Minerva Hecate, Human Witch

[codexgigas]

Minerva Hecate

"There are secrets the gods hid from mortals. I intend to find them."

 

Human ANCESTRY     Occult Librarian BACKGROUND     Witch 1 CLASS     Level 1 HP 16 AC 16

 

STR 10 (+0)

DEX 14 (+2)

CON 14 (+2)

INT 18 (+4)

WIS 12 (+1)

CHA 10 (+0)

 

BASICS	SAVES
Perception +4 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (WIS) Speed 25 feet Alignment True Neutral	Fortitude +5 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (CON) Reflex +5 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (DEX) Will +6 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (WIS)

SKILLS

PROFICIENCIES

Acrobatics +5 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (DEX) Arcana +7 🅣🅔🅜🅛  (INT) Athletics +0 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (STR) Crafting +7 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (INT) Deception +0 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (CHA) Diplomacy +0 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (CHA) Intimidation +3 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (CHA) Lore: Academia +7 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (INT) Medicine +0 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (WIS) Nature +4 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (WIS) Occultism +7 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (INT) Performance +0 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (CHA) Religion +4 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (WIS) Society +7 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (INT) Stealth +5 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (DEX) Survival +0 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (WIS) Thievery +0 🅣🅔🅜🅛 (DEX)

Arcane Spell Attack Rolls +7 🅣🅔🅜🅛 Arcane Spell DC 17 🅣🅔🅜🅛 Unarmed Attacks  🅣🅔🅜🅛 Simple Weapons  🅣🅔🅜🅛 Martial Weapons  🅣🅔🅜🅛 Advanced Weapons  🅣🅔🅜🅛 Unarmoured Defence 🅣🅔🅜🅛 Light Armour 🅣🅔🅜🅛 Medium Armour 🅣🅔🅜🅛 Heavy Armour 🅣🅔🅜🅛 Languages Common, Elvish, Draconic, Fey, Dwarvish, Diabolic

 

FEATS AND ABILITIES

ANCESTRY FEATS	CLASS FEATS	GENERAL FEATS
Natural AmbitionYou were raised to be ambitious and always reach for the stars, leading you to progress quickly in your chosen field. You gain a 1st-level class feat for your class. You must meet the prerequisites, but you can select the feat later in the character creation process in order to determine which prerequisites you meet. Source: Level 1 General TrainingYour adaptability manifests in your mastery of a range of useful abilities. You gain a 1st-level general feat. You must meet the feat’s prerequisites, but if you select this feat during character creation, you can select the feat later in the process in order to determine which prerequisites you meet. Special You can select this feat multiple times, choosing a different feat each time. Source: Ancestry Paragon 1	CauldronYou can use the Craft activity to create oils and potions. You immediately gain the formulas for four common 1st-level oils or potions. At 4th level and every 2 levels beyond that, you gain the formula for a common oil or potion of that level or lower (a 4th-level potion if you're 4th level, a 6th-level potion if you're 6th level, and so on). If you have a familiar, you can have your familiar learn these formulas rather than storing them in a formula book. Your familiar can learn new formulas in the same way it learns new spells, and these formulas are transferred from a slain familiar to a new familiar in the same way spells are. You can brew a great deal of magic within your cauldron. When you Craft a batch of oils or potions, you can make up to six in a batch instead of the usual four per batch. Source: Natural Ambition

