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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tetujin" data-source="post: 1931384" data-attributes="member: 15993">Perry and MipinJust a quick note: This was essentially one character as I played both at the same time (using a paper hat to show who I was speaking for), and one was techically the other's cohort. Also, don't directly blame me for the name, it just so happen that I was at a loss for names and I so used a halfling name generator, the last two enties were Perry and Mipin.  I played this characters in Demiurge's quasi-greyhawk campaign, hense the use of his previously mentioned character as an NPC.  Also, the name "Miracle and the Sleeper" came from a thread I had a while back about this character concept and someone had suggested it since it was a term used this case in twins where one was an over-acheaver and one was always staying back out of the spotlight.     Perry and Mipin were born to an ordinary set of halfling parents, in an ordinary halfing home. The only thing somewhat unsual was the fact that they were twins.  But what was just another day for their halfling village was ever more boring for the twins, always the trouble makers they did not have very much respect in their village and after a long fight with some family members they decided to sneak away in the middle of the night.  They wandered for many days until they noticed a traveling circus.  After the twins pointed out thier novelty in both apperence and agility they were put to work.      Coming from their near-opposite personalities, at least while performing, the twins adopted the stage name "The Miracle and the Sleeper".  Perry was always the short-sighted and up-beat and Mipin the sarcastic, cold, and exact.  The twins' preformances became famous thoughout the continent, they gained much wealth and knoweldge constantly on the road, but just as in thier humble halfling village, they still wanted more.     They began with petty theft, using the talents they had practiced tha many years on the road, working for shady contacts from town to town.  Before they realized it they were practicing with their throwing axes more outside of the circus tent then in.On the run from a boched job assassinating a duke, they took refuge in the Svirfneblin underground city of Dwarrowdelf.     It was there that they looked for more morally upstanding tasks to preformed. While preforming a small acrobatics show outside a tavern they overheard a Gnoll recruiting advenurers to go with him to slay the gnome exiled necromancer Baron Von Franken, this wasn't so noble, so they did not agree to go with him until they heard about the very large reward.     On the way to the Gnome's Mannor in the "Sea of Graves", they found out the Gnoll, whose name was Garakesh, was the only survivor of the previous expedition on this very mission. Fortunatly this time the Gnoll had learned of a secret way into the basement of the necromancer, unforuntatly the basement also contained a gate to Pandemonium. They did enjoyed the acrobatic prospects of the strange gravity. They did not, however, enjoy the strange creatures that came from it and caused the Miracle to go insane, poor Mipin had to confine her to a metal locker until they were able to restore her.  This made them both very neavous of what they were getting themselves into, as they had never enountered anything like this in thier previous missions, but they pressed on.  From there they headed upstairs to face the Baron's greatest and final creation, Revenge.  Revenge was a hulking humanoid mass, somewhere between life and undeath, and a sole desire to crush everything in it's path.  The Twins circled the beast, getting shots with handaxes when the opportunity presented itself, in a moment of bravery or stupidity hacked at the beast until it fell. And so he was defeated, and on to the Baron, who they found had died in his sleep.  But, they were in no mood for any more combat, and their deed was done.     When returning to the city they were approched by a group of extraplanar constructs, "The Keepers", they called themselves, they brought the group to their temple of sorts, through the hallways semetric on 11 dimentions, into an office. There sat a deformed creature who looked like he could have been a half-elf once, who introduced himself as "Klaatu", had a task of great importance. The dark gods of the dreamworld were blending with this plane, and it would be completely taken over if a number of rituals over the entire plane were not interupted.  The band was sent to one such temple much deeper underground.     While exploring the depths of the cave, they came across a large underground lake, and as we were unable to cross with our armor and gear it became a problem, then came a Kuo-Toa navigating a small boat accross the lake. "I take gold, but prefer a story of adventure" he said, and so the Twins got in and were headed to the other side (there was not enough room for everyone).  The twins soon noticed that there was something wrong with this Kuo-toa...much more flabby then usual, and very mentally unstable...one thing lead to another and he suddenly begins to change...growing 6 more arms.  After his transformation into a Were-Octopus was complete he jumped out of the boat, flipping it the process, leaving 2 halflings, one of which could not swim and one who carried very heavy gear.  They futiley spashed about, Mipin was grabed and dragged deep into the lake, Perry swam down after the creature, hacking at the flailing tenticles trying to free her dear brother, but soon she heard a scream, a snap, and watched as her brother's lifeless body float to the surface and the Were-Octopus jet away.  She swam back up, was able to turn over the boat and get her brother's body inside, and paddle back to where the party was waiting.After telling her story to the party there was much sorrow, except for one who chimed in with "What do you call it when two halflings fight a were-octopus and 1 accually survives? A Miracle!". She repsponded only with sighs. So Miracle, gave her dear brother a proper burrial, left a carving in the wall depicing them playing leapfrog, and a message that said "Here lies 'The Sleeper' ".  The party slept there that night, watching for the creature to return, only to awake to find that Perry lay in a pool of her own blood, with the weaking scratching "The Miracle &" above the one she left the night before.....Apperance:  The Miracle and the Sleeper wear purple and green elaborate acrobatics outfits, one the inverse of the other (Sleeper's being more purple).   They fight with a hand axe in one hand and a short sword in the other.Miracle wore a brimmed hat, while Sleeper had a black hood.  Miracle's eys are always wide and eyebrows at alert while Sleeper's eyes were  as though he is trying to focus on the sun.  Miracle is normally the one to introduce them, with something like "Hi Everyone! My name is 'The Miracle' ", then she would look over to the sleeper until he said "...and she insists on calling me 'The Sleeper', pleased to meet you.", and at a given time they would be playing leapfrog or pattycake."Action Shot": The Twins battling Revenge, whose apperence in my mind was somewhat like  a cross between the Hulk (the new movie one) and a flesh golem.  Espectially the use of the "Giant Bane" feat, which allowed Miracle to climb up his back, axe in hand, after summersaulting under the creatures legs.The brief battle with a Kuo-Toa were-octopus might also look exciting, perhapes just when the boat was flipped over and they were heading into the water.Mechanical stuff: They were Fighter 2/Rouge 8 and Fighter 2/Rouge 6, they each took swarm fighting, two weapon fighting, deadly precsion, weapon finesse and giant bane. The hand axes were +1 Wounding, the short swords were +1, the armor was +2 Mirthal Chain Shirt. They commonly employed tanglefoot bags and marbles. Miracle had ranks in Balance, Bluff, Climb, Disguise, Escape Artist, Jump, Listen, Preform: Acrobatics, Slieght of Hand, Swim and Tumble. The Sleep had ranks in Use Rope, Open Lock, UMD, Search, Disable Device, Preform: Acrobatics, Appraise, and Tumble.  Miracle was CG, the Sleeper was TN</blockquote>

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