Friday 29 March 2024

Errich Goodbarrel - a halfling roleplaying character for the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game

Errich Goodbarrela player character for the second edition of the Doctor Who roleplaying game from Cubicle 7.


Concept: Halfling rougue

Focus: Thievery

Homeworld: Abeir-Toril in the Forgotten Realms

Tech level: 2

Short-term goal: To make as much money as possible

Long-term goal: To be as rich as possible


Awareness 2, Coordination 6,

Ingenuity 3, Presence 3,

Resolve 3, Strength 2


Skills: Athletics 5 (Climbing 7), Conflict 3, (Shortsword 5), Convince 3 (Lie 5), Craft 3 (Sing 5), Intuition 2, Knowledge 0, Medicine 0, Science 0, Subterfuge 6 (Sneaking 8), Survival 0, Technology 0, Transport 0

Distinctions: Halfling - three feet tall

Equipment: Shortsword (+2 to Strength), Hand Crossbow (2 / 4 / 6), Leather armour (reduce damage by 2), Thieve's tools, climbing robe and pitons, gentleman's pipe (broken), Potion of Flying*, Ring of Shielding*, bejewelled golden goblet.

Story Points: 11

Character notes

The story of how Errich Goodbarrel, a halfling adventurer from the world of Abeir-Toril in the Forgotten Realms, came to travel with the Doctor is as yet unknown.  The Forgotten Realms is an alternative dimension to the universe that the Doctor normally travels in.

His alignment, were he still in the Forgotten Realms, would be chaotic neutral, although he has a certain natural loyalty to those who were kind and companionable to him.  He has no previous knowledge of the Doctor's universe or its history, and much of it is very alien to him.

* In his native dimension of the Forgotten Realms, these items have magical powers, but in the Doctor's universe, they are only somewhat attractive curios.  On the planet of Saphira (as featured in the scenario A Kind of Magic in The Secrets of Scaravore) they can be used by Errich to cast spells giving him the power of flight and magical shiedling from physical injury (although really Errich is using psychic abilities granted to him by the planet's energy field - he just thinks he is using the ring and potion to cast spells). 

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