Meet Keanu - Level 1 Monk

Today I am playing a D&D one-shot organized by my good friend Joff via Twitter. Oh technology, you cray!

So I have rolled up my new character, and this is his story.

Clearing his mind of all thought has never been difficult for Keanu. Unfortunately, the monastic order he joined, was not that kind of order. Like all things in his life he let his instincts take him where they may and he ended up at a monastery devoted to Gond, and the craft these monks were devoting themselves to was that of making beer.

Gond being a god of knowledge, Keanu didn’t quite fit it. He was nice enough sure, and handy in any encounters with would-be highway thieves when the brothers took their wares to local towns and markets, but frankly he was a poor reflection on the order. Recently, some of his mistakes were starting to cost money with ruined batches of their brews. Simply put, Keanu was bad for business reputation-wise, and now the product was suffering too.

Father Botolf, the kind leader of the order, suggested perhaps Keanu needed some time in the world to learn more. He suggested his second in command, Brother Abelard, put together some quest for the boy to perhaps see the world, retrieve some books or scrolls and gain some knowledge and experience.

However, Brother Abelard was over this idiot. So his device was simple. He handed Keanu a blank scroll and told the boy he had found a very important recipe in the archives, and that from his research he believed it would brew the best beer in all of Faerun. He needed Keanu to translate it, or find someone who could.

Keanu, earnest and trusting, took the blank scroll and studied it for a week. He was used to this kind of personal failure when it came to pursuits of knowledge, but he couldn’t let Father Botlof and Brother Abelard down. If he couldn’t read it, someone in Faerun could. He left on a quest to find someone to translate this recipe for the glory of his order.

Ever the optimist he believes the key to his journey's success could be just the next town over. Or the one after that, or the one after that. In fact, he’s just gotten a tip about the Wizard’s Tower Brewing Company. Perhaps someone there will possess the knowledge needed to read this important scroll his masters have entrusted to him.

Here are the details of the one-shot on Twitter that Joff is leading. If you don't, you should follow him on Twitter. This is the first attempt at gathering a party for a one-shot via Twitter. If all goes well, he may do more.

I hope I don't eff it up.