Mind Thieves (FR Campaign) Recruiting

Candide got in first; so if he doesn't want me to be Cunegonde I'll have a rethink and either go half-elf, Human or Wood Elf


I was going with the "Raised by the Temple as an orphan and having spent the last half-century doing chores she really wants to get out there and vanquish evil-doers" background
 
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Mordmorgan the Mad said:
I dunno about the Dwarf. The only real dwarven settlement in Mistledale is Glen. If you'd like to be from there, I don't see a problem with it, but you'll have a hard time convincing me that the village leaders would let a paladin leave town (especially since the whole point of the village is to defend the passage).

@khavren:I don't really like the idea of a dwarf worshiping an non-dwarven deity to start with. Switching later would be fine, but for now, let's go with Moradin. Also, see above for my problems with dwarves right now. If you'd really like to play one, convince me it'd be possible for a dwarf to be adventuring in Mistledale.

Ok, how about this, dwarven cleric of Moradin, from Glen. Forced to leave town after a drunken brawl in the tavern with a group of adventurers in which two people died. There were no charges brought, and he was not formally exiled, but it's felt that he was either unlucky to be around, or he couldn't hold is liquor, niether one good reputations for a dwarf to have. He left town in order to try and prove that he was not unlucky and that he was worthy of his clan and name.

If that's no good, I'll go back to the Human cleric of Tempus.
 

I think I'd be okay with another Half-Drow. We could be estranged relatives. That's creepy. I keep coming up with Star Wars references through my character. Odd. My character has a rather palpable distaste for humans. But this might work though
 


Here's the outline for my Dwarven Fighter 1 - all core material (no racial substitution level, since there's been no comment about it).

Str 16 (10 pts)
Dex 12 (4 pts)
Con 16 (6 pts, +2 racial)
Int 10 (2 pts)
Wis 13 (5 pts)
Cha 6 (0 pts, -2 racial)

Feats:
Power Attack (Level 1)
Cleave (Fighter 1)
 


DarkMaster said:
Silentspace if you read carefully it seems Dwarf are somehow out, unless you have a very good reason to be adventuring.

I thought it was just Gold Dwarfs, due to the region issues. I assumed regular dwarves were ok... no?
 

Wilphe said:
I was going with the "Raised by the Temple as an orphan and having spent the last half-century doing chores she really wants to get out there and vanquish evil-doers" background
That I like. Since Candide is ok with it, I'll allow it.

khavren:That'll do for a reason. Your dwarf's in.

silentspace said:
Here's the outline for my Dwarven Fighter 1 - all core material (no racial substitution level, since there's been no comment about it).
Actually, there was:
Mordmorgan the Mad said:
I don't have Races of Stone, so unless you email me the substitution level, I won't allow it.
Also, if you're gonna be a dwarf of any kind, I need an explanation as to why it's reasonable you'd be adventuring in the Dales. See kharven's post for an example.
 

Mordmorgan the Mad said:
I dunno about the Dwarf. The only real dwarven settlement in Mistledale is Glen. If you'd like to be from there, I don't see a problem with it, but you'll have a hard time convincing me that the village leaders would let a paladin leave town (especially since the whole point of the village is to defend the passage).

I see it wasn't the Gold Dwarf issue, but just dwarves in general.

In the FRCS there are dwarves in many of the Dalelands. Scanning through the book both Daggerdale and Mistledale are 5% dwarves. But if there are no dwarves in your Dales, I'll just forget the dwarf. I'd rather not play an outsider.

Just FYI, the Dwarf Fighter substitution levels are not really abusable. At first level you can get +1 on attack rolls with axes instead of a bonus feat - doesn't stack with weapon focus. I guess this is better than weapon focus (dwarven waraxe) if you happen not to have one but have a battleaxe instead. At second level you can get +2 damage vs orcs, goblinoids and giants instead of a bonus feat - sort of like favored enemy for dwarf fighters, like favored enemy it could be useful or not depending on the campaign. At 8th level you get a +1 to armor class when wearing heavy armor instead of a bonus feat. I was only going to take axe focus, though taking weapon focus (dwarven waraxe) would be pretty much the same.
 

[name] educated in a family following strictly Moradin's code, [name] was a promising young dwarf. Appreciated by all for his good manner, willingness to help and combat ability, he was seen as the golden boy of the tribe. As he reached adulthood he was sent assigned to the local militia. During one of his underground patrol he fell on a group of Kobold. They quickly neutralise the threath and captures a few of them to interrogates them. One of them was a sorcerer. [name] was initially very surprised to see how the creature was mastering magic, as an innate things. During one of his round at the prison he started to discuss with the sorcerer asking him how he was doing those tricks. He finally convinced him to teach him. For a year almost every night he spent an hour during his lunch break to learn about the art.

[name] was making progress, slowly chanelling the arcane energy within his body but still unable to convert it to anything useful.

The village was then attacked by an enormous tribes of gobelin. The authority had been notified by a messenger and were asked to hold the village as long as possible while reinforcement from the nearest city was on his way. As the non-combatant member of the tribes were escaping the village they were ambushed by the gobelin and all killed. Some were taking prisoner and suffered horrible torture, whishing they had been killed on the spot.

The goblin army then crashed on the village. They completly destroyed it. Killing almost all the warriors in there. [name] fought until he was outnumbered and could stop all of their attacks. He was hit in the stomach and fell on the ground unconscious. For a weeks he lyed in his blood among the bodies of his fallen comrade. Then his eyes opened, using the powers that were given by Moradin he healed partially his injury, cleaning them and helping for a faster recovery. The odor in the cave was horrible, all these decaying bodies of dwarf and gobelin around.

All the people he ever knew were all dead around him, father, mother, sisters and brothers. His best friends and his secret love also killed. Revenge was slowly filling him, he knelt on the ground and started praying hard, asking Moradin to keep his mind clean of vengeance as it usually hinder the warrior minds more than it helps it.

He considered going back to the nearby dwarven city, but he didn't know anybody there, it wasn't his clan, his family. These people were as estranged to him as the humans in the village nearby.

[name] With no clan to call his own, no roots, no home, felt alone. But it is this loneliness that gave him the power to abandon everything to bring justice and peace to this world. Hopping that he will be able to give others what he was deprived from. A safe place where he can live in peace with his clan, learning traditions and wisdom from the elders.

Ever since [name] has been roaming the underdark hoping to help those in needs.

In his past time he still continues to develop his innate arcane ability but hasn't yet figured out how to convert the energy in anything useful.
 

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