[OOC] Cinder Sickness - A DnD style classic RP

[Afina]

This is a DnD style campaign, old school style. This means that elements of DnD will play heavily in the RP but it will not be governed by the exact laws of DnD. And by old school I mean old school. Say hello to Dnd 2nd Edition. (That is where most of the DnD influence will come from, but as I said it is not limited to that nor is it bound by that. 3rd-5th edition influences and Pathfinder welcome. Just know I will be pulling a lot from some very old books, lol)

Cinder Sickness

The Convent Of The Sisters Of Light is pleading for help from the people of the realm. Our orphanage has been plagued with unique case of Cinder Sickness that all attempts to cure have failed. We have consulted both near and far and believe that we now know how to heal our poor children but we lack the strength to collect the ingredients we so desperately need. We are searching for strong and caring individuals to help save the lives of these innocent souls. Please contact Sister Agnes in the Village of Gorlton’s Apothecary for more information. We promise a great reward in exchange for the materials that we need.

The notice above has been sent out to various cities, villages, monasteries and forts throughout the land in hopes of drawing attention from near and far to bring together the right group of adventurers to take on this task before it is too late. Are you one of the chosen?

Your character can have caught wind of this notice in most any manner and your RP will begin as you arrive at the Village of Gorlton and make your way to the Apothecary. Please provide a CS either by way of PM or in the OOC – Do not post your CS on the CS page until it is approved

Name:
Age:
Alignment:
Race: (Limited to Human, Halfling, Elf, Half-Elf, Dwarf, Gnome - other races will be considered but need to be run by the gm first)
Class: Kits are welcome, dual classes allowed
Appearance/Clothing: Image can be provided
Skills:
Natural Abilities: (Race dictated)
Magic/Spells: (all spells must be listed, max of 7 for full magic users, max 5 for dual classes, max 3 for anyone else)
Additional Information: (Such as gods a character might worship, flaws they may have, relationships the may be in, etc.)
Weapons:
Possessions:
Personality:
History:

Rules:

1. General Forum Rules Apply
2. Gm is God (or Goddess in this case.)
3. Isn’t on your approved character sheet, doesn’t exist – so plan well
4. Characters may possess up to 2 enchanted items – low grade, nothing grand.
5. Stay in character in IC.
6. Have a problem; bring it to the GM’s attention.
7. If you are going to be inactive, let the GM know.
8. This is High Casual RP – Minimal of two well-developed paragraphs per post.
9. No godmodding, bunnying or metagamming will be allowed. To do so will incur the wrath of the GM Goddess and I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those that would attempt such things.
10. Canon Rp – You’ve been warned.
11. Adult language will be present – once again you’ve been warned.
12. Posts that are awesome or crack me up will be rewarded.
13. Romance can happen – let it be natural, do not force it just to have a romance. Fade to black when needed. No Smut in IC.
14. Characters can be old or new, doesn't matter
15. And once again, Gm is Goddess.
16. Have fun.

I think that about covers it. These rules and outline can change at a moments notice; edits will be noted by date and brought to your attention by OOC. (Chat room will be provided to those in the RP by the GM once accepted and your characters introductory post is made.)

Edit: 8/1/15 Rule addition - If you wish to have any knowledge of another character that has to have been worked out before the introduction of your character to the RP itself. No suddenly "knowing" then or remembering them or of their people. And if you do know them before the introduction of your character make sure that is has been approved by the player of said character before hand and that the GM has been informed.

No editing your Cs without GM okay once it is posted.

As the story progresses, no monsters, finding tracks, seeing hidden passes and the like without GM okay. I will be sending out pm's after my posts when needed to certain players if it would be something your character would have noticed.

When fighting monsters, damage will be posted by the GM in the post after the attack occurs and each time during rotation until it is killed - Unless I just throw something simple at you and note in OOC - okay X amount of X monster attack, kill as you see fit, each person can take out X many.

Edit 2:8/1/15 - @Warrior in the Shadows is now Co-GM

Edit:8/2/15 - Item List -
Tear of Eyewing
Feather of Pegasus
Claw of Hellhound - collected
Whisker of Gnoll
Blood of Mist Dragon

[TheWizardLizard]

Hmmm, I'm definitely going to play a human male, I think, due to my fondness for 'Mundane' type races. Probably going to roll up my 'pathological liar loveable coward' Thief from a previous game, but I'm flexible.

[The Fated Fallen]

@Afina I messed up the interest check, massive apologies!

[Afina]

@TheWizardLizard That is perfectly fine, I love mundanes, hehehe.

@The Fated Fallen No worries, ^^

[Dragoknighte]

I'm going to get a bit weird and make an Elf Bard-Barbarian.

