Cholodny, Male Fighter/Barbarian
Cholodny's Summary:
Listen +3
Spot -1
Move 30 ft
Init +7
Attack (+1 Glaive): +9 (+11 w. rage)
Damage (+1 Glaive): 1d10+7 (1d10+10 w. rage)
HP: 33 (37 Raging)
AC: 18 (16 Raging), touch 15, flat-footed 13.
Rage lasts 7 rounds, Glaives have 10' reach.
Cholodny:
Str 18
Dex 16
Con 14
Int 8
Wis 8
Cha 8
As mentioned in his background, Cholodny is strong, fast, and tough, in that order. He does not display intelligence, wisdom, or charisma in any significant degree.
Race: Human
Class: Barb 1/ Fighter 2
Feats: Weapon Focus (glaive), Combat Reflexes, Improved Initiative, Power Attack, Cleave.
Skills (in breastplate): Climb +6, Jump +6, Swim +4, Listen +3
Skills (out of breastplate): Climb +10, Jump +10, Swim +8, Listen +3
Equipment: +1 Glaive, Breastplate, Composite Longbow, 20 arrows, Fur Clothing (from Frostburn), Cold Weather Outfit, Explorer's Outfit, Waterskin, Backpack, Signet Ring, 8 Days Rations, Flint & Steel, Great Club, Bedroll, and 40 gp, plus 69 sp left. Weight: 100 lbs, Light load.
Attacks:
+1 Glaive +9, 1d10+7, Crit 20/x3, Reach 10 ft.
Composite Longbow +6, 1d8, Crit 20/x3, Range inc 110 ft.
Greatclub: +7, 1d10+6, Crit 20/x2.
Special Abilities: Rage 1x/d for 7 rounds.
Speed: 30 ft (in breastplate)
Initiative: +7
AC: 18 (3 Dex, 5 Breastplate), Touch 13, Flat-footed 15.
Combat Method: Stand in front of the party, using many attacks of opportunity paired with Cleave to dispatch foes as they attack. Rage if things go badly.
I hope I haven't forgotten anything, but there it is.
Saves: Fort +7, Ref +3, Wil -1
Grapple: +7
Backstory:
Cholodny’s home is in the far north-west (Scandinavia-equivalent); he is the son of a coward, and had little hope of either friendship or recognition near home. An older family in the same region used its power and influence to justify an attack on lands lost long ago to Cholodny’s family. Odds were against Cholodny’s family, but there was considerable hope that old favors might be called in to form a small, but significant opposition. Once it became clear that this would not stop the forced acquisition, hope faded.
Cholodny’s father abandoned the family's small holdings and left the battle for the estate unfought – abandoning Cholodny and his mother. They were allowed to stay on as serfs; Cholodny was five at the time. The work eventually killed his mother, but Cholodny was strong, fast, and tough, and survived as the lowliest serf under his masters. Life was difficult to say the least; Cholodny was friendless and often picked on by other serfs as well as the children of the nobles who moved into his family's holdings. Despite his size, he was of course forbidden to harm the other serfs and especially the young nobles, who used this fact to smear him with the label cowardice. Cholodny left not for any particular quest, but because he had grown up strongest and fastest, toiled for everyone else’s benefit, and still was universally hated and called a coward.
Cholodny carries a signet ring, which his father left behind before deserting his family and holdings. While Cholodny believes it has some connection to his father, he is not actively pursuing the matter.
Cholodny is motivated almost entirely by a need for affiliation and recognition; he does not need fame, but deep down he desperately wants to be respected as a skilled warrior. This respect can come from nearly anyone who acts with sincerity. He is True Neutral not out of a need for balance, but out of non-commitment to any particular ethos (he has some good tendencies, particularly in regards to helping those being ganged up on). Likewise, Cholodny is only nominally devoted to [the most appropriate neutral or chaotic good warrior god].
Cholodny is reasonably tall, and thickly built, especially at the shoulders. His hair is a dark brown tangle that hangs about halfway down his back and over his shoulders. His clothes are simple, tending towards grey furs. He always carries his glaive in hand; if this violates some local custom, he will switch to using it as a walking-stick or with his sack loosely attached (ready to slide off if needed). Only if confronted by guards will he put it onto his back.
Reason for heading to Golden Ring.
Cholodny left home over four years ago, and has headed "onward" ever since, trying to put as much distance between himself and his homeland as he could. This hasn’t taken him as far as one might think, but it has involved him with several groups of unsavoury bandits, highwaymen, and mercenaries. After a brief, recent tangle with a backstabbing partner, (in which he almost lost his life), Cholodny finds himself searching for people he can trust, that can also find some use for his skills. But since his only skill is killing, he's prepared to wait.