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[therix]

$*%&. As for the dice, since this is over the internet, you could just use a dice-roller.

[Phoenixguard09]

Lol there willl be no easy way out of the communication issues for you my friend!

And I could but I always feel as if that's a cheap and unsatisfactory way of doing it. I mean, there's just something about the nice solid weight of a handful of real physical dice.

[Cuddly Khan]

I guess I could do without the sword and it doesn't really matter if it was just his son but I'm keeping the house. Do you want me to edit it?

[Phoenixguard09]

Name: Barnan "Smity" Arbell
Race: Estalian human
Calling: Retired Veteran Soldier
Age: 67
Height: 180cm
Weight: 75 Kilograms
Father's name: Never knew who he was. (Grew up as an orphan)

Childhood: Barnan had no friends as he grew up in an orphanage in Estalia and was regularly bullied due to the colour of his hair, which had always been a ghostly white since the moment of his birth. His early years in the orphanage were spent reading old stories about great battles and learning to read and write. In secret he used to spend his spare time practicing sword fighting with a stick.

Since then: When he was 14 he was recruited into the army. The men of his Tercio were generally unfriendly, with his hair being a decisive factor in their hostility. His first battle was naturally terrifying. Sadly, while the combat is no longer as shocking as it used to be, no-one could get used to the dying screams of friends and comrades.

Barnan rose through the ranks at a steady pace, leaving his friend behind as his importance within the Tercio grew. When he was 30 he almost lost his right arm and had to learn to use his left arm for most of the hard work. Soon enough, he was proficient with his left hand. After the long months of practice Barnan found he could fight with it, write with it and work with it. Even after his right arm healed, he continued to use his left because he had grown accustomed to it. At the age of 43 he found out that his old friend had died. The resulting shock sent Barnan into a deep depression as he realised it had been many years since he had spared a thought for one of very few men who had shown him kindness.  He than realized that in his line of work he wouldn't die of old age so he set out looking for a place to settle in. At 51 he arrived in Lustria and found it to his liking. Apart from the poisonous animals, insects, plants and the heat the jungles were pretty and full of wonder.

As a relative native he'll have resistance to tropical diseases. Ina ddition to this he'll be ambidextrous. On the other hand, no house or magic weapon, nor saving the lizard princess as we can't have too many awesome feats from the PC's before the game.

[Gen_Glory]

so what do we get? hardly fair that khan gets boosts and the rest dont

[Captain Carthage]

Tonto is so sexy he does not need your pathetic buffs.

[Cuddly Khan]

Resistance to tropical disease and ambidextrous isn't that much of a boost. There's not a very good chance that you'll get a disease because we aren't aloud to make other people do stuff and I don't think you'll give a tropical disease to yourself. Ambidextrous on the other hand is not much of a boost. It's more of a character personality. I like it, you pretty much just took the last bit out of it .

[Phoenixguard09]

As far as skills and such that everyone has,

Umforth: Skills:
Grudge: Rhinoxen (You'd hate them too if they trampled your family)
Mountain Born (Bonuses for surviving in the mountains. Just small things like knowing what can cause avalanches, little nifty things like where to find food, etc.)
Brawler (He's an Ogre so naturally brawling is a large part of their "society")
Mighty Strike (Well he is massive)
Natural Resistance: Poison (Once again, he's an Ogre. He eats things that would kill an normal person for breakfast. That being said, he eats normal people for breakfast too )

Frederich: Skills:
Public Speaker (Bonuses to tests involving swaying crowds and such-like)
Skilled Orator (Similar to the previous one except it is used in normal conversation too)
Trade Skill: Baker (Baker extraordinaire. All haflings have some sort of cookery Trade Skill)
Enhanced Hearing x2 (He's a Halfling)

Cuautemoc: Skills:
Brawler: (Not exactly studied fighting, more wild and uncontrolled. That and a Saurus is still incredibly deadly without a weapon)
Natural Weapons: Jaws, Claws and Tail. (Ouch)
Proficient Tactician: (As a Saurus, tactics come naturally)
Common Knowledge: Lustria (A given really)
Enhanced Hearing x2 (Once again as a Saurus he has good senses)
Natural Resistance: Poison (He's had more poisonous things bite him than Steve Irwin ever did)

Tonto: Skills:
Play Instrument: Mandolin (He's a bard)
Etiquette (A real charmer)
Card Counting (And a cheat)
Pick Locks (Possibly even a petty thief)
Ride: Horses (Minor Bretonnian noble, so riding comes relatively naturally)
Sleight of Hand (Entertaining, thief and cheat)
Heraldry: Bretonnian (As a Bretonnian Noble he'd have a good idea who bears what)

Bjorn: Skills:
Common Knowledge: Norsca (A bit of a given really)
Navigation (He's a raider)
Row (He's a raider)
Sail (He's still a-raiding)
Mighty Strike (Well you're a BIG viking. I figured you needed something that would allow you to be a viable offensive character even with the Ogre and the Saurus around)

Barnan: Skills:
Common Knowledge: Lustria (He's been there for a while now)
Ambidextrous (Not a great deal but on the other hand, you get no penalty for using a weapon in an off-hand as you don't have an off-hand)
Natural Resistance: Disease (Once again, he's been in Lustria for a while)
Rudimentary Tactician (He's an old veteran from a combined arms regiment. He would have picked up a few pointers)

So there's the skills, not including Declan J's Dwarf or any other players we get. (We may be getting one more, playing a female Light Magister from Tilea, but we'll see how that goes.)

