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<blockquote data-quote="Salicus" data-source="post: 8375391" data-attributes="member: 7024834"><p>I also like the Idea of giving your players a good place in the world.</p><p></p><p>For your Ideas I can tell you the following:</p><p>For your half-elf Ranger I have the same backstory for a Elven Monk that fled to the monastery after the genocide in Innenotdar. I had him take the living blade and he from himself got a close connection to the Seela and everything involving the Forest. If your player can roleplay, its pretty easy to implement that backstory, also in later encounters with the Shahalesti after they find out.</p><p></p><p>The Half-Orc is a bit tricky. Because most elves probably wont like him, since they think that Coaltongue, who also has orcblood in him, set their Forest aflame. Dont know what exactly you thought of as ties to him. But I think there also could be some Taranesti refugees from the northern forest where the Echoed Soul book takes place. Maybe rather have him have ties with those people, and have them give him a first glance of the echoed soul religion. </p><p></p><p>The Warlock has a tough time getting to know his patron I guess. But you would have to put in visions some time and have him maybe have some kind of weird moment and feeling when meeting leska for the first time. Other than that I cant rly think of anything.</p><p></p><p>For the drow cleric you could do that I suppose. Dont really got any better idea because I do not really know about the position of drows in the Campaign Saga.</p><p></p><p>About the artificer, I think you can give him ties with some gnomes you meet in the campaign but Clan Millorn is probably the most interesting. If you want it really awkward you can make Jorrina an old love interest of his <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />. I dont like the idea of beeing rejected tbh but knowing them and maybe not beeing a friend of stealing/robbing(which is why their ways parted back in the day) is a more interesting thing.</p><p></p><p>For the monk, having him trying to get into the footsteps of his father who maybe even was a commander for one of the nobles is a good idea I think. Maybe have him be recognized by someone when he drops his name or something. Also important is for him to always have some earth under his feet <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />. Dassen has a strong military tradition I feel like and having him roleplay that could be interesting. About the sibling I am not sure tbh, I feel like killing your sister could be a real mental burden on someone and could drift the whole thing way towards depression for him, if he roleplays it that way. There are a lot of NPCs that could get bound to the player. Maybe you could even think of something like his sibling beeing the wife of haddin and mother of crystin. Could also be a great reason for him to be in GatePass. But in the end it depends where u want to have him ties to the story. You could also have his Sibling be one of the leaders of the Resistance or maybe even one that was sent to the monastery where he wants to find him/her(you could make his sibling the last surviving member then as well).</p><p></p><p>Well I hope you can take something from those ideas and I wish you good fortune for your upcoming campaign =)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Salicus, post: 8375391, member: 7024834"] I also like the Idea of giving your players a good place in the world. For your Ideas I can tell you the following: For your half-elf Ranger I have the same backstory for a Elven Monk that fled to the monastery after the genocide in Innenotdar. I had him take the living blade and he from himself got a close connection to the Seela and everything involving the Forest. If your player can roleplay, its pretty easy to implement that backstory, also in later encounters with the Shahalesti after they find out. The Half-Orc is a bit tricky. Because most elves probably wont like him, since they think that Coaltongue, who also has orcblood in him, set their Forest aflame. Dont know what exactly you thought of as ties to him. But I think there also could be some Taranesti refugees from the northern forest where the Echoed Soul book takes place. Maybe rather have him have ties with those people, and have them give him a first glance of the echoed soul religion. The Warlock has a tough time getting to know his patron I guess. But you would have to put in visions some time and have him maybe have some kind of weird moment and feeling when meeting leska for the first time. Other than that I cant rly think of anything. For the drow cleric you could do that I suppose. Dont really got any better idea because I do not really know about the position of drows in the Campaign Saga. About the artificer, I think you can give him ties with some gnomes you meet in the campaign but Clan Millorn is probably the most interesting. If you want it really awkward you can make Jorrina an old love interest of his :D. I dont like the idea of beeing rejected tbh but knowing them and maybe not beeing a friend of stealing/robbing(which is why their ways parted back in the day) is a more interesting thing. For the monk, having him trying to get into the footsteps of his father who maybe even was a commander for one of the nobles is a good idea I think. Maybe have him be recognized by someone when he drops his name or something. Also important is for him to always have some earth under his feet :D. Dassen has a strong military tradition I feel like and having him roleplay that could be interesting. About the sibling I am not sure tbh, I feel like killing your sister could be a real mental burden on someone and could drift the whole thing way towards depression for him, if he roleplays it that way. There are a lot of NPCs that could get bound to the player. Maybe you could even think of something like his sibling beeing the wife of haddin and mother of crystin. Could also be a great reason for him to be in GatePass. But in the end it depends where u want to have him ties to the story. You could also have his Sibling be one of the leaders of the Resistance or maybe even one that was sent to the monastery where he wants to find him/her(you could make his sibling the last surviving member then as well). Well I hope you can take something from those ideas and I wish you good fortune for your upcoming campaign =) [/QUOTE]
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