[Fun and Games] RPG RPG #2

[zuhrovet]

Ankat gathers all of the Prisons & Pangolins players, and any interested observers, to begin the first game session.

"Each of you has chosen to leave the city, in search of treasure, renown, or a moderately impressive death. You have made your way to a small, dull village at the edge of a big, scary wilderness. You find yourself at a big communal table in a dirty inn. The sign outside was the White Rat. That's definitely auspicious. Tell us who your character is, what they look like, and how they react to the other travelers!"

[A note on mechanics: Sasha and Remi are naturally inclined to bicker about the rules of Prisons & Pangolins. This does not mean that you, as a meta-player, need to know what the rules are. In fact, it doesn't even mean that rules exist! This process is still free-form and consensus-driven, and dice only matter inasmuch as some of us like writing descriptions of very pretty imaginary dice.

You are welcome, of course, to have your character wander by and observe without making a character for them.
If you want to introduce a sudden Zehun or something instead, by all means, go for it: we're not being precise about time or continuity.]

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[yhlee]

"My character is Kaistlin Kajere," Remi says, "a mage wearing red robes that he definitely does not trip over. He is deeply interested in helping the downtrodden but is uncertain of his powers, and wants to gain levels learn more about the ways of magic to further his agenda. He regards the other travelers politely but not warmly."

[Sorry not sorry. I still own Dragonlance books!]

Remi's dice are swirly marbled red. In certain lighting, they almost look black; in others, they almost look white, through a trick of Special Magical Material.

[lleullawgyffes]

“Ri s-Atsalka Dezurma Rrseb am Fiyertarka — Rrseb is his personal name — is a paladin, although he doesn’t wear any obvious religious symbols, and he’s a little more excitable and enthusiastic than most people probably expect paladins to be,” Vrrmad says. “He’s dedicated to chen, language, which anyone who knows anything about paladins will figure out pretty fast because everything he says is accompanied by a slight echo. He takes his responsibility to capture the world in language very seriously; that’s why he’s traveling in the first place, and he keeps a detailed journal recording each day’s events. He does fundamentally mean well, although dedicates of chen can be of any alignment — I’m pretty sure he’s neutral good. He looks at the other travelers at the inn with friendly curiosity; he’s got his journal out and is taking notes on his surroundings as he eats. He — probably — won’t initiate a conversation, but his body language and the fact that he frequently looks up and around from his writing suggest that he’s open to one.” Vrrmad pauses and smiles, looking a little embarrassed. “Also, if there are any attractive men around he’s probably unsubtly checking them out.”

[since I intend to have Rrseb throw around some stuff in Virmad's low language, I'm going to be reverting — for this thread, just for consistency — to the normal romanization (as opposed to the romanization of the High Language approximation) of Virmad's name, with the -rr- representing a syllabic /r̩/.]

[slybrarian]

"My character is called Spark," Alaric pronounces. "This is not his birth name, which was set aside and hidden away in a secret place when he pledged himself as a cleric to the dog-shaped god of ordinary things. He enjoys long walks on the beach, preaching about the importance of collective action, and smiting threats to the common people such as undead, outsiders, and usurers. Also, he is half human and half half-elf, using the templates from Fantastic Clades and Where to Find Them."

He has a sketch of his character, who would look suspiciously like a Chris if the hexarchate had a bunch of technically-not-interchangeable actors named Chris.