Expedition to Castle Ravenloft (Recruiting a Trapfinder)

[wolfattack]

Okay, I was waiting on rangerjohn and Herobizkit to submit their characters and wishlists before approving anything, but I've gone ahead and dealt with the wishlists from Strahd and kinem. Here is what I am waiting on:
3) wolfattack wishlist (or did you just want me to pick your items)

Yes,please could you do this for me?

and just one last thing. i don't know if everyone has taken a look at my PC sheet,but my character alignment is Neutral. this means he does what suits him best.so my character its not a ''Hero'' as per say,but he only wants to survive and get rich,among other things. he learned his magical powers from his uncle,who has died after a werewolf attack on his Mansion.after this,Barty worked as kind of ''Van Helsing'',but only if the payment was high enough.he didn't care much about ''the innocent lives that could be lost if he don't help that poor village against the vampires''.he could care if there was something valuable for him there,as for example,a girl he loves and/or wants or a item he must get.this is just a example of the behavior Barty could show in the game. i hope there is no problem with that,but i think Ravenloft its the perfect setting for this type of character.

 

[airwalkrr]

Yes,please could you do this for me?

and just one last thing. i don't know if everyone has taken a look at my PC sheet,but my character alignment is Neutral. this means he does what suits him best.so my character its not a ''Hero'' as per say,but he only wants to survive and get rich,among other things. he learned his magical powers from his uncle,who has died after a werewolf attack on his Mansion.after this,Barty worked as kind of ''Van Helsing'',but only if the payment was high enough.he didn't care much about ''the innocent lives that could be lost if he don't help that poor village against the vampires''.he could care if there was something valuable for him there,as for example,a girl he loves and/or wants or a item he must get.this is just a example of the behavior Barty could show in the game. i hope there is no problem with that,but i think Ravenloft its the perfect setting for this type of character.

Sounds a little more like Neutral Evil to me. But we'll see how things play out.

 

[rangerjohn]

Sounds like, someone on the fast slope to npc. You do know this is Ravenloft, right? The powers that be are going to love that character. Can't remember their names at the moment.

 

[wolfattack]

I don't know what you mean john.

and airwalkrr,what a Neutral character would look like to you?

 

[rangerjohn]

The powers, no one is sure exactly what they are, that control the domains of Ravenloft, love to corrupt people.

 

[wolfattack]

Yes,that's why i said this type of character would be perfect for Ravenloft. this setting its not just about Good vs Evil like some other settings,like FR.

 

[airwalkrr]

Well the character you described sounds rather selfish and mercenary, as if he doesn't care who gets hurt as long as he gets paid. That's definitely leaning on the side of evil. As I said, we'll see how things play out. There are different ways to play neutral characters, but it might be a problem if you play a character who just doesn't care about other people in this campaign unless you force yourself to find ways to participate in the adventure. It isn't as if there are a lot of rewards out there for being a hero in Ravenloft; in fact, it's usually the opposite. But that's part of playing in a horror campaign like this one. The "easy way" is often the evil way. It will lead to evil acts, depravity, vice, avarice, taint, and ultimately an evil alignment and an NPC status. So there ought to be something heroic about your character. At the very least he ought to be willing to defend his homeland from a wicked creature like a vampire darklord because the alternative is not at all pleasant.

edit: And yes, this campaign is absolutely about good vs evil. It's just that evil in a horror game can come in so many more guises and isn't easy to ferret out. The difference between FR and Ravenloft is that in FR there is a Cormyr for every Zhentil Keep, a force of good for every force of evil. In Ravenloft there is merely a greater force of evil for every lesser force of evil. It's being the heroes who are willing to stand up against such staggering odds which makes a horror campaign worthwhile. So you don't have to be a good-aligned character, but you do have to be able to face the corrupting influences of the dark milieu.

 

[wolfattack]

This is not what i was thinking about for my character. i guess i'll have to think in another kind of behavior for him. and about Ravenloft being ''absolutely about good vs evil'', this is just another point of view.it's useless discuss this.

 

[kinem]

Airwalkrr, that leaves 2150 gp left for Don. You can go ahead and pick items for that amount, keeping in mind that he wouldn't have anything heavy that he couldn't store in the haversack. BTW he is CG.

 

[rangerjohn]

[MENTION=13340]Airwalker [/MENTION] you mention Lightbringers and alternate class abilities in the character creation posts. What would these be?