Sword Coast - General Rahm Kota

Character Sketch

A veteran of past wars, Kota is an old man, 50, maybe even 60, years of age. Well past his prime with the glory days in the past, he is now down on his luck, blinded, his body stooped and broken. Forced to eak out a living as a beggar, he spends his days scraping together a few coins here and there to pay for enough cheap booze to eradicate memories of the past.

Yet Kota is not a very effective beggar, it's not the battered breast plate he still wears, or the bastard sword on his back (it doesn't look like he could swing it even if he wanted to...) it's just poeple can't quite shake the feeling that there's something going on behind that blindfold, and maybe, just maybe, he's not quite as weak as he initially appears...........

Background

Kota was born to a human woman in westgate and grew up an orphan on the streets.

Kota's not lying - he is a veteran of many battles, but the rest of this is secret.....;0)

Description

General Rahm Kota is an old man, 50, maybe even 60, years of age, Well past his prime. His stooped form is covered by a large black cloak which is tattered and frayed at the ends, spattered with mud. The handle of a large sword sticks out from beneath the cloak, making the fabric stand up slightly, giving the impression of a hunched back. A battered breast plate is just visible beneath the cloak. In his right hand is a walking stick with which he tests the ground as he totters a long, not exactly slow, just very unsteady on his feet.

Long grey straggly hair is tied back in a ponytail from which a few strands have escaped hanging down over his face. He has a short grey beard as well as copious amounts of stubble. His eyes are his most striking feature, bound as they are with long strips of leather. The bindings look like they've been in place for a very long time.

Notes

Kota speaks with a thick cockney accent (at least we'd call it cockney, god knows where it comes from in the D&D multiverse) with the occasional piece of planar cant thrown in.

He's prone to calling everyone 'boy' regardless of race gender, creed or age - in fact he sounds a little like a victorian cockney gangster, 'fackin cants!'

1st level barbarian/3rd level Fighter

Tiefling +1 Level Adjustment

+2 Dex, +2 Int, -2 Cha
Cold, Fire & Electricity resistance 5
+2 racial bonus of Bluff and Hide checks
Dark Vision 60'
Outsider

Str 17 +3
Dex 7 -2
Con 16 +3
Int 14 +2
Wis 15 +2
Cha 9 -1

HP 39

Att +8 (+4 BaB, +3 Str, +1 Weapon Focus)
Dam 1d10+3
AC 13 (+5 Breastplate, -2 Dex)

Saves

Fort 5 +3 Con
Will 1 +2 Wis
Ref 1 -2 Dex

Fast Movement - A barbarian’s land speed is faster than the norm for his race by +10 feet.

Rage - A barbarian can fly into a rage a certain number of times per day. In a rage, a barbarian temporarily gains a +4 bonus to Strength, a +4 bonus to Constitution, and a +2 morale bonus on Will saves, but he takes a -2 penalty to Armor Class. The increase in Constitution increases the barbarian’s hit points by 2 points per level, but these hit points go away at the end of the rage when his Constitution score drops back to normal. (These extra hit points are not lost first the way temporary hit points are.)

Feats (3)

Power Attack

Weapon Focus (Bastard Sword) +1 on att rolls

Languages - Common (Faerunian), Common (Planar), Infernal

Skills 36 (24 initial as barbarian + 4/fighter level)

Craft (Int +2, 5 ranks)
Intimidate (Cha -1, 3 ranks, +2 Willing Deformity)
Knowledge (Outer Planes) (Int +2, 3 ranks)
Knowledge (Military Tactics) (Int +2, 6 ranks)
Listen (Wis +1, 3 ranks)
Read/Write (2 ranks)
Ride (Dex -2, 4 ranks)

10 points still to spend.........

Equipment

Battered Breast Plate
Notched Bastard Sword
Bottle of Whisky
Walking Stick
Old Cloak
Half a tin can with 3 CP and 2 buttons in it
Pipe
Pipeweed
Hearing Trumpet

Pet Tarrasque. On a lead.
Jar of Gypsy's tears

oh, forgot to mention that the pet tarrasque is not allowed. would a great wyrm red dragon mount do instead?

sorry to be a pain, its just the 868hp and total immunity to everything that i think might be a wee bit unbalancing.

a bit small???

Sorry already OK'd the Tarrasque with Baat. It's only a small one.

oh, a small one? oh in that case thats fine. its the big ones that tend to be a problem.

Sweet, cheers.

see, now thats a big one.