D&D 5e Exandrian Troubles (Looking for new players to D&D, help offered.)

[Vergil1989]

Let me be up front and say that I have NO experience being a DM, but I have recently bought the DMG from D&D Beyond, as well as the Monster Manuel, AND the Mordekadian's Tome of Foes, so I have a few books handy with access to the wiki for whatever else we might need.  So with that in mind, I'm more opening the floor for discussion and hopefully to attract someone that has at least some experience in being a DM to help me run whatever this ends up becoming.  Having said that, I DO have a basic idea for some starting information, but as for WHERE this ends up being set, it'll be within the world created by Matthew Mercer and the gang from Critical Role, set about fifty years after Vecna was defeated by Vox Machina.  Tal'dorei will have changed to some extent due to the fact a literal GOD was on the wrong side of the Divine Gate, but overall things are as they've always been.  At any rate, I'll be getting links up to the Campaign setting that I've started to put together as well as a Discord for the group, among other more E relevant threads, so look for updates periodically.  See ya soon folks!

UPDATE:  It turns out in order to look at the D&D Beyond stuff I have up, you have to make a character, so if you just want to glance at the stuff you can do a filler character real quick, just delete your filler character once you're done.  Sorry for the inconvenience.   :-[

Starting Level:  1st Level to 3rd, so no matter if this is set in Faerun or Exandria, you're going to be starting out at the bottom of the barrel, both for my own sanity, but also to give our new players a chance to get used to doing this at all.
Content:  Any official content is acceptable.  I don't have a lot of the source materials, having only recently got my hands on D&D's Dungeon Master's Guide, the Player's Handbook, as well as the Monster Manuel and the Mordekakein's Tome of Foes, but I'm willing to have Unearthed Arcana and the like, AS LONG as you can provide whatever information is required to understand what you're capable of.  But as I said, homebrew stuff isn't alright, especially since I'm so new to this whole DM shtick.   :-[
Character Concepts:  While we need to officially decide where this is taking place before anything substantial can be made here, you can at the very least have a name, gender, picture, and a general idea of what you're hoping to put together.  Any help you require I'll do my best to provide.  :D
Race:  As long as you're humanoid and its not homebrewed stuff, I won't be too picky about this.
Stats:  Roll for stats please.  Any 1s can be rerolled for a better stat outcome.
HP Limit:  Rolling for HP is also preferred, BUT 1s can also be rerolled.  Having said that, you can take max HP upon 1st level just so you don't get one shotted right outta the gate no matter what your stats happen to be.  ;D
Starting Equipment/Gold:  I'm not going to be a stickler about this, BUT I don't want people running around with everything and the kitchen sink either lol.  So standard equipment is fine, and gold isn't going to be a huge deal either, BUT I will be pricing items and the like as I feel the situation warrants since something like war time would naturally jack up prices on even common items.  Still, gold should be your standard level as well per character creation rules, so don't be carrying around a pouch full of gold coins if you just got off the streets or something.  :P
Discord:  I have a Discord, and I am more than willing to set up a room for us to chat and the like, but I'll also be putting up an OOC and character thread before doing any IC stuff.
Group Size:  Because this is my first group game with an actual system involved, I'm gonna be limiting this to four, five tops, and this won't be first come first serve either.  I'll be looking for a willingness to help each other as well as a rich, thought out, and diverse cast of characters concepts that could become full blown people with goals, motivations, and plenty of plot potential to boot.  Race and class also needs to be diverse as possible please and thanks.  NO MIN MAXERS OR META GAMERS NEED APPLY.

I think that's everything for the time being.  :D  I don't have a starting date as of yet, but I'm hoping, HOPING to have both a partner and a much better idea in a few days, a week at the most.  Starting dates will be figured out later on as the situation changes, so there's no hurry to get sheets completed is all I'm saying.  At any rate, see ya for now guys and gals.

Link Directory

OOC Discussion thread
Campaign Info  TO BE UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK
Character Roster

Character Guidelines

Rolling for stats:  I'd prefer if you guys use the E Dice Roller.  Results of 1 can be rerolled, but otherwise take what you get everyone.
Character Sheets:  I'm not talking about the character information, but rather the official sheets you'd put together for your typical D&D game.  Those DO need to be linked in your character information once you start putting those together.  I'll put together a character sheet for E here before too long, but Mythweavers or D&D Beyond is more than acceptable as far as your actual stats and stuff are concerned.
Pictures:  Character pictures should be right aligned, at about 300 for height.  I'll still ask for you to actually describe your character of course, including eye color, hair color, clothing style, etc, but a picture isn't required outright.
Plot info:  While we WILL be expecting a fairly well thought out history for your respective characters, any plot relevant information you can PM to myself and Keys as you guys and gals desire.  You can be from any place in Exandria, not just Tal'Dorei, but if you want to have a long, drawn out revenge plot like Percy did against the Briarwoods, but don't want the other players to know about it just yet, feel free to tell myself and my assistant DM, Keys.  ;D  Otherwise, everything else should be present and accounted for.
Alignment:  Everything from Lawful Good to True Neutral is fine, BUT no outright Evil characters please.  Alignment can and WILL be changed depending on a character's actions, so don't decide to use a coffin as a battering ram and not expect to be penalized for it.

If I forgot anything, let me know.  :D

Character Sheet

Personal Information

Name: What shall I call you fair adventurer?
Race:  Official content only
Gender: This is a safe zone, so whatever your character is, is welcome here.
Orientation/Sexuality:
Age:
General Description: What does your character look like?


Role Play Centered Information

Class: Anything from the books is fine, but no Homebrewed stuff
Level: You'll be starting off as lvl 1-3, but as time goes on you'll need to adjust your levels accordingly
Alignment: Are you sure to follow rules or are you sure to do dastardly things? This is useful for deciding what your character will do in a situation, however this is not set in stone for the entire campaign  (No Evil alignments at the start though please.)
Character Sheet: Link your character sheet here. There are great resources for making character sheets online. I'll link some below! Roll stats as you normally would, but you are free to reroll 1s.
Additional Information: What do you want us to know?  Again though, plot related stuff for your specific character should be PMed to myself and Keys.  Basically, anything you don't want everyone else to know should be meant for my and Keys' eyes alone.  :D


History
Family: Who do they call family?
Hometown: Where do they typically live?
A little about personality: Give us a little bit about the character's personality. Don't worry about being too wild with this, personalities become revealed the more you play a character. There is no need to be set in stone!
General Life Story: Feel free to request this be found out in character, however when making an application, be sure to provide their story to the DM so we can make some interesting plot points in campaign for you.

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[b]Class:[/b] Anything from the books is fine, but no Homebrewed stuff
[b]Level:[/b] You'll be starting off as lvl 1-3, but as time goes on you'll need to adjust your levels accordingly
[b]Alignment:[/b] Are you sure to follow rules or are you sure to do dastardly things? This is useful for deciding what your character will do in a situation, however this is not set in stone for the entire campaign  (No Evil alignments at the start though please.)
[b]Character Sheet:[/b] Link your character sheet here. There are great resources for making character sheets online. I'll link some below! Roll stats as you normally would, but you are free to reroll 1s.
[b]Additional Information:[/b] What do you want us to know?  Again though, plot related stuff for your specific character should be PMed to myself and Keys.  Basically, anything you don't want everyone else to know should be meant for my and Keys' eyes alone.  :D
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[b]Family:[/b] Who do they call family?
[b]Hometown:[/b] Where do they typically live?
[b]A little about personality:[/b] Give us a little bit about the character's personality. Don't worry about being too wild with this, personalities become revealed the more you play a character. There is no need to be set in stone!
[b]General Life Story:[/b] Feel free to request this be found out in character, however when making an application, be sure to provide their story to the DM so we can make some interesting plot points in campaign for you.

[Crash]

I can join, if you don’t mind my slowish rate of posting.  I preference would be Tal’dorei but I am good with whatever.  I have a few character concepts I would like to play. One recommendation if you don’t mind the suggestion. Start at lvl 3.  Everyone gets their subclass there.

[Vergil1989]

Heya Crash, and welcome to the party.  :D  I am pretty active, but as long as there's at least one round of posts a week before more DM related stuff from me, I won't complain about our more slow posters.  And I changed the level to give a range from 1st to 3rd, so hopefully that'll set a few minds at ease.  Thanks for the advice though!

[DrFier]

I'm guessing this is the game you're talking about?  If you feel comfortable having a new player around, I guess I could give it a go.

[keyotess]

PLanting a flag of interest! :)   

[Vergil1989]

We're all fairly new for the most part Doc, so you're more than fine to join in.  And hey Keys, welcome to my first attempt to DM something myself for a change lol.

