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[alfie275]

How do I make it public?

I did not realise that there were no wizards, I thought they were just really rare.

If you are making another party could I join that one?

[Boksi]

If you're making another party I'd like to join it, too. Perhaps coming from a different island or something, too?

Spoiler: Ujan Atefan (click to show/hide)

The second son of a potter who himself was the second son of a potter, Ujan was expected to inherit the family business even before his elder brother, Tam, joined the Town Watch. Their physiques were so different some suspected one or both of being a bastard child, but that never progressed past rumors.

Tam was immensely large, standing a head above most of the townsfolk, while Ujan once managed to win a beauty contest amongst the girls of the town. And they differed in their personalities, too. Tam was a friendly man, if a bit tongue-tied around the ladies, but his brother had a mean streak stretching back to his childhood coupled with an ability to talk himself out of almost any mess. The one thing they did share were their hair triggers, both being very easy to anger.

Ujan had nimble fingers and a sharp mind, so he quickly learned the potter's craft. However, he did not particularly enjoy it. He was known for pulling all sorts of pranks in his childhood, such as painting the cows of his neighbor green so they blended in with the grass, or once even managing to replace the mayoral headdress with a sleeping cat while his family was visiting said mayor. Nobody knows how he pulled some of those things off; most think he's grown out of it by now, but in truth he's just gotten more subtle, with the aforementioned crossdressing in the beauty contest being the last thing traced to him.

He was resigned to living a life as a potter, marrying some village broad and having a bunch of kids, when the airship arrived. His curiosity was immediately piqued, and he spent all of his free time inquiring about the ship, sneaking into it, sometimes nicking stuff or disassembling and reassembling parts of its machinery. The town was, for a time, a nicer place to live, while the visitors were immensely inconvenienced. However, they made it clear that if they found him stowing aboard they would immediately throw him overboard into the tumultuous sea. Ujan didn't like that idea, but after seeing that ship he knew he could never be content to live as a simple potter in a small town.



So anyway, I'd probably play him as some sort of Evil. Neutral or Chaotic most likely, but maybe Lawful. I haven't really decided. I've never played DnD before, but I'm sure it's not too difficult with a good DM. Hmmm? Hmmm? Oh, but anyway, he sounds like a straight up rogue, but if I can I'd want to play a Beguiler instead. After all, nobody knows how he pulled some of those pranks off.

Basically, he'd have some magic in his veins, maybe because his father wasn't actually a potter, or maybe from being the second son of a second son of a second son or something, and figured out how to use it on his own and maybe by watching some other person working some magic. If he did figure out those things mostly on his own, he'd be lawful on account of feeling there was some sort of underlying system to magic. But yeah, DM's call.

So yeah, if I can get in, I'd like that very much.

[Grek]

Seems alright.  Does the name Von Havelock mean that he's the son of the local pre-Havoc nobility?  Also, are you planning on making this guy a sorcerer or what?

Mostly just a placeholder name. He could be a distant relative of the old Havelocks, if that would work out. I am a bit fuzzy on how long the Havoc lasted, exactly.

The plan was to have him be a rogue with ranks in Craft(alchemy) and some other really nice skills + a mess of mundane equipment:

Spoiler: Equipment list (click to show/hide)

Alchemic Supplies:
Sun rod, 5 - 1000 ducats
Smoke stick, 4 - 8000 ducats
Oil, pint flask, 400 - 4000 ducats

Subtotal - 13000 ducats

Chandleries:
Grappling hook - 100 ducats
Pitons, 10 - 100 ducats
Flint&Steel - 100 ducats
10' poles, 10 - 200 ducats
Chalk, 50 - 50 ducats
Wax, 1 lb - 100 ducats
Soap, 1 lb - 50 ducats
Cold weather outfit, 800 ducats
Lamp - 100 ducats
Hemp rope, 300ft - 600 ducats
Rations, 15 days - 500 ducats
Winter blanket - 50 ducats
Hammer - 50 ducats
Bucket - 50 ducats
Iron Pot - 50 ducats
Mirror - 800 ducats
Scale - 200 ducats
Whistle - 800 ducats
Holy symbol, wood - 100 ducats
Backpack - 200 ducats
Belt pouch - 100 ducats
Bell, 5, assorted - 500 ducats
Fishing net - 400 ducats

Subtotal - 6900 ducats

Armourments:
Sap - 100 ducats

Subtotal - 100 ducats

Total - 20000 ducats

[alfie275]

Here is my sheet:
Xen

I need some help with it, like how much would all that stuff cost?

His class is alchemist and transmuter(dropping Enchantment and Necromancy).

[mission0]

Okay, Karik's idea for an artificer is very setting appropriate so he's getting a spot.  The other spot is going to mission0, mary-sue-ness aside, his character seem pretty interesting.

