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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voidrazor" data-source="post: 3109529" data-attributes="member: 41605">Here's the first draft of my character Osric Steadfast. Let me know if he needs toned down a bit  :\ [code]Lord Osric Steadfast Noble 3 / Man-at-Arms 1Str 12 +1 4 costDex 10 +0 2 costCon 14 +2 6 costInt 14 +2 6 costWis 10 +0 2 costCha 16 +3 8 cost +1 levelHP 23Shock 7AC 5/11(+2 defence +3 Cha/+6 shield)Armor 8BAB +3Attack +6 (d8+1 longsword)Ranged +3 (d6+1 bow)Fort +5 (3 base +2 Con)Ref +1 (1 base 0 Dex)Will +3 (3 base 0 Wis)Influence 59 (15 status 32 class levels 12 Cha +5 Heir +7 Political Connections)Reputation 5 Wise beyond his yearsWealth 5 (temporarily 4 due to hiring mercenaries, laborers, and ships)Feats:HeirHead of HouseWealthPolitical ConnectionsGold BreederFame: Wise beyond his yearsBravado: Longsword defenceDefects:Blind Fury (1): Father's name disparagedDark Secret (1): Worships the StrangerMarked (3): 6'9" tall but wire thin, no eyebrows or hairNemesis (2): Aaron CaronSkills: (63 points: 51 from class levels, 9 from noble bonus skills, and 3 from defects) Bluff(fast-talk) +8 (5 ranks +3 Cha) +10 when social staus appliesDiplomacy(nobility) +10 (7 ranks +3 Cha +3) +18 when social staus applies (Bluff, Know: Nobility, & Sense Motive synergies)Gather Information(gossip) +8 (3 ranks +3 Cha +2 Synergy)Intimidate(old blood) +10 (5 ranks +3 Cha +2 Synergy) +12 when social staus appliesKnow: Architecture(castles) +7 (5 ranks +2 Int)Know: History(military) +4 (2 ranks +2 Int)Know: Local(Summerhall environs) +9 (7 ranks +2 Int)Know: Nobility(etiquette) +7 (5 ranks +2 Int)Know: Stewardship(agriculture) +9 (7 ranks +2 Int)Know: Warfare(logistics, strategy, tactics) +9 (7 ranks +2 Int)Perform: Oratory(hight society) +5 (2 ranks +3 Cha)Ride(heavy war horse) +2 (2 ranks 0 Dex)Sense Motive(speech) +7 (7 ranks 0 Wis)Spot(ambush) +7 (7 ranks 0 Wis)[/code]Background:Although Osric was odd looking even as a child, his early years were carefree. His sunny disposition won over family and servants alike. But when the plague took his parents a pall came over him. The child was still engaging, but he took on a seriousness that belied his age. Wanting the best education possible for his nephew and forseeing turmoil at home, Ser Vyncent sent him to court with Maester Aethelweared to attend and tutor him.While still several years from his majority, Osric turned out to be a quick study, both of the intrigues of King's Landing and numerous other matters concerning his future role. He was in no position to be a major player in the game of thrones, but over the next couple of years he did manage to, through flattery, cozy up to both Varys and Peter Baelish of the small council, at least enough to loosen their tongues somewhat. Neither councilor shared any sensitive secrets with the youngster. The advice they did share, however, proved quite valuable. With the help of Maester Aethelweared, Osric invested his relatively modest inheiritence in several lucrative schemes Littlefinger mentioned, magnifying the lordlings resources seveal times over in just a few years.During this time, Osric visited his family home several times. While these trips allowed him to solidify his ties with those who had sworn themselves to House Steadfast, no amount of diplomacy could prevent the souring of his relationship with Aaron Caron. Perhaps it was the way that Osric made a point of not eating or drinking anything the regent offered until he saw that Aaron himself had eaten some. Or perhaps it was the warmth with which he was greeted by house staff. Whereas the regent's own reception was typically cordial but cold. Whatever the case, Aaron certainly has no intention of giving up his seat for Steadfast's scion. One one of his last visits Caron decided that Osric's advisor must be overly competant. The regent then arranged for Maester Aethelweared to 'fall down' a stairway, breaking his neck.In the last few months Osric has remained far from idle. In a carriage repainted and re-horsed every few days he travelled to Yronwood. There, he recruited the Dog's Tongues, a small mercenary company led by Lord Anders bastard Aleksyndr Sand. He also brought a slightly more sizable group of foreign laborers and stonemasons into his employ. He then sailed with them part-way up the nameless river running between the marches and Cape Wrath. When the ships could go no farther, they hiked through the mountains to set up camp at a point a few days march from Summerhall. From there, Osric returned alone to Summerhall. There he asked a trusted retainer (perhaps Viviene Grove?) to start rumors of a bandit uprising to the north.When Aaron goes forth to quash the purported rebellion, Osric declares himself Lord of Summerhall and sends for his encamped men to supplement the local hedge knights in defense of his claim.</blockquote>

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