Graggar Stories, setup

Graggar's Story was my first attempt at solo roleplaying.

I had the concept of a Barbarian type character (Graggar) and a simple opening scene that would get him on the path to adventure. I used very limited resources:

Systems and references:

Simple World - https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/simple-world

Dungeon World - https://www.dungeon-world.com/

Scarlet Heroes - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/127180/scarlet-heroes

My laptop at the time was too old to handle Hexographer, so I used:

Mapper: GM Friend - https://rhysmakesthings.com/gm_friend/

I came up with this little map of the region I called Koshaar, and Forest of Ghosts:

Character Creation:

Assign points to 5 stats.

Choose 3 "Specialities" relating to your character concept: Physical, Mental and Social.

Choose 4 Abilities relating to your specialities, gain 1 each level. Once you have 2 (or 4, or 6 etc) in each, you can increase a Stat or Harm instead at the next level.

With this brief startup, I present Graggar - the fightingest, drinkingest, womanisingest man in the North.

Graggar, a Human ‘Wildman’ Barbarian from the Koshaar Steppes.

Stats:

Strength +2

Agility +1

Willpower +1

Intelligence -1

Perception +0

Level 1

Max Harm 6

Specialties:

#1 Win or Die (Physical)

#2 Distrust of Magic (Mental)

#3 Always get your way (Social)

Abilities:

L1 Never Tell Me The Odds (#1) Reduce the extra damage taken when outnumbered in melee.

L1 Detect Magic (#2) Concentrate to detect if a magic effect is nearby, at +1 to PER.

L1 Intimidation (#3) When threatening someone in a neutral or friendly situation, +1 to WIL

L1 Berserker (#1) If you kill an enemy and take his weapon, you get +1 forward using it on the next melee attack (in the same battle)

"Graggar stories" begins in the next post!