SKILL FEATS	CLASS ABILITIES	ARCHETYPE FEATS
Arcane SensePrerequisites trained in Arcana Your study of magic allows you to instinctively sense its presence. You can cast 1st-level detect magic at will as an arcane innate spell. If you’re a master in Arcana, the spell is heightened to 3rd level; if you’re legendary, it is heightened to 4th level. Source: Versatile Heritage Dubious KnowledgePrerequisites trained in a skill with the Recall Knowledge action You’re a treasure trove of information, but not all of it comes from reputable sources. When you fail (but not critically fail) a Recall Knowledge check using any skill, you learn a bit of true knowledge and a bit of erroneous knowledge, but you don’t have any way to differentiate which is which. Source: General Training Schooled in SecretsPrerequisites trained in Occultism You notice the signs and symbols that members of mystery cults and other secret societies use to declare their affiliation to fellow members. You can use Occultism in place of Diplomacy to Gather Information about such groups and in place of Deception to Impersonate a member of these groups. If you belong to a secret cult, lodge, sect, or similar organization, you automatically recognize members of your group unless they are specifically attempting to conceal their presence from you. They also recognize your standing unless you are specifically concealing it. Source: Occult Librarian Background	Patron: RuneYou weren't born with the power to cast spells, nor have you spent years in devotion to tomes, deities, or mystical secrets. Your power comes through a potent being that has chosen you as their vessel to carry forth some agenda in the world. This entity is typically mysterious and distant, revealing little of their identity and motivations, and they grant you spells and other magical powers through a familiar, which serves as a conduit for their power. A patron might be a deity or demigod, a coven of powerful hags, a fey lord, an archdevil, or a similarly powerful entity, or perhaps multiple such figures working in tandem. As you gain more of your patron's power, you might learn more about who or what they are—certain combinations of themes and lessons suggest particular patrons or agendas—but patrons empower witches for their own secretive reasons, which they rarely reveal in full. At 1st level, choose your patron's theme, which determines your spellcasting tradition, a skill, a special cantrip you gain, and a spell added to your familiar. The patron themes can be found here. Your patron is one of sigils and symbols, tomes and texts, words and wisdom. Spell List arcane Patron Skill Arcana Hex Cantrip discern secrets Granted Spell magic weapon FamiliarYour patron has sent you a familiar, a mystical creature that teaches you and facilitates your spells. This familiar follows the rules here, though as it's a direct conduit between you and your patron, it's more powerful than other familiars. Your familiar gains an extra familiar ability, and gains another extra ability at 6th, 12th, and 18th levels. Your familiar is the source and repository of the spells your patron has bestowed upon you, and you must commune with your familiar to prepare your spells each day using your witch spellcasting. Your familiar starts off knowing 10 cantrips, five 1st-level spells, and one additional spell determined by your patron's theme. You choose these spells from the common spells of the tradition determined by your patron or from other spells of that tradition you gain access to. Each time you gain a level, your patron teaches your familiar two new spells of any level you can cast, chosen from common spells of your tradition or others you gain access to. Feats can also grant your familiar additional spells. Your familiar can learn new spells independently of your patron. It can learn any spell on your tradition's spell list by physically consuming a scroll of that spell in a process that takes 1 hour. You can use the Learn a Spell exploration activity to prepare a special written version of a spell, which your familiar can consume as if it were a scroll. You and your familiar can use the Learn a Spell activity to teach your familiar a spell from another witch's familiar. Both familiars must be present for the entirety of the activity, the spell must be on your spellcasting tradition's spell list, and you must pay the usual cost for that activity, typically in the form of an offering to the other familiar's patron. You can't prepare spells from another witch's familiar. If your familiar dies, your patron replaces it during your next daily preparations. The new familiar might be a duplicate or reincarnation of your former familiar or a new entity altogether, but it knows the same spells your former familiar knew regardless. Your familiar's death doesn't affect any spells you have already prepared. Witch SpellcastingUsing your familiar as a conduit, your patron provides you the power to cast spells. You can cast spells using the Cast a Spell activity, and you can supply material, somatic, and verbal components when casting spells. At 1st level, you can prepare up to two 1st-level spells and five cantrips each morning from the spells your familiar knows. Prepared spells remain available to you until you cast them or until you prepare your spells again. The number of spells you can prepare is called your spell slots. As you increase in level as a witch, your number of spell slots and the highest level of spells you can cast from spell slots increase, as shown in Table 2–7: Witch Spells per Day. Some of your spells require you to attempt a spell attack roll to see how effective they are, or have your enemies roll against your spell DC (typically by attempting a saving throw). Since your key ability is Intelligence, your spell attack rolls and spell DCs use your Intelligence modifier. Heightening Spells When you get spell slots of 2nd level and higher, you can fill those slots with stronger versions of lower-level spells. This increases the spell's level, heightening it to match the spell slot. Many spells have specific improvements when they are heightened to certain levels. Cantrips Some of your spells are cantrips. A cantrip is a special type of spell that doesn't use spell slots. You can cast a cantrip at will, any number of times per day. A cantrip is automatically heightened to half your level rounded up—this is usually equal to the highest level of witch spell slot you have. For example, as a 1st-level witch, your cantrips are 1st-level spells, and as a 5th-level witch, your cantrips are 3rd-level spells. HexesYour patron and familiar teach you special spells called hexes. A hex is a short-term effect drawn directly from your patron's magic. As such, you can cast only one hex each turn; attempts to cast a second hex spell on that turn fail and the spellcasting actions are lost. Hexes are a type of focus spell. It costs 1 Focus Point to cast a focus spell, and you start with a focus pool of 1 Focus Point. You refill your focus pool during your daily preparations, and you can regain 1 Focus Point by spending 10 minutes using the Refocus activity to commune with your familiar. Focus spells are automatically heightened to half your level rounded up. Focus spells don't require spell slots, and you can't cast them using spell slots. Certain feats can give you more focus spells and increase the size of your focus pool, though your focus pool can never hold more than 3 Focus Points. The full rules for focus spells appear here. You learn the phase familiar hex, which you can cast as a reaction to protect your familiar from harm. You learn most other hexes from witch lessons. Hex Cantrips Hex cantrips are special hexes that don't cost Focus Points, so you can cast them as often as you like, though you can still cast only one hex each round. Hex cantrips are in addition to the cantrips you choose with your witch spellcasting and aren't counted toward your prepared cantrips. Your hex cantrips are determined by your patron theme.

