Attributes: ST 19/11 [-10], DX 10 [15], IQ 8 [5], HT 14 [trait]
Physical Description: 9', 4" tall and 750 lbs. — just your typical slightly-less-than-average-sized male Ogre. Nid lost part of his left ear in one of many battles he has fought defending the town against pirates, but it hasn't affected his appearance.
Advantages: Acute Taste/Smell +1 [trait], DR +3 [trait], High Pain Threshold [trait], Magic Resistance +2 [trait], Night Vision [trait], PD +1 [trait], Reputation +2 as friendly ogre (everyone, always, in Reefport and its vicinity) [5].
Disadvantages: Appearance (Hideous) [trait], Duty (City Guard) [-15], Inconvenient Size [trait], Odious Personal Habit (Very Sloppy Eater) [-5], Phobia (Machinery, mild) [-5], Poor [-15].
Special: Removal of disadvantages Odious Racial Habit (Eats Other Sentients) [15] and Uneducated [5].
Quirks: Hates pirates. Distrusts all magical spells. Collects seashells. Gets mad if he has to chase a criminal very far. Wears noticeable cologne.
Skills: Area Knowledge (Reefport)-8 [1], Broadsword (used for club)-10 [2], Brawling-12 [2], Streetwise-8 [2], Two-handed Axe/Mace-12 [8].
Possessions: Maul $80, boots (cheap, no PD/DR) $40, light club $10, lower class clothes $30, cologne (cheap) $10, "lucky rope" $1, coinpurse (small) $10, personal basics $10. Total spent = $191.
Total Points: 100
Quote: "You throw a spell at me, I throw you!"
Nid was abandoned by his tribe because he was born exceptionally small. He was found by a travelling merchant's family, who hoped to raise a strong protector. However, it didn't take long before they realized this infant would eat them out of profits and possessions long before they could use him.
At their next stop in the coastal town of Reefport, the merchant "lost" Nid in a dice game to the captain of the town militia, an incurable gambler. The childless captain and his wife civilized the Ogre as well as they could and gave him a sense of purpose.
Nid has a regular job in the town guard; he is usually assigned to night duty. Occasionally he has other special assignments, such as joining the hunt for a particularly dangerous criminal.
Proud, brave and eager to please his superiors, he enjoys the rough-and-tumble of medieval justice. Reefport is in a very volatile area (for one thing, a local pirate leader is obsessed with taking the town), which suits him just fine.
Nid carries his club when on patrol, but most criminals surrender rather than risk fighting it out. In wartime situations, he uses his favorite weapon, the maul.
Child-like and good-natured, he lives by himself in a basement apartment near the guards' barracks. The apartment is spartanly furnished, highlighted by his shell collection and a portrait of his parents, drawn by his mother.
Nid has a special arrangement with the military cooks to prepare his meals and deliver them to him. The high cost of this arrangement is the main reason for his poverty.
Rumor has it a mercenary giant plans to attack Reefport on the next moonless night — Nid can't wait.
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