A barbarian character for Tales of Argosa.

With the word coming out from Pickpocket Press that Tales of Argosa (ToA) should be going live on Kickstarter around the end of February and with the resumption of my solo ToA adventure using the play test version, I suspect its going to be a game I will spending a lot of my time playing in 2024.
With that in mind I think it would be useful to roll up a few characters for adventures to come.

Most of the character generation in ToA is, or can be, random which makes it perfect for solo play and following the 17 steps in the rule book you can generate a character really quickly.

Here is how my Barbarian character was created.

Step 1. Roll 1d12 for race. I roll 7 so this character is human.

Step 2. Roll d66 for background. ! roll 25 so this character was a prisoner and gains +1 Con, the skill ‘slight of hand’ and a pair of manacles.

Step 3. Roll 3d6 for attributes. I roll 9, 9, 14, 6, 10, 8, 16. I am going to make a barbarian (see step 4) so I assign the rolls to the attributes as follows –
Str: 14 Dex: 9 Con: 17 (includes +1 bonus from step 2) Int: 6 Perc: 8 Will: 9 Cha: 9

Step 4. Choose class. As mentioned above this character will be a ‘Barbarian’.

Step 5. My barbarians Luck is 11, Re-rolls 2 and DDM 1.

Step 6. Initiative is Dex + Int/2 rounded down so 9+6/2 = 7.

Step 7. Hit points = con score plus level x 2, so 19.

Step 8. Death Save is 10 + Con mod so 13.

Step 9. Skills – Athletics, Wilderness Lore, Detection, Divine Lore, Watercraft and Slight of Hand (see step 2 above).

Step 10. Class Abilities. Ferocious Rage and Wild Born.

Step 11. Battle Gear slots = 7, Pack Gear slots = 7
Pack Gear. Torch, bedroll, 5 days rations.
Tinderbox and 10 silvers in a pouch.
Class Starting Gear. Great Axe (1d12), Hide (+1 AC)

Step 12. AC = 10 + 1(Hide) so 11

Step 13. Attack bonus = +2 (melee), 0 (ranged)

Step 14. Languages – common tongue.

Step 15. Age 1d20+16 = 34 years

Step 16. Name: Pax (female), Personality: Overconfident. (both rolled randomly from the hireling tables).

Step 17. Party Bond. Caravan Attack, Last Members of a mercenary company.