[NuRPG] NuRPG Tertek Stats

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Okay. Here's the profile. For future reference, if you don't = understand the Planar Cant, http://www.mimir.net/cant/cant2.html is the = address for the Cant translation. I'll be using it very frequently, so = be warned. If it will help, I'll post the Cant dictionary address at = the beginning of each of my chapters.

Tertek Race: Tiefling (Part human, Part Lower Planar)

Class: 10th/10th level Rogue/Wizard

Appearance: Tertek stands about 5'10" and weighs roughly 145 pounds. = His entire body is covered in deep, midnight blue scales. Two = ivory-colored, ramlike horns emerge from his temples and curl backward, = beside his head, ideal for headbutting objects or annoying people. His = eyes glow like molten lava and have slitted, catlike pupils. His teeth = end in razor-sharp points. He has a prehensile, whiplike tail that can = be used for grabbing things, such as the legs of his opponents, or for = throwing objects, such as daggers.

Abilities: Tertek has the combined abilities of a thief and a = magic-user. His skills, in D&D 3rd Edition terms, include Appraise, = Climb, Concentration, Disable Device, Escape Artist, Gather Information, = Hide, Innuendo, Listen, Move Silently, Open Lock, Pick Pocket, Search, = Spellcraft, Spot and Use Rope.

He also has the ability to cast spells from 0-level through 5th level. = Rather than using conventional Spellbook methods, Tertek's teacher = showed the tiefling a method not used by the majority of mages in the = Planes. This method is called the "gembook." Simply put, rather than = using paper and ink to keep spells, the wizard records his spells in a = gemstone. The more valuable the gem, the more spells it can carry. I'm = not going to list all the spells Tertek knows but rest assured that he = doesn't know every single spell between 0-level and 5th level, though he = does know quite a few and has created a couple spells of his own (though = not too many, since the process is extremely expensive and = time-consuming).

Inventory: Tertek wears a sleeveless leather tunic and loose-fitting = pants. He rarely wears boots, preferring sandals, since few other = pieces of footwear exist that can accommodate his clawed feet. Around = his upper right arm is a red armband displaying the symbol of the = Society of Sensation, the faction he belongs to.

In terms of weapons, Tertek always wears at least six throwing daggers, = positioned strategically over his body. Two rest in sheathes attached = to his forearms. Two more hang from his belt. The remaining two sit on = his back, allowing for easy access by his tail. Though throwing daggers = with his tail presents a far less accurate means of attacking, he has = learned to make use of what he sometimes calls his "third hand." =20

He also has a pair of short swords, both magically enchanted. The = swords are twin blades and look identical to each other. The sword he = wields in his right hand discharges a bolt of electricity whenever it = strikes something. When wielded against a metal weapon, the sword will = discharge electricity down the weapon and into the hands of Tertek's = opponent. The sword he wields in his right hand can function as a sword = of dancing and can be released to fight on its own for a short duration. =

When the same person wields both twin blades, they increase the speed of = the wielder's attacks. The enchantment from the blade also infuses the = wielder, making him an expert at fighting with both weapons at once.

Both swords are also sentient and can communicate telepathically with = Tertek and with each other. The electrical sword possesses a very = sarcastic and biting personality, while the dancing sword is = considerably more carefree and lighthearted.

Tertek also wears a Ring of Sustenance, which enables him to go without = food and water for as long as he wears the ring. The ring also reduces = his need for sleep to 2 hours, instead of 8. This ring is considered = very valuable and comes in handy not only for adventurers but especially = for planewalkers.

Personality: Tertek grew up on the streets of the Hive Ward. Because = of his raising, he carries many of the mannerisms of a street thief. He = speaks heavily in Planar Cant, a slang used in Sigil. He is very = lighthearted and is a prankster much of the time, though he knows when = he should back down. His training as a wizard has softened him = somewhat, though he refuses to give up his ways as a thief. He = considers himself a thief first and a wizard second, though he tends to = employ his magic before using any other form of defending himself. = Because he is a member of the Society of Sensation, he sticks with his = faction's beliefs and rarely turns down the chance to experience a new = sensation.

Quote: "Quit rattlin' yer bone-box, ye bleedin' sod, before I pen ye in = th' dead-book!"

History: Tertek is the son of unknown and uncaring parents. Like = virtually all tieflings, he is a thing to be scorned, simply because he = has the blood of something Lower Planar running through his veins. = Unlike much of his kind, he didn't spend his life lamenting about how = badly his lot was. As long as he can remember, he has been determined = to rise above and beyond the expectations of a tiefling. =20

Unfortunately, Tertek's goals were easier said than done. The Hive = Ward, where he grew up, could more or less be considered the Slums of = Sigil. The only thing really important in the Hive was the Mortuary and = that only appealed to Dustmen, one of the factions of Sigil. In the = Hive, you were a Dustman, a cony-catcher, or a cony. Tertek took up the = life of a cony-catcher, living by his wits on the streets and learning = how to survive. As he grew up, he learned how to drag some poor = clueless sod into an alley, knock him unconscious and peel him for every = last bit of jink he had. Such was the life of the thieves of the Hive.

