@Edwin Voskamp's AD&D Game: Freehold

"He had the look of someone who knew that, if he didn't have the answer, he could work it out faster than anyone else."

"Never say die!"

@Edwin Voskamp's AD&D Game: Freehold - Claire

Personal Information

Name: Claire	Player: Linda S. Voskamp
Race: High elf	Gender: Female	Height: 4'7"	Age: 117
Class: Cleric	Level: 2	Weight: 87 lbs
XP: 2,107	Alignment: Chaotic Good
Next Level: 3,000	Kit: Herbalist, Elf (CRE)

Ability Scores

Str:

Weight Allowance: 45 lbs

Bend Bars/Lift Gates: 4%

Attack Adj.: +0

Damage Adj.: +0

Max. Press: 140 lbs

Open Doors: 7

Dex:

Missile Adjustment: +2

Pick Pockets: +5%

Open Locks: +10%

Reaction Adjustment: +2

Armor Class: -3

Move Silently: +5%

Climb Walls: +5%

Con:

System Shock: 85%

Poison Save: +0

Hit Point Adjustment: +0

Resurrection Chance: 90%

Int:

Max. Spell Level: 6th

Max. Spells Per Level: 9

Illusion Immunity: None

Bonus Proficiencies: 3

Chance to Learn New Spell: 55%

Wis:

Bonus Clerical Spells: 2, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0

Clerical Spell Failure Chance: 0%

Magic Defense Adjustment: +3

Spell Immunity: None

Cha:

Loyalty Base: +0

Maximum Number of Henchmen: 4

Initial Reaction Adjustment: +0

Saving Throws

Paralyzation: 10	Poison: 10	Death Magic: 10	Petrification: 13	Polymorph: 13
Rod: 14	Staff: 14	Wand: 14	Breath Weapon: 16	Spell: 15

Combat

Hit Points:	12
Base THAC0:	20
Melee THAC0:	20
Missile THAC0:	18

Armor

Natural armor class	10
Full armor, chain mail	-5
Shield, medium adj.	-1
DEX Defensive adj.	-3
FINAL:	1

Weapon Proficiencies

Lasso

Long bow

Sickle

Non-Weapon Proficiencies

Fire-Building		16
Heal		15
Herbalism		11
Local History		9
Musical Instrument		16
Reading/Writing		14
Rope Use		17
Native Languages
	Common, Elf, Goblin, Orc

Weapons

	THAC0		Attacks/	Speed	Damage				Range	(-2)	(-5)
Weapon	Melee	Missile	Round	Factor	Sm-Med	Large	Type	Size	Short	Medium	Long
Sickle	21		1	4	1d4+1	1d4	S	S
Lasso		19	1	10			B	L	2	4	6
Long bow		18	2	8			P	L
Long bow, sheaf arrow					1d8	1d8	P	S	10	20	34

Racial Abilities
Bow bonus - +1 bonus to attack rolls with long or short bows.
Infravision - 60' infravision range.
Resistance 90% - 90 percent resistant to sleep and charm-related spells.
Secret doors - Because of their acute senses, elves are quick to spot concealed doors and hidden entranceways. Merely passing within 10' of a concealed door allows an elf a one-in-six chance (a 1 on 1d6) to notice it. If actively searching, an elf's chances improve to a two-in-six chance (1 or 2 on 1d6) to find secret doors, and a three-in-six chance (1, 2, or 3 on 1d6) to notice a concealed door.
Stealth - When the elf is alone and is not wearing metal armor, he gains a bonus to surprise opponents. The opponent suffers a -4 penalty, a -2 if the elf has to open a door.
Sword bonus - +1 bonus to attack rolls when using a long or short sword.

Class Abilities
Cleric
    Followers - Allows followers after building a stronghold and becoming name level.
    Turn undead - Allows the cleric to turn undead.
    Minor Spheres of Magic - Elemental, All
    Major Spheres of Magic - All, Astral, Charm, Combat, Creation, Divination, Guardian, Healing, Necromantic, Protection, Summoning, Sun

Kit - Herbalist, Elf (CRE)
Even when these priests have run out of healing spells, they are not useless as healers. The elf Herbalist can soothe fevers and mend wounds with the utmost ability and speed.

