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I vote slavic-tattooed halfling!

Three fighters, druid, cleric, and thief. That's a party nobody could blink an eye at. Now that we have this established, we just need to finish up the sheets and I can get the story started once it's looking good enough. I'll also be going into everyone's sheets and doing some nifty auto-populating for the attack bonus, saves, and experience.

I don't need fully formed backgrounds from your characters; these often emerge through play. However, since banter is much slower on here than at a table, feel free to determine here if any characters know each other or have other ties.

Druids have a little overlap, and you'll have an NPC to help out. I wouldn't say it's a dire need.

Let's chat about languages real quick! OSE has a decent list of languages you can roll for (or choose), and there are a few regional languages. There is the common tongue- Westerling as it is known- as well as Gasquen, Kirkut, and High Boros. Gasquen is used to the south and the east, and is the language of the Foere nobility. Kirkut is used to the west in Reme to the west. High Boros is an ancient tongue that isn't really used today, but is marked in many ruins.

Each character can start with Common and their Racial or Regional language, and can choose to learn racial/regional/alignment languages with their Int bonus languages. Alignment languages are only for Lawful or Chaotic, and are a rough version of Celestial and Infernal.

I'm not here for a full simulation of language dynamics, but they will sometimes come into play. Monsters may not speak Westerling, which would make diplomacy difficult or impossible. Likewise, it might be useful to know that the thirty-eyed creature of blazing flame and confusing rings is speaking Celestial, and is actually an angel trying to help.

No worries, I think I can actually make the change AND make it fit the story better in the same swoop!

It's kinda a funny quirk, but you can only learn alignment languages if you are of that alignment. No evil wizards or neutral druids get to know Fantasy-Latin. But you do have Druidic in its place, which I see you've already added.

And that's our party! Faionn the Human Druid, Nebbleshuven the Human Fighter, Olaf the Human Fighter, Ryenne the Human Cleric, Monaghan the Dwarf Fighter, and Datura the Gnome Thief.

A few things. First, make sure that if you haven't rolled for HP, you do so. I know starting with max HP is a popular houserule, but this isn't that game. I reserve that rule for my Vikings game. Second, make sure you have your languages. I think most of you have those done. Third, equipment. A few of you are still finishing that up. Not to worry, this first little intro is just getting our feet under us.

And for KCC, a little note about Thyr.

I think given the other abilities the Gnome has, let's stick with it being a chosen language.