Sorry to hear about your first game. A cavalier would be most welcome. But you arrive at quite a delicate time.
The party is very close to the culmination of the first book and the start of the next. They are preparing for an attack on the Stag Lord's fort in the wilderness and ending the hold of bandits in the region.
I would be fine if you started at level 4 since everyone else has already surpassed it and you will soon have downtime to earn xp and catch up without going on a specific quest.
As such, your backstory should include a hint of how he reached that level. You could have recieved the exploration charter if you want and had its delivery delayed, or your character was busy, etc. Or you can have other motivations as long as they fit with the theme of the campaign.
I hope you can get a character up really soon and eagerly wait.
That's okay, it helps if you post a message in your introduction. If it happens during the game, I'll try to NPC your character and move them into the background.
You can go ahead and make a 4th level character, using any sources, limited only by your imagination. I'd prefer a concept and background first, but if you want to build right off the bat you can.
Starting wealth is still rolled by class, but you can also have a +2 weapon or armor, or two +1 weapons or armor. Also 7 levels worth of potions (Eg. A level 3 potion, and 4 level 1 potions, adding up to a total of 10 levels).
Just a reminder to you of the post of items found we talked about back in February that lists the composite long bow that is master weapon with a +2 bonus. I will highlight it. But here is that list again. Plus I see that I had my strength wrong from the second post where it was supposed to be 15 all the time and I kept typing 13
9 sets of leather armor
2 broken leather armor
4 dagger
1 COMPOSITE LONGBOW +2 STRENGTH BONUS
10 longbows
158 arrows
26 days of rations
10 short swords
1 Alchemist's Fire
97 gp
107 silver
A vial of light brown liquid
Studded leather armor
2 masterwork hand axes
5 tents
And an inactive Bear Trap.
A canvas covers more items under those:
A pair of silver earrings,
A small box with a turning handle and access panel that rings with a fine mechanism when moved,
3 crates measuring around 3 by 3 by 5 feet,
And a polished wooden case which clinks and sloshes when handled.
3 crates to find stacks of pelts, furs and hides.
The case contains 8 corked bottles filled with a dark green liquid.
Opening one, it smells of alcohol and herbs.
2 torches, 1cp, 1lb each.
Edited: KNtoran on 9th Jun, 2016 - 2:21am
I see it now, in the character topic. Right under you post, I wrote
Mykael, don't forget the 5 points my Lyrakien Azata had healed you for too here. I can only guess you're getting pretty low and every bit of health helps!
I could swear I rolled a CON check in the main thread, but it doesn't look like it showed up so I will roll it here… weird, it doesn't show here either??
Edited: Aericsteele on 17th Jun, 2016 - 5:25am