Jennus, working on this

[Yellowvanblake]

Hey all I'm at work right now so I'm just dabbling about a bit on here. I don't know how long this character will be here undergoing initial creation,(and even be in 'skeleton' mode) but it could be awhile longer than normal for me.


It's REALLY ROUGH guys.

{All bracketed items are under consideration}

I need something better to call the Ratling 'kingdom' than kingdom. Suggestions are solicited.



Name: Jennus [lastname]

Age: 14

Gender: Male

Race: Ratling:

Ratlings are a race of giant rats with a short lifespan. They can walk upright with very little difficulty, or run on all fours for superhuman speed. They have a heightened immunity to disease and poison, but are not completely immune to pandemics / major poisons.

Ratlings are also natural thieves, and as such are born with instinctual knowledge and thieving skills that humans have to train to acquire. They have no need for carrying food or hunting, as Ratlings can find food quite easily (from real foods to berries et cetera to garbage (really a last resort)) in most locations.

{Being known so well as thieves throughout the civilized world, Ratlings are scarcely trusted, making it harder for them to establish contacts, make friends, or strive to become diplomats. Sometimes they are even 'bullied' by other, 'more sophisticated' races.}

The Ratling 'kingdom' is deeply rooted in feudalism, focusing on a great amount of class discrimination. Home to dark and mysterious secrets, as well as a great wealth technoligical knowledge (all stolen, of course, from other races.) Ratlings pick and choose their cultural advances from a 'pool' of ideas stolen from other societies; and at the whim a figurehead known as The "Abba". The line of rule is not goverened by popular opinion or birthright, but rather, the Abba choses his sucessor personally.

The Ratling society is divided into four social classes or castes, decided by the color of coat at time of maturity:

White Rats - Clergy / Ruling Class

Gold Rats - Makers of the Law / Students of the Law / Ambassadors

Black Rats - Arbiters of the Law / Secret Police / Bodyguards

Gray Rats - Military / Hunters and Gatherers / Working Class

Only White (and in some rare cases, Gold) rats have ever been considered as potential sucessors by Abba(s).


Human-like strength. Perhaps even a tad super-human.

Perhaps remove Grotesque.
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Perhaps remove Humansize (making him 2'6" to 3'6", thus negating Human-like strength.


Suggestions to race section are welcome. They will all be considered.

Some of this will also probably be moved to the skills section.

Class: Thief

Appearance: 5'6" may make taller. Suggestions solicited

Weapons:

Armor:

Magic:
None.

Personality:

{items in brackets are under HEAVY consideration (huge maybe nots)}


Machiavellian. (Cunning, sly, deceptive, et al)
Domesticated.
Noble heritage.



{Evil}
{Feudal}
{Betrayer}


Past:

The [lastname] family is one rich in family history (I need a better way to put this... any suggestions?) as can be seen here:

[lastname] family tree

Abba Nicodemus (White) -- Renouned as a great ruler among Ratlings, having united all packs into one 'kingdom' lead by himself. Not the first Abba, as Abbas existed as rulers of smaller packs long before the Ratling 'kingdom' existed. Unfortunately, to do this without having any contest for power, he had to use subterfudge to assassinate the Abbas the individual packs. One of the greatest kept secrets in Ratling history.

Nicodemus was the father of Abba Deemas (White) and Marthus (Gold), fraternal twins.

Although Marthus was not chosen by his father to become the next Abba, he worked closely with Deemas to create the system of law and class discrimination that the Ratlings know today.

Marthus was the father of Jonathan (Gold)

Skills:

Limit Breaker:

Extras:

Racial

Instinct: Jennus, along with other Ratlings, is born with a great amount of the knowledge of his ancestors. As a drawback, his capacity for originality and invention is greatly hindered (This DOES NOT mean he cannot find his way out of sticky situations, it simply accounts for his race's ability to learn immense amounts of knowledge in a relatively short amount of time, and also explains why Ratmen / Ratlings are not driving humans to the brink of extinction).

Shapechange: Jennus, along with other Ratlings, can change shape at will from his full-size to the size of a regular rat. All things in his possesion are left in the place where he shifts, and he can only carry a few pounds in his rat form.

Nocturnal: Jennus, along with other Ratlings, can see almost naturally in the dark and feel more awake during night than day. All actions performed under cover of dark are slightly augmented, and all actions during the daytime are affected detrimentally.

Axiom: All, hopefully.

Rules Read:

Changes:

Progress:

Initial conception: 11/21/2008

Racial pros / cons: 11/22/2008

• Yellow Racial Items 11/22/2008 (proto / beta / possible)

Personality proto, Rough Skills Extras? 11/22/2008 11/24/2008

[Xandor Tik'Roth]

So how are things coming along Blake?

[Yellowvanblake]

I've been stuck on the past section, I'm trying not to cross too many lines between not embarrassing myself and making a good character. I have something almost worked out, so it'll be up pretty soon.