Character Creation

YOU ARE EXPECTED TO READ THE INFORMATION FOUND HERE!

The information on this page summarizes campaign information, expectations of the players, developing a back story and ultimately character creation itself. You should read through this page thoroughly before entering Discord and asking questions. If you are brand new to tabletop games, read through everything entirely and if after that time you’re unable to figure out how to make a character we can provide you support. If you can’t be bothered to read through this part of the site, we don’t need you in our game. Characters are determined ‘finished’ and play-ready once they have their associated back stories and other information completed. A Game Master will go through this before each session for the characters who have signed up to take part in a game. If your character is NOT finished, and you have signed up for a game, you will be asked to leave and you will earn a negative game point

IMPORTANT: If you have not read our 'Setting Information' page yet, you will want to go there first before ever deciding or trying to figure out how to create a character. You can find the link HERE.

CAMPAIGN PRIMER: THE CURRENT STATE OF THE WORLD

Ohr has been a world in darkness for over two thousand years, as the final days of the sun’s light flickered down upon the lands there was an understanding of finality as the last hold of the mortal races would undoubtedly be extinguished. The Long Dread or the Dread Shadow would mark the first of the literal dark ages. In these black ages, cities of men slipped into ruin toppled by war and consumed by pestilence and misery. The elves, still tormented by the loss of their self-appointed prestigious positions as the firstborn and perceptions shattered would turn to suicide and seclusion. Ishul Insel is lost forever, their gleaming cities and golden spires left abandoned or engulfed by the terrifying things that crept within the eternal black. The elves of the Todeswald and their homelands decayed, they grew more cold and impatient towards the other races and soon apathy and loss of contact left them addicted to loneliness. The Dwarves of the Stone Confederacy had found their route down assured destruction hundreds if not thousands of years before the Dread Shadow. Taking advantage of the Bright King’s death, they held a steely grip over the lands of their allies and ultimately drove them away from the empire. Dwarven influence now connected the entire Confederacy. Already spread thin and with civil wars being waged on the political and battlefronts throughout the empire, it was during the Dread Shadow when the Slender Crown and his forces of undeath would march upon them. It was only then that the empire dwarves finally understood just how alone they were. They surrendered the Old Stone, their king executed, and the distinguished houses crumbled under the burden of the Ghoul King‘s might. Only a few thaigs remain and they have been without the direction of the old stone for thousands of years, their theory of grand technologies and new weaponry lost to selfishness and war.

Yet hope remains.

Tir’Brannon, one of the grandest human kingdoms stood the tide. The exiles from the Stone Confederacy reinforced their borders, mass migrations of the free march dwarves and the human free cities of the Southlands. This granted them precious time to construct marvelous defenses and magnificent cities. The coming twilight, a shared foe allowed them to lend their wisdom and united efforts to repel the Dread Shadow. It has been three hundred years since the sun returned to Ohr, this is the age of heroes, an age of knights, savage barbarians, dark dungeons, profane temples dedicated to forgotten gods, and the looming threat of the return of the everlasting night of the Long Dread. It is time to rise from the ashes of the old world and forge a new destiny.

CREATING YOUR STORY:

Creating Your Story is the first part of character creation and it is MANDATORY! A character who has not fully fleshed out the details found below will not be allowed to play in any games. The importance of your character goes beyond basic attributes and what you're going to find your character sheet. More than numbers. It's about the story and the world you're able to build through that characters actions.

Personality Traits: Write a paragraph describing the things your character likes, past accomplishments, things your character dislikes or fears, your character's self-attitude or mannerisms.

Appearance: In one paragraph, describe your most distinctive physical features. Jewelry, piercings, tattoos, unusual clothing, birthmarks, skin color, hair, or missing limbs are examples of what you could include.

Flaws: In one paragraph, describe your character's flaws. What vice, compulsion, fear, or weakness in particular keeps them up at night? What is most likely to draw them to the side of the Lightless. What enrages you? What's the one person, concept, or event that you are terrified of? What are your vices?