[The Fated Fallen]

I'm going to get a bit weird and make an Elf Bard-Barbarian.

@Dragoknighte

I've cross classed a Barbarian and a Bard before, just to make the pun

Bardbarian

[Dragoknighte]

@The Fated Fallen My character in the D&D campaign I'm in is a rather unconventional Bard-Barbarian(well, only one level of barbarian which at this point has not much impact, but still). This will be a different flavor of unconventional.

[Afina]

[The Fated Fallen]

Perhaps I shall join at some point, if some people (god forbid) drop out. For now we have a quaint little party going on, and it would be bad for this place to get overcrowded

[Kronshi]

Remember I'm here too. Still have no clue what kind of character to make but hopefully the other CS's will give me some ideas

[Afina]

@The Fated FallenYou are more than welcome to join, if we get enough I will create dual groups to compete for the reward, ^_~ So no worries.

[TheWizardLizard]

Tobias, 'He who runs and hides'

Name: Tobias
Age: 22
Alignment: Chaotic Good-ish
Race: Human
Class: Thief
Appearance/Clothing:

Minus the sword and the scar

Skills: Bluff, Acrobatics, Charm, Athletics, Sneak, Theft, Streetwise, Knife-Wielding, Knife-Throwing.
Natural Abilities: The power of average-ness.
Magic/Spells: Not a scrap of it.
Additional Information: Tobias isn't the strongest fighter, being far more suited to running, hiding, or bluffing his way out of situations (he's capable by normal person standards, of course - just not really what you'd expect from an adventurer). He's also a massive pathological liar with trust issues a mile wide.
Weapons: He has three knives - one on his belt, one on his back, and one in his boot.
Possessions: Leather armor, basic adventuring supplies (rope, flint and steel, etc.). His hood is enchanted to make it very hard for someone who sees him with it up to remember his face. He also has a magic grappling hook enchanted to not make a sound.
Personality: Tobias is glib, smart-alecky, cowardly, and tries his absolute best to be self-centered. Though he'd feverishly deny it, he's a fundamentally good person underneath the assumed selfish. He tries not to let anyone get close to him, and often uses snark and flat out lies as armor in social interaction.
History: Getting the truth out of him about his personal history is extraordinarily difficult, but it's possible to determine that he's an orphan who grew up on the streets and has spent his life so far living in cities and alternating between pickpocket, con-man and cat burglar in order to survive.

Also, hai Kronshi. Funny meeting you again. :p

[Afina]

@Kronshi I'll be posting mine shortly to give an idea

@TheWizardLizard Spells are allowed if you wish, might want to add in like knife and/or knife throwing into the skills so he can actually wield his weapons.

Edit: Okay, I posted my personal cs, you don't have to be as detailed, I am just personally a CSaholic

[Warrior in the Shadows]

Hugh Van Halder

Name: Hugh Van Halder
Age: 45
Alignment: Neutral Good
Race: Human
Class: Fighter, Ex-Paladin
Appearance/Clohing:

He stands at 6'2", a tower of years of built up muscle. He wears a dark earthen blue tunic over a white linen three button pullover shirt. He wears a pair of black shorts(under his pants) and a pair of dark gray hosen(medieval style pants). He'll wear a chain mail shirt and these pauldrons

additionally he'll wear leather knee and shin armor.
He wears a small gray hood and a bear fur cloak.

Skills: He is a good brawler and can fight with anything he can get his hands on(He's used bed rolls before). Horseback riding. Swordfighting, throwing axes, and two handed weapon fighting. He's been able to use crossbows before, but despises them, as they are delicate and take a lot of work just to reload. Bushcraft and survival stuff. Smoking(if that qualifies as a skill).

Natural Abilities: He's strong and durable and can take a lot of beatings. He's pretty much a tank. He can drink a lot of alcohol and only get buzzed. Otherwise, he's just a normal human.

Magic Spells: N/A

Additional Information: He is in a relationship with Sana Rawn. He has a draft horse, named Rodger.

Weapons: He wields a large crude looking battle axe and a falchion. Additionally, he has one small crude throwing axe.

Possessions: A rucksack with jerky, bread, cheese, rags, spark rocks(basically one is made of magnesium), rope, and tobacco. He also has saddle bags on his horse, which he stores his pipe, more tobacco, sugar cubes, a brush, and a few salt licks. He has two water skins. One he keeps on his horse, and one on his person or in rucksack.

Personality: He is a more contented man, liking simple things in life, especially enjoying smoking his pipe with a wonderful scenery, usually in the form of a beautiful day and his love, Sana. He has a more realistic attitude towards the world, not being an idealist, only doing things to help. He has great respect for the natural order of things, and you won't find him trying to seek out revenge. He still has a fiery temper when it is stoked enough to come out.

