Okay let's get the those character sheets checked.

Garren_Windspear / Iados
Perfectly fine. Attributes were rolled and can be found here.

DS / Obed Olmstead
S_E allowed for max HP so you should be 20 hit points at Level 2 (2d8+4). Assuming you used 27-point buy your attributes are fine. Everything looks good!

RPJesus / Luka von Stipplewitz
Curse you aasimar! I had to actually pick up a book to check your stats! Everything is fine!

FallenDevil / Dev Remming
S'all good. 27 point stat buy right?

felbatista - Kitar
Your hit points should be 22 but beyond that you're fine. Only now do I notice Pallys are slightly better casters then rangers. Weird.

storyteller - Hexion
I found your dice rolls so your attributes are good. Your Passive Perception is 13. Other then that it looks good.

Did everyone picked one of the factions? It would probably makes things easier in the matters of getting together.

I didn't pick one of the factions but the church of Hoar is one-stepped removed from the church of Tyr whom is the patron of the Order of the Gauntlet so I'd get on well enough with both the Order and, to a lesser extent, The Knights of Samular.


Okay let's get to work on this then. I'm going to throw out some basic ideas about why Iados would be working with various people in the group.

Hexion: Okay this one is brutally simple. Iados wants to find and 'talk' to the fire cultists. Hexion is a recent drop out from such a cult. They may not be the same people who burned down that village but it's just too much of a coincidence to pass up. They two probably met while Iados was in his 'recovering and plotting' phase and, upon learning of the elf's history he would have all but press-ganged him into serving as a guide to track them down. Personally Hexion would get on his every nerve with his happy-go-lucky attribute and inability to stay focused but the paladin would put up with his... eccentricities for the sake of the knowledge he possesses.

Dev Remming: Iados knows of the Lord's Alliance and the good work they accomplish across the Sword Coast. While that doesn't mean he even remotely likes Dev (for the record he does not) the fighter has a decent pedigree behind him so that will give him some breathing room. So long as he keeps his mouth shut about his stories - I can smell lies and you reek to high heaven. That said you are out hunting bandits and Iados is a Paladin. While it isn't his primary focus his oaths prevent him from ignoring such a situation. If helping with the bandits gives him another sword-arm to help in taking down the cultists all the better.

Luka von Stipplewitz: ...aasimars. Urgh. Bards. Urgh. Friendly outgoing type believing in the innate good in all things. Urgh. You and me are going to get on like a house on fire. That said assuming you're out on some quest for good the paladin would offer your his blade - it's in his contract after all. You are working with the Harpers I see which is... nice I guess? What plot hook did you end up taking? Honestly it might be easier to attach yourself to someone else in the group and have our relationship being that off 'people who happen to know each other'. Hexion would be a good bet as I pretty much have to stick with them, what with lacking any other leads right now.

Obed Olmstead: Hey vengeance buddies! You're out to kill someone, I'm out to kill someone what's not to love? On a more serious note though if there is a guy out there blasting ships and you intend to stop him Iados would offer his blade. Especially if you happen to know the guy is related to some kind of water cult. That there is both a water and fire cult would be suspicious to say the least and would definitely be something I'd look into - worst case scenario I kill a bunch of cultists, best case I find a link between the two. Though once again 'boisterous joy of a sailor' would probably rub he the wrong way - I'd prefer you while you're in one of your moods.

Kitar: Let's just be glad you're a member of the Order of the Gauntlet and thus only one-step removed from me. I know the Orders works and have a healthy respect for them even if as an individual I'd despise you. Arrogant fantasy racists ("bird people are the best people!") are surprisingly not particularly high on the hell-spawned paladins 'people to be friendly with' list. Still you seem reliable enough and focused on getting the job done so we've got that in common. I can respect you even if I can't like you.

What Garren said. Just note, though, you'll know me as a human.
Hexion will find you very boring as a person, so he will probably be poking fun at you at every chance.

Being the very short-minded person that Hexion is, he could easily drop whatever he's doing with every new quest the others bring in, with Iados being forced to chase him down wherever he goes.

I assume Luka's hook is Dark Omens, so she should probably be the center of the party, being the only person who actually has business with each and every cult. The rest of us could just be companions she found along the way.

I could easily see Luka seeking a guide to the fire temple at some tavern, Hexion stepping up to offer his services, then suddenly Iados bursts into the tavern demanding where the hell Hexion's been.

Iados. With an I.

I fully expect it. You will be insufferable and I will simply endure because I am a sucker for duty, bad at finding information and you are my only lead.

That works fine for me. 'Dark Omens' is a bit of a flimsy premise for me to be traipsing around the county-side but hey it's not like I've got a better lead right now. Plus I can't rightly just ignore visions. Those things are kinda important. It would be irresponsible to not at least look into them.

So, Iados basically hates every character in the party? Kitar can relate to that

If Luka is using the "Dark Omens" hook, things get easier. The Order could've sent me to investigate what the hell is going on and I tagged along.

If Iados is a proven warrior, and I'm assuming he is with him being a Palladin and all that, Kitar can at least tolerate his existance. If he was an Aarakocra it would be better, of course, but not everyone is fortunate enough.

Dev is easy. Both are former soldiers and scouts, that's their hook right here. Maybe even after a couple of combats, if Dev does well, Kitar can even decide to try to help Dev be a better scout.

The best hook I can see with Obed is that he was a sailor, and that in Kitar's mind means he's used to hierarchy, which might be important when Kitar tries to tell Obed what to do.

Hexion was also a scout, so you can be sure Kitar will be patronizing with him too. I'm having a hard time picturing how they actually got together, but 'people who happen to know each other' always work.

Just something to remember when bringing the party is the good old buddy system. That is to say you don't need to have a reason to hang out with everyone, so long as you have a reason to hang out with at least a couple of people. Because then if any of those people have a reason to hang out with someone you don't that's what brings the party together. It's perfectly okay to be 'the guy tagging along with the bard' when the adventure begins. You can learn to tolerate everyone else as you are throw into situations together.

I think I was going with Ominous Dreams, but I mean Dark Omens works just as well, they're kind of interchangeable anyway, just change the dreams from the earth prophet to aforementioned omens, plus it seems like the kind of thing she would pick up on from traveling about. Also, if memory serves, Dark Omens was actually one of the ones I was thinking about anyway, so yeah.

So, been a little busy at work. I keep trying to make time to print out the adventure so I can thumb through it, because reading it on a screen isn't working for me. Do y'all mind delaying the start just a little longer so I can find time in my schedule for it?

~SE++

Np, take your time

Nah no problem for me. You take the time you need.

I am shocked and offended and am quitting D&D forever, I hope you're happy . But yeah, take your time, no rush and so forth.

You could just learn to fiddle and become my rival .

what the others said, also I'll comment on Devs opinions or something later tonight when I get off work, Woulda done it yesterday but I ended up just passing out instead.

Been quite busy getting into a car accident today, but I have put the thread up. Whenever you all feel you have your motivations and the like in order, feel free to begin the game.

~SE++

Oh, so we're supposed to have already met, and are ready to go.

Do we get any prior info? Like, do I know what the Fire Cult is actually planning, and where the temple is, etc?

Nope, I think you're all supposed to find out everything through roleplay. Could be off on that, but let's just say that the book is quite detailed about how to find out everything.

~SE++

It seems I will have to revise some relationship links, then.

I never rolled my starting wealth from my class: 12 x 10 gp

*insert fake shock here*

~SE++

Looking for one or two more players to join the group!

~SE++