here are my six rolls for our arrays to choose from (first were a mistake, oops): 14, 12, 11, 11, 8.

*with our current arrays it looks like I missed ranger so i'm deciding between a half-elf fighter/cleric/magic user using the array [14,12,12,10,10,8], or a straight wizard using the array [17,12,11,11, 8, 8].
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And with SP we have five players.

Hi... Aaaand... my rolls prove the law of averages...

8; 10; 10; 12; 12; 14 -- It's an actual bell curve.

Ok, I see you have more or less done good with your characters.

Two things to have in mind:
If you haven't yet told me a name for your character, now its the time.
Start thinking about motivation, and how your PCs know each other. Also which city you want to start.

Are we going to start out knowing one another, Is there a region you'd like us to start in? Wild Coast? Near Greyhawk City, somewhere else. I am also game to making connections with the other characters. Since Vandilo is a nomad its possible he has moved around to multiple places, He was born in Fax though, along the Wild Coast. Anyone with a trade/pirate type background may have also very possibly met Van.

The main idea was to start you up somewhere on the Wild Coast, and then you could make your way to either Hommlet or Greyhawk. Be it the easy way -but long- or the hard way -but fast-.

I can start with vandilo on the wild coast, or in greyhawk, whatever works

Question, since you mention Hommlet, Are we segwaying into the Temple of Elemental Evil? Just curious if that is the direction your taking us?

In reply to Vandilo (msg # 50):

Well, how about this for a start - Dirk has wondered all about Verbobonc and settled in a small viscounty within Veluna's borders on the wild coast to see what adventure lays about for him to find next.  He has found a small room at the local inn and worked odd jobs helping some of the locals awaiting an interesting rumor to follow.

Along the way he has found company at he local inn with a few others who have wondered in also with the wondering lust or just the need to explore and gain something for themselves. When one night after hearing traverlers talk about Greyhawk they decided that maybe a track to the Free City of Greyhawk would bring them something each wanted.  OS they formed up as a group, better to survive in number then alone and planned for their trip.

Just to triple check, which classes do we jave right now/what are we missing?

With the stats as they are not allowing for anything overly crazy I'm probably looking at something a bit more straightforward than I'd hoped for. I was considering a priest of Wee Jas but we don't necessarily have to double down on tue religious side of things. If a more or less straight Fighter or Wizard is needed I can deal easily (or see if I can still finesse a Fighter/Mage from Celene even if I can't get the Kit I want). I can do a Rogue in a pinch but it'd probably be some kind of Kit that doesn't offer all the advantages.

Human (Rhennee) Bard (Gypsy-Bard)

That works, Van would have been very eager to get out of Fax. If you've read about Fax, its likely if Dirk passed through there he would not have stayed long, on fear of getting his throat slit or sold to a slaver. Vandilo although raised very Xenophobic, that is the reason why he is not traveling/living with his family anymore, and has ventured off on his own. Because of not being as close minded as the rest of his people. Even though people still see him that way, at least until they learn more about him.

As seen below, Fax was a pretty rough place. Maybe Dirk had traveled through Fax and Vandilo had to help him out of a bind, the two met, got along and it was a chance for Van to leave Fax, that push that he needed.


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Fax
Population: 15,000
Fax is a broiling, boiling, oozing sore on the face of Flanaess. It is a pirates' den, for slavers, raiders, and smugglers. Hundreds of taverns and brothels cram the ill-conceived, ramshackle streets and alleys. There is no law or order to speak of. There is an old pirate by the name of Captain Skulljack who is the official leader of the town, but as he is fond of saying with a jack of rum in his fist, "…wear a sword, cuz anything goes." Fax has a deepwater harbor that caters to dregs and pirates of any kind, from all over the Flanaess. The bay is actually a great place for merchants of strong stomach and stout heart to unload their goods, legal or illegal, because Captain Skulljack has no organized system of taxation. Whenever he deems the city needs something, he takes up a collection from ruffians and pirates, or goes off raiding coastal towns.

I think BU went with a Mage from the look of their Avatar but as I'm reading up on stuff I'm tentatively leaning towards the Elven Fighter/Mage. Even if he'll probably die in no time! :D

The rooster so far is

Cleric
Specialty priest
Bard
Cleric/Illussionist

While it would certainly be really interesting to introduce another Priest to zhat group I think I'll stick with the Fighter/Mage then. Else we'll never get anywhere due to religious discourse or argument.

Nice grouping of Cleric's so far. Its a shame that Greyhawk never did a book like Faiths & Avatars for Forgotten Realms, those Specialty Priests are nice. The Priest of Amaunator for example, Sunlords and sunladies cast all sun, law, and elemental fire sphere spells
as if they had additional three levels of experience. Though the gods of Forgotten Realms does give its Priests a lot more power than the Gods of Oerth does. The settings of magic/divine are different, so I guess it makes sense.

Oh, Depending on what Deity, some of the old Dragon mags, and Polyhedron mags have writeups for a few of them.

In reply to Vandilo (msg # 60):


LOL - you are not kidding about that with so many religious types - and we need a fighter type to anchor the group and mage to compliment the Illusionist so F/M would work.  This will be an interesting group.

  What races do we have?

They went all out with so many religious classes and options.

OH, just found it, From the Ashes, Greyhawk Supplement, It outlines Specialty Priests for Greyhawk.

Halflings: Yondalla' (Creator; protection, fertility),
Arvoreen the Defender (protection, vigilance,
war); Brandobaris (stealth, thieves,
adventuring), Cyrrollalee' (friendship, trust,
home), Sheela Peryroyl' (nature, agriculture,
weather).


There ya go Brando Follower, He is listed in the From the Ashes book as a Halfling Deity

Some of the FR Specialty Priests are pretty tough. I think Azuth or Mystra's cast spells as a Wizard half their level. By comparison, Wee Jas gets access to a few select Wizard spells at higher levels.

I forgot what my Priest of Tempus had (which is a shame cause he was one of my main characters for years) but he was almost a Fighter/Cleric.

Hey gang, I was stuck at work today, sorry for the radio silence.

It's great to see this one getting some legs under it though.

I'll be playing Rega, a Flannae (human) cleric of Obad-Hai.

Very nature-y and outdoorsy type ... basically, following Obad-Hai, she's like 90% a druid (which sounds like it might work out pretty good for cleric deconfliction purposes!).

In reply to Rega (msg # 65):

Yea, good to have a druidish more then a clericish to mix the pot up some.

Thanks for the Brandobaris  update research - weez jus got to adventure and have fun and maybe acquire a few interesting bobbles

after missed the 16 dex req for illusionist, so character has changed to magic user/rogue, max points put into find/rmv traps and pick locks.

so we have:
cleric
specialty priest
bard
magic user/thief
and one other player

that look about right?