Traveller: Character Challenge 2023: 28/31: OSE Dwarf

Saturday, January 28, 2023

Character Challenge 2023: 28/31: OSE Dwarf

I should do more Traveller characters as this is ostensibly a Traveller blog. It has become my general blog as I just can't see creating a new one for different things. And gaming is the common thread for all the posts for the most part (with the occasional tirade or self-doubt showing up, but I try & not get too maudlin. Though I do have a post I never published last year that was quite the anger-fest then an apology at the end. Anyway...) Unfortunately I have far more fantasy minis than SF ones. Though I did just get a 28mm scale grav truck, so I'll find a mini for that to have it show up. I could dig into the Zombicide:Invaders set as that has a lot of SF minis!

I pulled out the Dwarf fighter from the Fantasy Series 1 box. And hoping (though with little confidence) that FS2 will actually get made, as they flipped the gender on most of the minis which is a pretty cool thing. I actually have several metal Dwarves from the 80s, which now look even smaller. But bigger minis are easier to paint. Assuming I get around to painting!

Deciding to see about background generators, I found this site and did a Dwarf background. These sorts of things are pretty handy - I worry that I just don't think outside my own box quite often. Though I've not bought any of the various generators created by a lot of the companies I back on Kickstarter or directly. Seems to me a web-based one is better for me.

As there is a LOT of backstory, I'll post it after the character gets created. If this were a real character I were to play, there are several NPCs that the GM could toss in to help motivate me to specific goals. In fact - I plan on doing the same thing I did with the Apex game: have the players come up with some backstories and at least 1 usable NPC and location, and we'll start at least level 2 (so they don't die when they trip over a cat). And I am going to do the "if you roll a 1 you can re-roll until you get something higher". I'll use that rule for attributes and HP. I could do the roll 4d and take the 3 highest, but I really prefer characters that are not superheroes. I know - somewhat atypical of most players. Think I fall into the more story-teller/casual gamer spectrum of gamers, not the min/max style. I also note that there is not actual character description in that generator: facts and history, but not what kind of a Dwarf he is. We will extrapolate from all that.

Strength: 12
Intelligence: 14
Wisdom: 12
Dexterity: 10
Constitution: 9
Charisma: 11

And looking at the Dwarf race, we adjust our charisma to 10 and bump our constitution to 10. As a Dwarf, he can only use small or normal-sized weapons. No long bows or two-handed swords! He has a 2 in 6 chance of detecting new construction, sloping floors or sliding walls, as well as a 2 in 6 chance of detecting non-magical traps. He has infravision to 60'. And a 2 in 6 chance when listening at doors. He also gets a +2 to some saving throws which will be incorporated in his character sheet.

Have fun storming the castle! I have a lot more Dwarves than I remember - there are even more of the old metal ones not put out here! Again, the scale has dramatically changed since the 70s!

Okhead Rumnanvil is what appears to be your typical dwarf: short, broad, bearded, and carrying a big hammer. However, he is more withdrawn than most Dwarves, and actually does not drink. He is an adventurer, looking for the thing that will fulfill the prophecy that he will do great things. Quiet and slow to anger, once he is mad, he does stay mad for a long time. That anger has caused Keltho Tosscobble to become a sworn enemy. As Okhead was drunk at the time, and managed to burn down the house and losing everything he and Keltho had, he has decided that the sober life is a better choice. He is not popular among other Dwarves because of this. His love, Isamund Lincoln, is currently far away.

Parents: You know of your parents.

Mother: Nora Rumnanvil, Neutral Good Dwarf Fighter that works as an Explorer/Wanderer. Your relationship was hostile. She is dead, killed by execution for a crime.
Father: Morkral Rumnanvil, Neutral Dwarf Fighter that works as a Laborer. Your relationship was friendly. He is alive and well.

Siblings: 1

Younger sibling. Olordek Rumnanvil, Neutral Good Dwarf Bard that works as an Entertainer. Your relationship was friendly. He is alive and well.

Family: You were raised by a paternal or maternal aunt, uncle, or both; or extended family like tribe or clan. Your father was imprisoned or enslaved and your mother died.

Primary guardian: Thomas Breeden, Neutral Good Human Bard that works as an Entertainer. Your relationship was friendly. He is alive and quite successful.

Lifestyle: Comfortable. Grew up in a small house.

Childhood: Others saw you as being different or strange, and so you had few companions.

Life

Background: Folk Hero
Motivation: A mad old hermit spoke a prophecy when you were born, saying that you would accomplish great things.
Class: Fighter

Origin: You squired for a knight who taught you how to fight, care for a steed, and conduct yourself with honor. You decided to take up that path for yourself.

Events: 9

You made a friend of an adventurer.

Tagga Tewksbury, Lawful Good Half-Orc Fighter that works as an Adventurer. Your relationship was friendly. She is missing.

You gained a bit of good fortune. A relative bequeathed you a simple weapon of your choice.
You made an enemy of an adventurer, you were at fault.

Keltho Tosscobble, Neutral Halfling Cleric that works as a Soldier. Your relationship was friendly. He is alive and quite successful.

You spent time working as a Folk Hero.
You met someone important.

Blossom Cherrycheeks, Neutral Good Halfling Artificer that works as an Explorer/Wanderer. Your relationship was friendly. She is dead, killed by natural causes.

You started dating.

Isamund Lincoln, Neutral Human Ranger that works as an Artisan. Your relationship was friendly. She is alive and quite successful.

You suffered a tragedy. You lost all your possessions in a disaster, and you had to rebuild your life.
You made an enemy of an adventurer, you were blameless.