Saturday, January 11, 2025

Character Creation Challenge: Rogar Addingdale

Rogar Addingdale
 Rogar is not the first character Grenda ever created. The earliest one I can find is still Torvak, but he was a very important one. Rogar is the progenitor and patriarch of the Addingdale line.

According to my notes Rogar was born in CY 613. He is Chaotic Neutral (as a lot of Grenda's characters were), he worships Loki (makes sense), he is the son of Zeus...come again??

Ok. I have no issues at all with the "son of Zeus" bit. Zeus notoriously could not keep it in his pants. The Son of Zeus worshipping Loki though? Well...it was the 1980s, and I remember Gods, Demi-gods & Heroes making the rounds at my school back then, and yes, everyone was doing exactly what Gary and Tim Kask had explicitly told us not to do; fight gods as monsters. So, really...my groups were doing something else with gods, and it also started with an F. Mixing the Greek and Norse myths was not uncommon. I did it with my own Black Forest Mythos not that long ago. So, sure, I'll let this one slide.

Now depending on which sheet I look at Rogar is either a Cleric or a Fighter/Magic-user. Unlke others of the Addingdale line he has no psionics. I think I am going to stick with the cleric. Mostly because I want to give him a better tie-in with his offspring and try to work out his whole Zeus and Loki thing. BUT since this is for the Wasted Lands, I'll do him as a Necromancer instead. It's not a perfect fit, but I think it will be a fun one.

Rogar Addingdale
Rogar Addingdale

Class: Necromancer
Level: 1
Species: Human
Alignment: Twilight Neutral
Background: Warrior

Abilities
Strength: 18 (+3) N
Agility: 16 (+2) 
Toughness: 17 (0) 
Intelligence: 18 (+) 
Wits: 17 (+2) A
Persona: 18 (+2) N

Fate Points: 1d6
Defense Value: 1
Vitality: 5 
Degeneracy: 0
Corruption: 0

Check Bonus (A/N/D): +2/+1/+0
Melee Bonus: +0 (base), +3 (STR)
Ranged Bonus: +0 (base)
Saves: +3 to all Persona Saves, +2 to Toughness (Warrior background)

Necromancer Abilities
Channel the Dead, See Dead People, Summon the Dead, Command Spirits, Protection from Undead, Turn Undead

Heroic/Divine Touchstones
1st Level: Cure Light Wounds Spell

Heroic (Divine) Archetype: Vengence

Gear
War hammer, Scale armor, Holy symbol

Not bad at all. In this case, he is a necromancer due to his hatred of the undead. So, he uses those powers to fight them.

You can get the Wasted Lands RPG and the NIGHT SHIFT RPG at Elf Lair Games.

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