Sally Forth

Dwarven Bezerker, Power Level 4 (60pp)
Sally is a Blacksmith whose skill of crafting steel is better than her ability to barter. To this end, she is taken by her customers on a regular basis. Locals know better, they have seen her anger get the better of her. She is not much of a fighter, but watch out when she gets riled up and goes for her maul.

Templates: Dwarf (Racial) (16pp)

Trade Offs: -1 Attack/+1 Damage

Abilities [11pp]: Strength 12 (+1) / 16* (+3), Dexterity 10 (+0), Constitution 14 (+2), Intelligence 14 (+2), Wisdom 12 (+1), Charisma 11 (+0)

Saves [12pp]: Toughness +3 (+6 Chainmail), Fortitude 4 (+6/+8*), Reflexes 4 (+4), Willpower 4 (+5/+7*)

Combat [8pp]: Attack Bonus +1 /-1* [Melee: +4/+2*, Maul: +5/+3*], Base Defense +6/+4* [dc16/14*], +1 Flatfooted [dc11/ 9*], Initiative +0, Grapple +3/+5* (+9 resist*), Knockback -4, Hero Points 1

Damage (dc): Unarmed +1/+3* (dc16/18*), Maul +5/+7* (dc20/21*)

Skills [2pp]: Bluff 2 (+2), Craft (Artistic) 4 (+4), Sense Motive 2 (+3)

Feats [16pp]: Attack Focus (melee) 3, Attack Specialization (maul) 2, Dodge Focus 3, Equipment 2 (10ep), Favored Opponent (Giants, Goblins) 2, Hardy, Rage, Steadfast, Tough

Powers [11pp]:
"Thick as a brick." [Density 1; Extras: Duration (Continuous), Flaws: Permanent, Power Feats: Innate, Note: +2 Strength] (2pp)
"Old as an Oak" [Feature 1 [Longevity] (1pp)
"Stout" [Shrinking 1 [Extras: Compression (+3), Duration (Continuous), Normal Strength, Normal Toughness, Flaws: Permanent, Power Feats: Innate] (7pp)
"Vision of an Owl" [Super Sense 1 [Infra-vision] (1pp)

Equipment [10ep]: Maul +4 [Crit. 20, 5ep], Chainmail [+3 Toughness, 3ep], Small Shield [+1 Dodge / Block, 2ep]

Build Notes:

• * Is stats for Rage Feat
• Density causes Strength to start at +2 (12)
• Racial Template is Constitution +2 (12), Charisma -2 (8)
• First character with M&M rules in a long time, so some things may have been miscalculated 

Change Log: Miscalculated the dc for unarmed attacks. I was thinking, for some reason, that unarmed started at 10+ damage bonus and lethal started at 15+ damage bonus. ~ Thanks Naturax!

[Warriors & Warlocks] Character Template

Ok, so I am lazy. I wanted to do a few character builds for Warriors & Warlocks and put them here on the blog. I didn't feel like having to type the format each time so I figured I'd make a post out of it and copy/paste as needed. Hopefully I covered everything...


Character Name, Type, Power Level # (##pp)

Abilities [#pp]: Strength 10 (+0), Dexterity 10 (+0), Constitution 10 (+0), Intelligence 10 (+0), Wisdom 10 (+0), Charisma 10 (+0)

Saves [#pp]: Toughness +0, Fortitude 0 (+0), Reflexes 0 (+0), Willpower 0 (+0)

Combat [#pp]: Base Attack +0 [+0 type], Base Defense ## [## flatfooted], Initiative +0, Grapple (BA+Str+Size), Knockback (1/2 tough save, size, immovable), Hero Points #

Damage (dc): Unarmed (+0),

Skills [#pp]: Name rank (+0), Name rank (+0)

Feats [#pp]: Name rank, Name rank

Powers [#pp]:
Power Name rank [Extras: Name, Flaws: Name, Power Feats: Name, # Alternate Powers]
-Base: Game Name [Power Name rank; Extras: type; Flaws: type; Power Feats: type]
-AP: Game Name # [Power Name rank; Extras: type; Flaws: type; Power Feats: type]

Equipment [#ep]: Name [Facts], Name [Facts]

Drawbacks [#pp]: Type [Description],

Complications: Type [Description],

Warriors & Warlocks

While I have been focusing on Swords & Wizardry (Fantasy being my favorite genre) lately, I have been known to try other rules sets out in the past. I once purchased several PDFs of Mutants & Masterminds (M&M from here on out) to play in a M&M Fantasy game that didn't work out. I even tried a teen game of M&M where my concept was a fifteen year old goth kid that would Nullify others, that he perceived as bad when he wore his goth attire and would Nullify everyone if he didn't have his jacket on (a black leather straight jacket FWIW). Much debate ensued on how many points this should cost. Needless to say I lost interest.

Then, a few weeks ago, I stumbled upon Greywulf's blog and read about how much he liked Warriors & Warlocks! Well I was intrigued, to say the least. So, last night I purchased it as a PDF for just over $16. I think what I will really like about it is that it will be in a genre I love, which is fantasy, and has some built in genre constraints, or tropes if you prefer. Unlike convention M&M where if you can imagine it, you can build it, Warriors & Warlocks (W&W from here on out) establishes itself in a sub-genre of fantasy, Swords & Sorcery. Which is even better. My main concern was that Magic would be a catch all Power that would be a subsystem in character creation to sneak in all the non-genre appropriate abilities. With W&W starting in a sub-genre that governs Magic more harshly, I can slowly add-to rather than restrict. Another feature I like is templates. There are Racial Templates and Professional Templates. Want an Elven Rouge, pay the price for the templates, verify that resulting scores do not exceed game limits, and move out smartly! I had thought about building templates, and in fact Joshua Dunlow had created several fantasy templates and done a lot of other work on M&M Fantasy prior to W&W coming out, over at The Atomic Think Tank (a M&M Forum) already.

I suppose I will finish reading the PDF and might submit a full review. At the moment my ADD is screaming at me to use W&W for Ukarea (TM) rather than S&W. Right now, I am forcing myself to say, "Maybe do it for both rules sets eventually, but stay focused on what you started with!" Tough sell ~ I love to tinker.

The only thing that is kind of disheartening is the fact that M&M 3ed is do to be released soon and I have no idea if W&W will be re-released for the new edition. Not to mention how much interest can be garnered on PbP boards for a M&M 2ed game when it is.

Wondering why I am doubly blessed; OCD & ADD
TB