Sidekicks & Sidequests

Building a world, one character at a time.

Quando

  1. This is a character that Andrew Strother randomly generated with my tables.
  2. What is this character’s name? - Quando
  3. What is their ancestry (i.e. human, elf, dwarf, halfling, etc)? - Orc
  4. What is your job or role (i.e. farmer, hierling/mercenary, shopowner, bandit, etc)? - Tinkerer. In his past he was an artificer making weapons, etc. for an organization.
  5. How old are you? - Elder
  6. Describe your physical appearance. - He has a long and wispy beard, which he braids with beads/jewelry or trinkets of brass and copper. Dwarf-like in his beard composition. Dark green skin and is well muscled despite his age. His tusks are prominent. He has a big leather sunhat that he wears and is recognized for. He has a waxed leather apron he wears as well that carrys every possible tool or thing he could need (an Apron of Many Pockets, an Apron of Holding).
  7. Describe yourself with 3 adjectives. - Clever, Perceptive (eye for the details), Mirthful
  8. What is a valuable item/piece of lore/secret that this character possesses? Or do they value an ideal/concept or particular person (i.e. family member, guild member, honor, justice, love etc.) - A copper chalice. Andrew leaves it open to you for inspiration. For our purposes, it was a family heirloom and was the last thing he was able to grab from his home before it burned down, faking his death with his previous organization.
  9. What is a particular quest you would be willing to recruit or hire the player characters to go do? - Plot a path/course through a dark forest to the next town. Andrew clarified that there was a inexplicable, magical darkness blanketing the forest and Quando cannot find a way to light their way through the forest. Quando needs the player characters to retrieve a crystal from the mines of the abanonded town on the other side of the forest in order to repair the Clockwork Device (The Guthari) in the middle of Firthshire to prevent the portal to the hell dimension from opening in the next 3-10 days.
  10. What would be their reward for succeeding? - A wrist-mounted hand crossbow that shoots a grappling hook. Andrew said he would trust someone else to properly spec this item, but he proposed that it could move someone up to 100 feet. It would allow you move in one direction, pull an item towards you, or it can make an attack.
  11. What would be the consequence of failure or refusing the call? - In trying to get through the magical darkness, the players succumb to whatever monster or force is causing it. The Clockwork Device (The Guthari) cannot be repaired, and the town is overrun by devils and demons pouring through the portal to the hell dimension.

Optional Questions - not required

  • What are the goals and motivations of your character? - He wants to protect people around him, bring joy to others, he cares about maintaining the Clockwork Device (The Guthari).
  • How do you normally interact with your family/friends/peers? With your enemies/rivals? With people who work for you/report to you? With player characters? - He's very friendly and amicable and deferential. Happy to live a more simple life. He wants to help people.
  • Do you have a particular accent or language? Any idiosyncrasies in how you act and speak? - Andrew deploys an Australian accent, but leaves it to you.
  • What impact have you made on the world? How have you shaped the local area? - He has made his world a better place. The hamlet of Firthshire has a surprising amount of automation for the simple tasks of life, thanks to Quando.
  • Do you have any current problems that prevent you from being a bigger player on the stage? - Quando doesn't want to bring attention to himself or Firthshire to protect himself and his fellow townsfolk.