Malikai/DragonBloodedElite

Dragon Blooded That are in the legions are supposed to be the officers, the commanders, the best of the best. I decided to see how it would work to combine the Elite Trooper With a starting Dragon Blooded character. One modification I decided to switch Brawl for Martial Arts mostly for Thematic reasons (Except for Water Aspects). When Completed this will be a playable template like the ones in the Caste / Aspect books.

The Attributes are easily achievable with physical being primary, Mental being secondary (1 extra point, I put it in Wits), and social as Tertiary (1 extra point, I put it in Charisma).

Here is the compiled Ability List

Archery 2, Athletics 3, Awareness 3, Dodge 2, Endurance 3 (Marches +1), Lore 2, Martial Arts 3, Medicine 2, Melee 3, Performance 1, Presence 2, Resistance 3 (Disease +1), Ride 1, Socialize 2, Stealth 2, Survival 1

• Break Down by Element
  • Air 4
  • Earth 12(If Brawl instead of MA, 9)
  • Fire 12
  • Water 0*(If Brawl instead of MA, 3)
  • Wood 7

The Total number of Ability Dots totals out to 35. Air, Water and Wood Aspect would need 3 point abilities as their favored (Athletics, Awareness, Endurance, Melee, Marital Arts or Resistance). Specialties require a Freebie point (Both should be Aspect or Favored)

Virtues are fairly simple though 6 freebie points need to be spent (com 2, con 3, tem 2, val 4)

For backgrounds I went with this assortment: Artifact 5, Breeding 4, Command 1, Manse 2, Reputation 1, Resources 3. (7 Freebie Points Spent)

For Artifacts I kept my choices as close to the equipment of the Elite Trooper as I could

• Jade Lamellar Armor (Custom Build)
• Jade Thunderbolt Shield (Bo3C 93)
• Jade Reaver Daiklave
• Jade Short Powerbow
• Jade Hearthstone Bracers (Not stricly nessecary, but I needed the socket and a +2 spd never hurts)

For Manse / Hearthstone Choices I went to the Bo3C

• Level 2 Fire Aspect, The Sentinel's Stone (+1 to Awareness, +3 if Standing Watch) p114
• Level 1 Fire Aspect, Gem of Night Vision (See perfectly in Non-Magical Darkness) p111
• Level 1 Air Aspect, Gem of Quick Thought (+1 to Dexterity and Wits Rolls) p111

For the Air Elite

• Favor Endurance, Melee, Resistance
• Spend the last Freebie on Melee (Swords +2)
• Charms
  • Elemental Concentration Trance
  • Elemental Bolt Attack
  • Feeling The Air Technique
  • Ox-Body Technique
  • Effortlessly Rising Flame
  • Flickering Candle Meditation
  • Dragon Graced Weapon

For the Earth Elite

• Favor Athletics, Melee and Presence
• Spend the last Freebie on Melee (Swords +2)
• Charms
  • Precision Observation Method
  • Ox-Body Technique
  • Five-Dragon Claw
  • Five Dragon Force Blow
  • Strength of Stone Technique
  • Mountian Toppling Method
  • Dragon Graced Weapon

For the Fire Elite

• Favor Endurance, Martial Arts and Resistance
• Spend the last Freebie on Melee (Swords +2)
• Charms
  • Ox-Body Technique
  • Five-Dragon Claw
  • Effortlessly Rising Flame
  • Falling Star Manuver
  • Flickering Candle Meditation
  • Dragon Graced Weapon
  • Stoking Bonfire Style

For the Water Elite

• Take Brawl Instead of Martial Arts
• Favor Endurance, Melee and Resistance
• Spend the last freebie on Melee (Swords +2)
• Charms
  • Ox-Body Technique
  • Unsleeping Earth Meditation
  • Strength of Stone Technique
  • Dragon Graced Weapon
  • Stoking Bonfire Style
  • Drowning Embrace
  • Pounding Surf Style

For the Wood Elite

• Favor Endurance, Melee and Resistance
• Spend the last freebie on Melee (Swords +2)
• Charms
  • Ox-Body Technique
  • Unsleeping Earth Meditation
  • Dragon Graced Weapon
  • Stoking Bonfire Style
  • Spring Follows Winter
  • Effortlessly Rising Flame
  • Infection Banishing Prana

Comments below here

I'm honestly not sure what I'm looking at here- is this the generic attribute spread of a Dynastic Commander? A template for characters? thought provoking commentary on what would be expected? Eh?

Also, it's a little rude to request comments; especially to repost specifically to show back up in the Recent Changes. DS

It wasn't just a repost for comments, I had added more stuff since last night. And yes, this is supposed to be turning into a Dynastic Legion Officer. The character sheet I am working on offline is a fire aspect but I guess I won't be posting about the project here any more - Malikai

Gah! Sorry, I didn't mean to come off as a 'This project is evil, rahhaha!' deal! Post everything! Hell, a lot of what I post never gets commented upon, but I'm reasonably sure at least some gets used, or serves as inspiration for others in their games. DS

Most of the trouble with this (initially, anyways) is a lack of structure -- put a statement of intent at the top, and clean up the layout, taking some guidelines from other pages and FormatStandards. As it stands, I also had very little idea what was going on, even when this was posted elsewhere. _Jabberwocky

What sort of formating should be used for this though? It isn't a completed character sheet (yet), more an exercise in number crunching and character generation theory. What you see above was copy/pasted from the text file I was working in on my computer. As for a statement of intent I thought what I put at the top was one. - Malikai