* * * Wizards Community Thread * * * -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thread : Mystaran Iconic Characters Started at 07-01-06 02:12 PM by gawain_viii Visit at http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=662501 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 1] Author : gawain_viii Date : 07-01-06 02:12 PM Thread Title : Mystaran Iconic Characters In another thread, there was a question as to who the illustrated characters from the 81/83 Red Player's Manual were. Well, I'm going to tell you. These characters (who were also provided with sample sheets on pg 34. and names in the Title subheading of each class) are my "default" party, as well as my favorite. I use them for playtesting anything I write, much like the Iconic Characters in 3.x "Enemies and Allies" are used. So, ignoring stats for now, here is Mystara's very own iconic adventuring party (dossiers to follow in another post): FLEETWOOD, male Thyatian fighter (paladin of Benekander after AC1004 or 5/9th level [depending on rules set used]); (future) Member, Order of the Gryphon. CLARION Ladonnaris, female cleric of Chardastes, Church of Karameikos; (future) Member, Order of the Gryphon. (The eagle symbol illustrated is the symbol for the church.) Darek FELONIUS, male Thy/Tra wizard; Student of the Great School of Magic; Heir to Sargon of Lion Castle. GREEGAN Mikov, male Traladaran Rogue; member, Kingdom of Thieves. ROLF Shieldsplitter, son of Grolthkor of the Stronghollow Clan, male Rockborn dwarven fighter. BELRAIN Callarii, female wood elf fighter/wizard. (For this character, I use the elf illustration from the RC, as the oak-leaf pattern clothing is typical of the Callarii tribe. James TOUCHBERRY, male hin fighter/rogue. This is just an intro, I'll post background stories (and one big secret that even my oldest of player's don't know) later. Enjoy, Roger -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 2] Author : Shane Date : 07-01-06 04:57 PM Excellent...I'm looking forward to the writeups. In my campaign, the Fighter was me...SHAYNE SWIFTBLADE! :) I always thought he looked like Bono from U2. Shane -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 3] Author : gawain_viii Date : 03-12-07 11:26 PM Thread Title : Re: Mystaran Iconic Characters :bump: This is way overdue. These characters, as I said above, were the "sample characters" provided in the '83 red box. I first used the party as a challenge. A powergamer friend of mine said that pre-rolls were never good characters (mainly because they had more than 1 stat that had less than a +1 modifier). So as a challenge, I provided the stats for the characters, and allowed him to pick only non-stat features (name, alignment, appearance, etc.) Needless to say, I proved him wrong. On a related note, I used the same comcept to prove another point to another player, years later--by providing four fighters, who were statistically identical, and ran a short campaign with them... by the end of the third or fourth session, all four characters (still statistically identical at this point) were all very much different and unique characters. With that said, here are the much belated promises of "Icon" PCs...(con't in next post) Enjoy, Roger -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 4] Author : gawain_viii Date : 03-12-07 11:39 PM Thread Title : Fleetwood Fleetwood Level 2 Lawful Fighter AC: 2 HP: 18 Thac0: 19 XP:2000 Str 17 Int 9 Wis 8 Dex 11 Con 16 Cha 14 Languages: Common, Alignment Skills/Abilities:None Equipment: Plate Mail, Longsword, Shield, Dagger, 2 Oil flasks, Tinderbox, 50' Rope, Backpack, 1 week Iron Rations, Waterskin, Lantern, 2 Torches, 2 sm. Sacks, 1 lg. sack ----- Will add RC additions later. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 5] Author : gawain_viii Date : 03-12-07 11:42 PM Thread Title : Clarion Clarion Level 1 Neutral Cleric AC: 5 HP: 6 Thac0: 19 XP:0 Str 9 Int 11 Wis 17 Dex 8 Con 14 Cha 16 Languages: Common, Alignment Skills/Abilities: Turn Undead Equipment: Chain mail, shield, mace, holy symbol, oil flask, backpack, iron rations, 6 torches, tinderbox, 50' rope, 2 waterskins, 2 sm sacks, 2 large sacks ----- Will add RC additions later. