Secrets of the Greenwold PC creation/advancement

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Jul 10, 2025 3:12 pm
idylliceffie says:
Just to confirm from the character preparation page (this thread page 1), we can only use spells, races, classes, and equipment from the Player's Handbook (2014) and Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, correct?
@idylliceffie - Yes.

Everyone should note that, every time a character gains a level, you can choose whether to roll or take the "average" for hit points - you're not locked in to one option or the other by previous choices.

I'll look over the character sheet and provide my comments as I resume today.
Jul 10, 2025 3:16 pm
spaceseeker19 says:
idylliceffie says:
Just to confirm from the character preparation page (this thread page 1), we can only use spells, races, classes, and equipment from the Player's Handbook (2014) and Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, correct?
@idylliceffie - Yes.

Everyone should note that, every time a character gains a level, you can choose whether to roll or take the "average" for hit points - you're not locked in to one option or the other by previous choices.

I'll look over the character sheet and provide my comments as I resume today.
Hello! Thank you very much (and sorry for the spam of emails ... I got more done than I thought thanks to @Redamancy !)
Jul 12, 2025 1:43 am
I was wondering if there's a place to see the characters' races, classes, ages, and character art. I can view most through the Characters tab, but some of them aren't viewable. Don't worry, I'm not looking up secret backstory information! I wanted to have a head start on Juniper's details regarding everyone's characters that are visible.
Jul 12, 2025 2:32 am
Pretty sure Adran's sheet is visible, but let me know if it's not.
Jul 12, 2025 3:34 am
MaJunior says:
Pretty sure Adran's sheet is visible, but let me know if it's not.
It is! Thanks!
Nov 22, 2025 5:35 pm
Hi. Thanks for invite. Looking forward. Will take time to read story and decide character background, relationship to PCs.

Rolls

Stats - (4d6h3, 4d6h3, 4d6h3, 4d6h3, 4d6h3, 4d6h3)

4d6h3 : (4425) = 13

4d6h3 : (6162) = 14

4d6h3 : (1525) = 12

4d6h3 : (2214) = 8

4d6h3 : (1254) = 11

4d6h3 : (6352) = 14

Starting gold, rogue (x10) - (4d4)

(3341) = 11

Nov 22, 2025 5:39 pm
Welcome GreyWord. What kind of character did you have in mind?
Nov 23, 2025 2:36 am
The others players are usually good about suggesting possible connections/past interactions between PCs, too.
Nov 23, 2025 6:54 pm
Good. Anyone could help be choose between two character concepts by telling which could you suggest possible connections to (or which do you think would better fit the team). Thanks.

1. Half Orc shaman who's tribe have been eliminated and he has been traveling around the world looking for place to accept a half-orc. I guess his travel brought he to Mara some months ago and he could have met or worked for/with anyone who don't mind hiring half-orc. Since he is shaman it would also be nice if any of your druid circles had invited him live among them for a while

2. Rock gnome researcher doing research in military field (artificer - battle smith), may have been involved in tailoring weapons and armor for any PC or their patrons, probably not good to connect with druids though...
Nov 23, 2025 7:09 pm
Faith has a checkered past and lived in the edge of the Grayhaven underworld, until she saw Bealdor the High, God of the Sun's Light.

She could have very easily known the artificer.

A third druid is a bit much, don't you think?
Nov 23, 2025 7:25 pm
I think two are much, 3 is a charm:)
Jokes aside yes I think so. That's why I insist my character would be shaman not a druid. Barbarian-druid multi-class is just the mechanics/paperwork. For example I swear to never wild shape and to never talk about balance nature or other druid stuff. Wildspirit is the reason I want that PC to be druid on the paper.

And thanks for fast feedback. Will wait what other players have to say. In my books battle smith is the devil himself for a 5e druid. There should be a reason it is written in the rules that druid would never wear metal armor...
Nov 23, 2025 8:24 pm
From a connections point, a shaman would be much easier to at least start a conversation with for my druid. I'm not opposed to either character, but I love barbarians, so that's my pick. It's true that we have 2 druids already, but hey, who cares lol
Nov 24, 2025 3:00 pm
I've reconsidered my choices putting emphasis on integrating my PC.Looking at the number of elves you had in the party:

Young Wood Elf who is trying to integrate human society under cover of wanderlust and world exploration (while he is still young). Even idylliceffie despite being outlander may have reason to meet local wood elf wanderer.

