Funnel World PbF: Villagers!

You guys post at insanely fast rates, are you being paid to stay on F:AT all day? I'll try to keep up.

Steini the Trapper

* What valuable thing did you lose?
My last excursion I attempted to break a new trail through one of the Hvitr’s unnamed passes, rock slide nearly cost me a leg. Despite only suffering minor physical injuries, my snowshoes were damaged beyond repair. They had been bequeathed to me by my father who claimed they were blessed by Nuujva the Goddess of the Hunt.

* What doom is said to await those who dare climb Hvitr’s Horn?
Many have claimed that the mountain is a tomb for one of the great beasts of the ancient times. Its power extends beyond the mortal conceptions of death and it continues to gather the souls of those unfortunate enough to fall within its influence.

* Bond: I blame Brother Thunke for losing that thing I valued.
While I’m not quick to believe the promises of salvation or damnation offered by those who claim to speak with the Gods, I’ve seen too much that is unexplainable to not accept that they possess greater powers in some regard. Can it be coincidence that a mysterious stranger arrives and is seeking the very place that is seemingly the cause of the town’s recent troubles? This has convinced me his arrival is a bad omen, likely the cause of my recent misfortune and the sign of more to come.

Gera

* What is the name of your tavern?
The Twin Trout. While many mistakenly attribute the name to the tavern’s delicious signature dish, its origin is actually based on an old chantey and has a brought a smile to several visiting sailors.

* What friend or family member has recently gone missing?
Bergfinn is the cook at the Trout and a close friend. If I had disappeared he would not sit idly by, out of respect and a bit of admiration for him I have joined this climb.

* Bond: I am bound to Arkif because he is my brother.
I’m close to my brother and it has not been rare for him to spend time at the tavern long after all the other patrons have left. Despite this I feel he never completely opens up and lately I’ve seen him less and less.

d100 Roll - 16

Fride

* What is the name of your ox?
Yamir, after my beloved father and once well-regarded former Council of Elders member ,when he lived. He was widely known for both his strength and empathy. His eternal furrowed brow belied his humour and infectious laughter.

* Who among your number would make the best leader?
Without a doubt, that would be Arkif. Despite rumblings of a dark past, (which I dismiss as hen-like gossip), he has never abused his role as Meervold’s constable and has always been a just man.

* Bond:
Ligri owes me a kiss as befits our custom during an elder’s birthday.

Valga

* Who is your deity?
Nyabja the Tireless or Nyabja The Seeker

* Why is Hvitr’s Horn a holy site for your deity?
Lore has is it, Af the MotherFather, gave birth to Nyabja and Her twin brother Jep in the Deep Caves of Tuk. Horrified that HerHis offspring were in fact two separate beings, unlike Af and HerHis predecessors, Shehe grabbed Nyabja by Her lifecord and threw Her with all HerHis strength to the West and and unto Jep the same but to the East. In a fit of madness Af cursed HerHis abominations to the fate that no matter how far or wide they search for each other, it would never come to pass.

Nyabja landed at the top of the Cradle (or as the People of Meervold call Hvitr’s Horn) and was reared by both the flora & fauna until her 6th year., when She left the Cradle, in Her fruitless search for Her twin on The Endless Journey.

The Cradle is a sacred place to all followers of Nyabja.

* Bond:
I respect Solvi for leaving me alone, as his silence…unnerves me.

Just so everyone's clear, it's okay if this game has a relaxed pace, so try not to feel too pressured to post. We all have varying degrees of freedom to check in and participate, and part of the point of a play-by-forum game is to accommodate a variety of personal schedules, so it should be a given that we can't all post every day.

On that note, Gary Sax is the only player not to chime in with answers yet. I'm going to go ahead and post everyone's stats. Write all this stuff in on the character sheets linked to above. Also note that each character has a few items of starting gear, but each player has one random item (listed after your name). Choose which of your two characters starts with this item and write it down on that character's sheet. You don't have to report your choice here, just make sure you wrote it down. If the item has a 1 weight or greater, adjust your "Load" accordingly.

I will post each character as I have time. Just 4 tonight, then I have to hit the sack!

