Leon D'Orr's page

Background:
Leon D’Orr was born into a rich and well-off noble family. The only child and heir of the Duke, Leon was raised to be in the ways of nobility and diplomacy and even deception. He was rather sharp and good at lying to people and telling them what they wanted to hear. It did not hurt also that he was a charming and attractive young man. A career in politics beckoned him. He was rather spoiled by the riches of his family and he grew up, arrogant, and condescending. He even neglected his weapon studies, determined not to sully his hands with swords and weapons of the common class. He assumed he would never have need of martial skills; he could hire soldiers and mercenaries for that.

Leon had a good life, until he turned 14. The former Empire of Taldor had long collapsed, leaving behind a shadow of its former glory. Rival nobles battled each other with bitter knights and proxy armies for personal power rather than honor. That became all too real, when a rival noble’s forces (the Guillaume family) invaded the D’Orr estate and castle and lay siege to its forces. Leon’s father and mother were killed in front of him, while he stood helpless watching like a coward, unable to grab a sword to defend them or his family’s honor. He was scurried out of the castle by the Castellan, who decided to hide the young adult in a remote monastery, afraid the Gillaumes would seek to kill all D’Orr’s heirs.

Leon was overwhelmed by his shame and inability to defend his family. The monks took pity on him. With the monks’ help, he overcame the pain and then resolved to never be afraid again. He learned combat, both unarmed and with monk weapons, turning his skinny frame into a muscular and athletic body. 2 years later he emerged a different person from the monastery. He sought vengeance against the Guillaume family but he was smart enough to know he could not take on an army. He enlisted in various military units becoming familiar with the shield, his primary weapon of choice, remembering his late father’s words, “The best offense is a good defense.” Then one morning, upon saving a priestess, Amanda, from bandits in the woods, Leon felt the call of Iomedae. That and he fell in love with the priestess. He volunteered his services to the church and became both its holy warrior but its hunter, seeking our dens of evil and exterminating them. Along the way, he fell in with like-minded individuals and traveled the realm, in the support of good. His goal is to one day reclaim his parents’ ancestral home back for the D’Orr name. He cannot marry Amanda until his goal is complete. In the meantime, he watches over his comrades, to never again let his charges be harmed. He swore an oath on his parents’ gravesites that they would forever be proud of him, as a champion of good.

Physical description: Like this without the weapons obviously Pic

Leon is 6’1” tall, muscular, with black hair, green eyes, and a full beard. He is in his early 30’s, having entered into the adventuring life later in life.

Personality: Leon was a spoiled and arrogant heir of noble birth. Tragedy changed his life and he learned the importance of humility and charity. He still carries a bit of a rebellious streak inside of him, despite his orderly ways. He refuses to fight with any other weapons other than his trusted shield and his fists. He sees himself as the protector of the party and tries to keep them alive to the best of his ability. He takes his failures personally and sees himself as a martyr, and should the need arise, he will sacrifice his life for the greater good. He tries to lead the party by example, through living his life in a lawful good manner. That often creates conflict, but Leon has learned to accept other points of view.

Role and mechanics: Outside of combat, Leon will act as the social face of the party with his high Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidation, and Sense Motive skills. In combat, he has various roles: Secondary hit point and adverse status healer (with his Channel Energy, Lay on Hands, Auras, and spells); he is a decent melee and ranged threat with his shield and flurry of blows style of combat (when he power attacks and even more so when he crits, he can do in excess of 100 points of damage; more so, when he smites); Buffer (as a Marshal, he can substitute his allies’ saves with his own; grant his allies his smite ability; give his allies pluses to hit when he hits on AoO; give his allies a d20 reroll; direct assault against BBEG; and assist allies with Preacher ability); and Debuffer (with Cornugon Smash, he will power attack opponent and try to demoralize him/her with his Intimidate skill, giving the enemy -2 to saves to then let the arcane users target with spells). He is the ultimate set-up man.

Tactics: As evident by the build, I have created the character to be both versatile and hard to kill. With evasion and stalwart abilities, on successful saves, he will take no damage (hence, why his saves are in the 20s). With Martial Flexibility, he is versatile as to what 3 combat feats he can enjoy for 1 minute. If I want damage, he can take 2 of the Vital Strike chain and Furious Focus; if he wants to not draw AoOs: Mobility and Spring attack; if he wants to trip: Combat Expertise, Improved Trip, and Greater Trip; etc. He will be very defensive in combat, depending on need. Fighting defensively, Smiting, Judgment, and with Osyluth Guile, he can get his AC to 50 against one opponent (+4 extra deflection, +3 dodge, +6 charisma, +3 sacred). Main trick will be to watch the overlapping of swift and immediate actions, since he has so many.

Player: I have been playing since Unearthed Arcana came out for D&D (barbarian was my first character). I am in one long term PbP here on these boards (Age of Worms game – I play currently a 19th level cleric). I do not think we have played together previously. I’ve tried GMing 2 games on these boards, but they ended prematurely, as it takes a lot of work and I did not have the time. I am regularly on, so posting regularly/frequently will not be an issue.