A Player's First Character (Monster Hunter)

[Eric Minton]

Concept: Monster Hunter

Character Name: Rane

Lifepaths: Village Born, Village Guard, Footsoldier, Veteran

Age:  25

Stats: Wi: 3  Pe: 4  Po: 4  Fo: 4  Ag: 4  Sp: 4

Attributes: He: B3   Ste: B7   Re: B4  MW: B10  Hesitation: 7

Circles: B1  Resources: B0

PTGS: Su: B3  Li: B5  Mi: B7  Se: B8  Tr: B9  Mo: B10

Skills: Brawling B2, Firebuilding B2, Foraging B3, Intimidation B2, Monster-wise B2, Riding B1, Shield Training, Soldiering B1, Soldier-wise B2, Survival B1, Sword B5, Tracking B2, Village-wise B2

Gear: Clothing, Shoes, Chainmail (run-of-the-mill), Sword (superior quality), Riding Mount

Relationships: -

Traits: Alcoholic, A Little Crazy, Brave, Confident, Stubborn, Thug

Beliefs:
- The war against the monsters will never be over.
- I will avenge the destruction of my village.
- I only forget my burden when I’m drinking.

Instincts:
- When monster attacks are reported, I investigate.
- I always drink heavily after “defeating” imaginary monsters.
- I always polish my gear to avoid looking destitute.

[Eric Minton]

Some notes:

* It looks like she already got rid of the warhorse to free up some Resource Points, so that's no longer an issue.  Yay!
* She should swap out Shield Training for Armor Training...  except that none of her lifepaths give her Armor Training.  Oops!
* Some of her Beliefs and Instincts looks weak.

[Luke]

looks like a great character. and no need for a warhorse without Mounted Combat. (note the "foot" in footsoldier.)

[Valamir]

Given the historically inspired nature of BW, possession of a superior quality sword by a village born commoner could be a source of some great scenes.  Peasants as a rule didn't arm themselves with a noble's weapon.  Swords (not to mention warhorses and good armor) were as much a mark of nobility as a crown and a throne the mark of a king.  Go late enough in the period where armor had pretty much passed chainmail by and you could find lesser troops armed in mail...but even as late as the 19th century a common soldier could be flogged for possessing an officer's sword.

None of which is a good reason to deny such a thing (since a good fantasy adventure typically requires a hero who walks their own path) but I certainly would use it to my advantage in crafting bangs during play.  ESPECIALLY since she made a point of it being a "superior" quality sword, which is practically begging people to notice and pay attention to it.