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GENERAL

Name: Howard Steelard
Nickname: Owl
Age: 45
Gender: N/A (but adopted Male prounomn in this world)
Species: Construct
Eye Color: Lightning blue
Hair Color: Bald
Height: 5'4'' (Neck can extand height to 6'8'') | 162.6 cm (207.3)
Weight: 152 lbs | 69.3 kg

PROFESSION INFORMATION

Profession: Merchant
Current HP: 8
Rank: Novice
Passive Ability: Crafting Expert | When crafting, add +1 to your LUK.

Skill(s):
➤ Haggle | When purchasing or selling an item in the Emporium, test your CHA to either decrease or increase the price. (Must tell the mod which, when rolling. Can be used once a day)
➤ Hammer Fall | Strike down on your enemy hard. Test your STR. If successful, the enemy takes damage equal to your roll +1 and becomes stunned.
➤ Synthetic Armor | Using your amazing craft skills, you create armor for yourself. Test your LUK. If successful, the armor lasts for the number of successes and absorbs all physical damage. Ailments can still be caused.
Example: You rolled 2 successes, thus the armor lasts 2 turns.
➤ Combustion Missile | Using your expert skills, you take an item from your inventory and turn it into a bomb, hurling it at your enemy. Test your LUK. If successful, the item explodes, causing damage equal to your roll x2 and inflicts burn upon the enemy.
Example: You rolled 4 successes. 4x2 = 8
*Note: Any item used, whether you succeed or fail will be used up and removed from your inventory. Any item can be used.

Attributes:
STR: 3
AGI: 2
WIS: 3
CHA: 4
LUK: 3
SPR: 2

PERSONAL LIFE

Alignment: Lawfull Neutra

Personality:

+ Quirky | A construct with some personality. Howard, most of the time seems merry, singsonging when talking and stumbling around like a peacock. They make themselves know pretty easelly.

+ Outspoken | Howard talk and know how to do it without sounding like they just recently got transported into a new world without any knowledge of it. Most of the time they manage not to look like a total fool when asking questions.

+ Charming | Not to slow down on compliment and chit chat they are a pretty good talker. They will try to adapt to most situation. Though it's pretty hard for them to get rid of their quirky personality and tend to look a bit too happy in some questionable situations. They are still trying to work on that one.

= Curious | Howard, even though a bit lost in this new world just love everything about it. The people, the backward technologie, the magic?. It's all fascinating and nothing is too boring for them.

= Impartial | More fact than feelings Howard dont get moved in most situations. Everyone should be allowed the same leniency and follow the rules, even if said rules are a bit weird.

= Mechanical | Easy to see on their demeanor it also apply to his personality. Howard mind process by elimination when processing information based on their knowledge. It can sometime end up in some peculiar result.

- Stubborn | If you didnt noticed yet, Howard is very stubborn in their way. They will try to sell you stuff over and over again even if you repetitively refuse. They will try to change tactic to tempt you thought, but they won't stop.

- Competitive | Was that a challenge? It is now. It mostly come from the fact you need to get gud to survive in his domaine. Be better than the other merchand!

- Heartless | In the end, this world isn't theirs. It's hard to take this all seriously when you know you don't really belong. All this, it look more like a game than reality for Howard. They will be able to move on very quickly from dramatic events, death of friends and so on. This used to be far from tru but it turned into a defence mechanism after being warped here.

Backstory:

Construct, robots, golems. Many names could be used but none were really right. Howard was born when two Core bound gave half of their heart to create Howard power core, thus creating a new life. Giving half of your core to form a new entity was something very personal and intimate in their world, after all you could only give so much before there was nothing left. It was a strage process anyway to anyone not of their world. Once created the new core needed a shell, or a body. The two bounded construct would usually decide of the final appearance the new entity would take. Howard was a weird mix between their two 'parents'. A mix between a owl and an humanoid. Once the shell was completed, the construct could just, do as they pleased. They were born mature with some base knowledge inherit by the parents and with this they could move along and learn new experience, do totally different jobs or stay in their comfort zone. Howard went for what was familiar but keeping them in some short of novelty job.

