Post by Cole Deschain on Feb 5, 2012 5:38:08 GMT -5
Name: Kaidan Raizo, the Abiding Storm
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Class: Shugenja Ronin
Race: Human
Age: 23
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 170 lbs.
Hair Color/Type: Black, straight, worn long.
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Place of Birth/Nationality: Hoshidon
Current Residence: In exile in Fa Rei
Physical Description:
Personality: Raizo has a keen sense of justice, one that goes against the rigid social structures he has spent much of his life around. When he looks at peasants, he sees people, not possessions, and it's an outlook that led to his present circumstances. Willful and temperamental, he often lets his conscience lead him into trouble he could have avoided.
Positive Characteristics: Compassionate, brave, self-sacrificing
Negative Characteristics: Brash, headstrong, short-tempered
Adventurer Strengths: Mystically skilled, capable fighter
Adventurer Weaknesses: Unfocused, shuns armor
Weapons:
Daisho- A Katana and Wakizashi
Clothing/Armor:
Long robes cut to allow free movement, hakama.
Power Source: Natural/Shugenja Divine/Arcane
Common Spells/Powers:
Lightning Bolt
Chi Instil
Chi Slash
Cyclone
Wind Wall
Abilities:
Elemental Sense- Shugenja can innately detect what kind of elements are available around them in a 20-foot diameter. This training has given them a bonus to Perception
Iaijutsu Master- Master of the quick draw, you can unsheath your weapon and attack at the same time. You gain a bonus to your attack score against opponents that have been caught offguard.
Usual Inventory: Trail rations,
Tactics/Combat Style: Raizo tends to strike hard and fast, often opening with something flashy to instil a bit of terror, then runs ground control, using his skill with wind to keep his foes off-balance, and his skill with a sword to deal with anyone who gets too close.
Origin/Backstory: Raizo was the second son of the Kaidan family in Hoshidon. As a member of the ruling caste, he received training in the katana as his birthright. However, as far back as he could remember, Raizo could hear the spirits of the air speaking to him- and when he spoke back, they answered. He soon grew as temperamental as the wind and storm spirits he conversed with, and, most damningly to his family, he started to question the order of things in Hoshidon. As this was tantamount to blasphemy, many things were tried- but in the end, when Raizo informed his father that the storm spirits couldn't tell a samurai from an eta, it was simply too much. Raizo was banished from his family lands, and, because he refused to put aside his sword, he became persona non grata in Hoshidon at large.
He went to Fa Rei, intending to move on to the relative freedom he heard was enjoyed upon the open steppes of Ulan and Doryoska, but he got caught up in defending some villagers from a small gang of bandits. After successfully putting them to flight, he found himself hailed as a hero, and he has stayed within Fa Rei, doing what good he can. Among the bandits, he has become known as the Abiding Storm, and his fame has grown to the point where he has received an invitation to the capital from a minor nobleman, interested in the prestige of associating with a known hero (and perhaps hiring the man to silence the complaints of his own peasants, who have been ill-protected of late).
Ability Scores::Modifiers
STR: 12::1
CON: 12::1
DEX: 12::1
INT: 12::1
WIS: 13::1
CHA: 12::1
Hit Points
6
Attack Score
Close: Katana 9, Wakizashi 7
Range: 6
Magic: 9
Defense Score
7
Fortitude Score
6
Reflexes Score
6
Willpower Score
8
Wealth Score
7
Skill Ranks
Acrobatics (DEX) : 3
Adventuring (WIS) : 3
Athletics (STR) : 4
Bluff (CHA) : 5
Diplomacy (CHA) : 3
Endurance (CON) : 4
History (INT) : 1
Insight (WIS) : 5
Intimidate (CHA) : 7
Magic Theory (INT) : 6
Medicine (INT) : 3
Nature (WIS) : 5
Perception (WIS) : 10
Religion (INT) : 3
Stealth (DEX) : 1
Streetwise (CHA) : 1
Thievery (DEX) : 1
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Class: Shugenja Ronin
Race: Human
Age: 23
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 170 lbs.
