Someone
Adventurer
Name: Togashi Shokai
Race: Human
Class/level: Monk 7
Alingment: Lawful good
Age: 26
Ability scores
Str: 14
Dex: 14 (16 with gloves)
Con: 12
Int: 14
Wis: 16 (15+4th level bonus point) (18 with periapt)
Cha 10
Saving throws:
Fort +6=5(base)+1(con)
Reflex +8=5(base)+3(dex) [plus Evasion]
Will +9=5(base)+4(wis) [+2 against enchantment spell and spell effects]
Hit points: 42 (on average)
Movement = 50´
AC: 22=10+3(dex)+5(monk bonus)+2(armor)+2(Mighty works mastery I style), touch 20, flat footed 17.
Initiative: +3
Attacks: +7 unarmed (1d8+2) or +6+6 unarmed (1d8+2)
………......+7 quarterstaff (1d6+3, or 1d6 +2 if used with a flurry of blows)
Skills: (70 ranks)
Knowledge (civilised behavior).9=7 ranks+2 (Int)
Sense motive………………….......10=6 ranks+4(wis)
Tumble………………………...........15=10 ranks +3 (dex)+2 (sinergy)
Move silently………………........…15=7 ranks +3 (dex) +5 (magic)
Hide……………………………...........10=7 ranks +3 (dex)
Jump………………………..…..........9=5 ranks +2 (str)+2 (sinergy)
Spot………………………...….........10=4 ranks +4 (wis)
Listen……………………………........10=4 ranks + 4 (wis)
Knowledge (religion)……………..12=10+2(int)
Perform (flute)………………….....5=5 ranks
Craft (painting)…………………....9=5 ranks +2 (int)+2 circumstance
Feats:
1-Stunning fist, Endurance (bonus human), Improved grapple (monk bonus)
2-Deflect arrows (monk bonus)
3-Fists of Iron
6-Choke hold, Improved Disarm (monk bonus)
Racial traits and class features:
Extra feat at level 1, Extra skill points (4 extra at level 1)
Unarmed Strike, evasion, still mind, Ki strike (magic), slow fall 30 feet, purity of body, wholeness of body (14 hp)
Equipment:
Monk´s outfit
Quarterstaff
Gloves of dexterity +2 4000
Periapt of Wisdom +2 4000
Bracers of armor +2 4000
Phylactery of faithfulness 1000
Eight diagrams coins, minor 2160
Slippers of quiet step 2500 (+5 to move silently)
Flute
Masterwork painting set 50
1290 gold coins.
Description & background:
A man advances under the canopy of trees. Shaved head, not so tall, his wiry complexion makes you doubt if he´s very healthy or either a weakling, a common doubt when one meets a monk the first time. Because he´s obviously a monk; those erudite enough would identify an ise zumi, but he has no tattoos.
* * *
A child, seven years old, bows deeply before a samurai. “Father,” says the child with an ease of speaking improper for his short years “Though I deeply honor my ancestors, and my blood is that of a samurai, I´m thirsty for the knowledge of the Ise Zumi. Please allow me to climb the mountain to the monk´s monastery and take the name of Togashi”
* * *
A thirteen years old boy practices within the wall of a courtyard. There´s an old man, totally covered in tattoos watching him; the boy walks and jumps with grace while moving from dummy to dummy, punches and kicks them. A final spinning kick smashes a water filled gourd. “Good” says the old man. “You did it well this time. Now, tell me, who did you just defeated?”
“Myself”
“Wrong!”
“But that´s what you said yesterday, master.”
“Exactly”
* * *
The same boy is now a grown man. “You made well our tests, and you´re ready to become an Ise Zumi. In this day, the master tattooer will make a part of your soul flow to the surface. Are you ready, Shokai? Will you be able to endure that, to know what´s within your spirit”
“I´m ready, master”
“Then I´m no longer your master. Uncover your body and obey the tatooer.”
The said man orders the young to knee and bend, showing and stretching his back. He stares at the skin, trying to perceive what´s inside of it, to hear the call.
The sun raises high in the sky.
“Lay on your back”
Maybe the tattoo in is his chest. Hours pass, the ink and needles lie still unused. “Maybe the arms?” mutters the tattoer.
The night falls, the tattooer leaves the boy as he found it. The tattooer gets up.
“The boy has no tattoo.”
“What?”
“Raw rice it´s not a meal, a white sheet is not a painting. He´s still nothing and everything, like the steel in the forge. He needs cold water.”
“However, he did well in the tests…”
“He´s a good follower, there lies the problem.”
“Hmmm… if he´s going to experience the world, better to do it prepared. Maybe some gifts from the Agasha. And I´ll se if he can visit some courts; if he´s going to experience the world, he shouldn´t stop at sleeping in the woods.”
“If the water at the forge is too cold, the steel becomes brittle.”
“I´ll have an eye in our young sword.”
