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I suppose introduction are in order. Lathalan, High Elven Wizard who spends way too much time in the forest studying. Nature is his primary inspiration for studying transmutation.

Hi everyone!

Glad to be on board.

So I didn't have any solid character ideas going into this game; thought I'd see who/what/where everyone else was at first. So aside from our Wisardy friend Lathalan, what's in everyone's noggin?

Hi all, I'm playing Masque, a mysterious masked Half-Elven Cleric of Grigor, the Rat. Masque is trying to uncover secrets and lost magical lore partly because that is just what Clerics of Knowledge do and partly in an attempt to find a way out of the doom all Half-Elves face.

Ooh, ok, so that's two scholarly types (after a fashion!). Anyone thinking of taking a more blunt-force approach, or are we gravitating toward a party of intellectuals?

Hi Masque! I did consider a similar character to yours, myself, so I'll strike it from the "maybe" list.

Hey GM, quick question. From the introductory blurb, I gather none of us are supposed to really know one another at game start. Is that correct? If not, are you happy with us making connections before we start playing in earnest?

Just so everyone knows where I'm at, my preferred character idea at the moment is a Gnome something-or-other; maybe something in the Rogue-Bard-Ranger idiom. I could fall down in the Warlock or Paladin stripe; aiming at all the outdoorsy/fey themes here! Gonna have a little chat with our illustrious GM before firming up any notions I might have, though. If any of that steps on anyone elses character ideas, let me know. I'm happy to go in even a wildly different direction!

I wouldn't say I'm a scholarly type, but I'm a bit of a pilgrim and a wanderer. No halls of learning for me. I'll take notes and have fun in the wilderness. However, definitely a wizard.

A library does not a scholar make, any more than going to the gym makes you an athlete. You don't have to have ever visited any seat of academia to be a scholar. Only an open and curious mind and a desire to learn.

; - )
This message was lightly edited by the player at 13:58, Tue 22 Sept 2020.

Hi all, looking forward to the game...

... Once I've figured out my character. I'm leaning towards a noble dragon sorcerer to act as (one) of the party's faces.

But I could also play as a Half-Orc looking to get in touch with her Orc side.

So many choices.

And Placeholder 2, I've played a Forest Gnome arcane trickster in a previous game, and it's probably the most fun I've had. Minor Illusion + mage hand + sneaking + being able to chat up the woodland critters = awesome.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:06, Tue 22 Sept 2020.

Hi everyone. No firm ideas here yet either, though I'm seeing some similar tracks of thought to my own- great minds think alike, I guess :)

What I'm favoring at the moment is a halfling or dwarven druid.

Though out of curiosity, would our current Cleric mind another type of Cleric in the party (more str-based, Light or Life, maybe Nature)? Or prefer to stand alone? Either is fine, just thought I'd ask before assuming something off-limits. If I pursued this, I'd probably go gnome or half-orc for this one.

I'd also be down for making connections with others if the GM allows it, even if it's just meeting on the way to Sarambar.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:45, Tue 22 Sept 2020.

I definitely wouldn't mind an additional Cleric. :)

Actually in some ways Masque being a Half-Elf is more important that Masque being a Cleric. I thought the idea of a Half-Elf trying to find a 'solution' to avoid dying was interesting in this setting and I liked the write up of Grigor the Rat (the whole reason Masque's gender is unrevealed is because Grigo's isn't defined - well that and I liked the picture I'm using.) I could in theory re-write him (or her) as a Rogue (Arcane Trickster?) with a religious streak.

Not all of us will play scholars! I’m envisioning a Human Bard who found her education on the road with her family of choice.

A bard? What college?