Monday, 8 May 2017

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

Immediately upon awakening I could tell that something was different, that something had changed, but I couldn't work out what. I felt uncomfortable and a bit dense. Like a hangover but without the headache or the gaps in my memory. Meh, it's probably nothing. Maybe a little concussion, but I doubt it'll last.

The recent adventure had seemed to have done me the world of good physically, though. I'd always been healthy and strong but after what we'd been through recently I expected to be in worse shape. As I checked over my bumps and bruises I noticed that they had completely subsided.

I got dressed and found my usually loose fitting jerkin was tight against my chest and arms. I stretched and flexed just to admire the way my toned biceps rippled and threatened to burst out my sleeves. I'd need some new clothes.

Feeling pretty happy with myself I walked to the basin and splashed the cold water over my face. Drying off I looked in the mirror and tried to straighten my hair like usual, but it just wouldn't stay where it was supposed to. It was really annoying, and...

What?

What's going on in the mirror?

THERE'S A PIMPLE ON MY FACE!

And what's going on with the patchy stubble?

And now I look closely, my jawline isn't as chiselled as it used to be.

Maybe this adventuring has taken its toll after all...


Bastien Pinefall is Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. But also uglier and stoopider.
Switched a couple traits around and levelling up leaves him with:
STR: 16 (+1 after switching some traits)
DEX: 12
CON: 16 (+1 after levelling up)
INT: 8 (-2 after switching some traits)
WIS: 16
CHA: 8 (-2 after switching some traits)



8 comments:

  1. Harder, thicker, longer, stronger?
    :S

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  2. Are you not a fan of Daft Punk?

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  3. Made me think of a viagra ad.
    ;)

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  4. Found fun manga style video of it.
    :)

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  5. This was always my favourite...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cYWfq--Nw

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  6. Amazing manual dexterity!
    I give him an 18 stat!
    :)

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  7. Also, remember, if Bastien does have an Intelligence of 8, his starting skill points at 1st level will be just 8. Followed by just 2 per level after that.
    This means that by 5th level, Bastien will only have 16 skill points to divide out.
    (Half of which come from his 'Human' bonus.)
    That said, the Cleric skill selection is terrible!
    I guess, you should just pick 2 skills and max them out to 8 each.
    Maybe 'Survival' and 'Concentration'?
    All the other skills depend upon Intelligence or Charisma.
    ;P

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  8. No worries, I rebuilt him from scratch.
    Skills are in survive, concentrate, knowledge religion, and spellcraft I think

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