Character Profiles

See below for an example of ability score rolls.

Note: I used "1d6,1d6,1d6,1d6" for each stat, which ends up being very lengthy. Use the simpler "4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6, 4d6" instead.

Initial scores after dropping the lowest:
Strength - 12
Dexterity - 15
Constitution - 18
Intelligence - 8
Wisdom - 15
Charisma - 17

My lowest score is 8, so I don't have any options on improving anything. (The best you can improve a score to is 8, and the worst you can reduce a score to is 13.)

Drop lowest results:
1) 13 (+1)
2) 11
3) 13 (+1)
4) 11
5) 14 (+2)
6) 8 (-1)

Sum of all bonuses: +3. Greater than +2, so scores kept.


Option: Replace 1 score with 16. Replace Roll 2, change from 11 to 16.

Sub-Final Scores (base, before Human or Sub-race adjustments)

STR 13
DEX 16
CON 13
INT 11
WIS 14
CHA 8

Race: Variant Human.
Select +1 STR and +1 CON.
Select Feat, Tough.
Select additional Skill, Stealth.


Sub-race: Pakti.
Select +1 CON.
Select Feat, Durable (incl +1 CON)
Origin Language: Wuri.
Secondary Language: Select Zutaran
Intermediate Language: Yuoric

FINAL Ability Scores

STR 14
DEX 16
CON 16
INT 11
WIS 14
CHA 8

Background: Outlander
Background Skills: Athletics, Survival

Class: Barbarian
Class Skills: Select Perception, Animal Handling

Name: Behroz Chatha

Born in the small village of Agha in the Janwar Mountains of central Paktia, Behroz of the Wuri Clan Chatha led a simple rural life in his early years. After coming of age he moved to the city of Bakht in western Paktia, near the Sarceran border. Working as a bouncer in an opium house, he met a Mathian nobleman named Bradua Lord Harpax. Behroz was hired on by the wealthy foreigner as a bodyguard and was promised the wealth and luxury of the civilized West. Lured in on a dream of a better life, Behroz returned with Harpax to the Yuoric Kingdom of Mathia. He soon learned however that his employer had squandered all of his wealth in his expensive tours and failed ventures in the Far East.

Suddenly unemployed in an unfamiliar land, Behroz tried to get work as a laborer in the markets and docks of the port city of Houster. His limited fluency with the western languages and extreme foreignness made it difficult for him to keep work. After fighting a minor landowner over a verbal offense, Behroz was beaten by Crown Guards and put on trial. All of his possessions were seized and he was imprisoned for 100 days. Upon his release, only his simple Pakti clothes were returned to him. Behroz was impoverished and homeless.

Then wary of the large Yuoric cities, Behroz struck out into the wilderness. Calling upon his survivalist skills of his youth, Behroz stabilized for a time in lonely forest camps. After some successful hunting and trapping, Behroz traded furs and tanned leather skins for better clothing, supplies, tools, and weapons.

Eventually, Behroz began to walk the roads of the Yuoric lands in Nadril, gradually improving his fluency of the Yuoric language as he interacted with the rural people of Mathia and Vesech. He made money mostly as a logger and woodcutter, and also supplemented with his trapping and fur trading when possible.

Recently Behroz has heard of expeditions to a western borderland, where even poor foreign men might win fortune or perhaps even make a claim for land if they are willing to work on a rugged frontier. He has been traveling westward on foot, asking people as he goes where such ventures might be found.



-OR-

These recent times have been tough on Behroz, but from his upbringing in poverty and hardship, he endures setbacks and quietly presses on. His main struggle now is not his lack of comfort and material, but the difficulty of navigating through the culture of the Yuorics as a displaced foreigner. The ways of the civilized world of the west has been confusing and even overwhelming at times. The religion and laws and the privileges of the nobles have been exceptionally difficult to grasp. Plus the power of the Kings and their soldiers is daunting.

