U'lik the Razor

I thought I was going to get to give Barbarians of Lemuria a go yesterday, but due to inclement weather my friend couldn't come into town.One of the things I was going to do was create Lemurian versions of characters from our past games. One ally I was going to introduce is my BoL take on my favorite D&D character, Ulic Razorwing. In D&D, Ulic is a one-eyed avariel (winged elf) bladesinger (fighter/wizard). He's youthful, verbose, and heroic (yeah he's my Mary-Sue character, deal with it). A second generation D&D character, Ulic spent much of his youth in Zakhara (which is where he lost his eye).When I played him last, he was the captain of a flying ship. Wanted to tie some of this info into the BoL version. If I ever play BoL, this will be my character.

U'lik the Razor

Attributes		Combat
Strength	0	Brawl	0
Agility	1	Melee	2
Mind	1	Ranged	1
Appeal	2	Defense	1
Careers
Minstrel	2	Lifeblood	11
Mercenary	1	Hero Points	5
Sorcerer	1	Arcane Points	11
Sky Pilot	0

Protection: d6-2 (light armour)
Weapons: Razor (d3)

Languages
Spoken: Beshaari,Lemurian, Sorceric:
Written::Beshaari,  Lemurian, Sorceric

Boons: Carouser
Flaws:

Background
U'lik doesn't know much about his origins. He spent much of his early life among the nomadic tribes of the Beshaar Desert. F'alhlhalan the Poet raised him. He only spoke of U'lik's parents once, saying that they were heroes from beyond the Empty Lands. From his adopted father, he learned the ways of poetry and song.

At the age of 14, U'lik left his tribe and sought to travel the lands of Lemuria. He worked as the sword boy for a mercenary company for a time. It was on an assignment with his company that he was lost in the Kasht Swamp. He was discovered by the crone, Dagda. Admiring the boys quick tongue and sharp mind, the witch saved him and taught him the basics of sorcery. He spent a few years with the witch before his wanderlust overtook him he left.

U'lik tends to project a devil may care attitude. He is just as quick to cut someone down with a sharp retort as with his trusted razor. However, despite his adventurous and outgoing demeanor has a strong sense of right and wrong (which tends to get him in trouble). 

Barbarians of Lemuria: The Scorpion King

Earlier today, Tim Brannan, over at The Other Side blog posted a review of Barbarians of Lemuria: Legendary Edition. I think everyone should take a look. I thought it sounded so cool that I had to pick up the pdf myself. Actually I bough the Dogs of Lemuria Bundle. Basically for an extra 2.50 I also got a copy of Dogs of W*A*R, which uses the same system but emulates soldier/war movies of the 70's and 80's (and would be great for an Expendables/GI Joe sort of game).

New system... what's the first thing I do, stat out a character I love. Okay, confession time. Despite the fact it's scripted I liked wrestling throughout middle school and into high school. I always loved Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. I remember being excited for the Scorpion King, watching it in theaters, and not being disappointed. It's still one of my favorite Swords and Sorcery flicks. That little confession is just to explain why I picked the title character, Mathayus as my first attempt to stat out a character. I've also included the monstrous version from The Mummy Returns.

 

Mathayus of Akkadia

Attributes		Combat
Strength	3	Brawl	0
Agility	1	Melee	2
Mind	0	Ranged	2
Appeal	0	Defense	0
Careers
Mercenary	2	Lifeblood	15
Assassin	1	Hero Points	5
Hunter	1
Noble	0

Protection: d6-2 (light armour)
Weapons: Sword d6+4, Akkadian (Great) Bow d6+3 (Str 4 or special training to draw string)

Languages
Spoken: Akkadian, Greek, Egyptian
Written: Akkadian, Greek, Egyptian

Boons: Hard to Kill, Poison Immunity

Flaws: Last of the Akkadians (Unique): Mathayus is the last of his people, who were known to be relentless warriors and assassins. This is a burden that weighs heavily on him. 

The Scorpion King

Though it's never quite explained what caused Mathayus to become a conqueror according to The Mummy Returns he became just that. Selling his soul, to Anubis, he truly became the Scorpion King. (Edit, I just read the synopsis for The Scorpion King 3 and it explains it. However, I like to pretend that  the first Scorpion King was the last of the films)

Attributes

Strength	12
Agility	4
Mind	0

Combat Abilities

Attack with Stinger +2, 2d6+2  (+ special, character gains flaw to all rolls until given antidote)

Attack with 2 Claws +2, 2d6+2

(Attacks with both of the above +0)

Defence: 2

Protection: d6-2 (tough hide)

Lifeblood: 30