Sorry I rolled using the dice roller on my phone- lets try this again. I will educate myself on how to use the in forum dice roller and return.

In any case, I would like to play Lazlo Galanos, a young satyr.

Lazlo is a bit rough around the edges and outwardly appears to not take many things seriously (but those who know him well know this is not true).  While his features individually would be called handsome, together they make him appear a bit foolish. Large green eyes (set too far apart) rest under a mop of auburn hair that seems to be a haven for nettles. His upturned nose and round flush cheeks are dappled with freckles.  His wide mouth is typically grinning, flashing the tumble of teeth that look as if they're trying to march away from his mouth.  Like all of his kind, he sports a short set of horns atop his head, and his lower half is that of an auburn furred goat (which could probably do with a good combing). 

ability scores set 1: 14 14 10 15 12 12

Ability scores set 2: 17 15 9 12 9 10

OK- I'll take the second set. 

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At first, I thought 'Ah, this must be boring.' Because I kinda like the combat side. Now, I think it'll be very cool! Especially the prologue part, I really like the idea.

Anyway, I have a question: Since we're not starting with an experienced character, can I play a V. Human but not choose my feat yet, rather taking it later? Think of it as leaving the character's training in something for later, which is kinda like the class choice.

Either way, I'll probably play a human. Variant if the above is allowed and normal if not. 
I'm thinking towards a rogue, though I am fully open to changing class depending on how the prologue goes. That means I will probably be a dextrous character, at least at the very start.

Also, do we choose a background at the start or is it also something we get from the prologue?

 You'll be building your own background as you play. The prologue will act entirely as your background, so if you're creative and active, you could start out with a very good advantage.

Also, any races or classes are fully available. Plus, you can always play your character as if you have every intention of being a rogue, but should you consider multi-classing, you might want to RP your character as having other interests that would lay the foundation for a second class.

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Ability scores: 11 6 8 10 15 8

Ability scores: 16 16 11 14 8 11

Raised in a wealthy home, Kallista was the sore spot in her family's 'perfect' image. They were a fine, upstanding family, and to them being born was a scar that they would never live down. So in order to save their reputation they hid her away and pretended she didnt exsist outside their home.

When she finally ran away, Kallista was sure that her parents were happy deep down that they could just ignore her from now on. So she never looked, though she could never hate her parents. She blamed herself for the pain she brought on them.

I plan on playing Kallista as if her infernal heritage hasn't quite manifested yet, because I think that sounds fun ((and im not really sure which one i want XD))

 So I'm assuming tiefling?

I quoted my original post somewhere else with my name and race

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This sounds really interesting, and I'd be up for it. When are you planning on starting, and roughly what times? 

I think I have a perfect character for this sort of experimental play, but PrimalBlade took the concept first! XD

My character is also a half-elf looking to be a well, really good (swordsman) fighter, son of an Eladrin and a Changeling (looking like another Eladrin). His changeling powers don't really manifest very well, though.

Seeing as that's really similar........I have another character character concept if that would be better to create more diversity. My other character is a female half-elf (heavily leaning bard) that is mute, but is a budding telepath.

 I work from home so I can basically start whenever and post pretty frequently. This RP will be a challenge for me because to keep things moving, I'll have to be dolling out results and class points left and right.

take a look at the clarified prologue description and if you have more questions, feel free to ask!

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I quoted my original post somewhere else with my name and race

 Ah, okay, I found it.

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I am interested in this and would like to play a dwarf.  I'm usually very flexible in the class I play for any campaign so completely don't mind rolling out to find what I play.

I clarified the prologue element, if you want to take a look at it, hopefully it will make it less confusing so you have a better idea if it's something you'd like to play out.

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This does sound interesting and I'd be up for it.  I'm thinking of a halfling rogue or maybe I'll finally try that warlock, an elven warlock.  From the description of your world, it would seem ripe for warlocks and I've never played one before.  I can even see how my character starts going to a particular part of the city, perhaps a park or maybe one of the poor sections, because when he's there he feels peace and security, or maybe he feels strong.  Plenty of RP possibilities to earn class points that way.