After finding a master to teach them the way of pestering people where they couldn't hide. Alias a colporter, pedlar, annoyance, anything you want to call it. Working this job was pleasing since it mean visiting new city, sometime even going to the surface, as their species were mostly living in massive cave system since ore were easier to find the deeper you dug. Each city was different, and the aspect and form of the construct were very different depending on where you were created. Howard was born in a mostly aviant based community, but they found out some weird looking amphibians, some that didnt rust when submerged under water. Some other were huge but slow, strong looking fellows. They all needed something from the other cities and what they could offer, so Howard was never out of work. It was a pretty nice life. Nothing dangerous minus some pretty annoyed construct who didn't appreciate Howard coming over every few days to offer new products. Over and over again.

Things changed one day while Howards was traveling alone in one of the tunnel leading to their next destination. It was dark but nothing too hard to deal with since they had pretty good dark vision. A nice bonus given by one of their parent. That's probably why they spotted it, that small, shiny little dust floating in the cavern. It was just ASKING to be touched as it was wiggling around, left and right, up and down. So pretty. Maybe Howard could catch it. Maybe Howard could sell it, or keep it! So shiny. They stretched one of their sharp smooth claw towards it, ready to catch it. ''Come here little strange ligh-''

There was a flash of light as Howard felt a pull that sent him tumbling forward blindy. Their systeme went crazy for a moment before their program booted back up again. Startled he froze and stretched their neck, looking around frantically. The red haze was fading and Howard was... On the surface, in the open? Oh no no no that was dangerous. Where was the entrance to the cave? Looking up it was night, stars and some reddish auroras. Well that's what he thought it was because there was nothing else in his database that popped up. It was the closest guess they could make. Howard was so distracted that they didnt notice the weird creature creeping closer. Around the same height and approaching carefully. When they did take notice Howard went straight into intimidating mode. Which was an overstatement as they only stretched their wings like they were about to take flight. Which was none since the couldn't fly. The creature stopped advancing and started uttering weird sound and noise while raising their limbs. They looked like those worms found in some caves, but with limbs... And some with some short of soft looking tiny minuscules needles all over. They were not looking very aggressive but some of them were holding steel sticks in their extremities. Weapons? Howard was not a fighter. One against five? Not a good situations to be in. They fleshy creature were looking a bit tense, maybe as much as they were. Not knowing any better options Howard took a more relaxed stance, gluing their wings to his side like a bird would. After a short moment it seemed to work and the weird surface creature lowered their pointy stick. They were still trying to communicate but Howard was having a very hard time understanding the dialect.

Much later, Howard learned a bit more about the world he was not stuck with. He was at first very upset, especially once he was able to communicate properly and learned that sending him back was in fact, not currently an option. Not because they didnt want him to leave but because they didnt know how. Integration at first was hard until Howard decided to try acting like the folks in this world and considering it as visiting a new city. New people, new rules, new people trade with. He Sold everything he had in favor of getting some more useful stuff to fit with the locals. Soft clothes, food, which he quickly gave away after understanding what it was for, oils for keeping his body functioning, a map and a few books to learn the tongue of the people.

Even though he was on for a rough start Howard got more and more interested in the world surrounding him. He was not a huge fan of books but from where he came from he remembered some construct loved to read about made up stories. Thuse he quickly started writing down the wonders of this world. So he could bring it back home one day and maybe sell it. No one would believe him, maybe he was just short circuiting in a pit somewhere in a cave in his home world and this was just a bug, but it was very interesting no matter what. Though he was fairly convinced he would never have been able to come up with a third of what was populating this world. It was so different. So... trilling! He wrote down one last sentence before closing his book. Time to move on. He had stuff to do, trinkets to sell and things to discover!

Natural Abilities:
➤ High Stress | When your HP drops below 2, add +2 STR to your next attack. If your attack lands, double the damage. (example: You successfully attacked with 2 successes. 2x2 = 4)
➤ Excellent Hearing | When out on Exploration, this ability allows you to go first in a fight.
➤ Keen Eye | Allows the player to search for loot after their exploration is complete.

