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So did we come to a decision about how long ago the Harrowing happened? I know there was discussion, but I'm not sure if we had a firm answer. Also, is there still a rogue (kobold?) concept in development?

Due to a variety of unpleasantry, I have been almost entirely absent from the boards for a few weeks- I'm trying to claw my way back in, but some stress issues with recent current events (which I can't really discuss without violating board policies) are not making things easy. I'll try to get...

Sorry about the delay on my end. My wife was sick- and so now I'm sick. May have turned a corner though- we'll see if I get any sleep tonight. If so, I'll try to get something up tomorrow.

I'm not saying change the spell lists, I'm just pondering blurring the line between the two 'types'- in Mutants and Masterminds terms, the 'descriptor'; and not even necessarily removing the difference, just saying that (most) mortal magics can't differentiate- it really does, in most cases...

PLACEHOLDER- IN PROGRESS I'm going to start tacking my first submission together while we are continuing the background and setting discussion. I'll edit it up as I can, and I'll post again when I'm ready. First pitch is a scholar, but a bit less of a quiet librarian and more of an...

Yeah, that was kind of where I was going as well. The Church (Or rather a part of the Church) is 'the bad guy'. And also 'the good guy'. And the 'Neutral peacemaker guy'. And several other guys floating around the sidelines, alternately observing and meddling. All of these things at once- and...

At this point, with one large Church, there may be even more factions in play. I had an idea that the largest (and/or currently in-charge) faction dislikes the open use of divine magic (since the Maker, and not the Church) actually provides this and hates/fears arcane magic (or at least most of...

So at this point, we have a noble-ish sorceror, a Church paladin, and a duellist/courtier type (and probably a scholar) on one side, and a pirate cleric, a kobold rogue, and a dwarven battlerager/criminal type on the other side. Anyone have any thoughts on how these folks might fit together...

Yum- frozen yogurt! A True sign of the Renaissance!

Still indecisive- a chronic problem for me, I know... At this point I'm wavering between mercenary archer and Serious Scholar- it looks like we have enough melee types to make a monk superfluous. >Would this idea work for a possible character? A young scholar, raised mostly within the Church...

Another possible bit of lore: The Elven Races in the 'Modern Age': Since ancient times, the elves have lived mostly apart from humans and the other races of the world- the wood elves in their remote forests, the high elves in their glittering cities, and the dark elves underground or in the...

A further book recommendation (or rather, bookS, for those who have some time)- the Baroque Cycle, by Neal Stephenson. Europe, from the late 1600s into the 1800s, with particular emphasis on the rise of civilization and science, including alchemy. A quick review of the themes, from Wikipedia...

I'll try to have some sort of character pitch put together this weekend. This week has really kicked my butt. In the meantime, a possible bit (if you haven't worked this group out yet): >The Guild Arcane: This group has arisen in the last twenty years or so, as the guild system has increased...

>So, in the interest of trying to keep track of ideas so far, we seem to have: 1. Human (Courtier) Fighter- Battlemaster (duellist) 2. Human (?) Sorceror- Arcane origin 3. Human Cleric- Tempest 4. (?) Dwarf Barbarian- battlerager 5. (?) Kobold (halfling) Rogue (Spy/inquisitive ?) 6. Human...

Do we yet have any idea where we will be starting? Presumably a city- is it inland or a port? Who rules? (Noble council, guilds, king/queen) Anything else we need to know? (We don't know yet is a valid answer- just trying to tack some background together)

Since that gives us another melee candidate, I might take up the archer role. We will see- still in first stage of concepts. TO ALL: I will be pretty quiet for a few days- I'm (A bit suddenly, after much waiting) starting a new job tomorrow, which means a significant schedule change.

Let me know if you ARE going to make that switch- would be a significant influence for me.

How about this, for the skeleton of the pitch? (Feel free to accept, reject, or modify as needed- it touches some fairly standard fantasy novel tropes, certainly) The (insert family name here) have fallen far from their noble roots, like many of the other old lines. All they have are their name...

Thoughts on the UA- Wizard (Artificer) or the new UA version of the Ranger? Relevant concepts would be a dwarven cleric, MC to Artificer wizard, as a sort of rune-magic user. A historian who uncovered certain texts on rune magic (which had been declared as heresy after the cataclysm), but also...

Various bits: 1. Definitely read some Guy Gavriel Kay, if you haven't. Particularly Tigana (rebellion against sorcerous repression in a setting very like the city-states of medieval Italy) and the Sarantine Mosaic duology (rise of art and culture, a mosaic artist traveling to basically...