I'd reskin as Occultist (Elf,) Mercenary (Dwarf,) and Survivalist... maybe Hermit? (Halfling.) Seems historical enough to me, but YMMV 
1 2013-08-15 02:03:43
Re: What replaces dwarf, elf, halfling for historically based gaming? (28 replies, posted in LotFP Gaming Forum)
2 2013-08-15 01:55:57
Re: Mapping to the real world (13 replies, posted in LotFP Gaming Forum)
I am pretty interested. My parents live in St. Mary's county (home of St Mary's city - which was the first city to be founded in Maryland... sometime in the 1630's if I'm not mistaken, fitting right in with LotFP's early-modern era vibe.) There was a lot of native activity going on around the early colonial era and death and strange occurrences were quite common, making it an ideal frontier adventuring location. Plus all of the actual land and history is close by and ready to be treat upon and read about!
3 2013-08-15 01:51:37
Re: Introduce yourself! (218 replies, posted in LotFP Gaming Forum)
Hi, I'm Ed from Maryland, USA. Lived here most of my life. I'll be 26 this year... I started playing RPGs when I was 12, and have been interested in fantasy gaming for as long as I can remember. My family used to be a bit behind on the times, so we had older computers sitting around. I played text-based adventures on an old Apple IIe, played some of the old DOS games like Pool of Radiance on a 486. Also can't leave out Super Nintendo and games like Lufia II and Final Fantasy.
I got a hold of the TSR silver anniversary starter set in 1999 or so... it was an introduction to 2e. Picked up every book for 3e when they came out, and eventually upgraded to 3.5e years later. I never really played RPGs in a group at this point though. I played 3e with my grandmother in Forgotten Realms. It wasn't until I was 18 and moved out of my parents house that I really started playing D&D (3.5) a lot. Took a break, then played 4e for a couple of years. Burned out and disenfranchised with that, I stumbled across LotFP after seeing it on my local game store shelf, and checking out the reviews. I've probably owned the grindhosue box for a year or two now and it's gotten the crap beaten out of it but is still holding together nicely. I play with my fiancee 1on1 regularly, and have run a bunch of intro sessions for all sorts of people in the area... we are now working on our own LotFP campaign 