History: Hugh was once part of a great order of paladins. They had much land and ruled with wisdom. Their lands were prosperous and fertile. Many were jealous of their lands, but no one had the courage enough to take on the great and Noble order. Their paladins were fierce and formidable fighters. They all stood higher than 6' and were towers of muscle. They were truly terrifying men. But they were brought down under scandal. Fabricated accusations about them stealing their riches and enslaving other groups of people for labor. The scandals kept growing until they were set upon by every surrounding nation. They stood no chance. Many were killed, only a few escaped.

They have been long since forgotten, after being hunted for almost two decades, and killed off, until it was concluded that they were finally extinct. Hugh hid among tribes of barbarians to survive. The tribe was good to him, making him one of their own. He had built a life of simplicity. Some warring between other tribes would often end with them being brutalized and then integrated. Hugh had found love in a woman taken from one of the defeated tribes. He had a few sons and lived very happily with her, until they were set upon by a purge of the "savages".

Hugh's tribe was wiped out and he was orphaned once again. He had brutally killed all the "civilized" army he could, but it was too late. His tribe was all gone, along with his family.

He became a wanderer, and left to find life as a mercenary. In that life, he found an adventure awaiting him in a tavern. The tavern was filled with life, when he came in and joined up with a questing group. There he met a gypsy woman by the name of Sana. He got to know her going on this random little adventure with this party. It was all rather simple and jovial at first, until they were all taken captive by a lich. This lich tried to take Sana from them, and in that moment Hugh only felt desperation and rage.

He had slowly begun to realize that he had fallen in love with Sana, and that if he lost her nothing would change about his existence as a wandering mercenary, and he would simply keep losing people he deeply cared about. So he took a chance at love, and broke out of his cage in a fit of rage. He fought like a lion to get to Sana, finally winning out(love triumphs over all!) against the hordes of undead after his party came to his aid.

Since then, he's been a contented old soul, taking care of Sana and showing her his love for her, even though he has never said the words.

[Afina]

@Warrior in the Shadows Hugh's good to go Wits, add him to the CS page.

[Dragoknighte]

I don't know if I'm going to sound too know-it-all or something, but if there's a specific way you want people to format sheets you can use the code function to make it appear in a way that's easy to copy paste. For instance, if you wanted every section bolded you could write it like this:
[code][b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Alignment:[/b]
[b]Race:[/b] (Limited to Human, Halfling, Elf, Half-Elf, Dwarf, Gnome - other races will be considered but need to be run by the gm first)
[b]Class: [/b]Kits are welcome, dual classes allowed
[b]Appearance/Clothing: [/b]Image can be provided
[b]Skills:[/b]
[b]Natural Abilities:[/b] (Race dictated)
[b]Magic/Spells:[/b] (all spells must be listed, max of 7 for full magic users, max 5 for dual classes, max 3 for anyone else)
[b]Additional Information:[/b] (Such as gods a character might worship, flaws they may have, relationships the may be in, etc.)
[b]Weapons:[/b]
[b]Possessions:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]History:[/b]
[/code]

[Afina]

Hehe, no, you're good. Not worried about bold and such, I just add it in for my own personal tastes.

[Dragoknighte]

Vaeri

Name: Vaeri Dryearurdrenn
Age: 143
Alignment: Lawful Good
Race: Elf
Class: Cleric/Barbarian
Appearance/Clothing:

Vaeri is an innocent looking elf, standing at about 5' 7" (170 cm) with long, straight raven hair that extends down to the base of her back, pale skin and bright blue eyes. At a glance she's quite beautiful with full lips, a small button nose, thin eyebrows and high cheekbones, when one takes a closer look, several tiny scars are visible all over, disfiguring her otherwise graceful looks. Likewise, Vaeri's exposed flesh, the rare times one can see them initially appear smooth and untouched, but upon closer inspection are covered in scars and barely contain wiry muscle below.

Vaeri dresses as a lady of the cloth should, with a dark blue full body cloak. The fabric is adorned with intricate patterns in white to provide visual contrast and indicating her status as a clergywoman. Around her neck and outside the cloak, Vaeri wears a necklace bearing the holy symbol of her god. However, underneath the cloak is a full set of leather armor, battle ready and kept in top shape at all times.

