But…I wanna play. I was looking over the little ugly map scrawled in red pen in my gaming note-pad from the last post and really wanted to make up a character, same as Aaron’s – 3 lifepaths. I thought about a sorcerer’s apprentice of some kind or maybe a squire of Malat but then Soren Guilder sprang into my head, fully formed, ready to go. There’s something almost Dickensian about him.
I reckon me and Aaron could go back and forth if we should play this game. There is no reason why a one-on-one RPG session can’t have each person picking up the player and GM role, maybe even switching up a few times a game if it doesn’t murder the pacing.
The Dwarven lifepaths are the best stock in Burning Wheel, so here he is:
Name: Soren Guilder
Concept/Bio: Minor Ambassador/Bureaucrat from the Mithril Bank
Lifepaths: Born Guilder, Wordbearer, Hawker
Age : 51
Stats: Wi: B4, Pe: B5, Po: B5, Fo: B3, Ag: B4, Sp: B4, Speed Mult.: x3
Attributes: Ref: B4, Ste: B4, Hes: 6, Hea: B5, MW: B10, Greed: B7, Circles: B2, Resources: B0
PTGS: Su: B2 Li: B4 Mi: B6 Se: B8 Tr: B9 Mo: B10
Beliefs:
- I will rise through the Guilder ranks through awesome cunning and maybe some steel.
- I will earn the coin that will allow my father and brothers to retire from the Host.
- MoBu City is the most glorious place in the world. I will devour its every taste and experience
OATH: The Deadport Merchant Princes will get their loans from us.
Instincts:
- Never axe a customer.
- Always flirt with tall ladies.
- When in combat, always defensive.
Traits: [Dt] Accustomed to the Dark, [Char] Bearded, [Dt] Greed, [Dt] Oathsworn, [Dt] Shaped from Earth and Stone, [Dt] Stout, [Dt] Tough, [Char] Quirky, [Dt] Ironmemory, [C-O] Quickstep
Skills: Accounting B2, Axe B2, Clan History B2, Conspicuous B2, Haggling B3, Hold-Wise B2, Inconspicuous B2, Man-Wise B2, Oratory B3, Persuasion B2, Rumor-Wise B2, Streetwise B3
Affiliations: 1D The Mithril Bank aka, The Guild
Reputations:
Relationships: My father, Sergeant in the Host. (Minor, immediate family, hateful/rival), Uncle, Greybeard Guildsman (Significant, immediate family) Sweetheart from the Bay (romantic)
Gear: Clothes, Sturdy Shoes x2, Finery, Traveling Gear
Property:
Spells:
Weapons: None…shit.
Bare Fisted I:B3 M:B5 S:B7 Add 2 VA 0 Fast Shortest
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