Likes:
+ Civilisation. More people the better.
+ Music, something that didnt exist in his world but that he's very found off now.
+ Trading. Selling stuff is good but you never know what you could find via trading!
+ People who cant say no cause they buy.
+ Shiny stuff. All of it.

Dislikes:
- Broke people. Especially if they only tell you after youre done with your sale speech.
- Food, its gross and gunk everything
- Rain, water in general. It aint good for his metal parts.
- Being told he dont have feelings. That's very rude, he have feelings just fine.
- Violence. Its best to talk it out or avoid it if you ask him.

EXTRA

➤ Howard adopted a male pronouns after learning those were a thing in this world. Especially after he noticed people tended to use one or the other. He went with male after a visit to a clothes shop and thinking the male sections was more practical.
➤ He look like a robot, kinda act like one but he's far from one. his people have complex emotions pattern like most species. He was surprised flesh people had feelings too. Usually he only found really dump creature in his world that fitted that description.
➤ Howard only write in his own language making it hard to snoop in his journals and books. Though he will always accept to translate if asked.
➤ When he first appeared in the new world Howard was covered by a smooth and light shell all over his body. The metal, rare in his world and none existent here slowly peeled away because of the weather. Howards is currently looking for a competent blacksmith or artist to replace those corroded parts.
➤ Where he come from the air is composed of a thick substance that power his people. Here he had to find an alternative, which turned out to be magic. He had the help of a magic user to allow his core to filter the ambient magic. It's currently what keep him functioning and it don't need much to function since its a lot more potent than what he's used too
➤ Howard have almost all the propriety of a owl, head can do a few turn on itself, good eyesight and hearing. Though he can't fly and is a pretty sad excuse of a hunter, if one at all.

CREDITS

Neithendall is a private ARPG group, run mostly through Discord.
Neithendall's creation is © to Firethroat.
Characters used © to their original creators.

Description

GENERAL

Name: Howard Steelard
Nickname: Owl
Age: 45
Gender: N/A (but adopted Male prounomn in this world)
Species: Construct
Eye Color: Lightning blue
Hair Color: Bald
Height: 5'4'' (Neck can extand height to 6'8'') | 162.6 cm (207.3)
Weight: 152 lbs | 69.3 kg

PROFESSION INFORMATION

Profession: Merchant
Current HP: 8
Rank: Novice
Passive Ability: Crafting Expert | When crafting, add +1 to your LUK.

Skill(s):
➤ Haggle | When purchasing or selling an item in the Emporium, test your CHA to either decrease or increase the price. (Must tell the mod which, when rolling. Can be used once a day)
➤ Hammer Fall | Strike down on your enemy hard. Test your STR. If successful, the enemy takes damage equal to your roll +1 and becomes stunned.
➤ Synthetic Armor | Using your amazing craft skills, you create armor for yourself. Test your LUK. If successful, the armor lasts for the number of successes and absorbs all physical damage. Ailments can still be caused.
Example: You rolled 2 successes, thus the armor lasts 2 turns.
➤ Combustion Missile | Using your expert skills, you take an item from your inventory and turn it into a bomb, hurling it at your enemy. Test your LUK. If successful, the item explodes, causing damage equal to your roll x2 and inflicts burn upon the enemy.
Example: You rolled 4 successes. 4x2 = 8
*Note: Any item used, whether you succeed or fail will be used up and removed from your inventory. Any item can be used.

Attributes:
STR: 3
AGI: 2
WIS: 3
CHA: 4
LUK: 3
SPR: 2

PERSONAL LIFE

Alignment: Lawfull Neutra

Personality:

+ Quirky | A construct with some personality. Howard, most of the time seems merry, singsonging when talking and stumbling around like a peacock. They make themselves know pretty easelly.

+ Outspoken | Howard talk and know how to do it without sounding like they just recently got transported into a new world without any knowledge of it. Most of the time they manage not to look like a total fool when asking questions.

