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[KineseN]

Name: Kin of Steel
Gender/Race: Female Dwarf
Major/Minor Skill: Metallurgy/Metal based magic (Metalbending!)
Other: A lump of Steel for Kins magic which is formed after her thoughts/ Copper pickaxe
Backstory: Grey eyes, skin and hair from her long days of working by the forges and a bit big boned, short by dwarf standard and needs alcohol to work effectively. She is creative but lacks the drive to finish a project she start and she severely lacks in social skills.
Kin was actually known as Urist Boatsinker bit decided to change her name to Kin of Steel when she discovered her potential with magic, specifically magic that had with metal to do and because no respecting dwarf would be on a boat when it sinks. Traveled to Earthhaven after hearing rumors from merchants talking about an academy specializing in magic. Kin wants to know how to make her magic stronger than only forming the lump of steel to a shape closely resembling the object she imagined.

[IronyOwl]

Prologue

You six find yourselves at The Academy, a sprawling complex of impressive, fairly widely-spaced buildings, and the regions near and between them. Perhaps you're a student ready to leave, perhaps you knew what you were doing long before coming here. Either way, it's a good place to find work, whether as a mercenary, in service to some cause, or something else altogether. Whatever your goals, motivations, and abilities, someone in here is willing to help, hire, advise, or just provide information.


The prologue will serve as a way to figure out where you're going and what you're doing without walls of text or too much waffling. Rather than being divided into turns, it'll be handled more fluidly, with actions resolved whenever available. There will be no experience granted, and many actions will require no rolls. The prologue will end when people have a good idea of where they're going to go to actually do stuff.

Spoiler: Taric (Taricus) (click to show/hide)

Taric
10/10 HP
Spear: +2 Attack, +1 Damage
+1 Leadership to getting people to follow
Skills
Apprentice Spears (0/20)
Novice Leadership (0/10)
Inventory
Spear - +1 Damage. Well-made but not exceptional.
Brightly Colored Silk Shirt - +1 to Leadership rolls to get people to follow you somewhere else.

Spoiler: Tarok Kingsley (adwarf) (click to show/hide)

Tarok Kingsley
10/10 HP
+1 to controlling lunar demons
Skills
Apprentice Summoning (0/20)
Novice Necromancy (0/10)
Inventory
Crescent Moon Pendant - +1 to controlling lunar demons
Fallen Bird Pouch - Provides the reagent for animating a tiny aerial scout

Spoiler: Straga Sickshade (HmH) (click to show/hide)

Straga Sickshade
10/10 HP
Whip: +1 Attack
+1 to animating undead
Skills
Apprentice Necromancy (0/20)
Novice Whips (0/10)
Inventory
Skull of Servitude - +1 to animating undead
Studded Whip - Standard weapon.

Spoiler: Gareid (CrimsonEon) (click to show/hide)

Gareid
10/10 HP
Sword: +1 Attack
+1 to AoE earth spells
Skills
Apprentice Earth Magic (0/20)
Novice Swords (0/10)
Inventory
Mineral Pendant - +1 to AoE earth spells
Simple Sword - Standard weapon

Spoiler: Derm Hell-Binder (dermonster) (click to show/hide)

Derm Hell-Binder
10/10 HP
+1 to fire magic
+1 to researching fire demons
Skills
Apprentice Fire Magic (0/20)
Novice Summoning (0/10)
Inventory
Staff of Flame - +1 to fire magic
Tome of Fiendish Lore - +1 to researching new fire demons to summon

Spoiler: Tarran An'ic'ia (Tarran) (click to show/hide)

Tarran An'ic'ia
10/10 HP
1S/0P/0B Resist
Longsword: +2 Attack, +1 Damage
Skills
Apprentice Longswords (0/20)
Novice Holy Magic (0/10)
Inventory
Longsword - +1 Damage
Holy Pendant - +1 Slashing Resist

Also, if you'd like to point out any mistakes or suggest any alternatives, now is the time.

[Taricus]

Look for some jobs.

[Tarran]

Go looking for some Captain of the Guard or something.

[Dermonster]

Visit my... friends, in the unused basement levels. Inquire about employment.

[CrimsonEon]

Inquire various guards about possible bounties to collect, if not, opportunities to strike out against the chaos beyond the walls of Earthhaven.

[adwarf]

Search for a job that involves killing the abominations

[Dwarmin]

Never miss a chance to jump on a waiting list!