Tertek grew up on this philosophy. He had to steal what he needed to = live. He'd never known any other way of living yet inside, he yearned = for something better, a new life to live. The tiefling's hopes began to = diminish as the years dragged on. There seemed little chance that he'd = ever escape the Hive Ward unless he hopped through some random portal = and hoped he got lucky and landed in a place full of riches and wealth. = However, his luck was about to take a very good turn.

A roaming Sensate wizard decided to travel through the Hive one day to = reach a portal that led to a plane he wanted to visit. He ran into = Tertek as the tiefling decided to try and peel the mage. Upon realizing = he was about to rob a wizard, Tertek prepared to bolt, when the wizard = addressed him in a kindly tone. The wizard revealed himself to be a = Sensate and told Tertek that he'd always wanted to teach a tiefling how = to use magic. Tertek seized the opportunity, finally seeing a means to = escape the dreary street life of the Hive Ward.

Tertek spent much of the time during the next several years of his life = cooped up in the Civic Festhall, learning the magic arts from his new = teacher. The art seemed to come naturally to him. His teacher = speculated his ability to learn magic quickly was due in part to his = fiendish heritage. The Sensate considered himself lucky to have found = such an apt student and soon sponsored Tertek as a new member of the = Society of Sensation.

Looked upon as a reformed thief (though Tertek still thinks of himself = as a thief. "Once a thief, always a thief," is one of his favorite = phrases), Tertek left the tutelage of his mentor and opened a bar in = Sigil called the Cutter's Kip. As a Sensate, he wanted to provide = something that would make his business constantly changing so he = declared the house specialty to be a new kind of drink every day. When = he wasn't running his bar, the tiefling was traveling the planes, using = his newly acquired magical power to escape the drudgery of day-to-day = life and bar-ownership. He traveled to as many places as he possibly = could, holding as best as he knew to the Sensate dictum of experiencing = new sensations. However, when running from a group of portal guards, he = accidentally stepped through a portal leading to Nu...

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>Okay.  Here's the profile.  = For future=20 reference, if you don't understand the Planar Cant, <A=20 href=3D"http://www.mimir.net/cant/cant2.html">http://www.mimir.net/cant/c= ant2.html</A> is=20 the address for the Cant translation.  I'll be using it very = frequently, so=20 be warned.  If it will help, I'll post the Cant =

dictionary address at the beginning of each of my = chapters.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tertek</DIV> Race: Tiefling (Part human, Part = Lower=20 Planar) Class: 10th/10th level =

Rogue/Wizard Appearance: Tertek stands about = 5’10” and weighs=20 roughly 145 pounds.  His = entire body=20 is covered in deep, midnight blue scales. =20 Two ivory-colored, ramlike horns emerge from his temples and curl =

backward, beside his head, ideal for headbutting objects or annoying=20 people.  His eyes glow = like molten=20 lava and have slitted, catlike pupils. =20 His teeth end in razor-sharp points.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  He has a prehensile, whiplike = tail that=20 can be used for grabbing things, such as the legs of his opponents, or = for=20 throwing objects, such as daggers. Abilities: Tertek has the combined abilities = of a=20 thief and a magic-user.  = His skills,=20 in D&D 3rd Edition terms, include Appraise, Climb, = Concentration,=20 Disable Device, Escape Artist, Gather Information, Hide, Innuendo, = Listen, Move=20 Silently, Open Lock, Pick Pocket, Search, Spellcraft, Spot and Use = Rope. He also has the ability to cast spells from 0-level = through=20 5th level.  = Rather than=20 using conventional Spellbook methods, Tertek’s teacher showed the = tiefling a=20 method not used by the majority of mages in the Planes.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  This method is called the=20 “gembook.”  = Simply put, rather than=20 using paper and ink to keep spells, the wizard records his spells in a=20 gemstone.  The more = valuable the=20 gem, the more spells it can carry. =20 I’m not going to list all the spells Tertek knows but rest = assured that=20 he doesn’t know every single spell between 0-level and = 5th level,=20 though he does know quite a few and has created a couple spells of his = own=20 (though not too many, since the process is extremely expensive and=20 time-consuming). Inventory:<SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Tertek wears a sleeveless leather = tunic and=20 loose-fitting pants.  He rarely wears boots, preferring sandals, = since few=20 other pieces of footwear exist that can accommodate his clawed = feet. =20 Around his upper right arm is a red armband displaying the symbol of the = Society=20 of Sensation, the faction he belongs to. In terms = of weapons,=20 Tertek always wears at least six throwing daggers, positioned = strategically over=20 his body.  Two rest in sheathes attached to his forearms.  Two = more=20 hang from his belt.  The remaining two sit on his back, allowing = for easy=20 access by his tail.  Though throwing daggers with his tail presents = a far=20 less accurate means of attacking, he has learned to make use of what he=20 sometimes calls his "third hand."  He also = has a pair=20 of short swords, both magically enchanted.  The swords are twin = blades and=20 look identical to each other.  The sword he wields in his right = hand=20 discharges a bolt of electricity whenever it strikes something.  = When=20 wielded against a metal weapon, the sword will discharge electricity = down the=20 weapon and into the hands of Tertek's opponent.  The sword he = wields in his=20 right hand can function as a sword of dancing and can be released to = fight on=20 its own for a short duration. When the = same person=20 wields both twin blades, they increase the speed of the wielder's = attacks. =20 The enchantment from the blade also infuses the wielder, making him an = expert at=20 fighting with both weapons at once. Both = swords are also=20 sentient and can communicate telepathically with Tertek and with each=20 other.  The electrical sword possesses a very sarcastic and biting=20 personality, while the dancing sword is considerably more carefree and=20 lighthearted. Tertek = also wears a=20 Ring of Sustenance, which enables him to go without food and water for = as long=20 as he wears the ring.  The ring also reduces his need for sleep to = 2 hours,=20 instead of 8.  This ring = is=20 considered very valuable and comes in handy not only for adventurers but =

