Areador Medieval RP

[Werther]

You said that we need to list our spells. This roleplay is going to have a spell list, then? Could you show us that?

You can take spells from DnD, TES or make up your own spells. You have explain how the spell works and describe it.

Could you describe an average wood elf? Elves tend to vary a lot and I don't want to mess up.

Wood elf tends to be shorter in stature than human, and is generally weaker in physical strength. They are more lean, and they compensate their lack of great strength with amazing agility and are known to be best acrobats. They have no body hair and grow no beards. They have natural talent being skilled with bows and other ranged weapons. They are often the finest marksmen in Areador. They are excellent scouts and they have talent for tracking animals. Wooden elves can communicate with animals and even command some. Wooden elves posses arcane talent, and they often become shamans, who command nature and preserve it. Wooden elves can see in darkness.

#makiaka
The image is OK and she looks like a rogue, but I have to warn you, one strike of a blade would end her life, by the looks of the armor. I suppose you will evade direct hits and use agility in combat? Perhaps interested in playing as Wooden Elf?

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#Huscarl
Acceptable, but could you add more skills in your CS? Like, you were apprentice of carpentry, could you add that you know how to work with wood? And, since you were trained by mercenaries, could you add that you possibly have some skill in tracking and scouting?
Otherwise, well done, I like the image and how you mentioned warlord attacking your town.
#LJCOMICS
Accepted, nothing to say. Well done and very nicely done visually.

[Ellri]

hmm... some interesting characters so far.

We apologize ahead of time if any comments seem nitpickety or very critical.
If there's anything you feel needs pointing out in our character sheet in similar manner as we comment on yours, feel free.

Huscarl:
Background seems a bit vague, perhaps expand a bit on it to add more details? How he learned his skills, what he failed to learn, what he can do besides fight, etc.

Does he have anything of note about his appearance?
Is it by choice or not that he appears bald in the image? does he have any old injuries? scars? What eye color does he have (hard to see in image)
How tall is he?

Aside from that part its a good character start. Nothing that we could see as "wrong" in it.

LJCOMICS:
nice length of character sheet.

On the spells, perhaps change it so that only a couple of those spells are "known" with the rest being in that mysterious tome, where he is reluctant or even afraid to learn them from the results of the ones he knows?
They are after all rather powerful things. Especially for a 16-year old who only recently began learning magic.

How suited is he for adventuring? Is our interpretation that he'd be in trouble if he were to end up away from "civilization" correct?
It is after all one thing to have equipment for travel, quite another to be able to use it properly.

Nexerus:
We can't answer as to a spell list. Best is probably to go with a mixture of what has been used so far. More spells can naturally be learned during play. (or new uses of known spells)

Irean:
Based on a conglomerate of D&D wood elves and TES wood elves, we'd describe a wood elf like this:
lithe-bodied, shorter on average than humans. (In both of those universes, wood elves are short of stature)
Sharper angles to face than humans, they might appear somewhat more stern-looking. Faces are also slightly longer and narrower.
Where human ears average about 63mm in length, wood elf ears would be around 97mm in length.
Hair is typically color suitable to blend into forests. (in other words, not bright golden, white or black. Probably not red either. Except in autumn, red is a rather rare color in forests)
Clothing, when specified, is of the sort that does not stick out in a forest.
Also, their skin is darker than human skin. pale to sandy brown or even faint vegetative green.

That sufficient?

Makiaka:
That picture could in our opinion work, but she'd have trouble walking fairly quickly with that sort of footgear. There's a reason "flip-flop" sandals never caught on in the old-world era fighting forces. Most either went for proper boots or roman-style sandals.
The picture indicates some sort of rogue or assassin in style. best solution if going with such would be to replace footgear with supple leather boots. (light armor)

Name:Thora Steinsdóttir (goes by first name for the most part. She never really knew her father)
Age: 19
Race: (mostly) Human.
Homeland: grew up in a small town, around the borders between eastern human domains and those of the wood elves.

Appearance:
Because of her ancestry, Thora is not particularly tall. Considering that she is also female, does not increase that height. (estimated height 157.2 cm)
Build-wise she is thin and lanky, but not waif-like. She grew up in around forests, regularly traveling around. As such she is muscled, but lean, hardly having any notable fat within her body. (weight: 47.6 kg)

The most central factor to her appearance is based on where she was born and her ancestry. The forest-covered border between the wood-elven domains and the innumerable and constantly shifting number of human domains is a place where cross-breeding is normal. The nobles generally sit in their halls, drawing careful maps with precisely defined borders. The local villagers smile and nod when informed about the border, then go about their days as normal, oblivious as to exactly where the border is on the ground. Even if the wars of the humans had not disrupted the border regularly, they would have ignored the borders, as friends, partners or even relatives live on all sides of the borders.

