- Stephanie Jones is rolling randomly for a character using my tables. Andrew Newcomb is presenting a character idea to be made into a NPC (Andrew does roll randomly for the Secret).
- What is this character’s name? - Stephanie's character is named Jocelyn. Andrew's character is named Andeer (a Dutch friend's misheard his name).
- What is their ancestry (i.e. human, elf, dwarf, halfling, etc)? - Jocelyn is a firbolg. Andeer is a human that looks Norse/Scandanavian/a Viking.
- What is your job or role (i.e. farmer, hierling/mercenary, shopowner, bandit, etc)? - Jocelyn is a bartender/tavernkeeper; she runs a tavern called "The Friendly Giant". Andeer is a traveling warrior, an adventurer-for-hire; he is a regular of the tavern, using it as his base of operations of sorts.
- How old are you? - Jocelyn is an elder, at least 400 years old. Andeer is in his late 20s.
- Describe your physical appearance. - Stephanie really liked some online images she found on firbolg, so she loved/was inspired by some of the modern 5E interpretations of firbolgs. Jocelyn has a softer body that is hourglass-shaped, big hair, big eyes, big ears. She is between 8 to 9 feet tall. She has a Frank Frazetta girl look: powerful look and presence and musculature -- a hearty build. Andeer is lean, athletic, not bulky/muscular. His features mirror those typically found in Skryim (the Nords)/Scandanavian-type appearance.
- Describe yourself with 3 adjectives. - Jocelyn is Fierce, No-Nonsense but Witty, Decisive. Andeer is Nomadic, Purposeful, Honorable.
- What is a valuable item/piece of lore/secret that this character possesses? Or do they value an ideal/concept or particular person (i.e. family member, guild member, honor, justice, love etc.) - Jocelyn knows where the best pub in town is for entertainment; she's a bit biased and will say that it is her place! Andeer has secretly been involved with doing work for the local counterfeiting ring/black market run by The Silvercoats that have been operating around "The Friendly Giant". He's only doing these jobs for the money and he's hoping to be able to turn it around, do something for the greater good. It pains him to do these jobs because they go against his moral code, and he doesn't quite know how to get out of this situation.
- What is a particular quest you would be willing to recruit or hire the player characters to go do? - After Andeer has confided in Jocelyn about what's been going on, he confesses his involvement with The Silvercoats. If the players can prove their trustworthiness, abilities, or knowledge about the situation, Jocelyn & Andeer will ask for the player characters to help bust up the counterfeiting ring and black market of The Silvercoats.
- What would be their reward for succeeding? - A monetary reward might be sufficient -- whether that's offered by Jocelyn & Andeer or taken from the spoils of defeating The Silvercoats. After being freed from under the thumb of The Silvercoats, Andeer will volunteer his services as a follower/hierling and become a companion of the player characters for a time. Jocelyn will allow the player characters to use "The Friendly Giant" as a base of operations, safe house, or hideout.
- What would be the consequence of failure or refusing the call? - The situation doesn't end well for Andeer if he's discovered trying to cut ties to The Silvercoats -- it's do or die! So if you fail or you refuse, it's probably going to mean the death of Andeer (either mortally or his code of ethics). For Jocelyn, refusal or failure means she will lose the bar entirely or end up having to pay protection money to The Silvercoats. Either way, "The Friendly Giant" is basically under new management, and it is NOT FRIENDLY to the player characters. The community suffers also as a result of this change.
