Jul 25, 2024 2:17 am
annex says:
2024/7/29 works for me!Group Background Collaboration (Optional)
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Jul 26, 2024 2:15 am
@WhiteDwarf Collaborating for more backstory for the group sounds good! Maybe Breg's demeanor and experience with half-orcs enabled him to make Chakan feel at ease quickly in the group so Chakan often backs up Breg's more idealistic decisions during their adventures?
[ +- ] Chakan Vrakar
Vrakar (known as Blood-Blade in Orcish) was left on the steps of the monastery at the age of 2. He does not remember much of either of his parents, but he was left with a pendant with the name 'Vrakar' upon it. He does not know if that is his first or last name. Since growing up in the monastery, he has adopted the name Chakan (able-bodied) and has integrated well into the monastic community. His monastery was built beside a volcanic system of hot springs, geysers, and sulfur pools. He regularly interacted with azer traders that passed through to trade. His school followed the Way of the Four Elements and he was drawn to fire and the flame snake, which he has as a prominent tattoo along his right arm. Chakan's master was kind and generous, never critical of his progress. Nevertheless, he feels he never fully lived up to the expectations placed upon him with his natural strength and kind master. Now that he is of age, he is following the school's tradition to wander the lands, defending the helpless, and learning the ways of people outside the monastery. He hopes to become stronger and prove his master's method of teaching was superior.
Jul 26, 2024 6:02 pm
quilltid says:
@WhiteDwarf Collaborating for more backstory for the group sounds good! Maybe Breg's demeanor and experience with half-orcs enabled him to make Chakan feel at ease quickly in the group so Chakan often backs up Breg's more idealistic decisions during their adventures? [ +- ] Chakan Vrakar
Vrakar (known as Blood-Blade in Orcish) was left on the steps of the monastery at the age of 2. He does not remember much of either of his parents, but he was left with a pendant with the name 'Vrakar' upon it. He does not know if that is his first or last name. Since growing up in the monastery, he has adopted the name Chakan (able-bodied) and has integrated well into the monastic community. His monastery was built beside a volcanic system of hot springs, geysers, and sulfur pools. He regularly interacted with azer traders that passed through to trade. His school followed the Way of the Four Elements and he was drawn to fire and the flame snake, which he has as a prominent tattoo along his right arm. Chakan's master was kind and generous, never critical of his progress. Nevertheless, he feels he never fully lived up to the expectations placed upon him with his natural strength and kind master. Now that he is of age, he is following the school's tradition to wander the lands, defending the helpless, and learning the ways of people outside the monastery. He hopes to become stronger and prove his master's method of teaching was superior.
Maybe we can say Breg once sought refuge in Chakan’s monastery. Breg has had to take flight from his archenemy Sal Baas from time to time, and perhaps Chakan helped hide him and the two became friends.
Jul 28, 2024 2:57 am
WhiteDwarf says:
quilltid says:
@WhiteDwarf Collaborating for more backstory for the group sounds good! Maybe Breg's demeanor and experience with half-orcs enabled him to make Chakan feel at ease quickly in the group so Chakan often backs up Breg's more idealistic decisions during their adventures? [ +- ] Chakan Vrakar
Vrakar (known as Blood-Blade in Orcish) was left on the steps of the monastery at the age of 2. He does not remember much of either of his parents, but he was left with a pendant with the name 'Vrakar' upon it. He does not know if that is his first or last name. Since growing up in the monastery, he has adopted the name Chakan (able-bodied) and has integrated well into the monastic community. His monastery was built beside a volcanic system of hot springs, geysers, and sulfur pools. He regularly interacted with azer traders that passed through to trade. His school followed the Way of the Four Elements and he was drawn to fire and the flame snake, which he has as a prominent tattoo along his right arm. Chakan's master was kind and generous, never critical of his progress. Nevertheless, he feels he never fully lived up to the expectations placed upon him with his natural strength and kind master. Now that he is of age, he is following the school's tradition to wander the lands, defending the helpless, and learning the ways of people outside the monastery. He hopes to become stronger and prove his master's method of teaching was superior.
Maybe we can say Breg once sought refuge in Chakan’s monastery. Breg has had to take flight from his archenemy Sal Baas from time to time, and perhaps Chakan helped hide him and the two became friends.
Jul 28, 2024 3:10 am
My Aasimar started off wandering the worlds and planes to find purpose in life. After a deeply profound encounter with an unknowable entity in the Astral Sea, perhaps he sought out the monks to help make sense of it all.
