(OOC) Character Creation Thread

Starting Free AT LEVEL 1


Old Dwarven Basic

Norther Basic

Colonial Basic

Erenlander Conversational

Dwarven Clan Conversational

Trader's Tongue Fluency


3 pts from Intelligence (but any 1 language can only be increased by 1 competency per character level)


Spend 1 point to gain Literacy in Erenlander

Spend 1 point to gain Literacy in Clan Dwarven

Spend 1 point to gain Literacy in Trader's Tongue


Backstory justifications:

Gnome dad Finn was a smuggler/resistance fighter ((plus, as a ferry boat + barge (towed) operator he needed to keep passenger manifests and cargo records, and she helped when she was old enough)). Orcs occasionally need the gnomes' ships to move supplies or conduct inspections for contraband, so interaction is inevitable, and some of the Shadow's agents read and write Erenlander according to sourcebooks so that's probably the correct language for manifests/other records.

Grandmother Olga was former professor and also helped teach PC to read and write, as well as sharing her herbalist treatments. Mother Idrun was there for her early years too, teaching her Dwarven and later writing to her though the letters stopped over a year ago.


Level 1, 1 rank in Linguistics (which can be banked...may as well do that).


LEVEL 2:

1 rank/point in Linguistics to spend banked from level 1, spend it for Fluent in Clan Dwarven from experience talking to dwarf passenger smuggled on dad's ship.

--gnome dad taught her sailing and smuggling and swimming but those memories are buried too deep to access; he drowned and came back as an undead Fell; Petra defeated him with her first spellcasting (magic stone).
--gnome grandma taught her herbalism and animal care (latter Skill lost for now from trauma), and spoke of teaching at university; she died of grief over losing son
--dwarf mom used to write her letters but they stopped about a year ago;

---->wounds miraculously healed by a sprinkle of dust (cure minor/light/moderate),
---->stones you could bury and later harvest as a nourishing root vegetable for a pot worth of hearty stew (stone soup),
---->a command that forced malevolent spirits to flee their unwilling hosts (master of spirits ability),
---->pleas that stirred plantlife to her party’s defense (lifetrap (entangle but for undead) + barkskin),
---->and her least favorite, a word that summoned potent bile she could then spit across great distances (acid splash).

blanket + hobo walking stick to carry gear over shoulder, winter outfit, grooming kit, cooking kit, waterproofed bag to keep kits/tools dry

I can never remember Courtier vs Colonial

Starting Free AT LEVEL 1

Languages Available from Dwarrow: Dwarven Clan (2 points), Old Dwarven (1 point), Trader's Tongue Fluent (replaced Gnomish in Midnight), take 2 languages at Basic of your choice, any except for those languages marked restricted


THEREFORE:

Old Dwarven at Basic for 1 point

Dwarven Clan at Conversational for 2 points

Trader's Tongue at Fluency

Chosen free at Basic: Norther (Dorn)

Chosen free at Basic: Colonial (Sarcosan)

Free synergy language from 2 chosen at Basics: Erenlander at Conversational


3 pts from Intelligence at Level 1

(Caveat, any individual language can only be increased by 1 competency per character level and Literacy CANNOT be gained without an invested Skill rank point. However GM is HOUSE RULING 'may have more more Linguistics Skill ranks than your character level.')


THEREFORE, added at LEVEL 1:

Spend 1 "Intelligence" granted point to increase Clan Dwarven Conversational to Fluency if allowed



Spend 1 "Intelligence" granted point to increase free Basic Norther (Dorn) to Conversational if allowed

(Why? About half of the gnomes' primary trading partners in this region were Dorn, and very rarely one joins a crew or needs smuggled.)


Spend 1 "Intelligence" granted point to increase free Basic Colonial (Sarcosan) to Conversational if allowed

(Why? About half of the gnomes' primary trading partners in this region were Sarcosan, and very rarely one joins a crew or needs smuggled.)


Placed first rank in Linguistics at Level 1, which can be spent for Literacy. Choose Erenlander.


Next, added at LEVEL 2:

1 new rank/point in Linguistics to spend for Literacy.

Spend 1 rank point to gain Literacy in Clan Dwarven (her mother's letters).


Backstory justifications, long version:

Father Finn was a smuggler/resistance fighter ((plus, as a ferry boat + barge (towed) operator he needed to keep passenger manifests and cargo records, and the Dorn and Sarcosans were the primary trading partners. Eventually when Petra was old enough she would assist him and customers)).

Orcs occasionally need the gnomes' ships to move supplies or conduct inspections for contraband, so interaction is inevitable, and some of the Shadow's agents read and write Erenlander according to sourcebooks so that is logically the 'permitted' language for manifests/other records? You can't run a business without records, there must be some limited reading/writing exception for gnome shipping outfits and official records, but all other writing or reading material is still contraband?

Grandmother Olga was former professor and also helped teach PC to read and write Erenlander, as well as sharing her herbalist treatments.

Mother Idrun was there for her early years too, teaching her Dwarven and later writing in Dwarven to her...although her letters stopped over a year ago.