Bush Ned

Strange Highways

Bush Ned

• L3 Explorer (Forester)
• XP: 4000/8000
• Neutral
• PC
• Holdings: none

Bush Ned wants to explore and map the wilderness for a regional authority, and further wants to develop a trade or smuggling route for valuable commodities.

Attributes

• STR 10
• INT 10
• WIS 10
• DEX 13 (+1)
• CON 10
• CHA 10

Skills

• Languages
  • common
• General Proficiencies
  • Adventuring
  • Riding: (bonus) can handle steed in difficult circumstances, like mounted combat
  • Navigation: can take the position of the sun and stars to determine roughly where he is. He gains a +4 bonus on proficiency throws to avoid getting lost in the wilderness. He can also serve as a navigator on a seagoing vessel.
• Class Proficiencies
  • Land Surveying: (bonus) expert at surveying the land around him; on 11+, can predict dangerous sinkholes, deadfalls, collapses, or rock slides when he enters the area. In dungeons, he gains a +4 bonus to his throws to escape detection due to his ability to find the best cover.
  • Precise Shooting: fire into melee with no penalty and no chance to hit an ally. Others can only fire into melee at -4 to hit and with a chance to hit an ally.
• Class Abilities
  • +1 to attacks with missile weapons
  • +2 damage melee and missile
  • animal reflexes: +1 initiative and surprise
  • difficult to spot outdoors: disappear into underbrush on 3+, escape detection on 14+ in dungeons when motionless and quiet in cover
  • avoid getting lost: +4 in familiar country (further +4 from Navigation)
  • evade wilderness encounters: +5 to evade in any terrain except clear and grassland, evade even when surprised on 19+
  • At L5: +1 hireling morale on wilderness adventures

Combat

• AC 7
• HP 14
• Movement Rate 60/20/60
• Initiative Modifier: +2
• Attacks
  • Spear attack throw: 9+, 1d6+2 damage
  • Spear + handaxe attack throw: 8+, 1d6+2 damage
  • Longbow attack throw: 8+, 1d6+2 damage
• Saves:
  • Petrification & Paralysis: 13+
  • Poison & Death: 10+
  • Blast & Breath: 16+
  • Staves & Wands: 13+
  • Spells: 15+

Equipment

• Total Encumbrance: 9s + 4i
  • Clothing: sturdy low boots, wool tunic and pants, leather belt, hooded cloak, gloves
  • Armor (6 stone): chain + shield
  • Weapons (1s + 4i): longbow + quiver, spear, handaxe, dagger
  • Backpack (2 stone): 1 day iron rations + full waterskins, 100' rope, tinderbox, 2 large sacks, 6 torches
  • waterskin
  • coinpurse: 8 gp, 9 sp
• Tasty, medium riding lizard w/saddle + tack
  • saddlebag (3s): small tent, 6 days iron rations
  • quiver of arrows