[Crash]

Now do I go Wizard or Pali.....

[keyotess]

I have been playing 5e for several years, so I am open to questions and will play whatever is needed to balance out the team. :)

[Snake]

Would you mind an experienced player?

[Crash]

I started DMing DnD about a year ago.

[Snake]

I've been playing for a few years but never dm'd. I feel I'd suck at it

[Vergil1989]

Having a couple experienced players helping out those less so is more than fine, so by all means I'm happy to have you Snake.  :D  I want this to be more of a team effort than everyone kinda doing their own thing, so the more you guys work and help each other out, the easier this'll get.  Speaking of, I DO plan to get a Discord thing set up today for everyone to assemble as time allows, so be on the lookout for that.

That aside, we have at least one person saying they'd prefer this be set in the world of Exandria.  Unless we get votes for the Forgotten Realms, we'll be taking a more Critical approach to the setting.  :P

[keyotess]

OH, Exandria is fine with me :)

[Chulanowa]

Having a couple experienced players helping out those less so is more than fine, so by all means I'm happy to have you Snake.  :D  I want this to be more of a team effort than everyone kinda doing their own thing, so the more you guys work and help each other out, the easier this'll get.  Speaking of, I DO plan to get a Discord thing set up today for everyone to assemble as time allows, so be on the lookout for that.

That aside, we have at least one person saying they'd prefer this be set in the world of Exandria.  Unless we get votes for the Forgotten Realms, we'll be taking a more Critical approach to the setting.  :P

I'll poke my nose in with a vote for faerun.

[Snake]

I vote Faerun.

btw a starter level of 3 is better; that way the chars aren't being one-shot by the basic enemies. That and they're just starting to differeniate themselves via their subclass.

[Vergil1989]

No one asked for your opinion Chul.  :P  Nah, I'm happy to have you aboard buddy, so thanks for stopping by, truly.  :D

I need to do some stuff on this end, but as soon as I'm able, I'll get the Discord ready and go from there.  And I'll be updating the first post, but this won't be first come, first serve, but rather those with the most interesting concepts for characters.  Variety would also be appreciated wherever possible, and as far as races are concerned, as long as you're humanoid and its not homebrewed, I won't be picky.  Goblins to Kenkus, knock yourselves out I say.  ;D

Two for two, well alright then.  :D

[Winds Of Lust]

drat this looks as thought it has likely filled up already hasn't it <.< should have poked my head in when I saw this on break at work instead of waiting to return home. Welp, if there is room I am in and more than happy with any setting.

[Vergil1989]

As I've said before, this isn't gonna be first come first serve, so by all means Wind, you're welcome to stick around.

I think I'm just gonna go ahead and go for an Exandria setting if everyone's cool with that.  Otherwise, you're welcome to stay or go as you wish, but it'll be fifty years after the end of Campaign 1, with nothing from Campaign 2 coming into play, at least as far as we're concerned at any rate.  So Vecna was defeated, the Chroma Conclave's been destroyed, and peace is more or less restored to the world.  Guns and blackpowder is gonna be at least present, controlled for the most part, but criminals will naturally have access to such resources as you'd expect, because of course they would.  Laws don't matter to such people in our world so why should they in a fantasy setting?  Lol anyway, start getting your concepts going, but again, there's no rush guys and gals.

Five people tops though, just so we're clear, but I'll start with four once I get an actual campaign thing put together over on D&D Beyond.  See ya!

[Crash]

I am going to go Paladin.

[Snake]

I'll go Shadow Sorcerer :3

[Vergil1989]

When you guys figure out names, gender, race, appearance, etc, as well as a general concept, feel free to start putting those together, but I'm glad to see movement already.  :D

Also, what's a Shadow Sorcerer?  What source book would that be from?

[Crash]

I am going to make a Female Oath if Redemption Paladin.  The Paladin of Love.

[Snake]

Xanathar's Guide to Everything. it's just a Sorcerer bloodline option.

[Vergil1989]

Cool.  :D

And the Discord is up everyone.  The link should allow you to get right in, but if there's a problem, let me know.  Just check the bottom of the first post for the relevant links.

And gotcha, thanks Snake!  :D

[Snake]

Here are my official rolled stats in their raw form:

8,
12,
16,
11,
14,
12

my plan is to use half-elf to get a good spellcasting modifier early on :3

[Vergil1989]

That's not necessary but it's appreciated Snake, so thanks.  :D

And there's some character related guidelines for everyone to start thinking about.  I'll get the actual sheet going here soon, but that's what I got for you right now.  See ya!

And the start of the Campaign information is up in the first post ladies and gentlemen.  While I haven't gotten to the various cities and the like throughout Tal'Dorei, Emon, where we'll be starting at, has begun to take shape.  I'll do more for the Slayer's Take and the like soon enough, but I need a break for the moment.  :D

Whoever posted this lovely paladin elf needs to put their name on 'em so I know who you are here on E.  :P  That and I STILL need an actual character sheet drawn up for you here whenever you get a chance.

That aside, I'm gonna try to write up more stuff to give a much better idea of what's going on in Tal'Dorei as a whole.  Just a bit frazzled right now because my youngest brother is in seeing a specialist to hopefully get rid of his kidney stones and gallbladder sludge sooner rather than later.

[Crash]

That would be me.  Sorry will do.

[Vergil1989]

You're cool Crash, I just wasn't sure what was goin' on.  :D  You don't need to delete it by any means, just make it easier for me to know who's who is all I ask.  Thanks!

I'll try to do more for Kraghammer and the other cities not listed in this little Overview, that can also be found in the Campaign setting information I've linked in the first post of this thread, but for the moment all of the big surface cities are taken care of with a general idea of what's going on.  I still need to get some good beginning monsters and much more plot related information from you, the players, BUT this is taking shape.  Having said that, you guys still have time to put things together, so don't feel compelled to rush yourselves.  I'm also willing to offer what aid I can to help anyone who needs it, just find me on Discord or PM me as you wish.  See ya!



Emon, the Capital of Tal'Dorei - Emon in the last fifty years, like most of the known world in and around Tal'Dorei, and as far as Vasselheim, has recovered from the scars of the past from the siege by the Chroma Conclave and later, Vecna and his cult.  While Emon's residents only received the nightmarish visions and whispered promises from the recently ascended god, there were still a few cultists within the city that went unnoticed until they felt their god rise to his new, lofty station on this side of the Divine Gate, thus they caused their share of chaos during those few dark days that Vecna had achieved his ultimate goal.  Just as quickly they fell, leaving an already weakened Emon that much weaker, but time has overall helped to heal the wounds suffered by the people.  While the scars remain, and with the rising tension between the Clasp and the Council of Emon, let alone the people of the city who can safely fall on either side of the 'divide', overall most people just want to be left alone to live as they see fit.  No easy feat given the fact Lady Vex'ahlia and the rest of the Council have started to try and crack down on the Clasp's movements, with little success.  It doesn't help that there are whispers of a traitor somewhere within the palace itself, where the Council holds their meetings, and where many people can be found demanding an end to the chaos and corruption that has spread from the city's underground.  Whether there really is a traitor among the Council or not, one thing is clear, they're losing the fight or so popular opinion would have the new arrival to believe.

Westruun - Despite the fact the Chroma Conclave sent one of their own to oversee the subjugation of the city, followed closely by the arrival of the Herd of Storms, the city has healed and recovered beautifully.  Unfortunately, the Clasp, while not a publicly known secret, has gotten their talons in deep in the city's infrastructure.  While rumors abound about a tiefling bard in particular, who's able to sway almost any crowd of rabble rousers into destroying themselves, or in simply turning them away from whatever foolish crusade they've decided to put together, nothing has been proven to connect him to the brutal murders of several prominent opponents that have promised to end the Clasp's slow and insidious rise to power.

Whitestone -  Under the protection of Percy and Cassandra De Rollo, as well as Lady Vex'ahlia, formerly of Vox Machina, Whitestone and its surrounding countryside, as far as the Alabaster Sierras, has known an unprecedented era of peace.  Even when the De Rollo family was far more prevalent before the Briarwoods slaughtered all but two of them, the peace has been far more potent than most can recall.  Magical innovation has taken a backseat, partly due to the anti-magic field beneath the castle, mostly do to Percy's fear of what a magical blackout might do to the city if it were to spread, to technological advancement.  A brilliant network of steam pipes run beneath the city streets, ensuring the roads and byways never need to be cleared of ice and snow, while mechanical wonders such as the large clocktower near the city's center, along with countless other mechanical wonders, are common fare for the good people of Whitestone, with new inventions being conceived every year.  Among the spreading corruption and dark influences of the Clasp, Whitestone is a bastion of safety and security, ruled justly, fairly, and gently by the Grey Council and their highly trained Pale Guard that was established decades ago from members both of the nobility and the common man, allowing the people an even say in what happens to their home, which they would die to protect.  Envious eyes however see Whitestone's hopeful atmosphere and security in a kingdom slowly dying, and wish to tear it down....

