I thought we were just going to play D&D! {M} [OOC]

[Highland Sniper]

Life in a D&D World
Tiadona

The party was excited, and so was Reven. He was the new guy to the party, and he got along well with everyone else in his first small campaign with everyone, now he'd be running.
Reven made sure everything was ready, that he had all his notes, and that the table was all set with snacks and everything.
This was going to be a great game.

[do to issues with uploading the map, you may find it here.]

Spoiler: the world 

Spoiler: Eastern Continent 

Spoiler: Apingia 

A large country, but not the largest.
They are a rather mixed country as they are rather accepting of most other races as long as they’re not causing trouble. But that doesn’t stop the people from chasing them out.

This country is rather large and green with plentiful forests, large grassy areas, and a chillier region farther south.

Spoiler: Brury 

A small country in the Westernmost part of the Eastern continent.
Home of mainly gnomes and other short folk.
Though the country may be small, some of the original halfling and dwarven communities go deep underground, with other gnome settlements may extend farther into the air or farther into the ocean.

Spoiler: Rocles 

Home to the orcs, goblins, and other malicious creatures. It’s a very rough place to live if you want to get very far.
Though more civilized than the barbarians roaming around the continent, they are no less crude and warlike. They are more likely to kill you than listen unless you can make a good impression.

Spoiler: Hatria 

A dwarven country full of rough mountain terrain with most of the towns and cities dug out in caves.
The mountains help keep the bothersome orcs and goblins in Rocles and out of their homeland.

Spoiler: Saliscomia 

A huge human empire.
Colder regions to the south with more temperate fields and forests farther north, tough comparatively little of the northern regions have been settled due to monsters and orcs at large in the area, leaving the Saliscomian Empire practically at war with itself.

Spoiler: Bretburya 

The elven country is mainly full of forest, and even jungles in some cases, the towns and cities hidden within the large green canopies with smaller grasslands in between.

Spoiler: Western Continent 

Spoiler: Agelia 

Another elven country, though they vary a bit from their kin to the east in customs and culture.
They do still live in the vast forests of their homeland.

Spoiler: Dodrigh 

A dominantly human country.

Spoiler: Dunden 

A small, dominantly halfling country with communities not unlike the shire from the lord of the rings.

Spoiler: Bothamia 

A mixed country that is high on nautical and sea exploration.

Spoiler: Clifractia 

Mountain speckled land with no one leader as several factions form a small alliance.
This country is also speckled with mountains normally housing dwarven communities.

Spoiler: Uxridlandic 

A mix country.

Spoiler: Hollow lands 

These lands (the white spots on the eastern and western continents), are the hollow lands.
They are full of sand and hard-baked ground, dead and stunted trees, and almost no water to be seen.
A barren wasteland where fierce monsters live by killing each other for food.

It's not any better to the north and south in the large expanses of snow and ice.

Spoiler: Rules 

1. Standard RPA rules apply.
2. If you get into a fight, keep it out of the game, and get it dealt with.
3. This RP is M for artistic license, possible language, references, and use of substances. Smut must be kept to PMs.
4. There will be in-game consequences to your actions. Don't be stupid.

Spoiler: characters 

Spoiler: character creation rules 

skills
- Everyone automatically starts with 8 skill ranks.
- Every class gives you some extra skill points.
- 0 or non in a skill means that you know nothing to the most basics of the skill. 1 you know a bit more about this particular skill set than the average joe, and can even perform some of the basic tasks. 2 ranks generally means that you've been doing it, practicing and or doing your research and are generally more knowledgable. 3 ranks, and you know what you're about and are about close to master. 4, and you're close to unrivaled. 5, and your starting to unlock and learn some new things.

Abilities
- Races and Classes provide some abilities. Please base what you have off of what you find in Pathfinder/D&D. Keep it light and simple.

Equipment
- keep it reasonable.
- We will not be keeping hard track of equipment.
- For proficiencies, please use the pathfinder proficiencies for your class.

'player' and 'character'
- your 'player' is the person playing the character.
- your 'character' is the persona you put on in D&D.

Spoiler: accepted character 

Dion Sear as Min'yeara Moyra By Highland Sniper
Riss Kendall as Myste Rillsong By tbgg
Lurch/Jack of Shadows By Enigma

Spoiler: character sheet 

Player
name:
age:
gender:
simple bio:
basic personality:
description: (optional)

character
name:
gender:
age:
description:
personality:
bio:
race:
class:
Background:
skills:
abilities:
- race
- class
- Background
equipment:

Spoiler: important NPCs 

Reven, The DM:
this new guy joined the group a short time back and offered to run this game.