 

Spellcasting

Cantrips	Level 1 (2/2)	Level 2
Electric ArcCast [two-actions] Range 30 feet; Targets 1 or 2 creatures Defense basic Reflex An arc of lightning leaps from one target to another. Each target takes 2d4 electricity damage with a basic Reflex save. Heightened (+1) The damage increases by 1d4. Ghost SoundCast [two-actions] somatic, verbal Range 30 feet Duration sustained You create an auditory illusion of simple sounds that has a maximum volume equal to four normal humans shouting. The sounds emanate from a square you designate within range. You can't create intelligible words or other intricate sounds (such as music). Heightened (3rd) The range increases to 60 feet. Heightened (5th) The range increases to 120 feet. IlluminateCast [one-action] Area 30-foot emanation (see text) You light all non-magical light sources in the area that use fire to provide their light—such as candles, lamps, and sconces. You can choose to make the emanation smaller than its maximum, to any distance of your choice. If a light source is attended by an unwilling creature, that creature can attempt a Reflex save to snuff the light out before it becomes noticeable. Heightened (+1) The maximum area increases by 10 feet. LightCast [two-actions] somatic, verbal Range touch; Targets 1 object of 1 Bulk or less, either unattended or possessed by you or a willing ally Duration until the next time you make your daily preparations The object glows, casting bright light in a 20-foot radius (and dim light for the next 20 feet) like a torch. If you cast this spell again on a second object, the light spell on the first object ends. Heightened (4th) The object sheds bright light in a 60-foot radius (and dim light for the next 60 feet). Mage HandCast [two-actions] somatic, verbal Range 30 feet; Targets 1 unattended object of light Bulk or less Duration sustained You create a single magical hand, either invisible or ghostlike, that grasps the target object and moves it slowly up to 20 feet. Because you're levitating the object, you can move it in any direction. When you Sustain the Spell, you can move the object an additional 20 feet. If the object is in the air when the spell ends, the object falls. Heightened (3rd) You can target an unattended object with a Bulk of 1 or less. Heightened (5th) The range increases to 60 feet, and you can target an unattended object with a Bulk of 1 or less. Heightened (7th) The range increases to 60 feet, and you can target an unattended object with a Bulk of 2 or less. Needle DartsCast [two-actions] Range 60 feet; Targets 1 creature Defense AC You shape three needles out of a piece of metal in your possession and send them flying in a tight group toward one target. Make a spell attack roll against your target's AC. The needles deal 3d4 piercing damage and might cause bleeding. The needles impart any special properties of the metal that forms them; for instance, cold iron needles deal additional damage to creatures with weakness to cold iron. All the needles are made of the same metal, and the metal returns to you after the attack. Critical Success The target takes double damage and 1 persistent bleed damage. Success The target takes full damage. Heightened (+1) You send one additional needle, increasing the regular damage by 1d4 and increasing the persistent bleed damage on a critical hit by 1. PrestidigitationCast [two-actions] somatic, verbal Range 10 feet; Targets 1 object (cook, lift, or tidy only) Duration sustained The simplest magic does your bidding. You can perform simple magical effects for as long as you Sustain the Spell. Each time you Sustain the Spell, you can choose one of four options. Cook Cool, warm, or flavor 1 pound of nonliving material. Lift Slowly lift an unattended object of light Bulk or less 1 foot off the ground. Make Create a temporary object of negligible Bulk, made of congealed magical substance. The object looks crude and artificial and is extremely fragile—it can't be used as a tool, weapon, or spell component. Tidy Color, clean, or soil an object of light Bulk or less. You can affect an object of 1 Bulk with 10 rounds of concentration, and a larger object a 1 minute per Bulk. Prestidigitation can't deal damage or cause adverse conditions. Any actual change to an object (beyond what is noted above) persists only as long as you Sustain the Spell. Read AuraCast 1 minute (somatic, verbal) Range 30 feet; Targets 1 object You focus on the target object, opening your mind to perceive magical auras. When the casting is complete, you know whether that item is magical, and if it is, you learn the school of magic. If the object is illusory, you detect this only if the effect's level is lower than the level of your read aura spell. Heightened (3rd) You can target up to 10 objects. Heightened (6th) You can target any number