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The Legend of Zelda: Valorbrand Chronicles

The march to Rorenville was fine. Ghent was sort of zoning out and appreciating the scenery. There was a lot of the natural beauty of the forest to appreciate. Although this wasn’t a pleasant hike. They were heading to investigate a series of grisly murders. And when they arrived it was easy to tell the killings took a toll on the village’s mood. Not even in the Hyland’s was a place with such a miserable feeling. Oh sure, it was definitely one of those backwater villages that was falling into neglect. But even those had a type of life to it, this place was sapped of that energy.

Eventually, they’d be greeted by the elder of the village. He’d stand there listening as the man explained what was going on to Afira. It seemed that due to the village’s position, their duke didn’t take much attention to their complaint. Ghent would think to himself that it was shameful to neglect these people. Well, at least they were here, but that was hardly reassuring given Relan’s reaction.

Once the man was done speaking, Afira would address the group with what would be their plan. Rikshath was the first step up to accompany her to the lumber mill. That meant it was just him and Nareck to interview the witness and the family. Not wasting any time Ghent would speak up, “Got it. Nareck and I will go interview the family first and then the elder’s daughter.”

The Five Senses - Second Arc (Accepting New Players!)

Jen

@Pezz570@Fetzen

As Jen walked followed the group, he could scarcely believe his eyes. The manor really was connected to that prison. And with two paths too! And it had its own damn moat! Oh sure, he knew that the homes of the rich could be elaborate and unusual as they could pay for their tastes to be realized. However, this was much more different and striking. He understood why Lord Ru’Tev would want proximity to the prison given the nature of the prison and the area. Still, he wondered if there would be a more pleasant alternate place for it to be built. Although given what they were given to work with in The Divergent, it was pretty good for what it was.

“I’ll try, but the funk of this area is giving me a hard time.” Jen said feeling some slight embarrassment as both Ru’Tev and Karina mentioned his blundering through those doors. He let those feelings slide off as he took a gander at the interior. The hospitality was rather lacking given the less-than-welcoming reception by the servants. Might as well sleep outside with that reception. Although in Jen’s case maybe it might be for the best, lest he break more or worse destroy the mansion. Jen’s mood improved once more with Sil’s hinjinx. ” Are you sure, they even have rooms ready for us? You heard the maids, might as well sleep outside. Still, I’ll take your offer Týfurkh.” He said trying to suppress a smirk.

Through Darkening Skies - original weird fantasy sky pirate adventures

Thanks for sharing the link. It's similar to whatever they're calling the white wolf system now but with D12s and with a noticeable smaller dice pool, and the other differences.

Through Darkening Skies - original weird fantasy sky pirate adventures

How does character creation work?

Through Darkening Skies - original weird fantasy sky pirate adventures

This might be up my alley.

The Legend of Zelda: Valorbrand Chronicles

Ghent Dorvos

Name:Ghent Dorvos
Age: 28
Gender: M
Race: Hylander

Personality:
Having grown up in the relatively austere highlands, has given him an appreciation for the leisurely things in life. He enjoys hanging out, having drinks, and enjoying himself. Perhaps he overindulges to being a slacker, however he's still diligent about his training and whatever else he deems important to put effort into.

Biography: Growing up in the Highlands he took to both the martial and hunting culture of his people. He grew up partaking in hunts using the bow, becoming competent in its usage. However with age he came to favor the usage of the spear and with it, the type of quarry one hunts using a spear. And afterwards some more challenging quarry.

Ghent’s love of the spear would extend to being his weapon of choice. A stark contrast to the stereotype of Highlanders and their love of big, beefy, weapons. It would cause some friction and weird stares. As after all, the tradition had been started in honor of the brave hunter who used such weapons. And Ghent with his spear was going backwards to a simpler and older weapon.

However it only caused him to double down and commit to becoming skilled in it. When he came of age, he left the highlands to wander. The highlands, although being his home, had a certain austerity to him and he craved something more vibrant. It would be Faron that would draw him to relocate there. Its vibrant forests, and those festivals made it feel like home to him.

His enlistment into the Valorbrands would come with the desire to wander again. He had heard news of some bad stuff happening out in the boonies. If it was really true, he would relish in doing some monster hunting much like his people had done so before in their homeland. It might not be the fabled Yeti hunt, but it could be interesting. At the very least it came with a paycheck right?

Independent Traits:

• Warrior’s Birth
• -
• -

STATS
Health: E
Stamina: D
Magic Bar: E

Blessings

Power: - -
Courage: - -
Wisdom: - -

Attributes

Strength: 2
Constitution: 2
Dexterity:4
Agility: 2
Intelligence: 1
Piety: 1

Equipment

Main Weapon: Spear
Off-Hand:
Armor:
Other: First aid kit

Known Arts
Zora Fencing
Vaeraan Royal Spearmanship

Techniques

• Zoran Riposte
• Spin Flourish
• Sharkfang Lunge
• Crashing Wave

Spells N/A

Inventory:
Theme Song: (Optional)

Notes: He's supposed to be a mobile attacker with some elements of the strong attacker. The idea being that makes use of his agility to attack and move around quickly while waiting or creating an opportunity to deliver a punishing blow to his opponent(s). Don't know if it really counts that’s what I’m going for in terms of play style.

The Legend of Zelda: Valorbrand Chronicles

Bummer, I was looking forward to seeing how this would play out as well as playtesting your rules.

The Legend of Zelda: Valorbrand Chronicles

Cool let me know when the prices have been reduced along with the discord server for this.

Also, is there anything else you'd want from my guy's backstory or just more detail in general? I found the highlanders to be somewhat vaguely defined, but not in a way that inviting to like to fill all the details. And I was hesitant about making up too much stuff in case it deviates from what you're thinking of.

The Legend of Zelda: Valorbrand Chronicles

Well good to know the style isn't exclusive to them.

Anyway, while I'm aware that learning new styles is just meet the stat requirements, I also figured you want some explanation within the fiction as how it was acquired. So, I figured the best way would be to wait for like more suitable styles to pop along with an opportunity to go, "Hey, my character is seeking instruction in it."

I'm also rather curious about the math works with these stats. One thing that would be nice is having an explanation for each level on a stat. I can infer some ideas of competency per level a bit. But it would be better for it to be explicitly explained. Like saying 1 means average or unskilled and like 4 being skilled or something like that.

Going back to styles, I'm actually kind of curious to just how impaired a character would be without a style. Although for the sake of testing your material, I'll pick something. Still, I want to see how a character fares with only rolls and the free techs.

Also, I wonder what everyone else is planning on making. Would it be alright if characters might know each other beforehand?

The Legend of Zelda: Valorbrand Chronicles

@Sho Minazuki

My apologies, I didn't mean to imply he had some fame for his skill with the weapon. Rather that he acquired enough skill gain some begrudging respect as he continued his training.

Regarding combat styles I skipped over it for like the following reasons: My own experience with tabletop rpgs has me wanting to have a slightly more balanced spread, over committing into a single stat for qualifying for a style. Because of that I felt that Hylian knight style wasn't worth it as a dedicated spear user as there's really one strider stance move, I'd use. Now sure there's Zoran Fencing, but I got the impression it would be an exotic style for a non-zora character and honestly, I had no idea how to justify the character learning it. I figured grabbing those loose techs would serve me well until there's a situation to learn something better.