Stillben - The swamp side town has grown, but no one there dares speak out against their 'benefactor', a wizard that seems to know every dirty secret that's ever whispered behind closed doors.  Whatever his secret, there is one thing working in the swamp side people's favor, Addan DOES want the people of Stillben to grow and prosper.  The only downside is that he's not shy about using force and worse to achieve his goals.  As long as no one questions his power and authority, no one has anything to fear, but those who've lived in town long enough knows that anytime new orders come down from whoever he answers to, is soon followed by unearthly howls in the night followed by another emptied house, still full of the missing family's possessions...

Kymal - The flood of refugees helped to make Kymal the sprawling metropolitan it is today.  The outer wall surrounding the city is new and is still under construction, but there's no mistaking the strength that it promises already despite its infancy.  As for the city itself, the people of Kymal have come a long way, with a fully trained town guard, some of which number riflemen trained in Whitestone itself.  Unfortunately, the people are scared, between the threat of the Clasp haunting every city this side of the Ozmat Sea, and the ever increasing threat of monster attacks, it won't take much for the city to explode in full blown revolt....

[keyotess]

Okay, got my rolls!  Dicebot was pretty nice.  13,13,17,15,14

[Chulanowa]

So, maybe bit of an odd question, but is anyone planning a pretty, girly boy? Both the characters rolling around in my head seem like they could use a femme kind of guy to get flustered by.

[Vergil1989]

Okay, got my rolls!  Dicebot was pretty nice.  13,13,17,15,14

Nicely done Keys.  ;D  A wizard or a sorcerer would be easy with stats like that, same as a gunslinger if you flipped those around a bit.  :D

So, maybe bit of an odd question, but is anyone planning a pretty, girly boy? Both the characters rolling around in my head seem like they could use a femme kind of guy to get flustered by.

Lol well, while it hadn't crossed my mind, I'm sure I could get a reoccurring NPC together if no one does something along those lines for ya Chul.  :D

Unfortunately, Crash has opted to drop out of this due to having some important projects he has to worry about in RL, so there's still plenty of room for other people to sign aboard if they so choose.  Myself and Keys are around to help if you so need it for anything at all, so feel free to ask us questions and we'll do our best to answer them.  See ya!

[Winds Of Lust]

So, maybe bit of an odd question, but is anyone planning a pretty, girly boy? Both the characters rolling around in my head seem like they could use a femme kind of guy to get flustered by.

I wasn't...until you just said that. PRETTY BOY IT SHALL BE!

How about an adorable Tabaxi Bard? Young monk tiefling who's a little to pretty for their own good...hmmmmm...

[Snake]

Sorcs of type tend to be prety

[Chulanowa]

I wasn't...until you just said that. PRETTY BOY IT SHALL BE!

How about an adorable Tabaxi Bard? Young monk tiefling who's a little to pretty for their own good...hmmmmm...

Whatever's good. I'm looking at a halfling that is either an urchin fighter or full on rogue, or perhaps some flavor of cleric. Assuming the dice are with me (we'll find out later, can't use the roller this moment)

[Vergil1989]

Just to remind people, I AM hoping to make the world around you, the players, so the more interesting and comprehensive of a background, the more I COULD potentially set up plot arcs with some further input from everyone here as the situation arises.  Besides that, I'm looking forward to whatever you guys have in mind!  ;D

As a quick note, one of the Mods removed the Discord link from the first post, due to the possibility of unapproved members finding their way off-site and seeing something they shouldn't or whatever.  I didn't even think of that, so I feel like a dork right now lol.  Still, if you guys need the Discord link, I'll PM or just put it in the OOC, whatever works.  I WILL probably be putting this in the NC-Exotic System threads, despite the fact I don't plan for any NC situations to pop up.  It's more to err on the side of caution than anything, but at any rate, see ya!

[Winds Of Lust]

The stat gods were kind to me this day: 9 18 11 16 11 18, probably going with my somewhat ill tempered tiefling monk, Admittedly having trouble finding a image that matches what I'm thinking in my head, will continue to hunt by I might have to settle for a raw detailed description.

[Snake]

*is jealous of your dice god blessing*

[Vergil1989]

Damn, not bad Winds!

Lol sorry to hear that Snake, but you didn't do that bad if I recall your stats correctly.

You CAN move the numbers around once rolled, if you guys want to do that of course.  It's entirely up to you of course, but that aside, if anyone needs a hand, I'm on Discord right now.  Also, the OOC is up, but as always, I'm not in any hurry since I'm still getting stuff together in any event.  :D

[Snake]

I'm already pretty much finished. Just doing final touches. But I'm wondering how fucked up can I go on the bg. I've made two chars I want to use equally a sorc or a hexblade or a great old one patron maybe

[Chulanowa]

The stat gods were kind to me this day: 9 18 11 16 11 18, probably going with my somewhat ill tempered tiefling monk, Admittedly having trouble finding a image that matches what I'm thinking in my head, will continue to hunt by I might have to settle for a raw detailed description.

Hmmm, cute girly tiefling monk boy?

Something like...

[Chulanowa]

Also while i'm here, how 'bout them dice rolls!

Rolls

Roll #1: Result: 6, 1, 1, 6,
Roll #1 reroll 1's: Result: 2, 5,
Stat #1: 17

Roll #2: Result: 3, 5, 6, 5,
Stat #2: 16

Roll #3: Result: 2, 1, 5, 4,
Roll #3 Reroll 1's: Result: 2
Stat #3: 11

Roll #4: Result: 5, 1, 3, 5,
Roll #4 Reroll 1's: Result: 6
Stat #4: 16

Roll #5: Result: 6, 3, 4, 5,
Stat #5: 15

Roll #6: Result: 1, 6, 6, 2,
Roll #6 Reroll 1's: Result: 4
Stat #6: 16

Got my usual luck with the roller, with a 17, 16, 11, 16, 15, 16.

Just wait til combat starts, then y'all will see some real shit go down.

[Vergil1989]

Well for such crappy rolls you still didn't do too shabby Chul.  ;D

[Snake]

-now feels like weak link-

[Winds Of Lust]

Hmmm, cute girly tiefling monk boy?

Something like...

Oh my yes, you are a scholar and a saint!

-now feels like weak link-

Hey buddy,  it’s not about the size of your stats but how you use them. And don’t discount min maxing with racial bonuses!

[Silk]

Are you still taking people on? :)

[Snake]

Hey buddy,  it’s not about the size of your stats but how you use them. And don’t discount min maxing with racial bonuses!

Yeah, I just lime having Options with my stats, and I feel like a one trick pony.  It hey. A mage is very SAD. it works to have a single nigh stat

[Vergil1989]

Are you still taking people on? :)

One of our early applicants dropped due to RL concerns, and as I've said before, this won't be first come first serve, so you're more than welcome to join us Silk.  :D

[Silk]

cool. :) i'll try whipping something up soon then! :)

[Chulanowa]

I say, g'morning chaps, how about a halfling to start the day off?

Personal Information

Name: Gil Button
Race:  Stout Halfling
Gender: Tomboy (Female)
Orientation/Sexuality: "It's Complicated" - Gil's never been with anyone except her own hands, unless you count the people she peeps on (and who would?). Probably best-described as "bi-curious;" she "likes boys," but in her time being a boy, she's developed an admiration for and curiosity about women as well.
Age: 19
General Description: Gil stands at three-foot eight and has a whip-thin build. Big hazel eyes with an odd hint of yellow peer from under a fringe of messy-cut short brown hair, with a constant little smirk on plump lips and freckled cheeks. Dressed in piecemeal clothing, or a suit of well-battered leather armor when it's time to throw down. Always has a knife somewhere, and has a fuzzy pet mouse named Snibbler somewhere else. Usually dirty or dusty, and easily mistaken for a boy; this is intentional. Underneath the clothing, and with her chest unwrapped, Gil is pretty clearly Gilly though, with small breasts and definite, if slender curves to her hips. Suffers acute frecklebutt.


