[OCC] Lost in Dreams

[ericthered]

Ps: Vladimir is up.

[the_matrix_walker]

Peter Nichols (Original) (Current)

Peter is from Burlington Massachusetts. He's had a great passion for the outdoors since he was quite small, and would spend hours in the woods behind his home exploring his own 2-acre "wilderness". When he was old enough, his parents enrolled him in the Boy Scouts of America.

He set about earning his merit badges with great fervor and made Eagle Scout at 12 years old. Peter was determined to become the youngest Eagle Scout ever but missed this goal by several months. Despite the many congratulations and high praise from his parents and troop, he found this terribly disappointing.

While on a camping trip, Peter heard a commotion in the woods, the sound of a crying animal. He decided to check it out and woke his father to help him investigate. They discovered a dog who had slipped down into a crevice, his front paws bloody from trying to scramble out and failing countless times. While Peter's father got a rope, Peter impulsively slid down into the crevice with the animal. The dog did not want him to approach at first, seeming unsure if Peter was friend or foe, but Peter tossed the animal a few chunks of the granola bar from his vest pocket, and the creature made up its mind. Peter's father had a bit of trouble finding the campsite, and Peter comforted the animal while his father found his way, and then the rope and returned. He tied the end of the rope into a crude harness, and Peter was able to put it on the dog and himself, and they climbed out together. When they were unable to find an owner in town, Peter's parents allowed him to adopt the animal. They took him to the vet, and were astonished to find that what they thought was a full-grown dog, was in fact a Leonberger puppy! Peter's parents would probably not have let the boy keep the animal had they known how much more it had to grow, but they were not prepared to break his heart once they found out. From the time of his rescue, Goliath as Peter named him, was never far from Peter's side.

With both of his parents working, Peter has learned to be quite self-sufficient. The outlook and helpfulness taught to him by the boy scouts have him often helping around the house and his neighborhood. He's taken the Boy Scout's code to heart, and he enjoys the positive feeling he gets from benefiting his community.


Age: 14
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 122lbs
Eyes: brown
Hair: brown

Parents: David Nichols, Margret Hammond-Nichols


The Travels of Peter and Goliath

Where the Riders Dwell
- The Salvation of Senarich

Doctors Without Borders - the Miracle Workers
- A pilgrim in a Savage Land (Xenarthra-1 / mammoth-3 ?)
- Homeline
- Plague In Tenochtitlán

The Karaka Circle
- Birthright

Homecoming
- Fictions and Non-Fictions

A Clockwork Sky
- Thuroman Hospitality: Thanks be to Ink-Thur
- Temples in the Sky Like Diamonds
- Portal to the Gods: The Pristine Realm
- Not the Burlington you're looking for.
- Return to a Clockwork Sky
- Return to the Divine Village
- Thuroma, His reputation precedes him
--- Weekend Holiday at Home
- Thuroma, The Emissary ruturns
- Divine Council Interrupted
--- BioTech Dreamland
- The Hunt Is On!
- Dinner with Kyridas
- The Crossroads
- Coming to America

Canned Cloners and a Cat-Girl to Go
- Howdy Campers!

Red Planet
- Peter Nichols of Mars
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[ericthered]

Peter accepted.

Generating worlds. .....

I thought I'd make a little note on how these worlds are generated:

I build a list of six, half low tech, half high. I include plots.

The first world always has fantastic elements. (To give the player an option to pick up abilities)

The second world includes more mundane worlds, as well as home.

[the_matrix_walker]

I never did specify the dog Breed... I was debating a Leonberger or a German Shepard... got any preference?

I had the working name of Goliath... but I think if it's a Shepard, I'll change it to 'Ceasar'

[ericthered]

Big dog. Big dog. Big dog!

[the_matrix_walker]

What's the GM preference, Goliath the Leonberger or Ceasar the German Shepard?

Either way, 110 point dog is a pretty exceptional animal!

[ericthered]

Big Dog means Goliath.

[ericthered]

Peter Nichols

I hate to make a change after I said he was approved, but rewriting it here helped me catch something: where on earth did he get knife from? I'm going to have to reject that if a good story can't come up.

Also, what positions does he play in baseball and soccer. the defaults are different if he is say... a pitcher, catcher, or goalie.

ST 9	HP	10
DX 11	Will	14
IQ 12 	Per	14
HT 11	FP	11

Ally(Goliath)	15
Animal Empathy	5
Animal Friend 1	5

Attractive Appearence	4
Charisma 1		5

Fit			5
Night Vision 3		3
Sensitive		5
Voice			10

Honest Face		1
Disarming Smile		1
Deep Sleeper		1

Charitable(12)		-15
Bad Temper(15)		-5
Impulsiveness(15)	-5
Overconfident(12)	-5
Pacifism(innocents)	-10
Social stigma(minor)	-5

Attentive		-1
Broad Minded		-1
Careful			-1
Helpful			-1
Imaginative		-1

Acting		11	[1]
Diplomacy	10	[1]
Guesture	12	[1]
Singing		14	[1]
Writing		11	[1]

Bow		10	[1]
Bow-slingshot	10	[1]
Brawling	11	[1]
Knife		11	[1]

Climbing	11	[2]
First Aid	12	[1]
Hiking		10	[1]
Naturalist	11	[2]
Survival(Forest)13	[1]
Swimming	11	[1]
Fishing		14	[1]

Animal Handling	12	[1]
Carpentry	12	[1]
Games(Chess)	12	[1]
Gardening	12	[1]
Housekeeping	12	[1]
Musical Comp	10	[1]
Sports(Baseball)10	[1]
Sports(Soccer)	10	[1]
Scrounging	14	[1]

[the_matrix_walker]

Originally Posted by ericthered

Peter Nichols

I hate to make a change after I said he was approved, but rewriting it here helped me catch something: where on earth did he get knife from? I'm going to have to reject that if a good story can't come up.

Also, what positions does he play in baseball and soccer. the defaults are different if he is say... a pitcher, catcher, or goalie.

I can just drop knife... I just figured between all the utility knife training that Boy Scouts get and play training in the woods it wasn't far fetched... Not every skill is trained by a teacher you know! He should probably have Throwing, so lets switch Knife for Throwing.

Most children's sports don't have dedicated positions like professionals, they tend to change up the positions frequently to have everyone get a shot at everything. But we can say he was most commonly a forward in soccer and a first baseman in baseball.

[ericthered]

Good. Knife is the skill of knife fighting, which has Nothing to do with carving or knife throwing (both of which are common boy scout hobbies, or at least attempted hobbies). I could easily see it as a skill a guy with a gangster background could have, but not this character.