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[Vagabond King]

Daela

Concept
Daela: a single supercontinent, comprising the entirety of the known world. Mostly unexplored, the cities of Daela rely on the Cartographers, adventurers paid to explore the unmapped wilderness, to map safe paths through the wilds between cities and scout new territories to expand into. Countless ruins litter the landscape, providing ample incentive with hidden treasure and forgotten knowledge, ripe for looting by enterprising adventurers.

The city of Sylvanse, capital and crown jewel of the Daelan nation, is the headquarters of the Cartographers. Any young explorer who wishes to last very long must first register with their guild and obtain their Cartographer's License. Without this important enchanted item, they could be robbed or attacked while exploring with no legal repercussions. 'Official' Cartographers enjoy the full protection of the guild, in addition to access to their equipment stores and vast repertoire of scholars, teachers, and martial instructors. However, in return for this help, a portion of anything recovered from ruins while exploring is given to the guild, to cover their not-inconsiderable expenses. Unofficial explorers, called 'Vagabonds' by their licensed counterparts, are under no such compulsion to share their findings. The Vagabonds are a wild card of sorts; while one can predict the actions of an official Cartographer due to the regulations of the guild, Vagabonds can be either kind and helpful or brutal and vicious.

Getting Started: Character Creation
The first thing you need to do in order to join the Daela session is create your character using the character sheet at the bottom of this post. Everything between here and there is information you need in order to properly do so.

Statistics
There are five primary statistics for each character. These are: Strength (STR), Dexterity (DEX), Knowledge (KNO), Willpower (WIL), and Luck (LCK). Each one helps determine your ability and rate of success in your adventures throughout the unexplored wilderness of Daela. Each statistic is measured on a scale of 1 to 50, with 1 being the level of a newborn infant and 50 being peak physical condition on an almost superhuman scale.

Strength is your muscular condition, how physically fit you are, as well as your ability to withstand physical pain and fatigue. It determines how powerful your physical attacks are, and how much gear you can carry.

Dexterity is your body's flexibility and reaction speed. It determines how agile you are in combat, how easily you avoid attacks, as well as many stealth-oriented maneuvers.

Knowledge is the summation of your experience and learning throughout your lifetime. In addition to helping you learn new skills quickly, and obtain information more easily, it also determines your spellcasting ability in combination with Willpower.

Willpower is your determination and focus. It determines how easily distracted you can be, as well as your capacity for casting spells and cantrips.

Luck is just that, how lucky you are. An exceptionally lucky individual finds more gold while hunting, as well as having beneficial encounters more often.

Each stat starts out at 20, the average for a human male. A beginning character receives 25 points to distribute among these statistics as they see fit.

Skills
Skills are your character's ability in a given field. There are innumerable skills, only limited by your imagination. Each is ranked on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being untrained and 10 being a master.
Some example skills:

• Swordplay
• Storytelling
• Acting
• Foraging
• Hunting
• Leatherworking
• Smithing
• Barter
• Archery
• Fletching
• Cooking
• Offensive Magic
• First Aid
• Healing Magic

Each character begins with 15 points to distribute among skills as they see fit. Note: GM reserves the right to deny any custom skills as he sees fit.

Equipment & Supplies
Purchasing items is done using Lucres, the most commonly accepted Daelan currency and the currency of Sylvanse. Other cities may use their own coin, but Lucres is accepted in most civilized locations. As a starting character, you may select one 'starting package' below for your character to begin with.

Fighter's Pack
What every good soldier needs.

• (1) Iron Longsword or Iron Mace or Iron Spear
• (1) Full suit of chainmail or studded leather armor
• (2) Full sets of plain, good-quality civilian clothes.
• (1) Iron Dagger, to be used for skinning, eating, etc. Not made for combat.
• Two weeks worth of trail rations, dried.
• (2) canteens, full of water
• Cartographer's License
• (1) basic first aid kit, containing bandages, antiseptics, and other simple medical supplies

Hunter's Pack
Live off the land.

• (1) Longbow or Crossbow
• (1) Quiver, with (15) arrows or (10) crossbow bolts
• (1) Full suit of leather armor
• (1) Plain color cloak with hood
• (2) Full sets of plain, low-quality civilian clothes
• (1) Iron Dagger, to be used for skinning, eating, etc. Not made for combat.
• Two weeks worth of trail rations, dried.
• (2) canteens, full of water
• Cartographer's License
• (1) wild first aid kit, containing bandages, healing herbs, basic antivenoms, and (2) healing potions

Mage's Pack
Eschew the mundane.

• Personal Grimoire of Spells
• (1) Belt Pouch for spell components
• (3) Flowing, plain color robes of wool
• (1) Iron Dagger, to be used for skinning, eating, etc. Not made for combat.
• Three weeks worth of trail rations, dried.
• (2) canteens, full of water
• Cartographer's License
• (1) Enchanted Health Kit, containing (5) healing potions

These are the options thus far. More will be added as I think of them. Each character also begins with (50) Lucres.

Using the information above, fill out the character sheet here:

Character Sheet
Name:
Age:
Height:
Weight:
Physical Description: A simple, brief explanation of your character's physical appearance.
Personality & Background: Here's your opportunity to be creative. Describe your character's actions, his/her 'code of ethics', his/her back story. Where does s/he come from? Why does your character do what they do? Why did they join the Cartographers? Be as specific and descriptive as you want.

STR:
DEX:
KNO:
WIL:
LCK:

SKILLS

• SKILL: 10
• SKILL: 10
• SKILL: 10

INVENTORY
Include all of the items from your selected starting package, as well as your beginner's currency.

EXAMPLE INTRODUCTION
Your character just walked into Sylvanse's city gates. They stand before the sprawling spires and elaborate architecture for the first time. Give me a sample post of how that might play.

Send a completed sheet to me in a PM. If I accept you, I'll post it in the second post of the thread and notify you in a response.

[Maia]

sorry not to be weird, but can you use a picture for physical description.