Thora is a product of this cross-breeding. There is so much interbreeding between the common humans and the regular wood elves that for the border folk, the answer to the question "is (s)he a human or a wood elf?" is almost always "yes". For countless generations the people have mated oblivious to the differences between the species. Though the exact amount of wood elf in Thora is uknown, she is more or less 2/3rds human, 1/3rd wood elf.

To someone who sees her up close, she is clearly not just human, but she is also more human than anything else. Her face is longer and more angular than human faces, but not as long or angular as that of a wood elf, it is also quite rounded, making her not look as harsh.
Her eyes may be slightly upturned, but not enough to make her stand out in a crowd because of them.
The part that stands out the most is her ears. They are not round like human ears, but not as sharply pointed as elven ears. Anyone who sees them knows that she is not a pure human. (length: 79.3mm, 16.3mm longer than average human ears)

Her eyes are a green-toned, but do not stand out in a crowd. Her hair is a woodsy-brown, draping down to mid-chest. Usually tied up or braided so it stays out of the way.


Class: near-combat scout, slight touch of magic. (just a touch)
Skills: Tracking, dirty fighting, hunting, simple cooking, some skill with construction using rope and wood.
Spells:

Fireball - Knows exactly how to summon that, and that alone. 8-22 cm in diameter. No bigger.
She has no interest in learning other spells

Background:
Thora never really knew her father. Some say he was a swashbucklin' wizard of no great repute, the sort that wanders the realms their entire lives, seeking something unknown. Others say he was a rogue, drunkard and general pest on society, deserving only a proper stoning. Though her father did not stick around, she did not lack for paternal guidance. Her mother, though young and with an infant daughter, was taken in by one of the local foresters, where Thora was raised like a daughter and treated like one. As such, she has a number of younger half-siblings. Her stepfather taught her his own trade, as well as right from wrong, lessons she gladly took in and absorbed. Through this training she became quite independent and able to rely on her own skills. Much to her stepfather's dismay, she showed a pragmatism for solving problems in ways that were of questionable legality, no doubt inherited from her father.

Though she had no problem with lighting a fire the traditional way, she quickly grew a fondness for using the little magic she had inherited to do it, taught to her by an elderly wizard in a neighboring town. The wizard wasn't a particularly skilled wizard, but he was nonetheless a good teacher, capable of aiding even those with minuscule talents to employ them. He only managed to teach her a single spell before he died of old age. At first, Thora searched and asked around to find another teacher, but none had any interest in teaching her. After several fruitless weeks, she gave up searching and settled down to knowing only that one spell. Eventually, she formed the opinion that she did not need any other spells, slowly mastering the use of that spell.

At the age of eighteen, she left her family home to make her own way in the world, perhaps to seek her father, perhaps to find a place to make her own home. Her stepfather was still young, and the village had no need for another forester anytime soon. She spent a few months working as a woodland scout for some of the many human warlords, but they never fully trusted her because of her impure ancestry.

Personality: Self-secure. She has no problems making her way in the world, especially not in forested lands. Having grown up in the country, she does not really like cities or large crowds. She tolerates them, but if she can avoid it, she does. Thora may on occasion be hard to be around, as things not working as they ought to irritates her and triggers impatience. More than one such problem has been "solved" with a fireball, be it a faulty map, pesky critter or even a locked door. Only her sense of right and wrong has prevented her from hitting other people with those self-same fireballs. Its not that she can't hit them, but rather than she does not want to. Not that they realize this fact.

One of her greatest weaknesses, beyond inexperience with foreign environments and crowds, is that she at times can be a bit fluid as definitions like "yours" and "mine" go. Not exactly popular with guards and magistrates.
She has no idea how to ride any creature be it horse or something else, and she cannot read letters. She can roughly comprehend road signs and map terminology, but books are beyond her.

Equipment and armor:
- Shirt and pants of brown homespun. Sewn to be practical, nothing else.
- One nearly waterproof and hooded, woolen cloak the color of oak leaves. lined with wolf fur.
- Leather boots suitable for walking far and wide with.
- A simple, well-crafted backpack with:

- a single set of spare clothes
- a suit of padded leather armor (consisting of brigandine coat, wristguards and greaves. No helmet.)
- some dried meat and cheese, enough to last several days
- a short hunting bow and quiver of round-tipped arrows. (strapped on the side of the pack)
- a poorly cared for sword of cheap make (also strapped outside pack, often used to as a spit when cooking meat)
- a few of maps drawn on leather hides
- a pair of blankets
- a tent
- several lengths of rope
- some animal gut thread and a needle.

