[net.games.frp] Yet another NPC....

steven@qubix.UUCP (Steven Maurer) (10/18/83)

From the files of Steven Maurer.                           Mesg #3

Copyright (C) Steven Maurer, Permission granted to copy for personal use only.

Notes:  All stats are given in Arcenguild [Ar-Ken-Guild] (my own system);
	decoding the system is left up to the referee.
	Runequest notes are provided in parenthesis ().
	AD&D notes are provided in curly brackets { }.
	All spelling mistakes are purely intentional.
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Name:  Toktok [tok-tok]

Appearance:
    
    Toktok is a Blue Ape from the Lune Mountains.   The race is a form
of semi-intelligent gorilla, whose fur has a distinctly bluish coloring.
Toktok is rather large for a Blue Ape, weighing in at about 850 lbs.,
and is abnormally intelligent for his kind (about the level of a 6 year
old child).  He is friendly, except to goblin kind, and has a particular
liking for Zanzibar humans.

History:
    Toktok was a pet of a Zanzibar merchantman, who originally had the
idea to train him to be a guard animal.  When it became apparent that
Toktok had no interest in combat, the merchantman sold him to an adventurer.
That adventurer (who had had the same idea as the merchantman), also
tried to get Toktok to fight, but despite his fearsome apparence, Toktok
would just run away from anything that did not leave him alone.  This
adventurer did not have the heart to just turn him loose, and so Toktok
became the official mascot of the adventuring party with which that
adventurer was attached.
    Soon it became apparent that Toktok had another use, which was almost
more valuable than that for which he was bought.  Toktok learned how to
carry equipment, and with his great size and strength was able to perform
tasks that no human could duplicate (such as opening locks rusted shut);
he also could go where no mule could possibly follow.  This cozy relationship
lasted until the adventurers decided to explore the wrong hole in the Lune
Mountains, and wound up captured by goblins.   Toktok escaped and has been
wandering ever since.  (The adventurers eventually managed to ransom
themselves, courtesy of AKhur, King of Goblins, but that is another story).

Notes:
    Toktok is currently an unattached bachelor Blue Ape.  He has an incredible
amount of wealth stashed up some trees somewhere (the parties entire hoard).
He will not mention this to anybody though.  (He can barely speak Zanzibar
anyway {Linguist (Zanzib.) 2nd lvl}.  He speaks with a low grunting sound,
but more often makes faces to communicate.

Stats:

Toktok

STR  35     Hits: 28        { Armor below is about AC 7 / HTK about 40 }
CON  23     Armor: H(2/2) LA(2/2) RA(2/2) CH(2/2) AB(2/2) LL(2/2) RL(2/2)
SIZ  26     APct:   100%    100%    100%    100%    100%    100%    100%
INT   5
SPRT 12     Climbing
WIL   9     Wild. Lore  9rd lvl (90%)      Linguist (Zanzib) 2nd lvl (20%)
DEX  14     Tracking    5rd lvl (50%)    (Blue Apes have no normal language)
AGL  18     See Enem.   4th lvl (40%)
APP  ??     Hear Enem.  7th lvl (70%)
CHA  ??     Smell Enem. 5th lvl (40%)

	    Toktok has no spells.