Briar Island Character Creation

Stolen from https://lotfp666.tumblr.com/post/152790743809/race-class-separation-for-lotfp-if-you-want-a, and http://hillcantons.blogspot.com/2010/10/random-starting-equipment-lotfp-weird.html, then customized for Briar Island.

Character Creation!

Step One: Roll some dice. 4d6, drop the lowest, six times. Assign those numbers to your Abilities.

Step Two: Choose a Race and a Class. Adjust as needed. You have maximum HP at level 1.

Step Three: Get some gear!

Step Four: Name thyself.

Step Five: Profit!

RACE

Human

Class based HD

+10% XP gained

2 Skillpoints to spend at Level 1

Elf

d6 HD
1-in-6 to be Surprised (instead of 2-in-6)

2-in-6 Search skill

Low-light vision (can see twice as far as a human in low-light conditions)

Dwarf

d10 HD

3-in-6 Architecture skill

+1 to CON modifier

+5 items before Encumberance

Goblin

d6 HD

+1 to DEX modifier

3-in-6 Bushcraft

5-in-6 Stealth

Cannot use Large weapons

Must use Medium weapons 2-handed

CLASS

Fighter

d8 HD
Add Level to attack rolls
Parry & Press combat options

Magic-User

d4 HD

Begin with ‘Read Magic’ & 3 Spells

Must have 2 free hands (or be holding a wand or staff), be able to speak, and be no more than lightly encumbered to cast spells.

Cleric

d6 HD

Begin with any lv. 1 Cleric Spell

Must wield a holy symbol and be able to speak in order to cast spells.

Specialist

d6 HD
4 Skill points at level 1; +2 thereafter.

STARTING GEAR

Adventure Packs (Pick one)

All packs come with:
     Backpack, common clothes (2 sets), two small sacks, bedroll, water skin, tinderbox, one week of         iron rations, 2d4+2 silver pieces.

Pack A (10 oil flasks, lantern, shovel, two caltrops, whistle)

Pack B (10 torches, 10 pieces of chalk/charcoal, blank scroll, mirror, crowbar)

Pack C (five torches, five oil flasks, 60 ft. rope, grappling hook, wooden pole)

If you're a Fighter,
+ one weapon of your choice
+ leather armor and a shield, or chain mail

If you're a Magic-User,
+ well-worn staff or concealed dagger
+ inkwell, journal, looseleaf paper, candles, flint-and-tinder, quill, and a penknife

If you're a Cleric,
+ trusty mace or a whip
+ holy symbol
+ leather armor

If you're a Specialist,
+ garotte or short sword or light crossbow and 10 bolts
+ small mirror
+ crowbar

Go get 'em, Tiger!

Greengriffin

Population:

• Approximately 10600; primarily human, some dwarves, some goblins.

Government:

• Greengriffin is governed by Mayor Caiaphas Brumewald, a minor noble of Yorish descent, though a council of merchants (unofficially, the Guilder's Council) has significant influence and power.

Notable Places:

• The Warrior's Rest: A modest inn, built within what was once an elvish sailing ship. It has declined in recent years, but beardy townsfolk tell tales of what it was like twenty years ago and laugh at their inside-jokes.
• Josephus Blandershyde Memorial Guild Hall: An impressive timber and brick building, once a minor temple. It contains a large meeting hall and several smaller rooms, and is shared among several local merchant guilds.
• The Silver Maiden: A wondrous statue of bright silver, said to protect the town against wererats and other lycanthropes.

A few NPCs:

• Arin: Female Dwarf Servant. Arin has long gray hair and gray eyes, and wears glasses with silver rims. She wears well-made clothing and a pewter amulet depicting a skull. Arin compulsively plays with an iron ring.
• Franco: Male Human Scholar. Franco has long gray hair and narrow amber eyes, and proudly displays distinctive marks on his left leg where he was bitten by a shark. He wears ostentatious garments and a leopard fur cape.
• Fredegar: Male Dwarf Wizard. Fredegar is rugged in appearance, with straight brown hair and sharp brown eyes. He wears plain clothing and wields a quarterstaff. Fredegar has a reputation for being generous and trustworthy.

Ashmoor Ward

Notable Places:

• Greengriffin Forge: A cluttered blacksmith's workshop, built atop an outcrop of volcanic rock. It is a busy place, where most of the town's smithing takes place. Greengriffin Forge is co-owned by several members of the Guilder's Council.
• Sacha's Arch: A broken arch of weathered stone, said to entomb a the ashes of Sacha, a long-forgotten elvish Goddess of Fire. Local superstitions abound.
• The Cyclopean Basilisk: A modest commoner's tavern, decorated with monstrous skulls. The dwarf Fredegar is the owner and proprietor, though he is rarely found here.

A few NPCs:

• Bertio: Male Human Fighter. Bertio is grizzled and masculine, yet well-kept, with flowing white hair and green eyes. He wears a custom-made suit of splint mail and wields a flail and heater shield. Bertio seeks revenge on a tribe of ogres in the Penny Forest.
• Richye: Male Human Illusionist. Richye is youthful, with slicked-back blonde hair and bright blue eyes. He wears expensive yet ugly clothing, favoring silver and orange in gaudy patterns, and wields an expensive dagger, showing it off at inappropriate times.

