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Post by WxMAN on Nov 22, 2012 20:55:00 GMT -6
Bruno Silverdome NG Elf BarbarianBruno's life story began when he was but a very young elven child. As high elves are known for their patience, intellect, and culture, Bruno's temper and rashness was a terrible embarrassment to his parents, his clan, and his race. At age six,his family made the choice that he would better off living with one of the lesser races who had almost a reverence toward strength... And so it was that at the age of six Bruno was left on the outskirts of a farm in Heroham. The humans who raised him also gave him his name, since his elven name was too hard to them to pronounce. As soon as he could handle a scythe, Bruno helped his father and mother doing the farm work. Being an elf, many assumed he was weak and tended to earn a few extra coins by arm wrestling locals and passerbys. Unfortunately, as elves age at a much slower rate than humans as Bruno was just reaching 'adulthood' his parents died of old age. Bruno continued working the farm but also began spending time with the local militia. We find him now at a crossroads, no longer having his parents to help guide him in a world that he doesn't really belong to, and unable to return to his birth world where he is constantly looked down upon Attachments:
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Post by Gigermann on Nov 23, 2012 10:55:07 GMT -6
In Elvish=Varno Celebrond
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Post by WxMAN on Nov 23, 2012 13:43:10 GMT -6
Bruno Silvertop is not his elvish name, it is the name his adoptive parents gave to him because they couldn't pronounce his actual elvish name... Bruno can't remember his elvish name since the last time he has heard it was over 100 years ago...
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Post by Gigermann on Nov 23, 2012 17:53:19 GMT -6
Bruno Silvertop is not his elvish name, it is the name his adoptive parents gave to him because they couldn't pronounce his actual elvish name... Bruno can't remember his elvish name since the last time he has heard it was over 100 years ago... I realized after you said so that I hadn't even read the backstory, like a dumbass…well, there it is anyway
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Post by Rigil Kent on Dec 30, 2012 22:19:19 GMT -6
So ... are we gonna see stats before Friday?
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Post by LabRat on Dec 30, 2012 23:29:33 GMT -6
He's worked on them today actually, but came down with a bad case of food poisoning. As far as I know, he was almost done with him. I would expect Bruno to be up tomorrow, as soon as N8 feels better.
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Post by WxMAN on Dec 31, 2012 14:11:02 GMT -6
So ... are we gonna see stats before Friday? Yes... Which Friday will be the question.... [dice=4][dice=4][dice=4][dice=4] Starting wealth...[rand=675785726533570386296336608375884672871862601183435390886166234203]
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Post by WxMAN on Dec 31, 2012 15:32:36 GMT -6
Here is Bruno... We'll see how a Elfish Barbarian with a Scythe does.... Attachments:
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Post by Rigil Kent on Dec 31, 2012 15:54:33 GMT -6
A scythe? Heh. That's awesome.
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Post by Gigermann on Jan 3, 2013 9:44:20 GMT -6
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Post by WxMAN on Jan 3, 2013 9:48:00 GMT -6
Yes please!
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Post by Rigil Kent on Jan 3, 2013 10:44:23 GMT -6
So I had this amusing mental image: can you envision two men, both armed with scythes, fighting one another? Its the most bizarre thing I can imagine...
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Post by WxMAN on Jan 3, 2013 11:36:11 GMT -6
My Scythe, Your Scythe.... My Scythe, Your Scythe
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Post by Rigil Kent on Jan 3, 2013 11:43:14 GMT -6
LOL
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Post by WxMAN on Jan 3, 2013 14:27:13 GMT -6
Bruno noticed when he was younger that all of the other Elves seemed to have 'pets' that they take care of... Little did he know these were familiars of the arcane spellcasters and as most Elves are spellcasters he mistakenly attributed the familiars as elven pets... Trying to better fit in with the other elves of the town he 'adopted' a pet as well: "Snuffles," a common Elven Northern Woodlands Shrew. He chose this specific 'pet' as it is featured in his favorite book: The Very Hungry Shrew, which Bruno likes to have read to him before his 6 hour 'quiet time'... Despite his best efforts, Elven Shrews don't tend to last long in Bruno's care and he is now on Snuffles 83 Mechanical Breakdown of the above: Snuffles the shrew is just a ordinary shrew and is for flavor only Given that Bruno isn't an ordinary elf and wasn't properly raised by elves I bumped up the typical "4 hour trance" elves get to be 6 hours of "quiet time" (ie trance and or sleep) Attachments:
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Post by LabRat on Jan 3, 2013 14:54:17 GMT -6
HA! Snuffles 83...LOVE IT! You always think up the best characters that have a lot of flavor
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Post by Gigermann on Jan 3, 2013 15:09:16 GMT -6
He's not a miniature giant space shrew, is he?
