The Gnollsterminators

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(I'm bored, here goes!
I dunno if I want this to be a one-on-one or with a bunch of people, but probably it will be the former since it probably won't be easy for me to stand waiting like 3 days for someone to say one sentence. But if there happens to be like two or three people who can keep up with the speed, that'll be pretty sweet.)

Theme

Several hundred miles from the Winterstone, in the midst of a group of snowy, sparsely wooded mountains, lies Kvellarn, a village that is fairly well populated with Gnomes, Kobolds, and travellers of various occupations. The village is well known for its lumber trade and proximity to the cavernous Arzvilan Peak, which used to be a popular tourist destination until an unusual threat appeared in the area several weeks back.

Until today, most people in the area were unaware of the existence of Gnolls - short lizard people with an affinity for water and earth magic. Despite being observed to be more of a tribal nature, often keeping to themselves, it seems that gnolls and other creatures affiliated with them have recently made aggressive approaches near Kvellarn, occupying the woods and nearby peak, and presumably threatening to make a move towards the village itself.

Fortunately, while this has been happening, Kvellarn has sought help from a variety of sources, drawing the attention of volunteers from the town, mercenaries, the Guild of Explorers, Dwarven spellcasters from Abracadab, and many more organizations that are interested in dealing with the Gnolls for their own reasons. You are part of one of these organizations, and you're currently on your way to the area so you can take care of the threat and perhaps visit the peak as well. Let's find out if you have what it takes to succeed.

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So this is basically going to be a short campaign taking place in the Unforgotten Realms, in the snowy Arzvilan region. It'll be a mix between combat and roleplay, with the combat portions hopefully serving as an excellent way to showcase how fighting is done with this system. Plus, you get to use the awesome character creation system!

The official URealms card deck will be used for this. Have a look if you're interested!

You will have the opportunity to play as four Races in this adventure, each with their own distinct traits and benefits.
Dwarves are a stout race known for their facial hair and their affinity to stone and gold. Most dwarves are fairly short in height, standing at around 4 feet.
Kobolds are short creatures at around 4 feet, with rocky fur that can be many shades of brown and grey. They are known to eat a variety of rocks, gems, and crystals, a trait which has formed a long-standing gulf between dwarves and kobolds.
Gnomes are a shorter race, standing at 3 feet. They are quite proficient in the use of technology and can often be seen wielding treasures in daily use.
Keens are the shortest race in the realms, being only about 2 feet tall. They are very similar to gnomes, but seem to be quite capable of bending their destiny initially.
In the village of Kvellarn, it is possible for characters who are Kobolds, Gnomes, or Keens to be residents of the village, and every available race can be an outsider or mercenary from one of the previously mentioned organizations. What you are a part of is up to you, but it's generally best to not play as some random guy or a loner.

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Once you've selected your race, you will draw your character-defining Cornerstone and Attribute cards and then have the opportunity to choose your Class, of which the choices will include two Classes specific to your chosen race as well as four randomly drawn Classes for a total of six to choose from. You can try to plan ahead for what you want to be, but be aware that your Cornerstone and Attribute may have a significant effect on these plans.

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Once your Class is chosen, a die will be rolled for bonus gold and then you'll have the ability to buy from the shops and any cards from your Class. After that's all done, you'll be ready to start working on your character sheet (won't be revealed for now, but it's pretty simple) and start the adventure!

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If you're even the slightest bit interested and are willing to express this in a reply, I'll go through the character creation process with you in a message, and you can decide if you want to get things started from there.

[official clown business]

This time around, I'm going to take more time to better explain the mechanics of character creation and combat in URealms that will be specific to this roleplay. I don't think any of you will mind a long read.
Alright, let's get the explanation started.

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Your Inventory

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The first thing you'll want to look at is your character's inventory, which has various spaces for holding certain items, abilities, and traits. Inventory management is as easy as matching card gems to inventory gems, but I'll go ahead and provide an explanation anyway.


The four spaces to the far left are used for your Race, Class, Cornerstone, and Attribute. These will always be filled up before anything else.
The middle top four spaces are the Weapon, Armor, and Shield slots. You can wield up to three Weapons in order to boost your Basic Attacks, but most characters will also want to be equipped with Armor and a Shield due to the Stamina provided, as well as the ability to block or dodge granted by having a Shield.
The next six slots with the yellow gems are Passive slots which can be used to carry any Passive cards that affect your character. If some of your Passives have added cards to your inventory, you will generally be unable to remove them.
The three slots that also include the yellow person gems are used for any Companion you have with you. Companions consist of four cards that take up an entire row of your inventory (two Passive slots and two Ability slots). You can have up to three Companions which is useful as most can act as backup characters should your main one die, but you must spend your own Actions on them if you want them to do anything.
The ten slots on the right are Ability slots, which are used to carry any Abilities and Consumables you have gained during character creation. Most characters will have at least three or four Abilities at their disposal when they've been made, and only characters who have lots of money or certain items will actually manage to get all these slots filled!

