Re: Characters Thread
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 4:49 am
I don't know if this will ever come up for RP in the local setting, but a lot of this seems pretty far afield. So, for future reference ;
Phaing
truname; Sushulana
Race: Elf (1/2 High Elf, 1/2 Dark Elf.... in a very real sense, you could say she has been her own worst enemy since the day she was born)
Languages: many
Age: (can be modified to suite the campaign, but you may prefer the more mature version)
Gender: Female
Class; Fighting Mage
Appearance: 5" 0", maybe 80 pounds after a good meal, slender yet nicely rounded, Dark-bronze skin, streaky-Blond hair, Blue/Black eyes, Exotic and double-jointed, Phaing moves with natural grace and an unselfconscious manner that matches her personality.
She has a foreign accent that rolls her "R"s like candy in her mouth combined with a lazy drawl... however, when irritated, that accent morphs into a harsh urban chop (think "Brooklynese")
Personality: a very outgoing attitude, is insatiably curious and has no idea what the concept of "shame" is supposed to be all about. This is a two-edged sword, however, as she was likely to walk in on someone while they were crouched over a commode and start a conversation as if it were perfectly normal to do so. It would not be an overstatement to say that she has a relentless talent for tactlessness, sooner or later just about anyone is going to get the urge to try and strangle her.
However, she is even more relentless about doing the right thing, and battling evil.
Phaing hates evil, and holds the very concept in contempt. "How common, don't you have anything else to offer?" and so on. It can even become a very personal thing, or a philosophical one-
"In a world as cruel and corrupt as this, being a good and kind person is the ultimate act of defiance."
Painfully aware of her flaws (don't say 'short'comings, unless you are wearing armor) Phaing is constantly struggling to make herself a better person.
Backstory (short):
Ages ago, a daughter of a High-Elven merchant was kiddnapped by a Dark-Elven Bandit leader. While the Bandit and Rich Merchant haggled over ransom issues, the young and lovely Rhiannon was ravished by the Dark Elf crew. When she became heavy with child, the guards around her relaxed, and she escaped. A terrible homecoming awaited her.
Rhiannon's haughty High-elven family would only allow her back into the House of Treewater if she had an abortion first, to cleanse herself of the "abomination" growing inside her. Rhiannon refused and was exiled. With no marketable skills, she became a prostitute, and was eventualy killed in that trade, as so many are. Her half-grown daughter took to runing the streets the city, called Fangore, whch means "Chaos-bane". She called herself Phaing, or chaos. She was caught up in a Militia 'Dredge Night", an attempt to clean up the worst slums, and was sold into slavery to pay the Magistrates fines.
Phaing was purchased by an Evil, powerful mage named Malfeador, who wanted to use her as a virgin sacrifice to a Demon Lord... but his plans were ruined when he discoverd that this Demon prefered boys. Little Phaing found out what a real beating was that first night, the first of many. The bitter old mage put her to work as a scribe, as she was too puny to be of much us anywhere else, and did not trust her to go near his food, which was her only real skill at the time. As she slowly developed into womanhood, he had her trained to suit his tastes; which meant that her physical abilities in the sexual department are phenomenal by the standards of a (comparatively) nicer lands... and her social skills were practically nill. She eventualy managed to kill Malfeador in an especialy brilliant if guesome way and escaped Fangore. This was the start of a long career as Bounty Hunter, then Mercenary, and finally Crusader.
"Truthseeker" is a nick or a title sometimes used for her. Phaing despises lies, and is also not terribly good at telling them. Her best trick in that department is to tell the truth in a way that lets suspicious and cynical people think its a lie.
This has the added benefit of helping her identify the bad guys.
Abilities: Since just about everyone is bigger and stronger than she is, Phaing has had to "fight smart" since her days as a street-urchin. Smart, and dirty.... very dirty. Phaing rarely delivers clever one-liners in dangerous situations (only doing so to buy time) and goes straight to all-out violence in a heartbeat. Sorry if she interrupts your clever one-liners, that's just how it is. And "dirty" does not mean she will go for a man's man-parts. Remember, she also fights "smart", and that's a more difficult target than you would think.... so she goes for kneecaps instead.
As a mature adult, Phaing actually tries to avoid fighting these days, because she knows how she can get. She enjoys it, so much so that even she is unsettled by how wonderful it feels to win a good, hard battle.
Talents: Uses spells and weapons in combination during combat. Outstanding tactical ability, however it can also be said that she has rarely read a book that didn't have something to do with warfare. Her knowledge of spells is similar. Can read and draw maps and is something of an architect. Also a masseuse, dancer (yeah, that kind too) and remembers how to serve people as an ex-slave should (but please don't ask her to sing, she sounds like Stevie Nicks after a rough night)
Gear; Scimitar of Dancing, the ideal weapon for a fighting mage. Short Bow & arrows, and a customized 3-section staff known as a Flynde-Branch. rings of regeneration, protection and languages. Bracers that armor her well, and a few other items of limited uses.
