¹ Strength was increased from 18/48 to 18/00 by the grace of Calabash

¹ Extreme range possible, per the guidelines given in Missile Combat Modifiers

Common, Dwarven, Elven, Undercommon

Spheres of Influence

All; Combat, Divination, Healing, Protection, and War

What is your full name?

Where and when were you born?

Who are/were your parents? (Know their names, occupations, personalities, etc.)

Do you have any siblings? What are/were they like?

Where do you live now, and with whom? Describe the place and the people.

What is your occupation?

To which social class do you belong?

Do you have any allergies, diseases, or other physical weaknesses?

Are you right- or left-handed?

What words and/or phrases do you use very frequently?

What do you have in your pockets?

Do you have any quirks, strange mannerisms, annoying habits, or other defining characteristics?

How would you describe your childhood in general?

What is your earliest memory?

How much schooling have you had?

Did you enjoy school?

Where did you learn most of your skills and other abilities?

While growing up, did you have any role models? If so, describe them.

While growing up, how did you get along with the other members of your family?

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

As a child, what were your favourite activities?

As a child, what kinds of personality traits did you display?

As a child, were you popular? Who were your friends, and what were they like?

When and with whom was your first kiss?

Are you a virgin? If not, when and with whom did you lose your virginity?

If you are a supernatural being, tell the story of how you became what you are or first learned of your own abilities. If you are just a normal human, describe any influences in your past that led you to do the things you do today.

What do you consider the most important event of your life so far?

Who has had the most influence on you?

What do you consider your greatest achievement?

What is your greatest regret?

What is the most evil thing you have ever done?

Do you have a criminal record of any kind?

When was the time you were the most frightened?

What is the most embarrassing thing ever to happen to you?

If you could change one thing from your past, what would it be, and why?

What is your best memory?

What is your worst memory?

Are you basically optimistic or pessimistic?

What is your greatest fear?

What are your religious views?

What is your political ideology?

What are your views on sex?

Are you able to kill? Under what circumstances do you find killing to be acceptable or unacceptable?

In your opinion, what is the most evil thing any human being could do?

Do you believe in the existence of soul mates and/or true love?

What do you believe makes a successful life?

How honest are you about your thoughts and feelings (i.e., do you hide your true self from others, and in what way)?

Do you have any biases or prejudices?

Is there anything you absolutely refuse to do under any circumstances? Why do you refuse to do it?

Who or what, if anything, would you die (or otherwise go to extremes) for?

In general, how do you treat others (politely, rudely, by keeping them at a distance, etc.)? Does your treatment of them change depending on how well you know them, and if so, how?

Who is the most important person in your life, and why?

Who is the person you respect the most, and why?

Who are your friends? Do you have a best friend? Describe these people.

Do you have a spouse or significant other? If so, describe this person.

Have you ever been in love? If so, describe what happened.

What do you look for in a potential lover?

How close are you to your family?

Have you started your own family? If so, describe them. If not, do you want to? Why or why not?

Who would you turn to if you were in desperate need of help?

Do you trust anyone to protect you? Who, and why?

If you died or went missing, who would miss you?

Who is the person you despise the most, and why?

Do you tend to argue with people, or avoid conflict?

Do you tend to take on leadership roles in social situations?

Do you like interacting with large groups of people? Why or why not?

Do you care what others think of you?

What is/are your favourite hobbies and pastimes?

What is your most treasured possession?

What is your favourite colour?

What is your favourite food?

What, if anything, do you like to read?

What is your idea of good entertainment (consider music, social events, theatre, art, etc.)?

Do you smoke, drink, or use drugs? If so, why? Do you want to quit?

How do you spend a typical night without work the following day?

What makes you laugh?

What, if anything, shocks or offends you?

What would you do if you had insomnia and had to find something to do to amuse yourself?

How do you deal with stress?

Are you spontaneous, or do you always need to have a plan?

What are your pet peeves?

Describe the routine of a normal day for you. How do you feel when this routine is disrupted?

What is your greatest strength as a person?

What is your greatest weakness?

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

Are you generally introverted or extroverted?

Are you generally organized or messy?

Name three things you consider yourself to be very good at, and three things you consider yourself to be very bad at.

Do you like yourself?

What are your reasons for being an adventurer (or doing the strange and heroic things that RPG characters do)? Are your real reasons for doing this different than the ones you tell people in public? (If so, detail both sets of reasons…)

What goal do you most want to accomplish in your lifetime?

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

If you could choose, how would you want to die?

If you knew you were going to die in 24 hours, name three things you would do in the time you had left.

What is the one thing for which you would most like to be remembered after your death?

What three words best describe your personality?

What three words would others probably use to describe you?

Alera nodded. "Your suggestions have merit. I will mention them to my father," she said and then smiled, lightly flirtatious again to drive away the suddenly sombre mood, "and I must give you a vial of my perfume before you leave, to make sure you remember me!"

Alera looked up, memorising Mathias' face, and gave him a rather tremulous smile, then slowly drew a ring from her finger, one she always wore. "This was my mother's," she said quietly, placing the delicate bauble in the paladin's hand. "Take it…and remember me."

