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<blockquote data-quote="Binder Fred" data-source="post: 6078766" data-attributes="member: 63746"><p>Hey there SuperZero! Interresting idea, I'd like to throw my hat into the ring if I may: How about Baclava, your classic dumb-fighter-with-a-Big-Sword with a faery twist? Haven't built his full sheet yet, but here's what I have so far:</p><p></p><p>CONCEPT: An ex-convict who *escaped* from prison only to have an exiled faery king/noble forcibly trapped in his body as punishment (punishment for the king, that is). Baclava can't talk with the trapped fae (which he calls The Thorn King), but he's obviously a being of great good. His constant mental "aura" (and an endless series of strange dreams) have actually, gradually convinced Baclava to seriously try to change his ways, to do good and sort of compensate the world for what he's done before (*). (Of course, his inability to lie when the king is awake could have something to do with it as well). Baclava has joined a small, idealistic adventuring party and they've started slowly righting the wrongs of the world, together. So far it's been going really well.</p><p></p><p>(*) This, by the way, is probably the exact *opposite* of what whoever trapped the king expected (which was probably to force the trapped one to watch helplessly as his living prison committed crime after crime).</p><p></p><p>DESCRIPTION: A big guy, strong but surprisingly jovial given the curling line coarsely branded down his left eye -- forever marking him as an ex-con from the island prison-dungeon of Illsing. He's buckled into an impressive set of burnished plate mail with spikes jutting all over -- relatively fine ones, as far as spikes go, almost like giant quills... At his back is sheathed a large hand-and-a-half sword, the guard, wrapped in plain steel wire, peeking over his right shoulder. A full helm rests on the table under his casual elbow. It too sort of looks like a crown or circlet, but this one is made of piled-high quills instead of diamonds.</p><p></p><p>DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Convict brand across the left eye. Quilled armor (see Powers below).</p><p></p><p>POWERS: Baclava is hunted, both by the law (of the neighbouring kingdom/principality?) and the Thorn King's allies (he doesn't know, but he strongly suspects that extracting the king from him will be fatal to his unwilling prison cell). The presence of the king - perhaps unconsciously, as self-defense - does grant him certain powers though. Mostly, any armor he wears eventually grows spiky quills, which look impressive AND can be shot out from his forearms like arrows from a bow.</p><p></p><p>Quilled armor:</p><p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> Full plate (Protection, impervious)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> Impressive (Presence Attack? Bonus to Intimidate/Persuasion/Allies attacks? Straight boost to Pre maybe?)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> Shooting quills from forearms (same stats as bow)</p><p>Bastard Sword ("Can either apply heavy damage to one target or do a slicing, sweeping strike against multiple targets", i.e. Multiattack extra)</p><p>Dungeon Smasher (Weaken Toughness 6, only affects Objects +0, Linked to unarmed-attacks) 6PP</p><p></p><p>What do you think? Still early in the process, of course, so certainly not too late to tweak, correct, add or substract to what's above, i.e. inject some of your world's flavor into him if you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Binder Fred, post: 6078766, member: 63746"] Hey there SuperZero! Interresting idea, I'd like to throw my hat into the ring if I may: How about Baclava, your classic dumb-fighter-with-a-Big-Sword with a faery twist? Haven't built his full sheet yet, but here's what I have so far: CONCEPT: An ex-convict who *escaped* from prison only to have an exiled faery king/noble forcibly trapped in his body as punishment (punishment for the king, that is). Baclava can't talk with the trapped fae (which he calls The Thorn King), but he's obviously a being of great good. His constant mental "aura" (and an endless series of strange dreams) have actually, gradually convinced Baclava to seriously try to change his ways, to do good and sort of compensate the world for what he's done before (*). (Of course, his inability to lie when the king is awake could have something to do with it as well). Baclava has joined a small, idealistic adventuring party and they've started slowly righting the wrongs of the world, together. So far it's been going really well. (*) This, by the way, is probably the exact *opposite* of what whoever trapped the king expected (which was probably to force the trapped one to watch helplessly as his living prison committed crime after crime). DESCRIPTION: A big guy, strong but surprisingly jovial given the curling line coarsely branded down his left eye -- forever marking him as an ex-con from the island prison-dungeon of Illsing. He's buckled into an impressive set of burnished plate mail with spikes jutting all over -- relatively fine ones, as far as spikes go, almost like giant quills... At his back is sheathed a large hand-and-a-half sword, the guard, wrapped in plain steel wire, peeking over his right shoulder. A full helm rests on the table under his casual elbow. It too sort of looks like a crown or circlet, but this one is made of piled-high quills instead of diamonds. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Convict brand across the left eye. Quilled armor (see Powers below). POWERS: Baclava is hunted, both by the law (of the neighbouring kingdom/principality?) and the Thorn King's allies (he doesn't know, but he strongly suspects that extracting the king from him will be fatal to his unwilling prison cell). The presence of the king - perhaps unconsciously, as self-defense - does grant him certain powers though. Mostly, any armor he wears eventually grows spiky quills, which look impressive AND can be shot out from his forearms like arrows from a bow. Quilled armor: [INDENT] Full plate (Protection, impervious) Impressive (Presence Attack? Bonus to Intimidate/Persuasion/Allies attacks? Straight boost to Pre maybe?) Shooting quills from forearms (same stats as bow)[/INDENT] Bastard Sword ("Can either apply heavy damage to one target or do a slicing, sweeping strike against multiple targets", i.e. Multiattack extra) Dungeon Smasher (Weaken Toughness 6, only affects Objects +0, Linked to unarmed-attacks) 6PP What do you think? Still early in the process, of course, so certainly not too late to tweak, correct, add or substract to what's above, i.e. inject some of your world's flavor into him if you want. [/QUOTE]
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