Trolls are my favorite. They are huge, up to eight feet tall and weighing 350-400 lbs!! That’s a big old beastie!!!
They are part human, part rhinoceros. They have thick plates of armor and are the terror of the battlefield. They get a +1 to constitution and a +2 to strength.
Unfortunately they are slow and a little less intelligent. They get a -2 dexterity and -1 intelligence. They have a natural armor class of 7.
Here are a few facts about Trolls
· Trolls are the gentlest of the races of man.
· They are all very aware of their size and strength and go out of their way to be gentle.
· It is impossible to goad a troll to anger.
· They are the natural mediators in an altercation.
· They are frequently hired by towns and cities as guards and lawmen.
· Trolls are very meticulous about enforcing the law as it is written.
· There is no grey area with them.
· Trolls are consummate planners.
· They do not improvise, when they make a plan they stick to it.
· Trolls are commonly thought to be dour, humorless individuals, but that is far from the truth.
· Trolls are kind and thoughtful.
· They have a very close knit society, with large families.
· Trolls are very honorable and steadfast.
· No friend is a closer, more reliable friend than a troll. Unless you betray them, then they will hunt you down and destroy you.
The World of Cheos
Long ago I created Cheos, a world for a Dungeons and Dragons game. It's a different take on the typical fantasy world. The mythical cratures are all half animal, half human. The monsters are all genetic nightmares. There is magic and science in this world.
I decided to put it online here for help building it into a real, breathing, dynamic world. I got the idea from the World of Korio blog for my teacher's anthology class.
Here's the deal. It is a shared world. Anybody can create within the guidelines I will post there. But I am the final arbiter of what is "real" on Cheos. Anybody can use the stuff from the world for thier games. I intend to write stories based on Cheos. If you post an idea on the blog, then you are accepting that it is OK for me to use it in a book. So if you are willing to help, let's create a world.
Here is the concept of the World of Cheos.
Millinea ago, there was a great war between wizard kings that destroyed the world. These wizards and thier minions created warriors by blending humans with animals. There were thousands of types of of these "blendings" but only a few have survived. The war devestated humanity, barely 20,000 true humans were left. Some of the blended races survived and eventually thrived. The rest could not sustain thier populations and died off. Thousands of years passed before the world healed itself from the destruction of the war. Now there are new civilizations and new wonders. All D&D realms have humans. In other D&D worlds humans are the most prolific of the races. That is not the case here. Since all the races are descended from humans they breed and die at the same rate (unless war, disease and famine take thier toll). The other races are all specific human-animal hybrids. There are Elves, Dwarves, Trolls, Ogres, Orcs, Goblins, Kobolds, Gnomes, Merfolk and Pixies. I am open to other races, but these are what I started with.
Monday, October 16, 2006
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