of objects. ShieldCast [one-action] verbal Duration until the start of your next turn You raise a magical shield of force. This counts as using the Raise a Shield action, giving you a +1 circumstance bonus to AC until the start of your next turn, but it doesn't require a hand to use. While the spell is in effect, you can use the Shield Block reaction with your magic shield. The shield has Hardness 5. After you use Shield Block, the spell ends and you can't cast it again for 10 minutes. Unlike a normal Shield Block, you can use the spell's reaction against the magic missile spell. Heightening the spell increases the shield's Hardness. Heightened (3rd) The shield has Hardness 10. Heightened (5th) The shield has Hardness 15. Heightened (7th) The shield has Hardness 20. Heightened (9th) The shield has Hardness 25. Slashing GustCast [two-actions] ; Requirements You have at least one free hand. Range 60 feet; Targets 1 or 2 creatures Defense AC You slash your hand through the air, channeling miniature ripples of air from each finger to slice your enemy. If you have two hands free, you can target two creatures with this spell; otherwise, you target one. Make a spell attack roll against each target's AC. This deals 2d4 slashing damage. On a critical success, a target also takes 1d4 persistent bleed damage. If you're attacking two creatures, this counts as two attacks for your multiple attack penalty, but the penalty doesn't increase until after both attacks. Critical Success The target takes double damage and 1d4 persistent bleed damage. Success The target takes full damage. Heightened (+1) The damage increases by 1d4, and the persistent damage on a critical hit increases by 1d4.	BefuddleCast [two-actions] somatic, verbal Range 30 feet; Targets 1 creature Saving Throw Will; Duration 1 round You sow seeds of confusion in your target’s mind, causing their actions and thoughts to become clumsy. Critical Success The target is unaffected. Success The target is clumsy 1 and stupefied 1. Failure The target is clumsy 2 and stupefied 2. Critical Failure The target is clumsy 3, stupefied 3, and confused. FearCast [two-actions] somatic, verbal Range 30 feet; Targets 1 creature Saving Throw Will; Duration varies You plant fear in the target; it must attempt a Will save. Critical Success The target is unaffected. Success The target is frightened 1. Failure The target is frightened 2. Critical Failure The target is frightened 3 and fleeing for 1 round. Heightened (3rd) You can target up to five creatures. Illusory ObjectCast [two-actions] somatic, verbal Range 500 feet; Area 20-foot burst Duration 10 minutes You create an illusory visual image of a stationary object. The entire image must fit within the spell's area. The object appears to animate naturally, but it doesn't make sounds or generate smells. For example, water would appear to pour down an illusory waterfall, but it would be silent. Any creature that touches the image or uses the Seek action to examine it can attempt to disbelieve your illusion. Heightened (2nd) Your image makes appropriate sounds, generates normal smells, and feels right to the touch. The spell gains the auditory and olfactory traits. The duration increases to 1 hour. Heightened (5th) As the 2nd-level version, but the duration is unlimited. Magic WeaponCast [two-actions] somatic, verbal Range touch; Targets 1 weapon that is unattended or wielded by you or a willing ally Duration 1 minute The weapon glimmers with magic and energy. The target becomes a +1 striking weapon, gaining a +1 item bonus to attack rolls and increasing the number of weapon damage dice to two. Summon AnimalCast [three-actions] material, somatic, verbal Range 30 feet Duration sustained up to 1 minute You conjure an animal to fight for you. You summon a common creature that has the animal trait and whose level is –1, such as those below. Heightening the spell increases the maximum level of creature you can summon. Heightened (2nd) Level 1. Heightened (3rd) Level 2. Heightened (4th) Level 3. Heightened (5th) Level 5. Heightened (6th) Level 7. Heightened (7th) Level 9. Heightened (8th) Level 11. Heightened (9th) Level 13. Heightened (10th) Level 15. Wall of ShrubsCast [three-actions] Range 120 feet Duration 1 minute You call forth a line of bushes native to the region to spring from the ground. The wall of shrubs stands in a line 60 feet long, is less than 5 feet tall, and is a foot thick, providing lesser cover. Heightened (3rd) The shrubs are now 10 feet tall and 5 feet thick and provide standard cover. The duration of the spell increases to 10 minutes. Heightened (5th) Instead of a line, the shrubs can be made in a ring with a diameter of up to 30 feet that's 10 feet tall and 5 feet thick. The shrubs provide greater cover. The duration of the spell increases to 1 hour.