Spoiler: Races 

Racial options are pretty open.
You can play almost anything you could normally play in Pathfinder or D&D.
Humans, dwarves, elves, half-orcs, half-elves, gnomes, and halfling.
Aasimars, tieflings, and ginasie are also open for play as well as Rougarou, catfolk, kitsune, dragonborn, lizardfolk, ratfolk, and other more beastial/anthropomorphic races.
You may play other races like drow, orcs, goblins, and kobolds, but you are more likely to be tossed out or killed.
Most racial norms will generally be the same as in Pathfinder/D&D.

Elves will sleep instead of trance.
Few people like tieflings or half-orcs, and Half-elves are only a little more welcome because they're not the spawn of something likely to be evil.
Some places may not be as welcome to beastial races like the RouGarou or cat folk, but more welcome than tieflings.
Kitsune are normally reclusive in the eastern region, but some have no issues revealing what they are.

If you would like to make another half race, like half-dwarf, I'm open to it.
But please run anything by me that doesn't already exist before trying to play it.

Spoiler: classes 

Based on the Pathfinder/D&D classes.
You are free to dig deeper to find other classes you may prefer to emulate.
at least 3 skill ranks must be put into class-appropriate skills.

Bard. 10 skill ranks
Barbarian. 5 skill ranks
Cleric. 7 skill ranks
Druid. 6 skill ranks
Fighter. 6 skill ranks
Monk. 6 skill ranks
Paladin. 6 skill ranks
Ranger. 7 skill ranks
Rogue. 8 skill ranks
Sorcerer. 6 skill ranks
Warlock. 6 skill ranks
Wizard. 6 skill ranks

I am open to firearms, but there will be non, nor the gunslinger class, unless everyone wants them.

Spoiler: background 

I'll be doing open background. I may ask questions about them if they seem off.
I'll be a good idea to use the 5e backgrounds as a guide.

As base, a background will give a min of 2 extra skill ranks placed in a related skill.
If the background involves more studies, such as scholars or nobles, they may get 4 extra skill ranks instead.

A background will also give you another reasonably related ability.

Remember, this is more for roleplay.

Spoiler: skills 

Athletics
Acrobatics
Animals
Medicine
perception
Insight
knowledge (Arcana/history/nature/religion) (all is only for wizards)
Spell Craft
Stealth
Sleight of hand
Disable device
Bluff
Deception
Intimidate
Persuasion
Perform
Survival

Adventure Awaits
IC

[tbgg]

Hrmm, think I’m leaning toward a Water Ginasi bard from Bothamia for my D&D character.

[Highland Sniper]

finished

Spoiler: Dion Sear as Min'yeara Moyra 

Spoiler: player: Dion 

Player
name: Dion Sear
age: 18
gender: male

Spoiler: simple bio 

Graduating student at their local high school, Dion has been in the group for years since he's moved.
He's had some family health issues, and is only just getting a girlfriend he hopes to bring into the fold.
He's played female characters in almost every game they've played, with a few male characters here and there to start, and sometimes when his first character has died.
Also a bit of a furry, dressing up as some of his beastial characters for costume events and Halloween.
He's known to be a little odd, but enjoys a good roleplay, and has invited the party to join in a few MMOs.

Spoiler: basic personality 

A generally nice person, he likes helping people and being nice, but don't push him. Although he generally tries to stay out of conflict, he will step in to stop.
Odd, and enjoys playing female furry characters, but does change it up from time to time.
Can be a bit of a nerd.

Spoiler: basic description 

5'11", 126Lbs, short light brown/dark blond hair, ocean blue eyes, clean-shaven face, thin. cargo pants, darks shirts, and a hoody.

Spoiler: character: Min'yeara 

character
name: Min'yeara Moyra
gender: female
age: 127

description: a little short at 5' 3", but closer to 5' 6" if you count her ears when visible. her wavy red hair goes to her lower back, not quite to her tail(s). She has a thin yet decently curvy hourglass figure with nice D cups. She normally wears a nice low-cut blouse, knee-length skirt, and some decent shoes, with a good coat and cloak.

personality: Normally very nice and even sweet, but she can get rough when she needs to.
she does like being noticed sometimes.

bio: Born in a Kitsune Uxridlandic, her mother died when she was still young and she barely remembers her. Her father was a bit of a traditional kitsune, hiding what he was as he worked hard to provide for himself and his only daughter. But things got hard and he could hardly support both of them as she got older, so he shipped her off with a seemingly kind group of people in hopes she'd have a better life.
They traveled to the western continent where they continued to move about before settling down. They weren't as nice as they seemed, but not horrible.
She ran off after a bit and was practically raised by her new patron since.

race: Kitsune
class: Warlock
Background: Runaway

Spoiler: skills 

Athletics 2
Acrobatics 2
Animals 1
Medicine 1
perception 2
Insight 2
knowledge (Arcana) 2
Spellcraft 1
Stealth 2
Sleight of hand
Disable device
Bluff 1
Deception
Intimidate
Persuasion
Perform
Survival

Spoiler: abilities 

- race
kitsune magic: knows firebolt cantrip and produce flame.
kitsune shifting: Can shift from fox, to human, and in between.
Claws
darkvision

- class
Spells: Eldritch blast, prestidigitation, detect magic, dancing lights, mage armor (pathfinder), featherfall.
incantations

-Background
You've been running away from something or running to something for a long while. Sometimes this means hiding.
You've kinda learned how to live on your own, and know how to get around.

