Tentative yes to all three. If something different makes sense for your character equipment-wise we can discuss it.

Had most of a sheet done already, just trying to think of a feat . . . too early for Inspiring Leader?

Any sharp eyed picture sleuths find a good deep gnome portrait on rpol?

Seems appropriate for someone who's already had some leadership role in the union.

In reply to Arvid (formerly) (msg # 37):

Mfd 595 568? Grey, gnome, it's not a great variety sadly

The selection of kobolds is also quite limited. I'll use one of them for the display picture, but the linked image is more like a picture him. I like that he's sort of wearing a uniform. I'm thinking that might be close to a constabulary uniform?

I haven't heard any objections so let's do the "everyone starts with a feat" thing again. Two implications of that:

-No variant humans (moot point, doesn't seem like anyone's trying to be human, which is fitting for the setting IMO!)

-No backgrounds that grant feats. If you're interested in one that does, or if you're just struggling to find anything that works for your character, let me know and we can homebrew a solution.

That a fine pic, Procz. Where do you find such things?

I found this image on Adobe Stock. There was a good selection of goblins as well, but just about all of them have a rather mean scowl.

OK I'm still ironing out details with some of you but we've got six great character concepts nailed down and I am excited to get them out into the world! Now it's time to think about how to get you all to the same place at the same time.

Three of you work for Baz Cinderhorn, so that's an easy connection. Can we start a conversation about how the three of you are connected there? Here's a little more background on Cinderhorn's guild, The Spark:


I'm thinking the three of you will be assigned to take advantage of a strike at one of JP Cognelius's factories to steal something from inside, if that works for you? You wouldn't need to have a longstanding relationship with one another - that part's up to you - but you'd know each from around the guild and maybe even have done jobs together before.

As for the rest of you, we've got Procz the robodog-riding kobold constable, Frack the bumbling goblin paladin, and Kreo the sex worker turned union organizer. It's not essential but you're invited to brainstorm possible connections to one another, to Baz's crew, or the scene I described. The strike could be an easy in for Kreo, trying to make a connection with another union. Ideas for the rest of you? Maybe you know one of the workers at the factory?

Oh yeah if there's a strike Kreo's there. Seems Kreo and Verity are known to each other if that's still on the table

My first notion is that Procz comes across suspicious activity at the factory (or receives a tip), and comes to the location to investigate. While The Spark might seek to go legit, corporate espionage and theft is still technically illegal and Procz is not the type to take a bribe and look the other way. He would seek both to prevent the burglary and arrest the perps.

This might seem to put him at odds with the main group initially. Nevertheless, as things unfold, his allegiances could shift, depending on what they find and what happens. I don't want to speculate in the coming adventure, but there might be situations where Procz might have to ignore minor infractions in search of bigger fish (choosing the lesser evil). He could come in debt to certain characters (or be in one already), if someone has done something for him; saved his life even.

An entirely different proposition is that Procz is working undercover, but that is a little silly on account of his poor health and obvious physical appearance. Of course, he could be there for other reasons. Maybe he has been set up or is investigating a lead to something else in the same facility?

If the labourers at old JP's factories are kobolds, being undercover might not be so strange. Or you might be posing as a member of an allied union or association that employs kobolds which focuses on their skills (tannery, waste disposal and laundresses all make use of alchemical agents and wouldn't require overt physical strength over say willingness to do the job and work long hours)

Heya all, I finally found my character art :D  The knives aren't so much Veracity's thing, but the style and attitude are perfect!

I like a worker's strike for a kickoff scenario.  Vera is a fast-talker mistress of disguise who runs cons and thievery, but in a Robin Hood-esque way of focusing the criminal efforts on rich and powerful scumbags :P  She's 18 now and was a ward of the Sparks gang since she was young, so she'd surely know anybody who has been in the gang for very long.  She's super social and always up to something, so she could really know any of y'all.  Always open to solidify some character connections.  I think we could be friends/acquaintances already, Kreo, as I think Vera will run in worker's rights activism circles and would fit right in at any of his 'red light' locales.

I'd be interested to define what the strike is about and what the Sparks gang's objective is, so we can figure out how we approach it.  It would be nice if the heist could be morally justifiable, just so we can find common ground with Constable Procz :)
This message was last edited by the player at 03:01, Wed 12 Apr 2023.

I was hoping to get to this today but my motherboard is fried, rather unexpectedly. I have a service call scheduled for tomorrow to replace it. Hope to be back in business by tomorrow evening.

Sorry to hear about that Baern! Good luck with a speedy solution I hope

Vera, I like the way you think, though I'll say that anyone who wants a connection with Kreo doesn't need to know him from his former/part time job, as he's going more and more into organizing as time goes on (and due to a downturn in business from an injury) so just in general having met at wine sinks and cafes and eating halls can work too

The part is on backorder. I'm at least a week without a computer now. I'm currently at the office, but my access to DNDbeyond is restricted so I can't look at Baern's character sheet. Time permitting though I'll try to get some brainstorming thoughts up for shared background. I need to catch up on work first though.

I added a few more entries to the History thread based on world-building that arose from PM conversations. Full credit to Frack (formerly Fergus) for the write-up of The Shield. I've still got things outstanding with a few of you but since we won't be starting with everyone in the same place anyway, I may get a thread or two started for those who are ready soon. My inclination is to make these public even though everyone's characters wouldn't actually have access to this information, just to help get everyone more engaged in the world and story and characters. Of course you can always put things in Private text if needed, but hopefully you won't be keeping too many secrets from one another, and I don't plan to have you in separate threads for long. How do y'all feel about this?

I support that idea, sounds good to me

I second that.

Sounds like a plan!  I like to see what else is going on even if my character isn't there :)  Other groups might see places and NPCs and such that our characters would be familiar with though, so it gives us all more context for our own RP.

Perhaps I should have asked this earlier, but should we be doing a text sheet on RPOL?  I have Vera mostly done on Beyond and wouldn't mind just using that, but could do a text sheet if needed.  I don't have access to mine.  Even if I use Beyond I'd probably stick a link in there and maybe use it for backstory notes :P

No one has access to sheets yet, thanks for the reminder! But Dnd Beyond is fine, just drop a link in the character sheet section here so I can find it easily.

Edit: These should be good to go now.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:41, Sun 16 Apr 2023.

I'm still lacking a sheet. Just been using the scratchpad for now but just thought I'd mention

I have the same issue as Kreo...

Ok, *now* should be good to go