How's my RP? (first timer here :D)

Post » Mon Jul 09, 2012 11:48 am

This is my first shot at a true RP experience. Let me know what you think?

Name: Lezio
Race: Wood Elf

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Lezio was raised by his mother, a wood elf, and his father, a nord. He is an only child but had a great relationship with his parents. They lived in a secluded area in the forest. Lezio's mom taught him how to shoot a bow when he was 7, and he practiced it daily. She also taught him how to stalk his prey successfully. His father, a blacksmith, taught him how to hunt, forge quality armor, and use a sword. He would often go hunting with his mother or stay home with his father to craft quality armor or improve his swordsmanship. He was never really educated, but he learned how to survive in the wilderness. In addition to learning about forging armor and weapons, his dad also taught him how to craft and properly use a tent, while his mom taught him how to hunt and live in the wilderness.

Lezio's parents also teamed up to keep the peace throughout the land by killing bandits and other people that deserved to die. Around age 16, his parents took him on his first raid mission. Lezio's parents didn't want him to get hurt and took him on a very easy mission. They would only allow him to use his bow and if any bandits got close, he was to run home. Lezio's archery skills, even at such a young age, were remarkable. Their first raid was successful and Lezio found the experience to be absolutely exhilarating. From then on, Lezio always went with his parents on their raiding missions instead of being left at home.

His dad trained him even more in one-handed combat so he could finally come face-to-face with the bandits. A little over a year after his first raid, Lezio was finally cleared by his parents to fight the bandits one-on-one. Another easy raid went well, and he found one-handed combat equally as fun as archery.

He continued raiding bandits with his parents for many years. They taught him how to fight fairly, and honor the dead by never stealing their equipment or personal belongings. His parents also taught him that potions were very bad for him and that he was not to perform any type of magic as it is very dangerous. Lezio had the utmost respect for his parents and obeyed their wishes.

Most importantly, his parents taught him that some people, and only those people, deserve to die. No matter their race, gender, age, or religion, some people only wanted to hurt others for selfish gain, and those people deserved to die.

After years of successful raids, something went horribly wrong. Lezio and his parents only raid at night, allowing them to use the darkness as cover and have an element of surprise. As Lezio's dad began to sneak into the back gate, Lezio's mom fired an arrow at a scout perched on a tower. All the bandit's attention was directed to their fallen bandit. Lezio fired a few arrows at the group of bandits before sneaking up on a bandit and slitting his throat with his dagger. He disappeared back into the shadows as his dad joined the fight, flanking the bandits. His mom continued firing arrows from the woods and dropping a couple of the bandits. Lezio joined the fight with his father, and they killed the remaining bandits. As they always do, they checked the rest of the camp for any survivors, making sure they wouldn't be followed home. After the search was complete, they headed for home. Little did they know, they were being watched.

This bandit camp had two scouts. One in a tower, and one in a nearby tree, wearing brown and green to blend in with the tree. After Lezio and his family were out of sight, the scout climbed down the tree and lit it on fire, signaling to a nearby camp of bandits that there were enemies nearby. This camp of about a dozen bandits followed Lezio and his family back to their house. Lezio and his parents put out the fire in the fireplace and turned in for the night. About an hour later, Lezio woke up and had to go to the bathroom. He went out the back door and into the woods to relieve himself. When he returned, he found the back door swung wide open. This was very strange, as he always good at shutting the door behind him when he leaves. As he approached the door, he noticed a smear of blood on the doorknob. Knowing something was wrong, Lezio grabbed the sword that his family keeps by the door and called out for his parents. He heard no answer. He crept through his house and investigated every room for signs of a struggle. There was nothing out of the ordinary in the main room of his house. He moved to the next room, his room. His blankets were thrown on his floor and there were slits through his floorboards and hay where somebody obviously ran a sword through. Lezio was very afraid something happened to his parents. He moved to his parents room and he was shocked and what he found. His mother lay lifeless in the bed, her throat slit and the bed stained with blood. He went over to his dad's side of the bed and found his dad dead on the floor with an arrow in his neck and a stab wound from a dagger in his chest. Next to him on the floor was a dead person he didn't recognize, but dressed in studded armor like a bandit. Lezio was devastated and dropped to his knees in agony. Just as he dropped to his knees, he heard the glass of the window behind him breaking, as something shot right though it. To his horror, it was an arrow that was lit on fire.

The arrow immediately engulfed his parent's wardrobe in flames. Lezio got off the floor and ran out of the room. As he did so, another flaming arrow was shot through the main room in his house, catching the table on fire. Since the house was made of wood. Lezio knew he needed to get out of there. He turned to run into his room to get his bow and sword, but his room was already engulfed in flames that quickly spread from his parent's room. He sprinted out of the main room and burst through the back door to try to track down the bandits that had killed his parents. He ran around to the front of his house but couldn't see anybody around. Only some footprints in the dirt. He turned around to see his whole house engulfed in flames and he knew he couldn't salvage anything from the fire. He then set off to track down the bandits that had killed his parents.
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Chenae Butler
 
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Post » Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:09 pm

Nice backstory, If I may say so myself.

I don't know if it was common for a Wood Elf and a Nord to have children, but hey.
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Darian Ennels
 
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Post » Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:22 pm

Nice backstory, If I may say so myself.

I don't know if it was common for a Wood Elf and a Nord to have children, but hey.

Haha thanks. I thought it would at least be possible and my character could learn skills specific to each race.
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Post » Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:41 pm

I like your idea of having the character obtain his morals, habits and fighting style from his parents. Honoring their memory gives him a mighty solid reason to stick to what he was taught - and to eliminate every last bandit he comes across. I don't know if this is something you'd be interested in, but there's a charred building tucked away in the woods south-east of Riften that you could use as his childhood home. It fits the whole 'secluded shack burns to the ground' story you crafted for him, at any rate. Also, do you play on a PC? If so, you might consider downloading a mod that'll raise the amount of health gained from eating food. Your character won't be drinking any potions (I assume) and vanilla food doesn't provide much in the way of HP. Good luck!
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Post » Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:18 am

Nice backstory, but in order to heal your character you will need potions or healing magic, and you made both seem taboo.
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Post » Mon Jul 09, 2012 1:22 pm

I like your idea of having the character obtain his morals, habits and fighting style from his parents. Honoring their memory gives him a mighty solid reason to stick to what he was taught - and to eliminate every last bandit he comes across. I don't know if this is something you'd be interested in, but there's a charred building tucked away in the woods south-east of Riften that you could use as his childhood home. It fits the whole 'secluded shack burns to the ground' story you crafted for him, at any rate. Also, do you play on a PC? If so, you might consider downloading a mod that'll raise the amount of health gained from eating food. Your character won't be drinking any potions (I assume) and vanilla food doesn't provide much in the way of HP. Good luck!

I am playing on PC. I use a lot of mods to enhance realism - total realism basic needs, ACE, DUEL combat realism, and frostfall. I have health regen turned way down. If he gets injured in battle, he won't recover for awhile. Thanks for the kind words. I'll check out that house. Thanks! :-)
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Post » Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:12 am

That whole line about "people that deserve to die" came off a bit wonky but sounds solid. I like the parents and how you kept with the child is the race of the mother thing. I imagine his Nord blood plays a part in his fighting spirit too.
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Adrian Powers
 
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Post » Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:41 pm

Awesome backstory! And you can always use food to heal your character. Fallout New Vegas style.
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Post » Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:35 pm

I think you can use restoration, as most nords does not distrust it like other schools of magic.
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des lynam
 
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Post » Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:54 am

Very creative and original.
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