This is a thread for character creation for a Sylvaneth Branchwych named Silverwillow. Let's see what happens.

As stated I have already chose a name for the character. She will simply be known as Silverwillow.

1. ARCHETYPE
Silverwillow will be a Branchwych. As a Sylvaneth, her species bonus is 2 points of armor.

2. ATTRIBUTES
Basic Branchwych attributes are Body 2, Mind 4, Soul 2. This works for me just fine, because I will have Silverwillow utilizing her Jade Magic A LOT.

3. SKILLS
Branchwych has Channeling as her basic skill so she gets Training (1) and Focus (1) there. Then I have 7xp to spend on skills. It feels far too little for all the juicy things I would like to get. After I add the core skill and the 7xp, it looks like this

Channeling, Training (2), Focus (1)
Awareness, Training (1)
Nature, Training (1)
Medicine Training (1)
Beast Handling (1)
Weaponskill (1)

EDIT: I had a change of heart about some things. Because of the talents I am wanting to take, I want to switch the skills a bit. I will remove Nature, as with high Mind stat I will probably survive with it, but I want strengthen the image of a provider so I take Crafting instead. So the new list looks like this:

Channeling, Training (2), Focus (1)
Awareness, Training (1)
Medicine, Training (1)
Beast Handling, Training (1)
Weaponskill, Training (1)
Crafting, training (1)
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:44, Thu 08 Oct 2020.

Onward to the next part...

4. Talents

I get Spellcasting (Jade) and Unbind as given for my archetype and can choose 2 more from the list provided on page 75. Again it feels like tough choice, because I would like to take at least 3 or 4 of them. Well, that is what xp is for.

I choose Weapon Weave and Witch Sight, so the talent list looks like this

Spellcasting (Jade)
Unbind
Weapon Weave
Witch Sight

5. EQUIPMENT

I get following items:

Greenwood Scythe (great scythe)
Fragment of Cycle Stone from Ghyran
310 drops of Aqua Ghyranis

About the items... It is a very short list, but every item in the list is significant. The greatscythe was a great trait called "cleave" if memory serves, which means that every 6 rolled on an attack roll splashes 1 damage to every enemy in the zone/entanglement/nearby. This will probably not help against tough enemies, who have armor to counter it, but many weaker enemies do not. Basic mobs are just 1 toughness things, so a single 6 on a roll might mow several crypt ghouls and similar down. Sweet image.

Then about the Cycle Stone. Very little about them can be found in the book and I do not remember there were any mechanical rules related to them. Still it is a powerful object, and as I vision Silverwillow seeking to build a tiny piece of Ghyranic forest on some other Mortal Plane, I will use that sliver as the narrative justification of doing so

Lastly the Aqua Ghyranis. 310 drops seems to be on the higher end of the starter amounts. Every drop can heal, or cleanse land so these too will be handy when starting a new forest.

6. DETAILS

AGE: According to the dice roller her age is 3x4x5 years, so 60. Nice middle ground.

EYES:I will not roll for the eyecolor or eye-type. I think that the type is not relevant for Sylvaneth at this point and I want to eye color to be deep emerald green.

HEIGHT: Silverwillow's height is from the shorter end with a roll or 3, it is 5'7".

GOALS: Then the rules talk about choosing some goals. For Silverwillow I have a specific idea about her interests, so for a short term goal I choose: Find a suitable valley to start a new glade and for her long time goal I choose To create a new glade worthy of Ghyran



PARTY GOALS: This is a bit tricky at this point, because I do not have a party for her. Still I have a vision in my mind for a goal, which can include multitude of characters. I choose for a short-term goal Find a suitable place for a new enclave and safe haven for forces of Order and long term is going to be: Establish a new community and safe Haven for the Forces of Order

CONNECTIONS: at this point I will leave this out, as I have not decided details for any other character.


7. FINISHING TOUCHES

There are some traits to calculate:

Melee (Body+weapon skill),
Accuracy (Mind + Ballistic skill)
Defence (Body + Reflexes)
Toughness (all attributes added together)
Wounds (all attributes added together and then divided by 2)
Initiative (Mind+Awareness+Reflexes)
Natural Awareness (Mind+Awareness and the result is divided by 2)
Mettle (Soul divided by two)

 According to the tables in the book, the results are:

Melee: Average
Accuracy: Average
Defence: Poor
Tougness: 8
Wounds: 4
Initiative: 5
Natural Awareness: 3
Mettle: 1

Silverwillow is actually weaker fighter than I thought, based on these traits. I do not really know why this surprises me, because she is a spellcaster after all, the true power lies on those. Maybe it was because the awesome Scythe and a single point of weapon skill made the dreams grow big, go figure.

8. SPELLS

Now this is going to be interesting. I get two predefined spells all casters get (Arcane Bolt and Mystic Shield) and get to choose 4 more from common list or Jade list. I pick:

Lifebloom (essential in fulfilling her goals)
Lie of the land (feels suiting the the character to understand her surroundings)
Whispers in the Wind (she can actually ask the winds and nature what has occurred)
Briarstorm (she can turn the ground into a major hazard, nature's revenge is sweet)

Looking back at the list chosen, it seems that Silverwillow is something of a sage. Even her spells are tuned to gathering knowledge and making things grow. This is not really a character so survive on her own I think, but can help tremendously those who are on her team.