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doghead
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local region map
Attached is a map that I will be using for the game. It comes from the Map-a-week section of the WotC site, is part of a set of 5, called Overland. There is also a world map. The map attached is a reduced colour/resolution version to keep it small. Feel free to go get the hi-res version. I will fill in some of the area background as I think it up
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For a rough idea off scale, distance between your town and the fork in the river to the south west is about 8 miles, as the crow flies.
Eventually I will get a collection of annotated maps posted with the intro post.
Attached is a map that I will be using for the game. It comes from the Map-a-week section of the WotC site, is part of a set of 5, called Overland. There is also a world map. The map attached is a reduced colour/resolution version to keep it small. Feel free to go get the hi-res version. I will fill in some of the area background as I think it up
.For a rough idea off scale, distance between your town and the fork in the river to the south west is about 8 miles, as the crow flies.
Eventually I will get a collection of annotated maps posted with the intro post.
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doghead
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Apologies if the pacing has been a bit erratic, things have been a bit all over the place at this end. I'll get a new post up soon that outlines whats happening in the town over the next few days. But feel free to let rip on the IC thread.
I'm going to use chapter breaks as down time for the characters to rest and recuperate if necessary, re-equip etc. They will also provide opportunities for re-recruiting if necessary.
They are also an opportunity for characters to prepare for their next level advancement, if necessary. For example, if there has been alot of fighting, a Warrior character could take another level in the same class pretty easily. It makes sence. Other non-Warrior characters could probably pick up a level in warrior quite easily as well. If the Warrior character wanted a level in Fighter, they would probably need to get some training or some time with a Fighter character. To get a level in Paladin would probably require some time serving a church - which would probably mean leaving the group for a period. Probably. The more extraordinary the class feats and abilities, the more likely that time will have to be spent learning from one already skilled in that area.
I believe that there are times when a player feels that their character would, realistically, decide to leave the group and persue other things. To persue a new character class for example. So I have no problem with players asking to change characters if they feel their current character wishes do so. Old characters who left earlier could be brought back later.
So let me know what you have in mind for your next level advancement, and any steps, if any, that you are taking to get there.
the head of the dog
I'm going to use chapter breaks as down time for the characters to rest and recuperate if necessary, re-equip etc. They will also provide opportunities for re-recruiting if necessary.
They are also an opportunity for characters to prepare for their next level advancement, if necessary. For example, if there has been alot of fighting, a Warrior character could take another level in the same class pretty easily. It makes sence. Other non-Warrior characters could probably pick up a level in warrior quite easily as well. If the Warrior character wanted a level in Fighter, they would probably need to get some training or some time with a Fighter character. To get a level in Paladin would probably require some time serving a church - which would probably mean leaving the group for a period. Probably. The more extraordinary the class feats and abilities, the more likely that time will have to be spent learning from one already skilled in that area.
I believe that there are times when a player feels that their character would, realistically, decide to leave the group and persue other things. To persue a new character class for example. So I have no problem with players asking to change characters if they feel their current character wishes do so. Old characters who left earlier could be brought back later.
So let me know what you have in mind for your next level advancement, and any steps, if any, that you are taking to get there.
the head of the dog
doghead
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I'm going to be a bit quiet for the next few days.
I would like to get a bit more of an insight into character's ties and connections in the town. Who do you live with? Who are you answerable to and responsible for even? What family do you have other than your immediate family members? You are all legally "of age", as of this or last summer, but you are still quiet young and this should be reflected.
Also, I would like you to consider the ties and connections that you have within the group. You have all known each other for at least a few years. Who are you closest to, or most tied to, and why. You may include Lisa, Mareta and Jimny in this.
thanks
the head of the dog.
I would like to get a bit more of an insight into character's ties and connections in the town. Who do you live with? Who are you answerable to and responsible for even? What family do you have other than your immediate family members? You are all legally "of age", as of this or last summer, but you are still quiet young and this should be reflected.
Also, I would like you to consider the ties and connections that you have within the group. You have all known each other for at least a few years. Who are you closest to, or most tied to, and why. You may include Lisa, Mareta and Jimny in this.
thanks
the head of the dog.
Do you want this as a discussion so that we do this together, here or do you just want us to update our backgrounds in the rogues gallery, see that we have conflicting versions, re-update, see that someone else has re-updated to our old version so thjat we have three conficting versions now, re-re-update to incorporate other character changes, read other characters backgrounds and then realise we have to start from scratch again? Either would suit me fine .