Role Play Centered Information

Class: Fighter
Level: 3
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Character Sheet: https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1548422
Additional Information:


History
Family: Gil is an orphan, and life hasn't really allowed her anyone to get close to. She takes it upon herself to keep an eye on the other underfoot gamine though; not in a matronly way, but more in a tough older brother way. Including kicking them in the butt sometimes. Tends to offer some trust to other halflings.
Hometown: Gil is an Emon native, specifically the upper slums.
A little about personality: Gil is a little standoffish and distrustful towards most; she wants to trust, she wants friends, but it's been a hard time for her. She tends to assume anyone who's nice to her wants something; and the sort of somethings they have wanted in the past is part of why she's taken to presenting herself as male - and also always having a blade on hand. Some would call her paranoid, she calls it watchfulness. Sometimes over-exaggerates her "masculinity" into a corner; she's tagged along to a few brothels with zero idea of the "then what" part (usually ends up just conversing with the lady. Maybe playing cards.) She has a genuine love of animals, which is generally not returned except by her mouse, who's getting old; animals spurning her upsets her more than people doing it, by far. For the most part, worships the Everlight, though maybe isn't exactly the most devout. Acts tougher than she really is, but sometimes the bluff works; is really a salty crunchy shell around a soft creamy nougat filling. Wants to prove to herself and others - mostly herself - that she's actually a good person who can be more than a guttersnipe. REALLY wants to ride a skyship. Might settle for a sea-ship. Miiiight have criminal connections, maybe, perchance... Is not very good with alcohol (especially since it's always served in human-sized portions in Emon.) Doesn't think it's okay to cry but is sometimes a hypocrite on the matter.
General Life Story: Gil doesn't remember her parents very clearly, and has no idea what happened to them. She does have a token from her mother that she has kept all this time, and thinks it might mean her mother was a wizard of some sort. Rather than a loving home, she grew up in the alleyways of the Upper Slums, scrabbling for what she could alongside the other gamine and Raccoons Of Exceptional Girth (REOG's, we call 'em.) It's a rough city in general; rougher for a halfling orphan of course, but, as Gilly discovered, easier if you're a boy. So she became Gil. Gilly cried in alleyways behind trash bins and when cats she tried to pet bit her; Gil was a rough-and-tumble guy who didn't need no stupid cat! Gilly missed her parents; Gil put his elbow in other boys' eyes and made his own family. Being Gil wasn't the greatest of course, but getting into fistfights and rock-tosses with the other guttersnipes was a lot better than what Gilly had seen happen to other girls in those alleyways. As the years passed, Gil got tough and though never strong, he was certainly able, and managed to carve out a little niche for "himself." Tooth and nail, fist and knife, it's a "known fact" that Gil Button of Salter Street can out-drink, out-fight, and out-fuck any other dude. Sometimes Gil pays someone else to spread these outrageous lies.

[Vergil1989]

Gamine?  Also is it wrong I want to take Gilly home and give her the warmest hug ever? She's so damn cute and just...ugh!  Damn it Chul!  Lol but I love her, and while I haven't looked at her stats yet, I'm sure it'll be fine.  That aside, not a bad fighter all told dude.  ;D

So, anything I should know about her plot wise in PMs there?  If not I'll try to think of something, nice touch with the Everlight though.

[Winds Of Lust]

Personal Information

Name: Kerrison Val'seth, Keri to friends
Race:  Feral Tiefling
Gender: Definitely Male...sort of. Look, it's weird. Gender is weird. He is happy to have his dick, love the little guy! But by no means does he mind his fem looks. Often times his sense of style leans into and shows off how fem he looks, and when people refer to him as she, it doesn't bother her either. Perhaps Demi-boy or Gender fluid would be the best descriptors? Like I said Gender is weird.
Orientation/Sexuality:  Pansexual
Age: 20
General Description: Keri stands at about Five foot four, five-seven if you count the horns, which Keri tends to. He has a slim and girlish build. Often easily mistaken for a particularly flat chested woman with lovely legs, hips, and ass from just about any angle.  He doesn't mind so much, he kind of likes it to be honest, but he does get frustrated when people make the mistake of thinking him weak or helpless based on his appearance. His slender and supple body hides well-honed strength and skill. Often lightly dressed in form-fitting cloth clothing that will not inhibit his movement. Normally something light and a bit revealing on top and long-legged pants that hug the curves of his figure. More often than not these clothes are in shades of purple, reminiscent of his mother's skin tone. His own is a light, pinkish red. Golden tattoos adorn his upper arm and navel symbolizing his devotion to his monastic path and his connection with his inner life force. When channeling his Ki, they actually glow. Full lips and golden eyes make his face somewhat alluring to look at.


Role Play Centered Information

Class: Monk, Path of the Sun Soul
Level: 3
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Character Sheet: Kerrison Val'seth
Additional Information:


History
Family: His mother back at the New Shining Palm Monastery, as well as those few young monks who yet live.
Hometown: He hasn't had a proper place of residence for almost 3 years, not since he left the Monastery. His life has been stop-and-go, always moving. He travels until he's broke, the work until he has money to travel again. Right now, he is broke and doing jobs in Emon to build back up a store of gold for travel.
A little about personality: Keri is a straightforward person to say the least. He has always been a boy of action, living his life with direction and focus, rather than with patients and reflection. His teachers often referred to him as an 'unbalanced monk'. He rarely holds his tongue never menses words, and wears his heart on his sleeve. You may get a close look at it when he elects to deck you in the face. Yes, it is safe to say fire burns beneath that beautiful face, a powder keg of a temper and a fuse shorter than a goblin's chin hairs.  He doesn't shy from getting into a fight, be it out of pride or anger. That being said, largely He is interested in helping people in his own...unique way. While he is a servant to no god, those who have gotten to know him have described him as reminiscent of some paladins they have met. He hates seeing evil prevail, not just the greatest beasts of the dark, though he has a particularly powerful distaste for those, the mundane injustices that he encounters in the many places he has traveled and he is not afraid to make his feelings known to those who enact such acts. And as always, he finds actions speak louder than words.
General Life Story: Keri doesn't remember much about life before he and his mother were taken into the Monastery of the Shining Palm. He was barely 3 years old at the time. He Remembers that they came from far away, from a warmer place, and that his mother seemed to be running from something. Where and what never seemed too important to him as he grew into himself. He was the sort of kid that was focused on the now and the future, rather than the past. It was likely she wouldn't have told him anyway, as she herself seemed at peace with his disinterest in the subject. The Monks likewise, took them in without a second thought and became as close to them as any family could be. Years of peaceful life in the monastery passed, both of them taking part in the daily rituals of training, study, and reflection. The young boy showing great aptitude in the martial side of the training, while his mother did the same on the internal side of things. After a decade she recognized a master matron of the monastery and her son was among many of the promising young warriors. But one day a shadow fell over the monastery and left destruction in its wake. His mother managed to usher a small number to safety, others fled or seemed to be taken by the mysterious mercenaries, who were accompanied by dark beasts and monsters. Keri stayed with the warriors to defend his home and give others time to escape. Everyone who stood their ground was slaughtered, save for him. Only chance allowed him to survive, among the corpses of fallen friends and teachers. Eventually, his mother and the other survivors returned. She and the other surviving elders and masters began to attempt to rebuild what was destroyed, wanting to rebuild their lives and start anew. They planned on living in less isolation, hoping tieing themselves closer to civilization would bring them safety and peace. But no matter how much the monastery was restored to is a former state, Keri could not unsee the blood on the temple floors, nor free his nose from the stench of death. Driven by a need to strike back against the forces that brought death to those he considered family, her left to use the skills to find justice for the fallen. He also hoped that a single monk of the Shining Palm going forth and hunting evil would keep attention off the rebuilding monastery, or any other survivors were scattered to the winds.

[Winds Of Lust]

I think Gil and Keri are going to be great friends. Or alternate between fist fights, shouting matches, and sloppy make outs.

[Vergil1989]

Other than needing to go back and fix for grammar stuff there Winds, I rather like what you've put together for ol Keri.  ;D  Welcome to the party assuming we don't get more interest from other people of course.  :D

Just to ask but what book is ol Sun Soul from exactly?  I'll be asking for clarification on such things regardless from everyone else, but just thought I'd ask here while I was thinking about it.  :D

[keyotess]

Yay!! The weekend is here!  I should have my character designed by Sunday!!

[Snake]

Sun soul is from xanathars guide. Just like shadow sorc

[Vergil1989]

Ah, thanks Snake.  :D  Also again, if anyone needs help coming up with stuff or anything, don't hesitate to ask.  :D

Just so you guys know, once I start approving folks, the OOC and Character Roster threads are up and waiting for y'all.  :D  For the time being though, unless we get more people, I might approve the ones we have so far since you've got some pretty interesting people already.

[Winds Of Lust]

I’m glad Keri seems to please, I had fun making this twist on a old favorite character of mine.

