Edwyn Character Sheet
From Ars Magica
Edwyn the Carpenter
Background
Edwyn has travelled around Wales and the North of England a fair bit. He is a good, careful carpenter and able to find work in almost any reasonably sized town. His 'hobby' is making bows and he is obsessed with making the finest longbow. He is looking for a place to settle where he is the senior carpenter rather than working under others, so that might eventually have time to work on his bowmaking talent.
Description
Edwyn is a small man with receding brown hair and grey eyes. He is surprisingly strong for his size, a legacy of his interest in making and testing longbows. He has a tendency to communicate in grunts rather than proper words.
Character Sheet
Characteristics
Intelligence -1
Presence -2
Perception +3
Communication -2
Strength +2
Dexterity +2
Stamina +1
Quickness +1
Age 24
year born 1196
current year 1220
actual age
Size -1
Confidence 1(3)
Personality Traits
Brave -1
Loyal -1
Gruff +2
Reputations
Virtues
Craftsman +0
Cautious with craft carpentry +1
Puissant craft Bowyer +1
Well travelled +1
Flaws
Pious -1
Small frame -1
Obsessed (the perfect longbow) -1
- I got caught by this, too, but Grogs are only supposed to have at most 1 Personality flaw. Apparently they should be too interesting -JB
Abilities
- Area Lore North Wales geography 2 (15)
+Area Lore South Wales geography 2 (15)
- Area Lore York City of York 3 (30)
- Athletics sprinting 2 (15)
- Awareness searching 2 (15)
- Bargain soldiers 2 (15)
- Bows longbow 3 (30)
- Brawling fist 3 (30)
- Carouse gambling 2 (15)
- Concentration targets 1 (5)
- Craft Bowyer longbows 4+2 (50)
- Craft Carpentry Buildings 4 (50)
- Folk Ken workers 2 (15)
- Hunt bow 1 (5)
- Speak Cymreag peasants 5 (75)
- Speak English peasants 3 (30)
- Speak Norman French listening to nobility 2 (15)
- Survival woods 2 (15)
Age-related Afflictions
Decreptitude
Combat Traits Weapon/Init/Attack/Def/Dam
- Brawling: Fist +1 / +6 / +5 / +2
- Bow longbow / -1 / +11(Per) / +4 (brawl:dodge) / +8 (no Str)
- Bow shortbow / 0 / +9(Per) / +4 (brawl:dodge) /+6 (no Str)
Armour none
Soak +2
Fatigue
Miscellaneous Details
Equipment Carpentry tools. A selections on bows including at least one fine longbow and one half-made longbow. A variety of arrows for both long and short bows, hunting and war.
Encumbrance
Combat Encumbrance 0
NOTE: I figured a bowyer could use his creations even without the usually required access to martial skills. Also not sure about the stats for shooting. Dex or Per for Att? Brawl:Dodge for Def? Add Str or not to damage? I can see arguments either way and the rules are silent (so the default would be Dex, bow not dodge, add Str).
