Character Creation and Setting Information

Aug 26, 2025 12:22 pm

You all have such great ideas!

Aug 26, 2025 3:16 pm

JoshuaMabry says:

Everyone one thing you should think about as you finalize your characters is why they want to join the Clifftop Adventurer's Guild.

976 YK: An exile newly arrived from the Shadow Marches gives birth to a half-orc child in the slums of Sharn and names him "Tuono."
982 YK: Tuono’s mother dies of hardship; the boy grows up on the streets, occasionally helped by Merguson, a grumpy artificer who was a friend of his mother.
989 YK: During a rough adventure with some members of Daask, Tuono meets a Tharashk investigator and in that moment manifests the Mark of Finding; however, the investigator is killed by monsters, and Tuono takes possession of his magical goggles.
990 YK: Sharn is no longer safe for Tuono, so he decides to enlist in the Brelish army.
994 YK: During a scouting mission on the Cyre border, Tuono is partially caught in the Mourning, losing his right arm.
995 YK: Brought back to Sharn, Tuono is cared for by Merguson, who fits him with an Arcane-Propelled Arm as a final favor.
996 YK: The war is over, and Tuono must decide what to do with his life; unwilling to return to crime and unwilling to join House Tharashk, he chooses to join the Clifftop Adventurer’s Guild. After all, what else could someone like him do?

Aug 26, 2025 3:23 pm

@Caleb75 Awesome, I love it.

Aug 26, 2025 4:01 pm

JoshuaMabry says:

@Caleb75 Awesome, I love it.

Grazie! :)

DrifterDwarf

Aug 26, 2025 4:45 pm

Wow! Very cool half-orc.

I've been thinking of my character's timeline as well, I might have to try something like you did. I don't want him to be too old, but I also want him to have been in the war, so that leads to him doing something stupid like enlist at 14.

I'm thinking of changing the aspect: My blade for Breland, I can still feel the pain.

His father and family objected to being part of the war, wanting to remain isolated, but he was already a fine swordsman and together with a human friend went to fight. They fought for years, but a few weeks before the end of the war, he almost died in a battle that his friend did die. With the war over, estranged family, scars, lost friend, potential enemies - the joy of an immortal master swordsman critiquing every battle in his dreams :)

Aug 26, 2025 4:56 pm

Sweet!

Aug 26, 2025 5:40 pm

Well, in that case, if we want, my character and DrifterDwarf’s could easily have met while serving in the army!

Aug 26, 2025 11:03 pm

Caelyth is now a public character so everyone should be able to see the sheet.

@Caleb75, love the pic. Cyberpunk meets High Fantasy.

JoshuaMabry says:

Everyone one thing you should think about as you finalize your characters is why they want to join the Clifftop Adventurer's Guild.

I don't thinks there's any stretch required for why my character would join the CAG. I mean, it literally has "adventure" in the name.

Last edited August 26, 2025 11:04 pm

Aug 27, 2025 1:25 am

I've decided that the Fate Accelerated character sheet is too broken to use.

I'm going to create my character again as a custom sheet and build in the stuff that I want to be able to change in play (Stress, conditions, currently fate points).

I think it's better to do this before play starts even if it's not a perfect sheet as changing characters after I've posted as that character is going to be problematic.

DrifterDwarf

Aug 27, 2025 1:49 am

I noticed it only had 3 stress and I think we get 6. Other than that, I don't know enough about Fate to know what isn't working :)

Bullseyepsa

Aug 27, 2025 2:38 am

It has the standard 3 stress boxes, but it's not hard to edit that to the 6/6 variety. I did edit a few things (there are a number of things that shoudl be editable fields that look like the designer expects you to edit them in the character sheet editor, but that's not my preference).

As for joining the Guild, I'm thinking that Lusambar is a bit at loose ends and has been "scouted" by the Deathsgate guild through some connections with the Changeling community in Deathsgate, but he is trying to find a more honorable patron. He thinks of his work for as a spy as being that way, even if the nature of the work was full of subterfuge and questionable deeds and he wants a place that's more picky about the employers it works with.

Bullseyepsa

Aug 27, 2025 2:40 am

dunderklumpen says:

Caelyth is now a public character so everyone should be able to see the sheet.

I can't see the sheet. I can't see TalZerai either.

Aug 27, 2025 8:34 am

Bullseyepsa says:

I can't see the sheet. I can't see TalZerai either.

I've re-submitted my character using a custom sheet. It should be public ("Add to Library" button is red)

Aug 27, 2025 8:38 am

DrifterDwarf says:

I noticed it only had 3 stress and I think we get 6. Other than that, I don't know enough about Fate to know what isn't working :)

@JsohuaMabry, how are we handling Stress.

In classic Fate Accelerated there are 3 Stress boxes representing 1, 2, and 3 shifts of Stress that add up to 6. This old system can be a bit tricky for players to understand.

I think Fate Condensed went to an easier 1 check box per stress. Which would mean 6 Stress boxes.

Which stress version should we use?

Speaking for myself, I find that Fate run better with less Stress. So I'd be happy with 1, 3, or even no stress (all hits go straight to consequences), but others may not agree.

Aug 27, 2025 10:09 am

I’d like to use the Fate Condensed version using single point stress boxes. And everyone gets six stress. Please note that it’s one stress track for both physical and mental stress.

Aug 27, 2025 10:57 am

If any of you put together a character sheet that works better than the official one, could you share it with me?

Aug 27, 2025 11:53 am

This is my modification of the Fate Condensed, Youre welcome to use/abuse/adapt it.

If you copy the bbcode below into a custom sheet that will do it.

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Caelyth never speaks of why she abandoned Valenar, her family, or her warband. Nor does she speak of the reasons for her exile from the Tairnadal lands.

Outwardly, she seems almost carelessly free. Moving through the world with the ease of someone unburdened by expectation, seeking excitement and diversion.

Caelyth has a sharp mind and is a quick study for languages, lore, and magic. She learns quickly but never seems to finish what she starts.

She reads widely, but not deeply, picks up magic through her bardic training and elven talents, but has never committed to the arcane.

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#Trouble: Who wants to live forever?

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#Aspect: I've read (almost all) of that
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#Aspect: As good as real magic
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#Aspect: All eyes on me
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I can comprehend almost any speech or writing. If it is very obscure, the GM may require an Overcome with Clever.

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Once in a conflict I can take an action to automatically create an Inspiring aspect with a free invoke, as long as I can sing or chant.

#Quicksliver 
When I have room to move, I get +2 to Quickly defend if I can get out of the way of an attack

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DrifterDwarf

Aug 27, 2025 12:19 pm

Hmm. I'll take a look later tonight. I like having customization options.

Aug 27, 2025 8:17 pm