Behroz lives by a traditional Code of Honor practiced by the vast majority of the Wuri clans of Paktia. Behroz seeks to live up to his own personal and cultural obligations as he understands them, but has seen that they are not practiced here in the cities of the West. He has already been imprisoned and almost killed by a Western King simply for defending his honor. This seems an injustice to Behroz. He knows that he is at odds with civilized laws and the different ideas of honor and righteousness among the Yuorics, but Behroz cannot change who he is or where he comes from. He has no intention of abandoning his own ideals.

Like his father, Behroz has never been a religious man. While in Paktia, he was told of the powers of the many gods of the mountains and the sky and the rivers. He heard of the roving desert djinn of the Bishtu. In Sarcera, the thief monks spoke of the Hidden Way of Kane and the eunuchs of the Satraps made sacrifices to bull-gods and golden goats. Behroz never saw enough truth in any of those claims to measure their worth for certain.

Now Behroz sees the towering temples, the castles, the wealth-filled cities of the mighty Yuoric God. He has no wish to join the Religion of the West, but he believes that the god called Gellir must have some sort of power since so many great cities have been built by his Kings and priests, so many ships have sailed across oceans to conquer lands for him, and so many soldiers fight in his name.

To protect himself and to defend his own honor, Behroz has made it a goal to become a great warrior. In Paktia, all boys are taught to fight and most men go to war before they reach their 15th winter. Behroz was no different; he is fearless and furious in battle. At the same time he recognizes that he is no match for the highly trained and well-equipped warriors of the Yuoric Kings, noblemen, and templars. That is something that he swears will change sooner rather than later.

The Barbaric Code of Honor is most prevalent in lands with harsh climates, where even strangers are given hospitality and fallen foes are extended mercy if they ask for it, since it is recognized that humanity must to some extent work together against the bitter cold or suffocating heat.

The Dannein Clans of the central Andra Peninsula certainly maintain the most frequent adherence to the Barbaric Code of Honor. It is also commonly practiced in the lands of Heshba, Korsi, Bishtaan, and Paktia.

Other lands of similar civilization level (or lack thereof) do not practice the barbaric code. The harsh lands of Ingvael have some tribes that do, and others that do not. This is similarly true in Arkkad. The barbaric lands of Kapekchia and Gaeirmund are known to be more savage than honorable. The Gandish are never known to practice any part of an honor code. It could be argued that the presence of a code of honor is what separates a barbarian from a mere savage.


A character with a barbaric code of honor will:

Respect alliances with other honorable characters.

Ignore an alliance with a dishonorable character, even pre-emptively, if it suits him.

Abide loyally by a contract of employment, even with a dishonorable employer, so long as the character is well-treated and shown loyalty in return.

Slay a dishonorable foe, even if that foe is helpless.

Slay an honorable foe who is not helpless.

Protect those weaker than himself, at least from physical dangers, if such protection is requested. This includes ordinary folk such as peasants captured for interrogation who will be set free once it is safe to do so and rewarded if they were of assistance, as well as children and most women. A woman who has demonstrated herself to be more capable in war than the average man need not be protected, though the typical male with a barbaric code of honor will probably attempt to protect her anyway.

Offer his allegiance only to an honorable leader who is clearly stronger and better suited for power than himself, or to a greater cause of some kind; once allegiance is granted, the character must be utterly loyal so long as his leader remains honorable and loyal to him in return. Note that a character with a barbaric code of honor need not necessarily retain an allegiance that was always intended to be temporary, such as a mercenary contract, after its conditions are fulfilled.

Plunder and rob anyone other than honorable allies.

Lie, cheat and con anyone other than honorable allies.

Have no in-principle objection to slavery, being willing to keep or free slaves as suits his purposes.

Grudgingly respect genuine piety but despise venal priests and the typical trappings of civilized ‘religion.’

Like or dislike others based on their honor and their actions, not their religion or race.

Be hospitable and generous to those in need, even to strangers.

Respect the hospitality shown him.

Avenge any seriously intended insult with immediate and lethal force, if at all possible. Note that barbarians new to civilization are likely to avenge even a jesting insult in the same way, not having yet learnt the subtleties of civilized behavior, which can allow a man to insult another without the imminent danger of having his skull split.

