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<blockquote data-quote="Boendal2" data-source="post: 7811161" data-attributes="member: 7015844"><p><strong><u>Player character description (short):</u></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Eearia:</strong> female half-orc, barbarian, 13 years old, background: soldier, savage attacker (variant start feat), path of totem warrior (boar), tusks grew bigger than before, has a giant boar piglet (Ebert), favourite weapon: great axe, personality: impulsive, rebellious, stubborn, direct</p><p></p><p>Stats (rolled): STR 19, DEX 14, CON 15, INT 10, WIS 11, CHA 12</p><p></p><p>Eeria grew up in a tribe far north that is famous for breeding giant war boars and cutting axe handles. Only 13 years old, she was already part of the tribes militia. After failing a duel with another half-orc to become part of the inner circle of the tribes leaders, she now is wandering the Sword coast to gather skills and one day become the leader of her tribe. She has three younger brothers. She is a hobby woodcrafter.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Thar'den:</strong> male half-orc, fighter (duelling), 32 years old, background: mercenary veteran, sentinel feat (variant start), battlemaster, favourite weapons: battleaxe and javelins, personality: honest, brash, socially awkward, caring</p><p></p><p>Stats (rolled): STR 18, DEX 15, CON 16, INT 14, WIS 16, CHA 4</p><p></p><p>Thar’den grew up in an orphanage close to Daggerford. As a teenager he joined the Flaming Fist. He served for a few years and eventually became sergeant. That was, when the orphanage was attacked and destroyed (by demons and devils). As soon as he heard of the attack, he left his duty without permission. But he found only rubble and dead bodies. He still hopes to find his closest family members: Avicenna (tiefling paladin), Dunya (aasimar sorceress) and Thorin (dwarf cleric). After the incident he was demoted by the Flaming Fist for leaving his duty without permission and sent to Chult as punishment. There his comrades eventually dropped him off in the jungle. He survived and quit the Flaming Fist on returning. He wandered from Chult to Waterdeep to find more information on his missing family.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Vanya:</strong> female aasimar (fallen), looks human, paladin (duelling), 31 years old, background: faction agent (emerald enclave), oath of vengeance, personality: protective, very caring, self-sacrificing, sometimes socially awkward</p><p></p><p>Stats (rolled): STR 16, DEX 10, CON 13, INT 10, WIS 13, CHA 14</p><p></p><p>Vanya grew up in a small farming village close to Everlund. As a child she gained healing powers – always linked to dreams of a beautiful blonde lady with a jaybird. When her best friend Vince died after falling from a tree, she couldn’t save him. Silent blame by the villagers followed. Her parents ultimately decided to send her to her uncle Thomas in Everlund. He trained her and they moved later to Waterdeep. There she became a faction agent for the Emerald Enclave.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Veldyn:</strong> male forest gnome, wizard/sorcerer, 24 years old, background: sage, sorcerous origin: giant soul (fire), personality: cheeky, easily distracted, speaks without thinking, widely read</p><p></p><p>Stats (rolled): STR 8, DEX 12, CON 11, INT 17, WIS 14, CHA 17</p><p></p><p>Veldyns parents were (secret) fire and earth sorcerers. When Veldyn was still a young gnome their village was attacked. His parents stepped up, but in the process most of the village was destroyed. The village afterwards executed his father and exiled his mother. Veldyn never forgave the village for that. After years of secret training he burned down the village completely and left – on a mission to become the mightiest volcano magic sorcerer of all time. On his journey he learned, that also books contain a lot of magical secrets, so he learned magic from them as well. He has a pet familiar called "Demetrius" (black fox).</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>GM notes:</strong></p><p>Ebert the giant boar piglet is used for roleplay only (at the moment). After finding him in the woods (dead mother boar lying besides 4 piglets) and a successful animal handling check, we agreed on a homebrew system for training/domesticating him further: 1d20 per day to make progress on a scaling system for commands. He is roughly 14months old and will still grow substantially, even though he is very large already (approx. the size of a normal boar). When they were descending into the Underdark he roughly listened to his name (10/20 on the tracker = 50% chance).</p><p></p><p>The skills of the party are above average due to their high dice rolls. Also I am aware of the boost due to the additional feat (variant start). I will have adjust the encounters accordingly.