[Kathyan]

Ok, I'll try to join too ;)


And I just noticed Keri's gender... that plus Gil make me want to go that way too ^^.

[Vergil1989]

Oh hey!  Welcome to the party Kathyan.  If you need a hand with anything, PM either myself or Keys whenever you wish and we'll get back to you when we can.  There's also a Discord room I have linked in the OOC if you'd prefer a more hands on approach, but thanks for stopping by, truly.  :D

[Winds Of Lust]

Ok, I'll try to join too ;)


And I just noticed Keri's gender... that plus Gil make me want to go that way too ^^.

Yesssssss join us in the ambiguously queer crew, we have rainbow cookies.

[Kathyan]

Personal Information

Name: Kirss Haventhel
Race:  Elf (Eladrin)
Gender: Female (Yes. I have boobs, can't you see?)
Orientation/Sexuality: Pansexual Switch (varies according to inner season)
She is a kind lover and likes group sex while she is in autumn, but is daring and likes exhibitionism while she is in summer, she goes dominant and prefers bondage while she is in her own winter and gets more aggressive and rough when she is summer.
Age: 109
General Description: Kirss is a flat chested athletic gal with short green hair and tall even for an elf measuring slightly over 6 feet. Given the lack of curves she has and the already androgynous nature of elves she looks more like a male than a female, wearing a manly soldier uniform under her leather armor doesn't really help as neither it does that she is usually dusty from spending so much time outdoors.


Role Play Centered Information

Class: Druid (Circle of the Shepherd)
Level: 3
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Character Sheet: https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1736627
Additional Information:


History
Family: Althaliel and Cirian Haventhel, Kirss parents, were always very permissive with her and never stood in the way of what she wanted to do or where wanted to go. The same cannot be said about Kirss brother, Kriss, who was usually watching her making sure she never got into much trouble or that she related herself with people he considered inappropriate or unworthy. While he is not as moody as she is they share a great resemblance that makes it hard to tell them apart from each other, fact that he took advantage of to drive away some romantic interests Kirss.
Hometown: Originally from the Feywild, Kirss has been living in Tal'Dorei for a couple of decades. Since the ways of the elves of Syngorn were too narrow minded she stayed in the woods instead where she learn to commune with the spirits and became a druid. For her a home is not a place but wherever her heart feels at ease.
A little about personality: It is a little hard for those who know Kirss to describe her personality given how much it varies, for those who don't really know her it is certainly easy but most probably they would be wrong about it. As a native of the Feywild she is associated to the seasons which also affects her mood and nature but where some of her own remain associated with one season for years or even their entire lives Kirss' demeanor is a moody and unpredictable one that varies quite often, sometimes lively and cheerful, sometimes generous and selfless while other times she can be as aggressive and fierce as the wildest beast or fearless barbarian.

General Life Story: Born and raised among elves from the Feywild Kirss grew up and spent most of her youth in eternal autumn with little concern for the current season of the rest of the world and happy she was to learn and to share and to experience life with her fellow. The more she grew the more she enjoyed and soon that enjoyment made her look to the opposite gender with different eyes, eyes full of innocent curiosity, eyes that once she matured guided her to open herself to her inner spring and it was then when she began to spend more time with those she had romantic interests than with friends and family, something Kriss didn't like, and when she soon began getting to know other races that had nothing in common with her or her own and ventured into Tal'Dorei Kriss followed her.

Other females were not as athletic as Kirss was but either more slender and graceful or had far more shapely figures and well pronounced curves making Kirss feel instantly enamored with them and their mundane beauty. With hopes of getting more intimate with some of them she would abandon her own people and would go after these strangers. Travelers, adventurers, men and women to whom she was a stranger and to whom upon looking at her physique would see nothing but a cute elf boy.

At first she didn't notice this and liking both men and women it was not an issue either but soon she would realize about it immersing her in a deep personal winter. What could she do now?, she could not return now, she was too far away, too embarrassed, she would have to learn to make a living on her own. And so she began accepting any job that a boy could do... a girl!, I'm a girl, sigh... but still she'd do any work that payed good money. She would grow more experienced and seasoned with time but her attitude hardened into a fierce summer one, she was not the cute girl once she was and became a mercenary. Taking her first steps in a company named the Outlanders, a group made up of misfits, outcast or people who just preferred to stay away from the cities Kirss was quick to attain the rank of Corporal within their somewhat scarce lines made up of half elves, dwarves and Gruul, their half orc captain. They would go into cities only eventually to look for jobs and would mostly look for paying people in smaller settlements or travelers in need but this was not was Kirss was looking for and decided to split up. As a token of farewell Gruul gifted her a Marshall insignia before she left on her own to do anything you'd asked out of hi...her!... if you payed the right amount of gold of course, or if you happened to be attractive enough. Her one and absolute goal now was not to return with her own but to became as shapely as those women she liked so much.

[Vergil1989]

Some minor grammar related issues, that and you forgot her name at the top here.  :P  Beyond that, you might want to look into the planes hopping city of Syngorn, as well as Critical Role's version of the Feywild, although that's more for a better idea of what you're considering than an outright critique to you Kath.  :D  If your girl was from Syngorn, then chances are most of the elves there wouldn't have taken too kindly to such behavior given most of their rather narrow minded views about anyone not like them.  Just throwing that out there again for you to consider.  I'm sure there's other cities out in the Feywild, just Syngorn is the only one we know about currently.

[keyotess]

Personal Information

Name: No'lien Vessar
Race:  high elf
Gender: female
Orientation/Sexuality: Doesn't have any actually experience, but finds herself being physically attracted to males and females of most races, although she does get along better with women so leans towards having her first experience with a woman.
Age: 22
General Description: No'lien is about average height for an elven female with long raven black hair and a toned body.  Her skin a lightly tanned and she is little bustier than a normal elven maid.  When she walks, her movements are smooth and balanced.  She likes to wear black leathers with symbols of the Raven Queen, in honor of her Uncle Vax'ildan who gave his life to stop Vecna.


Role Play Centered Information

Class: Rogue: Inquisitive
Level: 3rd
Alignment: Neutral Good
Character Sheet: No'lien Vessar.
Additional Information: Hmm.... what to put, what to put.


History
Family: Mother: Velora Vessar, Aunt: Vex'ahlia de Rollo, Uncle: Percy de Rollo
Hometown: Whitestone
A little about personality: No'lien is very centered emotionally.  She knows herself and she is unapologetic about it.  She was raised with the idea that family was important, when the family called, you answered.  Family included people you befriended over time. She is a very observant young elven woman, noticing everything going on around and able to figure out why people do what they do.  Standing in front of her, you get the feeling that she will catch any lie you try to say and may or may not let you get away with it, depending on her mood.  She is friendly, but a bit of a smartass at times, her mother blames her Aunt Vex'ahlia for that trait.
General Life Story: No'lien was born out of wedlock, her mother Velora had a dalliance with a handsome elven youth and hadn't taken the proper precautions.  She was rebelling against her father's, Syldor, strict rules on proper behavior for a young elven noble maiden.  The rules got stricter, he wanted the name of the boy who had gotten her pregnant was going to force her to marry him.  Velora was against marrying her dalliance, he was handsome, but a bit on the slow side and if her father discovered the boy was of common birth, he would hit the roof in rage.  He started blaming her sister Vex'ahlia for her rebellious ways.  Arguments became more common and Velora was almost under house arrest.  She got a message to Vex'ahlia and her sister came and helped her escape Syldor's house and brought her younger sister to Whitestone to live with her and her husband.  Syldor did come once to demand the return of his daughter, but between Vex'ahlia and Percy facing off against him, he retreated in defeat and left Velora and the coming child in Vex'ahlia's hands.  Velora never told anyone, but she eventually remembered what happened to her when she was kidnapped by Vecna, and how her half brother and sister had saved her and that sealed her love for them, even over her mother and father.

No'lien was born in Whitestone and raised with love by her mother.  Her Aunt Vex'ahlia, Uncle Percy and Aunt Cassandra were actively involved in her life and teaching her everything she would need to know to survive in the world.  No'lien was a sponge and absorbed the information and life lessons with a will.  She doesn't know who her father is and she is fine with that, she has plenty of love from her Mother and extended family.  She roamed all over Whitestone and learned from the common folk about life. 

By the time she was turning 20, she was anxious to go out and explore the world like her favorite Aunt had done.  Her spirit was about roaming and discovering new things, which drove her mother to distraction trying to keep up with her.  Her mother didn't want No'lien to leave home, but recognized that her daughter was going to go and sought a way to protect her daughter during the dangerous time of a person gaining experience.  Fortunately, Vex'ahlia had need of her nieces observational abilities with council business.  No'lien was sent to Emon to help Vex with finding out what was going on in the Council and with the Clasp.  No'lien traveled through Emon, picking up clues here and there and making friends as she does.