You may call him a mary sue, but I call him perfect!
Muhahahaha.

Ok not that funny but thought I should say something to that. Anyways I'll get on that character sheet.

Edit: Would you rather us wait to make out a character sheet fully till the first session or just do it on our own now? For now I'll do it on my own, but change it later if that is not what you want.

Edit: Edit: Well got through most of the spread sheet. However just as I am about to finish my computer interprets a click on a tab as a close... wiping everything but the basics I had set up.

[Frelock]

Well, if you're starting a second party, I'd like to throw in a character idea:

Spoiler: Allen Baum (click to show/hide)

Allen was born mere days before the age of Havoc.  Some used to say this meant he was doomed to misfortune for his entire life.  Indeed, his parents perished in the Chaos, and Allen was forced to live with his aunt.  A crewel woman, she cared nothing for the child, and showed him no kindness.  A scant two years later, his aunt's death left alone at age six to scrounge a survival in the wilderness with nothing but a name.  The people of the town shunned him as an unlucky child.  For a full four months he did what he could to survive in the modest forest near Havelock.  However, misfortune and lack of training slowly weakened him, until he was but a spent husk of a child.  It was then that he received the one bit of good luck that every life is entitled to; he met Baum.

Baum was an old sage who had always lived in solitude in the forest.  Known as mean and cantankerous by the people of the town, he was usually the last person to help anybody.  However, when he saw the boy, his prominent ribs barely covered in rags, Baum felt the smallest smudge of pity.  He took Allen in, and raised him.  It wasn't an easy life.  Each day, Allen had to undergo rigorous training of his mind and body.  This was coupled with complying with the old man's every whim, and being reduced mostly to the status of servant.  But Allen didn't care; he felt he had a home for the first time in his life. 

The years passed, and the age of havoc ended.  Slowly the old sage's heart softened towards the willing lad, who day by day grew stronger and more eager to help.  The boy could fight well, and his mind was at peace.  His most basic sage training complete, Baum began to teach Allen carpentry; how to take wood, and bring forth the beautiful nature which lies hidden inside.  Allen took to it like a fish to water.  Eventually, he began to sell his works in the town.  Few people remembered the unlucky child, and most treated him fairly.

The day the airship arrived, Allen happened to be in town.  The construct marveled him; imagine, flying trees!  But it was not the ship which interested him the most.  It was instead, a small wooden figure of a woman which the traders brought.  Though the trader simply scoffed at it as a trinket, to Allen, it was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.  He spent all the money he had on him to buy the piece, and rushed back to the forest to show Baum the marvels of the outside world.  Alas, however, the old sage had died peacefully in his sleep the night before.

That night, Allen made a decision; he would leave the island, and see the wonders of the wold, learning carpentry as he went.  It was his intention to become the greatest artist the world had ever known.  And in honor of the man to whom he owed so much, he changed his name to Allen Baum.

So basically, a carpenter monk with a pretty standard backstory.

[Grakelin]

This forum is very active, it frightens me a little.

EDIT: Looking through the thread, it looks like at least one or two other people are going Rogue, so I will not go that route as originally planned. Maybe I can be a cleric? To be clear, are we allowed to roll Clerics, or only Bards and Druids as originally planned? I was thinking I could be a local religious leader, sort of a father figure of the group. I'll probably stick with this backstory whether I'm a Cleric or not, and just be a non-magical priest if you decide I should be something else. Let me write something up.

EDIT2: Also, in terms of game balance, after level 5 or so, D&D is balanced for characters loaded with magic equipment. You probably know this already, just making sure you remember that when we get to level 5 or 6 or so, it will be twice the challenge to fight a Troll as it normally is.

My alternative to being Cleric is a Bard, to represent the encouragement he would give his fellow party members in times of need.

Spoiler: Father William Hamilton (click to show/hide)

 Father William had just started to get on in years when the Age of Havoc began. Once, when he had still been in contact with other devotees of his faith, he had traveled the lands, seeing much. In the past seventeen years, however, Hamilton has resided over Havelock, running the local church on his own. He has always maintained a friendly rivalry with the druids of Havelock, often meeting with them to debate the qualities of worshiping their chosen deities.

Hamilton has always longed to see what became of the world after the Age of Havoc. Although he is fond of many of the residents of Havelock, as they, too, are fond of the kind priest, he has spent the past nine years wondering about those he knew in his youth and middle age. He remembers with both fondness and anguish his fellow priests, his nephews and nieces, and the many men and women who he suffered through some of the worst moments of that dark age beside. This is why, although past his prime at the age of sixty-five, the priest has decided to go with the young men aboard the airship. As he puts it, the young fools will need a chaperone, lest they be lost forever in the sea after a single drunken night!