+ Charming | Not to slow down on compliment and chit chat they are a pretty good talker. They will try to adapt to most situation. Though it's pretty hard for them to get rid of their quirky personality and tend to look a bit too happy in some questionable situations. They are still trying to work on that one.

= Curious | Howard, even though a bit lost in this new world just love everything about it. The people, the backward technologie, the magic?. It's all fascinating and nothing is too boring for them.

= Impartial | More fact than feelings Howard dont get moved in most situations. Everyone should be allowed the same leniency and follow the rules, even if said rules are a bit weird.

= Mechanical | Easy to see on their demeanor it also apply to his personality. Howard mind process by elimination when processing information based on their knowledge. It can sometime end up in some peculiar result.

- Stubborn | If you didnt noticed yet, Howard is very stubborn in their way. They will try to sell you stuff over and over again even if you repetitively refuse. They will try to change tactic to tempt you thought, but they won't stop.

- Competitive | Was that a challenge? It is now. It mostly come from the fact you need to get gud to survive in his domaine. Be better than the other merchand!

- Heartless | In the end, this world isn't theirs. It's hard to take this all seriously when you know you don't really belong. All this, it look more like a game than reality for Howard. They will be able to move on very quickly from dramatic events, death of friends and so on. This used to be far from tru but it turned into a defence mechanism after being warped here.

Backstory:

Construct, robots, golems. Many names could be used but none were really right. Howard was born when two Core bound gave half of their heart to create Howard power core, thus creating a new life. Giving half of your core to form a new entity was something very personal and intimate in their world, after all you could only give so much before there was nothing left. It was a strage process anyway to anyone not of their world. Once created the new core needed a shell, or a body. The two bounded construct would usually decide of the final appearance the new entity would take. Howard was a weird mix between their two 'parents'. A mix between a owl and an humanoid. Once the shell was completed, the construct could just, do as they pleased. They were born mature with some base knowledge inherit by the parents and with this they could move along and learn new experience, do totally different jobs or stay in their comfort zone. Howard went for what was familiar but keeping them in some short of novelty job.

After finding a master to teach them the way of pestering people where they couldn't hide. Alias a colporter, pedlar, annoyance, anything you want to call it. Working this job was pleasing since it mean visiting new city, sometime even going to the surface, as their species were mostly living in massive cave system since ore were easier to find the deeper you dug. Each city was different, and the aspect and form of the construct were very different depending on where you were created. Howard was born in a mostly aviant based community, but they found out some weird looking amphibians, some that didnt rust when submerged under water. Some other were huge but slow, strong looking fellows. They all needed something from the other cities and what they could offer, so Howard was never out of work. It was a pretty nice life. Nothing dangerous minus some pretty annoyed construct who didn't appreciate Howard coming over every few days to offer new products. Over and over again.

Things changed one day while Howards was traveling alone in one of the tunnel leading to their next destination. It was dark but nothing too hard to deal with since they had pretty good dark vision. A nice bonus given by one of their parent. That's probably why they spotted it, that small, shiny little dust floating in the cavern. It was just ASKING to be touched as it was wiggling around, left and right, up and down. So pretty. Maybe Howard could catch it. Maybe Howard could sell it, or keep it! So shiny. They stretched one of their sharp smooth claw towards it, ready to catch it. ''Come here little strange ligh-''

There was a flash of light as Howard felt a pull that sent him tumbling forward blindy. Their systeme went crazy for a moment before their program booted back up again. Startled he froze and stretched their neck, looking around frantically. The red haze was fading and Howard was... On the surface, in the open? Oh no no no that was dangerous. Where was the entrance to the cave? Looking up it was night, stars and some reddish auroras. Well that's what he thought it was because there was nothing else in his database that popped up. It was the closest guess they could make. Howard was so distracted that they didnt notice the weird creature creeping closer. Around the same height and approaching carefully. When they did take notice Howard went straight into intimidating mode. Which was an overstatement as they only stretched their wings like they were about to take flight. Which was none since the couldn't fly. The creature stopped advancing and started uttering weird sound and noise while raising their limbs. They looked like those worms found in some caves, but with limbs... And some with some short of soft looking tiny minuscules needles all over. They were not looking very aggressive but some of them were holding steel sticks in their extremities. Weapons? Howard was not a fighter. One against five? Not a good situations to be in. They fleshy creature were looking a bit tense, maybe as much as they were. Not knowing any better options Howard took a more relaxed stance, gluing their wings to his side like a bird would. After a short moment it seemed to work and the weird surface creature lowered their pointy stick. They were still trying to communicate but Howard was having a very hard time understanding the dialect.

