Welcome TheGenerator

Welcome TheGenerator.

What at you hoping to get from this game?

I hear you have some experiences with Dungeon World, that will set you in good stead for this game's simplified version of those rules. Everything is basically Defy Danger.

Do you have any past experience with PbP (Play by Post)? It is fine of you don't, we can teach you as we go along.

Take a look at the Help! thread for guidance. Feel free to ask any question here or in the General Chat depending on where they seem relevant.

You can find the Game's Rule Book copied here for easy access. You may find Character Creation section useful.

Hi, thanks!

I'm curious to experience a multiplayer game in PbP format. All I've done as PbP so far is the intro game with Bowlofspinach (which was fun :) ).

I think I understand the character creation. Should I roll for the stats in this thread?

The first character idea that popped into my head is a bar keep who has recently had his bar destroyed and is looking for a new way to make some money.
Which could translate to
- Awareness (from watching patrons)
- Deception (from giving back wrong amounts of change)
and
- Reflexes (from dodging mugs of ale and chairs)
- Tough or Hardy (from bar fights)

Could that work?

It is indeed. I have almost made recommending it a standard part of my welcome posts. :)
You could do it here, but it may be better done in the Character and World Creation, though that one is getting a little messy.
That idea is a perfect fit. :)
Do you have a feel for the tone of the game and the world? Do you have questions?
Could work, but don't get too far ahead of yourself. The dice may have ideas of their own. :)
We can discuss things in more detail once they have spoken.

Will do.Great! Yeah it seems like things aren't going very well in the world. Maybe one of the "things" could have destroyed my bar. Giving me some sort of revenge resolve as well.Good point, I'll see what the stats say.
How serious is the game? I'm a big fan of doing sub-optimal plays for coolness factor. But in serious games those things could just get you straight up killed instantly.

Maybe... Think about what your character thinks was responsible for the destruction, but leave things open enough to adjust as we discover more about the world. Your character may be wrong, and may never learn that fact, of course.
And, bleak as things are, don't expect 'resolution'. :)
It is not a 'comedy' game, I seldom find those work, but...
Making sub-optimal character choices --possibly in opposition to the dice-- is encouraged.
Well, for realism factors, more than 'coolness', they may end up being 'cool' (whatever that means) but might also be tragic.
Taking stupid risks is likely to get you killed, if you are careful (including avoiding fights) everyone has a chance of surviving.

Alright, that gives me a pretty good idea of dos and don'ts

I rolled my stats (str +1, dex +1, con +0, int +1, wis +2, cha +1) and I think my first idea of skills/abilities still works. Maybe I should swap out the tough/hardy for something else seeing as my con is +0?

Do I need to be a cleric to be able to use Cure? Perhaps as a barkeep I picked up a thing or 2 about healing wounds from all those fights.

In general how would one be eligible for the more magical abilities?

Indeed. Living up to your name there with that proof of your ability to generate stats. :)
Yeah, that does seem a little counter-intuitive. Maybe you are carrying injuries from the destruction? Or repetitive strain injuries from the work, or constant smokey air? Or maybe bar-tending is just a softer life than adventuring and you need to acclimate?
Not at all. Treat the 'classes' as suggestions, you can pick any combination of two Skills and Two Special Abilities, even if we have to work hard to make them make sense... or even if they don't make sense at all.

That being said, 'bar-tenders' and 'priest' are often considered as much the same thing. It could make sense to transition into a cleric as you go out into the world.

The typical Cleric's Turn Undead would make sense if (you believe) your bar was destroyed by undead. Getting inducted into a faith to further your revenge is viable. (just spit-balling, not suggesting you should do that.)
By being careful to not get discovered and burned at the stake? Magic is frowned upon, but that is an in-world issue, and does not affect the mechanics.

We already have two partial magic-users, so, if you want to go that route, we should chat with them first. Avoid stepping on each other's toes.

Passed my first test! *wipes sweat off brow* :D
I like that one a lot. Bad con from lung damage.

I'm gonna have a little think about my abilities. See what I can come up with.

Take your time.

While you are at it, also give a little thought to how you would like your character to be introduced to the party, and the story. It does not need to be a big thing, and there should be many easy ways to do it where we are, but if you want anything special, we may have to set it up.

If possible I always think it's a good idea to be someone the party already knows or has seen before. It's hard to trust a complete stranger. Maybe I could be a childhood friend of another PC or they have spent a few nights in my bar a couple of weeks ago where I got to know them a bit?

Could you give a quick summary of where the party is at (location as well as what they are up to) and where they are going? It would probably help if I was heading the same direction.

