Character and World Creation

Hitpoints here I come.

One, was he wounded. no plus on CON so I throw myself at the mercy of the GM.

Unless he dies by looking at an enemy blade. I think my guy is DONE?

Often the question if why someone starts with low HP is an interesting one to explore, leading up to their adventure. Given this in media res insertion of the character it might just be that Rialto the Trickster [WoDu] was hurt in the fight 'last night' and did not heal up well.

You tell us if there is some underlying issue that he is overcoming. If so, you can revel in your newfound health and fitness when you manage to claw back some HP later.

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You are part of the party, go ahead and react to what is happening (and ask for clarification on anything that is unclear). Fill out some relationships with the other characters as we go, maybe focus on that in the first few posts, so as to make it easier to react to him.

You can come back here to flesh out any detail that are missing.

My thanks!

Here comes Norbert:

Norbert is a very average young man. No one realy notices him very often. He could be standing in a small group of onlookers and you would have to look twice to notice him. On the other hand, he wil have noticed you. He is the youngest son of a local sheepfarmer. The family trade is handed down to the eldest son for generations, but with having 4 older brothers, Norbert is not keen on staying on a a stable boy. His trusty dog will always be at his side.
Norbert doesn't mind staying outdoors for several days.

He carries:
A short axe (10s)
20ft rope, iron spike, flint/steel, torches{4}, tent, bandages, travel rations, waterskin (16s)

Skills:
Awareness and Survival

Abilities:
Pet and wild

Str: +0
Dex: +1
Con: +1
Wis: +1
Int: +1
Cha: +1

Those survival skills will be useful. We only barely survived the last encounter 😁😅

Are you a stranger to Albert and Roald, or do you know one of us somehow? It's always easier to have some level of trust already.
Albert used to own a bar near the bigger city, feel free to establish a connection. If not, that's fine too. We'll make it work.

Norbert doesn't know Roald and Albert, but has of course heard about the bold adventurers who are sent out to settle the feud between the barons. And he sees them as his ticket out of this small town.

I will also roll a d6 for my hp:

+1 is slightly above average, and 5 +1s is quite a bit above average, though this group is all in that realm. :)
We can try to include that going forward, but it is not mechanically enforced (via Deception, maybe?). While he may feel that way, and it may be a part of his past experience, that is likely to change once he too becomes a 'famous adventurer'.
Sounds like they are still trying to make a go of it under the barons.

• Which of the two barons holds sway over your family lands? The one we are seeing first or the other? It does not matter much, but might flavour your interactions/reactions.
Cool. So you are joining them with Daryl and his people?

Daryl sounds sorta like a farmer or farmhand.
• Did Daryl work for your family, or for a different farm?
• Did Daryl bring you into this, or did you join on your own? Would Daryl have invited you or is he upset you joined?
• What is your relationship like with Daryl, or with the mayor's son?
You are not alone in that. :)
+1 CON means you roll an extra HP Die and keep the highest one (you get to keep more at higher levels).

Roll another d6 for HP.

Submit your character, and make them visible.

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We can start with what you have done so far, and we can work out the details later, but don't feel pressure to jump in if you still have questions, and you can still change things if you need to.

Small comment on the skills. Albert has both awareness and deception. I have no issue with someone else having them too, but it's probably more useful to have at least 1 new skill in the party :)

I should maybe have checked, but I assumed you would be OK with someone duplicating your Skill.
@TheGenerator: I forgot you had Deception. Are you still happy with that choice? It has not really come up in the game, but then there has not really been opportunities for it.
I am not convinced about that logic, but I have also not seen all that much value from Awareness, this is not DnD, so Perception (or Notice in Savage Worlds which is even more overpowered) is not such a standout power.

We have added Survival to the Skill roster. Is there anything else you would want to see?

I'm hoping deception will come in handy with the barons somehow. However, it's true that it's not a good word to describe Albert with. Do you think I should switch it to something more fitting? I'm not unhappy with my choices.
I believe that, inititally (long ago), I wanted to pick Lore, but somebody else already had it, so I decided to pick something else.