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The_jake_1973
Gear to assign Flint & steel (0 weight)

Name Illaudga
Gender Female
Class Villager
Level 0
Occupation Woodswoman
Traits Mute, bored of village life

Hit points 3
Armor 0
Base damage 1d4
Load 5
Current load 4

Strength 10
STR 0

Dexterity 14
DEX +1

Constitution 12
CON 0

Intelligence 16
INT +2

Wisdom 9
WIS 0

Charisma 9
CHA 0

Luck 12
LUC 0

Gear Handaxe (close, 1 weight), 6 sticks of firewood (3 weight), backpack (worn, 0 weight)

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Name Hafle
Gender Male
Class Villager
Level 0
Occupation Forager
Traits Unhealthy, hot-tempered

Hit points 1
Armor 0
Base damage 1d4
Load 6
Current load 1

Strength 14
STR +1

Dexterity 16
DEX +2

Constitution 5
CON -2

Intelligence 12
INT 0

Wisdom 14
WIS +1

Charisma 15
CHA +1

Luck 7
LUC -1

Gear Sickle (hand, messy, 1 weight), burlap sack (0 weight), mushrooms (1 ration, 0 weight), holy symbol of Aegis (0 weight)
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Da Bid Dabid
Gear to assign 1 piece of chalk

Name Steini
Gender Male
Class Villager
Level 0
Occupation Trapper
Traits Haggard, patient

Hit points 2
Armor 0
Base damage 1d4
Load 7
Current Load 1

Strength 17
STR +2

Dexterity 10
DEX 0

Constitution 7
CON -1

Intelligence 10
INT 0

Wisdom 9
WIS 0

Charisma 6
CHA -1

Luck 7
LUC -1

Gear Knife (hand, weight 0), 3 rabbit traps (1 weight)

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Name Gera
Gender Female
Class Villager
Level 0
Occupation Alewife
Traits Clumsy, heroic

Hit points 4
Armor 0
Base damage 1d4
Load 4
Current Load 3

Strength 7
STR -1

Dexterity 11
DEX 0

Constitution 14
CON +1

Intelligence 6
INT -1

Wisdom 15
WIS +1

Charisma 7
CHA -1

Luck 7
LUC -1

Gear Rolling pin (hand, weight 1), cask of ale (2 weight)

Jorda

No one in Meervold can argue that, despite the fact that she is often covered in clay from her work as the village potter, Jorda is among the more physically attractive residents. Her constant naysaying and generally pessimistic outlook keeps people from getting to close, though, even though she is wise beyond her years.

* What friend or family member has recently gone missing?

Jorda's grandmother is one of the few kin left in the village, they are very close. Jorda arrived here with her immediate family and her grandmother many years ago as refugees from elsewhere, carrying only what they could fit on a mule. Jorda does not know why the family left, and her family has been tight lipped on the subject. Meervold can be a tight knit, backwards community, unwelcoming to strangers, and Jorda has never really trusted anyone but her grandmother since her parents passed away from a malady that swept the village.

* What is your prediction of the outcome of this dangerous undertaking?

Given Jorda's... sunny disposition, her prediction is that virtually everyone on this trip is likely going to die. Call it a premonition. Despite that, her instinct is to push ahead anyway, since she has no friends in the village and she considers herself one of the more talented members of the village. She doesn't have to run the fastest, just run faster than the slowest villager, right?

* Bond: Gera has much to teach me about anger.

Gera's instinctive knowledge of and talent with people serves as a constant frustration for Jorda, who generally sits on the sidelines in social situations at the tavern and watches the tavern owner work crowds.


Solvi,

like his fellow woodswoman Illaudga, is a person of no words. No one knows whether he was born mute, or simply chooses not to speak. Living in the wild has not helped his frail constitution. Someone saw him juggle three handaxes once when he thought no one was watching.

* What vow have you taken, and why?

When he was young, Solvi vowed to pull himself from poverty and become wealthy. As a mute from birth, there are few avenues to fulfill that vow, however---it's difficult to swindle a man you cannot speak to. Solvi has attempted all sorts of schemes and continuously failed. Solvi's skill in the woods is his last, best chance for riches. The local woods are filled with strange things that city folk will pay a great deal for... but he is trading his already poor health for his pursuit.

* What did you see in the woods close to the Forsaken Fell?

Solvi specializes in finding expensive wood burls and selling the best of them, twice a year, to a woodworker in a nearby city/town. Since burls are rare, this means that Solvi travels every inch of the forests in this and nearby regions. While searching near the Forsaken Fell, Solvi discovered a remarkable valley, near the Forsaken Fell, where everything grew larger than normal---trees hundreds of feet high, 20 foot tall bears, birds the size of a man.