.Thomas Hobbes
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Discussion here sounds good. 
Cromwell doesn't think of himself as a young 'un. He knows he's low on the ladder of authority and responsibility, but that's OK with him- it's where Cuthbert wants him to be. But what he does have- he percieves it as a responsibility over the whole town, being a guardsman- he wants. He feel fufilled.
Cromwell probably didn't have much of a childhood. Being raised by aesthetic monks of St. Cuthbert doesn't involve much childish frivolity, I expect. So he probably considers himself an "adult" and interacts best with those that also "adults", or roughly so. Overall I don't expect that he's too social- no friends, no family, and a few aquaintances (as I've said before, Oscar is a likely canidate, as is Nate, although he could really have run into anyone in the course of his duties).
An average day probably consists of getting up really early (with the sun, most likely), eating a simple breakfast, being on duty for most of the day, and using any "free" time for prayer, weapons training, and perhaps reading any religious textbooks he can get his hands on (he may well own a small prayerbook). He also probably spends much of his "off duty" time unofficially patrolling the town or otherwise persuing his duties. Really, a guard captain couldn't ask for better- young, energetic, obidient, competant, and hard-working.
Cromwell doesn't think of himself as a young 'un. He knows he's low on the ladder of authority and responsibility, but that's OK with him- it's where Cuthbert wants him to be. But what he does have- he percieves it as a responsibility over the whole town, being a guardsman- he wants. He feel fufilled.
Cromwell probably didn't have much of a childhood. Being raised by aesthetic monks of St. Cuthbert doesn't involve much childish frivolity, I expect. So he probably considers himself an "adult" and interacts best with those that also "adults", or roughly so. Overall I don't expect that he's too social- no friends, no family, and a few aquaintances (as I've said before, Oscar is a likely canidate, as is Nate, although he could really have run into anyone in the course of his duties).
An average day probably consists of getting up really early (with the sun, most likely), eating a simple breakfast, being on duty for most of the day, and using any "free" time for prayer, weapons training, and perhaps reading any religious textbooks he can get his hands on (he may well own a small prayerbook). He also probably spends much of his "off duty" time unofficially patrolling the town or otherwise persuing his duties. Really, a guard captain couldn't ask for better- young, energetic, obidient, competant, and hard-working.
Velmont
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Well, I think for Hewik, it is the opposite of Cromwell.
He is an halfling raised in a human family, so his size and childish looks have made his family treated him more like a child than an adult, even now. His lack of strength, which is greatly needed in the heavy labor of a farm, make he didn't had the same responsability of his borthers. Taking care of the animals was generally made by the women while the man where working in the fields.
Hewik is very close to his mother, but even closer to the animals. His family have seen is natural talent with them, so he was given more responsability on that, but even then, it is still consider an easy labor.
Average day looks like, waking up before the sun toget the milk from the cows and some eggs so everyone can have a good breakfast. After that, he return to the stable and give the food to all the animals. During teh day, getting out with the sheep so they can eat some fresh herb and get some exercises. Finally, when the night come getting back and taking care of Prince, by cleaning him and playing a bit with him. Once a week, the sheep doesn't get out, and some wool is taken from them instead.
I think the people of the town will see him even more as a child. He may be closer to the kids and some women in the town than any man, and I think he like to entertain the kids with his dog and other animals.
He is an halfling raised in a human family, so his size and childish looks have made his family treated him more like a child than an adult, even now. His lack of strength, which is greatly needed in the heavy labor of a farm, make he didn't had the same responsability of his borthers. Taking care of the animals was generally made by the women while the man where working in the fields.
Hewik is very close to his mother, but even closer to the animals. His family have seen is natural talent with them, so he was given more responsability on that, but even then, it is still consider an easy labor.
Average day looks like, waking up before the sun toget the milk from the cows and some eggs so everyone can have a good breakfast. After that, he return to the stable and give the food to all the animals. During teh day, getting out with the sheep so they can eat some fresh herb and get some exercises. Finally, when the night come getting back and taking care of Prince, by cleaning him and playing a bit with him. Once a week, the sheep doesn't get out, and some wool is taken from them instead.
I think the people of the town will see him even more as a child. He may be closer to the kids and some women in the town than any man, and I think he like to entertain the kids with his dog and other animals.
