Guidelines

Ok, now that I've titled this "guidelines", I'm going to open with a question instead...

Do you want to do a point buy system or do you want to roll? If we roll it'll happen here on the 12th. I have no preference and will go with public opinion on this one.

Now, for some guidelines...

We would greatly prefer if you build your characters in such a way as to make equal loot sharing fit with your concepts. We really want to stress equal distribution of loot, as other outcomes can cause minor bad blood and results in a lack of fun for some. If you have a profession or something, that's great and does not fall into this area.

Think very carefully about the having animal companions and heavy summoning abilities. If you have these abilities, think seriously about tailoring them to meld with your action seemlessly, as would be the case with a chariot pulling animal or something that would act as a noncombat asset. If we have the full 8 player roster, animal companions and summons will constantly be upstaged by actual players, and the map could get cluttered.

Some other things to consider...

• Are you a slave/ex-slave, or do you own slaves (even a PC slave)?
• What is your stance on slavery, particularly if you are an elf?
• Are you married?
• What character trait or environmental situation would cause you to stick with a group of varying ethnicity in a world that typically doesn't showcase that sort of thing? (This doesn't mean you have to like or respect everyone initially. It could be a matter of something being worse elsewhere, or otherwise having nothing to lose.)
• There is something of a casual brutality that permeates this world in non-elven regions. What is your stance on that sort of thing? (For example, you might take prisoners, and you might not. Killing them would not be evil in many situations in this world, because it's just the way things are done. Likewise, brutal punishments may not bother you, or maybe they do.)