Makkiu

I confess that I rarely think of my characters in terms of literary classification. I just try making them individuals with believable experiences for the area/time they live. The kind of people that anyone living in the area could see been real, small people molded by the big events. The drow probably would be in the Underdark if he had a good life there, he would even pay homage to Lolth though he would despise her. He's a character that I've tried to play at least four times before but either players or DMs ghosted the campaigns with the character, or RL happened to the DM. I agree a 100% with having the character being ready to engage. Seeing the other PCs play their histories is just as good as developing the histories of my boys and I love interacting with the world both socially and lorewise. I tend to make charisma focused characters and if the DM gives me space I will always want to ask about the lore.

Thank you for the kind words. If I had gone on with the idea I would tend more to the middle-aged side. Make him tortured by the very real possibility that his best years were behind him and he made nothing of them, just had loss. Maybe my friends are right and I like torturing my characters. I always like organizations where its members have flying mounts. The Claw remember me of the Cobalt Soul and SCP Foundation (both very much to my liking). If only I didn't dislike the monk class so much... Thank you for the kind words and I love playing exactly like that. For example, my drow was a former soldier of T'lindhet, born a poor male and as such was always treated as inferior, never properly rewarded for his efforts - promotion came to the rich or well connected while he was neither. Absorbing the cultural sense of superiority and the value of vengefulness of the drow culture he started to hate Lolth and her society, deciding to leave for the surface where he first started working as debt collector for loan sharks (a living threat of extreme torture made people more inclined to pay). In many ways he is an anti-Drizzt: starting life poor instead of rich, lowborn in the south instead of highborn on the north, ignorant (never had money for proper instruction) instead of educated, ordinary (he absorbed cultural values according to his indoctrination) instead of special, building a new life for evil reasons (self-interest, bitterness, hate, vengefulness) and not because he's good, starting with no help whatsoever. I also tried my hand at a bard that refused romantic advances of a married lady. Said lady was the wife of his lord and out of spite for the rejection accused him of trying to seduce her - something everyone believed to be true because of the horny bard stereotype. Instead of roaming the world to escape, the character was captured and in prison at the start of the campaign. Sadly the game was a victim of real life happening to the DM.

I know the feeling. I immediately thought about someone who to become a blood sacrifice but didn't want to go with the idea, Maybe even escaped with the help of a lover that was killed on the escapade. Then I thought about a dread elf that lived before the whole Izul situation and was one of the first to be affected by the monster's fall, being turned into a dread elf rather than being born as one. But since in another game I'm playing a Drow that escaped the Underdark and in another game I'm playing a Shadar-Kai I left the idea behind. 5e games always get a lot of applications and this in particular have interesting lore. And the suggested backgrounds... Damn, there are some ideas I really want to play there. Players are spoiled for choice.

You understood the point and answered everything. The only misunderstanding was in regards on the meaning in which I used the term yakuza. I merely employed it an easy to recognize word to avoid asking the long version - is there organized crime syndicates and are they in their initial stages (as corrupt militia) or already on the gambling/trafficking/prostitution/hired killing stage. The mention of festivals is tied to the initial stages of organized criminal activity through History, that starts with security and evolves to placement administration in festivals (the one who paid the criminals better got the better places for their stalls). All my questions answered I just want to mention that the colocation that yakuza is a Japanese concept is not exactly correct. The concept of the yakuza is just that of organized crime with adoption of consuetudinary practices of its time and place of origin. What is exclusively Japanese is just the name, that comes from mixing different readings of the numbers 8 (ya), 9 (ku) and 3 (za) which make the losing hand on oichokabu which was one of the most common gambling games used by the aforementioned syndicates in their gambling houses during the Edo Period. The bad hand on the game became synonymous with the bad guys with the game. Though there is also some peotry in the fact that most of the yakuza were also royally screwed by the social condition they had on birth, being the ones handed a bad hand by fate. I always enjoy when someone mentions linguistic variety. Even today China and India have a number idioms and they are far from the only place in the world where it happens. Anyway, rambled about History and Linguistics too much.

It seems I expressed myself badly: the "they" in the question referred to the dwarves, not the dread elves. Yael fits so perfectly to my idea. It may be good to list which domains each deity has, for players interested in applying Paladins or Clerics. Side note, Nulia made me consider another concept for Grave Domain because she really remembers me of Kelemvor, which is my favorite FR's deity (specially before he decided to become overly cold). Are the merchants badly viewed in Gaellya? Is there already a yakuza analog there? If so would still be on its merchant protection and festival location control days or would it already stepped into oichokabu gambling? At this point I feel like I'm bothering with my questions, but here goes another lore related: are there different languages in a same race (Randorians and Gaellians speaking different idioms beyond common, for example)?

