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A Noble Rogue: Ember Shadowcaster

A medium-level “Medium Adventurers League” Character

This article is about a character for Medium Adventurers League, a fantasy roleplaying game hosted right here on Medium. More details below.

If you haven’t seen it, Medium Adventurers League is a set of stories here on Medium that combine ‘choose your own adventure’ tales with a D&D-style game. There are quests and resources written by Jay C Wells, Bradan Writes Stories, Sieran Lane and Jonathon Sawyer, as well as myself.

The best way to get started is at the beginning. Click here for the first chapter of the story, and find the rules here (and more background below!).

However, if you have already dabbled with those early quests and don’t want to repeat them, perhaps you’d like to play a higher-level character that can begin at the more advanced guild headquarters…?

We got you!

The following character has been play-tested, and is suitable for picking up the game at the (good-aligned) higher-level headquarters, Heathstone Hideout:

Before too long, we’ll share another character, one that can play the advanced HQ for characters who take a ‘darker’ path.

About Ember

Ember Shadowcaster is a badass human woman and an adventurer. She comes from overseas, and her family moved to Primatria when she was 12. She had to endure the compulsory education of the city of Westport for some years after that, and her family’s company. It was an endurance because she was much too smart for all of them, and knew that she was destined for bigger things.

As a reader of legends, Ember believes that there is evil in the world, and she is determined to tackle it.

Ember’s speciality is her wits, but she is also very handy with magic, especially since gaining her training with the renegade wizard, Txa’Pano. She also gained useful training from Tempest and the monks of Mediana— choosing the sky path — but had less luck with Perion and his weapons training.

Ember’s Quests (so far)

Ember successfully completed all of the early level quests available at the starter league headquarters, and guilded her reputation in the process!

When faced with the crocodile at the wailing lake, she talked down Bert Bones, and won the respect of the locals. She stuck to her post at the races, and showed off her magical skills aboard The Kelp Kween. She avoided fights or arrest when dealing with the demon imp, instead gaining advice from Rennicia the Sage. When rescuing the Queen Arriana from the goblins, she declared her wholehearted support, and now looks forward to serving the mysterious and beautiful elf again. And she cleared the spider menace in the Feyglades, rescuing Shak and Callia.

After discussion with Yorrick, Ember has realized that the time has come to move on to the next level, travelling to The Bastion and to a new headquarters…

Character Sheet

NAME:

Ember Shadowcaster

STATS:

Magic: (4+2) 6 Wits: 4 Charm: 2 Brawn: (1+1) 2

Health: (6+4) 10 Reputation: 15

MONEY:

Silver pieces: 200

COMBAT EQUIPMENT:

steel sword (+1) hand axe (+0 to Brawn) a silver dagger (+0 to brawn) wand of fire +2 magic amulet of Protection (+1 Health) scale armor (+2) shield (+1) helmet (+1)

CONSUMABLES:

Torches — 5 Trail rations — 15 Waterskin (full) — 5 Healing potion — 2

OTHER EQUIPMENT AND LOOT:

Guild membership pass flint and steel 20-foot rope fishing rod. a sphere of storm-glass 1 pearl 1 gold ring 1 emerald

MAGICAL INGREDIENTS:

wolf teeth — 5 bear claw — 14 jaw of a sea snake — 1 the bone of a raptor — 1 sinew of troll — 16 red ‘shroom — 2 black ‘shroom — 2 spider egg — 4 frog’s leg — 2 eel spine — 1

Ember is what you might call a ‘good rogue’, and is a capable spellcaster to boot. Now, the time has come for you to guide her through the next set of quests.

To play, you just need to copy/paste the above stats into a notes app, then click here to travel to Hearthstone Hideout.

Have fun!

You can always create your own character and start the game at any point.

And feel free to use Ember's stats and equipment as a basis, using your own choice of adventurer name, species, image, and backstory.