4e Heroic Souls (FULL/CLOSED - accepting alts)

Atanatotatos said:
Heian'll have a lot of people to defend ;)
I have a bit of a plan for this actually....
(Character death -is- possible in the game, but I'm going to hedge my bets for the first bunch of encounters at least.)

I actually PM'd Rayex so he (or she) may join us. If both Rayex and WD come on then we're definitely hard closed.
 

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Graf said:
I have a bit of a plan for this actually....
(Character death -is- possible in the game, but I'm going to hedge my bets for the first bunch of encounters at least.)

I actually PM'd Rayex so he (or she) may join us. If both Rayex and WD come on then we're definitely hard closed.

Well, if three wizards play it right, foes should have a hard time approaching. I think...
 


Urg. I can't find it now.

I just said that I'd actually take another if your still keen. Now that we've got a playable number I'd hate to lose somebody (for whatever reason) and then have to stop the game to go player hunting again.

(-and- it's really convenient to add people now. And difficult once you leave town.)

Would you have time to work up a concept and a rough character outline?
 


Actually... how do you feel about playing a striker?

Defenders
Heian (Human Defender)
Unknown (some people may be able to guess)

Leaders
Eldan (Half Elf Warlord)

Strikers
Neeloo (Human Feylock)
Verulo -- (no word unfortunately)

Controllers
Quinn (Human Wizard using WotC Illusionist Powers)
WD's illusionist (Human Wizard using WotC Illusionist Powers)
Karothen -- may return later
 

I was thinking about a rogue or ranger actually. Am in the process of reading through the OOC thread now. Then I'll do the old IC thread, and then I'll sit down and see what I can work out. :P

Want to get a feel for the setting/town first, I guess.
 

[sblock=DM]Hey graf, i was thinking about how to develop some ideas for the growth of the character; so what came to my mind is that it seems that heroic souls have a name, linked in some way to their destiny. Am i getting this right? so have you thought of something about Heian? I was thinking of some names but have no strong idea behind the ones i already expressed yet.[/sblock]
 

Ok, what I got so far:

Name: Silvi

Color: Thinking magenta

Race: Human

Class: Ranger

Appearance: Standing just about 5 feet tall, Silvi is shorter than average. Her eyes are dark blue, almost violet, and her hair is dark brown and hangs to her shoulders.

Family & Neighbors: Lives with her mother Elna, and her father Stant. Her older sister Lini, lives in a big house on the edge of the brambles, tending to animals.

Spend your days: Taking care of the message, playing with the kids, taking care of the animals with Lini and spending time in Linis garden.

Relationships: TBD

Skills: Tending to injured animals, tracking and moving silently, everything thats needed to capture injured animals, so they can get better at Lini's.

Background:
Every day is the same. She wakes up, get dressed, eat breakfast. Then it is time to prepare the message and send it. Silvi's father always prepare the message. He takes a tiny slip of paper, rolls it and put it into a tiny tube, which he then ties to one of the pidgeon's legs. Then Silvi would take the pidgeon to the roof and send it away.
She had the rest of her day to play and do what she liked. As long as she was home before dark, so she could welcome the pidgeon back. She would wait on the roof for the sun to go down, and just as the last rays of daylight hit her face, the pidgeon would land silently on her shoulder. She then takes the tiny tube with her, and hand it to her father. Who then removes the tiny slip of paper, and put it in a big iron-bound chest, without looking at it.
In the back room, there is already seven chests filled with slips of paper that the pidgeon had brought back.

After she left home every morning, after the message was sent, she always pays a visit to her older sister, Limi, who lived by the edge of the brambles. Lini was where all the kids brought the animals who needed help. Birds with injured wings, cats with scratches, Lini would take them all in, and in a day or two they would be good as new. Lini also kept a beautful garden, full of flowers. Especially those in the back, those at the edge of the garden. Sometimes, Silvi would walk among those flowers, picking one here, and one there. And once or twice, she had gone further.