Character Creation

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As daunting as it looks to buy all the cards and fully assemble your character, it's actually not as hard as it seems at first glance. Once you've taken care of the first part, it's smooth sailing from there.

Initially, you will be able to see all Races and Classes available as well as everything in your shop. It's up to you if you want to go in knowing what you want to buy, or if you want to just make your quick first picks and go about the rest later. Before anything can happen, the first thing you will have to do is select your Race, which for this particular adventure is a simple choice between Dwarves, Kobolds, Gnomes, or Keens. Each has their own distinct benefits in character building and roleplay, so consider them all carefully.

Once your Race has been chosen and all immediate benefits have been accounted for, you will receive your random Cornerstone, which will provide a benefit and assist in determining a decent amount of your character's backstory. After that is done, you will receive your random Attribute which is a character-defining trait that may provide various effects to your character as far as combat and personality are concerned. It's an incredible jumping off point if you're one of those people who struggle to create the most interesting characters.

After all that has been done, you then select what Class you want to be. Depending on the random cards you drew beforehand, everything will either go to plan or you'll have taken a completely different choice than you expected, because all sorts of things can happen before then. After this choice has been made, a D20 will be rolled granting you some extra gold equal to the roll times 10, and with the amount of Gold you have established you will be able to finally begin purchasing from the shops and creating your character!

After you've spent all the money you wanted to spend and filled up your character, you will be finally be ready to establish your character sheet; your traits, appearance, backstory, and other traits you may have. I'll show you the character sheets once you've taken care of everything.

Combat

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I'd recommend looking at this before starting on your character, as there are several important details you'll want to know before you get certain things.
The main things you need to know when it comes to combat is your Stamina and how Actions and Abilities work. The standard character will always have a Move Action (green), a Regular Action (blue), and three Anytime Actions (red) that they can use to do various things.

Move Actions are very simple. When spending this, you will move up to a certain amount of spaces. Even if I can't really represent this in a text deal, it's definitely good to know that you have an action used for moving.
Regular Actions are actions that can be spent only during your turn, to perform a Basic Attack, one of your Abilities, or an improvised Roleplay Action. It's generally something you'll see in any of these kinds of games.
Anytime Actions are actions that are similar to regulars, but can be used at any time to interrupt other actions or simply do more on your turn. Unlike other actions, Anytimes are not automatically restored until the end of combat, so you'll want to use them carefully.

Aside from regular abilities, you may also have some Limited Abilities and Consumables at your disposal.
Limited Abilities (rainbow gem) can only be used once per combat, but do not cost an action and can be used as interrupts if necessary. If you ever want to use all your Limiteds and Anytime Actions in a single turn, you can do that without any issue!
Consumables (green potion gem) also do not cost an action to use and can be used to interrupt, but once you use them you must discard the card.
If you have a Shield or dodge Passive, you may attempt to block attacks and projectiles targeted at you, succeeding on a High Roll. This does not cost an action.

When performing a non-Move Action, you will usually have to roll an unmodified D20 to determine how effective the action is. Sometimes your rolls may be affected, for example if your race is Kobold you will instead roll two dice. Here are various kinds of rolls that can happen:
Low Rolls (typically 1-5) are generally unsuccessful, either failing, missing, or hitting an unintended target.
High Rolls (typically 16-20) are always successful unless interrupted. Depending on your equipment and the ability you used, secondary effects may also occur with these rolls.
Critical Hits (20s) are incredible successes that are almost impossible to interrupt. These tend to double the effect of your attacks and abilities, or do something positive to further add to the success.
Critical Failures (1s) are terrible failures that prevent you from using any other action for the rest of the round, and generally have very adverse effects on you or your allies depending on what you used. When you Critically Fail while using a Treasure Ability, it breaks.

Your Stamina is essentially your health, there's not much other way to explain it other than as long as you currently have Stamina, you are capable of fighting and performing actions in general. When you run out of Stamina, your character will be put in Danger, which is a state in which you are unable to defend yourself, rather than being unconscious or outright killed. At the start of the next round, you will get up with full Stamina, ready to fight once more.
When you are put in Danger, you will automatically perform a Death Roll, which is always a roll from a single D20 that determines if you were able to survive the attack. If you roll a 1, your character is Killed unless you have items or passives that prevent that death. If you do not have any Companions or other characters to play as, you are pretty much out of the adventure for good.
If you're not sure how much Stamina is good, know that it generally varies from Class to Class, but for any character I recommend using the Fireball spell as an example for the average damage an ability might do to you. As long as you can survive at least two Fireballs, the amount of Stamina you have is at least decent.

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Thus concludes the explanation for the creation of your character and combat. If you've got any questions, go ahead and ask me, but if you're ready to start making your very own character go ahead and get that reply ready!