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Post by WxMAN on Jan 3, 2013 15:13:39 GMT -6
He's not a miniature giant space shrew, is he? That'll be up the GM
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Post by WxMAN on Jan 4, 2013 11:09:44 GMT -6
Updated character sheet attached below. Summary of changes: - Added Heavy Flail as backup weapon
- Added 5x Javelin for ranged weapon
- Removed Light Crossbow & Ammo
- Changed MWork Breastplate for MWork Chain Shirt
- Added Backpack (empty)
- Added Carrying Pouch (fancy) for Snuffles... guessed it would cost 2 GP
- Added Courtier's Outfit (no gems)... Bruno snookered by Barlowe into buying fancy clothes to 'fit in'... it didn't work
- Added Vial (empty) to be used to giving Snuffles water
- Added Snuffles the Shrew
- Added "The Very Hungry Shrew" children's book.
- Removed Elven as language known - Bruno never properly learned it.
Not that anyone would notice or care, but I did 'buy' Studded leather and a regular scythe with his starting gold, but they were also replaced with better stuff after his 'hazing'.. so the little gold he has left is what is left of his starting money just as if he didn't know his stuff would be wrecked during the hazing Attachments:
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Post by Gigermann on Jan 7, 2013 12:59:07 GMT -6
I hate to say anything lest I stir something up, but…
The "simpleton" thing is bugging me. It doesn't make any sense—he's got Int13 and Wis14, noticeably above-average. And maybe I'm just not in the mood for it (FWIW). I presume you're just "exploring." You've already done "crazy," or I would recommend taking a "Minsk" approach, instead—not sure what I would recommend otherwise. Maybe I could get used to it, anyway, but the stats are just wrong for it.
Don't feel like I'm picking on you, here—I expressed reservations about Rigil's taking the über-Lawful approach, warranted or not.
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Post by WxMAN on Jan 7, 2013 13:18:50 GMT -6
I hate to say anything lest I stir something up, but… WTF IS YOUR PROBLEM ;D The "simpleton" thing is bugging me. It doesn't make any sense—he's got Int13 and Wis14, noticeably above-average. I presume you're just "exploring." You've already done "crazy," or I would recommend taking a "Minsk" approach, instead—not sure what I would recommend otherwise. Maybe I could get used to it, anyway, but the stats are just wrong for it. Actually I tend to agree, but I don't know how to play him 'properly'... In theory he is both above average intelligent and wise, but he is also illiterate... It isn't so much me 'exploring' as it is just a complete confounding between stats and behavior of a barbarian class... I just don't have a clue how to handle it... Also, what's a "Minsk" approach... google has told me a lot the Belarus country of Minsk, but that seems to be not the thing you were going for... unless I'm missing something very important about Belarus
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Post by Gigermann on Jan 7, 2013 13:25:32 GMT -6
Minsc (proper spelling—my mistake) Seems to me that one can be well-educated, for the most part, and be illiterate. OTOH, I had suggested that his illiteracy isn't really warranted in the first place (and as GM, would allow it to be ignored). After my previous post, I did consider "autism" to be an interesting alternative—of course, that leans toward crazy.
