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[IcyTea31]

Reserving. Character sheet incoming. Done.

Spoiler: Prophet Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Emilia Forester

Gender: Female

Age: 28

Pre-enlightenment profession: Courtesan (Welcome Anywhere, Everyone Knows Her, Victoria's Secret Compartment, Innuendo-Riddled, Fashionable)

Story of enlightenment: Being in the "entertainment" business can be surprisingly stressful, especially when moving to a new area where "customers" are few and far between. Despite this, Emilia has quite the wanderlust, always seeking new experiences. During one of her travels between towns she felt a calling of sorts from a forest. She left her horse behind and walked into the forest, following the call. She quickly lost her bearings, yet kept on following her feelings despite the fear of getting lost in the woods. She eventually found a rather shadowy grove with a circle of stones and sat on a flat stone in the middle. She could hear the calling become clearer, eventually turning into whispers and then speech in her head. She spent hours in that grove, meditating, listening to the voice. She could feel enlightened as life suddenly started making sense. She knew her purpose, to teach others of this new God, Dithmenos, maybe they would find their purposes as well. Perhaps her former "skills" could see some use in getting these teachings to high places, so to say... Divinely guided, she made her way back to her horse and hurried her way to the next town. Only time will tell what will happen there...

Suggestions for the New God: Dithmenos is manipulative, likes being five steps ahead and dislikes short-sightedness.

EDIT: Fleshed out slightly.

[Harry Baldman]

Seer:Can see small instances of the near future, must have his staff or other gifts from his goddess to use this ability.
Priest:Can convert people to his religion.
Enlightened:Can control and manipulate lightning, was gifted this power by his goddess.

Sadly, all three of these bonuses have their issues - firstly, the first and the third are magic, and to get God to do anything for you, you need MPs (the flipside being that miracles, unlike magic, always work and are more versatile), because God don't do nuthin' for free. And secondly, converting people to your religion is something anyone can do (though it takes much more than words for anyone in most cases, even for a priest), and in fact one of the main ways one gets power in this game. So you either need to redo the two magical benefits as proper magic (although the first one does basically work like magic, and probably doesn't need much changing, only a quirk to go with it) and add corresponding abnormalities or rework the bonuses some other way.

And I have no idea what would make a idea an interesting idea,plus verbosity is still a factor.

It is indeed a factor, but verbosity can be to your detriment as well, as you're much more likely to start boring me if you go on for too long. For instance, Wwolin's sheet is a pretty good example of doing it right without getting into massive walls of text. Being highly specific about your background is also probably not entirely advisable.

[IcyTea31]

My sheet is done. I put in a little bit more effort than when I applied for KoA.

[Pancaek]

Here's my sheet. I've got two questions, actually. Will we be able to meet/hear anything about our player characters from kingspawn? And are the undead mindless zombies, or do they posess intelligence? Also, I hope I didn't screw anything up with my sheet.

Spoiler: sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Edwin Laoren

Gender: Male

Age: 62

Pre-enlightenment profession: Old master, Nimble for his age, Sagely, Defensive arts, No formal education

Story of enlightenment: It was a mellow summer day as Edwin sat in his little house, sipping his tea and pondering his life. It had been over 50 years now that his mentor had taken him up from the streets. From that day onward, Edwin was an old man, regardless of his actual age. For his master came froma  long line of wise old men, and Edwin was to follow in his footsteps. For many years he studied the ways of martial arts, remembering proverbs for every occasion and generally acting like a sagely old man.

And now that the time has come where he is an old man in both name and appearance, he was truly ready. He was bald, had a whispy beard and long moustache and was wrinkly all over, walking slightly bend over on purpose. He would dispense wisdom and train scrappy young kids who were being bullied. Life was peaceful enough, for a while.

One day, when cleaning out his teapot, Edwin saw a most peculiar sight. The tealeaves that had sunk to the bottom made a most amazing pattern, the sheer majesty of it seemingly conveying a divine message. At once he knew what was required of him. And so, much like the time he was chosen to become an old man, Edwin became a prophet for the greatest of gods, Orange Pekoe.

Suggestions for the New God: Orange Pekoe, the greatest of Gods, is wise, likes peaceful solutions to problems, and dislikes Violence as a first solution

[Harry Baldman]

Here's my sheet. I've got two questions, actually. Will we be able to meet/hear anything about our player characters from kingspawn? And are the undead mindless zombies, or do they posess intelligence? Also, I hope I didn't screw anything up with my sheet.

Yes, the kingspawn are around, the undead seem rather sentient if the stories are to be believed, and the sheet looks good.

[Harry Baldman]

I've changed the sheet a little bit, but your post was a little vague on the subject of "redo the two magical benefits as proper magic"
and "add corresponding abnormalities" but I think I understood enough of it.

What I basically meant there is this - you have three benefits total. If they were normal benefits, you could just have two weaknesses to compensate. However, since two of these benefits you have are magical in nature, you need two extra abnormalities on top of your current negatives, either physical or mental. That would presumably bring you to a total of four weaknesses.

[Arkansan]

Is there enough room here for me to reserve a slot?

[Harry Baldman]

Is there enough room here for me to reserve a slot?

