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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Velenne" data-source="post: 646260" data-attributes="member: 1856">Sir Richard Percivale Human Smart3/Mage5STR 10, DEX 8, CON 10, INT 22 (18 +2 level +2 age), WIS 13, CHA 13HP: 27Defense: 13Init: +3 (-1 Dex, +4 feat)Reputation: 4Action Points: ?Wealth: +?Vitals: Age - 65, Height - 5'9", Weight - 142, Eyes - Blue, Hair - White, Skin - White.  Fort +6, Ref +4, Will +12Attacks: Staff +3 (1d6 bludgeoning)Skills: Bluff +7, Concentration +10, Craft(Chemical) +14, Craft(Pharmaceutical) +8, Craft(Writing) +13, Decipher Script +19, Knowledge(Arcane Lore) +23, K(History) +18, K(Physical Sciences) +18, K(Theology and Philosphy) +18, K(Religion) +11, Profession(Professor/Scholar) +11, Research +14, Sense Motive +3, Spellcraft +17.   Sir Percivale is also fluent (can speak, read, and write) the following languages: English(Native), Russian, Spanish, Ancient Greek, Ancient Latin, Ancient Hebrew, German, Mandarin, Armaic, French and Gaelic.Feats: Heroic Surge, Improved Init, Educated(Knowledge: Arcane Lore and History), Studious, Iron Will, Educated(Physical Sciences and Theology and Philosophy)Class Abilties: Savant(Arcane Lore), Linguist, Summon Familiar(Snake), Scribe Scroll, Brew Potion, Scribe Tatto, Spell MasterySpells per day: 6/5/3/2Spellbook: 0 - All; 1 - Mage Armor, Magic Missle, Sleep, Change Self, Hold Portal, Power Device.  2 - Protection from Arrows/Bullets, Invisibility, Glitterdust, Enhance Ability, Arcane Lock.  3 - Fireball, Hold Person, Invisibility Sphere, Slow.Gear (so far): Vest of Resistance +3.Richard Percivale was born in a small Welsh village in June of 1876.  He surmises that his birthday was the 12th, but as he has no living relatives of which he is aware, nor were accurate records kept of such things in his home village, the precise date is an approximation at best.  Young Richard excelled as a student, wholly subsuming entire books on any subject.  His academics left room for little else and his desire to learn more led him to spurn many social activities as a youth.  He wrote many letters to England's most prestigous schools and was finally accepted to a boy's prep school in York.  Packing his bags, he left on the back of a donkey at the tender age of fourteen.  Off to be on his own, and to explore the world's innermost workings.The school was exceedingly simplistic for Richard, and although it had international acclaim, he quickly grew bored of it.  Yet there was one professor who challenged him to continue striving forward in his studies.  Dr. Reeds sent the boy's work to various universities, proclaiming him a mathematical prodigy.  He was, of a sort, but of an entirely different sort than most people had ever seen.  Richard's prodigy was all his own, a sort of quirky mathetmatics and chemistry that combined unheard of formulas into solutions that actually worked.And so it was that in the fall of 1896, Richard was accepted into Cambridge.  Unfortunately, his theorums were poorly recieved.  In fact, he was scorned and scoffed at by the England's most brilliant minds of the time.  Yet there was one person who saw something in Richard's theories that others did not.  It was this person who had studied an entirely different sort of science from the others.  Secretly, in fact.  Little did he know, but Richard aquired a mysterious benefactor who would fund his studies at Cambridge and encourage his intellectual forays into the unknown via packages and letters sealed in black wax.  Always the gifts were left when he was not home, and always were they signed simply "M".The letters encouraged him to keep his practice very secret and that if he did so, he would continue to be shown new pathways into the arcane arts.   All matters arcane became Richard's passion.  For the next ten years, he travelled abroad, studying various cultures, religions (for they often told stories of the fantastic), and sciences.  He travelled by boat, blimp, camel, automobile (what fascinating things!), and once even a flying contraption with a whirling fan blade in the front.  His experiences grew and always would he recieve correspondances from M, guiding his learning.  During this time, he earned doctorates in physics and philosophy.During World War I, Richard served the Crown in a study to develop a more efficient national public education system.   His success earned him a knighthood and acclaim in the inner circles of England's intellectual elite.  After the war, he was offered a position as a professor at Oxford University.  He gave it only a passing intrest until he was offered nearly unlimited resources from which to conduct his studies.  Not long after, an envelope came from M, encouraging him to accept and find an apprentice of his own.  He has worked in solitude since his arrival, leaving only to teach courses or deliver lectures abroad.  Sir Richard Persivale's journey continues, though he has by now reached the age of 65.  He believes that through his Art, he may live another 65 or beyond.  M certainly seems to think so...</blockquote>

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