[ +- ] Umr at-Tawil
Young Umr wanted to see all of creation, perhaps to help him find the direction his life lacked. His celestial ancestors' entire reason for being was meaning and purpose yet he had none. When adrift in the Astral Sea on a crippled ship, his prayers for help were answered by an unknown yet obviously powerful entity. Once rescued and safely returned to the material plane, he manifested increasingly potent psionic talents, presumably sourced from the same entity. He combined his new mental abilities with his wanderlust to start adventuring, help others while seeing exotic locations and extradimensional planes, and giving his existence direction..
Now he feels that entity is returning, and it may not be as benevolent as he thought. He'll need the help of his fellow adventurers to stop it, even at the cost of his own mind powers... or his life!
Now he feels that entity is returning, and it may not be as benevolent as he thought. He'll need the help of his fellow adventurers to stop it, even at the cost of his own mind powers... or his life!
Jul 28, 2024 5:03 pm
My character probably joined getting caught up the same thing the group got caught up in at some point. People associated him with you all, so he had a shared enemy. At some point, his destructive magic was deemed useful enough and, as long as no one bossed him around, he was pleasant enough. Dorash uses destructive arcane magic, and doesn't really care about fire vs lightning vs acid or anything like that, though fire seems easier to destroy with than most elements. He learned to make his magic less harmful to his allies, as dead allies mean he is more likely to die as well.
[ +- ] background
Hobgoblins have a training regiment called the School of Devastation, where hobgoblin devastators are trained. He was an extremely promising student, but he had a fatal personality flaw: he didn't take orders well. In most militaries, you are taught to be a cog in the military machine. ONly those with tenure and rank can really think for themselves. Dorash didn't have the patients to spend years being ordered around to get that tenure and rank, so he took some supplies and ran away. The hobgoblins that taught him want his head for that, and he doesn't care as long as he stays on the move.
Jul 28, 2024 11:59 pm
annex says:
My Aasimar started off wandering the worlds and planes to find purpose in life. After a deeply profound encounter with an unknowable entity in the Astral Sea, perhaps he sought out the monks to help make sense of it all.[ +- ] Umr at-Tawil
Young Umr wanted to see all of creation, perhaps to help him find the direction his life lacked. His celestial ancestors' entire reason for being was meaning and purpose yet he had none. When adrift in the Astral Sea on a crippled ship, his prayers for help were answered by an unknown yet obviously powerful entity. Once rescued and safely returned to the material plane, he manifested increasingly potent psionic talents, presumably sourced from the same entity. He combined his new mental abilities with his wanderlust to start adventuring, help others while seeing exotic locations and extradimensional planes, and giving his existence direction..
Now he feels that entity is returning, and it may not be as benevolent as he thought. He'll need the help of his fellow adventurers to stop it, even at the cost of his own mind powers... or his life!
Now he feels that entity is returning, and it may not be as benevolent as he thought. He'll need the help of his fellow adventurers to stop it, even at the cost of his own mind powers... or his life!
Jul 30, 2024 2:20 am
I thought we started the adventure all knowing each other.
Yeah, maybe Umr and Chakan were often paired up or roommates at the monastery and joined the group at the same time. They could have been friends or rivals!Friendly rivals works for me!
quilltid says:
annex says:
My Aasimar started off wandering the worlds and planes to find purpose in life. After a deeply profound encounter with an unknowable entity in the Astral Sea, perhaps he sought out the monks to help make sense of it all.[ +- ] Umr at-Tawil
Young Umr wanted to see all of creation, perhaps to help him find the direction his life lacked. His celestial ancestors' entire reason for being was meaning and purpose yet he had none. When adrift in the Astral Sea on a crippled ship, his prayers for help were answered by an unknown yet obviously powerful entity. Once rescued and safely returned to the material plane, he manifested increasingly potent psionic talents, presumably sourced from the same entity. He combined his new mental abilities with his wanderlust to start adventuring, help others while seeing exotic locations and extradimensional planes, and giving his existence direction..
Now he feels that entity is returning, and it may not be as benevolent as he thought. He'll need the help of his fellow adventurers to stop it, even at the cost of his own mind powers... or his life!
Now he feels that entity is returning, and it may not be as benevolent as he thought. He'll need the help of his fellow adventurers to stop it, even at the cost of his own mind powers... or his life!
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Jul 30, 2024 3:42 am
annex says:
I thought we started the adventure all knowing each other