[Note; there´s still room for more background. Since Shokai met the requisites to become a tattooed monk -the Complete Warrior version- at level 5, that means he spent 2 levels (that could mean more or less time) outside of the monastery, possibly meeting other characters and learning skills like Sense Motive. If someone wants to include Shokai in his background, I´ll change mine to reflect that. In my case, posting personality is useless: my characters end doing what they want, not what I have planned for them]
Race: Human
Class/level: Monk 7
Alingment: Lawful good
Age: 26
Ability scores
Str: 14
Dex: 14 (16 with gloves)
Con: 12
Int: 14
Wis: 16 (15+4th level bonus point) (18 with periapt)
Cha 10
Saving throws:
Fort +6=5(base)+1(con)
Reflex +8=5(base)+3(dex) [plus Evasion]
Will +9=5(base)+4(wis) [+2 against enchantment spell and spell effects]
Hit points: 42 (on average)
Movement = 50´
AC: 22=10+3(dex)+5(monk bonus)+2(armor)+2(Mighty works mastery I style), touch 20, flat footed 17.
Initiative: +3
Attacks: +7 unarmed (1d8+2) or +6+6 unarmed (1d8+2)
………......+7 quarterstaff (1d6+3, or 1d6 +2 if used with a flurry of blows)
Skills: (70 ranks)
Knowledge (civilised behavior).9=7 ranks+2 (Int)
Sense motive………………….......10=6 ranks+4(wis)
Tumble………………………...........15=10 ranks +3 (dex)+2 (sinergy)
Move silently………………........…15=7 ranks +3 (dex) +5 (magic)
Hide……………………………...........10=7 ranks +3 (dex)
Jump………………………..…..........9=5 ranks +2 (str)+2 (sinergy)
Spot………………………...….........10=4 ranks +4 (wis)
Listen……………………………........10=4 ranks + 4 (wis)
Knowledge (religion)……………..12=10+2(int)
Perform (flute)………………….....5=5 ranks
Craft (painting)…………………....9=5 ranks +2 (int)+2 circumstance
Feats:
1-Stunning fist, Endurance (bonus human), Improved grapple (monk bonus)
2-Deflect arrows (monk bonus)
3-Fists of Iron
6-Choke hold, Improved Disarm (monk bonus)
Racial traits and class features:
Extra feat at level 1, Extra skill points (4 extra at level 1)
Unarmed Strike, evasion, still mind, Ki strike (magic), slow fall 30 feet, purity of body, wholeness of body (14 hp)
Equipment:
Monk´s outfit
Quarterstaff
Gloves of dexterity +2 4000
Periapt of Wisdom +2 4000
Bracers of armor +2 4000
Phylactery of faithfulness 1000
Eight diagrams coins, minor 2160
Slippers of quiet step 2500 (+5 to move silently)
Flute
Masterwork painting set 50
1290 gold coins.
Description & background:
A man advances under the canopy of trees. Shaved head, not so tall, his wiry complexion makes you doubt if he´s very healthy or either a weakling, a common doubt when one meets a monk the first time. Because he´s obviously a monk; those erudite enough would identify an ise zumi, but he has no tattoos.
* * *
A child, seven years old, bows deeply before a samurai. “Father,” says the child with an ease of speaking improper for his short years “Though I deeply honor my ancestors, and my blood is that of a samurai, I´m thirsty for the knowledge of the Ise Zumi. Please allow me to climb the mountain to the monk´s monastery and take the name of Togashi”
* * *
A thirteen years old boy practices within the wall of a courtyard. There´s an old man, totally covered in tattoos watching him; the boy walks and jumps with grace while moving from dummy to dummy, punches and kicks them. A final spinning kick smashes a water filled gourd. “Good” says the old man. “You did it well this time. Now, tell me, who did you just defeated?”
“Myself”
“Wrong!”
“But that´s what you said yesterday, master.”
“Exactly”
* * *
The same boy is now a grown man. “You made well our tests, and you´re ready to become an Ise Zumi. In this day, the master tattooer will make a part of your soul flow to the surface. Are you ready, Shokai? Will you be able to endure that, to know what´s within your spirit”
“I´m ready, master”
“Then I´m no longer your master. Uncover your body and obey the tatooer.”
The said man orders the young to knee and bend, showing and stretching his back. He stares at the skin, trying to perceive what´s inside of it, to hear the call.
The sun raises high in the sky.
“Lay on your back”
Maybe the tattoo in is his chest. Hours pass, the ink and needles lie still unused. “Maybe the arms?” mutters the tattoer.
The night falls, the tattooer leaves the boy as he found it. The tattooer gets up.
“The boy has no tattoo.”
“What?”
“Raw rice it´s not a meal, a white sheet is not a painting. He´s still nothing and everything, like the steel in the forge. He needs cold water.”
“However, he did well in the tests…”
“He´s a good follower, there lies the problem.”
“Hmmm… if he´s going to experience the world, better to do it prepared. Maybe some gifts from the Agasha. And I´ll se if he can visit some courts; if he´s going to experience the world, he shouldn´t stop at sleeping in the woods.”
“If the water at the forge is too cold, the steel becomes brittle.”
“I´ll have an eye in our young sword.”
[Note; there´s still room for more background. Since Shokai met the requisites to become a tattooed monk -the Complete Warrior version- at level 5, that means he spent 2 levels (that could mean more or less time) outside of the monastery, possibly meeting other characters and learning skills like Sense Motive. If someone wants to include Shokai in his background, I´ll change mine to reflect that. In my case, posting personality is useless: my characters end doing what they want, not what I have planned for them]
