| davei |
Gavrin Strongstone.
This was a hard choice; all of these were good. I admit that Liada's a fascinating character concept, and an excellent addition to the right game with a player who believes in her, but she doesn't seem like a good choice for a pre-gen. Her concept gives her a strong character and implied personality without any real motivation beyond "getting boned by dead dudes," which isn't a great motivator to travel around with a pack of live ones. When I'm handed a pre-gen character, I want the opposite: a character with a clear motivation to participate in the party and a personality concept sketched in enough to act as a guide and/or a challenge for me to flesh it out.
In short: I'm sorely tempted to steal Liada as an NPC, but for a PC to play without a say in its generation, give me the butt-kicking dwarf.