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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CaBaNa" data-source="post: 4938328" data-attributes="member: 82643">I've come up with a new concept, mostly for fun... It was way more difficult to bring this together in some semblance, but I had an idea for a complete coward.  The first character I started with the mechanics and built the fluff. This one I started with the fluff, and then built the mechanics. Mucho, way, much, very, super, more difficult... But it's done, and I'm realeasing him into the forum.   Run'and'Hide Human Ranger|Rogue (hybrid)You's call i's a coward all you's wants, but i's alive, and he's ain't, MEH!  [sblock=Background] Born with plague scarring, Run'and'Hide was abandoned in the wilderness by his human parents. A sterile goblin female chanced by the ugly babe, and fell in love with her child.  Rushing the human born baby back toward the hovel, that her clan had stolen out from under a small group of kobold, the infertile goblin raised the baby high and proclaimed her joy. Immediate shouts of dissaproval met the goblin woman, It will attract humans! You's can't go stealing humans baby! I's won't allow in tribe! Rejected, and dejected the female left her clan, taking care of the only thing she had hoped for in life, a child. She didn't mind the scarring, or the huddled way it crawled and walked.  The child was raised to run first, never fight unless forced, and raid without being seen. He was shown goblin technique for stealthily taking what was needed for survival.  But it wasn't to last long, raiding a particularly alert caravan would be his mothers undoing. She was killed. Run'and'Hide was revealed for a human however, and the aristocrat whom owned the caravan, was beholden to his wife, who had decided it immoral to slay a child as unfortunate as this one. To the high-borne man it was easy to assuage his wife, he would take the boy to be cared for. What type of care, or who was caring, was not of concern to his wife. And so Run'and'Hide was sold to the local Arena. The officials painted his face, to cover some of the unsightly scaring, making him into a sad clown, with tears covering more pronounced raised tissue. They placed him into matches in which he quickly learned to act first, before his opponent took him seriously. Often that action was to run, and hide.  The crowd loved watching the terrified, disfigured boy run as fast as he could, screaming as a coward, and hiding, while taking potshots at opponents. It was just the sort of spectacle that brought in money. The arena gave him his name, Run'and'Hide, and brought him out as comic relief after particularly brutal and disgusting battles. He doesn't know any other name, and couldn't spell his if he were to try, which he won't...   [/sblock] [sblock=Levels]Level 1: Abandoned, goblin mother is killed, taken to arenaLevel 2: First matches teach to act quicklyLevel 3: learns how to better use a crossbow, and begins using a larger more intricate version.Level 4: ArenaLevel 5: ArenaLevel 6: Arena  [/sblock] [sblock=Stats] Here's a CB summary... ====== Created Using Wizards of the Coast D&D Character Builder ======run and hide, level 6Human, Ranger|RogueHybrid Ranger: Hybrid Ranger ReflexStudent of the Plague: FlamespeedHybrid Talent: First StrikeBirth - Among Another Race: Among Another Race (Goblin)Background: Birth - Among Another Race (Among Another Race (Goblin))FINAL ABILITY SCORESStr 13, Con 13, Dex 20, Int 9, Wis 14, Cha 10.STARTING ABILITY SCORESStr 13, Con 13, Dex 17, Int 9, Wis 13, Cha 10. AC: 20 Fort: 15 Reflex: 21 Will: 16HP: 50 Surges: 7 Surge Value: 12TRAINED SKILLSInsight +10, Athletics +9, Stealth +15, Acrobatics +13, Heal +10, Thievery +13, Perception +10UNTRAINED SKILLSArcana +2, Bluff +3, Diplomacy +3, Dungeoneering +5, Endurance +4, History +2, Intimidate +3, Nature +5, Religion +2, Streetwise +3FEATSHuman: Student of the PlagueLevel 1: Hybrid TalentLevel 2: Weapon Proficiency (Superior crossbow)Level 4: Speed LoaderFeat User Choice: Mounted CombatFeat User Choice: Focused Expertise (Superior crossbow)Level 6: Improved InitiativePOWERSBonus At-Will Power: Nimble StrikeHybrid Ranger at-will 1: Twin StrikeHybrid Rogue at-will 1: Deft StrikeHybrid encounter 1: Unbalancing ShotHybrid daily 1: Blinding BarrageHybrid utility 2: Agile RecoveryHybrid encounter 3: Disruptive StrikeHybrid daily 5: Adaptive AssaultHybrid utility 6: ChameleonITEMSSuperior crossbow, Leather Armor====== Copy to Clipboard and Press the Import Button on the Summary Tab ======  [/sblock]  [sblock=On Things Gladiatorial] Before the fight even begins, Run'and'Hide is already whimpering and bemoaning his plight. This is more for show now, than when he first began at the Arena. The moment a match begins, his feet are already moving away from the opponent, hands already firing off bolts as quickly as they can be loaded.Run'and'Hide will immediately make for a precarious place that his opponent can't reach. In one particularly unfair match, the jaguar they brought in could climb any obstacle in the arena, just as fast as Run'and'Hide. Run'and'Hide despreately scrambled to scale the arena wall itself, and diving into the crowd, killed the animal from the stands. Most often he is considered the underdog, and an animal to be chased, introduced as the goblin child, or son of a goblin. The crowd laughs when he is hit, and cheers when he hits. A large "sad-face" mask is wheeled into the arena, and attractive women in skimpy outfits walk cards declaring the plot of Run'and'Hide's current story. It is a comic tale of the poor man, played by Run'and'Hide, who has stolen from the great man, Galileo the Magnificent. What is it that Run'and'Hide managed to steal, why it's Galileo's shadow! Look even now, as he revels in his ill-gotten gains!The sun has caught an angle reflecting off the royal boxes gold, giving Run'and'Hide, in his cage, two shadows.Galileo stands opposite, pressed directly against a wall, so that his shadow is concealed behind his body.Behold as god rights this terrible wrong! booms the announcer. Some member of the royalty, probably freshly bathed no less, releases a velvet curtain to block the gold, and remove Run'and'Hide's second shadow. At the same moment, the wall behind Galileo drops, and his shadow is revealed!But what now for Galileo's justice?! booms the announcer.the match began...Turning to see if this was to be a fatal match, Run'and'Hide received his answer...The final bolt lodged between Galileo's eyes, and it was ordered by the same god who dropped the curtain... Run'and'Hide felt lower than ever, but he was still alive, and Galileo the magnificent was not...[/sblock] [sblock=On The Gladiators] Haven't figured out what to do with this yet... maybe after this moves a bit I'll add something. [/sblock]</blockquote>

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