Session 0

I will be finalizing my character soon.

Thing is, the art and name I originally had in mind, I already used in a small game I applied to simultaneously to test out :)
I might resuse them though (@Boop hope that won't cause you to much confussion as I refer to the uncaged game).

Also, still a bit between making her human or half elf.

I might make art of my own...

I am surely for connecting our characters.

check out www.heroforge.com its an awesome tool for making figures to use as avatars

Ooh. Thanks. Will look at it for sure!!

I imagined that Cilia was newly graduated, but yes they could have worked together during her thesis

Players who happened to have one stat 6, I recommend you to describe that as a feature in "Features And Traits" section and refer to for role-play opportunities, I may grant Inspiration for that.

Hey all, sorry for not replying yesterday was away at a wedding and got home an hour or so ago.

I pitched a half orc fighter (heading towards battle master I think), a pit fighter and chariot racer in an arena in Balder's gate.

I'm gonna read through everything and I'll get a background written up.

Before I begin the crunchy numbers and so on, here is my idea to make sure it's okay with you all:

Name: Nebula (Nick: Neb)
Class: Abberrant Mind Sorceror
Race: Tiefling
Background: Sailor

Neb has always been an adventurous sailor - however, sometimes she is TOO adventurous. Regularly getting herself in trouble, she has often sailed into terrible storms, been shipwrecked and still continued out the next day - learning absolutely nothing.
Neb's fate took a turn when she sailed into an Abolleth's lair - and for once, had enough sense to flee. She didn't escape unharmed though, being heavily mentally damaged by its psychic influence. Of course, that didn't stop Neb - but it did spark an odd set of powers within her.




@NatOne - I'll be okay ;)

Alright got a backstory written up, not the greatest stat roll but will see how it goes.

Travers is the son of a half-orc and, and a Human commoner from a small town.

As a young boy he used to play with the other children in the town and surrounding forest, one day when he was 7 he fell into the river and was swept downstream, the other children unable to get to him ran for help. Luckily his half-orc constitution kept him alive until he was rescued by Syndra Silvane, an adventurer whom the children had found nearby. In thanks for saving their son his parents welcomed her into their home whenever she was in the area and they became friends.

Upon Travers turning 14 after a series of attacks by orcs on the town his mother and father were often harassed by a group of angry townsfolk, eventually the group hired mercenaries who wounded his parents and burnt down their home before running them all out of town. Travers and his parents travelled around various towns taking work where they could.

After a few years of scraping by, Travers found his way into small underground boxing matches for small amounts of money. He slowly became better and learnt more about arena fighting, racing and competitions. He slowly became noticed and began to fight in bigger matches and occasionally even race chariots.

His parents, at first wary of this new profession, came round to the idea, deciding to move to a bigger city and settling on Balders gate knowing their old friend Syndra had settled there. A few years later Travers is a well known athlete and gladiator in the arenas and has earnt a good reputation. Travers lives in one of the apartments for Gladiators, his parents have a small business and they now have a small house in the city where he regularly visits them.

@runekyndig Sounds like a plan! I am thinking for languages Orc, Gnomish and Draconic do you have any of these languages by chance? If so we can say you joined me in your thesis and lived with a tribe for a time. Although Ha'aroo does not have formal education in this field he has a lot of in the field experience. I am still considering switching up the gnomish language with something else if you want to share a different language saying we explored a different culture than these.

Name: Cilia Ravengard, Human rouge
Cilia just graduated from the Baldurs gate academy as an Anthropologist. She was a good observer and could stay out of sight of the elven village she and Ha'aroo (Tasrek's character) were working on. She wrote her thesis on that expedition. During the trip, she had a fling with a fantastic elven (eladrin) guy who showed her some fantastic sights (in fey) and how soft the leaves were.

When she returned home with a diploma in hand, her parents were less than pleased about this non-human suiter and his relations to their pure daughter. They ordered her to take a powerful contraceptive just in case there was a half-elf growing in her belly. But the damage was done, she was already Fay Touched (Feat).

Cilia's father, Ulder Ravengard is commander of Baldurs Gates Flaming Fist, garrison and when one of the families friends, Syndra Silvane, was to take a trip a thousand miles away from Baldur's gate Cilias parents grabbed the opportunity to get some distance between their daughter and this inappropriate (non-human) suiter.
Cilias parantes are the first to recognise human superiority. Cilia is not a specialist herself, but she has been influenced. Syndra Silvane did know of the eladrin affair, but is a bit more liberal than Cilias parents. Eating and drinking in fay were known ways to get bound to the fey. In secret, she borrowed Cilia two books. A guide to the fey wilds and a wizard primer just in case her midnight meeting had sparked some magical spark.

Just before Syndra Silvane were to cast the teleport spell on group, Cilias older brother gave her a box. It contains a set of beautifully crafted daggers and a short sword in the same style (see the daggers she is holding)

cool i changed one of Ha'aroo's languages from gnomish to elvish to match with Cilia's backstory and also we would be able to talk to @dramasailor's character outside of common if needed.

@balgan144 "well known athlete and gladiator in the arenas" does not match lvl 1 character. You could at most be at the beginning of your gladiator career , but even then please explain why would you choose such a dangerous career given your are a prominent parent's son.

Also - Everyone please do state in your charsheet the organisation/town/church your parts are prominent at. I may want to involve them into the story.

Rolling some more...

Completed character sheet with parents working as head of the alchemy guild. I believe my character is complete and ready for chapter 1. Please let me know if there are any additional changes that need to be made

Ah yes fair enough missed that part apparently.
Bit of an edit then:

Travers' father was a skillful horse breeder, they managed to escape town on their prize stallion and a colt with good potential.

Moving straight to baldurs gate (or just outside),his parents set up buying and selling horses whilst breeding the two they owned with other horses of good stock. After a few years his father became well know as having the some of best horses in the area often putting on exhibitions with some in the arena.

Travers assisted with these exhibitions riding the horses over/around obstacles and even in a few races. He enjoyed being part of the show and began to show interest in the other aspects of the arena.

He has recently convinced his father to allow him to compete in some of the exhibition of skill matches before some of the more renowned fighter take the stage. He still lives with his parents and spends the majority of his time either helping with the horses or practicing riding and basic combat.

For fighting styles can we use the ones from Tashas (thinking superior technique) or just from the phb?

Sure use Tashas or any other official resource for class/subclass features.
The only reason I limit races to PHB: 1. There are few races involved in the story and I don't wand you to chose those races 2. I do not want to spoil list of the races in the story.

Let me remind you - your PCs are going as tourists to Port Nyanzaru. If buying more weapons to prepare for the even would improve your PC story - I wouldn't mind.

You should however bear in mind that you need to have fundings to cover 7 days in a big city: cover your accommodation, any tourist expenses and souvenirs :)

Story wise - the only reason your PCs take armour/weapons with you is representative reason. Syndra insisted you would take a formal military dressing with you to join a party organised by one of the Seven Merchant Prince's (who Syndra is currently trying to make a business with, which is by the way reason she is teleporting to Chult).