You've got about 4-5 days before I finalize my picks for who gets in, so reserve away! Make sure to make the sheet, too. And that it's got bits in it that I'd like. All three of these would improve your chances of getting in, that's for sure.

[Varee]

I finished cleaning up my character sheet. I was wondering how many people are you planing to pick? Or are you picking all the eligible sheets?

[IcyTea31]

I finished cleaning up my character sheet. I was wondering how many people are you planing to pick? Or are you picking all the eligible sheets?

Would this answer your question?

the Great Gate, pathway between this world and the next, slowly lurches open, wider than it ever has in the past, and a presence, immense in size yet imperceptible to any mortal eye, slips into the world, seeking and immediately finding five minds, who would soon realize their role in the events to come, to direct its power and decide its path.

(Emphasis added.)

[Harry Baldman]

Yeah, five players is the limit. The rest go on the waiting list.

EDIT: By the way, added another entry to Things You Know.

[Arkansan]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Brennus

Gender: Male

Age: 32

Pre-Enlightenment Profession: Woodsman/Outlaw (Brennus is skilled in the ways of woodcraft, he is mighty with hard cords of lean muscle covering
his tall and broad frame, he is no stranger to violence and is skilled with spear and long knife, he is possesed of an animal like cunning, he has a
sordid history and is a wanted man in the region near his home, he is scarred and rough with once handsome features marred by the ravages of a hard life, he is uncouth and makes no effort to relate well to more civilized men, he has a terrible temper and makes little effort to reign it in.)

Story of Enlightenment:

Warm, damp air wheezed out of Brennus's lungs and a half second later chill dry air rushed in. He had been stalking this particular beast the
better part of the day. The sun rays now flickered dimly through the branches of the trees, he had only a short time till night fall. This was a
beast like no other, a gargantuan black bear, even on all fours it was the height of a man at its shoulders. Thrice he had hit the beast with an
arrow and though it had ran Brennus did not feel he had truly wounded the beast, no it was as if it was simply wandering off from some minor
irritation. 

He would have his prize though, one way or the other. There was no other way about it now, his arrows seemed to do nothing but perturb the bear so
he would have to confront it head on. Now here was a challenge a man could relish in, meeting such a monster on equal terms! He had maneuvered it
into a small clearing in the forest, a river behind the bear, and him in front all it would take is to enrage it into a fight now would be simply
revealing himself. Brennus crept from tree to tree crouching near the base of each as he made his way closer to the clearing.
The draw of the bow was tight as it would go when he released it. A broad headed arrow sped like a bolt of lighting to toward its mark, and found
its home in the scarred flesh of the great bear. The massive beast roared its annoyance. Brennus dropped the bow by the base of the tree he had
used for concealment and hefted his great boar spear and charged. As fast as his leg would carry him he rushed forward, the bear returning the
gesture heading as fast as his great legs would carry him toward Brennus. At the last moment Brennus crouched and braced his spear with his weight
and the bear reared upward preparing to hurl his great bulk on Brennus. That was the last thing Brennus remembered. He came to with the feeling of
warm, sticky blood caking his hair and running down his face. A dozen bright lights of pain seared through his body as he pulled himself up onto his knees.

It was if bells were chiming in his head and the world were turning much too fast. The drumming of hooves sounded in the distance and wild shouts
of exultation rang through the air. The sun was well onto setting now, but there were ghostly lights in the distance, pale fires dancing through
the tree line. Translucent shadows of hard looking men and savage hounds surrounded him, the greatest among them rode up to him. He could make
out no features and no words were spoken, it simply nodded toward the carcass of the great bear and toward Brennus himself, but he understood.
Knowing, that was the word for it, he knew what he must do. The world was returning to its proper state, Orcs ride in the east, Dragons in the
south and the dead walking in the west, savagery. The world was meant for the beasts and to survive man must return to his bestial nature, men
most become the greatest predators of all if they were to survive. Civilization had made men soft, complacent, but that must all be cast off if
they are to survive. A thousand other things filled his head that night, images, rituals, forms half understood and wholly mysterious to him.

Brennus knew his purpose on that day. Other men may have cast off the experience off as the lunacy of a brain that had been rattled about its
skull and starved for blood pouring from a dozen wounds. No Brennus knew, he must gather the strong and show them the ways of the Great Huntsman.

Suggestion for the New God: The Great Huntsman is savage like the woods he stalks, he admires feats of strength, and he abhors weakness.


P.S. I typed this in notepad so the formatting may be a little off. I would love feedback if that is cool.

[Harry Baldman]

That sheet definitely works, yes, though it is a bit wordy.

[Toaster]

Oh crap, how did I miss this?  I'll get working on the sheet.  Wallace was a bit too flat to reuse, but using him would have benefits...

...he could maximize his Gross Prophet Margin.


EDIT:  How canon are the events of Kingspawn?  When does this take place relative to that?

[Harry Baldman]

EDIT:  How canon are the events of Kingspawn?  When does this take place relative to that?

Very canon, and roughly simultaneously.

Also, there do seem to be benefits to waiting a week before choosing sheets. Who would have thought?