airwalkrr's Rise of the Runelords (OOC)

[rangerjohn]

Still interested here, I'll keep checking this weekend. I'll start thinking of builds and backstory so you won't have to wait on me to get rolling. I'd take whatever rangerjohn doesn't want, either cleric or fighter. Even if I don't use them here it never hurts to have those ideas saved up for other games!

Crunch posted. Need help with flavor, All I have so far, Varasian devotee of Serenrae.

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

rangerjohn, it might help to look over the campaign traits in the Player's Guides (I think both the original and the anniversary editions are allowed). They're written primarily to give the characters a work in for the story, and I often find a inspiration for fluff in them. Sometimes my entire backstory is spun out by working backwards from the campaign trait.

From the Anniversary edition, Student of Faith is mechanically the most useful for a (Healing) Cleric, and it provides a story hook. But to me it lacks the flavor to inspire backstory without quite a bit of work. Merchant Family and Scholar of the Ancients are still fairly vanilla so they could work with just about any character, but they seem much easier to build a back story 'round. Not sure about the others as they're a little more limited in focus, a little more specific.

 

[airwalkrr]

If J. Alexander doesn't respond by Sunday, you can have his spot, [MENTION=30016]SelcSilverhand[/MENTION].

Mowgli is right about the traits, rangerjohn. They do provide a bit of a starting point for some character development. As I've mentioned before, I encourage everyone to take advantage of it. It not only ties your character to Sandpoint, but is essentially a free trait whether you use the core rules only option or not.

 

[rangerjohn]

I realized that, and student of faith gives a reason to be in Sandpoint. The dedication of the new temple. However it gives no indication of why your a cleric in the first place or your background in general. As for the traits mentioned, I did consider them. Merchant family, I was unsure of, as I'm not sure he's using the economy rules. The character creation doesn't seem to support it. As for the horse, that would work for a crusader or a knight, unsure of anyone else. Also Deivon has a ride skill of -3.

 

[Shayuri]

You can freely make up your own backstory.

Or one of the SRDs has a random background generator if you prefer. It's kind of fun.

 

[rangerjohn]

Obviously, I'm stuck and don't want to hold you guys up. Go on without me.

 

[Shayuri]

We're not leaving anyone behind.

If you're stuck, perhaps we can help. But you're right in saying that a trait won't really do it. They're much better at helping give little mechanical tweaks to suit a background you already know.

So okay, a Varisian cleric of Saranrae.

How familiar are you with the setting of Golarion and its peoples and so on? The Varisians are pretty interesting in their quasi-nomadic Romani sort of way.

 

[Scotley]

I'm back and I should be able to make the corrections to my character by Sunday night at the latest.

 

[rangerjohn]

We're not leaving anyone behind.

If you're stuck, perhaps we can help. But you're right in saying that a trait won't really do it. They're much better at helping give little mechanical tweaks to suit a background you already know.

So okay, a Varisian cleric of Saranrae.

How familiar are you with the setting of Golarion and its peoples and so on? The Varisians are pretty interesting in their quasi-nomadic Romani sort of way.

Just the basic gypsy stereotype.

 

[airwalkrr]

I realized that, and student of faith gives a reason to be in Sandpoint. The dedication of the new temple. However it gives no indication of why your a cleric in the first place or your background in general. As for the traits mentioned, I did consider them. Merchant family, I was unsure of, as I'm not sure he's using the economy rules. The character creation doesn't seem to support it. As for the horse, that would work for a crusader or a knight, unsure of anyone else. Also Deivon has a ride skill of -3.

If you are referring to the community economy rules from the Game Mastery Guide, yes I will be using them. So Merchant Family will be of use in that regard.

Try this and see if you can get the ball rolling. You don't necessarily need to roll on the tables, although that could create a fairly interesting background in and of itself. But just looking at the tables might give you some ideas.