I just perused a copy of Age of Heroes. Really good sourcebook. I'll be getting a physical copy ASAP. I might get Deities & Demigods as well, for information on the pantheon and Greek priests.

I'm in, obviously!

In 2E terms, I recommend giving us starting XP instead of a starting level. Reason being that the classes don't progress as the same speed, as you'll recall.

Can I be a vampire?

Since we're all humans (except for my vampire, obviously), are you going to open up multiclassing or leave it as is?

Treating characters from different city-states / neighboring nations as other races (in D&D terms) might be neat as well.

Also, I am kidding about the vampire.

I think I want to play a straight fighter. A hoplite type guy, with a long spear. I want to see my stats before I get too far along defining him. Which method are we using?

I would like to play a demi-god, the son of a mortal woman and Dionysus. I haven't decided whether my character would know he is the son of Dionysus yet but I think it would be interesting if Dionysus continually went out of his way to avoid recognizing him. This could be out of spite for a lover that spurned him or because he doesn't remember, having been gripped by the madness of grapes when he lay with her.

My current idea for the character is that he does not look purely Greek. He'll have the complexion of an Ethiopian or the slanted epicanthic folds of someone from the East. Basically I'd like to be a foreigner like Dionysus - Persian, Egyptian, Ethiopian, or some other culture mentioned as being far off in the Greek myths. The character will be chaotic neutral - slightly mad and unpredictable but not openly harmful.

I'm thinking a priest of Apollo, possibly with some abilities as an oracle.

EDIT: Ugh. What a mess. I'll consolidate everything and clean it up in a fresh post.

I'm thinking about this game... and thinking about it some more... but I'm not really feeling the setting just yet.

Mainly this is because, while ancient Greek history isn't my area of expertise (I haven't even read the Iliad in its entirety), I recall that when it came to Athens, "decent women" didn't even go out in public more often than strictly necessary, much less go adventuring. (I vaguely recall it being a point of pride with at least one Roman writer that Roman women went out and about in public.) Also, an Athenian woman wasn't allowed to own more money than would buy a bushel of grain. (In reality there were probably some workarounds, i.e., having a lot of influence over a male who technically controlled the money.)

Sparta of course was very different -- women owned property, were expected to take part in athletics, and did plenty of things at home while the men were off warring -- but I doubt they "went off adventuring" much.

If this were set in, say, Rome... well, one could play a wild Celtic barbarian, a diviner who tells the future by reading someone's liver, a practitioner of harmful magic who writes curse tablets, a Vestal Virgin, or even a gladiatrix. I'm not sure what this particular setting has available for a "not wife, not mother, not prostitute" adventurer role, especially since you've described it as a "warrior game." Maybe a priestess of some kind?

Of course, I could sidestep all of that by playing a male character, but it's not something I have a ton of experience with, beyond playing some male NPCs in the context of GMing.

Not to mention that I don't know whether you're going more for "historical correctness" or more of an "ancient world lite" deal.

I'm picturing a paladin, actually. Let me explain.

The character will be an Athenian or Spartan warrior-priest of Athena. Originally, he was just a warrior who revered Athena, but he got into a bit of a rough patch...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't there monsters besides Medusa in Greek mythology that could do serious harm to you if you just looked at them? My concept is that this character, while engaged in battle with such a monster, was put into a situation where his choices were blind himself permanently and have a chance, or be forced to look at it and die. He chose to blind himself and prevailed, but was far from help and home when he did so. Athena, admiring his courage and wisdom (two of the elements of her portfolio) made him "Daredevil blind". The premise is that while he's doing Athena's work (fighting, dispensing wisdom, even engaging in mathematics) he can "see" without actually seeing. (I'm picturing the kind of colorless contour view they showed in Daredevil.) However, if he's doing something mundane or not related to Athena's sphere of influence, he is just plain blind, and uses the butt of his spear as a walking stick. He's also got on owl that follows him around, but it's not a pet - the owl is a servant of Athena that keeps an eye on him, has a mind of its own, and is in no way under his authority. (I hope it at least likes him somewhat. Talking or silent and personality regardless is up to the GM) If this is to work, I'd want to scrap the standard paladin code and write one based on Athena's ideology instead of chivalric principles. I doubt Athena would much care about lying, though she'd probably want him to be chaste, for example. I'd also want to switch the whole fall/atone thing for "your powers work when Athena feels like letting them - and when you haven't pissed her off, and that can change in a heartbeat based on HER wishes, not yours" and to have them come and go with his sight. Oh, and this is not a request for a superpower. Feel free to have his "godsight" not work in the dark or even show him things that aren't there from time to time as a test.

I picture him looking like this:

I know the armor of that era was bronze - it's painted to symbolize the darkness he lives in and the light of Athena's wisdom.

If this concept doesn't work, I can have a new one pretty quickly, but this seems like it'd be GREAT fun to play.

If it matters, I approve of Timespike's character concept.

North Wind,

If you want to play there is plenty of space in Greek mythology for you to play a female character. Atalanta was a heroine in her own right before the golden apple incident (which, yes, is sexist and a load of BS but the story is more than 2,000 years old). Then there are the Amazons, a matriarchal society of warrior women. Incidentally, Wonder Woman is inspire by them and I believe is meant to be a modern incarnation of the Amazons.

The way I interpreted the game and bought into it (and Brand please correct me if I have this wrong) is that the game is set in the storied age of myth and legend. The heroes are the likes of Heracles, Perseus, Odysseus, Theseus, Jason, Achilles and Hector. It isn't historical but rather more like a less cheesy version of the Kevin Sorbo Hercules show. It is set in "ancient Greece" where we are subject to the horrid petty jealousies and whims of the gods.