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. --------------------------------- 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.