Hello everyone !! I will start the opening scene so you can roll, make, decide upon, & equip your characters.

We will start in the town of River's Bend, somewhere on the Karameikos map included in the the blue Expert book. You all recognize one-another from living in or near the town. Spring time has arrived, the weather is becoming warmer, though a bit foggy most mornings as the season settles in.

River's Bend is an OK sized town for most purposes. Big enough for all of you, your training, & equipment needs. It is the local county seat, a couple knights have their manors in the local area. The town Green & the Floating Fish Tavern/Inn are where the local "new adults" meet to carry on their business.

A few groups have formed to do some adventuring, with some local ruins are within a day or two's hike from town. So a friendly wager has been argued about in the Floating Fish concerning who is the bravest, luckiest, etc after having already determined who can drink the most-est & still walk a straight line ... or juggle ... A few girls have "made it known" that suitors would need to have GP / jewels / gems in hand to court them. Such is town life, aside from planting season talk.

Percy had lived in River's Bend all of his life. Percy is 5'10", 175 pounds, he has black curly hair and a well trimmed beard. He wears dark clothes, mostly black. His shirt is the darkest green you have ever seen. He looked to be 18 years old or so, give or take a bit. He mostly hung out about the Dancing Ogre Inn, his mother worked there. Ghiselle had worked there for 20 years and her illegitimate son was the result of a tryst she had in her youth with a young adventurer. He went off to clear a ruin and never came back. Percy worked odd jobs about town to support himself, and had been since he was 10 years old. He was able to read and do his cyphers due to a friendly priest teaching him at the temple.

Great intro Percy !! I like your adding class, AC, & HP in your portrait window too.

Andry is a young dwarf, who has gotten bored of clan life, and wishes to seek his own way in the world. He's a stout fellow, four foot three, and weighs around one hundred and sixty pounds. He wears a suit of chainmail and carries a shield, and wields a war hammer. He's from the Stonewall Clan which resides in the hills not far from the town, and they are known for operating a quarry, from which they ply their trade of being stone masons and stone workers, a task that Andry finds tedious.

Nice intro Andry. I will have to add a family quarry to the local map !! Is there a family name for use ?? Any additional info about this quarry ?? A couple lines or so, items known for, etc. I have yet to see if Worldogragher will work on Windows 11.

Gimrock is a relatively new addition to River's Bend having been sent out after completing his training.  The village is currently leaning towards 'gratefully sent out' as Gimrock's a bit abrasive in his mannerism and there's some thought that the temple that trained him was happy to send him into the field.  He's a young human cleric, owing his allegiance to Trithereon and spreading the idea that slavery and tyranny should be resisted.  While he does discuss his god's teachings, he more frequently leans towards doing something rather than teaching about it and has the arms and armor to try to help.

Wulf never arrived in River's Bend whole. When merchants on the road found him, he was battered, bruised, beaten and covered in blood. Not all of it, his own. As they took his unconscious body into River's Bend, he awoke, shouting a stream of words in some unknown tongue, and collapsed back onto the wagon he was being carted off in.

Whatever happened to the younger elf, he can never recall. Try as he might to be a member of the community of River's Bend, he is always an outcast. He makes something of a living hunting on the margins of civilization - but has always wanted to go into the wild - to search for a treasure greater than gold: his identity.

Wulf, for that is the only name people know him by, stands shorter than most humans but is as powerful as most men. His keen eye sets him apart from others - he makes a good bowman. There is something deeply unsettling about the elf, however. The way his eyes seem always to be looking through you (the women of the town keep their children away from him) makes it hard for anyone to want to be close to the outcast elf.

So a couple of rather different characters, Gimrock & Wulf make their appearance. Gimrock is a rabble-rouser & has a bit of history with the locals with his unusual beliefs. Does Gimrock have any sort of following/followers ?? And Wulf is a mystery. Does Wulf have any personal belongings on him ?? Tattoos ?? Or was he also robbed ?? Is he a certain type of elf (woods, high, etc) ??

Wulf never had any personal belongings on him - even when he was found his clothes were in tatters.

The village did consult a passing sage about his elven ethnicity as they wanted to know if he was a wood elf or not. The sage mocked them for such a silly question. "Wood elves and High elves, and even the pale-skinned Naggarond Elves are different cultures - they are not different races. Much like men's skin can be darker or lighter than others and yet not be a different race." He then went on to bemoan the lack of education in 'backwaters' like River's Bend.

Gimrock isn't a rabble rouser nor has he inspired any followers.  In keeping with his god's teachings, he'll step in to help when he encounters a person being abused but, even though his message isn't offensive, his delivery is a bit off to inspire followers.  Maybe he'll improve as he gains experience.

But they ARE of different races, They are all the same species. Not the same race.