You Rebel Scum - Reavers of Harkenwold Director's Cut

Gritty, high-Renaissance swords-and-sorcery with a dash of horror. Visceral action. 90s console RPG. Personality and entertainment over deep storylines and involved role-play. Shining paladins, flamboyant duellists contrasted with infernal warlocks and thieving scum.

Ostorea, the southwestern coast of the Tieresian continent, due west of the rich merchant kingdom of Padavonna. A realm of oppression, where wizard-kings and the heirs of ancient empires reign over vast swathes of a world constantly at war. In the bloodiest of ages arise the greatest of heroes and the vilest of foes. Which one will you be?

Adventurer. Sword-for-hire. Assassin. That's what they call you.

You have in your possession a letter, marked by a stylized letter "T". It invited you to a certain inn in the lowest levels of the city of San Alba, in the realm of Lund. There, you met a man named Kierke...

He introduces himself as guardian of the last survivor of House Theabrenn; Catarina. To tell a long story short, you have been chosen to take part in a mission to reclaim the lands of House Theabrenn from the clutches of the Iron Circle, an elite mercenary army feared throughout the realm. At their head is the infamous Count Camus IV, who, out of revenge and greed, threw his lot in with unspeakable powers in exchange for unnatural power and charisma.

As you speak, the Iron Circle wreaks terror among the land. Your goal is to rouse the people of Theabrenn to open rebellion, defeat the Iron Circle and bring the Count to justice. In exchange, you will be granted a substantial fief and ten thousand in gold. Hungry for adventure and glory, you accept...

Rulebook Access: No splats/magazine material, PHB1 + Essentials only except with DM's explicit permission
(This is intended to minimize rules lookup, speed up the game and prevent possible broken combinations...)

No class restrictions

Allowed races: All races from Essentials and PHB1

Modified OgreBattle Damage Rule:
Damage dice will always be counted as having rolled maximum damage against characters who are bloodied and grant combat advantage

The Rule of Cool (aka Stunting and improvisation): Action Points may also be earned for performing certain feats of awesomeness, not just from resting or achieving milestones. With the DM’s approval (or at his urging), certain rules may be bent or ‘cheated’ in favor of creating an awesome scene. For example, a player may insert certain details into their character’s post not named by the DM (i.e. a stag’s head in an inn, or a crate in an alleyway) as long as their placement is within reason (i.e. no barrels magically appearing in the lake without having been transported there, no matter how awesome you’d look jumping across them).

DEATH: Due to the nature of the afterlife on this plane, permanent character death occurs at negative CON HP, or if the hit that drops the character is a critical hit. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NO RESURRECTION in this campaign, barring deals with eldritch entities from beyond the veil of time. Getting your character killed means you roll one up at the same level and same equipment and magic item value.

Standard point-buy. Not that strict outside of rules restrictions stated above. Start at Level 2.

State your character concept in one sentence;
ex - brutish, arrogant axe-wielding Dragonborn barbarian warlord; runaway princess masquerading as a swordsman; revenge-obsessed Norse druid

Pics are good, but not mandatory.

You get a bonus Weapon Expertise feat for a weapon of your choice... but only for your personal weapon. Name your weapons, for they shall serve you well.; ex - Shadowmoon, Blacksun, Skysplitter, Moonblight. Run amuck, as long as its not too ridiculous! Oddball weapons are allowed ala console RPGs, i.e. refluffing a greatclub as a stone pillar.

Rule Zero: Have fun! This isn't high art, don't hold back and let the cliches roll!

Rule One: Please consider the other players. Overly disruptive players will be kicked after being warned.

Rule Two: A certain level of maturity is required... please be a good sport if the dice are against you. All rolling is open, even the DM's.