Later on, I foresee some difficulties in getting some of you to wait for your cue. For the moment, the bit champing is probably for the good.
I intend to call all of you by your character names, when you have them. Obviously I will be playing with Anshelm, Delfig, Ryan, Josef Mieszko and Joseph; so here’s what I need. Everything should be posted as a comment on this blog entry.
Please provide this by Saturday at 2PM EST.
1) A blogspot profile. You don’t need to provide a picture to go with it until you have a better concept of what your character is…which you should have by mid-Sunday, if I continue to hear from everyone.
2) Six rolls of 4d6, from which you select the highest three dice. Arrange these scores to get your raw, unmodified statistics.
3) Choose a class.
4) Choose a race.
5) Provide me with list of six d20 rolls, in the order that they were rolled.
6) An email address. This last can be sent to alexiss1@telus.net if you don’t want to post your email online.
Ragnorakk/Josef, if you did not roll your dice with 4d6 then do so. If you DID roll your stats on 4d6, then if you were in my offline world I would have you re-roll all three of the 9s. The 8 you keep.
Following that, I’ll provide age, height, weight, hit points, modified ability scores, backgrounds (including place of birth), ages, birthdays and wealth. I will then send any rewrites for Player Handbook classes by email so you can have a closer look at changes I’ve made; I will send mages a spell book and number of cantrips, the thieves their stats and indicate how many spells everyone can pick. You won’t want to pick spells until you see the list of changes I’ve made.
I’ll provide those things starting this evening, 8PM EST, for those who have provided stats. There’s no rush. The deadline for all character creation is Sunday evening; between 8 and 9 PM EST Sunday I’ll post the opening descriptions and get the thing off the ground.
On Saturday, before I begin running my offline campaign (on which I’ll be working tomorrow through the day), I’ll email out the equipment list to those I have an address for.
If anyone wants to do any research, the party will begin in the quiet town of Dachau, Upper Bavaria, a summer residence for Bavarian princes, with a population of a little under four thousand. The town has market privileges, which was necessary for characters to get equipped (not every town has a market). The season will be early summer (first week in May).
A few pictures showing the region and town of Dachau:
Human/Cleric
ReplyDeleteStr: 9 (if re-roll: 11)
Int: 8
Wis: 15
Dex: 9 (if re-roll: 11)
Con: 9 (if re-roll: 12)
Chr: 13
6 D20 rolls: 7, 3, 10, 4, 2, 15
if i intuit your re-roll reasoning correctly (to stay out of average range, which my re-rolls are still squarely in) then these would be the re-rolls:
STR 15
DEX 13
CON 13
This is, of course, if he re-rolls are to take place (I'm not sure that they are).
I'm going to wait to create the gmail/blogger stuff until I know my background, nationality, place of birth.
I'm not married to the Silesian...
for the time being, email:
spaceagecouple@gmail.com
I'm going to have to consult my PHB at home, so will have my character posted tonight before band practice. My scores are 9, 14, 13, 10, 9 and 7.
ReplyDeleteJosef,
ReplyDeleteTake the second group of rolls...Str 15, Dex 13, Con 13.
You expressed an interest in being Silesian, and I have no problem with that, as the region is close. Most of the circumstances deriving from your birth, however, the dice will decide. I'll let you know where in Silesia when you tell me what religion you are.
Anselm,
Reroll the two 9s; repeat until one of the two rerolls is equal to at least a 15. (if you get lucky and get two 18s, so be it).
I'm seeing him as an animist - believeing in a broad pantheon of Slavic gods & spirits by way of Polish cultural influence. Unfortunately, I do not own a copy of Deities & Demigods, and I don't remember if it had a section on Slavic deities or not - but Wikipedia searching revealed Veles, Perun, Tryglaw, and a mess of 'lessers'. Similar to Germanic paganism (by way of Norse), though many of these gods were of local origin & interpretations, and some seem to be local interpretations of Greek & even Persian gods.
ReplyDeleteI see Josef having an affinity for Veles, the dragon at the foot of the World Tree.
As Silesia was a 'melting-pot', I thought that Slavic beliefs would not be to far afield...
Ragnorakk,
ReplyDeleteIt was common during the period for obscure Polish Catholics to "mix" the old religious figureswith the new, and thus include icons in decoration and in their literature. It is something you might consider. Veles, as you mention, was considered a Christian saint.
If you wish to be a pure practitioner of Slavic mythology, I'm game. I've already explained the importance of the whole pantheon being the focus; I'll point out that I play so that many different pantheons actually worship the same gods under different names. There's only one goddess, for example, that is represented by Hel, Loviatar, Ishtar, Anath and Kali.
We can work out details for ceremonies and so on as we go; in most cases, it will closely resemble the Celtic/Druidic tradition as it was fostered in eastern Europe during the early 1st millenium B.C...that later expanded into the Slavic polytheistic religion you suggest. I'll start looking through some sources for ideas.
Ah, see? I love operating in the real world.
ReplyDeleteIf you are not familiar with it already, the Hypatian Codex would obviously be a magical tome wherein would be identified a great many details regarding the greater intent of the gods in terms of the chosen religion. This would be knowledge no ordinary cleric, even a patriarch of the church, would have. And technically the book is "missing." Compiled in the late 13th century, and not found until "1810"...this would mean that in 1650 its whereabouts was unknown.
