Shade

DurgisFlak · Jun 21 '09, 1:34pm

I'm planting my flag of interest.

Would you be ok with a character who is slowly losing his sanity? Flitting between being perfectly normal, to being unable to remember if he's a chicken to being completely detached from events happening around him. With a little 4th wall breaking thrown in?

Zeltaen · Jun 21 '09, 2:29pm

This is going to be a grittier, more serious game, so I'm afraid a character like that might be a little out of place here. I'm looking for believable motivations and multi-layered characters. It would be fine if you wanted to portray an emotionally damaged character whose occasionally strange behavior only highlighted the pathos of his poor mental health, but it sounds like you're more interested in using the trait as comic relief.

Sorry to shoot you down on the first post :P but it's just not that kind of game.

jkohlhepp · Jun 21 '09, 2:47pm

I'm interested. Not sure what I'd like to play yet. I'm going to give the background some thought. I love gritty characters so this seems like a good fit. :-)

DurgisFlak · Jun 21 '09, 2:47pm

That's cool. It was a long shot at best, but that leads to character refinement.

I was thinking a warlock, who had tried his best to repress his magics when he was younger. The resulting build up damaged his mentality which is, even though he uses his magics now, slowly degrading his sanity. Add this to his own hatred of what he is and can do. Has always tried to do the right thing bu always takes risks in the hope that he might die but seems to manage it.

Techno · Jun 21 '09, 3:37pm

So, just to be sure: Martial Power or Arcane Power aren't allowed, correct?

Faerevol · Jun 21 '09, 3:43pm

Posting interest, will have a character up soon-ish.

jkohlhepp · Jun 21 '09, 4:14pm

Okay here we go:

Kelwyn
Elven Druid (Primal Controller)

Character sheet:
http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetvie...sheetid=134422

Kelwyn is a elven druid that prefers to spend time in beast form as opposed to his "normal" form. He was quite happy in his life, living in a small community of other druids in a small forest.

A few weeks ago his happiness was destroyed by the army of Vremen Shas. They came through the forest, hacking down trees, poisoning the river, indiscriminantly slaughtering the beasts of the forest. A small contingent of the army stumbled upon the grove where Kelwyn's community made their home. They made a sport of slaughtering the druids, amused as they transformed into various beasts and tried to escape.

Kelwyn had been away from the camp, gathering supplies and enjoying the solitude. He heard the fighting and ran back to aid his friends, but he arrived too late. He watched as the army gathered their bodies and strung them up on trees around the grove. Kelwyn tried to keeps his sobs quiet so the army would not discover him.

After the army left, Kelwyn cut down the bodies of his friends, and spent the next few days digging graves for them in the grove where they made their home. He cleaned up the grove, planted some bright flowers and prayed that the beasts and plants of the forest would watch over them.

Kelwyn's life was now in ruins, his friends were all dead. All that was left to live for was to see Vremen's army stopped before it can ruin the lives of others.

Tracking the army was no challenge for a person of his training. He came upon more slaughtered lands and burned forests as he pushed himself to catch up with the evil horde. He caught up with them when they were almost at the city of Gimwood. Kelwyn sprinted ahead and got to the city in time to help some refugees escape, then went back inside the city to aid the defenders that had remained behind to hold off the army and give their wives and children time to escape.

Kelwyn fought hard at Gimwood as the army washed over the poorly defended city. He enjoyed the taste of their blood as his fangs bit into their throats. His claws sliced through their flesh and he was glad. Eventually he was overrun and took several wounds. The army took him for a simple wolf, trained by one of the city militia to help defend. So they ignored him as he regained his strength, and he was able to slip away and escape the city.

Kelwyn had heard some of the refugees talking about heading toward Halmern, the capitol city, which would be better defended. Kelwyn knew that the army would be heading there next, and made haste so he could get their ahead of them...

jkohlhepp · Jun 21 '09, 4:16pm

So now that I've got a character submitted, a couple questions:
- When are you closing applications? When do you plan on starting the campaign?
- How many PCs are you looking for?

Master_Rahl22 · Jun 21 '09, 4:43pm

I'd like to make a Human Fighter who has joined the army to defend his homeland.