Oh, that's not a bookshelf. THIS (https://imgur.com/a/RIQvH) is a bookshelf. I have had an addiction for far too many decades.

I'm right there with ya!
Except wife declared that my books stay in a closet - there's gotta be some joke to be made there. What's amazing is that I have probably as many books, but very little overlap! I am overwhelmed with D&D books from various editions, plus a much smaller number of WoD stuff, Rifts and SR. Still, your collection around the 9th world is pretty impressive.

As convenient as the online tools are as compendium resources and character generators and such, I just can't give up the feeling of sitting with one of those books in my lap and flipping through. Efficiency be damned!!!

Many books, but many more PDFs in recent years. Easier to store and fire-proof. :-)  Lost a few over the years. My favorite "saved it" moment was when I finally found my Doctor Who RPG books from FASA after thinking I threw them out! Huzzah :-)

Yeah. :) PDFs are nice for reference... but I find it much easier to quick-check when DMing or playing in a real book. Too many years of practice.

Not me. Failing vision requires the ability to search & bookmark better.

The Numenera book was a gift from my family for Father's Day--and I had to buy a flashlight-magnifying glass to read it :-(

What a great gift from the family!

I do miss quick-flipping via Post-its on the edge of pages, but I'm a digital guy now. I have to rely on the bookmarks in Adobe Reader to jump between pages. It's building a whole new synapse path. I do like the zooming with my aging eyes and all.

I do say though... there's something about cracking that big book and flipping those pages... kinda miss it...

So, some background-building basics:

1. Where in the Numenera world are we starting?
2. Where are your PCs from?
3. Do we know each other from prior travel or not?

Hurley reached out to me in PM to discuss a connection already, but I'd like to hear more about everyone's characters. I will confess I have too many ideas for mine so I need help narrowing my background :-)

The adventure is going to be starting in the Steadfast in the country of Ancuan, about halfway between Kaparin and Rachar. The town is called Groshdou, with a population around 300.

I like to kick off the adventure tailored around the motivations of the characters. Once you get your backgrounds and goals established I'll fill in the rest so you have a reason to be where you are at the start of the game.

My background is still in the works, but I'm actually based in Kaparin... a relatively well-known (if somewhat eccentric and flamboyant) merchant. I craft light weapons and armor of excellent quality, each with its own unique, recognizable touch, despite being personalized to each customer (meaning not a lot of backstock, or really any, to be found). He also has recently dabbled in the collection and resale of oddities, although that has been the source of a recent downfall, and why he's now looking to go out and adventure: The purchase of one oddity pretty much wiped out all of his stock, and most of his capital, in one day... and so Mr. Charming obviously went toward adventurers he knew (because he'd sold to/bought from them in the past) to help him rebuild his personal capital, the hard way.

As to connections, I snagged two:

- One would allow one of you to choose a light armor or weapon in your current inventory that I sold to you in the past.
- The other is similar, in that you also purchased an item from me, but it is very recent, and allows you to add it as a new item in your current inventory (outside of what you generated) -- again light armor or weapon. This has been claimed by Hurley

First come, first served, and I'll work out the details with you in PM.
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Thoughts from me tomorrow!

Greeting 9th Worlders!  just checking in finishing up character Mad Nano who converses or tries to with machines. Looking forward to the game.

Hi all, just a heads up that I'm not well so will be a day or two more away.  Have spent the last two days asleep for the entire day.

In reply to Ghayth (msg # 22):

Hope you feel better. Rest up, take care of yourself. Health is priority #1. We'll be here when you're ready.

Work has thrown me a curveball, so more thoughts from me later tonight (if I have brainpower left) or early tomorrow (if not). :-)

Just an update, all...

I'll be putting up an intro to the adventure in the next couple of days. Don't worry, I won't leave anyone behind. Ghayth, if we start rolling before you're back on your feet, not to worry. It'll be easy enough to slip you in.

To clarify my earlier statement, the adventure starts in Groshdou, but the party mostly meets up in Kaparin.

Eli Bumgarner, with us starting in west Iscobal you're now about 1000 miles/1600 kms from Auspar. What got you to Kaparin?

It looks like Esperon, Kaelan Drell, and Hurley Kosson all know each other to some degree. The adventure will be based on a bit of information Kaelan receives from a contact in his line of work, so if that helps anyone who needs to come up with why they are in Kaparin, maybe that will help.

So with that info, if you all want to come up with what got you to Kaparin or if you're simply a resident of the city, go ahead and do that. It will be enough to get the campaign going, so you don't have to feel like you need your whole bio or backstory conceived before we get rolling.

Working out some backstory with Hurley; chances are Esperon followed Hurley there.

Kaelan, how would you react to a guy who never bought anything, who didn't believe in weapons or armor? I was thinking you might fit this connection for me:

In reply to Esperon (msg # 26):

Well, while he does craft armor and weapons, he also did a farly decent trade in oddities as well, so you might have purchased those from him -- but considering not everyone fights with weapons (nanos, for instance, with powers and such) -- unless Esperon went on at length deriding the products Kaelan made...

So Hurley has taken the special new peice of light armor/weapon connection to me. Any takers for having purchased one of their starting peices of equipment from me in the past?

I vote for Eli :-)

Here are all four of my options--need to pick one that sounds interesting to you guys:

1. Pick one other PC. She/he seems to believe that the only true weapons are those that you can hold in your hand, and he might look at you with disdain.
2. Pick one other PC. This person seems incredibly unaware of her body and always happens to get in your way. If you miss your foe and accidentally hit someone else in close range, it’s likely to be her.
3. Pick one other PC. You once trained with a close friend of her/him, and you owe that mutual friend much.
4. Pick two other PCs. Once these two heard about your skills, they expressed interest in being your students. However, only one seems to have any aptitude.

Eli or Kaelan, maybe we could do #3?

Who is this Gaelan Krell character in the first pose? Hrm? :P

Esperon: I'm good with #3. Perhaps the friend was a regular supplier/customer of mine?

Haha good catch and my apologies! Must have Krill on the brain from watching the season premiere of The Orville last night. Yeah, that's it! ;)

I would be more than happy to have obtained gear from Esperon.

That sounds perfect!

ElI: Did you mean get gear from me? I still have that general slot left.