Hair Color/Type: Black, straight, worn long.
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Place of Birth/Nationality: Hoshidon
Current Residence: In exile in Fa Rei
Physical Description:
Personality: Raizo has a keen sense of justice, one that goes against the rigid social structures he has spent much of his life around. When he looks at peasants, he sees people, not possessions, and it's an outlook that led to his present circumstances. Willful and temperamental, he often lets his conscience lead him into trouble he could have avoided.
Positive Characteristics: Compassionate, brave, self-sacrificing
Negative Characteristics: Brash, headstrong, short-tempered
Adventurer Strengths: Mystically skilled, capable fighter
Adventurer Weaknesses: Unfocused, shuns armor
Weapons:
Daisho- A Katana and Wakizashi
Clothing/Armor:
Long robes cut to allow free movement, hakama.
Power Source: Natural/Shugenja Divine/Arcane
Common Spells/Powers:
Lightning Bolt
Chi Instil
Chi Slash
Cyclone
Wind Wall
Abilities:
Elemental Sense- Shugenja can innately detect what kind of elements are available around them in a 20-foot diameter. This training has given them a bonus to Perception
Iaijutsu Master- Master of the quick draw, you can unsheath your weapon and attack at the same time. You gain a bonus to your attack score against opponents that have been caught offguard.
Usual Inventory: Trail rations,
Tactics/Combat Style: Raizo tends to strike hard and fast, often opening with something flashy to instil a bit of terror, then runs ground control, using his skill with wind to keep his foes off-balance, and his skill with a sword to deal with anyone who gets too close.
Origin/Backstory: Raizo was the second son of the Kaidan family in Hoshidon. As a member of the ruling caste, he received training in the katana as his birthright. However, as far back as he could remember, Raizo could hear the spirits of the air speaking to him- and when he spoke back, they answered. He soon grew as temperamental as the wind and storm spirits he conversed with, and, most damningly to his family, he started to question the order of things in Hoshidon. As this was tantamount to blasphemy, many things were tried- but in the end, when Raizo informed his father that the storm spirits couldn't tell a samurai from an eta, it was simply too much. Raizo was banished from his family lands, and, because he refused to put aside his sword, he became persona non grata in Hoshidon at large.
He went to Fa Rei, intending to move on to the relative freedom he heard was enjoyed upon the open steppes of Ulan and Doryoska, but he got caught up in defending some villagers from a small gang of bandits. After successfully putting them to flight, he found himself hailed as a hero, and he has stayed within Fa Rei, doing what good he can. Among the bandits, he has become known as the Abiding Storm, and his fame has grown to the point where he has received an invitation to the capital from a minor nobleman, interested in the prestige of associating with a known hero (and perhaps hiring the man to silence the complaints of his own peasants, who have been ill-protected of late).
Ability Scores::Modifiers
STR: 12::1
CON: 12::1
DEX: 12::1
INT: 12::1
WIS: 13::1
CHA: 12::1
Hit Points
6
Attack Score
Close: Katana 9, Wakizashi 7
Range: 6
Magic: 9
Defense Score
7
Fortitude Score
6
Reflexes Score
6
Willpower Score
8
Wealth Score
7
Skill Ranks
Acrobatics (DEX) : 3
Adventuring (WIS) : 3
Athletics (STR) : 4
Bluff (CHA) : 5
Diplomacy (CHA) : 3
Endurance (CON) : 4
History (INT) : 1
Insight (WIS) : 5
Intimidate (CHA) : 7
Magic Theory (INT) : 6
Medicine (INT) : 3
Nature (WIS) : 5
Perception (WIS) : 10
Religion (INT) : 3
Stealth (DEX) : 1
Streetwise (CHA) : 1
Thievery (DEX) : 1