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Another sample characters thread (Young Wardens)
crusher_bob:
Here's the last of the young wardens:
Matthew Rhodes
Background:
Mathew had everything the American dream promises loving parents, good looks, skill at football, you name it. And for someone who was so obviously blessed, how could you not have strong faith in providence?
Aspect: All American Kid
Rising Conflict:
When Matthew’s high school sweetheart is nabbed by a black court vampire, Matthew garlics up to go after it. After all, Dracula tells you everything you need to know, right? And how can you fail with God on your side? Gods lends a hand by having a warden show up to help out a young guy in way over his head.
Aspect: I do not come to bring peace, but a sword
First Novel: Higher Education
One of Matthew’s friends from high, who is starting college, starts acting oddly. Matthew investigates the fraternity his friend has joined, seems something bad is going on there. Byron, who has been investigating several disappearances in the city’s homeless also follows the clues to the fraternity. They fraternity brothers had cut a deal with some sort of demon, 1 human sacrifice in exchange for 4 years of smooth sailing and it’s not like those homeless guys were worth anything anyway, right? Matthew gives his dream of going to college to play football to fight the good fight.
Aspect: Made mighty by sacrifice
Guest Star: Passing through Paradise
While Matthew and Jing-Wei are patrolling a way through the nevernever, they are forced off the path into a realm of nightmares, where your fears are made real. Matthew gives into his fears and doubts his faith, until Jing-Wei reminds him that the lord helps those who help themselves.
Aspect: It is fear, not death that slays
Guest Star: Thin Grey Line
The young wardens are committed to their first major battle, against ghouls. The ghouls use enchanted objects to split the warden war party. Matthew is trapped in a magical maze, with several things chasing him. Wizards of a less straightforward frame of mind might have been defeated by the mazes complexity. Instead, Mathew notices that the maze’s walls are made of stone… After knocking down several walls to escape the maze, Matthew is able to arrive just in time to supply Jing-Wei with some needed first aid.
Aspect: It's not that I'm smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer
Aspects:
High Concept: Faithful Wizard
Trouble: To whom much is given, much is expected
Other:
All American Kid
I do not come to bring peace, but a sword
Made mighty by sacrifice
It is fear, not death that slays
It's not that I'm smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer
Skills:
Great: Conviction
Good: Athletics, Discipline, Endurance
Fair: Empathy, Lore, Rapport, Weapons
Average: Alertness, Investigation, Presence, Stealth
Powers
-1 The Sight
-0 Soulgaze
-0 Wizard’s Constitution
-3 Evocation
-2 Ritual
-1 Refinement
-1 Bless This House
-1 Guide my Hand
Refresh Penalty -9
Specializations:
Evocation (Earth, Water, Spirit, +1 Earth Power, +2 Earth Control)
Ritual (Wards)
Stuff:
Holy Water Sprinkler (Focus Item, +1 warding complexity)
Mail Glove (Focus Item, +1 Defensive Earth power and control)
Tire Iron (or similar) (Weapon: 2)
Stress:
Mental: OOOO
Physical: OOOO
Social: OOO
Armor: usually none
crusher_bob:
My problem with chest deep is that if you have an expensive template, like wizard, then that is all you can afford. There's no real room for any customization there. At 10 refresh, you can have a few stunts, or some refinement, or something, or you can just have a higher refresh if you want to. But at submerged, you have a very high skill total. If I made the young wardens up with 35 skill points, but still limited them to 1 or 2 great level skills for thematic reasons, they each end up having the majority of the skills in the game! (2 greats, 4 goods, 5 fairs, 5 average they'd each have 16 of the 25? skills in the game) Otherwise, some drafted teenagers just happened to be totally awesome at the skills needed by wizards.
If I can come up with some concepts in the next few days, I'll try to get some low refresh, high skill characters posted up too.
horvagab:
I have a character idea, another Young Warden, could I post it up here?
crusher_bob:
Sure, just remember to mention the skill total you are using.
TheMouse:
--- Quote from: crusher_bob on May 04, 2010, 01:32:30 PM ---Byron Hall
--- End quote ---
I'm sorry that I cannot at this moment comment on the rest of your work, as I'm driven to distraction by the fact that you've named your first dude after the author of FATAL. *shudder*
For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, consider yourselves blessed. Don't try to find out. Seriously. Go about your lives knowing that you're saner and happier without this bit of knowledge seared into your brain.
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