I thought it might be fun to do a workshop/session zero here on the forums.  I will share some of the lore I've been putting together to help you with character concepts and understanding the setting.

From what I remember:
Erindor posted a character already, a minotaur barbarian
Coyote is going to play a modron caster of some sort (I forget which- cleric?)
Thug is going to play a Warforged
Gorzy is playing
Captain Nasty Fuzzly is playing
MHA is interested

I'm open to all official character concepts.  I will consider any homebrew classes or races.  

You can be from any official world setting.  I will consider any homebrews, but try to keep them to basic DnD tech level (black powder is rare and not mass produced).

Your characters are not currently based out of Sigil or the Outlands, but your backgrounds and what you're doing right now are otherwise open.  This info is to give you some flavor and knowledge as a player.  The PCs don't know any of this stuff yet.

Keeping in mind that the infinite is different out here, understand that The Spire sits at the center of the Outlands.  Sometimes we call it the Great Wheel.  Close to the Spire, the land is dusty and rocky, but stable.  So stable, that magic doesn't work.  Spells won't do their thing, enchantments do the bare minimum to hold together but certainly don't work like they are supposed to.  Up in Sigil, everything's fine magic wise.  And the further you get away from the Spire (moving rimward as opposed to hubward), the more the weave loosens up, allowing regular spell casting.

The Outlands are the place where the borders of the Outer Planes all meet in the middle.  Scholars and other bookish fellows call this place the Plane of Concordant Opposition or the Plane of Neutrality.  Nobody calls it that in polite conversation out here.



As you move rimward, you can closer and closer to the border of one plane or another.  The Outlands change closer to those edges.  The land around Ysgard and Arborea are much more verdant, filled with game of all sizes and disposition.  The path that winds it way down to the gate leading to Acheron, the Infernal Battlefield, is lined with a series of camps where hardasses train endlessly.  Along the rim, where the Outlands border on each of the Outer Planes, you'll find large gatetowns like Bedlam for Pandemonium, Automata for Mechanus, or Plague-Mort for the Abyss.  These are settlements that cater to importers, adventurers, armies and spies.

Mazes are a minotaur's specialty!

neios wrote:

Here is the Modron PC race we tweaked for Coyote:

Modron
Ability Modifiers- +2 Int +1 Any Other
Age: Maturity when created, natural lifespan unobserved
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Size: S
Speed: 25 Feet

Languages: Common, Modron, Two Additional Features:Mechanical Legacy- You know the Mend cantrip.Singular Purpose- Modrons are designed upon creation to fulfill a certain task with utmost efficiency. You gain proficiency in one skill of your choice.

Living Construct- Even though you were constructed, you are a living creature. You are immune to diseases. You do not need to eat or breathe, but you can ingest food and drink if you wish. Instead of sleeping, you enter an inactive state for 4 hours each day. You do not dream in this state; you are fully aware of your surroundings and notice approaching enemies and other events as normal.

modrons are so awesomely funky.

As the central hub of the multiverse, Sigil gets all types.  The Lady lets them in (if they aren't greater powers or gods), and lets them stay if they don't cause too much of a ruckus.  Devils, slaadi, angels and gehreleths are all pretty common visitors and residents of the city.

As far as mortals go, you've basically got three categories:
Primes are sods from the prime material plane.  We give may give you lot a hard time for being clueless, but most of us know it isn't really your fault. Out there, your average berk don’t concern himself with the structure of the multiverse, whereas out here you can’t ignore it.  A street urchin from Sigil knows about the Great Wheel, whereas a farmer from Krynn knows about turnips and dragons. And probably what dragons like turnips the best. So it’s unfair to treat you as completely ignorant.  

Petitioners are dead berks.  Deaders. Simple as that. Once lived, now dead- not to be confused with the undead. They aren't ghostly or zombiefied. They’ve gone on to serve their gods, or fulfill any death contracts they entered. They look just like regular folk, although many have a divine mark on them somewhere. Usually you'll find petitioners in the realms of their respective gods, awaiting whatever fate they were promised with very little memory of their previous life. But they live and work and serve as agents of their gods in Sigil, too.   

Planars are all the rest of us that aren't primes or petitioners.

Last edited by neios (5/02/2019 7:34 am)