I think it's fun when some (or all) of the characters have some links between them - and is handy for explaining what keeps the party together - so this board can be used for discussing how the characters may know each other. They may have known each other from Gateway (or before) or at the very least the characters have now been on board the Sunset Mist for a week so are bound to have had some experiences with some of the others.

Hi y'all, I'm playing the goblin Skitterlung, who stowed away by accident while chasing after his pet cockroach who climbed on board this vessel. You may have seen him street preaching or conning fellow goblins out of a few coin, but since stowing away he plays (rigged) card games with anyone who finds and visits him.

Hi I'll be playing Gren a molekin mage who's clan was slaughter by troglodytes and has journeyed into the surface world to find power enough to one day have vengeance on them

In reply to Gren (msg # 3):

Being a goblin who lived in a sewer, Skitterlung can sympathize deeply with being short, living underground, and wanting to kill talls.

Greetings, I am playing a human scholar who is interested to catalog myriad animals, he is going to encounter in the voyage in order to prove his point of view to the academic institution he belongs.

Hey there, I'll be playing a Clockwork that I'll probably go into Rogue with, but I haven't fully decided yet. Cavalier used to be a sentry for his old master and creator who has now passed away, so he's free to roam and make his own meaning for living.

In reply to Seth Avano (msg # 5):

Skitterlung raises cockroaches--maybe they share a love for unsavory animal life?

Hi there, hope everyones staying safe in this insane time.

I'll be playing a human, likely going into Mage.

Wow, 3 mages already! I plan on playing a mage too!

Well my molekin will be magician, elementalist, geomancer if he gets that far intend for him to get mostly earth type powers ....after all he is a mole :)

With so many casters, would people prefer if I went with a Fighter instead? I'm flexible and open to opinions on the matter.

Well as we all start at level 0 none of us will have magic to throw about until we get to level 1 so someone who could protect us might be handy but then you won't get fighter benefits until level 1 either.

Up to you what you want to play :)

Believe it or not, I'm either going to go fighter or cleric, if that helps anyone decide. Anyone with a PC who likes to play cards with stowaway goblins?

I'm not too worried about the party being a bit mage heavy - the survivability of SotDL is such that some people might be on new characters by the end of the module anyway and for those that survive there's enough variation as you climb the levels that there's little risk of characters getting samey.

I can go warrior if needed.

Yeah there is plenty of ways to differentiate characters; even if we get 3 mages there are more than enough traditions to diversify them even at Level 1. For instance Gren has said he intends to go with Earth magic, and Seth seems he would favor Animal controlling/summoning magic.

Furthermore player attrition is a real thing on rpol so who knows who is still with us when we hit level 1 (assuming our PCs survive)

But if anyone wants I could go with Priest going into Paladin (would be helpful in Ravenloft). Seth and Gren were here first so they should get first choice. :)

If it's ok with all of you I'd like to stick with mage only because the character concept has no wiggle room to move from that without reworking.

That said I'd change to a naga warrior specialising in bow ( ok I loved the medusa in clash of the titans) if people want to stay mages to :)

After some consideration I think I'll go Warrior -> Fighter -> Dreadnought or Death Dealer. To be a big fightyboi.