Spoiling my PC background to be spy he wouldn't be shy to get secretly involved in business with PCs having criminal background. Or try to establish contact with a noble.
Nov 24, 2025 4:21 pm
FYI: DMs don't get notified when characters are submitted for their games, so please make sure to post to this thread when you have your character ready.
Nov 25, 2025 6:35 am
I will. Not started working on character details yet. I'd like first to hear from players if we can get our PCs to be friends. It appears to be harder than I thought to get 2 out of 3 so different PCs to be friend with mine.

@idylliceffie - I see your character is professional wanderer and just though she may have had a reason to stay/live for a month or so in a wood elf clan located near Mara, that's would be were my PC is from and were could have become friends

@runekyndig since your PC is criminal by background would you like to consider my PC hired your's for a few missions of breaking into some properties (but surprisingly taking no valuables).

@grifter730 I'm am not sure I could see way to connect my wood elf spy with your character and my hopes are with other two players, but maybe you have an idea? Maybe it was wood elves who trained your PC as druid, not the dwarfs ? My PC would be seeking the same druid guidance with his psionic powers (to no avail).

Thanks.
Nov 25, 2025 6:55 am
GreyWord says:
@runekyndig since your PC is criminal by background would you like to consider my PC hired your's for a few missions of breaking into some properties (but surprisingly taking no valuables).
Spying, information gathering and getting access to places she should not be, that is defently something that Shade would have done before she was caught by the church and changed her name to Faith
Nov 25, 2025 5:13 pm
Pardon me as I interject with ideas. Take what you like and leave the rest.
GreyWord says:
I will. Not started working on character details yet. I'd like first to hear from players if we can get our PCs to be friends. It appears to be harder than I thought to get 2 out of 3 so different PCs to be friend with mine.
Woody is still with the group, and he might be a good fit, too. He's not from Mara - of the current party, only Morik and Eozindra are from the Drakalli Empire - but he is a wood elf who has traveled extensively and grew up on the streets, leading up to his earning a living as an underground pit fighter here in Grayhaven. A fun character note: at 18 years old, Woody is prepubescent in elf terms, which is why he is called "the Kid."

Eozindra is also a possibility, depending on how long your character has been in Grayhaven (her player is intermittent but not absent during her pregnancy). "Zin" is naturally gregarious, so nearly everyone has met her or at least heard her play at any of a variety of dive bars, pubs, and inns where she's busked. Her sister, Elysia/Eir, has extensive underworld contacts, so it could be that your spy met her through Eir.
GreyWord says:
@grifter730 I'm am not sure I could see way to connect my wood elf spy with your character and my hopes are with other two players, but maybe you have an idea? Maybe it was wood elves who trained your PC as druid, not the dwarfs ? My PC would be seeking the same druid guidance with his psionic powers (to no avail).
As I mentioned, Morik is from the Mara region and fought in a rebellion with Bramlin Braveless (a previous PC) against a authoritarian rural noble. Depending on whether your spy is an official government actor or a mercenary free agent, you might have been hired to help with the uprising or could even have infiltrated the rebellion's ranks in the employ of the noble (in which case, now that the noble has been deposed, you recognize how stalwart Morik is - a staunch ally and a formidable opponent). Similar to Woody, however, Morik has lived a LOT in his very short life; at 25, he is a teenager in dwarf eyes.

Does any of that appeal, or spark other ideas?
Nov 26, 2025 5:19 pm
After going back and forth I'm back to shaman idea. Hope to get Zaraz (still subject to DM' s review) into the story soon and he would have been fighting woody in the pit fights quite a lot and if you don't mind he is at least good acquaintance if not a friend and adorer of Eozindra because Zaraz seldom works as Bouncer in the pub(s) where she perform.
Nov 27, 2025 8:56 pm
My character submitted and ready. @spaceseeker19 let me know if anything missing or wrong there
Nov 28, 2025 7:42 am
Hey I just had a look at Zaraz

I have two comments/inputs

1) I prefer to have a checkmark by each repaired spell, it makes it easier to select spells and keep track of them
[ +- ] example
OOC:
feel free to copy past this if you want
2) I see that you have connections to Woody and Ezi, both are characters that are GM-controlled and are being written out of the story.
I see that Zaraz is a wildfire druid. Perhaps he and Faith have had long talks about fire. She is after all a tiefling with an affinity for fire, ash and smoke (her fog cloud spell, is a smoke cloud, but that is just flavour)
Anyways I'm just suggesting a connection to an active player character.
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