Nathan grew up as a farmers son, fourth son in a large family. He was a sturdy, strong lad and was apprenticed at the age of ten to Master Hurdan, the village smith. The time at the forge made him only stronger. He has finished his apprentenceship, and is now a wandering journeyman,learning his skills at the dwarven hold and is now going from village to village with his cart and fixing the things thad need fixing, using the small village ovens, carrying his tools with him. He doesn't feel comfortable enough yet to craft his masterwork yet, for he feels he still has a lot to learn.
He stays at his masters forge, helping out on the days he isn't on the road. He enjoys a good beer in the evening, and is often found listening to the wild tales of his friend. He dreams of being the squire of a good knight, fighting to protect the weak and innocent.
He is a goodnatured fellow, often called "my big bear" by Alana, the serving maid, of whom he (and the rest of the village boys) is secretely enamored, a fact he vehemently denies with a beet-red face. He is secretely crafting a silver rose, as lifelike as he can make it. (he's taking 20 for the rose, but is only about halfway)
Considered slow and maybe a bit dim-witted, he is actually fairly intelligent. He just likes to think things through before saying anything, lest people think him stupid. He moves with care because of his great size and strength, afraid to knock things (or people) over.
He is a tall broad-shouldered feller, with unkempt black curly hair, and sports a shaggy beard with sideburns.
Allright, this stuff is straight from my background. Master Hurdan is a kind master, and Nate is a hard worker. They get along very well, he's like a second father to Nate. The other characters will know Nate, he's very easygoing. He probably drank a few ales with Cromwell, as they are both a bit outsiders, and Nate doesn't judge people on their looks.
As to his village life, Nate wanders around a lot, visiting the outlaying farms and smaller hamlets to fix what needs fixing. He knows almost evryone from miles around, and evryone inside town, doing business these last two years when Master Hurdan was busy. His coming of age summer was two years ago (he's 18 now), but he doesn't feel ready to become a master blacksmith yet.
I dunno about knowing the other characters, any takers on knowing him from either a quiet night in the pub or repairing things in the outlaying farms?
Nate will know velmont from going to the farm to shoe a horse, and Nate considers Cromwell a friend...
He stays at his masters forge, helping out on the days he isn't on the road. He enjoys a good beer in the evening, and is often found listening to the wild tales of his friend. He dreams of being the squire of a good knight, fighting to protect the weak and innocent.
He is a goodnatured fellow, often called "my big bear" by Alana, the serving maid, of whom he (and the rest of the village boys) is secretely enamored, a fact he vehemently denies with a beet-red face. He is secretely crafting a silver rose, as lifelike as he can make it. (he's taking 20 for the rose, but is only about halfway)
Considered slow and maybe a bit dim-witted, he is actually fairly intelligent. He just likes to think things through before saying anything, lest people think him stupid. He moves with care because of his great size and strength, afraid to knock things (or people) over.
He is a tall broad-shouldered feller, with unkempt black curly hair, and sports a shaggy beard with sideburns.
Allright, this stuff is straight from my background. Master Hurdan is a kind master, and Nate is a hard worker. They get along very well, he's like a second father to Nate. The other characters will know Nate, he's very easygoing. He probably drank a few ales with Cromwell, as they are both a bit outsiders, and Nate doesn't judge people on their looks.
As to his village life, Nate wanders around a lot, visiting the outlaying farms and smaller hamlets to fix what needs fixing. He knows almost evryone from miles around, and evryone inside town, doing business these last two years when Master Hurdan was busy. His coming of age summer was two years ago (he's 18 now), but he doesn't feel ready to become a master blacksmith yet.
I dunno about knowing the other characters, any takers on knowing him from either a quiet night in the pub or repairing things in the outlaying farms?
Nate will know velmont from going to the farm to shoe a horse, and Nate considers Cromwell a friend...
doghead
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Thanks everyone. I'll give Greegan and NeuroZombie 24 hours, then push on with the noon "muster" and just assume for now that they choose to join up.
Regarding the map - I can't decide if I want to turn it upside down or not. Either way I'll be using the continent map indicated above in one way or another. There are some other loose ends to sort out once I get some time.
Regarding the map - I can't decide if I want to turn it upside down or not. Either way I'll be using the continent map indicated above in one way or another. There are some other loose ends to sort out once I get some time.