Armor, sans helmet

Skills: Sense Motive, Knowledge (Religion), Knowledge (Nature), Climb, Jump, Sleight of Hand, fletching arrows, surviving out in the wild
Natural Abilities: Keen senses, the ability to see better than humans in low light
Magic/Spells: Heal: @Afina can decide how good this is
Tongues: Allows the caster to speak any language for the duration of the spell
Turn Undead: Vaeri can attempt to make Undead flee from her presence temporarily. Powerful Undead can resist this.
Divine Might: Holy power infuses the caster, temporarily making them more powerful and resilient
Flame Strike: Smites foes with holy flames
Additional Information: Vaeri worships Menhit, lion-goddess of War. (Fun fact her name means She who massacres)
Weapons: Vaeri carries a shortbow and a two-handed battleaxe
Possessions: Vaeri carries a backpack that can hold more than you think it would and what Vaeri wants from the bag will always be at the top (the item in question must have been put in the bag beforehand for this to work). Inside the bag are her necessities (tent, rope, bedroll, tarp for the tent, soap, cooking utensils, oil, a lamp, flint and steel), holy texts, and about 2 weeks worth of rations. She also has a coin purse with about 20 gold pieces in it. On her hip is a quiver with 20 arrows.
Personality: To strangers, Vaeri appears to be a gentle elf, always keen to help those in need and be a travelling force of good in the world. However, as you get to know her, slowly she morphs into an entirely different person, brash, head-strong and a braggart, this true face of Vaeri shows exactly why she worships the goddess she does. The elf loves battle of all kinds and will gleefully jump into battle whenever she can.
History: Vaeri grew up in a forest village mostly populated by other elves to a carpenter. IN her childhood, she began learning the bow as all children did. Her prowess with weaponry was admired just as much as her excessive enthusiasm for using them was worrying. One day while out hunting alone she was overcome by a vision of the lion-goddess Menhit who commanded Vaeri to go out into the world and find a man with two right hands. After this experience, Vaeri began following the goddess of war and has dedicated her life to this mission. The cleric has been following this notice for strong adventurers as a possible lead for locating this mysterious man.

[Luminosity]

Here's my rookie adventurer :)

Fiona

Name: Fiona
Age: 22
Alignment: Neutral Good
Race: Human
Class: Fighter
Appearance/Clothing: Reference 1, Reference 2. Fairly average height, with a lean and toned build. Fiery, wild red hair and light brown eyes, skin tone a fair, slightly pale coloration.

Skills: Close combat fighting, speed and agility, moderate strength, excellent horseback riding skills. Proficient both armed and unarmed, moderate endurance for taking hits. Good at cooking with relatively little to work with, and while likely irrelevant, good at farming.

Natural Abilities: None - Human
Magic/Spells: None

Armor: Roughly as seen in the image, some pieces of scavenged light plate, most effectively protecting her right arm.

Weapons: Use reference 2 for example. A fairly standard curved longsword, lightweight but sturdy. She has a dagger sheathed on her left thigh for emergencies.

Possessions: Little of note. Her clothes, weapons, armor, packs, supplies, basic medical items and personal belongings. Most of it kept in her horse's saddlebags.

Personality: Fiona's bold and brash, often unafraid of things she probably should be, and in general a very confident and self-assured individual. Like any good adventurer she is both curious and brave, but also deeply selfless, not preferring to use the word 'mercenary' to describe herself, as this implies the coin is the end goal she works for. Mostly she just enjoys her life for what it is: a chance to explore, meet new people and see new things, and help wherever she can, with what skill she has. Though typically a loner, she doesn't turn down help when offered, and tries to work together with others as best she can. She's an inexperienced, terrible liar, preferring both her combat and her conversation upfront and uncomplicated.

History: Fiona's story is a relatively simple one, starting with a family not important enough to even have a lasting name. She's simply Fiona, of the village of Drayden, a little farming community quite a ways from many large population centers. Fiona was an only child, and thus assisted a great deal around the farm, becoming strong and physically active as a result.

Wandering adventurers inspired her even as a teenage girl, and her mind would not be swayed from eventually leaving the family farm to see the world. When they were eventually able to hire some help, she used what coin she had to purchase some basic equipment, and set out at age 19, blade in hand, hunting for contracts. Naturally, without the best of training or a good starting foundation of equipment and knowledge, Fiona struggled in her first few years, but learned from her mistakes, and has developed into a competent and even confident fighter, willing and able to take on problems the average person doesn't want to deal with.

[TheWizardLizard]

Edited knife skills in, though I'll leave out the magic - just doesn't seem to make sense with his backstory.

Oh, by the old by, when I'm playing this character I tend to find it easier to work him into the 'quest' story if he's being dragged into it by another party member, seeing as how he doesn't much have the stomach for adventuring of his own accord. The first time, he'd been arrested and was released into the custody of the party leader as 'public service'.

If nobody wants to, I can think up a reason, but if someone'd like to volunteer to be strongarming Tobias into this little shindig, that might be fun.