Avenge any physical harm done him at his earliest opportunity in a manner fitting his sense of balance and justice.

A character with a barbaric code of honor will not:

Slay a wild animal or any other creature for sport alone. He may slay in self-defense, for revenge or to get food or other resources and he may slay a sworn enemy.

Slay an honorable foe who offers a ransom or throws himself on the character’s mercy.

Slay or steal from someone who has shown him hospitality in his own house, even if he turns out to be an enemy, unless the other breaks hospitality first.

Harm anyone currently under his protection or receiving his hospitality, even if he turns out to be an enemy, unless the other breaks faith first.

Assist the authorities with any information about his friends or allies, even if refusing to do so puts him at risk.

Desert his henchmen or retainers, even if they appear to desert him. If he ever achieves the position of chieftain or a similar authority, he feels he must set an example to his followers. Even if they doubt him, he must prove himself to them, particularly if they need him.

Drop lowest results:
STR 14 (+2)
DEX 16 (+3)
CON 17 (+3)
INT 15 (+2)
WIS 10
CHA 11

Sum of all bonuses: +10. All good!

Option: Replace 1 score with 16. Change STR from 14 to 16.

Sub-Final Scores (base, before Human or Sub-race adjustments)
STR 16 (+3)
DEX 16 (+3)
CON 17 (+3)
INT 15 (+2)
WIS 10
CHA 11

Race: Variant Human.
Select stats: +1 STR and +1 CON.
Select Feat: Brawny
Select additional Skill: Deception

Sub-race: Dannein
Select Stat: +1 STR
Select Feat: Tavern Brawler

FINAL Ability Scores
STR 20 (+5)
DEX 16 (+3)
CON 18 (+4)
INT 15 (+2)
WIS 10
CHA 11

Race: Human
Subrace: Pylosean
+1 STR
Grappler Feat
Point Buy
Before Replacements: 14 STR, 14 DEX, 9 CON, 12 INT, 12 WIS, 12 CHA
After Replacements: 14 STR, 14 DEX, 16 CON, 12 INT, 12 WIS, 12 CHA

WIP

Human, Pylosean
Class: Rogue Background: Criminal
Str: 9, Dex*: 16 (+1 Race), Con: 16, Int*: 13 (+1 Linguist), Wis: 10, Cha: 13 {*: Proficiency Save}
HP: 11

Feat: Linguist, Languages added: Dannein, Yuoric, Sarceran

Phillip, born with the name Aiolos, was born to and old peasant farmer and his young wife in Chios, a small village of Pylos, overlooking the Rin Bay on a tall cliff. His mother died during the birth of a second child, when he was only four years of age. Aiolos' sister, Leda, survived but was scarred with horrific stains across her face and upper body. At the age of nine, his father died in the fields as he left the children destitute. Aiolos was carted off to the port city Lesvos to be placed in indentured servitude by his aunt who would raise Leda and recoup the father's debt. Along the way in the town of Kea, Aiolos was able to use his natural abilities to escape the bonds and for the next three years, he would stay in in Kea working aboard fishing boats, learning the languages of Dannein and Sarceran from immigrating merchants. With a small amount of money, he returned to Chios to look for his sister and take her with him to Sifnos, a large port city at the tip of the peninsula, but she and his aunt were dead. After several days gathering information, he discovered that his escape in Kea cost his aunt dearly and his father's debt left them copper-less. Within the year, Leda would die of cholera and his aunt suffered the same fate.

Aiolos was at a loss for what to do and so he continued North to Sifnos, but was unable to find ready employment and was homeless and destitute and began to get involved in petty theft from the merchant stalls. Aiolos would disguise his figure using the various kinds of clothings and working to master the movements and nuances of various travelers from all the regions of Yuor. In a matter of months, he had been able to provide a small mediocre lifestyle for himself, at least enough to pay a rent on a small hovel to hide his outfits and stolen merchandise.

