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[Kashyyk]

A possible solution for Moonlit would be a malus to parrying in exchange for those extra attacks?

Re feedback: I'd envisioned it to make it easier to coordinate groups (any team working together is better than a team who is not), make it easier to convince groups to do things they'd otherwise rather not do (getting a of indifferent people riled up and ready to fight them zombies or a group of random ditch diggers to dig a ditch where we need it), and I'm also hoping I'd get a few mooks from my background to start with although that may be pushing it.

[crazyabe]

Spoiler: One character sheet if you need it (click to show/hide)

Name: Crazyabe
Background: I Was abandened by my mother at a Temple, the monks liveing there Raised me to be a priest of Ra, the god of life and light, I was taught some small practical blessings and that all things that live do so by his command by them and stayed with them for many years. at the age of 32 I left the monks to seek guidance from Ra; I wandered for 21 years helping any who needed help, blessing weddings and such. at the age of 53 I found my guidence, Ra came to me in a dream and told me to return to the place I was raised; but upon my arival there I found the monks had been slaughtered, and the blessed dead had risen... so he grabbed a mace from a dead monk, Baried the dead, and left to seek revenge; for now he knew what Ra wanted him to do...
Descrpition: an old wisened man, he has blue eyes that are filled with rage, grey hair, and white skin which has tanned do to his travels, he normally dresses in white or plain robes.
Equipment: plain robes(3), white robes(2), a iron mace, books of prayers(2), a blessed Ankh, a bottle of blessed ashes, boots(2), a leather pack
Skills: VVV
Religion:Ra
herb lore

[ATHATH]

Ah. Well, never mind then.

[Dustan Hache]

Searches the thread for any signs of life... or undeath.

[IronyOwl]

Searches the thread for any signs of life... or undeath.

I'm currently trying to think of where I want to go with this. I have a character I like thematically but I'm not 100% on mechanically, and I have a few vague directions I'd like to go in mechanically, but no certainties or themes to go with them.

I guess I should probably go with what I have until I make up my mind to do otherwise, though:

Spoiler: Work In Progress (click to show/hide)

IronyOwl
Skills: Whip Fighting(Major) Grappling(Minor)

Background:
A slavecatcher out of Mirm, a prosperous but corrupt city ruled by sorcerors and slavers. IronyOwl rose to comfortable prominence hunting down and returning escaped slaves, criminals, and other undesirables at the whim of the wealthy and powerful. Though her victims often faced fates worse than death, she never thought of herself as cruel or bloodthirsty, supremely confident that the will of her masters was indisputable, and that if she didn't carry out their edicts, someone else would.

This loyalty took an unfortunate turn when she was summoned to the Masked Council, informed of a prophecy that she would be instrumental in bringing about the fall of the fledgling necromancer, and ordered to do so on pain of the Council's supreme displeasure, ie tortured to death or similar. She's not fond of being rewarded for her service by being sent off to die, and she knows their "prophecy" could be totally fabricated or dead on, while their motives are probably convoluted and nefarious.

Still, her old convictions haven't been tested by this new development: She still knows that the Council's word is law, and if they want her to go kill a necromancer, apparently she's going to go kill a necromancer. She just hopes she can profit from this new venture, and that the Council's brilliant plan doesn't involve her dying in a ditch for some elaborate reason.

Description:
A wiry woman with copper skin, green eyes, and dark copper hair pulled into a tight ponytail. Presumably she has clothes, and they're probably either bronze-studded black leather or that's her armor and her clothes are whatever one wears underneath.

Equipment
?

For whip fighting, I'm thinking basically what you were telling someone else they couldn't do without skills: Indiana Jonesing zombies around.

Her second skill is not something I'm happy with. Grappling fits thematically, but a second combat skill is likely of limited utility. Tracking could work, though I'm not sure if that'd be better. Some kind of divination could also work, but if she's just using it to track down runaways tracking would probably be easier and more reliable, so it's a little eccentric.

I considered a diplomatic skill, thematically for convincing targets to just give it up, mechanically for acquiring outside assistance, but I'm not sure how broad or effective that'd be. Or even if diplomacy can be meaningfully improved via skills.

Equipment I'm not too sure of; presumably she would not be hunting very dangerous targets most of the time, so she would likely not be well-armored. That leaves mostly hunting gear, I suppose.

Hence my liking the character thematically but not being too sure about her usefulness mechanically. Nonlethally incapacitating zombies while wearing light armor is... probably not the first role you'd pick for a party.

[Romans]

Reserved
If there's room still.

[spümpkin]

-snip-

I think if you maybe used a whip with some sort of blade, or thin serrated edge, it'd be lethal. And I think some skill like intimidation would fit well.

[Pencil_Art]

PTW, may will signup. Tomorrow.

[IronyOwl]

-snip-

I think if you maybe used a whip with some sort of blade, or thin serrated edge, it'd be lethal. And I think some skill like intimidation would fit well.

Not sure how feasible that'd be, and if I really wanted to go lethal I'd just figure out a character that uses a sword. Intimidation isn't a bad idea thematically, but I suspect zombies don't scare easily.

Hm. I wonder if it'd be feasible to make a Sword/Mercantile adventurer type, then run around stabbing things and selling bone curios for better supplies. Or a bonecrafter/really morally ambiguous tanner even by low fantasy iron age standards...