Spoiler: equipment 

Bag
Bed roll
studded leather armor
light crossbow and bolts
scimitar
daggers
extra change of clothes
rations
filter scarf
hair ties

[Enigma]

I take it we're starting as first level characters in Reven's world. Where is play going to start?

[tbgg]

Finished, pending approval

Spoiler: Riss Kendall as Myste Rillsong 

Player
name: Marissa (“Riss”) Kendall
age: 18
gender: female
simple bio: A high school student accepted to study computer science in college, Riss plays RPGs for fun, preferring casters and support classes, and has been playing with her current group throughout high school.

basic personality: Shy until she feels comfortable with people, Riss is a classic introvert, preferring books and not having a ton of friends. But she’s sharp and thoughtful, and loyal to the friends she does have.

description: (optional). Riss stands 5’7” and has brown curly hair, thick brows, fair skin, and green eyes.

character
name: Myste Rillsong
gender: Female
age: 19
description: Standing 5’9” inches tall, Myste weighs 155 lbs and has a curvaceous figure. She has dark blue-black eyes, aqua blue skin, long teal colored hair that falls to her mid-back, and the softer pointed ears of her half Elven mother. Myste wears comfortable leather breeches, a white peasant’s blouse with a green corset, and black boots. Her only concession to her class is a colorful patchwork cloak.

personality: Easily able to converse with strangers, Myste’s years as a sea-faring not always completely honest explorer/trader has taught her both how to read people and how to lie convincingly. Although she enjoys her stories and her music, she also hungers for knowledge, and will read any book she can get her hands on. Myste has a generally confident approach to life, but doesn’t always look before she leaps.

bio: Born in Bothamia to a genie father and a half-Elven mother, Myste spent her growing-up years on the deck of a ship that explored the lands. Finding the extended time at sea often boring, she made up stories and learned the pan flute to amuse herself. Her shipmates appreciated those efforts, so she learned the drum and the lute as well. When she turned 18, she was considered an adult, and she decided she’d like to wander the lands for a while. Now a year later, she is currently in [starting town] entertaining at the local inn for board.

race: Water Ginasi
class: Bard
Background: Far Traveler
Languages: Common, Primordial, Elven
skills: insight 4, deception 4, persuasion 3, medicine 2, perform (winds) 3, perform (strings) 2
Spells:
- cantrips: Vicious Mockery, Light, Prestidigitation, Message, (Shape Water)
- level 1: Charm Person, Healing Word
abilities:
- race: resistant to acid damage, can breathe water and air, has a swim speed of 30 ft, knows the Shape Water cantrip.
- class: bardic inspiration
- ability: Myste’s accent, mannerisms, and figures of speech all mark her as foreign. Curious glances are directed her way wherever she goes, which can be a nuisance, but also gains her the friendly interest of scholars and others intrigued by far-off lands, to say nothing of everyday folk who are eager to hear stories of her homeland.

She can parley this attention into access to people and places she might not otherwise have, for herself and her traveling companions. Noble lords, scholars, and merchant princes, to name a few, might be interested in hearing about her distant homeland and people.

- Gives insults in ways that people don’t always recognize as insulting.
- inquisitive and eager to learn.
-May pretend not to understand the local language in order to avoid unwanted conversations.


equipment: backpack, lute, Pan flute, flute, bedroll, blanket, water skin, rope, belt pouch,spell component pouch, studded armor, rapier, rations, red scarf, healer’s kit

[Highland Sniper]

The Rolepalying starts right at the game table.
But the game starts on the western continent, though you can be from anywhere.

looking good tbgg

Shall we just do a girl party?
we already have 2 female characters.
Technically, this is us double character creating at session 0.
so, as we are making out characters, our 'players' are pretty much talking as well.

And I'm going to redo the skill points because I feel it may be a little low for all but the bard.

