Need help with character Background FR [Archive] - Wizards Community

Need help with character Background FR [Archive] - Wizards Community

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thegreatbuddha
04-17-05, 03:48 AM So, I'll be playing in an online FR game soon, and I need to make a 1st level character. Problem is, I don't know a whole lot about the realms.

Here's what I do know: Elminster and Drizzt are from the realms, and my character will be starting in the Silver Marches.

My preferred character types are druid, meatshield (fighter or barb), or face (bard or courtier). I find it really hard to formulate character ideas without knowing something about the world that helped shape them, so I'm hoping that someone here can help me out.

Namely:
What types of characters are common to the Silver Marches?
What is the region like? Is it a mighty nation built on magic, a wild, untamed frontier, or somethign in between?
What types of factions exist in the area, and how do they interact with each other?

From those three questions, I can probably formulate an idea about a character, and bounce it off of everyone here ot fully flesh it out.
Finglas Leaflock
04-22-05, 03:56 PM To the first question, all of your preferred character types fit into the Silver Marches very well. To the second, it's a pretty diverse area--most of the land is wild, untamed wilderness, but there are several cities that are fairly large and quite civilized. Silverymoon, in particular, would fall under the "mighty nation built with magic" label, since it is protected by epic-level wards and has had a succession of high-level wizards as its ruler for many centuries. But there are also three major dwarf-holds, and a good number of barbarian tribes in the region. Bards are quite common throughout the North, so no problem playing one. The third question, lemme think--there are the Harpers, who are a semi-secret good-aligned organization, hordes of orcs to the north, plenty of dwarves. I'm probably missing a lot, but hopefully this'll give you a general idea.

To read more, you could either pick up the 3rd-edition Silver Marches book, or download the 2nd-edition "The North" or "The Savage Frontier", here:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads

Hope this helps!
thegreatbuddha
04-24-05, 02:54 AM Thanks for the link. I'm not so interested in the crunchy bits as I am in the fluff

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thegreatbuddha 04-17-05, 03:48 AM	So, I'll be playing in an online FR game soon, and I need to make a 1st level character. Problem is, I don't know a whole lot about the realms. Here's what I do know: Elminster and Drizzt are from the realms, and my character will be starting in the Silver Marches. My preferred character types are druid, meatshield (fighter or barb), or face (bard or courtier). I find it really hard to formulate character ideas without knowing something about the world that helped shape them, so I'm hoping that someone here can help me out. Namely: What types of characters are common to the Silver Marches? What is the region like? Is it a mighty nation built on magic, a wild, untamed frontier, or somethign in between? What types of factions exist in the area, and how do they interact with each other? From those three questions, I can probably formulate an idea about a character, and bounce it off of everyone here ot fully flesh it out.
Finglas Leaflock 04-22-05, 03:56 PM	To the first question, all of your preferred character types fit into the Silver Marches very well. To the second, it's a pretty diverse area--most of the land is wild, untamed wilderness, but there are several cities that are fairly large and quite civilized. Silverymoon, in particular, would fall under the "mighty nation built with magic" label, since it is protected by epic-level wards and has had a succession of high-level wizards as its ruler for many centuries. But there are also three major dwarf-holds, and a good number of barbarian tribes in the region. Bards are quite common throughout the North, so no problem playing one. The third question, lemme think--there are the Harpers, who are a semi-secret good-aligned organization, hordes of orcs to the north, plenty of dwarves. I'm probably missing a lot, but hopefully this'll give you a general idea. To read more, you could either pick up the 3rd-edition Silver Marches book, or download the 2nd-edition "The North" or "The Savage Frontier", here: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads Hope this helps!
thegreatbuddha 04-24-05, 02:54 AM	Thanks for the link. I'm not so interested in the crunchy bits as I am in the fluff