Special Benefits.
If in their chosen terrain, Herbalists function nearly perfectly. They can restore 1d4 points of damage to a wounded creature if they can reach it within four rounds after being wounded. Under the Herbalist's ministrations, the creature will recover twice as fast than it normally would (see the Player's Handbook, p. 59).
Herbalists are very knowledgeable about the various herbs found in their domains. They can locate even the hard-to-find ones, although that might take some searching. Their herb lore is unsurpassed, except by druids.
A Herbalist can, at 5th level, identify plants and pure water without error, so long as the items are within his chosen terrain. This makes the Herbalist's task much easier and means that there is little chance of inadvertently poisoning a friend.
Finally, Herbalists can add a new terrain every five levels. That is, if they have traveled far enough outside their own terrains that the DM feels they warrant an additional terrain, they may take one. The new terrain confers all the abilities mentioned above, although they must again work through five levels before they can identify its plants without error.

Special Hindrances.
Herbalists are highly trained within their own field. Unfortunately, when they venture beyond that field, they may make mistakes. When outside their chosen terrain and attempting to heal a friend nonmagically, Herbalists must make an Herbalism proficiency check at -2. Failure indicates the possibility of having picked a poisonous plant (25% chance).
Herbalists may never brew poison. Although they have the knowledge necessary to do so, they feel that their skills are better suited for healing than for killing. The only time they will experiment with poison is to test antidotes against it. Any Herbalist who brews poisons for use against others loses all the abilities in this kit.

Turning Undead

Skeleton or 1 HD:	7	Wight or 5 HD:	19	Mummy or 7 HD:	-	Ghost or 10 HD:	-
Zombie:	10	Ghast:	20	Spectre or 8 HD:	-	Lich or 11+ HD:	-
Ghoul or 2 HD:	13	Wraith or 6 HD:	-	Vampire or 9 HD:	-	Special:	-
Shadow or 3-4 HD:	16
# = Roll # or greater on a 1d20 to turn 2d6 undead.				D = Automatically destroys 2d6 undead.
T = Automatically turns 2d6 undead.				D* = Automatically destroys 2d6+2d4 undead.

Inventory

Items Carried
- Backpack
  - Candle x8
  - Grappling hook
  - Lasso
  - Musical insturment (average)
  - Sack, large
  - Soap
  - Torch
- Candle x2
- Holy item
- Lasso
- Long bow
- Piton x5
- Wineskin, Large
- Wineskin, Large
Items Readied
- Sickle
Items Stored
- Club
- Long bow, sheaf arrow x40
- Quarterstaff
- Rope, hemp (50 ft)
- Sack, large
  - Herbs (per lb)
  - Piton x8
  - Rations,iron (1 week)
  - Wineskin
  - Wineskin
  - Winter blanket
Items Worn
- Belt
  - Belt pouch, large
    - Chalk
    - Signal whistle
  - Belt pouch, large
  - Healer's bag
  - Quiver
    - Long bow, sheaf arrow x20
- Clothing
- Full armor, chain mail
- Shield, medium

Movement and Encumbrance

Encumbrance:	Unencumbered	Light	Moderate	Heavy	Severe
Weight (lbs):	0-45	46-69	70-93	94-117	118-140
Movement:	12	8	6	4	1
THAC0:			-1	-2	-4
AC:				+1	+3
Currently carrying 92.90 pounds (Moderate Encumbrance, 6 Movement)

Spells

Class	1st	5th
Cleric	4
Cleric Spell Failure Rate: 0%		Maximum Wizard Spells Per Level: 9
Wizard Chance to Learn New Spell: 55%		Maximum Wizard Spell Level: 6th

