🎲 Welcome, traveler… your tale begins. The winds of fate have been cast, the dice rolled in shadow, and a new hero emerges into a world of danger, temptation, and glory. ⚔️ Character Sheet Name: Kael Thornwyn Race: Half-Elf Class: Rogue (Level 1) Background: Urchin Alignment: Chaotic Neutral Age: 24 Height: 5'10" Ability Scores Strength: 10 (+0) Dexterity: 16 (+3) Constitution: 13 (+1) Intelligence: 14 (+2) Wisdom: 11 (+0) Charisma: 15 (+2) Combat HP: 10 Armor Class: 14 (Leather Armor + Dex) Initiative: +3 Speed: 30 ft Proficiencies Skills: Stealth +5, Sleight of Hand +5, Deception +4, Perception +2, Investigation +4 Weapons: Simple weapons, hand crossbows, longswords, rapiers, shortswords Tools: Thieves' Tools, Disguise Kit Attacks Rapier: +5 to hit, 1d8+3 piercing Dagger (x2): +5 to hit, 1d4+3 piercing Sneak Attack: +1d6 (once per turn when conditions apply) Inventory Rapier 2 Daggers Leather Armor Thieves’ Tools Small lockpick kit hidden in boot A tarnished silver locket (unknown origin) 12 Gold Pieces Dark hooded cloak Companion Nyx — a small black cat with unsettlingly intelligent violet eyes. Nyx rarely meows… but often stares at things no one else can see. 📜 Backstory You grew up among the gutters and candlelit alleys of a sprawling city. No parents, no safety—only quick hands and quicker lies. The streets taught you survival. Three nights ago, while fleeing the city watch after a successful purse-cutting, you discovered something strange in a stolen noble’s coat: A silver locket. Inside it… a faded symbol of an ancient forgotten order—and a map scratched faintly into the metal. Since then, strange things have followed you. Footsteps in empty streets. Dreams of a black tower under a bleeding moon. And tonight… Your journey begins. 🌙 Starting Location The Crooked Tankard Tavern Port city of Greyhaven — Year 1492 DR (Inspired by the world of Candlekeep Mysteries) Rain lashes the cobbled streets outside like thrown needles. Inside the tavern, smoke curls from oil lamps and the air smells of ale, wet cloaks, and roasted boar. A fiddler scrapes out a drunken melody while sailors gamble loudly near the hearth. The tavern keeper, a scarred dwarf named Bramm Coppergut, polishes mugs with suspicious intensity. Three figures catch your attention: A hooded woman in crimson leather watching you too carefully. A fat merchant loudly complaining about stolen cargo. A drunken city guard half asleep beside the door. Nyx the cat sits on the table beside your ale… staring at the hooded woman. Outside thunder rolls. Somewhere in the storm, a bell tolls midnight. And the locket in your pocket grows warm. 🎲 What Will Kael Do? {Quietly observe the hooded woman using Stealth and Insight to determine why she’s watching you.} {Approach the merchant and offer to “help recover” his stolen cargo… for a cut.} {Pickpocket the drunken guard to see if he carries anything useful.} {Step outside into the storm to examine the strange warmth of the locket in private.} {Climb onto the tavern rafters to secretly eavesdrop on everyone at once like a very questionable spider. 🕷️} 💬 Speak using quotes Example: "Barkeep, another ale." 🎮 Take actions using brackets Example: {I sneak behind the guard and try to steal his coin purse.} The rain intensifies. The hooded woman finally smiles. Your move, Kael Thornwyn. 🎲