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[Caellath]

Yo Taric, you mind putting our character sheets and backstories in the OP?

This. I also would like the sheets of the GMs for examination, so we may know what to pick even in terms of skillset and stats.

[Taricus]

EDIT: Nope, you're finding out our stats the hard way guys

However, an example character to help everyone out.

Spoiler: Rupert the Rookie. (click to show/hide)

Name: Rupert
Class: Fighter Trainee
Level: 1

Stats & Skills
- HP: 20 [+2] (70%)
- STR: 6 [+2] (70%)
- MAG: 0 (0%)
- SKL: 2 (40%)
- CON: 6 (AID: 5)
- LUK: 1 (50%)
- DEF: 3 (40%)
- RES: 0 (20%)
- SPD: 2 (40%)

- MOV: 4

Character Skill: Renewal.

As you can see, the bonus points are in square brackets. This lets me see what you spent the bonus stats on. The numbers in the circluar brackets are growth rates. These determine how likely you'll gain a point in that stat when you level up. You will ALWAYS get two statpoints per level up, if your stat rolls fail you will get stat poins in your classes preferred stats.

The Character skill "Renewal" is a free skill, meaning it has no cost to take. However, some skills are tagged with "Cost" Meaning they have a cost to take. This cost is in the form of your growth points, reducing the total amount to spend from 330 to 300.

Inventory
You will all start off with a vulnerary and a weapon that your class can use, please check the PDF to find what weapon you'll start off with (Or just pick the class and let us figure that out.)

[Haika]

Here's some extra Lore bits for the kingdoms. Tar can copy this into the opening post if he approves:

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The Kingdom of Aeratus is known for its well trained army and military might. They inhabit a land filled with humid jungle, and sticky marshlands. The harsh landscape teems with life, but requires a strong will and resolve to survive. They have been content to patrol their own lands and keep to themselves, but rumors of dark magic and the dead rising from the grave have begun to surface.

The Kingdom of Caenan is a land of wide plains and rolling pasturelands. This provides excellent breeding area for horses, and Caenan steeds are saught far and wide. The nomadic knights of the Caenan calvary patrol the grasslands and keep the Kingdom safe from invasion.

The Kingdom of Traennerus is filled with many large forests and wooded hillsides. The men of Trae are usually strong bulky individuals from living in the forest wilds. A sharpshooter from Traennerus is usually considered one of the best, and most infantry of any type can give Aeratus a run for their money. However, the Trae consider animals food, and would rather hunt them than train any sort.

The Kingdom of Aeliyr is known for it's air superiority. Here the twin soldier forces of Wyvern Riders and Pegasus Knights train, and work together to keep Aeliyr's mountain home free from any invaders. Aeliyr mages are also known as some of the best wind users, rivaling even the Theocracy for skill.

The Merchant Republic of Shossan is a group of like minded people looking to make money in any way possible. Most of the other nations look down on people from Shossan, but they all use and appreciate their skilled thieves and mercenaries in their armies. Shossan is situated along the coast and claims most of the waterways around Oroavac for their trade routes.

The Theocracy of Touxar is the home of the university of Touxar. The university is the largest collection of the wisest mages and priests in the known world. Any mage worth his stuff has at least planned to attend the university eventually, however the long treck to the secluded desert kingdom is harsh for any power-less applicants.

[Taricus]

Okay, currently I need to see sheets from:

Felius
Gamerboy4life
TCM
Azthor
Caellath.

As well as Spinal's revised sheet. I get all these before wednesday I can probably start the campaign with full numbers.

[TCM]

I just realized this a scheduled game. Huh. I guess I'm going to duck out for now, though I'll be checking up and this game and might rejoin in the future if I have time.

So bye. >_<

*Runs away*

[Taricus]

Sorry to hear that. Still, the door is still open for you if you change your mind.

[Spinal_Taper]

What should we do with the backstories?

[Taricus]

Write whatever you feel like, and PM it to me.

[Johnfalcon99977]

I think we should post our Backstories here, and try and make them overlap a bit so we aren't a group of complete strangers. I think I offered Cript the chance to be my Characters kind of "Childhood friend", but I'm not sure what he thinks of that.

[Dwarmin]

I don't even have much of a backstory...here's mine, a bit padded up from what I sent you, Tar.

Name: Mia Dellago
Bio: Mia Dellago is a former Traennerus Militia soldier-she grew up in the town of Eraklelai, learning to hunt and shoot small game. Her skills with the bow naturally lent her to join the local barracks, but most of her days were spent shooting dangerous wild animals and knocking drunks over the head to drag them back to their wives. She tired of the life, and set out young for a life 'glory and adventure' with a few like-minded persons.

She happened to save a man during her travels, named Sylvester Thariato, from a burning mansion. To her consternation, no reward was ever forthcoming, but she struck up an easy friendship with him, and helped him survive to some extent-mostly, she kept moving, sending money, letters and treasures back from her adventures.

These days, she's turned bow for hire. Mostly guarding caravans and wall duty up till now-it pays alot more, at least,  and Mia's gotten used to living well. She's spent the last two years help Sylvester hunt down the murderers of his family, to no avail. It was during this time she began a rivalry and friendship with the young Mage Henry, as well.

