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PDQ Exalted

2008-01-24T12:39:08Z

JoeyMacGuffin:

=='''PDQ/Exalted'''==

This is the page for the PDQ Exalted game going on over at the PbP forums. Please post characters here.

The rules for PDQ Exalted used in this game are found [http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dg4wr976_11d5h973&hl=en here], courtesy of Oriong.

==PCs==

*[[Temujin]]: Night Caste Kung-fu master and lady's (or man's) man.
*[[Frozen Arrow Crescent]]: Lunar Changing Moon, Deadly warrior and master of transformation.
*[[Gracious Jade Ox]]: Dawn Caste martial artist of great strength and endurance.
*[[Lilly]]: Zenith sword-maid, carries her father's blade.

==Significant NPCs==
*[[Frederika Voyevoda Kriegshund]]: Aka: "Fred", an ally and quasi-stalker of Temujin.
*[[Kitsune]]: Young spirit, Temujin's companion.

PDQ Exalted

2008-01-24T12:38:54Z

JoeyMacGuffin:

=='''PDQ/Exalted'''==

This is the page for the PDQ Exalted game going on over at the PbP forums. Please post characters here.

The rules for PDQ Exalted used in this game are found [[http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dg4wr976_11d5h973&hl=en here]], courtesy of Oriong.

==PCs==

*[[Temujin]]: Night Caste Kung-fu master and lady's (or man's) man.
*[[Frozen Arrow Crescent]]: Lunar Changing Moon, Deadly warrior and master of transformation.
*[[Gracious Jade Ox]]: Dawn Caste martial artist of great strength and endurance.
*[[Lilly]]: Zenith sword-maid, carries her father's blade.

==Significant NPCs==
*[[Frederika Voyevoda Kriegshund]]: Aka: "Fred", an ally and quasi-stalker of Temujin.
*[[Kitsune]]: Young spirit, Temujin's companion.

Irenna the Bandit

2007-12-15T13:36:42Z

JoeyMacGuffin:

[[Category:Burning_Wheel]][[Category:PBP]][[Category:Player_character]]
A character in the [[Belstead]] PBP [[Burning Wheel]] game.

== Background ==
Irenna's parents weren't bad people. They thought they were doing well by her when they gave her to Karas. And he, in turn, gave her some small training, for her own protection - becausehe was corrupt, venal and abusive, and knew that his wife would be a target.

He only got worse when she bore a daughter and not a son. Her daughter died after one of his tirades, which gave her the will to leave him. His power too great in his village, and not wanting to return home 'disgraced', so she went to the city to find work.

Previously untapped talent came to the fore there, and she joined a troupe. While in the city, she had no troubles, but the manager held all the other actresses and singers as whores, and intended the same for her. While traveling elsewhere, he pushed the issue, thinking she would submit rather than be left.

She proved otherwise. She knocked him senseless and stole a day's earnings, then fled. Oddly, that didn't make him angry, just more determined to get her under his control. He has little enough he can do unless she comes under his thumb again, though.

She took up a small cottage, where she lives as 'the crazy lady down the lane', about the same distance from two or three villages, without being part of any. What they don't know is that she supports herself through banditry and the like.

Her usual mode is to get herself taken in by a caravan as a weak, helpless woman, surprising the guard, and taking whatever coins they have before disappearing. Occasionally, she works with a small nearby troupe, setting the caravan off guard with her usual method, letting them get closer in than they otherwise would.

She gets a share of the keepings, and has even enforced a 'no rapes' policy with them. They aren't large enough to take caravans without her help, and she's sworn to deny it if they abuse women when she's helped them. This doesn't stop them any other time, but she makes do where she will.

She's returned to the village finally feeling able to work towards the destruction of her ex-husband. She'd prefer, rather than killing, to expose him and ruin him, but she'll take what she can get.

