I'm going to start an rpg soon. It's going to be an rpg situated mostly in a city and the erea around this city. Some strange events, attacks and disappearances have occured lately. And for some reasen(I'll choose this) or yust bad luck you are somehow involved in this. (Your wife and children dissappeared/murdered, Your being followed, You've witnessed one of these strange attacks, you've been attacked and survived, ...) The local thieve guild has made contact with you to come to a meeting or has made shure you're there (with force or without). The story begins there at the meeting.

I'm looking for characters that have little social and pollitical status and no chaotic backgrounds.


Kjarl

I'll start creating a character (though I don't know yet if I'll join) as soon as I have more information about the setting of the RPG.

What city is this? Is it in the Empire, Bretonnia, other? What are the allowed races? Are there kinds of characters you absolutely don't want to see?

What city it is is not that important to create a character. It is situated somewhere in the northren parts of the Empire/Kislev. And it is not an important city.

races: (no 'evil' races)

Humans: little or no social and pollitical status: thieves, merchants, soldiers, hunters, farmers, bountyhunters, ...

elfs: little or no social and pollitical status: so no mages

dwarfs: same as humans.



Kjarl

I just needed to know where it was situated in order to decide my character's origins. If it's in the Empire, then a character from the Empire is appropriate. After all, very few people except merchants and pilgrims travelled much during medieval times.

Are there Elves in the Empire? I created an Elf character for The Brass Orb, but to tell the truth I'm not sure there are many Elves in the Old World except in Athel Loren. The Empire and the Dwarves get along pretty well, but the only example I can recall of Empire and Elves working together is during the Great Chaos Incursion, when Teclis came to help Magnus the Pious against Chaos.


I have several character ideas, but I keep some of them for Luc's next RPG. I should post something soon, when I get the time.

*starts imagining*

Sorry for the double post. I already have a sketch of a character, but I won't go further until more people announce that they want to join the RPG.

I would be glad to play a dwarf if they are allowed.

ok

yes dwarfs are allowed.

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Seriously, m'lord, I think you should wait some time before starting this RPG. I'd be glad to be part of it, but there seems to be little interest right now. I'm sure many RPG-lovers around here are saving their best character ideas for Luc's next RPG (that's what I'm doing, so I suppose I'm not the only one).

And with Thragka who also wants to start an RPG, this section of the Palace is likely to be very active this spring and summer. But to many players, one RPG at a time is quite enough for them.

Just for fun, I created a character, but I doubt this RPG will take place any time in the near future. Still, maybe some will follow my example...



Alexei Ivanovitch


Race: Human (Kislevite).
Gender: Male.
Age: 49.
Trade: Monk? Healer? Wizard? Prophet? (see History)


Physical appearance: Alexei Ivanovitch is a tall and solidly built man. His black beard and long unruly hair are starting to show white strands. His broad and weathered face is lit by gray eyes.


Personality: The Kislevite is a gruff but good-natured man. He grumbles all the time, but after a tankard of ale or two (or, even better, six), he starts to be in a good mood. He is fond of life's various pleasures (read: he is a debauched and depraved pig).
Loves: Good food, strong vodka and pretty girls.
Hates: Being deprived for more than one day of what he loves.


History: Alexei Ivanovitch is a mysterious man and very little is known about his origins. Born in a nameless peasant village of the Kislevite countryside, he has been during his childhood under various religious influences and started his adult life as a monk (or so it was claimed). He quickly became known, however, as a healer, wizard and even seer, for he demonstrated "magical skills". His name became surrounded with legends everywhere he passed during his long and aimless travels. In every village he visited, he cured blind beggars and sick children, showed his abilities to talk to the birds or make objects disappear, and pronounced prophecies.

He predicted an assassination attempt on Katarina the Ice Queen, and with the help of his prediction, the attempt was thwarted and the responsible (a power-hungry Kislevite nobleman) was arrested and executed. As a sign of gratitude, Katarina made Ivanovitch her first councillor, with the justification that having a prophet at the court would be useful. Some whisper, however, that Ivanovitch had heard about the assassination attempt merely by chance and that the only reason why Katarina wanted him close by was to keep an eye on this potentially troublesome individual.

As years passed, Ivanovitch became immensely famous throughout the entire country for his "prophecies", his charismatic personality and, most of all, his depraved way of life. The upper class of society started to become very annoyed: a Tzarina's councillor who spent more time in the bars and brothels than at the castle brought shame to the entire court of Kislev. When they got truly sick of him, a few noblemen hired an assassin to get rid of him. Ivanovitch barely escaped the attempt with his life. Gravely wounded by the killer's dagger, he managed to simulate his own death and quit the country. Since then, he wanders the Empire, but now he no longer tries to impress people with his tricks: he always has one eye over his shoulder, fearful that one day it might be known that he is still alive. He has not lost, however, his love of alcohol (vodka in particular) and girls (the younger the better).


Equipment: Fur clothes and boots, a chainmail, a hunter's axe, a dagger, a few bottles of vodka, some healing potions and herbs, a few bandages and some stolen money.




Try to guess the historical character on whom Ivanovitch is based.


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I would say Rasptin because he had black beard and was a councillor to, but I'm not shure. It's a really good character ^_^ .

Yar, you guessed it right. ;)