Apr 16, 2019 11:11 pm
In the Profession Spoiler and the Skills Spoiler in the top post there is a list and more detail on what the defining skill and Starting skills are.
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Apr 17, 2019 1:07 am
OK, I did a run through of a life path to see how time consuming it would be and I won't lie. It's gonna take a little bit. But There are parts of it that can be rolled in chunks, like the allies or enemies and the Style and Value sections. In theory you could make a roll of a whole bunch of d10's and use them in order following the lifepath and just discard the one's at the end that aren't required. At that points it's simply a matter of keeping your place and referencing properly.
The notes I was taking were to help me keep things in order so may not be the easiest to follow but is there anywhere I could improve the process and do people think they will be OK rolling out their character's lifepath's?
The notes I was taking were to help me keep things in order so may not be the easiest to follow but is there anywhere I could improve the process and do people think they will be OK rolling out their character's lifepath's?
Apr 17, 2019 3:20 am
Alright, I'll stick with the doctor profession. The basic healing skill combined with particularly the Surgeon tree could be interesting, but we'll see as we get on with the game. I'll stick with playing an elf if that's alright.
Apr 17, 2019 6:44 am
I have started making my Witcher and there are some events/life path results that could be relevant for a combined backstory
I worked for a Nobleman, did we meet there?I'm traveling looking for work, did our roads pass?I got an enemy and an ally, are you a part of that story?
A Female Mercenary. They Cheated me. Their power is Physical and they are Hunting Revenge
Female Bounty Hunter that I Hired Them for Something and we are now Friends
I worked for a Nobleman, did we meet there?
[ +- ] Worked for a Nobleman
For a time you worked for a nobleman. The pay was good, but it was strange and aggravating to have to hide most of your actions to avoid shaming the family by bringing their secrets to light.
[ +- ] Looking For Work
The hard life of a witcher continues. You spend a lot of time on the road, lamenting the efficiency of your kind and the extinction of monsters. You travel constantly and never settle down.
[ +- ] Enemy (alive)
A Female Mercenary. They Cheated me. Their power is Physical and they are Hunting Revenge
[ +- ] Ally (alive)
Female Bounty Hunter that I Hired Them for Something and we are now Friends
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Apr 17, 2019 5:20 pm
OK so it looks like everyone has come to a choice for their profession and it looks like a good mix to me.
somebox - Elven Criminal
Squadfather44 - Human Man-at-Arms
runekyndig - Witcher
Gaelicat - Elven Doctor
silent - Mage (Assuming Human?)
Spraggo - Human Bard
With that decision out of the way then I will invite you all to create a thread for your character and begin the character creation process and rolling your lifepath stuff. If you need any assistance then please let me know and I'll take you through the steps you need me for. For those of you that lack the book currently then this will take a bit longer but I'll likely simply ask you to roll a bunch of d10's and then I'll just run through the lifepath using your roll results in order to determine what we need.
As we are at the point where people will be spending points then it's a good time to talk about backgrounds, once you have some of those details from your lifepath of course. The game will be set in Aedirn. For those of you who know the games I'll be setting things off around 6 months from the next big Nilfgaardian push for war in 1271. There is limited lore on locations so I'll be creating settlements, including the town where we will beginning, Sarton, which will sits on the southern bonerim river between Vengerberg and Dol Blanthanna.
Excerpt of Aedirn:-
Aedirn is newer than Temeria and Redania, founded as humans worked their way up the Pontar after the Landing of the Exiles. It is bordered to the north by Kaedwen, on the west by the disputed Pontar Valley and the Mahakaman Mountains, on the south by Lyria and Rivia, and on the east by the Blue Mountains. It was founded at roughly the same time as Kaedwen. The Kaedweni have always been jealous of the mild Aedirnian climate and its more arable lands. These conditions made for a population skilled in farming and dairying. The country had many small towns, most generally neat and clean. Unfortunately these enviable conditions resulted in Aedirn losing a lot of land to nearby powers, primarily Kaedwen. Despite King Demawend III’s noted tactical skills, which allowed him to anticipate Nilfgaard in the First Nilfgaardian War, Aedirn has become smaller and smaller.
