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1. Okay. Someone should take Field Dressing, I think, just in case. Opening it is probably enough... but that's something the Paladin could do as well. 4. I don't really like the terror thing for that character idea (although it would be cool for some other character). I think the best thing is...

General skill points... Mannish characters have the whole list of them to pick from, starting on page 226 or so. You could always augment your lifepath skills, or open new ones. It's up to you. If the skill says Tools: Yes, then you need the tools... otherwise, it's a "double obstacle penalty"...

Cool. I'm going to number them to facilitate discussion... 1) Much nicer! Specificity helps me a lot. Questing for specifics is much better for me. I can already see the potential sources for this. 2) It's okay. Not enough conflict in it. I think it's necessary to have a Belief about another...

I'll have to look up the trait. It could just be as a funky character trait temporarily until we get time for a vote. As I recall, there were some penalties involved with being one-eyed... can't remember any benefits. I'll check it out, anyway. Also, I don't know if people without the Character...

Okay, I blogged about Wises already... EN World: D&D / RPG News & Reviews - engrishonly Oh, and no need to buy the book. Creating Beliefs. Let's start with that. Burning Wheel has a "reward" system, which I've described briefly in my Blog. Beliefs are integral to that. By engaging Beliefs...

Ah, okay... you must have missed my earlier post... Here's the mechanical stuff for the Paladin... The Lifepaths... Village Born, leads to Religious Setting, to Temple Acolyte, leads to Professional Soldier, to Bannerman These lifepaths lead to the following: Starting Age: 21 Ability Scores...

Whoops! My bad! ;) We're at 4, then! Perfect! Let me sift through the ideas as I sketch out the caves a bit more intelligently for BW's purposes. ... The story for Vellekhyr & Ferrantos sounds good! Elven characters are sometimes hard to tie into the situation, so I'm glad there's a link...

Alrighty. At this time, we have... Paladin Thief/Pardoner Magician/Enchanter There's a few different story threads. Noble houses, former Masters, religious organizations. We could use one more! Thanks for letting us know! There definitely can be too much of a good thing with PbP.

Yeah, the Keep on the Borderlands doesn't have this stuff in mind... but it doesn't rule it out either. That's kind of the brilliance of it. The original module doesn't even have names for the major NPCs... just roles & titles. A lot of it is pure sandbox, in that the DM fits it all into the...

Cool. Interesting. The question of Nobility is a good thread. It's woven into the Paladin concept in the group so far. I am reading the Dune novels again (the Frank Herbert books, interwoven with BHPA's "Paul of Dune" and "The Winds of Dune"), so Noble Houses are on my mind. The half-brother...

Sure, John Wick is one name that comes to mind. BUT You can't misconstrue his occasional trolls & rants. Look at his game design, and not just the commentary. It's solid work. And even in the Wick commentary, it's not about D&D, the game, but the metagame of D&D, IMO. The way D&D is played...

Alright, that's cool. The Paladin will probably roll with Faithful, and I'm sure the Cleric is headed that way. I think there's opportunities to run the DoW mechanics, and other methods to get around/through things in the dungeons... In addition to Fight, anyway. Also, Cultists are usually...

D&D needs no defending as unique. It is the de facto standard for all other FRPGs to be compared to. If people say it is boring or bland, it's probably more a sign of D&D's popularity & the speaker's gaming "hipster-ness" than anything actually bland about the game. Now, the Burning Wheel...

That'll work. One of the prior posters also wanted a Cleric-type, but that doesn't really matter. It just affects the tone of play if we have multiple Clerics. Of course, old school adventuring does tend to have a fight or two, so I'd at least open the Brawling or Knife or Staff skill in case...

Alright... The nuts and bolts of it, as we wait for others. Village Born, leads to Religious Setting, to Temple Acolyte, leads to Professional Soldier, to Bannerman Age: 21 8 pts to divide between Will & Perception 17 pts to divide between Power, Forte, Agility, Speed (See the intro chapter...

Heh, I've probably read less of the Mystara wiki than you! I think most of the map will be "empty" until we fill it in through play... So use whatever names & plots you like to bring out your character. I don't plan for any giant happenings in Mystara until the player characters need something...

Cool. Solid. Go ahead with that. Think about a Belief based on the loose ideas of my prior post (the Gary Gygax introduction), and write up a Belief based on Vellekhyr's exile. Your last Belief should be based on inter-party relationships. Between your Elven Ranger & the Paladin, that's two...

For those who want a little more oomph to kick start a concept, here's Gary Gygax's "background" piece for the Keep on the Borderlands... a fine introduction, and also a way to channel your concepts towards the sandbox that we have in front of us.

For everyone, the concept thing... The Keep on the Borderlands involves a dungeon "sandbox", so character concept should be based on classic fantasy adventurer stories. A happy, settled person isn't really the adventuring type. So, find that idea inside you about someone who sets out on the...

I've heard about it, but I didn't really consider using it. What AD&D did is great, but the style of it is more towards simulation & task-resolution. A lot of the greatness of DnD wasn't codified (and probably should never be written down as rules to allow for player creativity). The Burning...