[D&D-5e] Strixhaven: Academy for the Gifted

[savoylen]

@Dyerdon Great job!... I have you marked COMPLETED! Feel free to tweak right up to selection.

[savoylen]

Originally Posted by Mindsiege

Posting interest for now. Am I allowed to apply with these stats?

Nice to have you in the melee ! and yes, please do.

- Savy

[Mindsiege]

Application - Rhondrarondura Name: Rhondrarondura Race: Melia Class: Druid Alignment: True neutral Background: Custom - Woodland Spirit   Rhondrarondura is of a rare kind of Meliae, a sister race to the more wildly known Dryads. She was born in the forests of her home plane and has lived the short life that she has been alive so far among her sisters. Her skin is made of bark and she has no mouth or maw. Her eyes are mere slits that look like an opening into the hollow of her body, and her lithe frame is slender to the point of frailty. But despite her slow demeanour, Rhondra can respond quite nimbly if the situation calls for it. Her voluminous hair spills over her gnarly shoulders in the colour of autumn leaves, and to the observant beholder it becomes clear that her mane is actually made out of leaves instead of strands of hair. The few blossoms that accentuate her appearance are sprouting as an actual fixture to her leafy crown. At the same time Rhondra's body is covered in moss and leaves in other places as well, but she doesn't regard them much in any particular way since they are simply a part of her. Despite her rather conspicuous appearance around more common humanoid races, Rhondra is not at all self-conscious about how she looks or acts. To those that interact with her, she does appear as if she has a very small ego, but if there are things happening that go against her views she can be steadfast to the point of stubbornness. Otherwise, she has a bit of a meandering personality, yet one that is gifted with a pronounced spirit of curiosity. Though one wouldn't guess it from her taciturn nature, Rhondra takes an interest in all kinds of things that catch her attention and her natural inclination for exploration was a large part of the reason why it was her that had been chosen among her sisters to become one of Strixhaven's stipendiaries.   And just as the world opened back up to her and she stepped out of the portal, Rhondra found herself in another realm. She knew that she had been told to expect something else than her home forest on the other side of the portal, but seeing the outline of Strixhaven in front of her was still something she found herself unprepared for. It wasn't that the person to lead her here had done a bad job of explaining to her what stepping through the portal signified, nor that Rhondra had done a bad job of listening to them or understanding what they'd been claiming. But nonetheless, the raw difference between the university grounds and Rhondra's home plane would have taken her breath if she had any lungs to breathe with. Tentatively she took one more step forward on her gnarly limbs, and as she kept her wooden fingers clasped around the perfect straight of her trusted staff, Rhondrarondura opened the entirety of her being to the strange, new sensations of another world around her. If the wooden shield that she'd been talked into carrying on her back had already felt foreign, the sights that Arcavios now had to offer to her were of a wholly different magnitude. But just as her meeting with her prospective sponsor had been a departure from anything common or normal to Rhondra, taking in all of this new strangeness didn't at all feel like anything bad to her. Quite evidently this wasn't anything like her home, but that this journey entailed leaving home was something that she had comprehended very well before she had stepped through the portal. A world where magic is tamed, where it eats out of your hand and you can learn its whims and character... So wonderous... But also so inviting. If meliae had hearts, then Rhondrarondura's would have beaten faster with excitement at the step of having entered this realm where she had been designated to learn taking magic into her own two hands. Or at least where she was considered to be admitted into the university, which was only provisional for now as had been explained to her. Since Rhondra did not have a beating heart though, she simply took a few more measured steps forward as her wooden head slowly meandered from left to right and back again, letting her curious gaze drift across sights unseen and experiences unexplored. This would be my home if I am admitted... Since Rhondra had never lived anywhere else but with her sisters during the mere decade since her life had blossomed in the forest, the thought of changing her home to Strixhaven's campus should have maybe felt like a bigger deal. But to the placid melia it was a decision that she had allowed to become a possible reality by stepping into the portal, so a decision she had made before the portal had opened up in front of her. None of her sisters had contested her for considering this journey, and while they had been the harmonious and focal core of her life up to this point, it still didn't feel like Rhondra had abandoned them now. Not when the mastery of magic allows one to travel between worlds. My forest seems just as close as the time it took for me to reach here... And while it might not have been accurate to presume Strixhaven's portals as available for Rhondra's passage if she would ever ask for it, it didn't change at all that the woodland spirit felt not a shred of homesickness at this point in time. Not this early, but just as likely never. Or else she wouldn't have come here. And while Rhondra still pondered how her origin seemed to lose its importance in lieu of considering a life as a student in Arcavios' most prestigious university, the melia's silent contemplation was briefly interrupted as one of the overseeing mages stepped up to her and those she had arrived here with. "Hmm, what's this? Another possible prospect for admission?" The human wizard was dressed in colours that had been explained to Rhondra as representing the Witherbloom College, but at least for now the distinction didn't matter all that much to her. It had been a subject that her sponsor had only breezed over in passing, considering that a Melia becoming a Strixhaven student at all had been the more focal question. Looking at the man in front of her, Rhondra recognized the male as a human from the few wanderers that had found their way into her forest in the past. And just like in the past, the human kept making a face as if he dearly wanted to communicate his emotional state to everybody around him. This is not happiness or sadness. Confusion? No, I or a similar being as me must have been within his expectations. I think he's simply never seen a daughter of the ash before. While reading humanoid expressions was something Rhondra would now get far more practice with if she would end up joining the Academy of the Gifted for good, this particular wizard here revealed himself as not all that shocked to meet her, but certainly a little intrigued. An interest that Rhondra reciprocated, but less about his human nature and more about what had made him a mage. And although the desire to engage him in conversation was strong in Rhondra, she also realized that he was not looking to be likely to indulge her. He looked somewhat busy, as if simply being here and welcoming them was work for him that he had to concentrate on. "Name, please. And, uhm, what's your race?" He was skimming over a scroll that he pulled from his hips as if searching its contents would allow him to answer the question that he had asked Rhondra on his own. Yet as she looked at him, his demand for her name seemed straightforward enough of a queue that it seemed strongly expected of Rhondra to answer herself. "I named myself Rhondrarondura. My sisters and I consider ourselves Meliae, but I do not know if your papers know us under the same name." As her reply gently resounded from within her hollow body, it had just occurred to Rhondra for the first time that she had never asked her sponsor how they had determined themselves to seek out her race or if those books she had been told about would know her race under the name that they used themselves. Looking away from the slightly confounded Witherbloom mage, the woodland spirit peered over her shoulder and the leaf-like hair resting on it at the person that had encouraged her to come to this realm in the first place. "I hope that I am admitted. I feel like wanting to read more books." And for Rhondrondura to say so out loud, even as the sentiment seemed to come out of nowhere it was a testament to how strongly she felt about accepting the gift that had been offered to her. The gift of possibly becoming one of the gifted; a student of Strixhaven University.   Starting Stats: 7 12 12 11 13 7 Level Source Feature 1 Race: Lizardfolk CON +2 1 Race: Lizardfolk WIS +1 1 Race: Lizardfolk Speed 30' 1 Race: Lizardfolk You can hold your breath for up to 15 minutes at a time.Hold Breath 1 Race: Lizardfolk Skill proficiencies: Animal Handling, Nature 1 Race: Lizardfolk You have tough, bark-like skin. When you aren't wearing armor, your AC is 13 + your Dexterity modifier. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield's benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor.Natural Armor 1 Race: Lizardfolk Languages: Common, Draconic 1 Class: Druid +10 HP (MAX + CON mod.) 1 Class: Druid Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields (druids will not wear armor or use shields made of metal) 1 Class: Druid Weapons: Clubs, daggers, darts, javelins, maces, quarterstaffs, scimitars, sickles, slings, spears 1 Class: Druid Tools: Herbalism kit 1 Class: Druid Saving Throws: Intelligence, Wisdom 1 Class: Druid Skills: Insight, Perception 1 Class: Druid Druidic 1 Class: Druid Spellcasting: 2 Cantrips, 3 Prepared spells 1 Class: Druid Ritual Casting 1 Background: Woodland Spirit Skill Proficiencies: Stealth, Survival 1 Background: Woodland Spirit Languages: Elvish, Sylvan 1 Background: Woodland Spirit Your mannerisms and knowledge of fey customs are recognized by natives of the Feywild, who see you as one of their own. Because of this, friendly Fey creatures are inclined to come to your aid if you are lost or need help in the Feywild.Feywild Connection

