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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ry" data-source="post: 1870125" data-attributes="member: 8314">Here's Cholodny's backstory.  Cholodny's a Barbarian 1/Fighter 2.  I'll post his stats later tonight (I know his feats and stats, just have to work out skill points and specifics of his values).  He'll be a mobile fighter built for attack, but between medium armor and no shield... he's a little light on the defense.Just a couple of questions as I'm putting this together.  Are the feats Hold the Line, Monkey Grip, and Power Critical from Complete Warrior OK?  (It's important for my initial feats, what I'm building towards, and whether my lower AC will be a problem)  Do you have Dragon 290? (It has a bunch of detail for Dark Ages eastern europe, seems like it's directly relevant, but I'm not sure if the deities listed there line up with yours.)My character's name is Cholodny Lraj (quiet L, stronger R), and he borrows some of his background from another campaign that never really got off the ground.  Cholodny’s home is in the far north-west (Scandinavia-equivalent); he is the son of a coward, and had little hope of either friendship or recognition near home.  An older family in the same region used its power and influence to justify an attack on lands lost long ago to Cholodny’s family.  Odds were against Cholodny’s family, but there was considerable hope that old favors might be called in to form a small, but significant opposition.  Once it became clear that this would not stop the forced acquisition, hope faded.  Cholodny’s father abandoned the family's small holdings and left the battle for the estate unfought – abandoning Cholodny and his mother.  They were allowed to stay on as serfs; Cholodny was five at the time.  The work eventually killed his mother, but Cholodny was strong, fast, and tough, and survived as the lowliest serf under his masters.  Life was difficult to say the least; Cholodny was friendless and often picked on by other serfs as well as the children of the nobles who moved into his family's holdings.  Despite his size, he was of course forbidden to harm the other serfs and especially the young nobles, who used this fact to smear him with the label cowardice.  Cholodny left not for any particular quest, but because he had grown up strongest and fastest, toiled for everyone else’s benefit, and still was universally hated and called a coward.Cholodny carries a signet ring, which his father left behind before deserting his family and holdings.  While Cholodny believes it has some connection to his father, he is not actively pursuing the matter.  Cholodny is motivated almost entirely by a need for affiliation and recognition; he does not need fame, but deep down he desperately wants to be respected as a skilled warrior. This respect can come from nearly anyone who acts with sincerity. He is True Neutral not out of a need for balance, but out of non-commitment to any particular ethos (he has some good tendencies, particularly in regards to helping those being ganged up on). Likewise, Cholodny is only nominally devoted to [the most appropriate neutral or chaotic good warrior god].Cholodny is reasonably tall, and thickly built, especially at the shoulders. His hair is a dark brown tangle that hangs about halfway down his back and over his shoulders. His clothes are simple, tending towards grey furs. He always carries his glaive in hand; if this violates some local custom, he will switch to using it as a walking-stick or with his sack loosely attached (ready to slide off if needed). Only if confronted by guards will he put it onto his back.Reason for heading to Golden Ring.Cholodny left home over four years ago, and has headed "onward" ever since, trying to put as much distance between himself and his homeland as he could.  This hasn’t taken him as far as one might think, but it has involved him with several groups of unsavoury bandits, highwaymen, and mercenaries.  After a brief, recent tangle with a backstabbing partner, (in which he almost lost his life), Cholodny finds himself searching for people he can trust, that can also find some use for his skills.  But since his only skill is killing, he's prepared to wait.</blockquote>

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