[Vergil1989]

Some grammar issues there Keys, but otherwise I love what I'm seeing here.  ;D  I'll take a look at her stats, but I'm sure those are fine with how knowledgeable you've proven already.  ;D

From what I could tell Lien's looking mighty fine.  ;D  That picture certainly helps though lol.

To everyone else, something I forgot until now, (funny how not sleeping will do that), but if you want to include a musical theme for your respective characters, I'm all for it especially since I'm a fan of using music in my posts anyway.  ;D

https://youtu.be/F3Dsg2ROP3M

I'm a Master of Puppets kind of DM in case you're all curious.   >:)

[Winds Of Lust]

Ooooh, do love a character theme. I've always been a musically minded person...I'll have to do a therough search but i'm currently between

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTZJdHr2z_o
For the virtue of that middle bridge

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hkmuTvkp_s
for the virtue of generall theming.

[Snake]

Sorry its taking me so long. Not having easy internet sucks.

[Vergil1989]

Lol love that you're a RWBY and Halestorm kind of person there Winds, both are pretty amazing in their respective ways.

And you're fine Snake, we're still getting people together and all that, so don't stress out, truly.  Besides, I've been having a hard time of stuff on this end anyway, didn't sleep last night because my stomach was seriously bloated and I've been farting all day still.  Add on top of that the fact I've been kinda depressed more than usual and generally worried, and it's a small miracle I'm doing this at all.  I'm doing better though, but I am glad for the delay, so by all means take your time.

[Chulanowa]

To everyone else, something I forgot until now, (funny how not sleeping will do that), but if you want to include a musical theme for your respective characters, I'm all for it especially since I'm a fan of using music in my posts anyway.  ;D

Not a hard choice for Gil.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yUYvyAY954

[Vergil1989]

Not a hard choice for Gil.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yUYvyAY954

Not a bad song, especially for Lindsey Stirling.  ;D

IMPORTANT!

I am thinking I'm going to get this going on Wednesday at the latest, Friday at the VERY latest.  I'll start making my choices around that same time frame, so by all means, take your time and do your best.

Kathyan, I know it's a work in progress, but as your character stands now with all those needless references to autumn, summer, spring, etc, not to mention the confusing way you wrote her up, I'd be disinclined to approve her even if this was a first come, first serve game, which it isn't.  You're gonna want to go back and change it considerably so it sounds more 'normal'? I think is the right word there, and far less connected to the Fey Courts or whatever you were trying to do there.  Yes, she can be from the Feywild, but only the actual FEY need apply in such a situation.  Last I checked she was elven, not fey, so....yeah.

EDIT:  And I feel like an idiot because my lovely co-GM pointed out that Eladrin elves actually DO have Fey like courts to them.  And now I feel like an ass lol.  Still, I apologize for not looking into that earlier, BUT I do still want you to go back and try and make your concept a bit more clearer in your intent instead of referencing the seasons as you did.  I like it otherwise, it's just confusing to look at is the real issue I had with your sheet as it stands now, but again I understand it's a work in progress.  Just get to it when you can Kathyan and again I apologize for any inconvenience I might've caused you.

And why didn't anyone tell me that the Discord chat link in the OOC thread wasn't working?  I would've fixed it a lot sooner if I'd known, but I HOPE it's working now since I've edited it with a new link, but it should lead to the same place.  If it's still not working, let me know so I can try again or just send it out in PMs.  See ya!

[Winds Of Lust]

Lol love that you're a RWBY and Halestorm kind of person there Winds, both are pretty amazing in their respective ways.

Yeah, I have a rather...eclietic range of musical tastes. Bluegrass and Opera don't quite fit Keri ( well maybe Libera Me, but that's hardly pure opera or hip-hop tbh ) Tried to go through my collection of Clippng songs for a rap angle, but ultimately none of those quite fit either. Closest I got there was Air 'Em Out.

Going back to RWBY, generally, the Yang associated songs for obvious reasons, Ignite is also a strong contender. Still going through my lists of Covers of other songs that are Thematically appropriate but don't quite fit musically, seeing if someone's performance/variation on the material hits that sweet spot.

[Vergil1989]

Yeah, I have a rather...eclietic range of musical tastes. Bluegrass and Opera don't quite fit Keri ( well maybe Libera Me, but that's hardly pure opera or hip-hop tbh ) Tried to go through my collection of Clippng songs for a rap angle, but ultimately none of those quite fit either. Closest I got there was Air 'Em Out.

Going back to RWBY, generally, the Yang associated songs for obvious reasons, Ignite is also a strong contender. Still going through my lists of Covers of other songs that are Thematically appropriate but don't quite fit musically, seeing if someone's performance/variation on the material hits that sweet spot.

I listen to a lot of video game, movie/show, and fan songs from various things, when I'm not listening to stuff like AC/DC, Eminem, Tim McGraw, Johnny Cash, Dragonforce, and so much more besides, so I get where you're coming from Winds.  :D  While I tend to stick to rock and roll and country and the like, but I have a wide range of stuff I enjoy, so again we're not so different.  ;D

Thanks to Keys' help earlier, I've gotten a few monsters together finally, which I fully intend to use to fuck with you all the first chance I get.  (Matt and his idle remark about making mimics into doors comes to mind....lol)  Anyway, we'll get some easy critters together for the first dozen or so possible encounters, see what other crap we can cook up, but for now I'm on my own for the time being.  We'll get it figured out by Wednesday, Friday at the latest.  See ya!

[Chulanowa]

(Matt and his idle remark about making mimics into doors comes to mind....lol) 

-Whispers- Jerry did it first.

[Vergil1989]

Jerry?  Jerry from what exactly there Chul?  I'm genuinely curious.

And hey Silk, need a hand with anything else or you good for the time being?  :D

[Chulanowa]

Jerry?  Jerry from what exactly there Chul?  I'm genuinely curious.

And hey Silk, need a hand with anything else or you good for the time being?  :D

That's Jerry Holkins, he DM's the Acquisitions Incorporated "C-Team' game. Also does hte writing for the Penny arcade comic strip if you're familiar. Also has a really nice singing voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyc-krOVVcA

[Vergil1989]

Damn, that was impressive and I know nothing about Acquisitions Incorporated.

[Kathyan]

Major update on my sheet

[Vergil1989]

Not bad Kath, you don't have any information about her actual family, but otherwise she looks pretty good now.  ;D  Also you misspelled Shepherd.  :P

Chul - Gill Button
WoL - Kerissen Val'Seth
Keys - No'Lien Vessar

You three are approved here and now since you've gotten your character sheets completed as far as I can see, and because you all have very interesting character concepts full of plot potential for whatever comes next.  Everyone else, you still have time to either finish your sheets, or to simply fine tune what you have thus far, so don't rush and don't stress out.

Having said that, those that are approved now, please move your characters over to the Roster and get in the OOC.  We need to start coming up with ideas on how the group comes together so I can better prepare the first post.  :P

[Kathyan]

Not bad Kath, you don't have any information about her actual family, but otherwise she looks pretty good now.  ;D  Also you misspelled Shepherd.  :P

Fixed it :P I corrected several grammar and other kind of mistakes, must have pretty tired when initially posted her, but didn't noticed that one. Hope there are no more mistakes here or there. Also gave a quick look to Critical Role's lore.

I'll try to add more about her, family, goals, that kind of stuff, although I will be busy.

[Vergil1989]

No worries.  :D  As soon as you have everything filled out we'll see about getting you and Silk approved once she gets her own sheet in.  We might just have five sheets in if you two do alright, but as I said, take your time and we'll be open until Friday at the latest.  :D

[DrFier]

I'm still debating getting in on this, but since I'm not caught up on CR I'm not so sure I want to be playing in MM's sandbox when I don't feel I have learned it's details in the proper way.

[Vergil1989]

You're not the only one who hasn't seen the show's first campaign, but if you'd rather not it's perfectly understandable Doc.  Still, if it'd help, we can offer whatever help you might need if you did decide to stick around.  Up to you though, and you have a couple days to decide in any event.  :D

[Chulanowa]

I'm still debating getting in on this, but since I'm not caught up on CR I'm not so sure I want to be playing in MM's sandbox when I don't feel I have learned it's details in the proper way.

I know exactly two things about CR:

1. I can't search for character images without having to plow through tons of CR fanart, and I actually find it super-annoying.
2. Jester is adorable.

So come on in!

