Shas'La Tash'Var Ril'arn

Name: Shas’La Tash’Var Ril'arn
Race: Tau
Caste: Fire (Shas)
Home Sept: Tash’Var
Role: Pathfinder
Competence: Finder of Ways (When he succeeds on a stealth check, allies within 20m get +10 to stealth)
Demeanor(s): Aggressive, direct, ambitious, proud.


WS 35
BS 49
S 31
T 40
AG 46
INT 33
PER 44
WP 36
FEL 32
IFL 36
*Denotes purchased upgrade

FPs: 1/2
Wounds (critical): 12/12 (0)
Fatigue: 0
Insanity: 0/100
Corruption: 0/100
Movement: 4m/8m/12m/24m

Skills
Acrobatics (Ag)
Awareness (Per)
Common Lore (Int)
- Tau Empire
- War
Demolitions (Int)
Linguistics (Int)
- Tau
Navigate (Int)
-Surface
Operate (Ag)
-Hover
Sleight of Hand (Ag)
Stealth +10 (Ag)
Survival +10 (Per)
Tactics (Int)
-Recon and stealth
Tech-use (Int)

Talents
-Combat Sense
-Fire caste weapon training
-Marksman (rifle)
-Heightened Senses (Smell)
-Light Sleeper
-Unshakable Faith
-Blind Fighting
-Hip Shooting
-Mighty Shot

Traits
-Find the Weak Spot Find the Weak Spot (+1 to determining critical damage),
-Fire caste - +5 vs Fear & Pinning
-Blunt: Tau register an incredibly small presence in the Warp. All Tests made to detect Tau by daemons or through the use of psychic abilities suffer a -30 penalty.
-For the greater good: The Tau value the group over the self, and further trust their comrades and commanders to always choose the best course of action. This enables every Tau to follow orders without hesitation or doubt. Once per encounter, a Tau Explorer may gain a +10 bonus to a Test made while directly following an order from another Tau character. Additionally, if this order places the Explorer into substantial danger to benefit the group as a whole, this bonus increases to +30 (GM’s discretion).
-Lessened senses (sight): While Tau olfactory senses are superior to humans, they have a harder time focusing on objects at long distances. They make up for this deficiency with their technological innovations such as advanced optics and headgear. After 100 meters, any Tau character relying on their eyes without aid suffers a -10 penalty on all perception-based tests, including ballistic skill.
-Non Imperial: This character was not raised among humans, and knows little about the culture and history of the Imperium. The laws, traditions, religion, and superstitions of Mankind are unfamiliar and alien to characters with this trait. The character suffers a –10 penalty on all Common Lore, Forbidden Lore, and Scholastic Lore Tests relating to the Imperium of Man.

Items
Pulse Carbine (Basic; 60m, S/-/3; 2d10+2; pen 4; Gyro-Stabilized)
Pulse Pistol (pistol; 40m; S/2/-; 2d10+2 E, pen 4; Gyro-Stabilized)
Photon Grenade x3 (thrown, 9m, Blind, Blast (12))
Tau Recon Armor (AP 4, +10 Stealth)
Reloads x2

Aptitudes: General, Offence, Agility, Ballistic Skill, Fieldcraft, Finesse, Perception
XP: 3050
XP Expenditure 2800
Characteristic Advances
BS advance (Simple) 100xp
BS advance (Intermediate) 250xp
Ag advance (Simple) 100xp
Ag advance (Intermediate) 250xp
Per advance (Simple) 100xp

Skills
Acrobatics (Known) 100xp
Operate-Hover (Known) 100xp
Tech-Use (Known) 300xp
Survival (Trained) 200xp
Stealth (Trained) 200xp
Awareness (Trained) 200xp

Talents
Blind Fighting 200xp
Hip Shooting 300xp
Mighty Shot 400xp
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All T'au contribute to the Greater Good, but from a young age Ril'arn hoped that his contribution would be truly magnificent. He had dreams of glory that some might call unbecoming of a simple Shas'La, but it certainly motivated him in his training. His skill and determination impressed his commanders and was immediately assigned to a pathfinder squad on the front lines. He served admirably in his posting, dreaming every day of eventually being chosen to pilot an XV25 suit, or maybe even one of the experimental XV22s. After a short time he received his first promotion, to Shas'ui and leader of a pathfinder team.

