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Vintrastorm 11-20-03, 10:14 AM	Reinald Twinkefoot is NOT his name, since he doesn't have any yet. It's more lika a project-like name. English is NOT my first language. I would however like to get critique (sp.) Hello, I'm currently working on a strongheart Halfling and thought that I should turn to the folks over at the CD board. I'm at work right now (but I thought I might just start my post now, or it'll never be done) so I'll have to be quick, therefore this post will not contain much information. But since I suck at this. it probably wouldn't be much longer anyway. It's a FR campaign that starts at 3rd level. Appearance: Hi's tall (for a halfling) and slender built. he's wearing a uniform typelooking clothing wich can be turned inside out to look more robeish. He's got lighbrown skin and green eyes. I haven't decided about facial hair, or if he'll be bald or not. Bald on a halfling might look ridicilous, but I'm roughly basing him on another character (human) that I never got around playing with. HeS got a backpack with pouches hanging from it, and a belt he's wearing. his spellbook lies either in the backpack, or hangs from a chan at his belt. However, puches and other things hanging from a belt might not look that good on a uniform. He also has a tine viper familiar. Background: He won't have that much of an adventuring background. Strongheart halflings travel artound less than regular halfling, IIRC, and when they do they move to small halging communities/villages/towns. He comes, of course, from the strongherat halfling country Lurien. (Don't have my books here at work, so I don't know if that's the correct name.) He has a cousin (regular halfling) that he's recently(?) taken up adventouring with. This is all I had time to write. I started to draw that uniform/cloak in word, but the computer crashed. =( Gotta go know, I have busses to unload. Edit: Growing up in a Halfling community, Reinald Twinklefoot and his family never stayed more than a year in a town before moving on. Travelling with his parents, his 2 brothers and his sister they moved around to wherever they felt like. Occasionally they would meet up with Reinalds uncle and his family. Now, growing up with 2 older brothers wasn't easy, and when Reinald was 5 he also got a little sister. After a year or so, when his little sister stopped being "a small red and wrinkly screaming apparition from hell" (Reinalds own words) she was actually kind of cute, crawling over the floor trying to do tings. Over the years Reinald and his youngest older brother fought, the way brothers do, while his eldest brother had other, far more important things to do. Like meeting women. Reinald and his sister grew more and more attached to each other, though they too had their disputes over the years. One summer, when they met up with Reinalds uncle (with family), they where in for a big surprise. Reinalds uncle was in the company of another woman, a Halfling named Geselle. After the initial shock had passed, everybody wanted to know what had happened. Well, everybody except for Reinalds sister... Geselle took the kids into another room while the adults, among them was Reinalds eldest brother, sat down in the living room to talk things over. Occasionally, the adult could hear an Aaaahw! OoooH! (and other sounds like them) coming from the kids room. Geselle sat in the kid’s room, with Reinald and the kids in a ring, entertaining them with dazzling light flying around in the room, lighting it up with and other magical tricks. Shapes taking form in the light she summoned with just a flick of the wrist. "I'm gonna do that too someday" said Reinald wide eyed. Reinalds cousin turned his head towards Reinald. "Geselle say's she's gonna teach me when." he said, his voice filled with pride. As the years passed by Reinalds cousin started to learn magic from Geselle, and, when the opportunity came, so did Reinald. Sometimes he even stayed several weeks with his cousin, instead of being home with his family. On a cold winter’s night, while Reinald was sitting by the fire with his cousin trying to decipher some strange arcane lore that Geselle had given to them, Reinalds uncle entered. "Reinald." He said. "This just came, it's a letter. From you father." "A letter! What does it say!" The young Reinald asked with an excited voice. "Well, I don't know. Why don't you see for yourself." Reinald grabbed the letter and ripped open the waxed sigill with his fathers mark and started to read. "Waow, would you look at that. It seems my eldest brother has gotten religious." "Really?" Reinalds uncle said. "He's joined the church of Chondalla, the great protector?" "No, not Chondalla.... A human god, it seems..." "One of the human’s gods? Why would he do that?" Reinalds cousin asked perplexed. "I don't know... But it says here that he's taken a vow of chastity. Can you believe that? My brother has taken a vow of chastity!" "Actually I can't believe that." Reinalds uncle proclaimed. "Hand me that letter, I've got to see for myself." He took the letter from Reinald and read it, his eyes widening. "It IS true..." "My brother, who would court any woman with a charisma of 13+, has taken a vow of chastity." Reinald said with an amused town. "I can hardly believe it myself." Suddenly Reinalds cousin broke out in a laughing fit, and soon both Reinald and his uncle joined in. The possibility, even the thought that Reinalds brother would have taken a vow of chastity seemed to be almost too big for the Halflings minds to comprehend. It had seemed, until today, as likely as if the world was flat and lay on the back of four elephants, which in their turn stood on the back of a giant tortoise swimming through space. I still haven't decided if Reinalds uncles wife maybe would die in a "mysterious" disease, maybe being helped by Gesella. Or maybe she(gesella) just swept into his life, CHARMing him into falling in love with her ()or something like that) and he left his wife for her.... Maybe his wife went out adventuring... or maybe she became so filled with grief that she took her life...? I don't know. Anyway, I will edit this post soon, I hope, to put ion some more info... But now that I think of it, maybe I wont have time untill sunday.. Cheers, Jonis
Araciel 11-20-03, 06:42 PM	what exactly do you want us to help with?? the concept?
Vintrastorm 11-20-03, 06:46 PM	Guess I wasn't too clear on that... Sorry. I was a little stressed up. Well, yeah. Basically concept, and maybe thoughts and ideas... I am going to update the post in about 12 hours, maybe... when I'm back at work. Haven't had the time today, and I'm about to get back to bed t get some sleep.
Morka 11-21-03, 10:32 AM	Have you an idea which god Reinald's brother will serve? I don't know many FR gods who recquire a VOW (not WOV ;)) of chastity... Perhaps Tyr or Helm... By the way, what will be your PC class? Bard, Wizard? The background is very well built, it only needs a break point, something that force your PC to go adventuring. Perhaps he should only begin a trip to meet his brother, and join to other travelers. As for your aunt, I would ask your DM to include her in the scenario, as a side-quest.
Vintrastorm 11-21-03, 11:54 AM	Nah, I don't know which god... I kinda made it up as I went along... I was thinking about it... and thought that maybe it could be a cult, or something... and then maybe include something like me and my cousin (who is another PC) exposing them... or maybe something goes wrong and we have to leave town.... As for starting adventuring, except for the above, I was thinking about something in the lines of... A duel of some sort, and then maybe accidentily murdering the opponent... (critical hit or something... you know.... he trips and lands headfirst on my knife.... or something like that... It's the background story. He died. End of story. =) ) PC will be rogue-->wiz-->AT Actually, I'm starting to like Reinald as a name... at least when I'm writing it... But Twinklefoot.... it has to go...