Welcome!

Welcome @Mnrtoler, @Dmbrainiac and riley!

As I think I mentioned din the recruitment thread, this is a huge mega campaign with everything Icewind Dale (post second sundering for those lore savyy).
This mostly includes adapting the Legacy of the Crystal Shard, The Frostmaiden Rime and the Adventure League campaigns.

We are testing a narrative rules-light system that you can find under Home brew system. Basically, you just have to roll 2d6, but the way success is determined is a bit unorthodox.

The previous scenes are kept in the Archives, though I should be working on updating the Story so far xD

Let me know if you have any type of character in mind. There are a number of suggested character secrets for the Frostmaiden Rime campaign which we are using so we can check if anything fits :D

Fizel Axebreaker, a greedy and not very empathic dwarf, was the character that was dropped so let me know if any of you are interested in such a character (his secrets make him very flexible though...)

Hello, happy to be here! I know a decent amount about the Forgotten Realms setting from earlier editions, but haven't kept up with everything post the Sundering in 4E. I'm looking forward to seeing how the story goes.

So, we have a dwarf and an orc? I may make either an elf or halfling. It will likely me take me a few days to come up with a concept.

Welcome in Mnrtoler and Dmbrainiac. Glad to have you. Also glad to be of assistance in any way that I can.

No worries. I’ll have to set up the next scene and then maybe have some introductory posts before the characters meet so there’s not pressure 👍

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I have some suggestions on the character sheet instructions but feel free to suggest other concepts. As it was mentioned somewhere (I think the recruitment thread) this system should be able to accommodate even the most exotic D&D character 😁

Thank you for the invite. I will look over things and let you know what I'm thinking

So after reading the winter is coming story so far I think my basic concept is going to be a mama bear type that is the sweetest and takes care of everyone, but when crap hits the fan and you see her act you know she has some secrets in her past. Sound like a fitting concept?

Well... that's a bit out of date... I'll get to it soon. Basically, for scene 1 everyone met in the streets of Luskan and, for one reason or another, enlisted with the Luskar Deliverers (post office) to get on the ship north. Rumour is this is the last delivery as winter is early this year. They had to fetch a few packages from famous 5e characters as the Deliverers were understaffed. The scene 2 was the traveling at sea where they found an unregistered ship and decided to check it. The only thing they found was strange sea creatures and a hag that fixated on Agna the orc. The whole thing went to hell the bottom of the ocean when a giant octopus returned to finish what it had started. We will start scene 3 landing in Fireshear where Agna is going to meet a dwarven caravan to take them to Icewind Dale... she hopes 😈

You can have been already part of the ship crew as bodyguards, sailors, merchants, the elven cook, the captain, etc. or you can be in or around Fireshear already.
I bet Agna will love meeting her xD

Thinking of making a happy-go-lucky halfling with spy skills.

Ok those sound cool :D The one think we sort of need is to get some character secrets sorted out.
This is part of the flavour for the Rime of the Frost Maiden campaign for the PC backgrounds which I'm using for the entire mega adventure :D

I tried 3 secrets per character before (some can be tied together) but that was mostly to make it more likely that they would come up at some point.

Well, you know what they say. Every good story needs a healthy dose of conflict...

I can only imagine Agna being stuck with the captain for the rest of the story. Lol

@RAAMtentacles,@testlum it probably won’t come to this but since I tried to give away almost all the secrets, would it be ok if we sort of review some details of the backgrounds so the new players have a bit more freedom of choice? This will only be minor details like modifying some NPC that my tie things up in different ways…

Hi All, thanks for the invite.

Looking through the rules, story so far etc. I think I would like to make an Elven scholar (possibly having bought passage on the Icebreaker to study/investigate this early winter). She's friendly and helpful enough - but the cold does not agree with her and nor she the cold.

If this sounds okay - I can start to flesh it out and put together a character sheet.

What happened with Agna and the captain? Lol

I'm open to changing some things, especially if they haven't become super relevant yet. Just let me know what you're thinking and let's talk.