I'm going against the gain and not making a thickly thewed fella or a lass with an aversion to clothes. Instead, let's explore somebody with the broad back and shoulders of an archer. Fortunately, archers have been fairly prominent in popular media over the last decade or so. That gives me a variety of material to steal.
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| This guy even brought his own bow! |
I used the online Conan Character Generator to make Olivarius. Unfortunately, the .pdf export feature wasn't working at the time of this post. This means I'll be taking y'all through the process step by step. Cool?
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I used the normal rules for character creation and restricted myself to the Core book for options. I wanted Olivarius to have a relatively privileged background, so he's from Aquilonia. This gives him Cosmopolitan, which is a situational talent that allows him to speak with NPCs who also have Cosmopolitan.
I opted not to lower or raise his base attributes. Eagle-eyed seemed like a thematic choice for his first attribute aspect. The second aspect was less clear, but I settled on brave. I gave Coordination a boost and Agility a nerf, followed by buffing both Intelligence and Brawn.
Continuing with the privileged background concept, I chose Petty Nobility as his caste. This gave him a boost to Social Standing, the talents Sheltered and Subject, and perks in Command. I picked Left to Your Own Devices as his story. This gave Olivarius the trait Adventurous.
The choice of Archer for his archetype seemed straightforward. This gave Olivarius boosts to Ranged Weapons, Animal Handling, Observation, Stealth, and Survival as well as the Accurate trait. I selected Athletics and Melee as his elective skills. He got a bow, two reloads, and a helmet. For additional equipment, I selected a boot knife, a riding horse, and a brigandine vest and trousers.
Given the inspiration, I picked Stoic for his nature. This gave Olivarius a bump to his Willpower attribute and his Discipline, Lore, and Resistance skills. I selected Healing and Parry for his elective skills. The Deflection talent looked handy for reducing the flow of Doom when using Parry.
I decided that Olivarius received a solid education before being sent off into the world, so he gets Educated by Masterful Tutors. This boosts Discipline, Lore, and Ranged Weapons. His elective skills are Resistance and Survival. I chose Marksman as his talent. He also gets a letter of praise and introduction from his tutor!
The Core rules didn't give me any choice other than a War Story for a notable event. Within War Stories, I picked Shipwrecked as the most thematic option. This bumped up Athletics and Sailing.
The next steps allows for improvements at the player's discretion. I put points into his Agility and Brawn attributes and his Acrobatics, Ranged Weapons, and Stealth skills. The choice of talent was tough, but I decided on Sharp Senses to give him a re-roll for Observation tests. I figured that he picked up some Pirate Code after getting shipwrecked. Finally, I chose not to burn a Fortune point for a boost to an attribute or skill.
For his starting gear (in addition to the stuff he received in earlier steps), I picked a tattoo from his time being shipwrecked, a hooded mantle (for reasons), and a hunting bow from a friend that died in battle.
The final stats for Olivarius are:
HOMELAND Aquilonia
ATTRIBUTE ASPECTS Eagle-eyed & Brave or Foolhardy
CASTE Petty Nobility
ARCHETYPE Archer
NATURE Stoic
EDUCATION Educated by Masterful Tutors
STORY Left to Your Own Devices
TRAIT Adventurous
WAR STORY Shipwrecked
SOCIAL STANDING 2
GOLD 7
FORTUNE POINTS 3
VIGOR 11
RESOLVE 12
AGILITY 9
ACROBATICS 1 1
MELEE 1 1
STEALTH 2 2
AWARENESS 9
INSIGHT 0 0
OBSERVATION 1 1
SURVIVAL 2 2
THIEVERY 0 0
BRAWN 9
ATHLETICS 2 2
RESISTANCE 2 2
COORDINATION 10
PARRY 1 1
RANGED WEAPONS 4 4
SAILING 1 1
INTELLIGENCE 8
ALCHEMY 0 0
CRAFT 0 0
HEALING 1 1
LINGUISTICS 0 0
LORE 2 2
WARFARE 0 0
PERSONALITY 7
ANIMAL HANDLING 1 1
COMMAND 1 1
COUNSEL 0 0
PERSUADE 0 0
SOCIETY 0 0
WILLPOWER 10
DISCIPLINE 2 2
SORCERY 0 0
TALENTS
Cosmopolitan
Sheltered
Subject
Accurate
Deflection
Marksman
Agile
EQUIPMENT
Hunting Bow
2 reloads for bow
Helmet (Armor 3: Head; Heavy)
Boot Blade
Riding horse
Brigandine vest and trousers (Armor 2: Torso/Legs)
Letter of praise and introduction from your tutor.
Tribal/ritual/prestige tattoos and/or piercings.
A hooded mantle, with gilt thread at the edge.
Your friend's Hunting Bow, they died in battle. Better you take it then some stranger!
LANGUAGES
Aquilonian
Pirate Code
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