I think my awareness wasn't as useful because Albert isn't the one at the front of the group through the dungeon. It's definitely not like DnD Perception, since you can't ask "do I notice anything?" and roll for it. It seems like a reaction based skill, rather than actively using it. So it's difficult when there's nothing to react to.
Nothing in particular that I have in mind.
From an RP standpoint, I think Roald would be well served with the Leadership skill. I've seen him throw out some orders lately :)

Agreed, which is why I was explicit that about it not being useful so far.
Again, not so far. To the point where I had forgotten you had it, so figured I would float the option of not having it.

If you want to keep it, and see if it works out with the barons, that is fine, if you don't find it fits the character you can look at changing it after that.
It can suck when we are cut off from options by people who don't stick around. Which is another good reason to not try to avoid duplication and to just go with what we like in the moment.
On the other hand, I have given you information directly 'from your god' on the basis that you had Awareness and were 'devoted'. Without Awareness I would not have done that (as much).
That might be true. There have been a few occasion where players said outright "can I use Awareness" in a very DnDesque way and we had to remind them that Skills --by RAW-- only influence dice rolls. We can try work on that and give it more chances to shine, but I tend not to hide information, and feel I have given it about as much use as any other Skill.

I am not saying it is useless, just that it is not 'the most powerful Skill' as it can be in DnD or SW.
There is truth to that, but that seems like a thing he has grown into, so it would make a lot of sense to take that as a Level Up, but I also often hand out Skills (or Feats) or such as rewards for RP. (Albert has already had some free 'Bless' --or Bless-like-- Special Ability which he may be able to make permanent through practice.)

@Airshark: If you are interested in perusing a Leadership role, show some initiative and then maybe speak to the captain (your friend) and get some pointers and maybe you can pick that up as a reward.

The family of Norbert still own the sheep but has to use the fields "owned" by the first baron we visit.

Norbert knows Daryl and his friends. He sometimes hangs out at the same inn and hears them dream of a life full of adventure. Daryl also helps out when it is time to shear and they have worked together. Daryl knows Norberts older brothers who are know to speak with their fists and the end of an evening of drinking, but the last few years there hasn't been much time for merry making. Seeing the youngest brother join the group wil make them smile at each other and maybe wonder a bit, but if he keeps out of the way he will be welcome.

Being the youngest of four boys he knows how to take a punch. (I will exchange awareness for tough).

And I roll an extra die for hp:

Interesting. The baron may have other opinions about who owns what, but we can make that as relevant/part of the story as you like. It need not come up unless you are interested in having it come up.
Is Norbert with the group waiting for Albert and Roald? That makes for a smooth entry into the party.
Don't feel pressured to change. But Tough can be nice, especially if you don't have armour. Roald has Tough as well.

I know you are short of funds, but if you really do want to start with armour (light) you might be able to arrange a loan to cover the difference, but that will add some complications to the story that you have to deal with.
That makes it 3 HP total. You only keep one of the dice.

Norbert is waiting with Daryl and the mayors son, but he and his dog will be standing a bit to the side. I don't think he would be wearing armor as a shepherd.

I updated the sheet.

I like the leadership level up. Thanks for the suggestion, both of you.

You only get a new Skill at Level 3, so if you want this sooner, RP in that direction and it (or something like it) may be given to you.

I've got a couple of more pages of the "Two Barons" IC thread that I'd like to get through before I try and fit a character to the following rolls.

I was wondering if I might stretch the definition of "Fresh Faced Adventurers" to include stale (old) faced new-to-adventure types. Would that be OK?

Yeah that's totally fine. It should just be someone new to adventuring, as you say, and someone who hasn't been to many places.

There's a summary of relevant events thread. But it's not been updated recently. I'll try to do that in a bit :)

Sure. That could be fun ;)
Don't know if you still want to do that with the stats you rolled. But feel free.
You should be able to see all of our character sheets either by clicking on the portrait in the RP threads or in the red bar at the bottom of the page. If you click "Characters" you can see the list and click them there.

That red bar is very very handy and it took me a while to realize that, so thought I'd let you know ;)