Interactions with Others: In one paragraph, describe how your character interacts with others. A character's behavior can change depending on who he or she is interacting with. Are they argumentative, arrogant, friendly, honest, quiet, racist, suspicious? You can use up to three key words, which will stand out here and inform how you role-play your character for the length of the campaign.

Useful Knowledge: In a paragraph, describe one bit of knowledge you possess that might be of use to the other player characters. You might know something as banal as the best inn in town or as important as a clue needed to solve a murder. This should be something specific and with a small narrative attached to to how/why you have this knowledge.

Bonds & Rivals: Create connections to people, places and events in the world. Create them. They tie you to things from your background. They might inspire you to heights of heroism, or lead you to act against your own best interests if they are threatened. They can work very much like ideals driving a character's motivations and goals.

Call to Adventure: Why have you taken up the call of becoming an adventurer in a world where leaving the comfort or relative safety of your village or town there is a very real, very serious risk of death?
Searching for someone or something:
- Missing family member.
- Orphan looking for parents.
- A missing family heirloom.
- An artifact.
- Trying to figure out who you are.
- Understanding of why you have special powers.
Quest:
- Destroy something evil.
- Performing a task for a king, chief, or leader.
- Solve a puzzle or mystery.
- Helping someone desperate or in need.
- Uncovering an important piece of knowledge.
Revenge:
- Recapture homeland.
- Hunt down the man or woman who killed your family.
Outcast or Lost:
- Slave.
- Refugee.
Other:
- Fulfilling your duty.
- Running away.

What were the events that happened leading up to your character's call to adventure?

Player Long-Term Goals:

What do you (the player) want to do with the character after completing the initial game sessions in Ohr?
What do you want character to be when he or she is 10th level?
As a player, what are you trying to do in the world on a grand scale?

CHARACTER DETAILS: ASPECTS, BACKGROUNDS & ONE UNIQUE THING

CHARACTER ASPECTS:

Aspects are additional Personality Characteristics that adds detail, depths, and breadth to a character. They can be additional Traits, Ideals, Bonds, or Flaws, or something entirely different. They provide a resource to spark player creativity as they play their character and a foundation as they act in character. Mechanically they can be used by a player to in game situations more potent or authentic to petition the GM for Inspiration. The more a character has the easier it will be to find one to invoke.

Creating Aspects: Aspects are a word or a phrase that describes something unusual or special about a character. They describe personality traits, important details about your past, relationships you have with others, titles you possess, madness and sanity, reputations you have, obligations to others, problems you're dealing with, goals you're working towards and more.

An aspect is a phrase that defines a truth about a character. A good aspect should:

Clear: Be worded that it can be invoked during regular play.
Compelling: Reveal something interesting about the character.
Double-Edged: Have elements that are potentially both positive and negative.

Gaining Aspects: Your characters will lose and gain additional Aspects about once per level. While core Aspects to your character may never change, other Aspects will be gained and lost as the game is played.

Example Aspects:

CHARGE!
Has visions
Overly Frugal
Paranoid
Too smart for his own good
Very Religious
Always in Debt
Always Surviving, Never Living

CHARACTER BACKGROUND:

Unique Background System: You create your own backgrounds, but these are different from the standard 5th Edition backgrounds that you're used to. Backgrounds represent pieces of your character's history that contributes to your character's history as well their ability to succeed with non-combat skills and the knowledge they gave gathered since from before (or after) they become adventurers. Each character will start with 8 'Background Points' that they are able to allocate to backgrounds. These are broad categories of experience (jewel thief, for example) rather than specific implementations of that experience (climbing & hiding).

Backgrounds don't sync to a specific ability score, though some backgrounds obviously may get used more often with certain ability scores than others. You start with 8 background points that you can distribute into your desired backgrounds, a maximum of 5 and a minimum of 1. All must be spent at character creation.