* Bond: Valga must forget about his/her lost love.

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repoman
Gear to assign 1 waterskin (1 weight)

Name Arkif
Gender Male
Class Villager
Level 0
Occupation Constable
Traits Haggard, wanted man

Hit points 3
Armor 0
Base damage 1d4
Load 5
Current Load 2

Strength 12
STR 0

Dexterity 9
DEX 0

Constitution 11
CON 0

Intelligence 9
INT 0

Wisdom 9
WIS 0

Charisma 11
CHA 0

Luck 10
LUC 0

Gear Shortsword (close, weight 1), iron cuffs and key (1 weight)

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Name Salbja
Gender Female
Class Villager
Level 0
Occupation Footpad
Traits Long braided hair, trusting

Hit points 3
Armor 0
Base damage 1d4
Load 6
Current Load 0

Strength 13
STR +1

Dexterity 9
DEX 0

Constitution 12
CON 0

Intelligence 15
INT +1

Wisdom 12
WIS 0

Charisma 8
CHA 0

Luck 13
LUC +1

Gear Sap (hand, 0 weight), burlap sack (0 weight)

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ThirstyMan
Gear to assign 50’ of rope (1 weight)

Name Gudfu
Gender Female
Class Villager
Level 0
Occupation Blacksmith
Traits Curly hair, cowardly

Hit points 2
Armor 0
Base damage 1d4
Load 5
Current Load 5

Strength 12
STR 0

Dexterity 11
DEX 0

Constitution 6
CON -1

Intelligence 10
INT 0

Wisdom 4
WIS -2

Charisma 14
CHA +1

Luck 11
LUC 0

Gear Hammer (hand, 1 weight), burlap sack (0 weight), 4 iron ingots (1 weight each), pouch of jotor (1 dose, 0 weight)

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Name Etirr
Gender Male
Class Villager
Level 0
Occupation Shepherd
Traits Clumsy, wanted man

Hit points 5
Armor 0
Base damage 1d4
Load 6
Current Load 1

Strength 13
STR +1

Dexterity 9
DEX 0

Constitution 17
CON +2

Intelligence 5
INT -2

Wisdom 12
WIS 0

Charisma 6
CHA -1

Luck 6
LUC -1

Gear Crook (close, awkward, 1 weight), 1 sheep ("Essie")

Thanks, Gary! The last thing I need from you is a single 1d100 roll.

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metalface13
Gear to assign Rations (5 uses, 1 weight)

Name Gerdga
Gender Female
Class Villager
Level 0
Occupation Miner
Traits Brawny, quick-witted

Hit points 3
Armor 0
Base damage 1d4
Load 5
Current Load 3

Strength 12
STR 0

Dexterity 8
DEX -1

Constitution 10
CON 0

Intelligence 10
INT 0

Wisdom 11
WIS 0

Charisma 8
CHA -1

Luck 11
LUC 0

Gear Pick (close, +1 damage, 2 weight), lantern (1 weight), flask of oil (0 weight), flint & steel (0 weight)

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Name Othilde
Gender Female
Class Villager
Level 0
Occupation Forager
Traits Stocky, trusting

Hit points 3
Armor 0
Base damage 1d4
Load 5
Current Load 2

Strength 9
STR 0

Dexterity 12
DEX 0

Constitution 10
CON 0

Intelligence 4
INT -2

Wisdom 11
WIS 0

Charisma 9
CHA 0

Luck 13
LUC +1

Gear Burlap sack (0 weight), edible roots (1 ration, 1 weight), lucky turtle shell (0 weight)

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DukeofChutney
Gear to assign 1 flask of oil (0 weight)

Name Thunke
Gender Male
Class Villager
Level 0
Occupation Monk
Traits Mousey, aloof

Hit points 4
Armor 0
Base damage 1d4
Load 6
Current Load 1

Strength 13
STR +1

Dexterity 10
DEX 0

Constitution 13
CON +1

Intelligence 8
INT -1

Wisdom 7
WIS -1

Charisma 8
CHA -1

Luck 6
LUC -2

Gear Staff (close, 2-handed, 1 weight), holy symbol of Fodar (0 weight)