== Numbers ==
<table width="100%"><tr valign="top"><td>
''Age'' 26
''Stock'' Human Village Female
=== Lifepaths ===
* Village born
* Village Wike of Corrupt Sergeant
* Lead to City - Performer
* Lead to Outlaw - Bandit
=== Stats ===
<table class="wikitable">
<tr>
<td align="right">Will</td>
<td>B5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Perception </td>
<td>B4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Power</td>
<td>B4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Forte</td>
<td>B4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Agility</td>
<td>B5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Speed</td>
<td>B4</td>
</tr>
</table>

=== Attributes ===
<table class="wikitable">
<tr>
<td align="right">Health</td>
<td>B5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Steel</td>
<td>B6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Reflexes</td>
<td>B4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Resources</td>
<td>B1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Circles</td>
<td>B2</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td>
=== Skills ===
<table class="wikitable">
<tr>
<td align="right">Acting </td>
<td>B4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Spear </td>
<td>B4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Sing </td>
<td>B4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Falsehood </td>
<td>B4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Cooking </td>
<td>B3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Wealthy-wise </td>
<td>B3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Foraging </td>
<td>B2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Child-rearing</td>
<td>B2</td>
</tr>
</table>
=== Traits ===
* Colorful
* Comely
* Folksy Wisdom
* Frippery
* Restless
* Strong-willed
</td><td>
=== Wounds ===
<table class="wikitable">
<tr>
<td align="right">Superficial</td>
<td>B3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Light</td>
<td>B5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Medium</td>
<td>B7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Severe</td>
<td>B8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Traumatic</td>
<td>B9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Mortal</td>
<td>B10</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td></tr></table>
== Resources ==
* ''Relationship'' (minor, hateful): '''Sergenat Karas''' – (Ex) Husband
* ''Relationship'' (minor, rivalry): '''Terel Astero'''– Manager of the Falcon Flight Performing Troupe
* ''Affiliation'': '''Bandits''' – Irenna occasionally shills for a small bandit troupe. The young(ish) and pretty woman getting the caravans to drop their guard. She gets a share of the take.
* ''Posessions'': Run-of-the-Mill Spear, Clothes, Shoes, and Traveling Gear. Small Cottage.

== Beliefs ==
* Karas is slime - grind him under heel.
* Better to live in a hovel as a woman than to be a slave in a manor.
* Noble is just another word for 'thug'. Neither should be trusted.

== Instincts ==
* When fighting men, fight dirty.
* Hand is never far from something sharp.
* If surprised, Act like a scared maiden.

Belstead

2007-12-15T13:17:35Z

JoeyMacGuffin:

[[Category:Burning_Wheel]][[Category:PBP]]
A [[Burning Wheel]] PBP game that is about to start.

==Background==
The mist clung to Belstead, even though the sun was already some way into its journey across the sky. It was a damp, unpleasant morning, with most of the activity staying inside the wooden houses, the only people out in this weather were those on urgent business. It was so quiet, not even the birds sang in the trees.

And then, footsteps, and a voice. Loud, agitated.

"The King is dead! The King is dead without a heir!" the messenger shouts while running through the small village, bringing restlesness where there was quiet, as people pour out into the streets to confirm what they heard.

But before anyone can even give their opinion on the monarch's death, a very different screamcuts through the winter mists, a voice full of fear.

"Soldiers! An army! An army over the hills! The Baron Harlech marches on Belstead!"

And then, panic.

The town of Belstead once did a great favor for the King, and in exchange, the King declared that, for as long as his line reigned over the land, Belstead would be a free town, no taxes would be levvied, and only the King's authority would be recognized within its borders. Thanks to this, Belstead prospered for generations, not worrying about the changes in the world around it. But today it changes. The King has died with no heir, and assassination is suspected, the higher nobility is in disarray, with accusations flying everywhere. In the confusion, a few ambitious Barons, some of the few nobles to actually maintain standing armies, have siezed the opportunity to carve their personal kingdom from the remains of the old, setting Belstead in the middle of the bloodiest civil war in recorded history.

And it's up to you to make things right, of course, but what is right? Will you support the old King's family against all odds and hope Belstead remains free, or pursue personal power with one of the Barons? Or maybe the future of Bernstead, and the entire Kingdom, lies in another direction altogether..

==Player Characters==
*[[Goodman William]]
*[[Gregor Freebooter]]
*[[Sergeant Matthias]]
*[[Drogo the Barber]]
*[[Helpful Hannah]]
*[[Irenna the Bandit]]