: Well, I had some extra time on my hands so I decided to
: create a character for the eRPG. My experience with
: role-playing games is limited to the computer versions
: (Baldur's Gate, Fallout, etc) so I'm not too familar
: with the pen and pencil role-playing style. Please
: bear with me :) Here is the profile, please tell me if
: I need to add anything, change anything or scrap it
: and start over (hopefully not). Thanks :)
: Name : Celeor Ruban
: Class : Legion Bowman
: (I just copied the skills from the GURPS book)
: Attributes : ST 13 [30], DX 13 [30], IQ 11 [10], HT 11
: [10]
: Advantages : Acute Vision +3 [6]; Combat Reflexes [15];
: Literacy [10]; and Patron [25]
: Disadvantages : Duty (To Legion on 15 or less) [-15] and
: Fanaticism (Patriotism) [-15]
: Primary Skills : Bow (P/H) DX+3 [24]-16; Broadsword (P/A)
: DX-1 [1]-12; Fast-Draw (Arrow) (P/E) DX+4 [8]-17(for
: Combat Reflexes already applied); and Tactics (M/H)
: IQ+1 [6]-12
: Secondary Skills : Armoury/TL3 (Bows and arrows) (M/A)
: IQ+1 [4]-11/17; Brawling (P/E) DX+2 [4]-15; First
: Aid/TL3 (M/E) IQ+2 [4]-13: Jumping (P/E) DX+1 [2]-14;
: Knife (P/E) DX+! [2]-14; Savior-Faire (Military) (M/E)
: IQ+1 [2]-12; Stealth (P/A) DX+1 [4]-14; and Survival
: (Plains) (M/A) IQ+2 [6]-13
: Languages : fir’Bolg (M/A) IQ [2]-11 and Bruig (M/A) IQ
: [0]-11
: Background: At age nine, while performing at an archery
: festival that takes place in Madrigal once a year, one
: of the Legion’s top Bowman spotted Celeor placing
: arrow after arrow right in the vicinity of the
: bullseye. Obviously, he possessed natural ability and
: a keen eye-sight. Celeor was taken out of his small
: village, Serene, which lies twenty miles East of
: Madrigal, to join the Legion under the flag of arrows.
: While not directly involved in raids and troop
: maneuvers at such a young age, he was taken under the
: wing of a Legionnaire named Arson who trained Celeor
: to use his mind before his bow.
: Three years before the war with Soulblighter, Celeor was
: admitted to jo’Za-Thatal, a fir’Bolg military
: university, where he learned of fir’bolg history,
: human and fir’bolg relations, military history, the
: fir’bolg language, and the art of bow and arrow. His
: skills were refined to near perfection. Through his
: three and a half-year stay, he learned a great deal
: about about the Bre’Unor and their habitual behavior.
: After three years had passed since he first entered the
: fir’bolg university, war broke out against
: Soulblighter. In December, Celeor was drafted into the
: war and was forced to leave the university. He had
: mere months left until he graduated as Lieutenant. He
: was immediately stationed at White Falls and fought in
: the battle that destroyed Shiver’s army after her
: month-long assault. A few days later he was reassigned
: to a unit that had orders to guard the pass at Seven
: Gates, leaving barely in time to miss the slaughter
: Shiver brought back with her to White Falls. The days
: passed uneventful; turning back small packs of ghols
: and wandering Soulless was as exciting as it got.
: After Soulblighter was defeated at Tharsis, Celeor was
: granted permission to return to jo’Za-Thatal and
: completehis studies. He graduated with the Autumn
: class.
: Now, in full-service of the Legion, he is assigned
: command of a small company that is stationed in an
: outpost over-looking the north-western tree-line of
: Forest Heart. They monitor the traffic that runs
: through Bagrada and on the Wild River. Somewhat of a
: policing body, they now all are.
: Celeor's village, Serene, was burned to the ground during
: the war, and his parents and one brother are all
: presumed dead.
: __________
: Thanks again
Looks great. A couple of suggestions:
#1. Don't get too carried away with his exact skills, attributes, etc. WW's eRPG has somewhat different rules than GURPS, and you won't know what character costs are acceptable until he plans out the scenario. You probably want to keep the character more fluid and qualitative now; it'll be easier to quantify him later.
#2. The flip side of that: think about your character's qualitative and intangible characteristics. What does he look like? What's his personality like? What's he good at and what's he bad at? Any social pluses or minuses? Think about these in terms of ordinary language for now, not in terms of points assigned to RPG skills, advantages and disadvantages.
Again, a very workable character. Let us know as you flesh him out more!
--SiliconDream