Interesting.
Interesting indeed! Now to let some Google translation mangle this one...
ReplyDeleteJosef is no intellectual. The Christianization of his deities is of little importance to him - another face on the four-faced pillar, say - another aspect of the same power.
His opinion of Abrahamism is low, expressing itself in dismissal over vehemence. He is disdainful of the Church(es) as earthly powers and sceptical the concept of a man as savior.
To venerate Veles as a Christian saint is the same to him as any other 'method' - it is the personal relationship/connection he feels that is important. Perhaps, too, he considers it somewhat subversive, if that is not too complex a thought for him...
New Info:
http://josefwmieszko.blogspot.com
(note the new w!)
josefmieszko@gmail.com
Okay, Anshelm's basic stats and a sketch of his history is on the blog.
ReplyDeleteTook me 14 rolls for the first and another 17 rolls for the second (using 4d6), but I got 2 15s. My dice rolling per usual. :)
http://anselmhelbelinc.blogspot.com/
AnshelmHelbelinc@gmail.com
d20 rolls: 2, 20, 3, 18, 4, 19.
Jeez, how's that for balance. :\
Damn.
ReplyDelete"Reroll the two 9s; repeat until one of the two rerolls is equal to at least a 15..."
Try it again, Anshelm. When ONE of the two rolls is at least a 15, accept both.
And then give me all the stats as arranged again.
STR 15
ReplyDeleteDEX 13
CON 10
INT 14
WIS 11
CHA 11
Human Fighter/Mage
d20 Rolls: 18, 7, 19, 2, 3, 2
D'oh. Reading comprehension. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteExcellent Joseph,
ReplyDeleteAny personality characteristics you'd like emphasized, or shall I just extrapolate from the die rolls?
okay, got a 17 and a 4. :)
ReplyDeleteSTR 13
INT 14
WIS 7
DEX 17
CON 4
CHA 10
Hmm, I guess I'll wait to see what I get.
ReplyDeleteJoseph,
ReplyDeleteWhat's your character's name?
Oh, sorry. I guess I'll go with Adelbert Volkmann. When he started studying magic, he adopted the Roman name "Tiberius". Pure arrogance, I guess.
ReplyDeleteIf I was too quick in writing up my history, let me know. I'll cut that out of the blog.
ReplyDeleteAnselm,
ReplyDeleteLet me see how it goes.
Is it Anselm or Anshelm?
Anshelm...in my haste this morning I left out the "h".
ReplyDeleteHere's Adelbert's blog:
ReplyDeletehttp://adelbertvolkmann.blogspot.com/
Sorry for the multiple comments...I'd rather see what you roll up, Alex. Both characters so far have backgrounds far better than what I've done.
ReplyDeleteI apologize for not reading closely enough; work was busy today and I was scanning.
Delfig Kôlhupfer
ReplyDeleteHuman
Bard/Thief
STR 7
DEX 14
CON 11
INT 10
WIS 18
CHA 16
6 D20 rolls: 1, 7, 20, 7, 20, 17
Motivation: Survive day to day, trying to get to some semblance of self sufficiency
Objective: Create works that everyone will remember
Personality: Playful, lusty, careful
Things he does well: Make up stuff off the cuff, study, speak (with passion)
Things he does poorly: Deal with authority, use common sense, use good judgement with regards to women
Beliefs: There's more to life than survival, Go out with a bang to make your mark, It's better to have a full stomach and lie a little than to follow strict dogma and sit out in the rain.
Instincts: Makes himself scarce when obvious authority/church figures are around, flirt/attempt to seduce a lovely (or obviously available) woman, try to avoid the strongest person if in a conflict
Emotional attachments: Singing and dancing, trees, old books/scrolls
http://delfigkcrs.blogspot.com/
delfigk@gmail.com
Anshelm and Delfig,
ReplyDeleteI'll keep in mind what you've written, but I will completely throw out anything that doesn't meet with the facts of your birth, childhood or unusual abilities/faults.
I'm good with that. :)
ReplyDeleteAnshelm,
ReplyDeleteWe have a problem.
With a "4", you cannot be multiclassed. There are only six classes you can be, according to the Player's Handbook. In each ability, there comes a point where it says, "here or lower the character can only a"...and then it gives mage for strength, fighter for intelligence, thief for wisdom, cleric for dexterity, illusionist for constitution and assassin for charisma.
You'll have to rethink this character.
Alexis - cool, no sweat. They're more scratch pad at this point.
ReplyDeleteGah...I blame playing Basic for 2 years. :)
ReplyDeleteAnshelm will be a single-classed thief, then. I will update the blog tomorrow morning. Late to band practice.
Please accept my apologies. I don't mean to create more work for you, and will endeavour to be less of an idjit going forward.
Anshelm,
ReplyDeleteNo worries, this is all standard DM/Player getting the characters up and running shit.
Human Thief
ReplyDeleteSTR 13
INT 14
WIS 4
DEX 17
CON 7
CHA 10
From yesterday, d20 rolls: 2, 20, 3, 18, 4, 19
Blog updated.
Ryan's character
ReplyDeleteStr. 14
Int. 11
Wis. 9
Dex. 15
Con. 13
Cha. 10
Half-orc assassin
d20 rolls: 4 12 10 8 17 5
kazimir.kropt@gmail.com