Ptolus: The Legend of Longcoat

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

OK, final stretch. I'll be making my decisions by class category tomorrow and deciding alternates as well.

Let me say that I've been very pleased at how Ptolus these entries have been and am looking forward to unleashing you guys on Longcoat.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It's my first day back at work after a week's vacation, so I'm a little swamped. I will be announcing my choices by class over the course of the day. Look for the first update shortly.

 

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Sorcerer/Wizard

For the sorcerer/wizard slots, Garnet (Trollbabe) and Yaztromo (Mileron) are the starting sorcerer and alternate, respectively.

 

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Rogue

OK, chose Grant and Garn as the party's rogues. It was a tough choice in this category. I'm especially not looking forward to deciding on the "other" classes, which got the most submissions.

 

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Cleric

Another category with far more good candidates than slots. I went with the gun-toting Maugra Ironcrane (something you don't see every day with clerics) and Milana.

 

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Fighter

For fighters, we're going with would-be guard Jossen Vanter as the first line and madam Ada Lichtermann as the alternate.

 

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"Other" characters

And here's the hardest category, the "other" characters.

In the end, I went for what were the most memorable characters that also fit in well with Ptolus and the Docks. The final deciding factor is how well they'd integrate into the adventure itself.

In this category especially, every single one of the submitted characters would have been a great fit for the party, but even if it were practical to wrangle such an army through a pbp, it seems downright cruel to the enemy to do that to them ...

So we'll be starting out with Akilu, the orca-man barbarian and Vanden, the eunuch monk. Alternates will be the paladin Jarem Thurinor for Akilu and the shoal elf Aramil for Vanden.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

So our adventuring party attempting to stop these new Longcoat killings starts off with a would-be member of the Watch, a gun-toting dwarf cleric, a self-assured gang member, the son of a prostitute, a strange orca-man and a eunuch monk. We're a long way from St. Valien's Cathedral ...

I apologize to everyone who submitted a character and wasn't selected -- it was a lot harder to select characters than I expected it would be. If this adventure goes well, I plan on running a Redhurst Academy of Magic adventure later this winter, so please keep an eye out for that.

 

[Pitchwife]

Hey Whizbang,
Thanks for considering me, and I'll be lurking in case you need me to swap in. Have fun!

~ Pitch

 

[wizofice]

[sblock]Congratulations to those selected! I'll be watching, sounds like a great deal of fun.[/sblock]