especially for planewalkers. <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Personality<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">:  Tertek grew up on the = streets of the=20 Hive Ward.  Because of his raising, he carries many of the = mannerisms of a=20 street thief.  He speaks heavily in Planar Cant, a slang used in=20 Sigil.  He is very lighthearted and is a prankster much of the = time,=20 though he knows when he should back down.  His training as a wizard = has=20 softened him somewhat, though he refuses to give up his ways as a = thief. =20 He considers himself a thief first and a wizard second, though he tends = to=20 employ his magic before using any other form of defending himself.  = Because=20 he is a member of the Society of Sensation, he sticks with his faction's = beliefs=20 and rarely turns down the chance to experience a new = sensation. <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Quote<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">: "Quit rattlin' yer bone-box, ye = bleedin'=20 sod, before I pen ye in th' dead-book!" <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">History<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">:  Tertek is the son of = unknown and=20 uncaring parents.  Like virtually all tieflings, he is a thing to = be=20 scorned, simply because he has the blood of something Lower Planar = running=20 through his veins.  Unlike much of his kind, he didn't spend his = life=20 lamenting about how badly his lot was.  As long as he can remember, = he has=20 been determined to rise above and beyond the expectations of a = tiefling. =20 Unfortunately,=20 Tertek's goals were easier said than done.  The Hive Ward, where he = grew=20 up, could more or less be considered the Slums of Sigil.  The only = thing=20 really important in the Hive was the Mortuary and that only appealed to = Dustmen,=20 one of the factions of Sigil.  In the Hive, you were a Dustman, a=20 cony-catcher, or a cony.  Tertek took up the life of a = cony-catcher, living=20 by his wits on the streets and learning how to survive.  As he grew = up, he=20 learned how to drag some poor clueless sod into an alley, knock him = unconscious=20 and peel him for every last bit of jink he had.  Such was the life = of the=20 thieves of the Hive. Tertek = grew up on=20 this philosophy.  He had to steal what he needed to live.  = He'd never=20 known any other way of living yet inside, he yearned for something = better, a new=20 life to live.  The tiefling's hopes began to diminish as the years = dragged=20 on.  There seemed little chance that he'd ever escape the Hive Ward = unless=20 he hopped through some random portal and hoped he got lucky and landed = in a=20 place full of riches and wealth.  However, his luck was about to = take a=20 very good turn. A = roaming Sensate=20 wizard decided to travel through the Hive one day to reach a portal that = led to=20 a plane he wanted to visit.  He ran into Tertek as the tiefling = decided to=20 try and peel the mage.  Upon realizing he was about to rob a = wizard, Tertek=20 prepared to bolt, when the wizard addressed him in a kindly tone.  = The=20 wizard revealed himself to be a Sensate and told Tertek that he'd always = wanted=20 to teach a tiefling how to use magic.  Tertek seized the = opportunity,=20 finally seeing a means to escape the dreary street life of the Hive=20 Ward. Tertek = spent much of=20 the time during the next several years of his life cooped up in the = Civic=20 Festhall, learning the magic arts from his new teacher.  The art = seemed to=20 come naturally to him.  His teacher speculated his ability to learn = magic=20 quickly was due in part to his fiendish heritage.  The Sensate = considered=20 himself lucky to have found such an apt student and soon sponsored = Tertek as a=20 new member of the Society of Sensation. Looked = upon as a=20 reformed thief (though Tertek still thinks of himself as a thief.  = "Once a=20 thief, always a thief," is one of his favorite phrases), Tertek left the =

tutelage of his mentor and opened a bar in Sigil called the Cutter's = Kip. =20 As a Sensate, he wanted to provide something that would make his = business=20 constantly changing so he declared the house specialty to be a new kind = of drink=20 every day.  When he wasn't running his bar, the tiefling was = traveling the=20 planes, using his newly acquired magical power to escape the drudgery of =

day-to-day life and bar-ownership.  He traveled to as many places = as he=20 possibly could, holding as best as he knew to the Sensate dictum of = experiencing=20 new sensations.  However, when running from a group of portal = guards, he=20 accidentally stepped through a portal leading to = Nu...<?xml:namespace=20 prefix =3D o ns =3D "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = /><o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p></BODY></HTML>

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