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so while bored the other day I rolled up a character just to pass the time. these are the results that I got.

IQ 10
ME 08
MA 13
PS 15
PP 28 (yes it was a legit roll)
PE 13
PB 09
Spd 13

For the type of animal I rolled a Hawk. For the background I rolled Raised on the Frontier.

I built the hawk with the following abilities:
Extra limbs
Full speech
Full biped
No human looks
2d6 talons on feet
Extraordinary PP
Brute PS
Raptor flight
Advanced vision
Advanced hearing
And the vestigial disadvantages of
Reptile brain: predator
Dietary restriction: carnivore

Because of some house ruling done with the strength powers, his remaining bioe allowed him to grow to size level 6. This puts him at 4 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 76lbs.

That is far as I have gotten in the design. Without having a clear idea of the concept, I'm not sure how to go about choosing skills. So far the only thought I had is to make a Native American style wilderness guide/escort. Sort of the "I will take you from point a to point b, to make sure that you don't cause any trouble, that you reach your destination alive, and that you don't end up going somewhere you're not supposed to."

I came up with that idea because the other player rolled the guerilla fighter background. my thought is that the front lines and the frontier are so far apart that the guerrilla fighter is somewhere he's not supposed to be. I suppose my character could have been on the front, but we don't normally play in the cardania / EOH conflict.

I appreciate your thoughts, ideas and help with a concept for this character. I can stay with the wilderness guide or go a completely different route. It just needs to make sense with the raised on the frontier background. hopefully what you come up with I'll be able to figure out the appropriate skill choices for. although you can feel free to select them and submit them with your concept.

If you think I should stay with the wilderness scout, feel free to suggest your choices for skills.

Thanks, Nate

PS I also have to name this character.

With your character's high PP it will makes it a good aerial fighter/hunter, but its lower ME and moderate IQ could make it a character that would be somewhat easily outwitted (think Jayne from Firefly). This could make your character a good foil for another character, if that's how you would like to play it.

As for skills, I'd take mostly utilitarian skills that would help it survive in the wilderness, and maybe one or two skills/hobbies to give it some personality. It would still make a decent wilderness guide, since being able to get a "birds eye view" helps greatly in cross-country orienteering. Otherwise you could go any of a number of different directions: scavenger, ex-con, guard, hunter...

Thanks for the suggestion Rali.

the hero of Cantown the bird they call..(as of yet unnamed)

Redtail.

Ma'aw Khan

it's an anagram for A Hawk Man

The Oh So Amazing Nate wrote:Ma'aw Khan

it's an anagram for A Hawk Man

The Oh So Amazing Nate wrote:Ma'aw Khan

it's an anagram for A Hawk Man

Great name, The Oh So Amazing Nate.

Cheers,
Tim

So did the Anagram critter ever take flight?

He is all finished and written out, but due to some changes within the gaming group he has not been played...yet.