Eberron: The Plumbers OOC

[jmucchiello]

Any deadline for starting this. I still need to find a backstory for my half-orc.

 

[Leatherhead]

Any deadline for starting this. I still need to find a backstory for my half-orc.

What seems to be the stumbling block? Maybe we can help?

 

[jmucchiello]

Time. I haven't had time to really skim through the Eberron book.

 

[jmucchiello]

Found some time.

Korra was born in the Demon Wastes among the Kalatur, a Carrion tribe of orcs, as a slave. She never knew her mother and her father was never pointed out to her among the tribesmen. During a raid on a Ghaash'kala village, Ebral'nokt, she fled from her bonds and followed the warriors to the village. There she killed four of the orcs who claimed to be her father (three of them were already bleeding on the ground, still...). The Ghaash'kala village adopted her and taught her the ways of the Silver Flame. But Korra never really took to the religious fervor like her adopted tribe did. When she was old enough, she thanked them for taking her in, freeing her from slavery, and left with a rare caravan of lizardfolk from Droaam.

Eventually, caravan guarding led her to Sharn where she's been living for about half a year, doing odd jobs and looking for purpose.

 

[Leatherhead]

A small note: In a classic Eberron twist, most Carrion tribes are Demon worshiping Humans, the Ghaash'kala are Silver Flame worshiping Orcs. But that isn't to say a few Orcs couldn't have also been corrupted by the Carrion tribes.

 

[jmucchiello]

At no point does it say there are humans in the Carrion tribes in the recent Eberron book. So some fixes with some strikethru below:

Korra was born in the Demon Wastes among the Kalatur, a Carrion tribe of orcs, as a slave. She never knew her mother and her father was never pointed out to her among the tribesmen. During a raid on a Ghaash'kala village, Ebral'nokt, she fled from her bonds and followed the warriors to the village. There, she killed four of the orcs those who claimed to be her father (three of them were already bleeding on the ground, still...). The Ghaash'kala village adopted her and taught her the ways of the Silver Flame.

 

[KahlessNestor]

So I’ve got my stats so far on paper and will add them later to this post (now on mobile) but I want to put something up for my character.

Does anyone want a connection to a strong, too-trusting warforged? [emoji6]

Bio:
Ogham knows what he was before the Mourning: a soldier, a created warrior going where his commander told him to, killing the other soldiers he was pointed at. He wasn’t the brightest of them, but the one now calling himself Ogham was good at following orders.

What he is now, however...

On the day of the Mourning, he was tasked to protect a trio of druids through Cyre, carrying a small amulet that once brought to its destination and after the proper rituals, was said to protect the world from madness.

The druids were kind enough, despite their initial suspicions of his kind, and with the warforged’s identification they passed many security checks without issue.

Disaster struck on a rainy afternoon. Ogham and the druids witnessed a huge wave of magical energy sweep over the land with impossible speed, and the three druids instinctively called upon the forces of nature and of the amulet to keep them all safe...

Ogham awoke with a painful pulsing sensation in his chest. Never before had he experienced unconsciousness, and it scared him... but not as much as discovering that the world around him had changed dramatically.

The druids were gone. The lush landscape vanished and replaced by a dreary, grey wasteland. And the amulet, now lodges in his chest and glowing a faint green, whispering the voices of the druids, just barely audible in his head.

The large mechanical warrior, now attracting animals big and small, the magical wood underneath his plating starting to branch out and grow tiny flowers, has been walking and looking for answers ever since...

Which side was he fighting for? Cyre? Or someone else?

 

[KahlessNestor]

Any deadline for starting this. I still need to find a backstory for my half-orc.

No firm deadline. When everyone is ready. This week might be iffy. I took some time off at the end to go to the Critical Role live show, but not it looks like I might have to miss that because my grandmother died Sunday, so not sure yet when the funeral is or how long I will stay at home.

 

[JustinCase]

because my grandmother died Sunday, so not sure yet when the funeral is or how long I will stay at home.

My condolences.

Which side was he fighting for? Cyre? Or someone else?

I think Cyre is a good one. Doesn't really matter to a soldier that had no prior connection to any side, but I guess Ogham picked up a few cultural quirks, such as firmly believing in the rightful rule of the Cyran monarchy and a sense that everyone else may have been victorious (if it can be called that way), but they were still wrong.

I am finding the Soldier background to be somewhat lacking. Is it alright if I use the Inheritor background (from SCAG) and consider the amulet-shaped druidic seal the inheritance?

 

[Leatherhead]

but not it looks like I might have to miss that because my grandmother died Sunday,

Sorry for your loss.