I admit that I'm half surprised the Dread Elves are not the Shadar-Kai (that are described as elves between life and death in Monsters of the Multiverse). In regards to the dwarves: Are their the PHB version or the Monsters of the Multiverse version? How does the fact that they live underground impact the believe on deities that fundamentally personify celestial bodies? By the way, what subraces of halflings are acceptable? I can imagine they extracting power from the words themselves and not necessarily from the music (which would fit with the Eloquence subclass). On the vanilla DnD they are just studying to reproduce the music of creation which is another case of WoTC taking from Tolkien. I'm considering three character ideas and one of them is Twilight Domain cleric that doesn't doubt the existence of the gods but doesn't worship any of them. He is dedicated to help others/fight spawns of Izul and asks and receives divine power because his actions are useful to the gods. Is the concept acceptable? Does Yael provides said domain? Regarding Gaellia: Could tell me more about the workers and the non-people? Are there any slaves there? Does the Gaellians have mechanically the same racial traits of the Randorians? Does clan conflicts still happen there?

Man, getting info from Voldemort is not cool. Ok, terrible joke aside that is the result of too much less than useful knowledge and a bit of free time. Apologies if I missed the answer somewhere but I'll repeat my last questions: what would be their equivalent of allowed races on the rulebooks and what subrace are the dwarves of the scenario part of. Speaking of the dwarves, to they have a different pantheon? Might I suggest that the item 11 of the Q&A be changed to "what races are allowed in the game"? New questions: There is a class in one of the allowed sourcebooks that was not mentioned in Classes of Zerathan, the artificer. How does it fit in the scenario? Is it not allowed? Is magic in the scenario like in the official DnD scenarios - the result of manipulating an external energy? (In the official lore said force is The Weave, kept by the goddess of magic). Is a bard limited to use magic through music? Is true faith a necessary component to become a cleric or much like in the official settings clerical powers can be bestowed by the will of a deity, be it as a result of a promise or even without the mortal's consent? Is multiclass allowed in the game?

There are two versions: Volo's Guide to Monsters and Mordekainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse. Both have a pletora of other races so you may prefer to just mention which version of the race is allowed rather than allowing the entire book.

Vasile of House Iliescu Character Sheet | Health Perfect | Blood Pool 20/20 | Willpower 5/5 When he was a boy Vasile thought, the same way many did, that traveling was synonymous with adventure like those of tale and song. Time and experience had taught him otherwise. Most of any journey is dull, to say the least. Hours and days of watching little more than the way before a mount. A little scouting here and there before a camping, when one has to camp. The mortal body soon begins to ache in response to the bumping of the road and it was unwise for one to speak much atop of a horse. Sweat and dust take hold on the clothing and the only events to be had were the attack of beasts and bandits. Unlife had freed him of most inconveniences, and he had fight through enough ambushes and bad weather to enjoy the monotonous tranquility. The fear of the kine was the first indicator that they understood the nature of the coterie. That remember him of Drobeta. He was surprised to learn that there was no room on the tavern. “If we find the same situation on the next village we’ll need to badger either way, but with far more urgency.” He commented to Nezira. “It may be more prudent to try our hands at diplomacy. Well, bribery, actually. We enter the place, shake a couple of coins in one hand and ask loudly if there is nothing we can do to get a room.” This would also send a couple messages – they had enough funds to spend lavishly, they didn’t gave up on their whims and they didn’t resort to violence first. “Suggestion made, I have to admit that I am not the most indicated to work the persuasion.

The Astral elves remembered me of Witcher's Aen Elle and the creation of the works took me right under Isengard.. Izul remembers me of the Tarrasque lore with a pinch of Ymir. That said I need to ask what races are playable, what would be their equivalent on the rulebooks and what subrace are the dwarves of the scenario part of. Speaking of the dwarves, to they have a different pantheon? Holding on asking about the elven deities.

