"Wilberforce! "
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Badabar raises his axe and interposes himself between the oncoming water creature and the rest of the party. "Come to me, beastie!" he exclaims as he prepares to defend his comrades.
"The statue doesn't mean anything to me, but I never studied history." Badabar says. He waits a moment for Andros to tie a rope around his waist and then goes back in the room to search.
"Strange that I don't feel a thing, and that the rest of you do." Badbar says. "I can search the room by myself if you like." he offers.
"I have felt nothing...." Badabar says. "I don't know what could be bothering him." Badabar concentrates and tries to Detect Evil in the room.
"I've got no ability to identify magic." Badabar says. When Rik reveals that the potions are potions of healing, he says "Those will come in handy if Cedric and I exhaust our healing magic." With the others seeming to have everything in hand in the east chamber, Badabar wanders over to the west to look around. He keeps his axe ready in case of more beetles.
Badabar breathes deep tp catch his breath. "Is that the last of the beetles?" he asks. When no more appear, he wipes the beetle slime off of the blade of his axe. As the others start to search, he approaches Andros. "Let me see your wound Andros." he says. Examining it he remarks "I can mend this with the power of the Ironhand." He focuses his healing magic and knits together the edges of the wound.
Then he helps search the room.
"The Ironhand doesn't have anything in particular against beetles, but he tasks his followers with defending their fellows against any dangers that threaten them...." Badabar says between breaths as he recovers from his swing.
Badabar weaves between Cedric and Andros to close with the next beetle. He swings his greataxe in powerful upper-cut, hoping the beetles underside is less armored than its back.
Badabar steps up with his greataxe raised high. "Wilburforce!!!" he calls out as he brings it down on the beetle's back.
Badabar pulls out his last vial of alchemist's fire and waits for the swarm to approach. When it gets close, he will throw it at.
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Badabar joins them. "Beetles sounds like the place to start."
Badabar watches Andros and waits to see if he needs backup.
Badabar guards the rear as the others descend.
Badabar cautiously approaches the hole and looks down.
"Look out Andros!" Badabar cries as the beetles swarm over them. He ducks back out of the swarm and clambers back on top of the tomb, expending some of his healing magic to counteract the beetle's acid.
Badabar moves up next to Andros and chops down at the aberration.
Badabar tosses his alchemist fire at the oncoming swarm. thrown at square closest to me.
Then he grabs his axe.
After Andros explains that something is coming, Badabar pulls out his own flask of alchemist's fire.
"This place is apparently unstable. We'll have to be careful." "Do we try turning the coffin again, investigate this collapsed shaft, or go back to the elevator that seemed to still work?"
"Is something going to give way?" Badabar asks as he cocks his head and listens.
"Agree ... let's spin the dial further and see if anything else happens. Then we can enter into the secret chamber." Badabar says. He throws his back into pushing the dial to the next position.
"Maybe we can move it to point another way." Badbar agrees. He lends his strength:
"Maybe the arrow pointing to the orange hallway is a clue." Badabar suggests. "Let me check it out." The gnome hefts his axe and advances cautiously down the hallway to see if there's anything to be seen.
Badabar disagrees: "I don't think we should disturb anyone's final rest."
Badabar stretches up on his tiptoes to look down at the lid of the sarcophagus. "Somebody broke off her ... his ... their finger." Badabar says.
Badabar walks over to check the sarcophagus.
and sees nothing.
"People being as they are, I'm surprised that any of these things are still here after all this time."
Not wanting the beast to menace his pony outside, Badabar slices the wolf as it runs past.
Badabar moves up to the Chain-Link wolf and swings with his greataxe.
Badbar stands guard in the center of the hallway giving the others a chance to examine the apparatus.
Badabar moves over to examine the clump of cloth in the west alcove.
Badabar unsaddles his pony and secures it to a tree a little bit off the path, making sure he has some grass to munch on. He pulls several torches from his saddlebag and lights one. He offers it to Cedric and asks "Would you mind carrying this? You're taller, you see, and so the light will travel further." He looks to Andros and asks: "If you're good, then the two of us can lead the way as Rik suggests." If the others are in agreement, he will head into the tunnel with the monk by his side.