Yet, his belief that he drew no attention was wrong. Hali Floros caught on to his activities, but did not alert authorities; Hali had him cornered by his thugs and Hali offered him a deal, as long as he would no longer steal from merchants or customers in Sifnos, he would give him employment. Reasoning that he could not employ a thief. Without realizing the terms of employment, Aiolos readily agreed and the hammer dropped. Hali told him of the vast possibilities around Yuor that would be open to him, with help form Aiolos. An Esosanean merchant had traveled to Sifnos from Salamanca in Esosan to talk about importing wheat and barley with a competitor. Aiolos' first job would be to follow the man from the tavern at which he had arrived, rob and kill him before getting to the meeting, and providing documentation and affects to Hali. The job went smoothly, Hali framed a public drunk for the crime, and a career was born.

Aiolos found himself over several years to be quite proficient at the job, starting only at the age of thirteen. His skills to to deceive people and blend in to the crowds allowed him to move almost unnoticed through the city. For five years, Aiolos performed many jobs for Hali that included sneaking silently into buildings to steal items for Hali or put a stolen item in a man's purse in the middle of a crowded market. Yet, Aiolos discovered that he was going to be setup by Hali in order to secure a deal for a great sum of money. Aiolos, outraged at the betrayal, infiltrated Hali's mansion that night and buried a knife between the ribs and directly into the chest. The muffled sounds as Hali stared into Aiolos' eyes, showed the realization of his betrayal. And before the night was over, Aiolos was aboard a Gaeirmundi vessel to a remote establishment Saltpeak. When he paid for his passage, he gave them the name Phillip Fabulist, knowing they didn't believe him, but they asked no questions with the some of money. Leaving him with a small amount of money and the goods he could carry, he would make Saltpeak his home. Maybe the town would offer him terms of employment with which he knows, or the wilderness allow him to kill without taking the lives of the town's residents.

Using 4d6 drop the lowest:
STR: 15
DEX: 13
CON: 12
INT: 13
WIS: 11
CHA: 8

Sum of all bonuses is +4; keeping scores, none qualify for adjustment.

Replacing CHA 8 with 16.

Race: Variant Human
Adding +1 to STR and DEX
Additional Skill: Acrobatics
Feat: Moderately Armoured

Sub-Race: Esosanean
Adding +1 to DEX
Feat: Defensive Dualist
Origin Language: Esosanean
Secondary Languages: Korsian (fluent), Yuoric (intermediate)

Final Ability Scores:
STR: 16
DEX: 16
CON: 12
INT: 13
WIS: 11
CHA: 16

Background: Urban Bounty Hunter
Background Skills: Deception, Persuasion

Class: Rogue
Class Skills: Athletics, Investigation, Sleight of Hand, Stealth
Expertise Proficiency: Stealth, Athletics

Point Buy
..Cost....Score
1) 0.....8
2) 9.....15
3) 9.....15
4) 2.....10
5) 5.....13
6) 2.....10

Sub-Final Scores (base, before Human or Sub-race adjustments)

STR: 8
DEX: 15
CON: 15
INT: 10
WIS: 13
CHA: 10

Race: Vanilla Human.

Sub-race: Yuorin . Select +1 CON. Select Feat, Resilient CON.

FINAL Ability Scores

STR: 9
DEX: 16
CON: 18
INT: 11
WIS: 14
CHA: 11

Languages: You speak Pylosean and Yuoric.

Background: Urchin
Class: Paladin
Equipment
• shortsword and a shield
• (a) five javelins
• an explorer’s pack
• Chain mail and a holy symbol (some sort of occult coinage)

A small knife, a map of the city you grew up in, a pet mouse, a token to remember your parents by (1' x 1'5" embroidery), a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 10 gp

Ability scores: 27 Point buy.
STR 10
DEX 15
CON 10
INT 14
WIS 13
CHA 10

Modifications:
Human: +1 DEX, +1 CON
Feat (Resilient): +1 WIS
Yuoric: +1 CON

Final Ability scores:
STR 10
DEX 16
CON 12
INT 14
WIS 14
CHA 10

Feats: Healer (from human), Resilient(from Yuoric)

Skills: Medicine (from human), Investigation, Perception, Deception & Sleight Of Hand (from rogue), Stealth & Survival (changed from Deception) (from Criminal)

Proficiencies: Standard from class & background, but changed double proficiency in thieves' tools to herbalist's kit.

