AshDrunbar Character Creation

Excellent work. Let me start breaking that down, then I'll hand you your stats.Nothing out of the ordinary here. Interesting that you're technically of Patrician birth, not that anyone would know that, given your plebeian mother.

Sounds like the best place for you to be born is High Cerbesia, but the Green Griffin Slaughter probably happened in nearby Plokipto instead. Most other places would not be able to shrug off a massacre. Perhaps Cayenne moved there for a short time, but had to flee back to her home city to avoid being caught up in the rumors.This nicely cleans up the loose end of having a Patrician father. Now Cayenne is untethered.Ventasa is actually a country, and on the neighboring continent across a narrow gulf. We can arrange that if you like, but we could also set you up in the marshes of your home nation or a closer one. I think Chimer would be the best option there. It's the nation to the south of yours, and no one would look for you there. There's also definitely Witch Hunters there. Maybe House Pardalis would be a good name for the faction you joined. Chimer is divided into a cat-themed regal kingdom called Leonar, a goat-themed tribal conglomerate called Hirca, and a snake-themed military state called Squama. Pardalis is the scientific name of the Ocelot, so I thought that would suit nicely.

Cayenne Blackstarr
Birthright: Human
Sub-birthright: Purebleed (Zeel)
Virtues: Leon 4 (boosted), Eyrie 5 (boosted), Grand 4 (boosted), Enlight 4 (reduced), Nemesis 3, Daimon 6 (double-reduced)
Class: Fury
Sub-class: Rogue
Physical Ability: Eagle Eye
Allows you to gaze across great distances with ease, or scrutinize an object up close.
Physical Ability: Falcon Dive
Makes your movements hard to see and lets you dart across fragile surfaces.
Physical Ability: Hawk Wing
Allows you to replace 5 ft. segments of your land speed with fly speed, limited to 5 ft. in altitude, which allows you to avoid obstacles.
Special Ability: Eyrie Surge
Attack twice or strike true!
Special Ability: Wings Unfurled
Improve your Eyrie PV check.
Special Trait: Weak Point
Wait to attack an enemy where they're most vulnerable.
Skills: Alchemy 1, Appraise 1, Escape Artist, Guile 1, Gymnastics 2, Hide 1, Knowledge (engineering) 1, Knowledge (occult) 1, Locksmith 2, Riding 1, Soft Steps 2, Swim 1, Trapping 1
Class of Progression: Second
Combat Style: Scimitar
Alignment: Neutral
Focus: One Handed Blades
Equipment: Vampiric Scimitar, Longbow, Handaxe, Fine Dagger, Backpack, Bedroll, Blanket, Caltrops, Candle, Chalk, Fishhook, Flask, Flint and Steel, Grappling Hook, Hammer, Lantern, Lock, Lockpicks, Manacles, Map Case, Oil (2), Parchment, Pitons (8), Pouch, Rations (3), Rope, Sack, Sewing Needle, Soap, Spyglass, Tankard, Tent, Torches (4), Vials (3), Waterskin, Whetstone, Wine Bottle, Studded Leather (with magic Perception bracer),
Wealth: 115 gp 61 cp
Devotion: The Warrior
Path: For Revenge
Age: 24; Height: 5'5''; Weight: 120 lbs.; Skin color: Copper; Hair: Black; Eyes: Green
Lucky Hairs: 8; HUT - 8; LT - 6; Left Arm - 2; Right Arm - 2; Left Leg - 3; Right Leg - 3
Wounds:
Skullcap: 1; Face - 2; Left Eye - 1; Right Eye - 1; Neck - 3; Upper Torso - 4; Lower Torso - 4; Upper L Arm - 1;
Upper R Arm - 1; L Forearm - 1; R Forearm - 1; L Hand - 1; R Hand - 1; Upper L Leg - 3; Upper R Leg - 3; Lower L Leg - 3; Lower R Leg - 3; L Foot - 2; R Foot - 2
Span 1; Land Speed - 30 ft.

That looks great, many thanks for helping me with the geography / geopolitics there.
I guess we're all set, then. Do you have some sort of character sheet design already available, or do we improvize one ?

Well, I have not been able to create a template yet, but what I'm having the others do is make a "Custom" and stick this information in there. You can put it in the sheet as-is, or modify it first. Anything about the above that you want to reorganize, redesign, etc?

I don't think so, I reckon we're done, here, at least as far as I'm concerned.
Submitted my custom sheet to the Oldest World game page.

I like it! One point of concern is that it looks like you have alignment, combat style, and a couple of other things listed under Skills, because none of them are bolded. Will you be able to tell what's part of Skills and what is not?