Spells Memorized

Cleric
- 1st Level
  - Cure Light Wounds x2

Cleric Spells Granted

Spell	Time	Range	Area of Effect	Components
1st Level
Analyze Balance	1 rd	80 yds	1 creature, object, or 10' sq	V, S, M
Astral Celerity	4	0	The caster	V, S
Bless	1 rd	60 yds	50-ft cube	V, S, M
Blessed Watchfulness	4	Touch	Creature touched	V, S
Call Upon Faith	1	0	The caster	V, S, M
Cause Fear	1	10 yds	1 creature/4 lvls	V, S, M
Cause Light Wounds	5	Touch	Creature touched	V, S, M
Combine	1 rd	Touch	Circle of priests	V, S
Command	1	30 yds	1 creature	V
Create Water	1 rd	30 yds	Up to 27 cubic ft	V, S, M
Cure Light Wounds	5	Touch	Creature touched	V, S, M
Curse	1 rd	60 yds	50-ft cube	V, S, M
Darkness	4	120 yds	20-ft radius globe	V, S, M
Destroy Water	1 rd	30 yds	Up to 27 cubic ft	V, S, M
Detect Evil	1 rd	0	10 ft x 120 yds	V, S, M
Detect Good	1 rd	0	10 ft x 120 yds	V, S, M
Detect Magic	1 rd	0	10 ft x 30 yds	V, S, M
Detect Poison	4	0	Special	V, S, M
Detect Snares & Pits	4	0	10 x 40 ft	V, S, M
Dispel Fatigue	4	30 yds	1 creature	V, S, M
Endure Cold/Endure Heat	1 rd	Touch	Creature touched	V, S, M
Firelight	4	Touch	1 object	V, S, M
Invisibility to Undead	4	Touch	1 creature	V, S, M
Light	4	120 yds	20-ft radius globe	V, S, M
Locate Animals or Plants	1 rd	100 yds + 20 yds/lvl	20 yds/lvl x 20 ft	V, S, M
Log of Everburning	1	Touch	Special	V, S, M
Magical Stone	4	Touch	3 pebbles	V, S, M
Orison	4	10 yds	Varies	V, S
Protection From Evil	4	Touch	1 creature	V, S, M
Protection From Good	4	Touch	1 creature	V, S, M
Purify Food & Drink	1 rd	30 yds	1 cubic ft/lvl, in 10 sq ft	V, S, M
Putrefy Food and Drink	1 rd	30 yds	1 cubic ft/lvl, in 10 sq ft	V, S, M
Remove Fear	1	10 yds	1 creature/4 lvls	V, S, M
Ring of Hands/Ring of Woe*	5	0	Special	V, S, M
Sacred Guardian	1	Touch	Creature touched	V, S, M
Sanctuary	4	Touch	1 creature	V, S, M
Shillelagh	2	Touch	1 oak club	V, S, M
Speak With Astral Traveler	1 rd	Touch	1 creature	V, S, M
Strength of Stone	4	Touch	1 creature	V, S, M
Sunscorch	4	40 yds	1 creature	V, S
Wind Column	1	o	The caster	S

Portrait

Character History
God is Labelas Enoreth, Elven God of Longevity

Notes:
Tower of Mordenheim (dread, many days east, no one ever returned)
Elven King, Dwarven Mail, in Elven Forest, SW 5 days. 4 days S, due West of Dwarf village.
3 Gold per orc head

Bullwhip Cracking

I attended a bullwhip handling seminar given by Gery L. Deer in Ann Arbor, organised by a friend of mine who had seen Gery perform at a local Science Fiction convention. Since I have practiced diligently and acquired two more whips: it is boatloads of fun!

Tekumel Published

With two friends I have developed a new RPG set on Tekumel for Guardians Of Order, a Canadian RPG company. It is out!

RPG Updates

I have been running my new game settings, based on my serial campaign concept, as well as have complete websites: ShadowWorld Mainline, ShadowWorld WWII and Grand Design.
I am working on a new current day ShadowWorld setting, with a new, entirely different cosmology.
More ...

Underworld is now ShadowWorld

Underworld, though laying claim to prior use, was renamed to ShadowWorld in the summer of 2002, to avoid confusion with earlier published role playing games with same or similar names.
It was moved to its own website.