Level 3	Level 4	Level 5

Level 6	Level 7	Level 8

Level 9	Level 10	Hexes
		Discern SecretsCast [one-action] somatic Range 30 feet; Targets 1 creature Duration sustained up to 1 minute You call upon your patron's power to better uncover secrets. When you Cast the Spell, the target can Recall Knowledge, Seek, or Sense Motive. The target gains a +1 status bonus to the skill or Perception used for the roll, and this bonus remains as long as you Sustain the Spell. The target is temporarily immune to discern secrets for 1 minute. Heightened (5th) You can target two creatures instead of one. Phase FamiliarCast [reaction] somatic; Trigger Your familiar would take damage. Range 60 feet; Targets your familiar You draw upon your patron's power to momentarily shift your familiar from its solid, physical form into an ephemeral version of itself shaped of mist. Your familiar gains resistance 5 to all damage and is immune to precision damage. These apply only against the triggering damage. Heightened (+1) Increase the resistance by 2.

 

Familiar

Stats	Traits
BASICS SAVES Perception +5  Speed 25 feet HP 5/5 AC 15 Fortitude +5  Reflex +5  Will +6	Familiar Ability: Fly Familiar Ability: Speech Master Ability: Share Senses Recipes Known: Healing Potion (Minor), Ration Tonic, Potion of Emergency Escape, Shielding Salve

 

Inventory

Readied	Stored
Explorer's Clothing Sling (20 bullets) Sickle Staff Material Component Pouch	Adventurer's Pack 12 gp, 6 sp, 8 cp

Edited Thursday at 12:43 AM by codexgigas (see edit history)

[TheDude2371]

Interesting character choice. I'd like to see the final product before Recruitment is done.

[codexgigas]

On 4/18/2024 at 11:00 AM, TheDude2371 said:

Interesting character choice. I'd like to see the final product before Recruitment is done.

I ended up having a busier week with work than I anticipated, but I should have something complete by the end of the weekend.

[codexgigas]

Minerva was born in the Free City of Greyhawk to parents who were merchants. Her upbringing was unremarkable. She demonstrated a talent with magic at a relatively young age, and her parents apprenticed her to a wizard of middling power. Minerva was not a talented apprentice wizard. While magic came naturally to her, the precise, orderly nature of wizardry did not. However, Hecate's apprenticeship was not a total failure, for it introduced her to a wider world. As a child of Greyhawk, she had considered herself cosmopolitan. As a wizard's apprentice, she realized there was much she did not know.