How do we apply?

Set 1: Ability scores: 16 12 14 11 13 15

Set 2: Ability scores: 14 13 15 15 15 15

 well, since you posted your AS, that's good enough as an application!

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I was thinking of playing a Satyr named Lazlo (trying to think of a suitable last name)- I rolled  10,13,12,9,11,14 and 16,14,13,13,12,8 for stats (I'll take the second set). I realized that I couldn't share the link to the character on beyond bc there is no class/background chosen. 

 Yeah, I just realized that. I'm going to see if I can create a homebrew subclass and background to act as placeholders so you can at least build your character sheet even if it will be mostly blank.

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Okay, it's become clear that I need to better explain how the prologue will work. I'll see if I can give an example that might make it clearer what the intention is.

I also forgot to add the homebrew rule for learning a skill and making ability score increases in the prologue.

Homebrew rule: Learning a skill and gaining ability score increases

Because your character will be untrained, they will have to earn their starting skills through practice, which they can do if they're in good condition and have the supplies, once a day. Learning a new skill is not easy, so you'll need to make a DC of 13 to succeed, and you'll need 3 successes (not consecutive) to gain a skill OR make 3 (non-consecutive) successful DC checks with disadvantage if your skill can be practiced on another living thing, which CAN be attempted more than once a day.

The reason for this? Practicing on another living thing will have consequences. Learning to pickpocket, for instance, would be incredibly risky. A failure means you could be chased by town guards whom you will have no chance of fighting and possibly even kicked out of the city, but if you're feeling lucky, it's an option.

The goal of the prologue part is to give you full control over your background. I thought it might be interesting where rather than your characters meeting up under circumstance and then slowly revealing their back story through monologues, you actively build your backstory through play. This may result in your character having more or less starting gear or 'background effects' than those who start with a background, but that's the point, you are to be rewarded for RPing and getting invested in your character, not aimless grinding.

RPing out your backstory also gives you the opportunity to learn homebrew skills not listed in the base rules. I'm pretty flexible, so don't be afraid to ask about learning unlisted skills.

Here's an example of how some of your prologue MIGHT look:

Player 1 post:

"Generico, being promised enough food to feed himself and the rest of the party for the day, toils away at the blacksmith's shop for 8 hours. He's interested in becoming stronger, so he's really going to push himself with the work and actively trying to learn the smith's craft by watching him carefully. Let's assume Generico's STR is 11, and his player is considering making him a fighter, so he wants to build Generico up. Because of the type of labour he'd be doing, though, the work will also build up his CON of 13 as well. He only gets to roll once a day, but he can build multiple skills or ability scores at once. In this case, because Generico has declared an intention to learn how to smith, he can also try to add a success to learning smithing.

18 DC: 11. (str)  8  DC: 13 (con)  19 DC:13 (skill)

DM post:

I would respond after this post with whether Generico feels like he got stronger or something happened at work that broke his momentum. I would also use this time to mention if anything of interest happened during his work day. In this case, we'll say his work was uneventful, but due to pushing himself, Generico is tired with lvl 1 exhaustion.

Player 1 post:

"After work, Generico returns to the party with a satchel full of hot food. He happily shares it with the rest of the group. "Eat up, friends. Dinner is on me!" he says. He's covered in soot, stinks like an onion patch, but he finds fulfillment in hard physical labour."

Player 2 post:

"Soanso comments on Generico's appearance but mostly his odour and mentions that during he was paid an extra few silver for his day's work. He's willing to give Generico a couple coins so he can go to a bath house and defilthify his grody, grody body for all their sakes."

Player 1 post:

"Generico says something about Soanso's mother, but accepts the silver anyway, proposing that the group all head to the bath house so that they can at least not smell like homeless refugees, despite that being exactly what they are."

Player 2, 3, 4 post:

Characters unanimously agree and bathhouse hijinks ensue.