At her belt she wears:
- an every-day dagger of elven make
- Several small pouches filled with:

- 8 dales, 7 half-dales, 10 quarter-dales (separate pouches for each coin type)
- some dried meat
- a few herbs
- some tinder
- whetstone and wiping cloth

- A woodsman axe, with a protective leather hood covering the blade

[Werther]

Ellri, accepted.

[LJCOMICS]

You probably didn't pick up on it, but the spells are categorized by their cooldown length, just like in 4e. The green spells are At-Will, and can be casted without a cooldown. The red spells are Encounter, and each has a five-minute cooldown. The black spells are Daily, and have six-hour cooldowns. Is that clearer now? The Mysterious Tome is something completely different from a spellbook, and I would rather not discusd it openly before the IC starts.

Also, it's important to note that he's not "learning" magic. That's the dominion of Wizards. As a Warlock, Luka is essentially having magic thrust upon him. That's how it is with Warlocks: they gain great power for very little effort, but the cost is often great and terrible.

And he's not much of an adventurer at all, but he's making do just walking from town to town.

[Ellri]

ahh... Forgotten realms is not something we're familiar with.
The details you just gave make sense balance-wise.

We figured there was something secretive about that tome... we won't try to dig into what. More fun to discover IC.

[Irean]

Ty, here is my CS.


Name: Shayndra featherleaf
Age: 27
Race: Wood elf
Gender: Female
Homeland: South eastern forests, Shalfor, a large city of the wood elves.
Appearance: Stands at an average hight for a wood elf. Has hair brown like the trunk of a tree, and extremely straight, it is typically in a tight braid that goes down to her shoulder blades. Her eyes are grey blue. Her skin is a very light brown. Her face has slightly softer angles than an average elf, and almost always possesses a slight frown. Her armor is dark brown leather. Her quiver is slightly lighter in color than her armor.
Animal companion: She has a fox as an animal companion, named Iris. He has grey blue fur, and is slightly larger than most foxes. While he rarely gets in the middle of the fight, he can be a savage ankle biter. He will also retrieve lost arrows for her after a fight.
Class: Ranger
Skills: Communicate: Can communicate with some animals, though angered ones that are attacking can not be spoken with. Archery training: Can shoot a bow reasonably well. Sword training: Trained in the use of a sword, but not nearly as well as a warrior.
Spells: None
Background: Father was an archery trainer and trained her to use a bow. Was also taught basic sword use by her father. Mother taught her how to evaluate situations quickly. Has a fear of things flying at her face, that she has not yet been able to break, though if she expects the item to be thrown, she can catch it, an improvement over what it was a few years ago.
Personality: Calm, with the ability to think quickly when needed. Patient, and kind when she feels kindness is deserved. Tends to hold grudges. To those who have angered her, she is harsh, and does not often forgive. Tends to follow the idea that actions speak louder than words.
Equipment and armor:
12 golden dales.
leather pants (lightly used)
Leather chest piece (lightly used)
Leather boots (moderately used)
Soft leather gloves (moderately used)
Leather helm (lightly used)
Bow (moderately used)
Quiver (lightly used)
Arrows-quiver ~ 3/4 full
Sword (lightly used)
Days rations-2


Are animal companions allowed?

[Ellri]

Background seems a bit vague. Doesn't really reveal anything about her as a person. What sort of events made her what she is?

You made a note that she's got barely more angled face than a human, is that because she is not a pure-blooded wood elf? or is there another reason?

Does she have any notable weaknesses? anything making her stand out in a crowd?

Beyond being unable to reason with attacking animals, are there any limits as to what animals she can communicate with?


oh, and we at least see nothing wrong with animal companions being allowed.

[Kegger]

Making a character, but before i finalize what about trolls if they're applicable.

[Ellri]

We think having them as mere monsters (untameable), if at all, would be best.

of course, it would be fun to bring them in discworld-style, but not really sure it'd fit...

Link to source: Wikipedia

Trolls in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, unlike the monstrous trolls of folklore and J. R. R. Tolkien, have been subverted into a moderately civilised race. Trolls on the Discworld are, essentially, living, mobile rocks. Trolls have grown to overcome those vicious stereotypes of yore and have lived very prosperous lives in heavily populated cities with (relatively) little killing, and they have held jobs as diverse as police officer and concert promoter. They have also held jobs as "bridgekeepers," collecting tolls from those that cross their bridges. It is relatively harmless, although farmers in the company of billy goats have to pay a hefty toll.

There they are "metamorphorical rock", literally living, breathing, thinking stone.


Leave them out for now, but the final decision of whether that leaving-out is permanent is up to Werther.

[Irean]

I will rephrase what I said about angles. I meant for it to mean the angles on her face are on the softer end of the scale. More history may be revealed IC, as thats how I prefer to play, but if GM wants i'll write more. I'll try to add a few more details.