When he was assigned a mission to help seize a crucial mountain pass held by humans, he saw it as a true chance for glory. His team was to disable key fortifications while a hunter cadre awaited Ril'arn's signal to attack. However, all was not as planned. A great number of human reinforcements had arrived, complicating the insertion. He was advised by team members to turn back, but instead pressed on, seeing this as a chance to kill more foes of the Greater Good, and maybe earn distinction for it. His team planted their demolition charges as planned and detonated them. Ril'arn gave the signal for the hunter cadre to commence its assault. The result was a bloodbath. Ril'arn had underestimated the human's reinforced strength, and the cadre was shattered against their entrenchments. Heavy losses were suffered in the retreat, including nearly all of Ril'arn's team. Blaming Ril'arn for this devastating defeat, the Tau commander took the rare step of stripping him of his rank as Shas'ui. He was removed from the front lines and dispatched instead to help survey a new colony.

Description:
Build: Short and stocky, surprisingly well built for a T'au.
Age: 25
Skin: Blue
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Dark


Personality:
Though he does feel immense guilt for his decision that cost so many lives, Ril'arn is still as ambitious as ever. While he initially despised his new posting, he has come to see it as another opportunity to gain glory. Perhaps he will make a grand discovery or save the colony from a terrible threat. Whatever the case, Ril'arn is determined not to repeat the mistakes he made in the past. He has resolved to listen to members of his team, and not act so rashly, though this is often counter to his instincts.

Goals, Short Term:
-Prove his worth to his new team.

Goals, long-term:
-Regain the respect of his superiors
-Pilot an XV25

1) I should have mentioned, we all use Orokos.com to roll as it allows a record-keeping of the games and player. How did you roll your characteristic stats? If you have a link to a site, please copy and paste it here.

2) You can go ahead and get rid of your weapons "clip"/capacity. I have ported the Wrath and Glory reload rules, since I personally think tracking ammo is tedious. You will instead start with "Reloads x3." The W&G Reload rules can be found here: https://playbypostgaming.forumotion.com/t219-wrath-glory-ammunition-reload-rules-revamp

Oh that makes sense. I just rolled with a dice roller app on my phone. I'll use Orokos in the future.

Thank you.

1) Add the "Spotter" bonus trait from Pathfinder to your PC sheet.

2) Other than that, everything looks fine so far.

3) XP: Start with 2,800 XP to spend. This will be slightly less than the other PCs - nothing ground breaking. Please put your XP buys as a comment so I can approve them before adding them to your PC sheet. I also would like your XP to look like this: XP: 2,900/0 (available/spent, for reference)

As you spend, the number on the left should drop while the number on the right rises and both should add up to your total XP - in this case, 2,900.

Cool?

Sounds gucci, I'll work on that!

Advances (2800xp):
BS advance (Simple) 100xp
BS advance (Intermediate) 250xp
Ag advance (Simple) 100xp
Ag advance (Intermediate) 250xp
Per advance (Simple) 100xp
Acrobatics (Known) 100xp
Operate-Hover (Known) 100xp
Tech-Use (Known) 300xp
Survival (Trained) 200xp
Stealth (Trained) 200xp
Awareness (Trained) 200xp
Blind Fighting 200xp
Hip Shooting 300xp
Mighty Shot 400xp

All right, let's see how this is looking (again, sorry for the delay!):

Aptitudes for my reference: General, Agility, Ballistic Skill, Fieldcraft, Finesse, Offense, Perception.

Your XP purchases look great! Please add them to your PC sheet whenever you get the chance.

I'm assuming ambition and pride are character flaws? If so, to really play into it you might consider spending some XP on command and air of authority to see some mechanical reflections of that. Of course, I'm sure the pride thing is going to come through via dialogue and hopefully get you into some sticky situations.

Backstory is great and fitting. If you want to find some artwork or a picture to add to the template to let the others see how you visualize Ri'larn, feel free. If not, maybe some detail in describing how he physically looks/his gear/etc.

Keep adding to your goals as the game goes on. They should evolve to become more and more specific. I do give out rewards for goal completion.

Other than that, you're good to go!