Cheers,

[Cuddly Khan]

LOL. Me and Frederich (forgot who played him and can't be bothered looking) both have the least skills. Looks good.

[Phoenixguard09]

Jubal's playing Frederich. And he makes up for it with all the equipment he has. (Pamphlets, a small baking oven etc. He's loaded. )

Ok guys, the campaign is going to be called Dark Majesty. It will be set in Lustria and will have some nail-biting action, some mystery, some backstabbing and the arrival of the cavalry. Whether or not the arrival of the cavalry is a good thing for you, we shall see.

For now, this is the story-line which will be modified once the player's list has been finalised.

The Celeste comes to a rest in the Bretonnian colony of Bregonne upon the east coast of Lustria just as the sun begins to set. The people of Bregonne seem to be thriving, an appearance which has been encouraged to manifest itself in the face of constant danger and fear. The roving bands of Lizardmen in the jungle, Norse raiders from Skeggi or further north, vicious Amazon tribeswomen from the Dark Heart and even rivals from the other Old Worlder colonies all make punitive attacks on a semi-regular basis. The colony may be thriving but only because the inhabitants live life to their fullest extent now rather than conserve their energy and resources for a tomorrow which may never arrive.

The many passengers aboard the Celeste disperse throughout the burgeoning colony, eager to once again sleep in a bed that isn't being tossed across the vast ocean.

Among these passengers is the renowned Halfling "revolutionary and baker extraordinaire," Frederich Tybarino Bagelskuchs. Tired after the long sea voyage, Frederich makes his way to the Black Crown tavern along with several others of his erstwhile companions, a few of whom he has managed to converse with on the voyage.

One of these was the budding Ogre Maneater, Umforth Back-Snapper. A young Ogre from the far-off Mountains of Mourn, Umforth has headed to Lustria in search of employment. Knowing the lot of a Halfling revolutionary, Frederich was quick to enlist his help with the promise that Umforth will get to eat any of the Halflings enemies after due bureaucratic process.

Another passenger also makes his way to the Black Crown, Tonto Mortal, formerly of Bretonnia. After offering his services to the Celeste's captain as an entertainer, he was given more privileges than any other onboard. This was not saying much, as the majority of the passengers were all but crammed into a small area of the ship and left to their own devices. At any rate, Tonto heads into the Black Crown with the promise that he will play for the tavern in exchange for bed and board.

The tall Norseman, Bjorn Jonstrom surreptitiously heads into the Black Crown as well. Down at the docks he got into an unfortunate scrap which left two young men bloodied, bruised and unconscious and another with a snapped neck. The latter was disposed of swiftly into the murky depths, but he needs to throw any persuit of his trail. At a brisk jog, Bjorn enters the Black Crown, a fair distance from his run-in. There he waits in his room, ready to make a stand worthy of song against the watchmen if he has to.

Meanwhile, outside the protective palisade of Bregonne, Cuautemoc deftly strides through the wilderness. He has followed the Celeste for days now and is close to his goal. He knows from experience that the people from over the ocean pay fighters to take his people's gold and artifacts. He figures that perhaps if he is with them he might be able to persuade them otherwise, especially as he is not accepted by his own. As quietly as a big, scaled lizardman can he slips over the palisade and down to the docks in search of the passengers.

Erstwhile resident of Bregonne, Barnan Arbell has spent the last few years browsing the market for somewhere to settle down. In his downtime he has been taking small mercenary contracts as a bodyguard or other-such small-time work. He only returned to Bregonne earlier in the day after a short journey to Port Heldenhammer as a guardsman for a small trade caravan. Having so recently had his pocket furnished with silver, Barnan immediately took to the Black Crown to while away the night with an all too short period of revelry.

More to come,

[Cuddly Khan]

Looking in a market for 16 years... LOL!!!! I like it though. Maybe a bit of hunting as well. Sometimes he can't find a good job and also to get food and pelts to sell. Just an idea but he has been there for a while and I'll be damned if he doesn't know how to kill a rabbit... there are rabbits there right?

[therix]

In Lustria? Not sure about it, they have probably been eaten already.
If there are any, they are likely ten-foot lizard-rabbits.

[Cuddly Khan]

XD Yeah, I suppose. But that was really just an example.

[Phoenixguard09]

Yeah rabbits would be rare. On the other hand, big bloody rats and small edible dinosaur type things would definitely be in the vicinity.

[Captain Carthage]

Nice!

I have just the skill set to trick and seduce people.