</p><p></p><p>There is a lot of homebrew stuff going on. I made it clear to the players that we might have to (re)adjust a little later on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boendal2, post: 7811161, member: 7015844"] [B][U]Player character description (short):[/U] Eearia:[/B] female half-orc, barbarian, 13 years old, background: soldier, savage attacker (variant start feat), path of totem warrior (boar), tusks grew bigger than before, has a giant boar piglet (Ebert), favourite weapon: great axe, personality: impulsive, rebellious, stubborn, direct Stats (rolled): STR 19, DEX 14, CON 15, INT 10, WIS 11, CHA 12 Eeria grew up in a tribe far north that is famous for breeding giant war boars and cutting axe handles. Only 13 years old, she was already part of the tribes militia. After failing a duel with another half-orc to become part of the inner circle of the tribes leaders, she now is wandering the Sword coast to gather skills and one day become the leader of her tribe. She has three younger brothers. She is a hobby woodcrafter. [B]Thar'den:[/B] male half-orc, fighter (duelling), 32 years old, background: mercenary veteran, sentinel feat (variant start), battlemaster, favourite weapons: battleaxe and javelins, personality: honest, brash, socially awkward, caring Stats (rolled): STR 18, DEX 15, CON 16, INT 14, WIS 16, CHA 4 Thar’den grew up in an orphanage close to Daggerford. As a teenager he joined the Flaming Fist. He served for a few years and eventually became sergeant. That was, when the orphanage was attacked and destroyed (by demons and devils). As soon as he heard of the attack, he left his duty without permission. But he found only rubble and dead bodies. He still hopes to find his closest family members: Avicenna (tiefling paladin), Dunya (aasimar sorceress) and Thorin (dwarf cleric). After the incident he was demoted by the Flaming Fist for leaving his duty without permission and sent to Chult as punishment. There his comrades eventually dropped him off in the jungle. He survived and quit the Flaming Fist on returning. He wandered from Chult to Waterdeep to find more information on his missing family. [B]Vanya:[/B] female aasimar (fallen), looks human, paladin (duelling), 31 years old, background: faction agent (emerald enclave), oath of vengeance, personality: protective, very caring, self-sacrificing, sometimes socially awkward Stats (rolled): STR 16, DEX 10, CON 13, INT 10, WIS 13, CHA 14 Vanya grew up in a small farming village close to Everlund. As a child she gained healing powers – always linked to dreams of a beautiful blonde lady with a jaybird. When her best friend Vince died after falling from a tree, she couldn’t save him. Silent blame by the villagers followed. Her parents ultimately decided to send her to her uncle Thomas in Everlund. He trained her and they moved later to Waterdeep. There she became a faction agent for the Emerald Enclave. [B]Veldyn:[/B] male forest gnome, wizard/sorcerer, 24 years old, background: sage, sorcerous origin: giant soul (fire), personality: cheeky, easily distracted, speaks without thinking, widely read Stats (rolled): STR 8, DEX 12, CON 11, INT 17, WIS 14, CHA 17 Veldyns parents were (secret) fire and earth sorcerers. When Veldyn was still a young gnome their village was attacked. His parents stepped up, but in the process most of the village was destroyed. The village afterwards executed his father and exiled his mother. Veldyn never forgave the village for that. After years of secret training he burned down the village completely and left – on a mission to become the mightiest volcano magic sorcerer of all time. On his journey he learned, that also books contain a lot of magical secrets, so he learned magic from them as well. He has a pet familiar called "Demetrius" (black fox). [B]GM notes:[/B] Ebert the giant boar piglet is used for roleplay only (at the moment). After finding him in the woods (dead mother boar lying besides 4 piglets) and a successful animal handling check, we agreed on a homebrew system for training/domesticating him further: 1d20 per day to make progress on a scaling system for commands. He is roughly 14months old and will still grow substantially, even though he is very large already (approx. the size of a normal boar). When they were descending into the Underdark he roughly listened to his name (10/20 on the tracker = 50% chance). The skills of the party are above average due to their high dice rolls. Also I am aware of the boost due to the additional feat (variant start). I will have adjust the encounters accordingly. There is a lot of homebrew stuff going on. I made it clear to the players that we might have to (re)adjust a little later on. [/QUOTE]
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