Gmt +2

In reply to AugustTell (msg # 5):

GMT -4
This message was last edited by the player at 13:57, Mon 18 May 2020.

GMT -7 (PST) It's not like I'm doing anything with my days, so it doesn't really matter what time of day sessions end up being.

No worries. With pbp you can post whenever it's appropriate. The only time there's a big deal about posting order is for combat, though we will have to work out an alternative to the Initiative cards as it is a little unwieldy online. But that's something for later.

Characters here:
https://docs.google.com/spread...tmGSTzW2biQo3Y-6TwU/

You should see a pen icon up right  for open the document for editing. Use the tab with your username. Tadaa

In reply to AugustTell (msg # 9):

Looks good to me, filling out my tab.  Double-checking, should we leave Pride And Secret off the google sheet tab of ours?

Dark Secret leave off... Pride is okay to include.

If your character chooses to tell others of his secret in the game then that's fine, but for now I'd like to keep them private.

WHERE TO START:

That's the big question now. Does anyone have any preference where on the map you want to start?

I'm using the standard map for the Ravenlands and it will be Winter when we start the game. Besides that I'm open to suggestions. Let me know your thoughts.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 12):

Grom comes from the Fangwoods in the southeast, but as a guide he can basically be anywhere in the Forbidden Lands.

Do you want the PCs to know each other from the get go, or do we start with them meeting up? Should we use the L&A-booklet to roll determine how we met?

I have an idea for how they met, which will be at the start of the game.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 12):

We spent a lot of time in and nearby the Hollows in my previous game, so anywhere other than that would get my vote.

I'll keep that in mind, thanks.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 16):

Grindbone could be nice, or maybe some random village? Wailer's Hold is a nice place for some looting, if that is our focus.

In reply to Gorm (msg # 17):

Lothar does enjoy himself some stealing...

I rolled How you met: abducted by slavers. I put it my backstory of the character, some 30 years ago when he was young.
 Something to build on?

Since we are using rolled or picked background from Legends we all have origins from around the ravenland (also aslene?).

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The slavers were a horserider clan in the Moldena Plains at this time, using a trident as mark and branding their slaves with that symbol. They killed the old and enslaved the young of other clans, as well as underdefended villages.

Harinder the slave, in time, learned poisoning and escaped with other youths. They would have been between 10 and 18 y.o. back then. The refugee group Harinder lead (may have been others) went north, to the gargan marshes / lake Varda, where some of the kids had been taken from, finding a village deserted ...

In reply to Harinder (msg # 19):

That works very well with my backstory, I like it a lot as an origin.

In reply to Brevis (msg # 20):

I feel like Lothar, a somewhat shifty but otherwise likable Halfling, maybe could have  encountered one or all of you at some point. Understanding the value of strength in numbers, out in the wilderness at least, he would likely offer to join you on any adventures that might be on the horizon.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:41, Sun 24 May 2020.

Okay, with that backstory in mind, I think that you would likely be starting in one of the villages in either Q14, Q18 or U18.

I'll let you guys decide which one. But for one reason or another - Harinder likely because it's where he fled as a child with other escaped children - you have spend the last few weeks/months resting from your recent activities there until you are well enough to press on with your next endeavour.

In reply to Harinder (msg # 19):

What's the name of your village? Could there have been an archery tournament there? Trying to build it into my backstory why Gorm went so far north. He is originally from the Fangwoods to the southeast.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:59, Sun 24 May 2020.

Hardinder rode around the great lake, eastwrds, and brought the killer boy home, to the village of Runething. It lay at the edge of the Dankwoods. It was deserted and in ruins. He would stay with his mother, the boy said, and hugged a black skeleton lying on the stone floor in a shed.

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This boy and others brougt the village to life again over the following 20 years. It has ample defenses and a militia trained in bow and arrow, both for hunting and defense. The customs come from the Aslene roots of the refugee slaves who built the wall around Runething, now hunters, leaders, foresters and fathers.

Since the blood mist fell, the annual springtime games hav become popular in the area.

How well this all fit with what GM has in mind, I do not know.

In reply to Harinder (msg # 24):

That sounds okay to me. Runething can be your home village. If we start you off in U18 on the main map.

I've got an idea for our first journey & quest.

I think if we split the IC threads between journeys and adventure sites to better keep track of time too.

Eins has arrived in the village after finally being released from the orc horde he was traveling with. They were finally heading home after a few years campaigning and had no more use for Eins, so they let him go, pointing him towards Runething as the nearest village. After hiking for a day and a half across the plain, he arrived in Runething, deadbeat and dirty. He has little money and few prospects, so he's planning on taking the first job that presents itself. First though, he plans on getting a drink and taking a bath.

Caile is also a recent arrival in Runething. He is on the run, but from whom he is reluctant to divulge. His flight has brought him north, seeking out his former friends among the Ghost Children. The search has led him to this secluded village on the shore of Laak Varda, where he chanced upon Brevis, his old brother-in-arms. Their reunion was interrupted by a confused old man who seemed to have lost track of both time and his sensibilities...

You might want to update the Character Description.. I've changed character names for you.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 28):

Done and done. And thank you =D