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Sure, we can muck around the Keep. Also, if nobody comes, you all could try to round up a gang of fanatics, rabble, criminals, or others to purge the Caves/serve as cannon fodder. (And use skirmish ideas for the R&C rules from the Adventure Burner)

Yeah, magic singing Elven doppelgangers. ;) Here's the Rogue's Gallery thread for storing your character sheets... [Burning THAC0] B2 - The Keep on the Borderlands - EN World: D&D / RPG News & Reviews

Here is the Rogue's Gallery thread for the Burning Wheel game, "The Keep on the Borderlands".

I think games without software augmentation will go the way of the buggy whip. You must be able to do things on a Kindle, ipad, smartphone, and in combinations of that. Holographic sim is one thing, but there's things that can be done now. Running mechanics through a Java craplet, setting...

Cool. I can see many points of convergence between aspects of Vellekhyr's dread vision, Ferrantos' search for an antecedent that helps him slay his master, and the missing sister. The Keep can easily be a tipping point for a broader chain of events. Sure. That'll be cool. Your House wars...

Yeah, that's the bottom line. I'm asking questions because I'm trying to figure out what other elements you all want in the setting. The questions aren't masked criticisms, they are informational for the DM at this point in the evolutions of Constance, Ferrantos, and Vellekhyr. What I'm...

EDIT: Mathalus sums it up below. I'm looking for information at this point. I'm trying to draw out more setting from you. I'm not criticising at this point. Back to the original post... ... Well, Thor's advice is to put this in front of the players... (Again, same quote, straight from the...

Cool. Hey, you can even give Constance some sort of funky totem or memory to carry around if you like... sort of like Conan the Barbarian (the Arnold movie), his memory of the twin snake symbol of Thulsa Doom. That would play right into some of the stuff in the Caves... I kind of like the idea...

Oh, for everyone... Luke has the Beliefs commentary from the "Adventure Burner" on the wiki. Burning Wheel Beliefs Commentary chapter Very useful to read through for creating Beliefs. It's probably tougher for someone unfamiliar with the rules, but it'll shed some light on the philosophy &...

I would really like a "tank" type character in the mix. How about this... I saw someone asking for a BW PbP game on the BW forum. I'll shoot him a PM. If we get both HandofMystara and another player, great. We'll go with 5 players. If not, we'll go with 4.

Just because I don't play D&D anymore doesn't mean I "gave up". I still love RPGs. I also don't hate D&D. If I choose another game system, I didn't "outgrow" D&D or change so dramatically that I can't appreciate how awesome D&D is. D&D is great. It's also big & popular. So what? If someone...

Yeah, we can do something for sure. Maybe it can come at a trait vote down the line. Flip through the existing stuff & see if there's something fun first.

As I read it, "Minor" means the NPC's impact in the setting, so a King would not be minor, but a serving wench could be. On the other hand, Relationships need to be accessible without a Circles check... but Vanity is "hateful"... I like her as a missing person. It is probably the coolest way...

I like the one about Vellekhyr and monsters. Part of it will be defining what makes a monster, especially on the Borderlands. The interaction with Auromos will be interesting. Maybe he will be part of a group of Knights Errant stationed at the Keep, raiding the monsters in the Borderlands for...

Cool. I'm not sure Vellekhyr's remorse regarding the denizens of the Caves will affect my rebalancing of the dungeons for the Burning Wheel setup, but it'll be some factor in the story. And I have already laid down some concepts that point to bigger issues, bigger problems from what you find in...

Actually, the antecedents thing is okay, having re-read the Enchanting section (haven't looked at it in a while)... I guess that's the thing here. Which one fits what Ferrantos is about? Both of these are decent for the skill-type Instinct. If Ferrantos is more about weapons, then I think the...

Okay, reposting this stuff & also sending a PM to move things along.. Step 1 in the process is always Concept. You've got it down: Alright... Steps 2, 3, 4. Lifepaths, Age, Stats. Lifepaths: Born Villager, crossover to Religious Setting, to Temple Acolyte, crossover to Professional Soldier...

Cool. Interesting stuff. I think it would be good to have one Belief about the Caves of Chaos/the Keep environment... something about why Vellekhyr is going there. You can delay writing it a bit, but it should be completely formed when the party leaves the Keep for the Caves of Chaos. I...

If I'm doing it to antagonize, then it's been done for character reasons, and I don't back down. There's no stolen magic sword, no theft of property, no broken trust between players (presumably). This is precisely the kind of cool character interaction we should have at the table because blind...

I lile the modified Belief about the wild, in my interpretation of the setting. The setting of the Keep is supposed to be "on the Borderlands". Past the Keep lies Chaos, humanoids, the outlands... So it's all the wild. The Keep serves to mark/guard the borders of Karameikos. (The old road...