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Message: <blockquote data-quote="A'koss" data-source="post: 2114452" data-attributes="member: 840">There's one NPC I was reminissing about recently who used to be favorite in our old Greyhawk campaign - a paladin by the name of Mathus Atrim. He was an NPC who grew out of several campaigns, eventually ending up as a General in the Furyondian Army and some years later - a kind of living legend that other PCs looked up to.  He wasn't what you'd call your stereotypical paladin, who are often defined by their very concious efforts to be Lawful Good. Mathus just went about like any other guy, did what was right and never seemed to struggle to make any decision. Despite his somewhat laid back attitude, Mathus's life however, was certainly not uneventful...  He's probably best know for his luck with women - as in, all bad. And I mean that literally - they were all bad - as in no fewer than 28 succubi have tried to seduce him over the years. He's flabberghasted as to why they keep trying - especially since if a woman shows even the slightest interest in him, 6 paladins will suddently appear out of nowhere and be all over the girl before Mathus can even blink. Needless to say, the man has long since resigned himself to bachelorhood...  And if you though his luck with women was bad, his luck with horses is probably even worse. Let's just say he's long lost count of how many of these poor bastards have died in his service. It's a popular, albeit quietly whispered, saying amongst the Furyondian soldiers that Mathus sitting on any animal is the kiss of death. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />  Fortunately, the man has hobbies - he loves to build things. He doesn't really care what though, so long as it's big.  He once built a really, really, big chair...  Did I mention Mathus's poor luck with women?  Mathus's most recognizable possession is a battered old medium shield which even Demon Lords recognize on sight - Irongate. Made by the dwarves of city of the same name, this rather plain looking shield with the faded Irongate logo looks like it was used a Tarrasque's chew-toy. But the damn thing still works. That shield can take virtually any kind of beating and in Mathus's hands has saved many a PC's lives. He even dove in front of a blast from an artifact called the *cough* "Eye of Traldar" which basically sent him packing a quarter mile away, killed yet another horse and vaporized his +5 Plate - but gave the PCs a chance to reach the wizard an impromptu biopsy... What a guy... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />   Cheers!</blockquote>

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