I hope the OOC forum is okay for this... and yeah, I know I've been a stranger lately. So hi!
I am currently running a Play by Post campaign on Giantitp.com called Heretic's Bane. It's a primarily dwarven campaign. I have a few openings that are currently being handled as NPCs as players have left. It is a long running campaign, but it is FR and generally ALFA 1 FR except where it conflicts with major canon. Not that it comes up a lot, but for example the main foe is Xurshin and the Aurilites that plagued the TFN server, as run by Muse. Your group would be a part of the Patriarchate of Moradin, lead by my former PC Hignar, but no one has yet to see him in the game. It's level 5 - 8. You are currently in the Underdark, working with duergar followers of Moradin, in an attempt to sneak a massively powerful artifact into an enemy base and level it. Mechanics wise, it's a a couple dozen glowstones, some runes and it's an intelligent artifact to manipulate all that power and make it go boom real good.
Here is who we have available. After this section is completed, you could pick someone else. Figured I'd ask here, with all the great RPers in ALFA
Nega Silvermace is actually in this as well, for those of you who remember her, running the original ALFA PC.So far, this is what we have left...
Hjalmar Crownshield - A gold dwarf paladin from southern Faerun who was sent to accompany an ambassador and is learning about the shield dwarves of the Patriarchate by accompanying them. He has a lineage in the paladin orders of his home going back over a dozen dwarven generations, and is normally stationed in Thuulurn, sort of a dwarven Vatican City with him amongst the equivalent of the Swiss Guard. He doesn't want to be here. He'd rather be accompanying the Army of Gold in their Crusade to liberate ancestral dwarven homelands. Instead he is freezing in the north with a shield dwarf Patriarchate that claims IT is the center of dwarven faith now.
Oh yes, he rides an armored war pig for a summoned mount.
Magnum Rurikson: A dwarven cleric of Clangeddin, the dwarven God of War. His priestly title is Alaghor He has an adventurer's heart, and is a member of the Order of the Shining Blades. It is the military order within the Patriarchate for those who wish to dedicate their lives to Clangeddin, as priests or warriors. The group's role is leadership by example, martial training and education on military tactics. Induction is considered a high honor, and one recently attained. Not mere rank and file troops, members of this order are part of special groups and assigned other important tasks. Magnum is not an officer, but he has significant historical knowledge he shares. His role is battle along with his comrades and heal wounded warriors to continue the fight. He is not year a 100, but has shown an aptitude for the axe and his clerical duties.
Magnum brews many potions, to save his magic for more offensive purposes and otherwise is a "micro brewer" within the Order, albeit with a checkered reputation.
Bundok Battlehammer: Bundok hails from the famed Battlehammer Clan. He grew up in Icewind Dale and supported his Clan in the retaking of Mithril Hall. Being born and raised in Icewind Dale however, he chose to stay on as one of the caretakers of the Halls until they were given over to the Soulhammer Clan and the Patriarchate. He prefers to spend his time with the land, and finds the most practical thing to carry is a quarterstaff, but he carries other things.
He is a ranger, adept above and below ground, and helps protects the clan by scouting the surronding area, if only to keep it's herds safe. He grew up as a shepherd. Recently, his talents have drawn greater attention and he was a scout for Ambassador Tolrin. This lead him to the Underdark and a mission to destroy the strength of the followers of Auril in the area, as well as strike a blow against the hated white wyrm Xurshin.
Duervar Stonespite: Duervar is a dwarf who recognizes none of the dwarven gods out of sheer spite for the life he has lead. Half duergar on his father's side, and not willingly, he was a slave before meeting up with some other escaping dwarves. Those dwarves included the king in exile of the clan he was sold to and he hated, but they were different and nursed him back to health. He has gone from being a camp cook and a mining team leader to a respectable warrior. He feels he owes his saviors his arm, but not his faith. Being faithless in a religious state makes things awkward, but he gets by...