There were 3 races that I wanted to try out. Since Suzie said she was going to be a half elf rogue that was something that I was interested in. It would be really cute to be a couple that was the same race in my opinion. Another thing that I wanted to be was a half orc. They had a special ability that allowed them to deter death. If an attack knocked you to 0 HP, it would go to 1 instead. Basically, it was a free extra hit that you could use to get out of trouble. Imagining someone hitting me with a supper kill move and then shrugging it off, was funny. The old reliable build that I used in games like these was a centaur. I like being able to gallop far and fast on the open roads. It also gave a much larger inventory capacity and carry weight. The only thing to do was the choose the origin form. Since the origin was the one that gave the benefits, it was an important decision. I decided to have the half orc be the origin. Being a centaur meant I would have the extra carry weight even if the capacity would not increase at all. "Now to design all the avatars. I have 3 to do and Suzie is waiting." I said out loud.
First was the half orc. I wanted the ability, but I did not want to be a burly monster to get people scared of me. The last thing I needed was to get the NPCs all aggressive with me because they never say an orc before to tell the difference between us. My 2 tusks were small but pointy. My skin was a pale green. I was able to apply tribal markings to me. I chose maroon stripes and rings. My arms and thighs were rung with the deep red tattoos. A red line went across my nose. There was a big vertical line from my lower lip to my chin as well as my chest and back. I purposely made my figure more slender. Instead of a brick shithouse, I was more of a twink gymnast. That did not meant that I was not still tall. I was 6 foot 4 inches tall. I could not get rid of the "Intimidating Aura" as it was part of the racial traits. At least people could see I was trying. Now I needed to decided how to allocate stats. There were 20 points. There were 5 main stats: Strength, Speed, Vitality, Endurance and Luck. All started with a nice 5 points already in there. I put 4 in Strength, Vitality, Endurance and 8 in the Luck stat.
Next was creating the alternate forms. I decided to start with the centaur. Choosing the breed was important. I normally chose a warhorse or and workhorse as a base. It just made sense for a game for adventuring. Appaloosa horses were nice. The Appaloosa is a horse breed best known for its colorful spotted coat pattern. There is a very wide range of body types within the breed, stemming from the influence of multiple breeds of horses throughout its history. The leopard pattern was in reference to a white horse with dark spots that flow out over the entire body. They also had striped hooves. I really liked the maroon color I used for the tribal tattoos. However, it was a bit dark. I brightened it a few shades to crimson. That was the color of the fur for the horse half. The spots were left its normal black. The tail was a mix of long crimson and black hairs. The upper body was the same as my body. It was not a big deal to add a six pack and some strong pecs. My brown eyes and dark brown hair was fine. I did not care to change it now. She knew what I looked like from the pictures that we sent.