Much later, Howard learned a bit more about the world he was not stuck with. He was at first very upset, especially once he was able to communicate properly and learned that sending him back was in fact, not currently an option. Not because they didnt want him to leave but because they didnt know how. Integration at first was hard until Howard decided to try acting like the folks in this world and considering it as visiting a new city. New people, new rules, new people trade with. He Sold everything he had in favor of getting some more useful stuff to fit with the locals. Soft clothes, food, which he quickly gave away after understanding what it was for, oils for keeping his body functioning, a map and a few books to learn the tongue of the people.

Even though he was on for a rough start Howard got more and more interested in the world surrounding him. He was not a huge fan of books but from where he came from he remembered some construct loved to read about made up stories. Thuse he quickly started writing down the wonders of this world. So he could bring it back home one day and maybe sell it. No one would believe him, maybe he was just short circuiting in a pit somewhere in a cave in his home world and this was just a bug, but it was very interesting no matter what. Though he was fairly convinced he would never have been able to come up with a third of what was populating this world. It was so different. So... trilling! He wrote down one last sentence before closing his book. Time to move on. He had stuff to do, trinkets to sell and things to discover!

Natural Abilities:
➤ High Stress | When your HP drops below 2, add +2 STR to your next attack. If your attack lands, double the damage. (example: You successfully attacked with 2 successes. 2x2 = 4)
➤ Excellent Hearing | When out on Exploration, this ability allows you to go first in a fight.
➤ Keen Eye | Allows the player to search for loot after their exploration is complete.

Likes:
+ Civilisation. More people the better.
+ Music, something that didnt exist in his world but that he's very found off now.
+ Trading. Selling stuff is good but you never know what you could find via trading!
+ People who cant say no cause they buy.
+ Shiny stuff. All of it.

Dislikes:
- Broke people. Especially if they only tell you after youre done with your sale speech.
- Food, its gross and gunk everything
- Rain, water in general. It aint good for his metal parts.
- Being told he dont have feelings. That's very rude, he have feelings just fine.
- Violence. Its best to talk it out or avoid it if you ask him.

EXTRA

➤ Howard adopted a male pronouns after learning those were a thing in this world. Especially after he noticed people tended to use one or the other. He went with male after a visit to a clothes shop and thinking the male sections was more practical.
➤ He look like a robot, kinda act like one but he's far from one. his people have complex emotions pattern like most species. He was surprised flesh people had feelings too. Usually he only found really dump creature in his world that fitted that description.
➤ Howard only write in his own language making it hard to snoop in his journals and books. Though he will always accept to translate if asked.
➤ When he first appeared in the new world Howard was covered by a smooth and light shell all over his body. The metal, rare in his world and none existent here slowly peeled away because of the weather. Howards is currently looking for a competent blacksmith or artist to replace those corroded parts.
➤ Where he come from the air is composed of a thick substance that power his people. Here he had to find an alternative, which turned out to be magic. He had the help of a magic user to allow his core to filter the ambient magic. It's currently what keep him functioning and it don't need much to function since its a lot more potent than what he's used too
➤ Howard have almost all the propriety of a owl, head can do a few turn on itself, good eyesight and hearing. Though he can't fly and is a pretty sad excuse of a hunter, if one at all.

CREDITS

Neithendall is a private ARPG group, run mostly through Discord.
Neithendall's creation is © to Firethroat.
Characters used © to their original creators.