Equipment: standard from class & background + purchased a healer's kit and a herbalist's kit.

Erich Durne was born a thrid son of a barber in a small town of Lochmarch, near the border with Danneinkiff. His father, Henry Durne, had mediocre talent for his craft, but he was the only barber in miles around, and so his skills were in high demand. He quickly noticed sharp mind and dextrous fingers of young Erich, and made his son an apprentice. First, Erich helped his father with beards and hair, and then, as his confidence with blades grew, with blood-letting and amputations.

When Erich was not helping his father with his business or his mother around the house, he often spent time with his good friend, Konrad Tulach, a son of town's scribe. The boys would often day-dream about becoming famous knights and adventurers, saving the world and becoming kings of distant lands. These games, Erich later thought, would prove to be fatal.

When both boys were in their mid-teens, Konrad met a band of idealistic highwaymen, who claimed that they were fighting for a new order in Marke lands, but were seemingly content with robbing caravans around Lochmarch. When Konrad approached Erich about joining these criminals, both boys were excited. They thought this is what they dreamed of. And so they ran away and joined the gang of Two-Graves Bianka.

Several years they spent living in a forest, attacking merchants. Erich rarely joined the raiders, because his skills as cutter were often called for, and Bianka did not risk him to die of a stray arrow. He was glad for this arrangement. It was this time that Erich first realized how little he actually knew about proper medicine. His father taught him all he knew, but that was very little. Erich decided he wanted to become a proper physician.

Still, the only way of leaving the gang was death. In a way, that is exactly how Erich did it.

One day, Konrad, who became a grizzled highwayman by that time, got into a fight with another member of the gang. It was a vicious affair, and in the end, both bled heavily. Erich was called to tend to their wounds. But no matter how hard he tried, his friend only got worse. Konrad's wounds smelled awful, and the skin around them was pale green. Erich realized Konrad's opponent's knife was coated in ratberry juice. After a few hours, Konrad died in agony.

That night, Erich gathered what little possessions he had - a few weapons, a leather coat, and his instruments - and fled the camp, leaving nothing behind. Except maybe some ratberry juice in their food.

Erich decided to flee his country, to get away from the surviving members of Bianka's gang and his own role in it. He wanted to find a mentor who would teach him proper medicine, to open a shop in some town or other, become legit physician instead of gang's cutter. But with few coins in his purse and exorbitant fees such mentors would ask, he first needed to get some money. Even an amateur, Erich could tend wounds better than average fighter. Maybe this expedition to Saltpeak he heard about was his chance?

Ability scores: Rolled

4d6
( 2, 6, 4, 6 ) = 18
STR 16

4d6
( 1, 3, 2, 6 ) = 12
DEX 11 (Changed to 16)

4d6
( 5, 3, 5, 5 ) = 18
CON 15

4d6
( 2, 6, 2, 2 ) = 12
INT 10 + 1 from Yuoric and +1 from Human =12

4d6
( 3, 4, 3, 6 ) = 16
WIS 13

4d6
( 4, 1, 4, 1 ) = 10
CHA 9 +1 From Human= 10

Modifications:
Human: +1 INT, +1 CHA
Feat (Skilled): +3 Skills
Yuoric: +1 INT

Final Ability scores:
STR 16
DEX 16
CON 15
INT 12
WIS 13
CHA 10

Feats: Skulker (from human), Skilled (from Yuoric)

Skills: Survival (from human), Athletics, Perception, Investigation, and Insight (from rogue), Stealth and Deception (from Criminal) Acrobatics, Nature, and Performance (from Skilled)

Amelot Astre doesn’t care what you call her. She has had a dozen nicknames since she shed her birth name. She was born into a prosperous Yuoric merchant family whose rapid rise was due to her grandfather Acse. The Astre’s money was made on speculative investments in endeavors into the colonization of the wildlands. Acse had an seventy percent return on his investments. Once he was called Bloody Acse, but by the time of Amelot’s birth even the nobility would request his wisdom when it came to explorations into the wilds.

