5 Leagues Warband Creation

  As mentioned in my first post, Don and I decided to run this campaign as a co-op affair, splitting the initial warband of heroes between us – 2 heroes and one follower each. We decided to take an “avatar” each, rather than the usual one per warband, to both generate a little more backstory and add a little more “ownership” on both our parts. I initially wondered if this would give our warband too much of a power boost, but in our previous campaign it certainly didn't seem to have done so.

Another conceit we decided to add to the campaign was naming or basing the various followers our warband attracts after different people in our gaming circles. Throwing in our various friends and associates into the game as lackeys and hirelings who may, or may not, weather the trails of the harsh lands our warband travels. 

So in this post I’ll go over our initial warband creation and cover the generation of “The Northern Marches” region in the next post. Starting with our four heroes we rolled them up and equipped them from the war band's communal stash, as follows:

(Don) Sigurd, Skysworn, with the Mountain background.

 +1 Combat Skill and Toughness, +1 XP, 1 Skill: Leadership.

Fine Axe, Partial Armour, Shield, Helm. 

Avatar Background: The first time you receive a quest, immediately roll on the quest find table

(Don) Yoiss, Dwarf, with the Mountain background.

+1 Agility, +1 XP, Skill: Speech. +1 Gold Mark.

Light armour. Crossbow, light weapon, standard weapon.

(Me) Bran, Human, with the Mystic background.

Speed increase, +2 will, +1 XP. +1 Gold Mark

Light Armour, Staff.

Spells:

(Me) Gretchin, Human, with the Zealot background.

Speed increase, +1 Luck, 2 Skills: Expertise and Wits.

Partial armour, Fencing Sword.

Avatar Background: begin with +3 XP

Our two followers are:

Gregor. An wandering drifter with aspirations to becoming an artist. Armed with a self bow and a light weapon.

Bob. A little too long in the tooth to really be called an Urchin, still we recruited him begging on the street. Armed with a Staff (crutch)