((I can't see either of them in my view, dang... can you?))
Phaing
truname; Sushulana
Race: Elf (1/2 High Elf, 1/2 Dark Elf.... in a very real sense, you could say she has been her own worst enemy since the day she was born)
Languages: many
Age: (can be modified to suite the campaign, but you may prefer the more mature version)
Gender: Female
Class; Fighting Mage
Appearance: 5" 0", maybe 80 pounds after a good meal, slender yet nicely rounded, Dark-bronze skin, streaky-Blond hair, Blue/Black eyes, Exotic and double-jointed, Phaing moves with natural grace and an unselfconscious manner that matches her personality.
She has a foreign accent that rolls her "R"s like candy in her mouth combined with a lazy drawl... however, when irritated, that accent morphs into a harsh urban chop (think "Brooklynese")
Personality: a very outgoing attitude, is insatiably curious and has no idea what the concept of "shame" is supposed to be all about. This is a two-edged sword, however, as she was likely to walk in on someone while they were crouched over a commode and start a conversation as if it were perfectly normal to do so. It would not be an overstatement to say that she has a relentless talent for tactlessness, sooner or later just about anyone is going to get the urge to try and strangle her.
However, she is even more relentless about doing the right thing, and battling evil.
Phaing hates evil, and holds the very concept in contempt. "How common, don't you have anything else to offer?" and so on. It can even become a very personal thing, or a philosophical one-
"In a world as cruel and corrupt as this, being a good and kind person is the ultimate act of defiance."
Painfully aware of her flaws (don't say 'short'comings, unless you are wearing armor) Phaing is constantly struggling to make herself a better person.
Backstory (short):
Ages ago, a daughter of a High-Elven merchant was kiddnapped by a Dark-Elven Bandit leader. While the Bandit and Rich Merchant haggled over ransom issues, the young and lovely Rhiannon was ravished by the Dark Elf crew. When she became heavy with child, the guards around her relaxed, and she escaped. A terrible homecoming awaited her.
Rhiannon's haughty High-elven family would only allow her back into the House of Treewater if she had an abortion first, to cleanse herself of the "abomination" growing inside her. Rhiannon refused and was exiled. With no marketable skills, she became a prostitute, and was eventualy killed in that trade, as so many are. Her half-grown daughter took to runing the streets the city, called Fangore, whch means "Chaos-bane". She called herself Phaing, or chaos. She was caught up in a Militia 'Dredge Night", an attempt to clean up the worst slums, and was sold into slavery to pay the Magistrates fines.
Phaing was purchased by an Evil, powerful mage named Malfeador, who wanted to use her as a virgin sacrifice to a Demon Lord... but his plans were ruined when he discoverd that this Demon prefered boys. Little Phaing found out what a real beating was that first night, the first of many. The bitter old mage put her to work as a scribe, as she was too puny to be of much us anywhere else, and did not trust her to go near his food, which was her only real skill at the time. As she slowly developed into womanhood, he had her trained to suit his tastes; which meant that her physical abilities in the sexual department are phenomenal by the standards of a (comparatively) nicer lands... and her social skills were practically nill. She eventualy managed to kill Malfeador in an especialy brilliant if guesome way and escaped Fangore. This was the start of a long career as Bounty Hunter, then Mercenary, and finally Crusader.
"Truthseeker" is a nick or a title sometimes used for her. Phaing despises lies, and is also not terribly good at telling them. Her best trick in that department is to tell the truth in a way that lets suspicious and cynical people think its a lie.
This has the added benefit of helping her identify the bad guys.
Abilities: Since just about everyone is bigger and stronger than she is, Phaing has had to "fight smart" since her days as a street-urchin. Smart, and dirty.... very dirty. Phaing rarely delivers clever one-liners in dangerous situations (only doing so to buy time) and goes straight to all-out violence in a heartbeat. Sorry if she interrupts your clever one-liners, that's just how it is. And "dirty" does not mean she will go for a man's man-parts. Remember, she also fights "smart", and that's a more difficult target than you would think.... so she goes for kneecaps instead.
As a mature adult, Phaing actually tries to avoid fighting these days, because she knows how she can get. She enjoys it, so much so that even she is unsettled by how wonderful it feels to win a good, hard battle.
Talents: Uses spells and weapons in combination during combat. Outstanding tactical ability, however it can also be said that she has rarely read a book that didn't have something to do with warfare. Her knowledge of spells is similar. Can read and draw maps and is something of an architect. Also a masseuse, dancer (yeah, that kind too) and remembers how to serve people as an ex-slave should (but please don't ask her to sing, she sounds like Stevie Nicks after a rough night)
Gear; Scimitar of Dancing, the ideal weapon for a fighting mage. Short Bow & arrows, and a customized 3-section staff known as a Flynde-Branch. rings of regeneration, protection and languages. Bracers that armor her well, and a few other items of limited uses.
((I can't see either of them in my view, dang... can you?))