Citadel District

Notable Places:

• The Shale Gate: A ring of rune-carved stone monoliths, within which lies a magical portal to the distant town of Shale.
• The Crooked Wand: A neglected adventurer's tavern, which serves up "magical potions" in addition to beers and ales. Its proprietor is a stone golem called Gronn, who cannot actually get drunk but enjoys pretending.

A few NPCs:

• Berny: Androgynous Human Rogue. Berny has messy black hair and large hazel eyes and pointed ears. Berny compulsively plays with a silver ring.
• Ryany Everstrong: Male Human Ranger. Ryany has tangled white hair and dark green eyes. He wields a poisoned club. Ryany has an animal companion, a giant spider named Ames, whom the locals tolerate only grudgingly.
• Hilia: Female Human Cleric of Lashoon. Hilia has auburn hair and narrow gray eyes, and a birth-mark over her left eye resembling a tree. She wears a suit of soot-blackened chain mail and wields an elf-crafted mace. Hilia is searching for the lost Temple of Angels, which she believes is somewhere in the Titan's Spine.
• Berga: Female Goblin Wizard. Berga is endearingly short, with thinning red hair and scary blue eyes. She wears skimpy robes and flaunts her curves shamelessly. Berga seeks only fame and glory.
• Roger: Male Goblin Craftsman. Roger has a round face and amber eyes. He wears travel-stained clothing and a wide-brimmed hat. Roger has a mixed reputation: he is jealous and mean-tempered, yet brutally honest.
• Gronn: Gronn is a stone golem and the proprietor of The Crooked Wand. His creator died forty years ago, and he has found a new purpose in sharing his creator's recipes with the world. Gronn cannot actually get drunk, but he enjoys acting drunk after a few beers in order to sell the idea that his liquor is very potent.

  

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Market

Notable NPCs:

• Orwidth: Male Human Peddler. Orwidth has white hair and gray eyes. He wears sturdy clothing and happily displays a wooden holy symbol of Lashoon as an amulet. Orwidth specializes in clockworks and animated toys.
• Tane: Male Human Thief. Tane is short, with red hair and light blue eyes. He always wears dirty leather armor and a bandoleer of throwing daggers. Tane seems to know a secret about everyone.
• Cyne: Male Goblin Poulter. Cyne has a narrow face, with white hair and bright hazel eyes. He wears travel-stained clothing and a pewter amulet. Cyne specializes in butchered perytons and other chimeric fowl. He has thespian ambitions.

Scholar's Village

Notable Places:

• An ancient temple to the elf-goddess Sacha, now in ruins, said to lie atop catacombs filled with long-forgotten treasures.

A few NPCs:

• Vielan Strodewell: Male Human Aristocrat. Vielan has long copper hair and dark gray eyes, and a "magical scar" on his right arm. He wears fine raiment and jewelry, and is overly fond of sauteed goose. He carries an enchanted rapier and his favorite red cloak is rumored to be magical, also.
• Aednold Goreghost: Male Human Paladin of Lashoon. Aednold has green hair and green eyes, and a beaked nose. He wears banded mail and wields a military fork. Aednold seeks to destroy the race of trolls. If you ask him about it point-blank, he gets defensive. He just wants them all dead. He doesn't want to talk about feelings.
• Ellys: Female Human Craftsman. Ellys has auburn hair and light blue eyes. She wears simple clothing and a wide-brimmed hat.
• Zerrata: Female Human Paladin of Lashoon. Zerrata is willowy, with tangled black hair and blue eyes. She wears plate mail and wields a two-handed sword.
• Aben: Female Human Druid. Aben has a long face, with tangled gray hair and soft brown eyes. She wears leather armor and wields a scimitar and dagger.

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General Rumors

1. Tiberius Winter, the mild-mannered priest at the temple of Lashoon, is secretly an assassin.
2. Magic is altered in strange ways within the Penny Forest. Straaaaaaaange ways. How? I don't know, I'm not a wizard. But if I were a wizard, I'd look out. Wouldn't want to cast a spell to find my way and suddenly turn my companions into roosters, now, would I?
3. There's a nasty demon-thing calling itself the Warlord of the Tides that lives near the coast about a mile from Shipman's Rock, lurking, waiting, doing all sorts of demony things in the dark below the waves. It ate a couple of kids last year. Supposedly it looks like a big starfish-headed ogre with blue skin, and it can command dolphins.
4. Agents of the Archmage Zordol are coming to shut down the town's commercial districts and replace every honest businessman with a conjured imp. The mayor is even encouraging this!
5. Anyone who takes a stone from Sascha's Arch without leaving an offering of a lit candle will be cursed with premature old age.
6. The Archmage Zordol holds a demon lord imprisoned beneath his tower, and he's tricked it into gifting him unlimited wealth.
7. The Duke of Solstheim's military relies upon conjured elemental warriors. Or that's what they say down in Dimbleford, anyway. Lots of wizardy crap going on in Solstheim these days.
8. That entitled little snot Vielan Strodewell really wants to be mayor, and is plotting something nasty to get poor old Caiaphas Brumewald out of office.