The Wandering Archipelago (OOC)

[Arch Lich Burns]

Okay I guess Gwen can talk to some of the crowd and see why they do not like magic, and maybe hopefully change thier minds?

[thinkslogically]

ok, let's break this down into hours... I'll pop instructions in the main thread

[spiderwrangler]

I need to get around to compiling some info for TSW like Thinks has done for the start of this game's OOC...

[thinkslogically]

Feel free to discuss individual story threads in here by the way - you guys are good at not meta gaming, and you're very welcome to the usual sort of "table talk" about other people's actions, what's happening with them or their npcs etc.

[WearsHats]

Away for the weekend again. Kal will continue as planned. Help out in the temple, get to know people and the city, etc. He'll gently pry for more information about the Morley family if he can.

Table talk: Korrik's new halfling friend says you can't do business without guild approval and a Family patron? Do we think Mehriv's noble blood is good enough or should we be looking up guilds and trying for a more formal relationship with the Family?

[Arch Lich Burns]

Bah! We work on the bad side of town, I doubt guards would care as much.

[thinkslogically]

It's less about guards and more about muscling in on trade. However, you guys are good to go as legit business folk - your rent on the shop is paid for the month and you have your trade permit to operate in he city. You only really need a family patron if you're looking to get into trading magical stuff (though I think you are). Guild membership is what's stopping the halfling from getting a job in town, because no one is willing to pay the 5gp a month for his training but you guys don't need jobs so you don't need guild membership (though you may require low maintenance staff and Kal might be interested in the woodworkers...).

[thinkslogically]

Hey, found this online and thought you guys might find it useful:

Summary of Easy to Miss Rules

[thinkslogically]

I've done a quick update on the NPC lists for you guys. Let me know if you spot anything else missing, but I'll do a more thorough check tonight.

[spiderwrangler]

What do you intend to convey by "exotic looking"? Like she may not be entirely human?

[thinkslogically]

I guess that she looks "foreign". She dresses differently to other women you've seen in Hightown and she's both taller and paler-skinned than the humans you've encountered so far on your travels through Estermark and the edges of Caero.

[spiderwrangler]

Ok, cool.

[thinkslogically]

Since they seem to not be in he front page PC notes, can I get burns and Nioca to post your traits, fkaws, bonds and ideals please? I'm missing a flaw for Korrik too but I think spider just posted it this morning in-game so I'll lift it from there.

Dlover, if you want to amend your flaw, you're welcome to make up something more fitting if you'd like? You don't have to stick to the list, as long as it's a genuine character flaw

[Arch Lich Burns]

I...I forgot what they were *shame* all i remember was the flaw having to do with something about going great lengths and risks for knowledge.

[thinkslogically]

Ok cool. We'll potentially need these going forward (it helps me know when you guys should get inspiration if nothing else), so if there's any chance you can post some new ones that'd be handy

[WearsHats]

I'm short on sleep from this past weekend (in part because we were busy, in part because my blood sugar was out of whack) and I've got a busy day tomorrow, too. So... Kal is going along with the group. But my brain is mush and my time is limited, so I'm not going to be contributing much in the way of insightful questions and such. Hopefully, Kal's forest dwelling experience will come in handy later, when we prepare to venture forth. However we end up making the trip.

[Nioca]

Here you go. I actually changed Syli's flaw, because as I've actually played the character, I felt this flaw was a little closer to the mark than what I had selected.

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GENDER - Female
AGE - 47
ALIGNMENT - Chaotic Neutral
SKIN TONE - Tanned
EYES - Hazel
HAIR - Dark Red
SIZE - 5'1'' (Medium)
WEIGHT - 110lbs
BACKGROUND - Urchin
PERSONALITY TRAITS
-I hide scraps of food and trinkets away in my pockets.
-I bluntly say what other people are hinting at or hiding.
IDEAL
-Aspiration. I'm going to prove that I'm worthy of a better life.
BOND
-I owe a debt I can never repay to the person who took pity on me.
FLAW
-People who can't take care of themselves get what they deserve.

==BACKSTORY==
Who am I? I'm someone tired of the busy streets, looking for a quiet place to roam. I'm somone who believes the true way to worth lies with the natural order, that the way of the coin is only a way to keep good people down and bad people on top, the it's worth more to prove oneself worth, to prove that I'm worthy of a better life. Not that I disown civilization; plenty of good comes from it, but the further we steer away from our roots...

...sorry, I'm rambling, I suppose you wanted to know about me, not a sermon. My name is Syli, and I hail from the the streets of Rhul. It's all I've ever really known; I used to have shelter within an orphanage after my parents were killed. I was told that they were merchants or diplomats or some other such thing, and were ambushed by brigands during their travels. But once the orphanage burnt down, I was pretty much on my own, having to do whatever it took to survive. You learn quickly on the streets that you don't know where your next meal is coming from, and to horde every little bit you can. Even now, I find I hide scraps of food and trinkets away in my pockets, sometimes to my own detriment. But you never know when some random item you find might come in handy!

I didn't make many friends; I have a tendency to bluntly say what other people are hinting at or hiding, and don't really have patience for the subterfuge behind "civilized" life. The one I did make was an old half-orc. Blind as the day is long, but he knew things about the old ways, the ancient traditions of nature most today shun. He soon became a mentor for me, teaching me the secrets of the druidic arts and herbilism, and I'd even help him with his rites and tasks for a bit of coin.

As for why I'm undertaking this venture, well, let's just say I owe a favor. No, more than that; the streets are a dangerous place, almost as dangerous as the wilds. I've made quite a few enemies among those who see me as lesser, who feel I shouldn't take what I need to survive. At one point, my life was nearly claimed in the darker sections in this city by a group of thugs who felt I'd overstepped my bounds, and if it wasn't for the timely intervention of Kal, I wouldn't be here now. I owe a debt I can never repay to him for taking action when they could've merely stepped aside. And it's this that I need to get away from; I need to move forward, to prove myself somewhere else and make my own way in the world, rather than continuing to be a mere street rat. I want to be free.

[thinkslogically]

Thanks Nioca! And no problem wears

[Dlover]

I'll think about it later, when I get home, but I may change my flaw to something relating the Noblesse Oblige, so Mehr feels, as a noble, obliged to do what he can for the less fortunate. I'll make it into more of a flaw.

[thinkslogically]

Sure, sounds good.

[Arch Lich Burns]

...so what I posted about my bonds and stuff did not go through, huh. Okay lets do this again.


Origin: Bounty Hunter
Personality: I'm driven by wanderlust that led me away from home
Ideal: Change. Life is like the seasons, constantly changing and we must change with it
Bond: I suffer awful visions of a coming disaster and will do anything to prevent it
Flaw: I'd risk too much to uncover a lost bit of knowledge.

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I think I messed up on Gwen's backstory after looking over outlander, I guess she should have came from a tribe or something instead from urbans into wilds. I don't even remember the bond I chose.

[thinkslogically]

Ok, that can work

[Dlover]

Flaw: I believe nobility are obliged to aid the less fortunate wherever possible.

Something like that? What do you think?

[thinkslogically]

As long as it actively disadvantages you it's ok (e.g. giving more than you can maybe afford to charity / taking on scoundrels in the hope of turning them around and ending up robbed).

[Dlover]

Maybe not in the case of giving money, because that's needed to support his employees, but being willing to aid those who can't provide a reward, trying to support insincere people, and the likes would work. Half the crew's already scoundrels anyway.