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 6] Author : gawain_viii Date : 03-12-07 11:47 PM Thread Title : Felonius Felonius Level 1 Chaotic Magic-User AC: 7 HP: 4 Thac0: 19 XP:0 Str 8 Int 17 Wis 11 Dex 16 Con 14 Cha 9 Languages: Common, Alignment, Dragon, Elf Skills/Abilities: Spells (RM, Sleep) Equipment: Backpack, iron rations, silver dagger, holy water, lantern, 4 oil, tinderbox, small mirror, waterskin, wineskin, 2 sm sacks, 2 lg sacks ----- Will add RC additions later. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 7] Author : gawain_viii Date : 03-12-07 11:49 PM Thread Title : Greegan Greegan Level 1 Neutral Thief AC: 5 HP: 4 Thac0: 19 XP:0 Str 16 Int 14 Wis 9 Dex 11 Con 11 Cha 8 Languages: Common, Alignment, Elf Skills/Abilities: Thieving skills Equipment: backpack, iron rations, longsword, dagger, lantern, 3 oil, tinderbox, thieves' tools, 2 sm sacks, 2 lg sacks ----- Will add RC additions later. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 8] Author : gawain_viii Date : 03-12-07 11:51 PM Thread Title : Rolf Rolf Level 1 Lawful Dwarf AC: 1 HP: 6 Thac0: 19 XP:0 Str 16 Int 7 Wis 11 Dex 14 Con 9 Cha 9 Languages: Common, Alignment, Dwarf, Gnome, Goblin, Kobold Skills/Abilities: Infravision, detection. Equipment: Backpack, iron rations, plate mail, shield, longsword, dagger, small hamer, 12 iron spikes, 50' rope, wolfsbane, wineskin ----- Will add RC additions later. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 9] Author : gawain_viii Date : 03-12-07 11:53 PM Thread Title : Belrain Belrain Level 1 Chaotic Elf AC: 3 HP: 5 Thac0: 19 XP:0 Str 16 Int 9 Wis 7 Dex 14 Con 9 Cha 11 Languages: Common, Alignment, Elf, gnoll, hobgoblin, orc Skills/Abilities: infravision, detection, spells (RM, CP) Equipment: backpack, iron rations, chain mail, shield, longbow, 20 arrows, longsword, 50' rope, 2 sm sacks, lg sack, wolfsbane ----- Will add RC additions later. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 10] Author : gawain_viii Date : 03-12-07 11:55 PM Thread Title : Re: Mystaran Iconic Characters Clarion Level 1 Neutral Halfling AC: 4 HP: 5 Thac0: 19 XP:0 Str 16 Int 11 Wis 14 Dex 9 Con 9 Cha 7 Languages: Common, Alignment Skills/Abilities: Hide, initiative, ac vs giants, missile attack Equipment: Backpack, iron rations, chain mail, shield, shortbow, 20 arrows, short sword, 4 silver arrows, tinderbox, 6 torches, wineskin, waterskin ----- Will add RC additions later. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 11] Author : Shane Date : 03-14-07 01:26 AM Thread Title : Re: Mystaran Iconic Characters I'm impressed that your campaign used culturally appropriate names...back in my Red Box days, besides "Shayne" (suspiciously similar to the character's RW alter ego), our party consisted of the likes of "Bilbo", "Yclept" (Old English for "called"), and "Wild-Man One-Ear Crab-Slayer" :doh:. At that time, we didn't quite grasp the subtlety of the Byzantine/Roman/German and Slavic/Romanian/Hungarian name scheme for Karameikos. Though in our defense, even canonical Karameikos, for better or worse, has its share of "generic fantasy" names. Travis -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 12] Author : havard Date : 04-10-07 06:41 AM Thread Title : Re: Mystaran Iconic Characters I have taken the liberty of renaming the Cleric from the Red book Anielle Hallaran, identifying her as Aleena's twin sister (apparently not her identical twin.) Also, IMC the fighter in the intro scenario is named Mentzor, after a well known D&D author. Mentzor and Anielle are ofcourse determined to Kill Bargle [TM] ;) Havard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 13] Author : Lost Woodrake Date : 04-10-07 08:46 AM Thread Title : Re: Mystaran Iconic Characters I'm impressed that your campaign used culturally appropriate names...back in my Red Box days, besides "Shayne" (suspiciously similar to the character's RW alter ego), our party consisted of the likes of "Bilbo", "Yclept" (Old English for "called"), and "Wild-Man One-Ear Crab-Slayer" :doh:. At that time, we didn't quite grasp the subtlety of the Byzantine/Roman/German and Slavic/Romanian/Hungarian name scheme for Karameikos. Though in our defense, even canonical Karameikos, for better or worse, has its share of "generic fantasy" names. Travis "Yclept" is actually a rather nice name, methinks... :blush: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Downloaded from Wizards Community (http://forums.gleemax.com) at 05-10-08 09:25 AM.