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Hideous Phidias 06-29-07, 08:50 PM	Ok, I need a little help with my back of my Whisper Gnome rogue/swashbuckler. First a little about the character's build then what I have for a background so far. And yes as you may late guess from reading my description I am still working on the name. The campaign world is called Ptolus. Ptolus is city campaign and world made by Monte Cook. The world is steam pump world with a failing Empire as it's core nation. The Barbarian nations on the borders are closing in on the once strong empire threating it's once great glory. The leave technology is falling off much like after the fall of Rome lead to the Dark ages. Areas of past glory can still be found but the are few and growing fewer. The city of Ptolus is on of these. The city is much like Sharn or Waterdeep in that many races live with in it and it is built on the ruins of older cities. All have an 'underdark' type of dungeon below them. The Build; He is a second level character with one level in each of his classes. The character will be more swashbuckler then rogue, at the end of 20 levels 3/17. He favors the weapons of a Mighty Dagger-whip, Daggers (kukris, and gnome quickrazors) and Darts. He is a finesse fighter favoring a quick sneaky attack to a head on fight, but is willing and able to go one on one with anyone. The armor he wears in studded leather and a gnome battle cloak. The feats I want to take are quickdraw, flick of the wrist, weapon finesse, telling blow, and daring outlaw. Physical Description: A tall gnome wearing a studded leather cruise, hidden by a gray-green thick cloak stained with road and battle. An overly large silk shirt of crimson, with black leather pants are the bases of his out fit, they lye under his well crafted armor. The clothing he wears is is fancy and well made, but not so much to draw the eye or mind. Besides the cruise he wears greaves of harden leather ride up to his knees. The two black leather bracers upon his each arm, crafted to house his two hidden quickrazors under their fanciful artwork. His light-gray eyes stare out from under a hood scanning the surrounding always watchful for threats. All ways ready to pull one of many hidden weapon to defend or attack. Other equipment stuffed neatly into a small shoulder bag hang and a whip and pouches from his belt. A large dagger stuffed into the straps of the right boot the only visible blade on his person. Background : Born in a small hidden mountain village, places between the foot hills and the outlying spire of the mountain,as normal with his people. The village was found with one thing in mind it was a launching point for airship raid's by a group of air-pirate. The clan of whisper gnomes had been in the business of being raider for longer a four centuries. They started off on the road competing with others like gobliniods and halfling. But their soon found that they could use their skills with the technology to add a new level to their criminal enterprise. They teamed up with a small clan of gnomes that specialized in making and fly zeppelins. Over time the pickings in the air grow fewer and by the days when (Name) enter service to the clan they had taken to attacking wagon caravans from the air. The zeppelins had grown with age and few still worked at their peak anymore. The on in which (Name) was to serve on was one that had seen action for a century. It was in the process of being restored and up dated when during a raid on a caravan the main lift bags were hit by magic lighting and the ship was forced to with draw until it crashed in the plain near the city of Ptolus. Most of the crew escaped the crash alive but many were wounded from the battle and others hurt upon the impact. (Name) was one of the lucky only reserving miner wounds and able to travel into Ptolus to gather help and resources for the others. After some time the clan was able to rescue the bulk of the crew and savage most of the ship. (NAMe remained in Ptolus as a contact for the clan in the hope to be able to find more resources to help restore and up date the failing fleet. Today (Name) hangs out in the local ale houses and taverns seeking lost technology found by delvers. He has made a few trips to the vast dungeons below with little to show for the time spent in the venture. Now money runs short and a need to join a crew of mercenaries seems the only wayy to make so quick cash. Childhood freinds ToBoo, a Thorn guard, of the fey court near his home. Toboo is the one who taught him the art of fighting and ambush. The Thorn guard showed hoom that finesse is better then straight. Crazy Cora,a gnome of the shipwright clan that works with (Name)'s has always been in there and most always will. More then a pain to (Name) she is what some may call the main love interest in his life, and from her point of view the only. Determined to run off any other suiters. Cora hunts him with a lust driven madness few other have ever past. She even when to the extreme of staying in Ptolus to keep he eye on (Name) and make sure no other comes between her and her love. People known in Ptolus: Beau Brimstone, a dwarf warrior of the stonewarden clan. Beau was one of the first peolpe (name) meet when coming to Ptolus. He is also one of the few Delvers that (name) will work for. To many others don't pay like the dwarf, but the problem is that dwarves don't want to bring things out of the lost city of their ancesters. This leads to a troubled relationship between the two. Ellywick Waylock, a local gnome girl, and the one true love of (Name). Or at least that is the way he sees it. She is a gnome from agood family, an upright family and on of money. Her father a local mercant sometimes deals in the tech that (Name) hunts down for his clan. She looks upon (Name) with a kind eye, even flirting from time to time but to poor to even concidee a person relationship of that nature with. Master Waylock, a gnome shop keep and artificer. Seller of lost tech and sage of their uses and lore. He likes (Name) but know that he is trouble. But gold and gold in the merchant mind that is Master Waylock. He hopes that maybe the life in the city will change the young gnome. He would then maybe even be willing to take on (Name) on as a shopkeep or a partner of (name) could find the funds. Thrank, a half-orc who has a dislike for (Name). They once worked together as delvers but do to an incident with a rust monster and the orc's family axe and armor Thrank now rather just pound (Name) then talk. Thrank now works a doorman for a local club in Ptolus. Once the favorite hand out of (Name) it has now clearly become off limits to him with out a fight.
warwinner 07-01-07, 11:59 PM	Two name suggestions "The razor" Daldin [master of weapon/tool in gnomish language as in Races of stone] or "skyphantom" varraer [funny & joyful]