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Subject: New race and comments

Hello all,

     Guess I sort of missed all the race stuff (a little late) but there is one
at the end of this note.  A few comments though.  First, is anyone else out
there a RPGA member and if you are what do you think of it?  I've been a member
for about a year and a half and really like Polyhedron.  The contests and stuff
give me a lot of inspirations for ideas, sort of like this list.
     You think you have problems with a dwarf fighter/thief?  Try a cleric of
Mask (Forgotten Realms) that pretended he was a fighter.  A priest of Mask is
basically a thief.  This guy is humam though so there isn't the stereotype of a
battleship dwarf.  You could run him as the macho stud dude who spurns armor.
Bracers of Defense seem perfect for you, although since I don't believe they are
classified as armor but misc. magic you might have problems there.  Hey, that's
a good question, I'll have to look it up . . . NO replys please, I'll find out
myself.  Of course you'll have to get ahold of those items first.  Then again
you could play him as the absent-minded dwarf who always forgets his armor.  Or,
if he is rich, always losing or getting his armor beat up and of course he won't
wear anything but shiny new armor . . .  Perhaps the previous suggestion about
just going ahead and wearing the armor was the best.  If you're trying to
conceal being a thief, then you probably won't be practicing your art during
adventures too much anyhow.
     This race I made up when I was looking for an interesting NPC to introduce
as a thief.  And, since I have this weird belief that the players should be
able to play anything I introduce into the game . . .  Sorry if this race has
been posted before, I have copies of all the races put up, but haven't read all
of them yet.
 
Kenku:
 
Bonuses/Minuses:  +2 DEX, -2 CHA
Classes:  Mage, Thief, Fighter, Fighter/Thief, Fighter/Mage, Fighter/Mage/Thief,
          Mage/Thief
Alignment:  Any Neutral (CN, LN, NG, NE, N)
 
A kenku outside of the community (an adventuring PC) loses all innate spell
casting ability.  He/She left the community too early to be taught the secrets
of spell casting.  (OK, this explanation sucks; too bad.)
 
Maximums and Minimums
Str:  3/18
Int:  8/18
Wis:  3/18
Dex:  11/20
Con:  3/18
Chr:  1/16
 
Racial Thieving Modifiers
Pick Pockets:  +5%
Open Locks:    ---
Find/Rem Traps:  ---
Move Silently: +5%
Hide Shadows:  +15%
Detect Noise:  +5%
Climb Walls:   +15%
Read Languages:  -15%
 
Level Maximums:
 
Mage 12th (with 18+int)
Fighter 12th (with 18+ str)
Thief Unlimited (with 18+ dex)
 
Languages:  Kenku telepathy (with other Kenku), sign language, pantomime,
            thieves' cant
Armor:  Full suit or more than 30 lbs of armor will make flight impossible.
 
Special Abilities/Hindraces:
5x normal vision but only black and white, shades of grey
+1 to attack with scimitar or quarterstaff
+5 to reaction roll with avian creatures, -2 with humans and demi-humans
 
Average Height and Weight:
63/60 inches + 2d12 inches
150/90 lbs + 6d12 lbs
 
Age:
base 13     +1d3 years

Maximum age:
60 + 2d20 years
 
 
     My NPC was a slave who the PCs rescued.  (A slave to the glass pirates who
was rescued in Medinat Muskawoon, the Lost City of Stone.  That's from the
Desert of Desolation campaign, one of my FAVORITE settings and the thing that
got me interested in the Forgotten Realms.  Too bad all their settings aren't
as good.  <sigh>)  This was one of the most fun and long lived NPCs I have ever
introduced.  It was great!!  They had no idea he was color blind.  "Attack the
one with the red cloak."  Then they were mad when he attacked the wrong one!!
This continued for some time until they wised up.  All of his "speech"
consisted of whistles, hand gestures and shrugs.  Quite a chore to role-play
but very FUN!  Oh yeah, they were always trying to hide him in the cities and
finally got ahold of a Hat of Disguise.  He had this mental thing about the
hat though.  Whenever he was disguised, he would constantly itch his face 'cause
he mentally thought the facial changes were irritating.  This was totally a
mental thing though and it drove the players nuts with me behind the screen
constantly itching my face, whistling and shrugging.  Too much fun!
 