First came her initiation into the worship of Wee Jas, Goddess of Death and Magic. Wee Jas proved to be a keeper of secrets, and the place where Minerva proved herself best as a wizard's apprentice was in studying esoteric lore. She learned of Tharizdun's existence, and the existence of other entities, even stranger and more inimical to life than the Black Sun. There were things lurking in the Far Realms which mortal beings were not supposed to know. Minerva saw such ignorance as a chain, even as she recognized that these elder beings held no love for her. She resolved to break the chains which bound her, even if she would not follow their breaking into madness.

In her apprenticeship she learned of someone who might serve as an example for her, even if Natasha the Black's example was itself a cautionary tale. Minerva did not desire to follow Tasha into the Abyss or to become a consort of a Demon Lord, but she admired the wizardess' example of a life free from the bonds of convention. And Tasha pointed Minerva toward Baba Yaga and older, less orderly forms of magic.

So it was that Minerva left Greyhawk behind for a time and began to search for knowledge. She journeyed fey realms and forgotten ruins, at last coming to Baba Yaga's hut. There she began a new apprenticeship, learning witchcraft from the Mother of Witches, who had trained Natasha the Black first. She made a covenant with a being of power, gaining power over runes and auguries and receiving a familiar, who kept the shape of an owl.

For the last fifteen years, Minerva has wandered the Flanaess, learning many forgotten secrets. She still follows Wee Jas, but she makes sacrifices to Baba Yaga as well. She resents all who tell her that knowledge is lost or forbidden, and is determined to make her own destiny. She has used her magical arts to keep the appearance of age at bay, but she is now closer to forty than thirty. She is a woman with power, and she is hungry for more. Still, she does not delight in power to lord it over others, but because she delights in reshaping the world around her into a more enlightened place.

Minerva is tall for a woman, standing over six feet. Her brown hair is worn long and unbound. She tends to dress in shades of red, and her clothing is often covered by a voluminous red cloak. She is naturally attractive, and has used magic to further enhance her appearance. She knows that men still rule the world, and a woman's beauty is thus itself a form of power.

Minerva is reserved. She sees herself as above the squabbles of common people, and she cares nothing for politics. As a younger woman, she might have desired a seat on Greyhawk's Council of Eight. Now she seeks to make her own way. While she is indifferent to the methods required to gain knowledge, she does not delight in inflicting pain or cheating others. She sees the world around her as a puzzle to be solved. Others can find her cold or indifferent, but she doesn't particularly care what other people think about her.

Edited April 19 by codexgigas (see edit history)

[codexgigas]

1. What is your experience with Pathfinder 2e?
I've played a couple games of Pathfinder 2E on Myth Weavers. Two campaigns ended suddenly when the DMs withdrew, but I did complete the "Fistful of Flowers" adventure as a one-shot. I've also run the Beginner Box as a DM for my IRL group.

2. What is your experience with PbP?
I've played PbP off-and-on over the years, mostly on MW. I got back into MW during 2020 (like a lot of people). I've played and DMed a number of games, mostly D&D 5E. Right now, I'm the DM for two D&D 5E campaigns here on MW. I'm a player in two other 5E games.

3. What is your Role-playing Experience (overall, PbP and otherwise)? And, what makes a game "good"?
I started playing TTRPGs in college, which is almost 20 years ago now. I've played a lot of systems, including D&D 3.5, 4, and 5, D20 Modern, Adventures in Middle Earth, Star Wars Saga Edition, the old Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game, and Mutants and Masterminds. This has been a mix of in person, virtual (mostly Roll 20), and PbP. Ultimately, I enjoy games that are collaborative and creative. I love the chance to explore my own character while telling a larger story. I see good roleplaying as taking a "yes, and" approach. I need to build on the story the DM and the other players are telling, rather than just telling my own.

