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    Please look over this character

    Her name is Morganna, while she is 1/4 orc she has grown up her entire life in the capital city of humans while under the care of a prosperous halfling innkeeper.

    Her mother died when she was young, but after her father had left (reason unknown by player). She was entrusted into the halflings care as he was a long time friend of both her mother and father

    She is now a bouncer in the inn.
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    Re: Please look over this character

    Can you post the PDF or in plaintext or something?
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    I second Old Man's motion! .txt would be excellent, .pdf would be within tolerances.
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    Sorry, here is the plain text version

    Morganna

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    Val Char Cost
    18 STR 8
    18 DEX 24
    20 CON 20
    16 BODY 12
    13 INT 3
    11 EGO 2
    15 PRE 5
    8 COM -1

    6 PD 2
    6 ED 2
    3 SPD 2
    8 REC 0
    40 END 0
    35 STUN 0

    6" RUN 0
    2" SWIM 0
    3 1/2" LEAP 0
    Characteristics Cost: 79



    Cost Skill
    9 +3 Clubs
    2 Animal Handler (Equines) 12-
    1 Bureaucratics 8-
    3 CK: (Human Capital) (INT-based) 12-
    1 Combat Driving 8-
    3 Conversation 12-
    4 Gambling (Card Games, Dice Games) 12-
    3 Linguist
    1 1) Language: Dwarvish (fluent conversation) (2 Active Points)
    1 2) Language: Elvish (fluent conversation) (2 Active Points)
    1 3) Language: Halfling (fluent conversation) (2 Active Points)
    1 4) Language: Orc Kin (fluent conversation) (2 Active Points)
    3 PS: Bouncer (INT-based) 12-
    1 PS: Cooking 8-
    3 Paramedics 12-
    3 Riding 13-
    3 Shadowing 12-
    3 Stealth 13-
    3 Streetwise 12-
    2 Survival (Urban) 12-
    0 TF: Carts & Carriages, Equines
    3 Trading 12-
    4 WF: Common Melee Weapons, Javelins and Thrown Spears, Sling, Thrown Rocks
    Skills Cost: 58

    Cost Perk
    7 Contact: Lionell, Innkeeper (Contact has access to major institutions, Contact has significant Contacts of his own, Contact has useful Skills or resources, Good relationship with Contact) 12-
    Perks Cost: 7

    Cost Talent
    6 Combat Luck (3 PD/3 ED)
    Talents Cost: 6

    Total Character Cost: 150

    Pts. Disadvantage
    15 Psych. Lim.: Loyal (Common, Strong)
    10 Psych. Lim.: Overly Aggressive (Common, Moderate)
    15 Hunted: Kings Guard 8- (Mo Pow, NCI, PC has a Public ID or is otherwise very easy to find, Watching)
    10 Reputation: , 11-
    10 Rivalry: Professional (LIsa), Rival is As Powerful, Rival is a Player Character, Seek to Outdo, Embarrass, or Humiliate Rival, Rival Aware of Rivalry
    10 Soc. Lim.: Secret (part orc) (Occasionally, Major)
    5 Unluck: 1d6
    Disadvantage Points: 75
    Base Points: 75
    Experience Required: 0
    Total Experience Available: 0
    Experience Unspent: 0
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    Re: Please look over this character

    She looks good to me. That's how I design most of my characters. Solid to high stats, the standard adventurer skills, plenty of CSL, and then some skills, ks, etc for flavor.

    Did you have specific questions?
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    Re: Please look over this character

    Mechanically solid, if a bit generic. A background that gives some context to her collection of skills would probably help justify / explain the character.
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    Re: Please look over this character

    Here, I posted up a "pretty" version of the character to make it easier to read:
    Morganna
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    Re: Please look over this character

    Without knowing anything about the game she's in, or her background, I can only echo Shrike's opinion. She's solid. Her stats are a touch high for one of my games, which tend to be skill and background heavy, but from what I know about other people's games (presumably more normative games) she's definately in "the zone" and should be able to hold her own and influence the game.
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    Ditto the high stats, but somewhat justified. I'd suggest two tweaks. First, as a bouncer, it might be interesting to play up her barehanded fighting skills. Second, she needs something more to really set her apart from other heavy fighters I've seen. For example, she could be seriously undereducated with respect to traveling outside the city, or she could have ludicrously high streetwise skill, or both.
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    As a character in one of My games I would question the high stats.
    I understand the stats are explain by the Orc part but
    15 presence is she that strange looking or that striking
    The abmount of body?
    The con and dex seem very high
    I would also question

    how she picked up paramedics?

    the brawling angle I would suggest to expand a little

    the hunted should be a watch, as in my game hunted means HUNTED

    What are the major institutions?

    some thoughts

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    I wouldnt consider the stats to be unusually high for a 150 point character.
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    Re: Please look over this character

    Quote Originally Posted by LordGhee View Post
    15 presence is she that strange looking or that striking
    This could represent a forceful personality or an intimidating presence, IMO.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Killer Shrike View Post
    I wouldnt consider the stats to be unusually high for a 150 point character.
    Really? In our game it's odd for a character to spend 60 points in stats - and those are the warriors and hybrids.
    Paramedics makes ok sense for a bouncer - dangerous job, but it doesn't pay enough to see a professional everytime you break your nose.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LordGhee View Post
    As a character in one of My games I would question the high stats.
    I understand the stats are explain by the Orc part but
    15 presence is she that strange looking or that striking
    The abmount of body?
    The con and dex seem very high
    I would also question

    how she picked up paramedics?

    the brawling angle I would suggest to expand a little

    the hunted should be a watch, as in my game hunted means HUNTED

    What are the major institutions?

    some thoughts

    Lord ghee

    To answer your questions:

    The Presence is force of personality, she is SCARRY, Con and Body are in part do to her orc heritage, and in part do to her being constantly in fights etc...

    Dex is probably high, but the game in question has a somewhat inflated dex scale (lots of elves who are allowed to go to 23 dex before NCM for this game)

    Paramedics, most adventures should have this skill, dangerous occupation, etc...


    If you read the hunted it is just a watched (That's the way HD displays it)
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    On stats: I like high stat characters, just the way I build them, does it really seem that high?

    Background, we tend to use short backgrounds to allow maximum character development at the table

    Morganna was the only child of two adventures, a human woman and a half orc. The father (The half orc) left shortly after his wife was determined to be with child, a friend of there's needed help but he hoped to be back before she gave birth. Entrusting his wife's care to a local innkeeper and long time friend he went off, to never be seen again

    The pregnancy was not easy, and Morganna's mother never recoverd fully, dying when Morganna was just 2 years old. Lionell the innkeeper raised her as his own child

    As she grew up she was always stronger and toughter than the other kids, and her temper got her into alot of trouble

    Growing up in an inn, under the care of a halfling no less she has picked up some odd skills, for one she is able to speak a number of languages (Note, character has been editied, dropped orc added Tradespeak)
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