[LordBucket]

I'd envisioned it to make it easier to coordinate groups (any team working together is better than a team who is not), make it easier to convince groups to do things they'd otherwise rather not do (getting a of indifferent people riled up and ready to fight them zombies or a group of random ditch diggers to dig a ditch where we need it), and I'm also hoping I'd get a few mooks from my background to start with although that may be pushing it.

So, bonus to rallying npcs. Ok, that's fine. But yeah, no henchmen to start. Also, I'll assume you want a coif to go with that hauberk/nosehelm combo.

Going to tentatively approve you, but need a few things clarified:

1) Length of spear?

2) Where are you carrying things when you're on the march?

A sword is easy to mount on a belt, so no worries there. But you have two hands and three things: spear, shield and sword. I believe the traditional arrangement for that combination is shield on left arm, spear in left hand under shield, sword in right hand. But you're not going to carry it all like that while marching.  I assume you keep your sword on your right hip for a roman-style right-handed draw. That's fine. Are you marching with your shield on your left arm and spear in your right hand, so that you have to drop something to drop your sword? Do you have your shield mounted on your pack, and march carrying the spear? Is the spear short enough that you have it strung through a loop on your back?

Where are you carrying this stuff when you're not fighting?

Spoiler: Kashyyk, tentative assumed layout pending confirmation (click to show/hide)

Kashyyjk

Skills: Leadership(major), Swordsmanship(minor)

Background: Initially a caravan guard, Kashyyk quickly rose in rank due to a combination of martial competence,  leadership and boot kissing. He ended up leading a small gang of mercenaries, hiring themselves out to protect merchants,  guard towns and strongarm peasants. His underlings did most of the actual work, whilst he focused on making sure they worked as a cohesive unit.

Description: Shorter than average, with tousled brown hair and perpetual stubble.

Equipment:

 * Maille haubergion
 * Gambeson
 * Nasal helmet
 * Chain coif
 * Traveling cloak
 * Plain clothes
 * Leather boots
 * Wooden one-handed spear with steel tip

 * Leather belt
   * Scabbard: One handed sword
   * Cloth pouch with 10 copper
   * Goatskin (3 days of water)

 * Rucksack on back
   * Kite shield on pack
   * Food(Dehydrated fruit, nuts, beef jerky)(3 days)

Kashykk approved.

[crazyabe]

Spoiler: One character sheet if you need it (click to show/hide)

Name: Crazyabe
Background: I Was abandened by my mother at a Temple, the monks liveing there Raised me to be a priest of Ra, the god of life and light, I was taught some small practical blessings and that all things that live do so by his command by them and stayed with them for many years. at the age of 32 I left the monks to seek guidance from Ra; I wandered for 21 years helping any who needed help, blessing weddings and such. at the age of 53 I found my guidence, Ra came to me in a dream and told me to return to the place I was raised; but upon my arival there I found the monks had been slaughtered, and the blessed dead had risen... so he grabbed a mace from a dead monk, Baried the dead, and left to seek revenge; for now he knew what Ra wanted him to do...
Descrpition: an old wisened man, he has blue eyes that are filled with rage, grey hair, and white skin which has tanned do to his travels, he normally dresses in white or plain robes.
Equipment: plain robes(3), white robes(2), a iron mace, books of prayers(2), a blessed Ankh, a bottle of blessed ashes, boots(2), a leather pack
Skills: VVV
Religion:Ra
herb lore

[LordBucket]

Skills: VVV

Would you clarify?

I'm currently trying to think of where I want to go with this. I have a character I like thematically but I'm not 100% on mechanically, and I have a few vague directions I'd like to go in mechanically, but no certainties or themes to go with them.

If you want to do what you're attempting...well, ok. But like you point out, you seem to be going out of your way to choose skills that aren't going to be very effective. True, a few others have chosen skills that have left me wondering what they were thinking, but in your case, both of your skills...what exactly are you going to do? Spoiler: even with a spur on your whip, the undead are not going to be terribly inconvenienced by it. And even if you do manage the take-down mechanic...all you'd really be doing is

For example, imagine you'er corned by two zombies. You go first, roll and success! You grip one zombie by the ankle and spectacularly yank him from his feet! It's now the zombies turn. One of them bites a chunk out of your arm. The other one...stands up. Your turn. You roll again, and spectacular success! Wow, that zombie is so on his back! Meanwhile the other zombie noms on you some more, and the one you knocked down stands up again.

You see the problem? Or am I misunderstanding what you intended?

[crazyabe]

Skills: VVV

Would you clarify?

My skills are "Religion" and "Herb lore".

Skills: VVV
Religion:Ra
herb lore

[LordBucket]

My skills are "Religion"

What does that do? Give me an example of using the religion skill.

You and Bob both walk into a room, and "do religion." You have religion skill, Bob does not. How does your result vary from his?

[crazyabe]

I am more likely to Call on my gods power, or at the very least get his attention, while Bob has less of a chance of that working out.
I know more things along the lines of "Religion" and am more able to convince people that I am a Priest and get free lodgings from Peasants, bob may be seen as a heretic or witch.
I Might be able to repel the undead with prayers, bob has less of a chance of that working out.


That's three examples, do I need any more?