She does generally take whatever job pays well, and the latest one is going to be a cinch, she believes-it might even make her rich, if she plays her cards right. Even if it takes her back to shabby Eraklelai.

Mia is the sort who wants to retire while she has her youth and looks left-she lacks any great motivation or drive, except to the goal of whoever is paying her-and avoiding 'dirtying' herself in crude melee combat. For good or bad, Mia thinks of herself as a master tactician, capable of out-thinking all her opponents. She is also blissfully unaware of any wide going ons in the world-a bit too vain, maybe, to believe anything exciting will ever happen to her.

I'm open to sisters/brothers/old friends/husband adding into my background or whatever I'll do em all!

[Johnfalcon99977]

Copa-Pasta Back Story gogogo

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Slyvester used to be the youngest of Six to the the Prestigous and powerful House of Thariato. Ruling over a very large Duchy, the Dynasty was very well-Known throughout the land. However, house also had many an Enemy. Another lord, who found them to be quick in the way of his success, funded a Regiment of Mercenaries to "Accidentally invade the Wrong Castle". Almost everyone in the castle that Sylvester called his home were Slaughtered, their Wealth taken, and their names slandered. Sylvester only managed just managed to survive the event. He was Eight at the time. Soon after the raid he fled the Castle, fearing that the Mercenaries would return. He ended up in the Capital city of Traennerus. No one Believed his claim to be the son of the late Thariato Dynasty, and he ended up being taken under the care of a local thief. With his Education being changed from learning Courtly Life to just trying to survive, he didn't adapt well at first, but he eventually caught on. He he turned 15, he left his Mentor to set on an epic quest to avenge his family... which for the past two years has consisted of pickpocking Strangers and hitting on Girls in Bars. Hey, the quest for revenge needs to start somewhere.

[Haika]

Since we are doing this in maptools, if you would like me to make you a pog, I need a few things.

The main part being Class, Gender, and Haircolor(might not show in the pog).

Your main pog will be an icon in blue like the FE games.

You may also pick a portrait that can be linked to the pog, this should be a head and shoulders thing. I can help you pick something out, or if you give me a link I can cut out a head and shoulders and attach it to your pog, and I can even make some basic changes like eye or hair color if needed.

[Taricus]

Alright, we'll be holding another test session today, same time as our planned starting time. Anyone needs any help with their character sheet this would be a good opportunity for us to help you out with it.

[Haika]

Alright, we'll be holding another test session today, same time as our planned starting time. Anyone needs any help with their character sheet this would be a good opportunity for us to help you out with it.

As a reminder that planned starting time is at 6pm est. Or just under 3 hours from this post. I should have the server up about an hour before we start.

Server Name: Aglaia
Server Password: unekaru

Also remember we are using maptools version .86

If you haven't gotten a pog with a portrait yet, or fleshed out your personal skills/faults, or backstory, this is a good time to get those done, so we don't have to worry about them next week during the actual session.

Hope to see people there.

[Criptfeind]

Spoiler: Backstory (click to show/hide)

Henry was born in the kingdom of Traennerus, where his father was the court mage to the House of Thariato. He grew up in the castle surrounded wealth and influence, and was raised alongside the noble children with whom he became friends with, specifically the sixth of the noble born, Slyvester who became his fast friend and he came to think of as a younger brother. At the age of eight he started showing magical talent and his father started teaching him the trade of being a court mage. Five years later though the castle was attacked and the house hold was slaughtered. Henry watched his father try, and fail, to combat three mercenary mages, he only lasted seconds before the dark magic using mages ripped though his defenses and killed him. Henry ran in shock, his life destroyed and his illusions about his fathers power shattered in the same day. Perhaps it was sheer luck, but Henry managed to survive that day when most others were killed.

He escaped the castle with his friend Sly. But after that he and Sly drifted apart, Sly was taken in by a thief, and Henry traveled to the next village over where he found a apprenticeship with a older fairly weak village mage. After only three years of being Henrys master the old mage died and Henry was left adrift in the world once again. Deciding that he would go no where being trained by the weak villages mages of the area Henry decided to leave on his own, to explore the world and find his way to Touxar, although he felt no hurry to do so. Over the next several years Henry traveled the lands, working mostly as a mercenary to pay for his expenses, but only when he had too. He would sometimes stop for weeks or months at a time in one village or another to study the books or mages there, but always he would find them unsatisfactory and he would take his leave.

After four years of traveling, in which he had not made significant progress towards his goals, he heard the rumors of the dead rising in Aeratus. This caught his interest, for in all his travels he had not heard of such a thing on that scale. Deciding that major magic was involved, and that he had gathered all that he could in the small villages and unimpressive libraries of Traennerus Henry decided to travel to Aeratus to learn what he could of the undead, and if they were a threat he would take the whatever info he managed to gather down to Touxar where hopefully he could find someone to give him the real schooling he feels that he needs. Unfortunately. He is flat broke. Thus he traveled to the nearby castle Eraklelai to follow the rumors of a easy but high paying job. Hopefully he could manage to make enough here to cover his expenses and bring him all the way to Aeratus.

It does not cover the relationship with Mai, if there is one. But I think it is a okay first draft.