Despite his best intentions, Hamilton knows he is abandoning Havelock as much as his companions. With his age in question, it is unlikely that he will ever return. He is well aware of this, and so has spent the last several weeks saying farewell to the people of Havelock. He will miss it more than he can tell.

I wrote this in such a way that I can fit into your setting. I'd imagine Hamilton would be the head of whatever religious group humans like best in Havelock. I note that the patron deity is elvish, and run by druids. Will this be a major issue? D:

[mainiac]

A bit posted while I was at rehersal...

1) I decided against excluding clerics, but note the rule about healing spells granting temporary hitpoints.
2) Yeah, the deity is an elf.  I'm hoping these dwarf lovers will burn down her sacred grove and give me an excuse to go wrath of DM on them to thin the ranks.
3) Years later, the people of this world are going to have the expression "common as a Haverlock scholar".  I mean, in a town of a few hundred people there's a student of magical weapons techniques, a carpenter monk, an alchemist, another potential alchemist, the guy who's rediscovering the magical arts in his spare time and even the freaking meatshield is seeped in ancient history.  Dear lord, Haverlock must be in a fantastic school district.
4) With this level of interest, I'm going to do a second party, although I'm not exactly sure how.  Maybe the second party will hitch a ride to Kistful and leave the first party behind.
5) In honor of Haverlock's status as a scholarly mecca, I'm adding ruins of an old temple of a god of learning to the island.  We already have an elf god so this god will be a dwarven runesmith god.  So now you guys can adjust your backstories to account for the fact that there was a totally bitching place for all the nerdy kids to hang out.
6) And dear lord, I didn't know Bay12 forumites could be so emo...

[Neruz]

Watch out for them Bay12vers, they tend to have this really annoying habit of completely and horrifically derailing your plotlines. I've countered this by just running an open world, so be warned.

[Frelock]

Come now; carpentry is a very common profession, although I wanted an art lover because I am one myself.  Unfortunately, "artist" isn't a viable class, so I added the monk bit.  That said, here's Allen's character sheet:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Allen Baum has been happy lately.  He has talked with a friend lately.  He has slept in the grass recently.  He has admired a masterful idol recently.  He has made a satisfying acquisition lately.  He has lost a friend to tragedy recently.  He has been satisfied at work lately.  He has been annoyed by flies.
He is a casual worshiper of <insert elven deity's name here>.
He is a citizen of Havelock.  He is a member of The Party.
Allen Baum likes Silty clay, Pine wood, Elm wood, Ceder wood, Wood in general, the color brown, suns, squares, circles, idols, cows for their haunting moos, and Highwood trees for their magnificence.  When possible, he prefers to consume Fisher berries and Cow Cheese.  He absolutely detests rats.
He is very active.  He loves a good thrill.  He has a calm demeanor.  He prefers that others handle the leadership roles.  He can easily become absorbed in art and the beauty of the natural world.  He is often cheerful.  He prefers to be alone.  He is incredibly creative.  He is modest.  He is self-conscious.  He is self-disciplined.  He is slow to trust others.  He tends to not openly express emotion.  He is compassionate.  He likes working outdoors and grumbles only mildly at inclement weather.


Note that this works only in the darkling theme.  In any case here's the real one

I'm going to be honest and admit I'm fairly new at this.  There are a few problems (I think?).  I used this site to generate the character.  It gave me 28 skill points, which seems really high, even for a human with 14 int.  I also wound up with quite a bit of currency left; although that could be due to cheap monk weapons.  If it wasn't 1:00 in the morning, I'd work on the back story a bit; but that will have to wait for later.

[Neruz]

iirc, Monks get 4 skill points per level.

So with 14 int (i hope you know Monks have no use for Int) you get 4+2 = 6 Int points per level.

First level gives you x4 skill points, so (4+2) x 4 = 24, and then you get another 4 skill points at first level for being a Human, (4+2) x 4 + 4 = 28.

So you should have 28 skill points at first level, you'll gain 4+2+1 = 7 skill points every level (+2 for int, +1 for being a Human).


You do have alot of skills to choose from though;
Balance (Dex), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Hide (Dex), Jump (Str), Knowledge (arcana) (Int), Knowledge (religion) (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Perform (Cha), Profession (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Spot (Wis), Swim (Str), and Tumble (Dex).

Although you'll probably only really need max ranks in maybe half a dozen of those.

[mainiac]

Okay, let's have a contest.  First person to guess why Frelocks post makes me sad gets an internet cookie!

[Boksi]

He spelled Havelock as Haverlock.

EDIT: Just so I could be certain I'd get the answer in first, I only posted that. I intended to post this as well:

Ujan Atefan's Current Character Sheet

I haven't written anything in the personality part yet, but the rest is fine. I think.

[mainiac]

Good try, but that more tickles me then makes me sad.

[Karik]

Because he is playing monk