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Name Ligri
Gender Male
Class Villager
Level 0
Occupation Carpenter
Traits Anemic, companionable

Hit points 2
Armor 0
Base damage 1d4
Load 4
Current Load 2

Strength 8
STR -1

Dexterity 10
DEX 0

Constitution 6
CON -2

Intelligence 4
INT -2

Wisdom 14
WIS +1

Charisma 10
CHA 0

Luck 10
LUC 0

Gear Handaxe (close, 1 weight), hand saw (1 weight)

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stormseeker75
Gear to assign 1 chest (1 weight)

Name Thorgana
Gender Female
Class Villager
Level 0
Occupation Dwarf Smith
Traits Unhealthy, opinionated

Hit points 3
Armor 0
Base damage 1d4
Load 6
Current Load 3

Strength 15
STR +1

Dexterity 13
DEX +1

Constitution 10
CON 0

Intelligence 11
INT 0

Wisdom 17
WIS +2

Charisma 17
CHA +2

Luck 10
LUC 0

Gear Hammer (close, 1 weight), burlap sack (0 weight), 2 iron ingots (1 weight ea.), flask of dwarvish whiskey (3 doses, 0 weight)

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Name Gunnva
Gender Female
Class Villager
Level 0
Occupation Fisherwoman
Traits Overweight, illiterate

Hit points 3
Armor 0
Base damage 1d4
Load 6
Current Load 2

Strength 13
STR +1

Dexterity 10
DEX 0

Constitution 11
CON 0

Intelligence 6
INT -2

Wisdom 7
WIS -1

Charisma 12
CHA 0

Luck 16
LUC +2

Gear Knife (hand, 0 weight), fishing net (2 weight)

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Dr. Mabuse
Gear to assign 50’ of rope (1 weight)

Name Fride
Gender Female
Class Villager
Level 0
Occupation Oxherd
Traits Elderly, foolhardy

Hit points 3
Armor 0
Base damage 1d4
Load 5
Current Load 1

Strength 10
STR 0

Dexterity 6
DEX -2

Constitution 11
CON 0

Intelligence 12
INT 0

Wisdom 17
WIS +2

Charisma 11
CHA 0

Luck 14
LUC +1

Gear Whip (close, reach, awkward, 1 weight), 1 ox ("Yamir")

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Name Valga
Gender Female
Class Villager
Level 0
Occupation Pilgrim
Traits Long hair, heroic

Hit points 4
Armor 0
Base damage 1d4
Load 5
Current Load 2

Strength 10
STR 0

Dexterity 12
DEX 0

Constitution 16
CON +2

Intelligence 10
INT 0

Wisdom 15
WIS +1

Charisma 10
CHA 0

Luck 8
LUC -1

Gear Staff (close, 2-handed, 1 weight), holy symbol of Nyabja (0 weight)

1D100

47

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Gary Sax
Gear to assign 1 vial of holy water (0 weight)

Name Jorda
Gender Female
Class Villager
Level 0
Occupation Potter
Traits Attractive, pessimist

Hit points 3
Armor 0
Base damage 1d4
Load 5
Current Load 3

Strength 10
STR 0

Dexterity 12
DEX 0

Constitution 11
CON 0

Intelligence 12
INT 0

Wisdom 13
WIS +1

Charisma 10
CHA 0

Luck 9
LUC 0

Gear Club (close, 1 weight), burlap sack (0 weight), 5 lbs. of clay (2 weight)

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Name Solvi
Gender Male
Class Villager
Level 0
Occupation Woodsman
Traits Mute, vow

Hit points 3
Armor 0
Base damage 1d4
Load 5
Current Load 3

Strength 10
STR 0

Dexterity 16
DEX +2

Constitution 7
CON -1

Intelligence 11
INT 0

Wisdom 11
WIS 0

Charisma 12
CHA 0

Luck 11
LUC 0

Gear Handaxe (close, 1 weight), 4 sticks of firewood (2 weight)

Okay, you should all have your character info now, and we've set up all the relationships. I will now go start a new thread for the game.

Thanks for working so hard on this, Jason!

Gary Sax wrote: Thanks for working so hard on this, Jason!

No problem, I enjoy doing it!

And Funnel World is go.

Gergda has my rations, BTW.

I don't know where the hell I was on the 18th, but I will submit my request to be in on this if it happens again.