Beginnings

"**Beginnings**" (C1E1) is the series premiere of *Zero Charisma*. A ragtag group of mismatched individuals all hear a tip about a potential job offering in Neverwinter.

## Synopsis

### Pre-Show Introductions and Announcements

* FrostyTheSnowPickle introduces the show, for some reason deciding to talk in a weird semi-southern accent for a little while.
* The cast introduce themselves and their roles in an order determined by their initiative
	+ FrostyTheSnowPickle is the Dungeon Master.
	+ Shaun Saxum is Old Man Elmer, the human barbarian
	+ Dylan is Maverith "Deadshot" Avergaith, the goliath ranger
	+ Xantilo is Craig, the hobgoblin barbarian
	+ Amelia is Odra Eskalus, the sea elf wizard
	+ RegularGummyBear is Dennis al Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Ruiz y Picasso III, the human warlock
	+ Volty is late and introduces herself later, but is playing Smebbla "Pepper" Nackle, the rock gnome barbarian

### Introduction of Deadshot

The campaign starts with Maverith Avergaith, AKA Deadshot, hearing a cart traveling through the woods near where he lives. It catches his attention when it stops, and he goes to investigate. He finds the cart besieged by bandits, and intervenes, helping to defend the cart's riders.

After the bandits are defeated, one of the riders on the cart, a dwarf, introduces himself as Gundren Rockseeker, and offers Deadshot a job helping to escort a cartload of goods. After some negotiation about how much the job will pay, Deadshot accepts, and Gundren says to meet him in Neverwinter in a tenday.

### Introduction of Dennis

Two days later, Dennis wanders into the Ragged Ring tavern looking to get a drink, and his old friend Gundren walks in, accompanied by his two brothers, Tharden and Nundro Rockseeker, and a man named Sildar Hallwinter, whom he had hired as a bodyguard of sorts. The group buys access to the VIP room to catch up, and through some discussion, Dennis finds out that despite having believed that he had only been gone for a few days, he had been missing for a few years. He tells the story of his (to his perception) brief disappearance, and then inquires about a job offering Gundren had mentioned, needing the job in order to take his mind off things and to make some money, since his assets had been seized by the government.

### Introduction of Craig

One day later, Craig makes his way back to the Fellspire, a magically protected tower of some kind, after a vacation, and is informed by the Greeter, a strange incorporeal entity at the front desk of the Fellspire, that Master Valxori is waiting for him in her office. He steps on a teleportation circle that brings him up to the Hall of Time, and he makes his way to the end of it, where Xarric, a half-orc, lets him into Master Valxori's office.

Craig enters and finds Master Valxori, a tiefling, looking far older than she normally does. She dismisses his questions about her appearance and tells him that she's assigning him his first solo mission: taking up Gundren Rockseeker on his job offer and escorting his cartload of goods. She tells him it is of extreme importance that he does this. He agrees and sets off.

### Introduction of Pepper

Volty introduces herself, and then the game continues.

Two days after Craig's introduction, Pepper wakes up in her room of the Ragged Ring and makes her way downstairs. After talking briefly with Miela Rillevvinn, the bartender, she makes her way into the Ring and battles with a pugilist named Dain. She wins the fight and heads to the bar in the second common room to celebrate. Belview Brandbreaker, the bartender at the second bar, gives her a free drink, and as she enjoys it, her friend Reeve Tirranill comes over to talk with her. She gets a table with Reeve and her other friend, Linette Fenpip, and as they're talking, Gundren walks in.

Gundren approaches her and reintroduces himself, revealing they had met previously, and he asks her whether she'd be interested in joining the crew for his cart escort job. She agrees.

### Introduction of Odra

Two days after that, Odra is walking along the streets of Neverwinter. She comes upon the job board, and takes a glance at it, looking for work. She finds a flyer put up by Gundren, looking for people to apply for his cart escorting job. She takes the flyer, but while reading it, a group of thugs come out of the shadows from various points along the street. The thugs corner her and beat her up, then tell her that "Vanfyr sends his regards."

### Introduction of Old Man Elmer

Finally, one day before the intended meeting date, Old Man Elmer is drinking in the Ragged Ring when Gundren again walks in. Elmer thinks he recognizes Gundren as Heldrig Rockseeker, whom Gundren reveals was his father. Gundren reminds Elmer that he was the one that had told everybody Heldrig had died. Gundren then decides that since Elmer had some talent back in the day, he might make for a good final addition to his crew for the escort mission. Elmer accepts the offer.

### Post-Show

After the session ends, the group laughs and talks for a while, before eventually everyone leaves the call except for Frosty, who says goodbye to the viewers before ending the recording.

## Featured Characters

### Player Characters

* Craig
* Deadshot
* Dennis Picasso III
* Odra Eskalus
* Old Man Elmer
* Pepper

### New

* Belview Brandbreaker
* The Greeter
* Gundren Rockseeker
* Master Valxori
* Miela Rillevvinn
* Nundro Rockseeker
* Sildar Hallwinter
* Tharden Rockseeker
* Xarric

### Mentioned/Background

* Dennis al Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Ruiz y Picasso II
* Heldrig Rockseeker
* Myll Galafiera
* Vanfyr

## Quotations

* **Dennis:** "I'll make do with an ale. That works. Hot."
* **Dennis:** "Did you see the goliath fight the dwarf that one time? What an upset. What an upset. I mean, who would have thought the goliath would win?"
* **Old Man Elmer:** "An escort mission? Boy, I don't know what kind of business you're getting into, but you should have listened to your father more. But I appreciate that you still think I got it!"
* **Odra:** "Well, if he wanted his ass beat again, I would have been willing to comply once again."
* **Thug:** "Come on, where you going? We can be civil about this, can't we? Well, as civil as an ass-kicking can get, anyways."

## Trivia

* Dylan rolls the first natural 20 of the campaign, which also happens to be the first roll of the campaign (not including the players rolling to see who would introduce themselves first).
* Frosty rolls the first natural 1 of the campaign for a bandit's attack.