Snig
2018-10-24, 07:25 PM
Hey guys. Just finished up my new character and wanted to share him with you all.
I hope you him! Please feel free to give feedback.
https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/011/499/584/large/even-amundsen-ac7bdebb-f317-455f-b15a-fe5d99338d9f.jpg?1529911117
CHARACTER NAME: Eddie Smoothhands
RACE: Halfling (Lightfoot)
CLASS: Bard
BACKGROUND: Charlatan
AGE: 32
HEIGHT: 3' 2"
WEIGHT: 43 lb
HAIR: Blonde
EYES: Blue
SKIN: Ruddy
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Neutral
DEITY: Tymora
PERSONALITY TRAITS
I’m a born gambler who can't resist taking a risk for a potential payoff.
Sarcasm and insults are my weapons of choice.
IDEALS
Creativity. I never run the same con twice. (Chaotic)
BONDS
I cheated the wrong person and now i'm constantly looking over my shoulder to ensure that this individual never crosses paths with me or those I care about.
FLAWS
I’m always in debt. I spend my ill-gotten gains on decedent luxuries faster then I bring them in.
CHARACTER BACKSTORY
Eddie grew up in a small Halfling village called Deephollow, west of Delvers Dale. A natural born scoundrel, trouble attracted Eddie, like a moth to a flame. In fact the only time Eddie wasn't up to no good, is when he was making music. Ever the ladies man, Eddie learned from a young age, that with just a few simple plucks on the lute strings, he could have the girls swooning, and he abused this knowledge to no end.
Eventually Deephollow became too small a village for a Halfling with a personality as big as Eddies, and so he set off into the wider world. He enrolled into the Bardic School of Lore in the rich and bustling town of Delvers Dale.
Things started off well, and Eddie was the pride of his professors, who all agreed that Eddie was somewhat of a prodigy, when it came to making music that stirred the soul. Alas, the lust for life kept calling, shouting at him to drink in all it had to offer. He wanted more, and the hum drum of his schoolwork began to wear on him. He needed to live life in the fast lane.
Eddie and his mates, began partying, and partying hard. Soon his parties were the talk of not only the campus, but through out Delvers Dale, and began to attract the attention of some unsavory individuals.
Drugs, booze and gambling became a common site at the parties. Illegal card games were being played behind closed doors as more and more of the towns underworld flocked to the scene. And behind it all was Eddie, in all his glory, loving life and indulging in it's decedent luxuries. Money wasn't an issue. The cover charge alone for a nights party, was more then he'd seen his entire life. Not to mention the occasional payout from a lucky night at the poker table, or the cash flow from his budding bootlegging venture.
Eddie was on a roll, he found a new love in gambling, and could usually be found, in the back room, surround by pipe smoke, engaged in a poker game with gangsters and ruffians. Over the next few years, Eddie left the college, fell madly in love with a Tiefling beauty by the name of Kali, and together they set up shop in Northern district of Delvers Dale, running a racketeering and bootlegging business out of the back of a nightclub. Things were good, and business was booming, but Eddies luck was about to run out.
It turns out Eddies luck at the poker table was owed in no small part to a deck of marked cards he was using. After losing a substantial amount of gold at Eddies table, a local gangster known as "Bricktop" became suspicious of the Halflings apparent "luck". He arranged to have one of his members, a young apprentice wizard, attend one of Eddies games, and secretly cast a scrying spell to catch the Halfling cheating them out of their gold. Halfway through the game, with Eddie up on chips, the doors to the backroom bust open and Bricktops men swarmed in. They cut down two of Eddies friends standing guard, and before he knew it, his world went dark as the sound of Kali's screams echoed in his head.
It was Kali's screams again that jolted him awake. He was tied to a support beam in the middle of a dark barn, the smell of pig **** filling his nostrils, and Bricktop grabbing him roughly by the face. In front of him was Kali, hanging by the wrists from a chain attached to the rafters. Bricktop informed Eddie that before they fed him to the pigs, he would be forced to watch Kali die a slow and painful death. He tried to look away, closed his eyes as tight as he could, screaming and begging for them to let her go. They responded by beating him to a pulp until he opened his eyes and watched......
Once they we're done with Kali they tossed her body the pig pen. Then they turned their efforts on Eddie. Beating him mercilessly for what seemed like an eternity, before throwing him into a dog pit with two vicious mastiffs, saying that "the dogs are hungry. The pigs can have the leftovers".
The two dogs set upon him one tearing at his face, the other grabbed him and began to tug and worry at his leg. Eddie was half dead, feeling like he was about to be ripped in two, when he caught his break. The two dogs began fight each other over their spoils and in a hopeless effort Eddie crawled to the edge of the pit, climbing out over the hay-bales. Laughing erupted from the men who were watching this pathetic escape attempt, and one of the henchmen casually moved in to intercept him. His smiling, laughing face turned to shock and confusion in an instant, as blood poured from his mouth and spurted from his neck in gushes. He fell back, pulling a six inch shard of bone from his jugular that Eddie had grabbed on his way out of the pit, and just stabbed him with.
As the laughter gave way to a stunned silence, Eddie wasted no time. He dug deep, finding that lust for life that had always driven him forward, once again and fled to the back of the barn, out the door and into the darkness, with the shouts of Bricktop, and the squeels of the pigs fading behind him.