DM post:

"Despite the shenanigans the group got into, the hot water is rejuvenating and Generico can feel his sore muscles relax, removing his exhaustion. After a good meal and a hot bath, Generico is in great condition and feels like he can push himself again tomorrow."

 

Because your characters will be likely engaging in mundane activities, there's no reason to go into detail about what happens at work. Sometimes nothing will happen, sometimes they'll get an opportunity to change the party's situation. The meat of the RP in the prologue will mostly happen in the party's downtime, where they discuss how to spend whatever money they earn, whether they should attempt to move to a different part of the city, or even risk some time outside the gates after overhearing that a caravan went missing not far from the city. The prologue is meant to be as malleable as possible.

Point is, because your characters will have nothing but the rags on their back and no skills to speak of, they will need each other to get by. Survival will be a team effort at first, and as their situation improves, they'll mature into adventurers with a bond to one another. Take advantage of the prologue time to get your characters involved with the people of the city and earn opportunities to equip your characters with skills and items, because unlike the standard backgrounds, there is no prerequisite or limit of skill or tool proficiencies you can have before you fully mature into adventurers because you, as a player, put in the effort to make your character different from other adventurers.

Put simply, thoughtful RP will be rewarded, and I will be watching the RP carefully for signs of RP drag. In general, the prologue will end after the party is in a good enough position and have grown enough as characters to warrant being full fledged level 1 characters. Once they're level 1, we'll do an appropriate time skip so that the characters have all fully matured and gain skills and ability score bonuses only by leveling as per usual.

I hope this answers all questions about the prologue aspect of the RP. If you're still interested, hit me up with a direct message or roll your 2 sets of ability scores so everyone can see them along with your character name and race. We'll build your character sheet as we go.

 Reposting for reading convenience for anyone who hasn't seen.

Okay, cool.

Ability scores: 10 16 11 13 17 7
Ability scores: 13 16 5 16 10 14

Taking the second set. Putting 5 on Cha in an RP-heavy game will prove to be an outstanding move. Or will it?

Name: Hyre
Race: V. Human

Tbh I don't think I should make any backstory for this, it kinda collides with the prologue. Instead, I'll write some characteristics.
Hyre is a boy with dark hair and green eyes. He acts according to his own will to do what he thinks is right and doesn't like when people tell him he's wrong. Even more, he hates to be wrong. He's rather smart but not very good with people. Despite that, shy would be one of the last words you'd use to describe him. Though he may not always show it, he appreciates his friends and will usually take the first step to correct any faux pas he may have caused.

personally i like it even though i wish there was combat

race: Eladrin (Variant)

I've read the prologue clarification and am intrigued and still very interested.  If the Ability Score rolls need to be done now...

Ability scores: 10 10 12 10 12 17

Ability scores: 9 12 13 15 17 9 

I'd use the first set if allowed to join.

Ability scores and name for my half elf sorcerer (mentioned on previous page) 

Name- Drake Sparrow

Ability scores: 9 10 16 10 18 15

Ability scores: 16 13 11 14 15 14

Ill use second set if I get in

This sounds intriguing though, seemingly, a bit rule-heavy for an RP-heavy intent (in my experience, anyway).

I'm super interested in finding an RP-focused group and I'm kicking around ideas for a warforged as I've never gotten to play one. Anyone here interested in a shared origin of some sort? Parent was an artificer who built me but was killed in the raid or some such...?

Ability scores: 13 12 15 11 8 14
Ability scores: 10 14 13 14 15 14

(Would standard array be acceptable? I frequently prefer that, anyway.)

Should also ask: Is the intent to use the forum here or Discord?

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Should also ask: Is the intent to use the forum here or Discord?

 the intent is to use the forums here. Also, I do realize there are a lot of rules, but they're mostly things I have to keep track of, you'll hardly notice them. This is kind of an exercise for me to become a better DM.

When will you make your decision and how can we influence you? :)