Half-Orc Cleric

As an inaugural post, here's a character I thought would be fun to roleplay from a fairly embattled perspective; someone who wants nothing but to do good, but who's very existence is in some way offensive to the people he wants to protect. If you want to take this character for a campaign, customization is always welcome (really, it's not as though I can stop you), but I will point out that I think the god I chose is a pretty good choice for a character with the backstory given. As for the equipment, I just bought the basics. Part of the fun of designing characters and not using them is not having to deal with that tedious tent, rations and flint & steel shit.

Derek Granshksson

Male Half-Orc Cleric of Heiroeous (Domains: Good, War)

Lawful Good

Strength: 16 +3

Dexterity: 10 +0

Constitution: 13 +2

Intelligence: 9 -1

Wisdom: 17 +3

Charisma: 9 -1

Derek was born unwanted in the human border village of Leshe, where he was raised. Fathered on an unwilling mother by a neighboring orc raider named Granshk during one of the borderlands' frequent territorial conflicts, the young maiden's fragile constitution proved unfairly taxed by the burden of her child, and she died shortly after her son came to term. Despite protest from some in the village, however, his mother, Helga Freestrom, determined before she died that her son be given the right to be raised in her village as one of her community. Upon her death, wardenship of the son, named Derek Freestrom after his great-grandfather, passed to the girl's parents.

Her parents had a troubled relationship with their charge, half the time seeing in his actions the echoes of the daughter they had lost, and the other half those of the monster that had raped and, ultimately, killed her. In this they were kinder than most, though, as the rest of the village had no trouble in linking the offspring solely as the spawn of their ancient blood enemies, even tarring the youth with the name "Granshksson" in place of his given name Freestrom.

It would be hard to expect any youth not to take such scorn to heart, and Derek felt the sting of ostracization harder than most, feeling both the scorn of being a blood enemy of the people and the sorrow of living as a constant reminder of his grandparents' lost daughter. Derek felt a shame in his very life, and a deepseated need to give back to the community he felt his existence so greatly wronged.

In that spirit, Derek full committed himself to Heironeous, God of Valour and symbol of everything he feels that his own existence offends. Where Derek sees in his heart that he is a product of lust and villainy run amok in war, he dedicates himself to nobility and valour in just combat, fighting to push back the orcs who press against his community, proving himself their better in his piety and honour in the face of their baser instincts. A lifetime of shunning has taught him well the lessons in human nature needed of a devoted cleric, and with these and the native strength born of his hated blood, he is determined to defend his people from the aggressors who beset them and, in the name of his mother, win over their distrust.

Feats: Weapon focus: Longsword

Toughness

Skills: Concentration: II

Spellcraft: I

Knowledge: Religion: I

Equipment

Longsword -15gp

Scale mail -50gp

Large Steel Shield -20 gp

3 Javelins -3 gp

Wooden Holy Symbol -1 gp

Cleric's Vestments -

51 gp Left.