Having payed her sister a wisit, playing a while with the animals currently being tended, and taking a walk in the gardens, Silvi headed out in the vilage, and spent her days with the other kids. Also spends much time searching for any injured animals like cats, dogs, rats and birds, so she can take them to Lini and make them better again. Untill it was time to get home again, ofcourse.

One day, in Lini's garden, she had found a beautiful glowing rock. It pulsated with a silver'ish light, but when she showed the stone to Lini, she only said "it is only a pebble, Silvi. Throw it away." But she didnt. She kept it, and treasured it. With time, the temptation grew too fierce though, and one night, right before she had to go home to take in the message, she put her treasure in The Geeche's bucket. In return, the bucket held a bright blue feather. Bigger than any she had ever seen before, almost a foot long.
When she came home to take in the message, something weird happened. She was too late, and her father was mad at her. "You were too late, Silvi! Now we won't have any message to put in the chest for today. Do you know what that means?" He had almost yelled at her. Silvi didn't know what that meant, and said so. At that her father fell silent. He frowned and looked out of the window for a while, before he turned back to Silvi and said, with a smile. "Let's eat supper, then it's time for bed."

Hooks: TBD


Now it's nearly 6 in the morning here, so I better get some sleep! Will work more on a bit later today :)
 
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Ata... Yeah. The name for Heroic Souls thing came out of nowhere really. I got sick of writing Eldan-that-is-not-Eldan.

A bunch of stuff comes to mind, (ex: The Shining Son) but as somebody said in another thread.
Zweischneid said:
The key to good 'world-building' in my opinion is not what you put in, but what you leave out.
I think he's on to something. I haven't specifically filled in all the details (i.e. the names for all the heroic souls, etc) just because I feel like I haven't found something "perfect" yet.
If push comes to shove I'll just make it up and make it work of course.

Here's a list of the Heroic Souls in the game (just whipped this up, may have forgotten somebody...)
[sblock=Heroic Soul List]
PCs
??? - Eldan
Traits: Always a warrior and leader of men, usually an elf and male
Player:Redclaw

The Fey Queen - Neeloo
Traits: Invariably connected to the fey in one way or another. Usually female
Player:SarahReq

??? - Heian
Traits: Usually a divine warrior. Often protects The Fey Queen
Player:Ata

The Hidden Sage (I think) - Quinn, others (current IC thread)
Traits: An extremely knowledgeable hs, usually a teacher, frequently teaches the Fixer and the Geeche's HS
Player: Vosa Vosa

??? -
Traits:
Player:Walking Dad

??? -
Traits: (need to check next post)
Player:Rayex


Inactive PCs

??? - Verulo
Traits: Often a rogue, assumes different roles and identities easily. Alternates between tricking and assisting to The Fixer
Player:Silentouce

The Fixer - Karothen, Kurakree , the Fixer
Traits: Initially a weak, but perceptive mage; frequently fearful. Invariably falls in love with Jeillia's HS and ???
Player:hewligan

never really appeared in play... not sure if this character exists
??? - Alexander
Player:D'A

NPCs
??? - The Geeche, an unnamed boy and a halfling wizard who studied with Kurakree
Traits: No longer mortal; usually a shadow mage/summoner

The Shifting Bulwark - Khazeen
Traits: No longer mortal; gender and race changed, always a warrior and protector, frequently coencied with the Fey Queen

??? - Jeillia, (others, see old IC thread)
Traits: Always strongly connected with the gods, always female, usually a sibling or relation of Eldan's HS, often loved by The Fixer

??? - ;)
Traits: A warrior, tightly linked with Eldan's HS.

??? - ;)
Traits: A transmuter; The other side of the love triangle between the Fixer and Jeillia's heroic soul

Others of course.
[/sblock]
So most of the HSs aren't named. If anybody really likes something we can add it in now. Otherwise I think we can wait a bit to see more of your characters before deciding.
 

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