages/druids on their side will crush us if we don't have an army of our own. And if you don't plan on us building and training an army, well, my character becomes pretty pointless.
Alright submissions closed
winners are
Sorcerer- Riva Sarjenka
bard- Rory Ward
Cavalier-Eldric Lorren
Cleric-Adular
Everyone else thanks for posting.
The people I have called please go on the discussion so we can work out the background and other details.
Hmm, may I ask why I wasn't chosen? I don't mind, it's just that you said you were looking for 6 people and you took four and just excluded me. I'm not asking to be retroactively added, I'm in other games. I just felt like I was personally excluded for no reason, hehe.
I personally prefer pushing the limits and trying to wrap the game world around players bending the world around them and having the world push back. Many times hard. I could not see any reason for you to make an old fighter like that besides to nerf yourself. I don't really need the player to limit themselves I can can do that for them.
I know that is not very standard DM practice. Apologies was not really fair to you.
Well, I made him middle-aged because I think the idea of an aging, experienced, grizzled veteran is a cool character concept, especially as it pertained to his backstory (he was looking after the young bard who was actually going to take levels of Noble Scion as well). It would have been an easy transition to change that over to Rory, in my opinion.
As far as nerfing myself, you should look at the actual stat array:
Str 18
Dex 14
Con 12
Int 14
Wis 12
Cha 8
This equates to a 19 point buy if I didn't make him middle aged. So yes, I could have had one point higher in Con, Wis, or Cha, which would have had negligible impact on the game. I was willing to sacrifice that for story purposes.
As for nerfing myself, a few things--Paizo APs are intended for 4 characters made with 15 point buys, and even then are not insanely difficult. With a 20 point buy and 5 players, I promise you I wouldn't be a drain on the party. I am an experienced RPer and, not only have interesting tactics and know the game, but I bring a lot to the (virtual) table, so to speak. I always pull my weight.
Anyway, thanks for the consideration. It seems to me that you are a bit inexperienced in DMing (no offense intended, just my observation), so I'll offer you a bit of friendly advice--try to be a bit more flexible. The point of DMing is to make sure your players have fun. You seem a bit inflexible in some of your viewpoints and that may cause some strife between you and your players. I say this as someone who has been playing these games for over half my life, and DMed my fair share.
Thanks again for the consideration. Good luck guys, and have fun!