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Post by Rigil Kent on Jan 7, 2013 13:39:52 GMT -6
So just have him be a normal dude who can't read and has anger issues. I hadn't realized his INT/WIS were as high as they are so I'd recommend him just being a normal dude, not an idiot-savant or anything. Alternately, you could make his "I'm a simpleton" thing be a complete act on his part ... for whatever reason you come up with.
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Post by Gigermann on Jan 7, 2013 13:58:44 GMT -6
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Post by Rigil Kent on Jan 7, 2013 14:22:56 GMT -6
Heh. The Swedish Murder Machine...
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Post by thedefiantbudah on Jan 7, 2013 16:36:13 GMT -6
how about he's not actually unintelligent nor is he illiterate...he just merely puts on a facade so people underestimate him?
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Post by WxMAN on Jan 8, 2013 9:33:09 GMT -6
It is probably bad 'acting' on my part making him more the simpleton then I originally planned... Mental stats are always a big pain for me because it is hard to act 'smarter/more charismatic' than you really are just as it is hard to act 'dumber' than you are without going full retard My original 'concept' of Bruno was a rather kindly elf who doesn't fit (and is detested because of it) in the elf world, but since the world is genre savvy, tends not to fit into the 'real' world much either since elf barbarians are as rare as hens teeth... The PC's befriended him and therefore he is extraordinarily loyal to the only people alive who tend to be nice to him. When people are mean to Bruno, he tends to be much more passive and 'turn the other cheek'... it is when his friends are being abused or assaulted when he flies into the rage.. It is probably my lack of imagination or creativity that has left me in this (self imposed) conundrum, but I just don't know how "intelligent" someone can be and still be illiterate... My general thoughts were that maybe he does pick up on things relatively quickly, but he only knows what he has experienced. So Bruno knows farming very well, he knows combat pretty well, but he doesn't know court etiquette because he's never experienced it... If someone were to tell him, he should be able to pick it up relatively quickly, but he shouldn't have knowledge outside of his experiences due to never being able to read about them.... Good compromise? ie, Bruno knows (now) that Snuffles the Shrew is not his familiar, but he still loves his pet... When he was younger thought Snuffles was a familiar b/c he thought all elves got familiars (since 'all elves' are arcane casters, they also have familiars)... He has since learned that only arcane casters get familiars and his conclusion that all elves get them was due to him not seeing a non-arcane casting elf... but he still enjoys Snuffles company, so he keeps him around... Thoughts?
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Post by Gigermann on Jan 8, 2013 9:58:08 GMT -6
- There were smart people long before there was alphabet—but it is really difficult for us modern folk to imagine an intelligent illiterate. That said, you just need a character-handle to grab onto—we've all been there
- You could just buy off the illiteracy—2 skill points—and nevermind the whole thing.
- Don't need excuses to keep a pet, whatever it is.
- Elf barbarians aren't all that rare, AFAIK
Another good example of a berserker (who happens to also be smart) is The Incredible Hulk. In the general picture you've painted so far, it seems the other Elves treat Bruno like he's the Hulk.
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Post by WxMAN on Jan 9, 2013 10:11:53 GMT -6
There were smart people long before there was alphabet—but it is really difficult for us modern folk to imagine an intelligent illiterate. There were definitely smart illiterate people before the alphabet (they probably invented the alphabet)... I guess the issue is relative intelligence - how smart can an illiterate person be in a time period of literacy? Which is where I was going with he learns from his experiences (or those experiences he witnesses / is told about) relatively quickly, but not being able to read prevents him from gaining knowledge through books, etc. - I think that is the way I am going to take Bruno as it satisfies my issues with an intelligent illiterate Elf barbarians aren't all that rare, AFAIK I'm assuming High Elf barbarians are relatively rare... Maybe wild elves have more barbarians but I was going for a specifically 'unconventional' race for Bruno in order to give him that "doesn't belong with his kind, doesn't fit in with the others either" storyline
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Post by WxMAN on Jan 14, 2013 21:35:54 GMT -6
Level 2 HP [dice=12][rand=74836676143371526177575834843423168078834727149683374893707807559]
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