HopelesRomantis

Ruined Tome of the Savage Realm

@The Harbinger of Ferocity

Just wondering will you be playing a character as a DM? I just seems to be a surprisingly common thing on here and it takes me a lot of getting used to since its pretty rare in the tabletop stuff i do.

Ruined Tome of the Savage Realm

@The Harbinger of Ferocity

The reason i assumed dark souls was also because it has a very present theme of the creeping dark and the eventual breaking of peoples spirits, it could be a useful resource.

Ruined Tome of the Savage Realm

Im getting a big dark souls vibe, im guessing that was at least part of your inspiration. But weather it was or it wasn't its got me excited. I intend to maybe play a fisherman, sheltered his entire life on a small idyllic stream he has never really faced hard tragedy. So when the creeping darkness came he dismissed it as an imagining of eccentric wizards, refusing to see supernatural dangers as anything but physical threats. He grates on everyone he meets with his unbearable optimism and his habit of talking to supernatural beasts as if they were mere men.

Fae Wild (Always Open)

@Eviledd1984

Kormac decided to stay quiet for now, he didn't want to antagonize Xavier and he is comfortable with silence. If issue arose with Xavier he would address it then, no need to seek it out.

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@Eviledd1984

As our caravan wanders onward i turn to Xavier, "So not a wanted man, but a noted one? Care to explain? You don't have to if you don't want to.".

Let sleeping dogs lie.

@POOHEAD189
Pate will be terrified of you, especially the mechanical bits, they make no damn sense to him.

The green skins will also terrify pate, they probably killed his family!

The halfling will also terrify him, someone that small should not have a cleaver that large.

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@Eviledd1984
"We have quite a time sensitive journey, perhaps if i greased the wheels with a cask of Bravados finest brew for you and your barracks we could be on our way in more reasonable time."

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Pate Horth, Penniless Page

Username:
HopelesRomantis

Character Name:
Pate Horth

Race/Species:
Human

Gender:
Male

Age:
17

Career (if any) and Skills:
'squire', though most just treat him as a servant in the company. He really just calls himself that to feel more important. He has a talent for growing potatoes, digging holes, throwing stones sort of accurately. He has a passion for cooking but no real aptitude for it.

Weapons:
A more intelligent farm boy would have stolen a bladed tool of some sort when he ran away from home. Pate is not such a farm boy so he chose a shovel. Its blunt, heavy and he can hardly swing it.

Attire:
Bits an pieces. His armour is composed of small scraps of metal he has stolen from battles all over the place with the company. He wares an ogres old shield like a backpack in battle, so that if it goes badly he can play dead and not be slain by a stray arrow. Under this he wears a large tunic bearing the companies colours which he looted from his long dead superior. His chest is guarded by a small metal plate hung over his shoulder and his arms and legs are largely unguarded. His prize possession is a Bretonian half helm, a little to large but he still polishes constantly.

Equipment/Other
Various cooking utensils, tent and several changes of clothes, mostly rags.

Physical Description (as detailed as possible please, pictures not accepted.):
Weedy, thin and scrawny. His posture is slouching as he tries to make himself smaller to avoid calling to much attention. He is tall an lanky with short black hair he cuts himself. He is not handsome, but not ugly. His face is utterly unremarkable.

Mental Description/Personality:
Pate is not very bright, nor very brave. He has the self esteem of a caterpillar and views himself as a useless burden on those around him. Therefore he spends most of his time trying to help people. Unfortunately due to his ineptitude this usually has the exact opposite of his intended effect. In battles he is likely to hurl himself on the floor and pretend to be dead rather than fight. Though if pushed to the edge he can be surprisingly lethal with a shovel.

Background/History:
The story of Pate begins when he was born and nothing of any importance happens for about 15 years. At the age of 15 his entire village was utterly decimated. Every single building and crop razed to the ground for miles around while he hid in the basement. Had he being less of a coward and come out of hiding to fight the invaders like the rest of his family he would have realized it was a scorched earth mission by the empire and that he would have being safely relocated like everyone else. And thus he was stranded in the middle of a newly made wasteland.

In the battle that would later take place on those plains between the empire and an orc horde he played dead, utterly terrified. When it was over he was found by medics from the dogs of war company and taken back to their camp, assumed to be a wounded member of their force. He was never really officially welcomed into the force and stays only because he believes that surrounding himself with warriors will save him from the same imagined fate as his family.

Nowadays he is treated like dirt. He cooks, cleans, fetches peoples things, erects tents and digs latrines. The company would fall apart if not for men like him (or so he believes). Unfortunately men like him can be picked up at any farm town with a disgruntle teenager looking for adventure. So he puts up with the poor treatment, hoping one day to be one of the true warriors of the company.

Fae Wild (Always Open)

@Eviledd1984
Kormac turns to face the guard, "Im an ale merchant, recently sold most of my stock in the plains around Bravado and i am looking to travel to Meche to re-stock on some of my preferred brews and visit family. This man here is my bodyguard, he deals with the ruffians that come with selling ale.". During this exchange he keeps his hands on the reigns and far from any pockets, attempting to assure the guard he was not reaching for any sort of weapon.

Fae Wild (Always Open)

@Eviledd1984
Noticing the fear of the guard post Kormac started to wonder about the sanity of wandering with a possibly wanted man. Turning him over could cause even more trouble if he escaped, he decided that it was best if he watched him until he was sure Xavier was in the wrong. "If you dont want to be seen get in the back of the caravan, i can say i'm bringing the horse to for a friend further down the road."