Now the bulk of Aedirn is awash in death and devastation. Everything fell into chaos when King Demawend was assassinated by Letho of Gulet on the king’s pleasure barge. His current sorcerer, his bodyguard, and the well-known archer Tybalt were killed as well. Demawend was a ruthless and unpleasant king, looking for any excuse to send "punitive expeditions" into Dol Blathanna, but Aedirn dearly misses his tactical mind. Aedirn is occupied by Nilfgaard, which is probably gathering its forces for an assault on the Pontar Valley. The people looked to Demawend’s son, Prince Stennis, but the word spreads that he may already be dead, perhaps lynched for attempting to poison Saskia, Virgin of Aedirn. It is unlikely Aedirn will receive aid from Kaedwen. In the last war, Kaedwen turned traitor to all the North and formed an agreement with Nilfgaard to split up Aedirn as spoils of war. Aedirn’s lands were only returned at the Peace of Cintra. As Demawend hated elves passionately, we can write off aid from Dol Blathanna. During the Second Nilfgaardian War, advancing Nilfgaardian troops dismantled or destroyed all industrial centers, from forging to weaving. All they dismantled they loaded into wagons and took to Nilfgaard, as well as all the crops and livestock they could find. I do not envy the Nilfgaardian troops assigned to cart Aedirn’s wealth and food all those miles home to the South through angry, starving civilians with nothing to lose.
Vengerberg is the capital of Aedirn. It was once one of the largest, most prosperous, and most beautiful of the Northern cities. It sits on important trade crossroads and its marketplaces, factories, schools, and churches were the envy of many. Historically, Vengerberg is known for producing beer, spirits, dyes, and textiles. Elves would not be comfortable in Vengerberg. Aedirn’s displeasure does not typically extend to dwarves, especially the Vivaldi family of the Vivaldi and Sons bank, but there has been at least one non-human pogrom. Nilfgaard did great damage to the city during the Second Nilfgaardian War due to the horrific agreement between Kaedwen and Nilfgaard, but after the Peace of Cintra the citizens of Vengerberg started to rebuild their city. Now Vengerberg is again in Nilfgaardian hands. Who knows what will happen?
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So yeah, there is lots going on between bandits, skirmishes, politics and monsters. After the intro story which you'll be wrapped up in pretty quickly you will have latitude to do what you want, be that sign up with a side in the upcoming war, join the bandit revolution or try and stay out of it altogether or maybe even leave Aedirn behind or something I haven't even thought of yet.
The game will actually be starting off in an Inn - The Absent heart on an early spring evening. How you ended up there or how you know each other (if at all) are things we'll discuss soon as well but hopefully some of that will assist in you writing some of your character background.
somebox - Elven Criminal
Squadfather44 - Human Man-at-Arms
runekyndig - Witcher
Gaelicat - Elven Doctor
silent - Mage (Assuming Human?)
Spraggo - Human Bard
With that decision out of the way then I will invite you all to create a thread for your character and begin the character creation process and rolling your lifepath stuff. If you need any assistance then please let me know and I'll take you through the steps you need me for. For those of you that lack the book currently then this will take a bit longer but I'll likely simply ask you to roll a bunch of d10's and then I'll just run through the lifepath using your roll results in order to determine what we need.
As we are at the point where people will be spending points then it's a good time to talk about backgrounds, once you have some of those details from your lifepath of course. The game will be set in Aedirn. For those of you who know the games I'll be setting things off around 6 months from the next big Nilfgaardian push for war in 1271. There is limited lore on locations so I'll be creating settlements, including the town where we will beginning, Sarton, which will sits on the southern bonerim river between Vengerberg and Dol Blanthanna.
Excerpt of Aedirn:-
Aedirn is newer than Temeria and Redania, founded as humans worked their way up the Pontar after the Landing of the Exiles. It is bordered to the north by Kaedwen, on the west by the disputed Pontar Valley and the Mahakaman Mountains, on the south by Lyria and Rivia, and on the east by the Blue Mountains. It was founded at roughly the same time as Kaedwen. The Kaedweni have always been jealous of the mild Aedirnian climate and its more arable lands. These conditions made for a population skilled in farming and dairying. The country had many small towns, most generally neat and clean. Unfortunately these enviable conditions resulted in Aedirn losing a lot of land to nearby powers, primarily Kaedwen. Despite King Demawend III’s noted tactical skills, which allowed him to anticipate Nilfgaard in the First Nilfgaardian War, Aedirn has become smaller and smaller.
