Backstories

Here’s a bunch of info regarding character backgrounds, please read everything and fill out your sheet according to these guidelines. If there are any questions ask away. Remember: have fun when creating your character, this campaign will not be nitty gritty so sillier characters are generally fine.

Personality Traits: Please include the standard traits/Ideal/bond/flaw on your character sheet as a means of quick reference for character personality.

Backstory: The most important detail to consider is what your character did to land in trouble against the Galifer code of justice. Did they steal from the wrong person? Are they a deserter? Perhaps a harmless prank went a little too far. There are no requirements to have any prior association with the city. However, whatever crime they may have committed should be within Breland. Alternatively the wrongdoing can be against house Tharashk directly if you want it to be elsewhere in Khorvaire. Whether they spent any time in prison or were offered a proposal immediately is up to you.

Another aspect to consider is their involvement with the war. Whether they were involved or not, it created a devastating effect when the mourning destroyed Cyre. Do they have any family or were otherwise directly affected by this disaster?

One last thing is Eberron doesn’t have fixed alignments, morally grey characters are to be expected. They should be willing to cooperate with their teammates and not become murder hobos. In this regard I HIGHLY recommend regularly communicating with each other to decide on a course action while still playing up a character’s hesitations or whatnot.

Dragonmarks & The Houses: Do you want a dragonmark? Perhaps curious to try an aberrant one? Sounds good to me, even if you want the racial bonus instead of those given with a dragonmark. Just flavor it to be relevant to your character/class (I had a paladin who used her mark to channel smites for example). If you do go down this path consider how the house you were part of sees your imprisonment. Do they know? Are you even apart of a house?

Adventure Start: Your characters will be working as "independent agents" (aren’t publicly acknowledged as affiliates) for house Tharashk, primarily as bounty hunters and investigators. When the adventure begins everyone will be riding the lightning rail from Wroat to Sharn, having accepted this offer. Sharn is teeming with crime and mystery, it’s your job to handle some of the more eccentric cases. First objective is to meet your contact at a lovely little restaurant "The Burning Heart" located on the central plateau in the middle city.

Player Connections: I would like everyone to have some dealings with at least one other PC whether its business, pleasure, or anything in between. You all want to be members of the same military squad or perhaps a prior gang? Go for it. We can have some session 0 backstory to further flesh anything out if that is of interest.

Theme Song: I quite enjoy using music to highlight a scene or character, or sometimes just to add some mood music. In another game I GM everyone picked a song for their character to serve as "theme music" as if they were in a montage. Any genre of music is acceptable, and you can make it reflect your character as much or little as you’d like.

Elements you want in the game: This is entirely optional, but if you want to see certain types of storylines or tropes employed during this campaign let me know.

So, does anyone have a preference on character role? I usually opt for the tank, but with being pretty new to Eberron, I'm cool with filling in if needed. Unless something hilarious pops into mind.

I had rolled up a changeling in another game that basically fell apart out the gate and would very much like a chance to revive that idea. A changeling rogue thief or assasin would obviously play easily into the criminal caste but I’m very flexible.

I generally play a thief type of a charismatic warlock, but I love playing anything. With my rolls, I'll be really good at a few things and garbage at everything else.

I am planning for old Warforged, so some material skill is natural (old enough to be base model before "fancy" variants were created).
After the war, they could easily have turned to the Silver Flame or Soverign Host for a path to follow. So if some healing is needed, a Warforged war domain cleric may work

So I think we're at a stealthy shifter (possibly a druid or barb), an unknown ancient warforged (possible cleric), and a warlock. I can do front line fighter type if needed, or ranger depending on if we get the rogue.

OK they have do be a cleric, with a hammer...

As I am going for a Shifter Sorcerer, would it be okay to do a little re flavour to my Swiftstride Shifter to be of a draconic subrace origin rather than the mammalian ones presented in the book?

Sounds interesting, what origin exactly did you have in mind?

I was thinking that his family are descended from a particularly graceful silver dragon, but rather than ending up as dragonborn due to this dragon's magical nature and tendancy to switch to human form they ended up as shifters instead.
When he shifts he could almost pass as a silver dragonborn, only his comparative slenderness and grace giving away the difference.
I have tentatively selected haunted one as my background, perhaps being the sole survivor of my clan as a rival chromatic dragon wiped out the rest, leaving me haunted with survivors guilt.

I have to say, after reading the Martial Manuevers stuff, I'm very OK with playing a fighter. Just need to pick a race, and then get everything hammered out. Any suggestions for a magic item?

@AndrewGeary Neat, What land do they hail from? How does the world react to their presence. for instance do they get mistaken for a different race often?

@Khontanos Personally I'm fond of The stone of good luck for utility, also can't go wrong with a +1 weapon.

I like the stone. Will need to read over what's available before confirming. Thinking of going with Goliath Fighter to cover the melee side of things.

Originally from a fairly remote part of the Eldeen Reaches, after his clan was destroyed he found his way eventually to Breland.
After joining the army, mostly from lack of options, he later deserted when an opportunity arose to follow a lead to track down his clan's destroyer, thus falling on the wrong side of the law.
He is sometimes mistaken for human when at his calmest, or for Dragonborn when agitated or shifted. Those who see him for long enough recognize the changable nature of a shifter. Just once someone thought he was a Yuan Ti Pureblood, that was a bad evening.

My character, Vaile Marash, was probably arrested for selling fake items, probably to someone rich and powerful. His patron, The Raven Queen (if acceptable), doesn't approve of his cheating lifestyle, but keeps him around because he's good at his job when required.

@Khotanos Ok, something to consider is Goliaths aren't very common in Khorvaire, they are more prominent on the continent of Sarlona (Mainly the Tashana Tundra and Adar). Are they an immigrant, an adventurer, maybe their family has been living in Khorvaire for generations already.

@AndrewGeary Sounds all good to me, going for the vendetta angle.

@blacknightrising90 Raven Queen is ok, how did they come into contact with the Queen? Specifically because Eberron is a different plane with its own pantheon and cults, it would be uncommon to others.

The raven queen sought him out through his own master - Elvare Nightwist

With that in mind, probably an adventurer. Would explain the somewhat disconnect between the tribal mindedness, and the far flung nature of his travels. If you would prefer, I can always go with a different race that fits in better.

Oh yeah, big vendetta, and paranoid too. Thinking an Amulet of Proof against Detection and Location for my uncommon item, for fear of being tracked down by the Dragon that killed his clan.

I am still hammering out the details on "Dent" the Warforged Juggernaut who has turned to religion (albeit the war sect of the Sovereign Host, Dol Dorn).
Warforged are trained to be "Lawful", so there is some reprogramming in process for Dent to be a Vassal of a Chaotic host.
Dent fought long in the last war and has multiple parts replaced over his 30 years of battle. Dent is one of the earliest soldiers build for Cyre by Merrix d'Cannith at Whitehearth.

While in the war, he used sending stoned to keep in contact with scouts for his unit. He managed to keep a set after the war ended.

Prone to mood swings, Dent often has been in fights with former soldiers of nations other than Cyre. If called a "mourner" in Sharn, he will generally respond with his hammer. This has landed him in trouble with the city guard more than once.