[Enigma]

Ready to evaluate 4/9/2021

Spoiler: Lurch/Jack of Shadows 

Player
name: Samuel "Lurch" Adams Woodburn
age: 18
gender: Male
simple bio: Moved to town two years ago after living four years in England. George Woodburn (father) works for a defense contractor, Grace Woodburn is a stay-at-home mom who collects ceramic figures, china, little plaster cottages and castles. They both collect books. Brothers George Jr. (16), Leonardo "Leon" (14), sister Evaline (11), little brother Jamie (9).

basic personality: Sam is typically quiet, generally only opening up to people he trusts. He has a curious mind, likes to read and carve. Enjoys role-playing games as it allows him to be different people, although most assume he'd want to play a tank. Dislikes crowds, afraid of stepping on others, and tight spaces as he's more likely to bump into things and look clumsy. Tends to speak in a monotone to avoid drawing attention to himself, and usually keeps his expressions guarded.

Voted most likely to become a serial killer.

description: This man makes you think of a mysterious monolith. He has deep-set green eyes that are like two pieces of jade. His fine, straight, coffee-colored hair is worn in an uncomplicated style. He is very tall and has a broad-shouldered build, with wide feet so he wears shoes that are bigger so they'd fit. His skin is light-colored. He has thick eyebrows and thin lips.


character
name: Jack of Shadow
gender: male
age: 23
description: This human reminds you of a savvy alley cat. He has almond-shaped ash-gray eyes. His silky, straight, brown hair is medium-length and is worn in an attractive, bizarre style. He is very short and has a thin build. His skin is light-colored. He has thin lips. His wardrobe is odd, and is mostly black and gray.
personality: He's become flippant, seemingly incapable of taking anything seriously, always ready with a bad joke. He's introverted and self-sufficient, and more than a little suspicious of others, but has retained his curiosity.

bio: Jack was born in Dunden, the only child of two parents, father would preach in the streets about the Goddess of Luck, while mom worked as a fisher woman. Both were imprisoned when he was 8 for not paying taxes while he wound up on the streets, begging. When he was 13, a bored woman named Payna decided to have some fun and accused the beggar boy of theft. The judge was a friend of hers, he had Jack branded with a "T" on his hand for theft and thrown into prison for seven years.

It was in prison he met Ryo, a half-elf who taught him how to survive - and how to be a thief.

Before his release, however, his accuser Payna, never expecting the beggar boy to survive, became fearful that he would come seeking revenge. She sought out her friend the judge, saying she had received threats and feared for her life. The judge decided to exile him, branding his shoulder with an X and throwing him on a ship trading spices heading towards the Saliscomian Empire.

Fortunately for Jack, his friend Ryo, who had been released the year before and still had some contacts in the prison, met him on board and gave him some gear so Jack could make his own way in the world.

race: Human
class: Rogue
background: Prisoner

Spoiler: skills 

Athletics 3
Craft 2
Deception 2
Disable Device 3
Slight of hand 3
Stealth 3

abilities:
- race

• Medium size
• Base walking speed is 30 feet
• Language: Common, Thieves' cant

- class

• Sneak Attack
• trap finding

- background

• I find it hard to trust anyone; being locked up is the worse thing imaginable.
• I still owe a debt to Ryo for helping me while I was in prison and afterward when I got exiled.
• I am plagued by nightmares and horrible memories.
• As a prisoner, Jack quickly learned how life inside a prison works. It didn’t take Jack long to understand the various routines and tricks involved with surviving in such a place. As such, with four hours of study, he can quickly work out major figures, threats, and possible escape routes.

equipment:

Spoiler: gear 

Sawback short sword.
Two daggers
Shortbow & quiver of 20 arrows
Metsubushi (eggshell filled with ash, ground pepper and sand, temporary blinding agent, sealed with a bit of paste.)
Leather armor
Explorer Pack (backpack, a bedroll, a mess kit, a tinderbox, 10 torches, 10 days of rations, waterskin, 50 feet of rope) with hammer, 10 pitons, whetstone, crowbar, chalk, 50 yard spool of black waxed linen thread.
Scroll tube
Thieves' Tools
Common Clothes
Small knife
Pouch with 3 gp, 20 sp.

[Enigma]

5e uses backgrounds which also supplies equipment. Should that be on the sheet under Character? Or are we not using it?

https://www.5esrd.com/backgrounds/

[tbgg]

5e uses backgrounds which also supplies equipment. Should that be on the sheet under Character? Or are we not using it?

https://www.5esrd.com/backgrounds/

I actually wondered about backgrounds, too. And if I remember right, your background also gives you some skill proficiencies, which I was wondering about.

Another thing I wondered about is the perform skill, since I’m playing a bard. Since it wasn’t specifically mentioned on the skill list, I just assumed she can play whatever, but it would be nice to hear that confirmed (or not).

[Highland Sniper]

My bad, thanks for bringing this up.
I'll make sure to add the perform skill.

If you want, I will also add the background.
I'm at school, and am not very able to do much right now, so I'll do that tonight when I can.