- What's their backstory?
- What people or organizations might they have ties with? Are the ties good (allies), bad (enemies), or neutral?
- Citizenship status. Keep in mind that "exotic" races (ones not in the PHB) are probably foreign, and will probably attract attention. You can choose to be:
- - An Aldish citizen born in Aldenmarsh
- - Have gotten citizenship later (rare)
- - Be here on a special visa that allows travel (rare, explain why)
- - Be here on a normal visa, This requires you to sleep in the foreign quarter of Canyonport, effectively prohibiting leaving the city legally
- - Be here illegally, but travelling freely anyway.
+ - An Aldish citizen born in Aldenmarsh
+ - Have gotten citizenship later (rare)
+ - Be here on a special visa that allows travel (rare, explain why)
+ - Be here on a normal visa, This requires you to sleep in the foreign quarter of Canyonport, effectively prohibiting leaving the city legally
+ - Be here illegally, but travelling freely anyway.
- Your god, and whether you attend the Church of Baneth. Aldenmarsh is a theocracy with mandatory church attendance for citizens. Going to church doesn't mean you worship Baneth or even like him.
- - If you are an Aldish citizen, you almost certainly go to the Church of Baneth. You might like Baneth, worship another god, or be agnostic.
- - Many-to-most Aldish citizens worship Baneth
- - The allowed gods are Baneth, the Greyhawk gods, and the non-human gods. They are found at the back of your player's handbook in an appendix.
- - Agnostic (no god) is fine as a deliberate choice, but don't pick it as a default because you didn't look through options.
- - Clerics, paladins etc can't be agnostic. If you're a cleric or paladin, talk to the DM for a little extra help with your background and how you'll be treated.
+ - If you are an Aldish citizen, you almost certainly go to the Church of Baneth. You might like Baneth, worship another god, or be agnostic.
+ - Many-to-most Aldish citizens worship Baneth
+ - The allowed gods are Baneth, the Greyhawk gods, and the non-human gods. They are found at the back of your player's handbook in an appendix.
+ - Agnostic (no god) is fine as a deliberate choice, but don't pick it as a default because you didn't look through options.
+ - Clerics, paladins etc can't be agnostic. If you're a cleric or paladin, talk to the DM for a little extra help with your background and how you'll be treated.
1. After your first play session, I also recommend making a backup character in case your PC dies. This doesn't have to be in roll20, but I'm happy to give you a sheet if you want one.