[savoylen]

@Mindseige - interesting... Looking forward to see the rest of it!

- Savy

[MontageManiac]

Posting interest. Hopefully not too late.

[savoylen]

Originally Posted by MontageManiac

Posting interest. Hopefully not too late.

Nice to have you in the mix.

First pick isn't until on or around the 15th, so we are still a couple of weeks out. Come on in, the water's fine!

[MontageManiac]

Are we not using the Strixhaven backgrounds?

[savoylen]

Originally Posted by MontageManiac

Are we not using the Strixhaven backgrounds?

Yes, you can use those. Just remember that your character is from somewhere else and has only heard of the college.

College feats will be awarded in-game when it comes time.

I hope that helps! - Savy

[penbeast0]

I may look at them; thought we couldn't use them for our starting character but would get them later.

[Hiruma Kohaku]

Interest withdrawn, but still looks like a cool game. Good luck everyone.

[savoylen]

Originally Posted by Hiruma Kohaku

Interest withdrawn, but still looks like a cool game. Good luck everyone.

Thanks for the heads up - have a GREAT new year's day!

[savoylen]

Originally Posted by penbeast0

I may look at them; thought we couldn't use them for our starting character but would get them later.

Sorry if I confused you on that one!

[savoylen]

I look forward to gaming with some of you in 2022!!

[penbeast0]

I adjusted Dreyer's application and character sheet to use the Quantrix College background instead of the customized Celebrity Scion one. When will I ever get another chance to use these backgrounds after all! Should be compete, thanks.

[Hal Hammerhand]

Hey Savy. Happy New Year!

Unfortunately, I have to bow out of this one but good luck, you have a lot of good applications to sort through! I do not envy you!