Spoiler: Name: Drzkktizz (click to show/hide)

Gender/Race: Male Mantisman

Major/Minor Skill: Sound Magic/Alchemy

Other:-Suggestions for race-
Perks
Quadruped legs translates to higher land speed and climbing ability, but lowered ability to manuever in tight spaces
Natural slashing claws for attack, but break easily-very sharp, but very brittle
Natural camoflage-in natural forests and jungles with an abundance of greenery, in other places, he sticks out like a freakish insect human hybird

Flaws
No advanced sense of smell or touch means heavily reliant on sight-outs him at a disadvantage when in the dark more so than others
no bones means his body is vulnerable to piercing damage like arrows and spears
Diplomatic Liabilty-Obviously

Backstory:Drzkktizz is a quadrapedal, 6 foot tall preying mantis-human hybrid. In addition to his natural preying claws and nonfunctional wings, he's got a set of four fingered humanoid hands to help him manipulate objects. He can wear armor designated for sapients on everything but his legs, which would require the skills of craftsmantismen.

He's naturally fearless and immoral-looking at the world with an insect mindest, machinelike and efficient. He's on the run from his homeland-mostly because his wife has promised to hunt down and eat him now that they've mated, and he strongly disagrees.

[IronyOwl]

Look for some jobs.

[Auto-Success] You find yourself in the elite operative coordination hub of a kingdom under threat from all sides. You're pretty sure this place is made of jobs.

Go looking for some Captain of the Guard or something.

[3] You find some lesser mercenary captain who gives you his pitch.

"Looking for adventure? Excitement? The chance to save the world from the blackest horrors of the night, without too much danger involved? The Black Briar Weasels are the company for you! We handle contracts out in some of the fens near Blighthaven in the west. They mostly need patrols to watch out for major movements and sweep out regions of the odd wandering corpse. Sometimes we even get paid in the rubies they're so famous for."

Visit my... friends, in the unused basement levels. Inquire about employment.

[5] Your... friends have some work for you, if you want it. They need... questionable materials from... unusual sources. Not just one or two pieces, though- they're talking an agent up north, where the land has turned red and desolate. Certain demons are known to be fire-attuned, which as you might expect makes certain parts or products from them quite fascinating to the sort of circles you hang out in.

Inquire various guards about possible bounties to collect, if not, opportunities to strike out against the chaos beyond the walls of Earthhaven.

[5] From what you've heard, most bounties are on rampaging beast-things in the east or demons in the north. The east is particularly good for bounties because it's an enchanted forest rather than an arid wasteland, and thus some people still try to live near it without a military fortification between them, or even enter into its outskirts to make money. Many of the creatures there are also fantastic-looking or have unusual properties, so there's a fairly constant demand even when they're not actively mauling villagers or corrupting guards.

Search for a job that involves killing the abominations

[Auto-Success] You're going to have to be waaaaaaaay more specific about "abominations."

[Taricus]

Look for some mercenary work, or failing that, go to the nearest inn.

[adwarf]

Tarok took the bird out of its pouch, and used his necromancy to raise it then putting it on his shoulder, and saying "Stay there until I give further orders." He then goes off to look for a job.

[IronyOwl]

Look for some mercenary work, or failing that, go to the nearest inn.

[3] Intent on finding vague work, you locate a different lesser mercenary captain. He handles an unusual area- Earthhaven itself. While most dangers pale in comparison to what lurks outside the kingdom, there are still dangers and problems internally. Usually that means guarding merchant caravans, but sometimes he gets called in to hunt down minor incursions that slipped through or escort someone who just wants to be safe getting from one area to another.

Tarok took the bird out of its pouch, and used his necromancy to raise it then putting it on his shoulder, and saying "Stay there until I give further orders." He then goes off to look for a job.

[6] Well, having an undead bird on your shoulder is sort of like being a necromancer pirate, so it kind of makes sense when someone in dark studded leather and an eyepatch offers you work plundering necromantic components in the undead-infested west. A lot of it's for their own use, but they do get buyers, especially for more unique wares.

[Taricus]

Take the work. Going to need the money

[adwarf]

'I accept your offer, but in payment I would like some more friends like the one here on my shoulder deal ?'

[CrimsonEon]

"In constant demand..." Garied thought as he listened to one last guard, on this, Garied decides to ask about for any information on the beasts and demons, specifically a library or archive of sorts that he could use in preparation for his future hunts.