Character Creation Challenge: Jan 24: 2E AD&D, Player's Handbook, Domains of Dread, Dragon Magazine
Mihai de la Verte
Mihai showed up at his father’s forge one year after a youthful indiscretion by his father. Lacking a family and acknowledging his responsibility to the child, he took Mihai in. The blacksmith dutifully raised Mahai. Relations between the two were never warm, nor were the hostile. They simply…were.
Mihai grew up as an outsider in his village. He had no affinity for his father’s craft, but he did have a boundless curiosity. Mahai learned to sneak, to knife-fight, to follow a trail, and to divine the future. He picked up some nature lore and some familiarity with the wrong side of the law. Somehow, he managed to stay out of just enough trouble to not be hauled before a magistrate.
In his 15th year, Mahai returned from an extended wilderness trip to find his father dead, the smithy burned, and the village decimated by bandits. Mahai attached himself to the posse raised to pursue the bandits and assisted with their defeat. With nothing to tie him to the village and a new-found desire to punish criminals, Mahai gave into his natural wanderlust, taking up the job of thief-taker.
Mahai stands 5’8” with a lithe build. He has tan skin, dark auburn hair, and deep blue eyes.
Half-Visanti, Vatraska tribe (Domains of Dread)
Gypsy (Domains of Dread)
Stalker (Dragon Annual #3)
S - 11
D - 18
C - 13
I - 14
W - 13
CH - 15
WP (2)
Knife (spec)
NWP (3+4 NWP slots from INT)
Herablism (bonus of Vatraska tribe)
Tracking (bonus from Stalker kit, only -3 penalty)
Alertness -1
Ambidexterity -1
Astrology - 2
Healing - 1 (only 1 slot, bonus of Vatraska tribe)
Stealth - 1
Tumbling - 1
Thief Skills
HS - 20% + 5%/level after first, subject to Dex, race, and armor modifiers; no penalties for urban vs. wilderness
MS - 5% + 5%/level after first, subject to Dex, race, and armor modifiers.
Gypsy Specials:
They can cast a limited number of divination spells per day.
They can specialize in knife or dagger, getting the to hit and to damage bonuses, but not the extra attacks.
They have gypsy lore, similar to bardic lore.
The Vistani DO NOT like gypsies and will react very negatively to them.
Stalker Specials:
Hide in Shadows ability, both urban and wilderness.
Tracking bonus.
Intimidate criminals.
Recognize criminals, 2%/level.
Reaction penalty -3.
May never stay in one place for more than a few weeks.
Must stay focused on a criminal, and cannot abandon the chase
Half-Vistani Specials:
ID plants & animals.
Fire building.
Recognize Tralaks, Vistani glyphs.
Moon madness.
ID and cure poison.
Create sleeping draught.
Mihai showed up at his father’s forge one year after a youthful indiscretion by his father. Lacking a family and acknowledging his responsibility to the child, he took Mihai in. The blacksmith dutifully raised Mahai. Relations between the two were never warm, nor were the hostile. They simply…were.
Mihai grew up as an outsider in his village. He had no affinity for his father’s craft, but he did have a boundless curiosity. Mahai learned to sneak, to knife-fight, to follow a trail, and to divine the future. He picked up some nature lore and some familiarity with the wrong side of the law. Somehow, he managed to stay out of just enough trouble to not be hauled before a magistrate.
In his 15th year, Mahai returned from an extended wilderness trip to find his father dead, the smithy burned, and the village decimated by bandits. Mahai attached himself to the posse raised to pursue the bandits and assisted with their defeat. With nothing to tie him to the village and a new-found desire to punish criminals, Mahai gave into his natural wanderlust, taking up the job of thief-taker.
Mahai stands 5’8” with a lithe build. He has tan skin, dark auburn hair, and deep blue eyes.
Half-Visanti, Vatraska tribe (Domains of Dread)
Gypsy (Domains of Dread)
Stalker (Dragon Annual #3)
S - 11
D - 18
C - 13
I - 14
W - 13
CH - 15
WP (2)
Knife (spec)
NWP (3+4 NWP slots from INT)
Herablism (bonus of Vatraska tribe)
Tracking (bonus from Stalker kit, only -3 penalty)
Alertness -1
Ambidexterity -1
Astrology - 2
Healing - 1 (only 1 slot, bonus of Vatraska tribe)
Stealth - 1
Tumbling - 1
Thief Skills
HS - 20% + 5%/level after first, subject to Dex, race, and armor modifiers; no penalties for urban vs. wilderness
MS - 5% + 5%/level after first, subject to Dex, race, and armor modifiers.
Gypsy Specials:
They can cast a limited number of divination spells per day.
They can specialize in knife or dagger, getting the to hit and to damage bonuses, but not the extra attacks.
They have gypsy lore, similar to bardic lore.
The Vistani DO NOT like gypsies and will react very negatively to them.
Stalker Specials:
Hide in Shadows ability, both urban and wilderness.
Tracking bonus.
Intimidate criminals.
Recognize criminals, 2%/level.
Reaction penalty -3.
May never stay in one place for more than a few weeks.
Must stay focused on a criminal, and cannot abandon the chase
Half-Vistani Specials:
ID plants & animals.
Fire building.
Recognize Tralaks, Vistani glyphs.
Moon madness.
ID and cure poison.
Create sleeping draught.