Who's your Daddy: Rolling up Family in Karameikos
by Sean MeaneyWhen you roll up your character in D&D, the Gazetteers allow you to draw from an assortment of wealthy backgrounds...but just who are you possibly related to when you roll up [Wealthy/Untitled][Wealthy/Titled][Very Wealthy/Untitled][Very Wealthy/Titled][Royal Family]?
THE GRAND DUCHY OF KARAMEIKOS
Wealty/Titled (Court Lords, Landed Lords, Church Patriarchs)
Roll 1d6
Thyatians
1. Bargle...........................................................Illegitimate (Spend the rest of your life living that one down)
2. Cordelius.......................................................Father is Minister, or Ambassador to Shires
3. Lord Oderbry..................................................By a second wife - thus hated by your half-brother
4. Penhaligon
5. Verge (Antonic)
6. Halaran.....................................................Thyatian Cousin
Traladarans
1. Tiza
2. Yarol
3. Nikelyvich (Patriarch of Church of Traladara).....Your Uncle is Patriarch of the Church
4. Rugalov (Lutescu)
5. Dimitrov (Dromilov)
6. Sulescu.....................................................Recognized Male Heir(Adopted)
Very Wealthy/Untitled (Powerful Merchant Families)
1. Radu
2. Torenescu
Very Wealthy/Titled (Generals, Barons)
Roll 1d4
Thyatians
1. Vorloi........................................................Niece/Nephew to the Baron
2. Von Hendriks..............................................Your Father is Cousin to the Duke/you come from the Thyatian Branch
3. Korrigan (Moved: Serves as General of 2nd).......Your Siblings might include Milo Korrigan.
4. Hyraksos
Traladarans
1. Marilenev...................................................A Lost Heir
Royal Family (Royal Heirs, Thyatian Cousins)
1. Prothemian................................................Thyatian Sibling/Cousin to the Duchess
2. Karameikos................................................Thyatian Sibling/Cousin to the Duke; or perhaps One of the Children of the Duke
Any other family names that fit into the Categories...Maybe from the Published Adventures?
Truscan Estate
I think it was mentioned as a Brand of wines sold by Aristo the Wine Merchant on Vinter's Lane in the Adventure B6 Veiled Society. That might be a vinyard up river on the east side of the river just north of Eastron Road. Would that be a Wealthy Titled Family? or Untitled Wealthy Merchants?
Grygori Vorloi
What are his stats likely to be? Chaotic (betrays his sister to the veiled society in the Rose of Vorloi adventure idea in the back of the Gazetteer). He is described as an Idiot, and a Jealous Fool. That doesnt necessarily imply low Intelligence, rather low Wisdom. I'm thinking: Grygori Vorloi: Rake L1; S9, I9, W5, D13, Co12, Ch8