Art credit: Even Amundsen
I hope you him! Please feel free to give feedback.
https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/011/499/584/large/even-amundsen-ac7bdebb-f317-455f-b15a-fe5d99338d9f.jpg?1529911117
CHARACTER NAME: Eddie Smoothhands
RACE: Halfling (Lightfoot)
CLASS: Bard
BACKGROUND: Charlatan
AGE: 32
HEIGHT: 3' 2"
WEIGHT: 43 lb
HAIR: Blonde
EYES: Blue
SKIN: Ruddy
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Neutral
DEITY: Tymora
PERSONALITY TRAITS
I’m a born gambler who can't resist taking a risk for a potential payoff.
Sarcasm and insults are my weapons of choice.
IDEALS
Creativity. I never run the same con twice. (Chaotic)
BONDS
I cheated the wrong person and now i'm constantly looking over my shoulder to ensure that this individual never crosses paths with me or those I care about.
FLAWS
I’m always in debt. I spend my ill-gotten gains on decedent luxuries faster then I bring them in.
CHARACTER BACKSTORY
Eddie grew up in a small Halfling village called Deephollow, west of Delvers Dale. A natural born scoundrel, trouble attracted Eddie, like a moth to a flame. In fact the only time Eddie wasn't up to no good, is when he was making music. Ever the ladies man, Eddie learned from a young age, that with just a few simple plucks on the lute strings, he could have the girls swooning, and he abused this knowledge to no end.
Eventually Deephollow became too small a village for a Halfling with a personality as big as Eddies, and so he set off into the wider world. He enrolled into the Bardic School of Lore in the rich and bustling town of Delvers Dale.
Things started off well, and Eddie was the pride of his professors, who all agreed that Eddie was somewhat of a prodigy, when it came to making music that stirred the soul. Alas, the lust for life kept calling, shouting at him to drink in all it had to offer. He wanted more, and the hum drum of his schoolwork began to wear on him. He needed to live life in the fast lane.
Eddie and his mates, began partying, and partying hard. Soon his parties were the talk of not only the campus, but through out Delvers Dale, and began to attract the attention of some unsavory individuals.
Drugs, booze and gambling became a common site at the parties. Illegal card games were being played behind closed doors as more and more of the towns underworld flocked to the scene. And behind it all was Eddie, in all his glory, loving life and indulging in it's decedent luxuries. Money wasn't an issue. The cover charge alone for a nights party, was more then he'd seen his entire life. Not to mention the occasional payout from a lucky night at the poker table, or the cash flow from his budding bootlegging venture.
Eddie was on a roll, he found a new love in gambling, and could usually be found, in the back room, surround by pipe smoke, engaged in a poker game with gangsters and ruffians. Over the next few years, Eddie left the college, fell madly in love with a Tiefling beauty by the name of Kali, and together they set up shop in Northern district of Delvers Dale, running a racketeering and bootlegging business out of the back of a nightclub. Things were good, and business was booming, but Eddies luck was about to run out.
It turns out Eddies luck at the poker table was owed in no small part to a deck of marked cards he was using. After losing a substantial amount of gold at Eddies table, a local gangster known as "Bricktop" became suspicious of the Halflings apparent "luck". He arranged to have one of his members, a young apprentice wizard, attend one of Eddies games, and secretly cast a scrying spell to catch the Halfling cheating them out of their gold. Halfway through the game, with Eddie up on chips, the doors to the backroom bust open and Bricktops men swarmed in. They cut down two of Eddies friends standing guard, and before he knew it, his world went dark as the sound of Kali's screams echoed in his head.
It was Kali's screams again that jolted him awake. He was tied to a support beam in the middle of a dark barn, the smell of pig **** filling his nostrils, and Bricktop grabbing him roughly by the face. In front of him was Kali, hanging by the wrists from a chain attached to the rafters. Bricktop informed Eddie that before they fed him to the pigs, he would be forced to watch Kali die a slow and painful death. He tried to look away, closed his eyes as tight as he could, screaming and begging for them to let her go. They responded by beating him to a pulp until he opened his eyes and watched......
Once they we're done with Kali they tossed her body the pig pen. Then they turned their efforts on Eddie. Beating him mercilessly for what seemed like an eternity, before throwing him into a dog pit with two vicious mastiffs, saying that "the dogs are hungry. The pigs can have the leftovers".
The two dogs set upon him one tearing at his face, the other grabbed him and began to tug and worry at his leg. Eddie was half dead, feeling like he was about to be ripped in two, when he caught his break. The two dogs began fight each other over their spoils and in a hopeless effort Eddie crawled to the edge of the pit, climbing out over the hay-bales. Laughing erupted from the men who were watching this pathetic escape attempt, and one of the henchmen casually moved in to intercept him. His smiling, laughing face turned to shock and confusion in an instant, as blood poured from his mouth and spurted from his neck in gushes. He fell back, pulling a six inch shard of bone from his jugular that Eddie had grabbed on his way out of the pit, and just stabbed him with.
As the laughter gave way to a stunned silence, Eddie wasted no time. He dug deep, finding that lust for life that had always driven him forward, once again and fled to the back of the barn, out the door and into the darkness, with the shouts of Bricktop, and the squeels of the pigs fading behind him.
Art credit: Even Amundsen