she/her
27
December 12
Anistar City, Kalos
Bisexual
Blacksmith, bladesmith
Associate
A keen mind cuts deeper than even the sharpest sword.
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Aurelie Lefevre
[attr="class","aurelie"] [attr="class","aurelie_lyrics"]Pen, paper, dice, and imagination [attr="class","aurelie_body"]Every time Aurelie looked over at Isaac—whether he was blushing in embarrassment, engrossed in weaving his character's backstory, smirking teasingly about his dice rolls, or frowning in thought over a new game concept—she was struck with the thought, What am I doing? Is this even the right thing to be doing for him? Shouldn't she be offering comfort over the grievous injuries and traumas that he'd suffered? Especially when the two of them shared one particularly prominent injury in common? And yet, minute by minute, moment by moment, she consciously found herself choosing not to say anything about his missing eye or change the subject away from the fantasy game. Maybe sometimes it was okay not to acknowledge the Copperajah in the room right away. Especially if the Copperajah could be scared off by a Rattata running around its feet. Or was she just mixing her metaphors now? So, she nodded attentively in agreement when Isaac picked his character Tarkus' alignment and skills. "I like it," the red-haired smith commented approvingly, pointing to the various fields on the character sheet where Isaac needed to fill out the relevant information. "And remember, the alignments are more of an abstract concept to help us as players, not something that your character would be aware of.
"Like, we think of a good character being, well, a good thing, right? It can be satisfying and fun to play a character who's noble and virtuous and a force for benevolence and integrity in a fantasy world, where things are more black-and-white," Aurelie went on, permitting herself a cynical little sigh. "But your character will probably think of good and evil, law and chaos, somewhat differently. Tarkus, as someone who spent a lot of his formative years bilking audiences and flouting the law, might view a good-aligned person as—well, as less of a good thing. An idiot, maybe. Or a sucker, just waiting to be taken advantage of. He might very well scorn the concept of 'goodness' and not have any interest in becoming good-aligned himself."She cleared her throat a little self-consciously, becoming aware that she was starting to lecture again. "So, just keep in mind that, even if you want to take your character down a certain path, like becoming a person who aligns themselves with the forces of good, your character may have their own ideas! And that's totally fine. Just make sure that the choices they make actually make sense with their personality and worldview." With a chuckle, Aurelie added, "Did I say 'make' enough in that sentence? You can't make me stop, apparently!" Arceus, what a dork she was. She shuffled through the Players' Handbook for a moment to look at the skills and mused aloud, "Sleight of Hand is a really interesting choice too! Especially for someone who looks like a big, hulking brute. But maybe that helps him be even more successful at it, because you wouldn't expect someone like that to have quick, nimble hands or to be good at trickery."Flipping to the last few pages of the character generation chapter, Aurelie pursed her lips in thought. "Okay, onto the last part, and then we can start throwing Tarkus into his very first adventure on his own! So, he's just gotten out of the traveling fair, but he thought ahead enough to bring more than just the clothes on his back with him. As a rogue, your starting package of equipment can include your choice of..."Ticking off the list of options on her fingers, the red-haired smith continued, "You can have a rapier or a shortsword for your melee weapon." She pronounced "melee" with the Kalosian pronunciation, which probably sounded a bit odd to Isaac's ear. "Then you can have either a shortbow and arrows or a shortsword. Then you get leather armor, two daggers, thieves' tools—so, like, lockpicks, pliers, files, a crowbar, that kind of thing—and a basic pack with a bedroll, rations, waterskin, rope, and some torches."Aurelie paused for a moment to laughingly push a pair of imaginary glasses up the bridge of her nose. "Now, when you consider which weapon you want to pick, I want you to think about one of the signature abilities of the rogue class that you picked: Sneak Attack. This is a pretty cool and strategic ability that lets your character take advantage of an enemy's distraction to deal extra damage to them.
"For your character," she went on thoughtfully, "we can tie it to Tarkus' performances as a prizefighter, because he's so experienced with throwing out distractions and reading his opponent's moves during a fight. So, if someone else is within five feet of your enemy or if you attack from a hidden position, or otherwise when they don't see you, you can add sneak attack damage. Now, in the beginning, you only deal an extra 1d6 worth of damage—uh, so that means you'd roll an extra six-sided die when you count up how much damage you do in a fight. But that damage will only get higher as Tarkus advances as a rogue.
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