Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 ruriktorunn Nov 15, 2008 10:06:04	It seems to me that every cleric i meet nowadays comes from Impiltur and every wizard from Thay. This gets kinda frustrating, so i was wondering whether you have similar troubles in your campaigns?
#2 kerym_ammath Nov 15, 2008 12:20:56	Nope. All my players are from the Moonsea region or immediate environs.
#3 Mr_Miscellany Nov 15, 2008 12:42:20	I haven't had this problem in my 4E Realms campaign. The characters (including one wizard and one cleric) in my group all come from Cormyr or its immediate environs. For my 3E Realms game, the cleric hails from Zhakara while the two wizards come from Candlekeep (Wizard #1) and from Cormyr by way of Evereska (Wizard #2).
#4 msatran Nov 15, 2008 12:49:29	There are over 60 characters in my Realms game. I could list them all, but most of them are from all over.
#5 red_wizard Nov 15, 2008 18:12:00	Despite my name, and inclination towards playing Red Wizards, I on average come from varied locations. I enjoy playing a concept sparked by something I've read. If that happens to be from Thay, so be it. This said, I am the only one I know who plays characters from Thay. I know only two other people to have EVER played a Thayan, and both of those are long since dead or retired. -RW
#6 JohnLynch Nov 15, 2008 19:40:19	I'm playing a Wizard from Waterdeep.
#7 old_sage Nov 15, 2008 20:08:52	No. I've long employed the practice of "rotating" home regions for new PCs coming into my campaigns, so that each player has the opportunity to sample a little of what each part of the Realms has to offer.
#8 rinonalyrna_fathomlin Nov 17, 2008 20:08:17	I usually choose my character's home based on wherever the campaign (which in my experience has always started at low levels) is going to be set. In addition to it making more sense overall, it makes me feel like my character has a greater stake in whatever troubles are plaguing the region (his/her home).
#9 underdark_tourist Nov 18, 2008 9:30:05	The characters in my current campaign are as follows: Human Bard from Wheloon by way of Amn Human Warlock from Erlkazar Githyanki Swordmage from the Astral Sea and a Stormsoul Genasi Fighter from parts unknown.
#10 davesaunders Nov 20, 2008 22:58:14	The charatcers in my game they arent all from the region that its starting in, nope.
#11 squidyak Nov 21, 2008 0:04:47	I don't think I've ever played any character from Impultur and I don't think I've ever played a wizard from Thay. Waterdeep, Rasheman, Cormyr, Sembia, Longsaddle, Mulhurand, and a bunch of others but not Thay. And do Hishna Shapers count? If so add Maztica.
#12 quale1 Nov 21, 2008 6:21:44	I once played a wizard from Thay (in 8 years), never from Impiltur, so not really e.g. last campaign kamerel warrior (mostly swordsage) from Unthalass, Unther faerie dragon arcanist (mostly enchantress and illusion) from Aerilpar's Feywild adu'ja arcanist (mostly shaman) from the Amtar jungle planar gnome arcanist (cleric/monk/bard of Deneir/Gond/Nebelun) from Dothion nathri/half-vaati rogue from Sigil current campaign tiefling (human, of some Blood Rift creature) arcanist (alchemy, psionics) from Altumbel half-elf rogue (bard, ranger, Moonstar) from Iriaebor gold dwarf arcanist (binder, cleric of Abbathor, Aurum) from Helmstar, Deep Lands uldra arcanist (cryomancy, runes) from Hartsvale needlefolk warrior (monk) from Malatra noviere-ghaele-coure eladrin rogue (Indep) from Arvandor human arcanist (cleric of Jergal, warlock, Dustmen) from Western Heartlands (Talfir tribe)
#13 lord_karsus Nov 21, 2008 10:24:49	-Your campaigns always sound so crazy and awesome with all of the Planar travel and things like that, I'll admit.
#14 wannabesuperman Nov 22, 2008 20:33:08	We almost had this "problem" in our campaign. The players talked about where they wanted their characters to be from, then they looked through the regions to see if there were any strictly better choices. Everyone chose roleplay over "roll"-play, thankfully.
#15 serphet Nov 22, 2008 21:17:27	my g/f chose her int warlord (genasi) to be from thay strictly for the hp. Going back and reworking everything, she (on her own accord) changed to Akanul and even had her character adapt some of the local flavor. Our part wizard is from Akanul as well, and the cleric is a tiefling of Ilmater from thay.
#16 dremik-the-taupe Nov 30, 2008 14:29:55	Wizard - Dalelands. Hasn't been easy on her figure , but rerolling "What's that!?" and getting a boost on initiative are more useful in the long term than 4hp, as con's her second highest stat anyway. Rogue - Dragon Coast. The more languages you speak, and the more insight you have, the more easily you can take advantage...er... communicate :D Cleric - Aglarond. Elven is nice, and with all the wisdom it's a shame to not have perception.
#17 rauric Dec 01, 2008 7:47:07	Our party wizard has the Thay region benefits but only because that was the area closest to Rasheman. He is playing a Witch from Rasheman and her home area does not have regional benefits so we just used Thays. I am playing an artificer from Luskan and since I am the only "leader" in the group I am sort of the cleric/healer. I chose Luskan because it was a coastal area and would make sense for gnome refugees to go after Lantan's fall. Sure other places might suit a gnomes interests more but my family had no choice when fleeing the island so that nasty city became their new home. My PC did leave as fast as possible though since a rival gnome artificer was looking for me to take a long walk off a short pier. ;)