Jeff Boyce’s Chosen by Fate

Here’s the character Jeff Boyce would like to have converted from his LA to ARG:

As I mentioned, he was a Dwarven Master Smith Level 10/Fighter 6 when he disappeared from the game. That translates into a Martial Apprentice of the Masters character, but there is no real equivalent of the Master Smith as a character going forward. Is it possible he could be a Dwarven Rune Smith with the limitation that he cannot make runes for anyone else and any runes he makes for himself be must paid for? I understand the desire to not break campaign ethos so I will accept any decision you make.

Because he could make almost anything he could use, his weapon and armor were are bit over the top. I would consider these the equivalent of Tier four or perhaps five level, so the Tier 1 would be much less in power, but if it could scale as he advances, that would be great.

I have the certs for all of this and can scan them in if you want to see them.

His primary weapon was a + 1 Defending, legendary + 2 (to hit and damage) Dwarven war axe, made of fervidite. There is no dwarven war axe in the present Arcanis campaign. If I recall, the Dwarven War Axe could be used either one or two handed, essentially the bastard sword of axes. That looks like it translates as a Bearded Axe, although that is not one of the national weapons of the present incarnation of Solanos Mor. Perhaps a Warhammer is the equivalent weapon, although it is also not a national weapon of Solanos Mor.

His armor was Masterwork Mithral +4 Dwarven Plate Mail. I suppose that could be Milandisan Andrean Suite of Plate although the mithral material would have meant there was no slow penalty associated with it. And of course, it also is not a national armor for Solanos Mor either which means my normal martial talents for weapons and armor that comes as I build the character will not help.

Here’s a solution Cody came up with:

Overall, I think that what I can see for Jeff is reasonable in terms of the Stats for his character. The big issue for him comes in Campaign permissions and gear. Assuming we don’t make unique weapons (that is your call), here are my recommendations.

1) I think his suggestion of granting him a limited use of the Dwarven Runesmith is reasonable, and his suggestion that only HE can make use of the Runes he scribes seems reasonable for such a unique case. Where this becomes complicated comes from how do we deal with Crafting itself. We could just have him pay the same for the Runes as normal, but have him not requiring a 3rd party Runesmith to inscribe the rune. Basically, it allows him to scribe a limited number of runes at market price at the end of any adventure (though we can specify that he can only scribe runes when he plays a mod set in a city).

2) For weapons, I think the best option is either a War Axe to replace the Dwarven War Axe or the Warhammer (though he’d have to take a talent to use it well). As such, I suggest having an Exceptional Fervidite Dwarven War Axe, though if he is willing to invest a talent the Hammer is a more flavourful option.

3) For armour, we can do two things here: We can take the literal angle and give him Hierloom Andrean Plate or Cancerese Gothic Plate, but he would have to take an appropriate Talent to use it properly. The closest Dwarven equivalent would be Chain Hauberk, which doesn’t quite fit. Mithril doesn’t exist in this universe (that we’ve seen so far), so making this a straight up Exceptional quality armour is probably the way to go. I say give him the option of Chain Hauberk (needing no additional talents) or heavier armour (but having to take the talent), but say it’ll be Exceptional quality.

Should you choose to have the Dwarves gain unique weapons–or even if you decide to grant him a unique weapon of his own invention (requiring a talent?)–here are some possible options.

Dwarven War Axe (Exotic Weapon or Dwarven National Weapon?)
Qualities: Adaptable
Tier I: Pommel Strike
Tier II: MIghty Swing
Tier III: Rapid Strike
Tier IV: Render Shield Worthless

Dwarven Plate (Functionally Cancerese Gothic Plate, but added to Solanis Mor nation)

Thoughts?