*Sees the image of a good hunter arriving at Cainhurst.* You definitely have my interest. I also like the ASOIAF stylization of the noble houses, though the fallen elvish empire name being the word for Greece in most romance languages may be somewhat immersion breaking. Vampyr's name have a similar effect because of the homonymous game. As Grudge asked the more technical questions I would like to dive more in the lore: What is Randor? A region, a country or a continent? What is the name of the world how many ages it had (in terms of the general knowledge that an average individual of the world would have)? How does Leoric looks? Is he clearly of any given race? How are half-elves seem in the society of Kaledor? Are there any half-elves in the noble houses? Do the noble houses have holdings outside of Kaledor or venture outside of the city (be it for vacation or any kind of work)? What are the notable regions/countries/cities that trade with Kaledor? Are there other races in the world/scenario besides humans, elves and dwarves? What is the technological level of the scenario? How is the pantheon of the scenario?

I have been sick lately. Almost entirely recovered now. I agree with the fast forward.

Vasile of House Iliescu Character Sheet | Health Perfect | Blood Pool 20/20 | Willpower 5/5 The eyes of the old Dragon spoke to him of approval. As always, Ilie was satisfied to see proper manners followed. It was not goodness, Vasile knew. If anything it was akin to a kennel master watching one of his beasts following its training. When the servant arrived childe looked to sire and was told in the silence of a nod to go. Iliescu didn’t question the oldest of his forefathers, but his mind could not help asking why the Voivode was there if he was not meant to accompany them to the meeting. A show of power from the lord of the castle? If that was the case then this patron to be was not simply capable to move kindred of the sixth generation, it was more powerful than them. Maybe stronger than older generations even, he pondered looking at his companions. At that point he wouldn’t be surprised if their blood was more potent than his. “The Carpathians are Tzimisce land so at some point we are likely to deal with Garou, Power Mongers and Usurpers.” He started after his traveling companions. There was disdain and familiarity in his voice. “Things I would have fought one way or another, but without the reward milady offers.” The reward he always wanted and that he was sure would ultimately benefit Lucretia mora than himself. A price he was willing to pay for his wishes. “Things that make me want to know how much time we would to rising defenses and how long would it take to reach the closest allies.” He then turned to Nezira. “On regards to ability I can only say the opposite of what you did. I would be of more assistance in military endeavors than logistics.” Specially if such endeavors involved having he take to the field. “I could deal with anyone disturbing the order.” Body Crafts and Vicissitude would make it easy to get confessions and make examples, but that much he thought better left unsaid. “My family name is likely to make for a believable tale for the kine - a Transylvanian noble sent to develop land given to his House and I can play this role. My subordinate is both merchant and information gatherer, a good point to start rumors and attract trade. Besides that I echo every single one of your points.”

Vasile of House Iliescu Character Sheet | Health Perfect | Blood Pool 20/20 | Willpower 5/5 The figure of his sire there, in a courtyard, suggested talks would be brief and they would be expected to move, leave, soon enough. That much was no surprise. Someone capable of asking favors of a kindred such Ilie should easily deal with domestic trouble. Everyone approached their elders and Vasile did the same, bowing his head before the Voivode. “My lord.” He said with no warmth in his voice. Words and action told the keen observer that they were no two friends meeting. There was mutual respect, sure. Formality even. But they were a lord and his sworn warrior. “I hope the travel here was not too terribly inconvenient.” Vasile wanted to ask more than a few questions, but he knew Ilie would point that is the master of the castle that should answer them. The man was that prone to formalities. It shouldn’t take long, the younger Fiend thought noticing the guide leaving them. He’s going to call the patron. It was the only logical conclusion. Alas, if the prophet at the entrance was something to go by, maybe he shouldn’t expect much logic in whatever was bound to happen. He looked as his travelling companions and their sires for but a moment. Enough time to ponder if they were as old as his ancestor.

Vasile of House Iliescu Character Sheet | Health Perfect | Blood Pool 20/20 | Willpower 5/5 Vasile genuinely thought the meeting would happen there, at the inn, and was genuinely surprised when the guide appeared again. The way to the Castle Hill suggested that their patron was also the ruler of Budapest or at least so close to said ruler that it wouldn’t make any difference. Whatever the case, it was likely that any promise made not only to their sires, but to them directly, would be fulfilled. A good omen for the start of the journey. The crossing was a silent affair for him, ended by words that he could not help but find strange. The Tzimisce was not used to playing big parts in anything for it is usually the army, not the lone soldier, that made difference. He had no idea about who Zolot was and understood only that the not so merry group was about to find its elders. Unsure about what to do, he simply bowed his head, as if thanking the strange man, and followed the others. “Usually I would agree with your master, but considering we are… I can only imagined these events to be some kind of test.” Tests Vasile could only help they had not botched. “Maybe we should commit those words to memory.” He suggested to Nerfertit, keeping in mind what she said about prophecies. “But I can’t discard the drunk theory either.”