Badabar shows up early the next morning. His breastplate is polished and gleaming and he has an axe as tall as he is in his right hand. He is leading a well groomed pony on a bridle with his left hand.
"I've never heard of these Vaati. They didn't come up in Gnome primary school." Badabar says. "I imagine we just have to pay attention to what we find and describe it to the wizard." "I'll be back in the morning with my gear and my steed."
"That works for me as well."
"It's a tomb. It hasn't gone anywhere for a long time, it'll still be there tomorrow." "Let's leave tomorrow morning."
"Let's hear from the wizard before we make any plans." "My lord Gaerdal Ironhand wouldn't look kindly on one of his paladins turning to common grave robbing, but if there's something worth investigating then I think I can spare the time."
"Pleased to meet you my new friend." Balaban replies to the ratfolk. "and what might your name be?" Waiting and moment until after he replies, then Badabar says: "I'll listen to your wizard's proposal.
"Gloomy day...." Badabar says as he steps out into the square. He pulls off his hat and looks up at the sky trying to make out the sun behind all of the clouds. The little paladin attracts a few stares from the humans that make up the majority of the population. Most passersby probably mistake him initially for Tidwoad, the local gnome merchant, but his armor and battleaxe mark him as someone different.
Badabar might pick up religion next level, but Paladins don't get a lot of skill points. Badabar probably might have met Rik at Tidwoad's, where he is staying. It's not a big town, so we've likely crossed paths in the town square. It's Bad's first trip out in the world on his own, and he's surprised by the wickedness that lurks under the surface in what is supposed to be a civilized part of the world. The big folk aren't really familiar with smallfolk religion and so they don't really get that Bad is a paladin of Gaerdal Ironhand able to sense evil in the world. I expect he is underestimated by most humans he meets.
Looking forward to it.
Submitting Badabar Wilburforce. He's a gnome paladin from Grossetgrottel near Diamond Lake. He's in town because there was a gem heist in Grossetgrottel and he's come to visit Tidwoad to check and see if any of the stolen gems have turned up in Diamond Lake. 10 minute background: Step 1: Write 5 background and concept elements that you feel are important to your image of the character. These can be a concept overview, a list of important life events, a physical description, a personality profile...whatever you need to get an image in your mind. 5 is just a minimum...more elements are encouraged! [1] Badabar Wilburforce grew up in Grossetgrottel, three days northwest of Diamond Lake. It is a cavern community of 800 gnomes who specialize in mining gems. [2] Badabr has been a warden in Grossetgrottel for the last five years, choosing defending his homeland over a trade in the mining or gem cutting professions. He worships Gaerdal Ironhand, the gnome deity of protection and vigilance. He is committed to defending those of his family and community, no matter the personal cost. [3] He is a bit serious for a gnome. Much more of a law and order guy than your average gnome trickster. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t have fun, but he takes duty and responsibility pretty seriously. [4] His family is well established, living in Grossetgrottel for Badbar has an older brother and younger sister. It bothers his parents that he has taken up a dangerous profession that deters him from settling down and starting a family. [5] Badabar dresses more conservatively than most gnomes when he is not in his armor. Most of the time he is wearing the finely crafted breastplate he has saved up for over a black tunic and red pants. He carries a well made battle-axe (the weapon of his deity) and a crossbow slung on his back. Step 2: List at least two goals for the character. At least one of these goals should be one that the character has, while another should be one that you, as a player, want to see developed over the course of the game.
Step 3: List at least two secrets about your character. One is a secret the character knows, one is a secret that involves him but that he is not actually aware of yet.
Step 4: Describe at least three people that are tied to the character. Two of them are friendly to the character, one is hostile. If you like, you can include an enemy of yours here as well, so I have an instant NPC nemesis to throw at you.
Step 5: Describe three memories, mannerisms, or quirks that your character has. They don't have to be elaborate, but they should provide some context and flavor.
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