Sure, I'm quite clear about that sheet, I reckon. No worries, there.

Cayenne, while you were visiting a foreign country, you have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a local noble. Stripped of your weapons, your money, and all useful gear, you were taken to a prison island and thrown in a cell. Dressed only in dingy rags, you have a hard time remembering when things were this bad. The cell you inhabit is about 4 cubic feet in size, too small for you to stand in. The bars are made of bronze, old and consumed by a green patina. The hinged door is held shut by a sturdy chain and a basic padlock. What you have in there with you amounts to: 1 mat (chewed upon by the rats), 1 chamber pot, and a cloudy piece of tin barely serviceable as a mirror. The edges are sharp, but...not very. Good way to get lockjaw if anything.

The cell directly across from you is a foot larger in each direction, and you find yourself strangely envious of the inhabitant: a tawny young man with a distinct point to his ears, and brilliant amber eyes. His mat is a little more fresh, his chamber pot is larger, and he actually has a glass mirror backed by silver. Also, and you're not sure what the deal is, he has gotten food twice and water four times since you arrived. You haven't gotten anything, and it's been two days.

You don't know much about the cell to your right, but from the one conversation you've struck up, the inmate is male, with a bassy voice and a cynical outlook on life. He hasn't told you much, but you know he's here because he slept with the governor's daughter.

You got a quick view of the cell to your left, when you were being hauled in. The woman in there was graying and unkempt, likely having been here a lot longer than any of you. You two haven't spoken, and that just leaves you curious as to why an old lady like here would end up in a place like this.

There's at least five more cells in your block, and only one way out: the door they used when they brought you in. Your memory's a little hazy on the details, but there's a hallway out there leading to more cell blocks, a guard station, and eventually the courtyard. No one's gotten to walk the yard since you've been here, so it may just be a thoroughfare to haul prisoners into their new, permanent residence.

What do you do?

First thing I'm gonna do is try and get my cell the real once-over: every inch of it, every dank corner, every crack in the wall. I'm looking for anything that may give me an advantage or information. I'm particularly looking for anything that may have been left by previous ocupants of the cell and been overlooked by the guards.
Also, how often do the guards come ? At meal time?

And lastly, if my inspection doesn't give any results, I'll try and get to know the other prisoners better. I'll try to get the old woman to share some intel first.

The guards have come erratically in the last couple of days, and don't always give equal meals to every inmate. This suggests they do what they want, when they want, to a certain extent. You would need a longer period, in the months or years, to get a really good measure of their behavior.

For your thorough inspection, roll a Sight check (using the sense rules below). I'll be taking your Eagle Eye ability into consideration.

You make a thorough examination of the cell. Ordinarily, you wouldn't see anything with that roll that a normal person would miss, but you have an extra edge. With the power of your Eagle Eye, you are able to scrutinize each aspect of your cell up close. You have the time, after all. There are three things of note: the "mirror" looks like it can be moved, there is a weakness in the third and fifth bars, and there is a loose brick in the east wall of your cell.

Behind the mirror, you find that a past inmate had made a small chink in the bricks. Therein, they hid an improvised blade fashioned from a piece of the mirror and some bedding wrapped around the "handle." It's not much, but there you go. When you remove the brick, you find two things. The first and most important is an old key. The second is a small note scrawled in an unsteady hand. It reads, "They're coming for me. Didn't have the chance to make my getaway. Take this. Maybe it will serve you better." There's no name or other identification given.

Here we have a chance to examine the combat rules, specifically improvised weapon. Roll an Eyrie PV check.

Alright, that's one roll with one success. Now roll a second Eyrie PV check for "Attack 2."

okay so I just rolled a 2, here... (again!)
Since my virtue is boosted, would this count as my "highest die", even though it's my only die ? That would make it a 3 instead of a 2, adding a second dice ?

EDIT: I posted this before I saw your last post.

Also, how do I know my max number of die ? Is it 5 die for Eyrie 5 for example ?

Alright, let me try and break this down. There's a lot to unpack.

Yes, a roll with one die would mean that your highest is also your lowest. This is one reason why you can't have a boost and reduction on the same Virtue (aside from certain logical paradoxes).

That means it would in fact make it a three. This should allow you a second die. However, if one of your other two rolls is higher, then we have a problem. The best way to resolve this is to say that the boost only applies once. If used to get more dice, then it won't boost any future rolls. I'll make a note of this in my rules.

The OOC thread explains how PV checks work. If you still want information after giving it a read, then I will rewrite it.