[DrFier]

I know exactly two things about CR:

1. I can't search for character images without having to plow through tons of CR fanart, and I actually find it super-annoying.
2. Jester is adorable.

So come on in!

Right, but I'm actually watching the thing, so I'm not sure if I want to end up in a game where i'm going to find out what happened or not.  But then again, there's a lot to watch, and I don't know if I will ever even catch up.

[Vergil1989]

While there will be and have already been spoilers, this is taking place fifty years after the first campaign, so other than some very big events, everything else won't really matter to everyone here.  And as you said, there IS a lot to go through, a hundred and fifteen episodes, (not including the one-shots and the special interview shows and the like which bumps that number up a fair bit), all of them about four hours long.  Even so, all you really need is access to the wiki and maybe a link to the campaign book, which is only a little over a hundred pages long, which I'm sure someone can provide a free link for if you don't go over to Drivethru RPG to get it yourself.  :D

Lol and yes, Jester is pretty cute, Nott is awesome, Fjord is cool, Yasha is a badass, Caleb is amazing, Mollymauk was epic, Cadecues is just as good, and Buea is a serious step up from Keyleth, and I loved most of Keyleth's story from the original.  ;D

[Kathyan]

Updated a bit more before I go out, since I'll be busy tonight rehearsing since I've got two dance shows tomorrow.

[Vergil1989]

Well, it'll either be Silk or Snake unless I allow a party of six, but you Kathyan are good to go.  :D  Fuck it, I'll allow six lol, but for the moment, you should get to the OOC and the character roster.

And guys, seriously, we need to start trying to figure out how everyone meets up assuming they haven't already.  Chances are at least some of you know each other, so partner off if you haven't already done so.  But I need to know for that first post soon, so do what you can to make arrangements and reach a general agreement on how you guys would prefer this to begin because otherwise I'm putting the lot of you in a tavern on the side of the road that turns out to be a giant mimic that'll promptly try to eat you all.

[Silk]

I should have a tentative character up within the next few hours. :)

[Vergil1989]

Heya guys and gals, hope everyone is having a good, safe, and fun Halloween tonight.  See ya tomorrow hopefully with everyone having gotten their sheets in and ready to go to town in some D&D nerdy goodness.  :P

Four down once Silk gets hers up, two to go guys and gals.  Once this fills up I'll be locking this page, so while I'm looking for people who haven't played all that much, it'll also depend on character viability as far as plot potential and such is concerned.  Tomorrow we're hopefully be starting either way, but if I don't have a full group, you're free to send me and Keys a sheet of this isn't open still.  See ya and hope you a :-\ll had a good Halloween yesterday.  ;D

[Snake]

Personal Information

Name: Kagura Orisatra
Race:  Half-Elf
Gender: Female
Orientation/Sexuality: Non (no experience, so doesn't know)
Age: 20
General Description: Pretty much as you see in the pic, but what you can't see is that her sclera are black, and her eyes are a dark blue color that seems to swirl faintly with black energy. It's disconcerting to look at her straight on.  She carries herself with an implacable confidence, bordering on arrogance- though not insufferable.


Role Play Centered Information

Class: Sorcerer
Level: 3
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Character Sheet: Click for sheet
Additional Information: I'll pass this along in Pm or on discord! :3


History
Family: She has a human father (James Woodson) and an elven mother (named: Alyndra Orisatra)(though she hasn't seen her mom in years; so she's unsure if she's around or not. Kagura also has an older sister (Shirona Orisatra) that's a traveling merchant and is on friendly terms.
Hometown: She was born and raised on a frontier homestead; as such doesn't have a "hometown" in the direct meaning of it.
A little about personality: Generally pretty straight forward and seems to lack the knowledge of formal social etiquette. Kagura prefers a more direct, hands-...well off approach to handling problems; usually to blast it into submission with magic. Unapologetic about her activities believing them to be the right course of action. She comes off as rather brusque and rude to people with money and "civilized" personality types. She doesn't care if you've got wealth or social grace, you'll still go down just like everyone else with the proper application of magical force. Though Kagura also has nerves of steel it seems, facing down things that would frighten other people with just a shrug and a spell.
General Life Story: Kagura was born in a frontier homestead, and as such had limited interaction with travelers and while it was a comfortable lifestyle, it was very lonely at times. For the majority of her chlidhood; she had an older sister that absolute doted on her due to the lack of their mother. The mom had left early on in her life for reasons she didn't know and hasn't seen her in years. With her sister leaving to pursue a life of travelling mercantile possibilities; it just left her by herself with a dad that was often-times too busy for her and left her to own devices.

It was a small place with the closest town or village was Shadowdale; the supposed dale of heroes. That may be why there was traffic through the area that provided her family with a chance to do business. Every now and then  an adventurer or two would stop over to rest for a few days; which was one of the ways Kagura heard stories of what was going on in the larger world of Toril.

At some point; she received a gift from an uncle from her mother's side of the family and directions to use it after her 20th birthday. When she performed the ritual that involved a bit of her blood, a symbol drawn on the ground, a few raven feathers and performed in the dark of a new moon. What happened next, she doesn't remember she just remembers waking up in a strange world that didn't look anything like her home. At least at first; then she remembered hearing stories of a parallel world called Exandria, it was very similar but some key things were very different.

[Silk]

Personal Information

Name: Lenne Briarwood
Race:  Half-elf
Gender: Female
Orientation/Sexuality: Bisexual-leaning straight
Age: 27
General Description: Lenne has more of an elvish look to her appearance than most half elves, sometimes even being able to pass as an elf to particularly unperceptive elves, not that she tries to. She is fair skinned with a hint of tanning that shows she travels. Besides that her build can only really be described as beautiful but modest. With no particular traits such as a large bust to make her stand out, she is just overall fairly attractive.


Role Play Centered Information

Class: Bard
Level: 3
Alignment: Neutral good
Character Sheet: https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1738944
Additional Information: Lenne doesn't particularly make a point of throwing around her family name, unless otherwise told or (--hidden by plot--) assume you don't know her family line. if you've seen her around in Taverns or traveling, she is fairly reserved and hasn't been seen taking part in carnal pleasures.


History
Family: Briarwood
Hometown: Has no hometown to really return to, spends her life constantly traveling
A little about personality:Lenne is fairly kind hearted and is often seen trying to cheer people up when they appear down. Otherwise she is often seen being fairly reclusive and keeps to herself when she is not performing, often she blames this on trying to not let fame follow her so she can have privacy. She has a huge soft spot for underdogs and children however, sometimes even joining such individuals on their task to record their exploits into song. Due to being betrothed in the past Lenne doesn't tend to reciprocate any advances when she is sound of mind, not wishing to dishonor the memory of her husband, or the other Briarwood who didn't side with Vecna, she was to her knowledge the only survivor after all.

General Life Story: As the only child of Asgol Briarwood, a respected Paladin of the Briarwood family prior to the events preceding the awakening of  Vecna, and Ysena Ymmuri, a noble Elven songstress who had married into the Briarwoods after Asgol won her heart through a solitary dance under the moonlight of his estate on the outskirts of Whitestone.

Although Lenne saw little of her Father as he was often on the front lines due to Skirmishes breaking out with a concerning regularity with the De Rolo family who held Whitestone proper. Although it failed to escalate into anything further than the occasional bar fight and scowling faces across a field. It kept Asgol's attention enough that he was seldom able to spend time with his Daughter. As a result it often fell to Ysena and estate carers to tend to the needs of the young half-elf. Even at this age Lenne found the tight security and strict lessons arranged for her to be stifling, with exception of her singing lessons which she took like a fish to water. Unfortunately she found the subsequent lessons in sword arts and etiquette to be a place she found herself lacking, often her mother joked that she must've got her sword skills from her, and her etiquette from her father, which was a small consolation. Not wishing to let her mother down however Lenne spent extra time attempting to improve in these areas, if there was one thing that could get her motivated, it was in the pursuit of praise from her parents.

Life continued much in the same way until Lenne's 16th birthday, when she was announced at a gathering of nobles from all around Tal'dorei, she was one of many however to her knowledge she was the only one at this ball that had any trace of Elven heritage, this fact allowed her to stand out as many suitors competed to get her attention throughout the evening, despite her many attempts to dissuade a great many of them who she recognized were only interested in using her position as to be little more than a trophy wife.

Thankfully for her, in a event quite similar to the stories that her mother told her about how she met her father, she found a diamond in the rough when she was gathering her thoughts out in the cold of the courtyard. A slightly older man named Guthrak, perhaps in his late 20's, someone she had seen visiting her father at the estate next to what she could only assume was one of his generals. Regardless of his status she knew he was of a military background. But Lenne could see past the scars and rough exterior. His eyes shone with a kindness that was sadly missing from most of the nobles inside the ballroom. After some lengthy conversation, which then became regular written contact, into any excuse to visit each-other throughout the next few years. Eventually Lenne was able to convince Asgol to allow the marriage to go ahead, leading to a controversy that a common born was marrying into nobility. But Lenne cared not, Guthrak was the person she wanted to spend her life with.

