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<blockquote data-quote="Anax" data-source="post: 2610878" data-attributes="member: 19868">Because I haven't seen a post from drothgery saying recruiting *is* closed yet, I'm going to try to edge in quickly.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; If it's closed up, that's fine.&nbsp; If not, well, I'll be working on fleshing the concept out more.For now, the short form:The character (haven't picked a name yet) is or was a member of the guard in Flamekeep.&nbsp; (Although it is unclear how the city guard would be structured.&nbsp; I'm imagining some potential for a Dumas-style competition between, in this case, more and less secular power structures.&nbsp; Still reading up on Thrane to be certain of the situation here, though.&nbsp; It seems more likely that the city guard would officially be an arm of the church, but that at the ends of its reach, it might be much like any city guard of a metropolis, simply because of what it must do.&nbsp; That leaves room for contention between the people on the ground who know what sorts of crimes it is practical to police, and more elite groups that might be inclined to crack down on anything they see as improper.)Er.&nbsp; Okay.&nbsp; Got off the short form already.&nbsp; Back to it.&nbsp; She's a member or former member of the Flamekeep city guard.&nbsp; She's intelligent, and owes the Lord Reverend a debt of honor for backing her a time or two when the cups were down and her street-urchin background was doing her no good.&nbsp; She's also done her best to back him when she can.&nbsp; [I'm trying to take this from the original description: the leading on more than one adventure sort of thing.]&nbsp; It's due to that that she's experienced more than just the city, and that she's had more of an education than a street-rat-turned-guard might otherwise have.Mechanics-wise, she's either a pure fighter or a swashbuckler/fighter.&nbsp; I haven't decided which, yet, and I need to think about how much swashbuckler must be taken to avoid being cheesy just for mechanical benefit.&nbsp; (The other big win of the swashbuckler is more skill points, which fits this character well.&nbsp; But fighter feats are hard to pass up.&nbsp; Perhaps multiclass between the two, with emphasis on swashbuckler for the more skillful approach.)That's it for the short form.&nbsp; Working things up in more detail now that I've at least posted.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Edit: Oh--and: human, of no house, and a devout follower of the Silver Flame.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Anax, post: 2610878, member: 19868"] Because I haven't seen a post from drothgery saying recruiting *is* closed yet, I'm going to try to edge in quickly. :) If it's closed up, that's fine. If not, well, I'll be working on fleshing the concept out more. For now, the short form: The character (haven't picked a name yet) is or was a member of the guard in Flamekeep. (Although it is unclear how the city guard would be structured. I'm imagining some potential for a Dumas-style competition between, in this case, more and less secular power structures. Still reading up on Thrane to be certain of the situation here, though. It seems more likely that the city guard would officially be an arm of the church, but that at the ends of its reach, it might be much like any city guard of a metropolis, simply because of what it must do. That leaves room for contention between the people on the ground who know what sorts of crimes it is practical to police, and more elite groups that might be inclined to crack down on anything they see as improper.) Er. Okay. Got off the short form already. Back to it. She's a member or former member of the Flamekeep city guard. She's intelligent, and owes the Lord Reverend a debt of honor for backing her a time or two when the cups were down and her street-urchin background was doing her no good. She's also done her best to back him when she can. [I'm trying to take this from the original description: the leading on more than one adventure sort of thing.] It's due to that that she's experienced more than just the city, and that she's had more of an education than a street-rat-turned-guard might otherwise have. Mechanics-wise, she's either a pure fighter or a swashbuckler/fighter. I haven't decided which, yet, and I need to think about how much swashbuckler must be taken to avoid being cheesy just for mechanical benefit. (The other big win of the swashbuckler is more skill points, which fits this character well. But fighter feats are hard to pass up. Perhaps multiclass between the two, with emphasis on swashbuckler for the more skillful approach.) That's it for the short form. Working things up in more detail now that I've at least posted. :) Edit: Oh--and: human, of no house, and a devout follower of the Silver Flame. [/QUOTE]

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