Recorded concept / status noted
Ordinary spear
About four feet long; ordinary Small-character weapon, not oversized.
+3 to hit; 1d6+1 piercing, 1d8+1 two-handed; thrown 20/60; Sap.Story
Stories & continuity
Descriptive story label, not a canonical title. Current draft and planned material are separated.
Watchtower First Adventure →
Read the complete recruitment scene. The watchtower quest and post-quest leadership payoff remain plans, not written chapters.
History, relationships & development
HISTORY
Kip's earliest established backstory is deliberately focused on the tavern job rather than a large heroic past.
- She is a small, late-blooming adolescent kobold.
- She applies to become a tavern door guard while carrying a spear twice her height.
- People laugh.
- The keeper kneels and gives her a chance because she visually demonstrates determination and seriousness, not because he believes she can physically overpower intruders.
- She drags over a stool, pins her badge over her heart, and begins working.
- She learns the regulars, memorizes the tavern, recognizes footsteps in darkness, notices trouble, keeps a ledger, and shows kindness to a widow patron.
- When armed intruders arrive, she says “Not through my door” and stands despite genuine danger.
- The tavern rises behind her because her loyalty and care have earned reciprocal loyalty.
- By the song finale, her identity has shifted from solitary “I guard” to communal “We guard,” and the keeper says he sleeps well now.
- Reaching Fighter 4 / Inspiring Leader is mapped to this finale.
- Some time afterward, three young adventurers — Seraphine, Finn, and Aldren — arrive seeking a defender for their next venture.
- A large lumberman points them to Kip instead of himself: “I carry lumber. That's who you want.”
- Kip's first shared adventuring job with them is planned as a substantial level-4 watchtower commission that can end at level 5.
RELATIONSHIPS
- Tavern keeper
- Employer/mentor-like adult who first recognizes Kip's determination and gives her a chance.
- Tavern regulars
- Community she protects and that eventually protects her in return.
- Widow regular
- Example of Kip's quiet care; Kip holds the door longer and provides a second stool.
- Large lumberman
- Tavern regular who later recognizes Kip as the defender the young adventurers actually need.
- Seraphine
- Young pink tiefling druid/healer; age 20 and stubbornly proud of being the oldest. Fun older-sister energy. She cares for Kip without undermining her leadership. Potential future romance is NOT between them.
- Finn
- Air genasi Thief Rogue; charismatic trouble-finder, cowardly beneath the jokes, likely to tease Kip constantly while trusting her when frightened. Proposed long-term romantic possibility only years later around levels 12–15; not current.
- Aldren
- 19-year-old tall redheaded Diviner Wizard; book-focused and competent. Before adventuring with Kip: “She seems competent.” After she proves herself and becomes the de facto leader: “Of course. She's best at it.”
DEVELOPMENT
Established
- Levels 1–4 are tavern-guard coming-of-age/origin.
- Level 3: Battle Master training/competence begins to catch up to determination.
- Level 4: Inspiring Leader aligns with the tavern rally/song finale.
- Between levels 4 and 5: begins adventuring with Seraphine, Finn, Aldren.
- First shared quest intended to establish her leadership through action and reach level 5.
Planned direction
- “The line” becomes portable: corridor, bridge, breach, injured ally, party itself.
- Physical growth can occur gradually but should not turn her into a secretly huge/strong prodigy.
- Leadership grows from practical protection into party-wide responsibility.
- Possible adult romance with Finn around levels 12–15 after years of friendship and once both are clearly adults.
Unresolved
- exact adult height;
- exact eye color reconciliation;
- exact hometown/family/culture before tavern job;
- exact armor and full level-4 equipment;
- exact future high-level feat/stat progression.
Continuities & appearances
KIP BRASSBADGE — STORY CONNECTIONS
- CONTINUITY
- Kip Party Continuity
- Role
- central protagonist / party leader / defender
- Build at campaign start
- Kobold Battle Master Fighter 4, Guard, Alert + Inspiring Leader
ORIGIN — TAVERN GUARD SONG PERIOD
- Status
- established backstory/development, levels 1–4
- Summary
- Kip earns a tavern door-guard job through visible determination, grows into competence through attention and responsibility, and culminates in a real armed threat where she holds the line and the tavern rises with her.
- Relationships
- keeper, tavern regulars, widow patron.
- Distinctive build stage
- levels 1–3 novice-to-Battle-Master growth; level 4 Inspiring Leader aligns with communal rally.
FIRST PARTY MEETING
- Status
- current draft scene with some assistant-created details not separately ratified
- Summary
- Seraphine, Finn, and Aldren arrive seeking a defender. A large lumberman directs them to Kip. Finn doubts her size; Aldren's corrected pre-quest judgment is “She seems competent.” Kip hears their needs and considers joining.
WATCHTOWER FIRST ADVENTURE
- Status
- established premise / proposed details
- Role
- frontline defender who becomes de facto leader through actions rather than title.
- Key intended result
- after the quest, during debrief with the local ruler, the party defers to Kip. Aldren can then truthfully say, “Of course. She's best at it.”
- Advancement
- intended milestone Fighter 4 -> 5.
FUTURE CAMPAIGN
Status: broad planned direction
- Kip's concept expands from guarding one physical door to guarding people/lines wherever needed.
- High-level imagery includes the tiny kobold taking point against enormous threats, potentially dragons, with larger party members behind her.
- Possible romance with Finn only years later around levels 12–15; not current.