Unfortunately for her, she was destined to not get her wish, although she was not privy to what was happening, she was able to garner that the greater Briarwood family was insisting that the estate to be used as a beachhead for an attack into Whitestone. Of course Asgol and Guthrak disagreed with the notion. However the choice was taken out of their hands when the Briarwood forces fell onto the estate butchering everyone in the night that will forever be engrained in Lenne's eyes, if it was not for the quick thinking of one of her maids she would of died in the carnage along with everyone else. However thanks to the maid she was able to escape with little more than the clothes on her back, and the Viol engraved with the Briarwood emblem that Guthrak commissioned for her on her latest birthday.

Under the guide of her maid, who she soon found out was an acting agent for another noble family, took her towards sanctuary, on their travels her worst fears were realized as she was lead to believe that nobody survived the attack. The Briarwoods claimed it to be a sneak attack by the De Rolo family in Whitestone, using it as an excuse to later occupy the city. With the Briarstone name in tatters, Lenne decided to instead of returning to the noble with her maid, took to the wilds hoping that people would believe her dead and not come looking for her.

Days turned to weeks, to months, to years, eventually decades. Lenne heard the tales of the fate of the Briarwoods, thankful that her family was avenged by the betrayal. But knowing she had nowhere to return, Lenne took on the path of becoming a Bard. The life grew on her quickly, living off her wit and her voice.

Now there are always tales of the Half-Elven bard who's songs touched the Tavern locals. Of people who were in need of aid to find it from a unlikely source. Despite regular proposals to settle down by those she met on her travels, Lenne was unable to convince herself to end her years of travelling, this is what she is now. No longer a Lady of the Briarwoods. Just... Lenne. The only thing tying her to her previous life, the Viol that her love got for her. Despite all logic, she was just unable to throw it away.

[Vergil1989]

For some reason your Mythweavers link isn't working as an actual link.  I can click it but it doesn't let me open anything, no new tab, nothing.  You'll have to fix that, and ALSO, you still kinda need to add more to your general history, as well as an actual hometown if you can even if it's somewhere across the sea in Wildemount, thus meaning you'll probably have to make it up if it's not already named since Campaign 2 started.  Otherwise I like her Silk.

It might be because you have your sheet set to private, or there's something wrong with the link itself.

Snake.  I think you're pretty good as is, so you're free to join in on the fun barring any character stat shuffling or what have you if me and Keys sees an issue there, but I doubt that'll be a problem.  Feel free to join the OOC and the roster whenever you get a chance.  Adios!

IMPORTANT

I'm gonna try to get the first IC post up today, so if you don't have your sheet done yet, don't panic.  I'm hoping for a somewhat slow game, with people posting at least once a round in no particular order before I get a post up again as your lovely DM before starting at the 'top of the initiative order'.  Overall though once a week is the minimum, but if you're going to be absent just let myself and Keys know as best you can so we can plan around ya.  I'm not sure how we'll handle actual combat just yet, but we'll have time to figure it out since I'm not expecting anything too crazy for a while, unless of course someone decides to cause a riot or something lol.

[Vergil1989]

Hey, since I bumped up the number from 6 to 7, we could use a dedicated cleric of some kind, if not just a general healer/support type of Paladin, whichever you guys and gals prefer.  We HAVE gotten the main IC thread started, but we've ONLY just begun, so there's more than enough time to get caught up.  For now, help is available for anyone who needs it to get their sheets together, so don't hesitate to ask if you need a hand if you're new to D&D 5e.  See ya!

[Ershin]

Hey, since I bumped up the number from 6 to 7, we could use a dedicated cleric of some kind, if not just a general healer/support type of Paladin, whichever you guys and gals prefer.  We HAVE gotten the main IC thread started, but we've ONLY just begun, so there's more than enough time to get caught up.  For now, help is available for anyone who needs it to get their sheets together, so don't hesitate to ask if you need a hand if you're new to D&D 5e.  See ya!

Ooh, nice. I'd love the opportunity to play a Cleric if this is still open.

[Vergil1989]

We're still looking for a cleric, so by all means.  :D

[Ershin]

Huzzah! It's getting a little late on my end so I'll get something up either tomorrow evening or some time on Saturday at the latest.

[Vergil1989]

Cool, welcome aboard and take your time, we're still in the first few posts, so don't sweat the delay.  :D

[Ershin]

Personal Information

Name: Eran Whispermouse
Race:  Halfling (Ghostwise)
Gender: Female
Orientation/Sexuality: She's not sure, never really had any experience with it
Age: 19
General Description: 3'2" tall, black hair (usually concealed by her hood) and blue eyes. Her skin is... probably fair and unblemished under all her layers of clothing but at times it's hard to tell. Underneath her clothes on her hips and shoulders are several gold-inked tattoos of geometric shapes, circles and upside-down crescents. Her scarf rarely leaves her person, one of the few items she has left that reminds her of her family it was supposedly fashioned from a blanket she had as a baby, atop which lies her holy sybol showing a horn of plenty on one side and a bag of gold on the other.


Role Play Centered Information

Class: Cleric (Trickery Domain)
Level: 3
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Character Sheet: https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1748559

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Additional Information: It's fairly easy to tell when she's lying as she tries to pull her scarf up over her mouth when she does so. As she is aware of her tell, when playing games of chance she will almost always do this from the moment the game starts.


History
Family: Her aunt Callie is her closest living relative. By distance, rather than familial connection as this is who she resides with in Emon along with her cousins. The rest of her family are in Stillben.
Hometown: Emon currently, orignally Stillben
A little about personality: Eran typically gives the outer appearance of a shy girl of small stature with a somewhat nervous disposition. She typically dislikes showing off too much skin and will avoid going to public baths even if they are seperated by gender. A soldier would notice her trait of her eyes darting about a room when she first enters it looking for exits, however a thief would recognise it as looking for where the most valuable items are.  She doesn't stutter but dislikes being the loudest voice in the room, preferring to pass on information she wished to contribute to a louder ally so she can avoid being the centre of attention.
General Life Story: When she had been younger, her aunt Callie had taken her from her home in Stillben where her father was a cleric in the church of Yondalla. Though it wasn't so much a church as it was a wagon from which he performed regular sermons for the Halfling population as long as the wizard who led the community permitted it. There had been no trouble thus far so the arrangement continued, with a percentage of the alms being delivered to Addan as tribute for continuing to permit him to do so. Callie had taken an interest in the young Halfling, how she liked to sneak about the family's home and secret little things away from her parents without their notice.

Her aunt visited the family regularly as she grew, the girl eventually learning her aunt was also a cleric of Yondalla in the city of Emon. She would tell Eran secrets that she was to keep from her friends and family, though they were never crucial ones considering the lord of the land had a way of hearing what was whispered behind doors, eventually bringing her to Emon on a visit from time to time to her own little congregation. There she was tasked with more important secrets to keep, and even small acts of sneaking and subterfuge her aunt would ask of her, simple things such as taking an apple from a vendor's stall without being caught. When she eventually was on her first attempt Callie was there with enough coin to buy the apple, or the cob of corn or the small trinket, but she seemed elated when the girl was able to do so without notice before handing it to a rather hungry looking street urchin in a little rag.

As she grew and flitted between the two communities she began to notice something about her father's wagon, the symbol of Yondalla. Whenever the siblings would talk in the way Ghostwise Halflings did, wordlessly, she noticed that Callie would nudge the symbol, almost as though it was built to turn around.
The first rule about that and the sliding door of her own establishment, Eran learned, was that none but Halflings must know about that.

Eran eventually moved to Emon full time, taking vows as a cleric in her aunt's small congregation after finding out the secret of their particular sect and their deity, and was taught further in the true patron of her family, the other side of the coin kept secret and safe, part of Yondalla but not Yondalla, whose church existed within the safety of the patron of their pantheon. Through this time she had become a cleric of Yondalla first, that was true enough, for praying to one was the same as praying to the other, but the truth of the matter was that she now served Dallah Thaun. She was taught further in the ways of thievery, to act silently and to not harm who they stole from unless it could be avoided, to never steal from the poor and the most important tenet of the Lady of Mystery - Don't get caught.

[Vergil1989]

Welcome to the madness madam Ershin.  OOC post and get her up on the roster, then you're good to go.  ;D