Goodman Acse ran his large household with a stern hand and this caused his sons to resent him. Amelot was his favorite and loved him for his kind-hearted ways he showed the lesser folk. When she turned twelve he apprenticed Amelot to an old employee and she was taught how to be still, quiet, truly listen, and discern the motives under the surface. She only called him Master. After five years her apprenticeship ended she rejoined her family. Only Goodman Acse knew her skills and he was gravely ill.
Her spy skills were used during noble parties, family gatherings, and walks through the city. During her wanderings, she noted the underbelly of her home city, and a troubling trend. Children were vanishing. Mostly, the victims were homeless, serfs, or craftsmen’s children. Each one had dark hair and was around ten years old. She hunted. The trail lead to a small-time crook called Nimble. He sold them to clients and they were shipped from her city to foreign ports.

The Constable found Nimble more than willing to spill every secret about his operation if only they removed the daggers she used to crucify him. He lived five days after her visit.

On a quiet night, shortly after Amelot’s ninetieth birthday, Goodman Acse died without declaring an heir. The vultures circled the Astre House. Amelot tried to discern who would follow her grandfather’s steps. In the first week, her uncles Belen and Perrin dueled until both were mortally wounded. Her father, who never wanted the mantle, passed it to Aunt Dizier’s husband Este. Este was a schemer and had his fingers on the pulse of the city’s underbelly.

Goodman Este’s first business was to marry off his predecessor’s excess women. First it was her first cousin Yolent. Yolent was a pretty flower of a girl and smitten with one of the family’s guardsmen. Little did the family know but Yolent was secretly married to the guardsman. The young couple fled when the news arrived that the man who Goodman Este chose for Yolent was arriving in a few days.

Months passed without a word. Amelot was worried for her naive cousin and began to search for her. She quickly learned that no ship sailed with the couple on its passenger’s log. Nor, did they leave in a caravan. It was as if they never left the Astre House or the City. She was forced to approach her old Master.

He flatly declined her pleas. He said it wasn’t his concern what the new Goodman did with his family. Only coin mattered to him and drink. She slammed down a single heavy gold coin on the counter and secured her former Master’s services.

Together they tracked Goodman Este’s network of criminals and shady merchants. Then she spotted a familiar ring on one of the thief’s hands. It was a delicate silver ring with a single jade piece. Yolent’s ring given to her by their Grandfather.

The mess that was left of the thief couldn’t feed a pig. Halfway through the procedure the Master fled the room looking green. When it was over Amelot walked away with a picture of what transpired in the cellar of the Astre House. Amongst the old wine bottles and even harder drinks, Goodman Este, the contracted husband Raduard, and a group of criminals slaughtered Yolent and her husband Ymburt. Goodman Este claimed it was for Honor.

Amelot didn’t kill them in anger, rage, hate, or any other emotion. She walked through her home a specter of death, chosen to allocate the law. When the dust settled only three members of the Astre family survived.

She took from the family’s coffers only enough to flee as far from civilization as possible. She believes she got away without anyone the wiser, unfortunately that wasn't the case. A group noted her actions.

She just recently arrived at the Saltpeak Fort. She is quickly noted for her high-quality gear and the dead eye look she gives anyone who attempts to force their luck.
You see, Amelot never smiles. Nor does she show mirth of any kind. Could you?

Str = 16 (Replaced 6 with 16)
Dex = 10
Con = 10
Int = 12
Wis = 12
Cha = 11

Race +1 Str +1 Dex +1 Con

Str = 17
Dex = 11
Con = 11
Int = 12
Wis = 12
Cha = 11