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Welcome!  I am still working on setup, but figured I would add people in so they can start to look around.  Ask any questions you have.  I will be putting up more background material and character creation stuff.

Feel free to pick a name, either from the list in the notices or elsewhere.
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:04, Thu 08 Apr 2021.

Nice to be here and see you all again - and to meet all you new players.

I used to play Sir Gracian but will now be playing Sir Abloc. Who he is and what kind of man he is I am not quite sure of but I am planning on keeping him alive and find him a wife!

If he one day end up with any surviving sons then they will probarbly soft and sing songs about Romance instead of chopping off people's heads like their old dad used to.

Hey all! I played Sir Dalan and now I think I'll go with 'Sir Daron'.

It's been a long time and I've managed to forget most of the rules so I might need some help cooking him up!

Hello!

All hail the brave Sir Daron and Sir L (L for Lurker I suppose?)!

And I never really learned the rules so I am just glad our Storyteller roll the dice. I am not sure though if character generation will be as in Core Book or if he has something special in mind.

Oh, it will be special.  :)

I'll post up rules for character creation as soon as I can.  Trying to work through the current history to figure out who is who and what is going on so I can summarize things for you.

You always have something special in mind :)

And yes I am sucking up to you. If I dont do that then the wives start to die ;)

In reply to Sir Abloc (msg # 6):

I'd say so, yes.

I'm looking forward to this.

OK, I posted the character creation rules.  Statistics and Skills are very important, especially early on.  Sword, Lance, and Horsemanship will help keep you alive in battle, as will your Damage rate, which should be 5d6 for melee weapons.

Tournament is a useless skill until at least the first tournament is help in 510.  Faerie Lore will be useful, but not everyone necessarily needs it.  If people can specialize a little it might help.  Maybe one or two people are good at Intrigue, others at Faerie Lore, etc.  'Soft' skills will absolutely come into play and can be very useful but prior to the coming of Arthur the mass of your Glory and Wealth will come from Battles.  There will certainly be other adventures but maybe less lethal than fighting.  Battle is useful for leading troops in Battle, not something the PCs will be doing initially.

Please select an Avatar and write up a basic description of your character.  It should include general appearance, obvious attitudes, and MUST include values of all Personality Traits, Passions, Statistics, and Skills 16 and higher.  These are what you are known for.

I still have lots of work to do on figuring out background for everyone and what your fathers did and what they told you.  I also need to create a host of Cornwall NPCs, available ladies, and figure out how to fit everyone into the coming events.  So no big rush right now.  :)

Looking good and I am glad we are not in a rush. Will see if I can start on my character in the morning.

Ah it feels good to be back :)

Hello, all!  I've played Pendragon before, many years ago, and even MORE years ago I played something on RPOL.  I had great fun with Pendragon, so I'm really looking forward to giving it another try. Very nice to meet everybody!

Good to have you with us Sir Aeddan! I am looking forward to riding into battle and win Glory with you.

Hmm, trying to think of a good name for my lad. Not totally sure yet.

Hoping to get finished by the weekend, but I got the first vaccine yesterday so it might be more like Monday or Tuesday

Well there is a whole list.  :)

Once you get a name for you and your dad, I can put up a couple of background scenes.

Sir Daron is mostly complete I think. He's the son of Sir Arcol and his squire is Brice. His manor is at Jagent.

Sir Daron has an enigmatic smile and bright green eyes and besides being Valorous (16) his most noteworthy trait is that he leans Selfish (14). His family were once far richer than they are now and it has left Sir Daron with a strong appreciation of the value of money and a determination that the lack of it will not bring his family to the edge of ruin again. He has quite a good head for Stewardship (10), Intrigue (10) and Gaming (12) with the latter a sport he enjoys far more than hunting.

From both family heritage and inheriting a Marvelous Listening Ring Sir Daron has a shrewd streak and is rarely surprised (Awareness 14.)
This message was last edited by the player at 12:31, Sat 10 Apr 2021.

Sir Abloc rolled a Marvelous Listening Ring as well?

Can I roll again so each family heirloom ends up unique?

And apart from that Sir Abloc, son of Kenyr, is almost done as well. His (only) notable trait is being Valorous (16). His family was never wealthy and his father constantly pushed him to succeed. His father wasnt .. quite .. Christian. Well he was but he hadnt forgotten The Old Ways and tried to teach his son, Abloc, about The Old Ways, but what Abloc was taught never really stuck in his head (Religion: Pagan 4), yet it made hi quite the storyteller (Orate 15).

Still a work in progress. Feel free to comment or make suggestion :)

Yes, you can we roll the ring if you like. I am working right now on your fathers’ histories.

When everyone has a name and a father’s name, even if the rest of your character is not done yet, I will post a background seen when you were all about five or six.

Sir Aeddan is basically done.  His name is pronounced like "Ethan." The image I have in my head of him is Domhnall Gleason -- tall, sort of gangly, red-haired, with ears that stick out.

Aeddan was the oldest (by a number of years) of the kids in his family, with a father who loved to tell stories about his "glory days" of fighting.  Aeddan could recite any/all of those stories at any time, down to names & heraldry, although oddly he's never met any of his father's valiant fighting buddies.  Mother was an observant Christian, from whom Aeddan got decent knowledge of the religion (as well as the ability to read Latin).  He's 21, though, so his strongest traits are being fairly horny and unreasonably fearless.  He's totally inexperienced in the world, and he's still a little squishy on what exactly he believes in.

Oh, and Aeddan's mom gave him a holy relic: a Finger of St Alban.  It's kind of gross, but he keeps it with him in case it might someday prove useful.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:29, Mon 12 Apr 2021.

Sorry I've been so busy, hoping to finish tomorrow if that's cool. Final weeks of the final semester.

No problem.  I am going to post some additional background about your fathers, mostly as a means of providing justification for your attitudes toward Uther, Arthur, Merlin, and Logres.

I am going to post some other background information.  Little scenes your fathers talked about.  Mostly to give you a feel for the current situation and give you some fodder for your feelings toward those around you.

As I am going through the background leading up to game start I am also forming the backbone of the campaign itself.  One of the themes will be your fathers' loyalty to Cornwall, and especially to Duchess Ygraine, who became Uther's wife (likely as a means of survival).  This is something likely to translate down to the PCs and it will be a mutual thing.

As I was going through this, I decided that her youngest daughter, Morgan, would be a useful person who could assist in the magical side of things, mainly to counter Merlin to some extent.  I have a potential player who may be interested in playing Morgan, but I wanted to float the idea in case anyone has any issues with having a witch around.  I need to figure out the Pendragon magic system (or create/modify my own), but that is a problem for another day.  That character, whether PC or NPC, may not show up for a while in-game,  haven't figured out that much of the early story yet.  :)