Now the bulk of Aedirn is awash in death and devastation. Everything fell into chaos when King Demawend was assassinated by Letho of Gulet on the king’s pleasure barge. His current sorcerer, his bodyguard, and the well-known archer Tybalt were killed as well. Demawend was a ruthless and unpleasant king, looking for any excuse to send "punitive expeditions" into Dol Blathanna, but Aedirn dearly misses his tactical mind. Aedirn is occupied by Nilfgaard, which is probably gathering its forces for an assault on the Pontar Valley. The people looked to Demawend’s son, Prince Stennis, but the word spreads that he may already be dead, perhaps lynched for attempting to poison Saskia, Virgin of Aedirn. It is unlikely Aedirn will receive aid from Kaedwen. In the last war, Kaedwen turned traitor to all the North and formed an agreement with Nilfgaard to split up Aedirn as spoils of war. Aedirn’s lands were only returned at the Peace of Cintra. As Demawend hated elves passionately, we can write off aid from Dol Blathanna. During the Second Nilfgaardian War, advancing Nilfgaardian troops dismantled or destroyed all industrial centers, from forging to weaving. All they dismantled they loaded into wagons and took to Nilfgaard, as well as all the crops and livestock they could find. I do not envy the Nilfgaardian troops assigned to cart Aedirn’s wealth and food all those miles home to the South through angry, starving civilians with nothing to lose.
Vengerberg is the capital of Aedirn. It was once one of the largest, most prosperous, and most beautiful of the Northern cities. It sits on important trade crossroads and its marketplaces, factories, schools, and churches were the envy of many. Historically, Vengerberg is known for producing beer, spirits, dyes, and textiles. Elves would not be comfortable in Vengerberg. Aedirn’s displeasure does not typically extend to dwarves, especially the Vivaldi family of the Vivaldi and Sons bank, but there has been at least one non-human pogrom. Nilfgaard did great damage to the city during the Second Nilfgaardian War due to the horrific agreement between Kaedwen and Nilfgaard, but after the Peace of Cintra the citizens of Vengerberg started to rebuild their city. Now Vengerberg is again in Nilfgaardian hands. Who knows what will happen?
---
So yeah, there is lots going on between bandits, skirmishes, politics and monsters. After the intro story which you'll be wrapped up in pretty quickly you will have latitude to do what you want, be that sign up with a side in the upcoming war, join the bandit revolution or try and stay out of it altogether or maybe even leave Aedirn behind or something I haven't even thought of yet.
The game will actually be starting off in an Inn - The Absent heart on an early spring evening. How you ended up there or how you know each other (if at all) are things we'll discuss soon as well but hopefully some of that will assist in you writing some of your character background.
Apr 17, 2019 9:06 pm
I feel like i'll be slowing you down since i know nothing about this game. One of you wanna build my character for me? or i can leave and make space for some one who does know it
Apr 17, 2019 9:55 pm
I don't like losing players so if a way can be found for it to work without you having the book then I'll definitely try. Is there any way you could get a hold of the book or pdf? It would certainly make things simpler.
Part of the reason I let in more than my initial group size of 5 was to leave some leeway for difficulties in game if players needed to drop for whatever reason. The decision to give it a go in the end lies with you. How about this, you start a thread for your character and make a roll of say 50d10 (Not sure how many you can roll in one set but try that). I can then run through the lifepath in order with those rolls and I'll provide you with the information needed from it. The rest of the basics, aside from equipment, should be doable from the creation guide.
If after that you feel like you're not enjoying it or feel like you're struggling without the source book and want to drop then that'll be OK. It least then we will have done everything possible. How's that sound?
Part of the reason I let in more than my initial group size of 5 was to leave some leeway for difficulties in game if players needed to drop for whatever reason. The decision to give it a go in the end lies with you. How about this, you start a thread for your character and make a roll of say 50d10 (Not sure how many you can roll in one set but try that). I can then run through the lifepath in order with those rolls and I'll provide you with the information needed from it. The rest of the basics, aside from equipment, should be doable from the creation guide.
If after that you feel like you're not enjoying it or feel like you're struggling without the source book and want to drop then that'll be OK. It least then we will have done everything possible. How's that sound?