How exactly we'd be meeting up is entirely up to you. I'll adjust accordingly :)

Existing summary. Feel free to ask for more details as needed.
The bar background offers so many avenues for connection. Regulars, confidants, friends, etc, all work.

We can say you were with the caravan (and the PCs) all along, and are one those who volunteered for this duty, or we can say you are at the current location for your own (possibly revenge-based?) reasons and your goals happen to align? Options abound.
No I will adjust. Don't make me fight you. :)
Yes, we will take whatever you have for your character and work that in.

The bar I used to own was part of a small resting place by the road not too far from the location of the bandits. We used to have a deal. They'd leave me alone if I offered them shelter and a meal every now and then. Sometimes they'd help me throw out an unruly customer.
Since I lost the bar, I've been traveling to different villages to find a new workplace, but other than the odd job here and there that hasn't worked out for me. As a last ditch effort I've come to the bandit camp to join them, as my options have run dry. But it looks like the bandits I knew best have either died or settled elsewhere, and without my bar they have no use for a feeble, wheezing man like me.

I've come back while the bandits have gone out raiding to show them "what a feeble, wheezing man" is capable of. (Maybe at this point the party hears the noise of something crashing down as I try to destroy part of the property)

If any of the party members have lived in these parts, they'll probably know (of) me. Other wise I might have met them on one of my odd jobs in the area.


Does that work?
I should have my character finished later today.
Is "Albert" good enough as a name?

I really need to update the Description and Character Creation thread to be clearer about a few things that we have established so far.

None of us have ventured very far from our home town, so there is little chance of any of them knowing you if you were not from the main town. We are all Fresh Faced adventurers, and this is the farthest any of the rest have ever been from home (really the ambush was), so if you are from out here, you are 'a foreigner', which will make it a little harder to get you into the group, but we still can do it if you must.

It would be simpler and more in keeping with everybody else if your bar was in --or on the the outskirts of-- the town. We could still have the bandits be responsible for the destruction of your bar, and that could be why you are out here, but, if you easily revenge yourself upon your raison d'etre it could leave the character without purpose?

There is nothing wrong with the name 'Albert', if you like it.

I think it's the other way around. He started his career as an initiate in a temple, where he learned some of those skills. But that life was not for him. As students often do, he wound up in a pub ever night and couldn't live up to his mentor's expectations.
When times are rough he still prays, hoping for divine guidance. It's worked for him so far.

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It's not clear to me whether or not there is (going to be) a cleric in the party already. Is Gusset joining? If not, I"ll take Cure as my second ability. If yes, I'll take Turn

Right. That's fine too. Let's say just out of the safety of the town walls (if there are any).
I didn't mean that the bandits are responsible for the destruction of the bar, they actually used to "protect" it. But when the bar was destroyed (reason TBD) my char turned to them for help and they told him to shove off. So this is a fleeting revenge on the bandits.
The bigger goal right now for him is money and purpose in life ... if the caravan offers a way to get that, he's in.

Gusset bowed out (a future update will allow me to mark characters as 'retired', making it easier). We have no priest, but Meht does have some Skill in Healing (which is the slow, non-miraculous form of Cure).

If you take Turn then we will encounter undead, so far we have not, but they always turn up eventually. Now would be a good time to introduce such an element, what with exploring an ancient abandoned temple. :)

Rook already has Reflexes, but they said before that they did not object to others taking it. Though, if everyone 'always goes first' it does sorta lose its luster. Does it still fit your wheezy character?

Iinnteresting.
They may have been mostly ...venged already by the caravan they tried to bite too much out of. :)
No problem. That's pretty much everyone's goal. :)

Alrighty, I'll go for Cure
Fair point. How about I go for Turn as well then? My other choice would be Skirmish, although I wasn't planning on starting with armor. Could be nice to pick up along the way though.
I see what you did there ;-)
Perfect! The enemy of my enemy is my friend ;-)
Perhaps it's not a coincidence that he's reverting back into the initiate's ways... If it turns out the destruction of the bar did have something to do with demons, he'll have honed his skills when they next meet.

Is priest magic also shunned?

Ah. I see it too, now. I did not mean to.
Makes sense. Have you told your temple that you are back or are you running maverick?
I would not think so. But priest have been burned for straying too close to 'magic' and the unnatural side. I think the only problem magic is Magic.

Hmmm.. I guess that depends on how the whole initiate thing works. Do they take away your holy symbol when you leave? If so, he'd have to go back first. Or he would have stolen/gotten one in another way.
If plausible I don't think the temple is informed. Unless it's punishable by death or something... in that case, yes they know :P and someone out there is probable doing the old "they always come back to the church" evil laugh.

Thanks for the help so far, btw. I have drafted a char sheet. Do I just submit it to the game via the game page? I'm guessing you'd be able to see it then.