4. Please link me a couple examples of your Roleplaying here at the Weave (preferred). If no examples, be sure to post an "RP" in the open RP thread (when I get one up) I'd like to see a sample of your game-style writing.
Here are a couple recent posts, both as a DM and as a player:

• Champions of Eriador (player)
• War of the Lance (DM)
• Shadow of the Dragon Queen (player)

I picked these posts intentionally, since they're stylistically very different from one another. I hope they show you my breadth as a player.

5. Tell me about a couple of your favorite characters you've actually played (in PBP or even in TT) and why you enjoyed those characters so much.
Here are some descriptions of a few of my favorite characters.

I played Xael Jhaelian, an Aereni elf cleric of the Undying Court, in an Eberron campaign. I enjoyed playing Xael because the Aereni are very different from other fantasy elven cultures. Xael was a "fish out of water" character, since the campaign was set in Sharn, and he was the only elf in the party. Over the course of the campaign, Xael moved past his xenophobia and was able to appreciate aspects of cultures other than his own. He was also interesting to play because he had a completely different relationship to necromancy and the undead than the rest of the party, since his culture was ruled by undead ancestors.

I played Aidan Quinn, a human swashbuckler, in a short-lived Pathfinder 2E campaign. Aidan was fun to play because he was the jokester of the party. The campaign allowed Aidan to explore some of his trauma and why he used humor and risk-taking as coping mechanisms. He's one character I regret not having more time to develop.

Finally, back in college, I played an infamous archivist character in a D&D 3.5 campaign. I don't remember his name, but a climactic encounter occurred during a library, which prompted the question: "Do I need to roll initiative if I'm just going to read?" My friends and I still laugh about it. I've also grown as a player since then.

6. Name (do not use the "mention" function) one or more players 'applying' for this game who you would like to be accepted.
After looking at the completed apps, I liked Razig, Nico, Boz, and Kilaim.

Edited April 20 by codexgigas (see edit history)

[codexgigas]

@TheDude2371 My app is now mostly complete. I've still got to look through the other apps and recommend characters to be accepted, but I'm otherwise finished. Please feel free to take a look and let me know if you have anything I can expand on before the end of the application period.

[codexgigas]

MINERVA HECATE WITCH 1 HP: 16/16 | AC: 16 | Perception: +4 Fort: +5 | Ref: +5 | Will: +6 ResourcesFocus Points 1/1 | Spells PreparedCANTRIPS Electric Arc Light Mage Hand Needle Darts Shield 1ST LEVEL Fear Summon Animal HEXES Discern Secrets (Hex Cantrip) Phase Familiar | SkillsAcrobatics +5 🅣 Arcana +7 🅣 Athletics +0 Crafting +7 🅣 Deception +0 Diplomacy +0 Intimidation +3 🅣 Lore: Academia +7 🅣 Medicine +0 Nature +4 🅣 Occultism +7 🅣 Performance +0 Religion +4 🅣 Society +7 🅣 Stealth +5 🅣 Survival +0  Thievery +0 | FamiliarPerception +5  Speed 25 feet HP 5/5 AC 15 Fortitude +5  Reflex +5  Will +6  Familiar Ability: Fly Familiar Ability: Speech Master Ability: Share Senses| Summon Stats (Empty)Content...

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"This is how I speak."

 

This is how I think.

 

This is how I act.

 

Tabletop

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Edited April 28 by codexgigas (see edit history)

[Spacesong]

Just a heads up. That text color is hard to read for folks using in dark mode.

 

[TheDude2371]

Gotcha. I didn't even know there was a dark mode.

Oddly enough, the page renders a lot of errors on my side.

[Eagleheart]

Yeah, I'm also seeing broken images and such.

[codexgigas]

11 hours ago, TheDude2371 said:

Gotcha. I didn't even know there was a dark mode.

Oddly enough, the page renders a lot of errors on my side.

That's because I grabbed a template and popped it in on my phone yesterday but didn't have a chance to sit down at my computer and edit it. I'm working on cleaning it up.

23 hours ago, Spacesong said:

Just a heads up. That text color is hard to read for folks using in dark mode.

 

Thanks for letting me know. I've picked another color and checked how it looks in Dark Mode. Let me know if that's still a problem.

Edited April 28 by codexgigas (see edit history)