Example: Before being forced into a life of adventure, my character was an escaped slave who was forced to fight in the arena. That was most of his experiences in early life. I could choose 'Gladiator - 5', Gladiator 5 might help me at specific times or places where this knowledge could come in handy. What sorts of gladiator games are played in this particular city? Where is the arena in this city? "I know that gladiator! He's one of the best!" - This is a purely RP focused take on backgrounds and you have to ask when you think your background might come into play.

ONE UNIQUE THING:

Your character’s One Unique Thing (their unique) is a special feature invented by you, the player, which sets your character apart from every other hero. It is a unique and special trait to your player, and markedly unusual. The intent is that it provides a special flavor to the campaign and can assist the GM in determining how your character can interact with characters and story in the campaign.

Your character’s unique should not provide general practical value in combat. That is not the intent. The intent is to open up story arcs and fun role-playing opportunities.

POINT BUY RULES:

Point Buy Rules:

- 29 Points.
- Maximum Purchasable Attribute Before Bonuses: 17
- You can reduce your stats down to 3 for additional points.
Use this link: POINT BUY
Click on 'CUSTOM RULES' and make sure your numbers are identical to the ones below.

CHOOSE YOUR CLASS:

CHOOSE YOUR RACE:

STARTING CURRENCY:

Each race starts with bonus equipment and golm based on their standard of living. In addition you will roll a number of die x 10 based on your race's standard of living and that will determine your wealth to purchase whatever equipment you need.

Poor: 10 Golm.
Frugal: 1D6x10
Martial: 2D6x10
Prosperous: 3D6x10
Rich: 4D6x10

EQUIPMENT LISTING:

We use our own weapons, items, armor, etc. You can find our equipment listing at this link: WORLD OF OHR EQUIPMENT LISTING. Make sure to check the tabs to look at items beyond the weapons! Armor and General Adventuring equipment is found below.

CHARACTER REPUTATION:

Reputation represents the general perception of the party and the character as a force for either good or evil, it affects interaction and outcomes with the people you meet, how your faction members treat you, as well as shop prices, there are many ways to manipulate your reputation when playing in the World of Ohr. Performing good deeds, working for seedy merchants, or killing the innocent are all examples of things that can have lasting repercussions for you and your party as your reputation grows in the world.

Your reputation is based on your race and you can find all relevant information here: www.worldofohr.com/reputation.html

CREATE A CHARACTER SHEET ON ROLL20:

Create your character sheet with the command !charsheet in Roll20 chat: Use this link to access our Roll20 room.

Naming Conventions: [Lvl. 1] Character Name
- If we go through the sheets and your sheet doesn't fit the naming conventions, we will delete that sheet immediately.
ONE SHEET PER PLAYER
- Every player only gets ONE character sheet. If you die, REUSE that sheet. This is to cut down on sheet clutter because of the heavy player traffic.
Testing Rolls
- Use the command /talktomyself to make roll tests without spamming the chat. Type /talktomyself again to get out of it.
MAKE SURE TO CHANGE YOUR DISCORD NAME TO MATCH THIS CHARACTER SHEET! EX: [Lvl.1] Nifel Riukroo

CHARACTER TOKEN CREATION:

Using the token tool found at: http://rolladvantage.com/tokenstamp/ create a circle token token using our custom borders.

Click the 'Set Custom Border' button.
Download our custom borders from below and make sure you select the proper token border.
Follow the instructions on the token tool after that point. You'll only need to drag/drop an image to create your own token.

TOKEN REQUIREMENTS:

DO NOT USE ANIME/CARTOON TOKENS!
Use fantasy art with a dark or lord of the rings like theme.
Once your token is created please make sure you link it up to your Roll20 character sheet.

TOKEN BORDERS

CHARACTER TOKEN BORDER

PATRON ONLY BORDER

CHARACTER DESIGN