Winterborn

This is Mathias as he is shown in the 9th plague. The only change I made is his sword. I changed it from Greatsword to Bastardsword because it did not make sense for the man to fight with a two handed sword, but still have a full sized shield. I think the Perc understood the meaning, but we were hung up over semantics.

Mathias de Falco wrote in Common
Thanks for the refresher…it's good to have every now and then…can you save this thread for me in Mathias' character sheet so I can refer to it again as needed?

croiduire(GM) wrote in Common
The god's name is Grolant. His realm is a blighted sphere that is very close to Erdensphere…and the reason that Erdensphere is so turbulent, so often impassable to spelljammers, is because of the defences erected by the gods of Erdensphere to keep him, and related interlopers, out. The verbeeg are of hill giant DNA that has been significantly altered by Grolant and infused with his essence. Forget free will--when it comes to religion, the verbeeg serve him fully and without question.

Hill giants ARE native to Erdensphere. Since they are rooted in Erdensphere they cannot be banished and the ecological consequences of even making it untenable for them to survive on the planet would be disastrous for many other native life forms and therefore untenable for the Erden pantheon. The verbeeg are the advance troops in the war of conquest that Grolant has been patiently waging for several millennia.

Mathias de Falco wrote in Common
Yes, I recall all that, but aside from the Verbeeg, I just don't have a name to associate with the entity we are fighting.

Good thing I asked all this, cause I had written a long post that would have seemed foolish if I hadn't…I'll need to rewrite… blech…

croiduire(GM) wrote in Common
Something Mathias already knows…we're talking about the verbeeg. Remember the pells? Remember all the stories about the constant warfare against them? Remember all the discussion of the horrors they perpetrate? Remember how they are a common enemy even to such very different cultures as the Trewschan Confederation and Caldorne?

Mathias de Falco wrote in Common
I recall something of that nature, but I can't say I really made the connection. Sometimes these 'dots' of information just come too far apart in real time for me to see how they connect.

Does this evil deity and its hellspawn children have names? I do not recall this either.

And finally, is Calabash telling Mathias that the artefact is in the hands of this evil, or was this something Mathias should have already known as well?

croiduire(GM) wrote in Common
OOC: Common knowledge. At several points it has been pointed out that the verbeeg are evil, are not native to Erdensphere, and do not worship the deities of Erden's pantheon. I have tried to incorporate this awareness even into the fabric of the culture, make it ubiquitous, something 'everyone knows'. For example, do you recall the suspicion when Mathias and Zaine tried to buy their Holy Symbols, and the doubt that an off-world deity was benign?

Mathias de Falco wrote in Common
OOC--"You go to face the spawn of a god as evil as Raziel Mallaithe and as strong in his iniquity, a god that the powerful and benign deities of this sphere have not been able to crush despite aeons of conflict."

Is this some new revelation we had not known about till this moment, or was there some mention and discussion about this deity and it's evil spawn in an earlier post that I can't remember?

Calabash wrote in Common
The answer came slowly and reluctantly, but the words were clear. "My paladin, you go to battle for possession of an artefact old when Havensphere was created and substantial in its destruction. You go to face the spawn of a god as evil as Raziel Mallaithe and as strong in his iniquity, a god that the powerful and benign deities of this sphere have not been able to crush despite aeons of conflict.

"Moreover, my daughter…sees imperfectly at this time. She longs for renewal, for the celebration of life--as do we all--and in truth this is a far better solution for the continuation of the journey of a noble soul. But…my Mikkela did not expect a mother to ignore the demands of a child growing within her. She did not imagine that Daeari--unlike a doe or hen--would eschew the sanctuary prepared for her…"

Mathias de Falco wrote in Common
Infused with this sudden sense of unease, Mathias takes hold of his holy symbol. "What is it Father? Should we truly fear for the mother and child? Have I misspoken?"

Calabash wrote in Common
Mathias felt the familiar divine presence, but no words were spoken. In fact, the hair at the back of the paladin's neck prickled with disquietude.

Mathias de Falco wrote in Common
"Father, truly there will be hardships aplenty, yet the mother and child ought be safe within our company. Surely there is some way to allay the sergeant's worst fears and prove to him that having faith is not misplaced. Can you counsel me in this matter?"

In addition to the articles Mathias expected, he found two new shirts, one of finest linen for formal wear, one of warm and durable linsey-woollsey, three pairs of long hosen, two of soft wool, the third of fine, elegant wool-silk, articles to aid his grooming, a set of brushes, and a complete scrivener's set, including a thick, vellum bound journal, blank except for the first page where Alera had written:

My dearheart,
I prithee you fill these pages with your adventures and observations, and with your thoughts and dreams, hopes and sorrows, joys and fears also, for I would share with you in this way, the time we are parted. And, if I do not presume too much, I ask that you mention if perchance now and then you think of me. I have a volume identical to this one, and I will do likewise.
Your loving,
Alera