From cc697@cleveland.freenet.eduMon Aug 14 09:08:54 1995 Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 18:51:26 -0400 From: Eric Oppen Reply to: The wfrp mailing list To: wfrp@gojira.monsta.com Subject: WFRP: New NPC...Madelena (Maddi) Friedhof M 5 WS 22 BS 22 S 2 T 4 W 7 I 40 A 1 DEX 38 LD 22 INT 40 CL 40 WP 38 FEL 25 Alignment: Neutral Age: 11 Skills: Acute Hearing, Arcane Languages (Magic and Necromancy), Begging, Clown, Concealment Urban, Excellent Vision, Flee! Fleet-Footed, Identify Undead, Night Vision, Read/Write, Secret Language (Classical), Silent Move Urban, Shadowing. Appearance: Blonde, blue-eyed, no figure yet. Not bad-looking, bar a rather disconcerting stare. Three fingers on each hand (see below) Lives at: Middenheim, near Morrspark Maddi Friedhof is the daughter of Karl Kirchhof, who was a wizard and necromanceer. She was raised by her father in his hidden magical laboratory, and trained to assist him to the limit of her abilities, hence the academic skills she has. Her father was killed by adventurers, and Maddi was confined by the priests of Morr until they were satisfied that she knew no Necromantic magic; they couldn't legaly burn a nine-year-old girl just because she was her father's daughter. Upon her release, she was placed with an old couple (distant relatives) in Middenheim. However, she _was_ Morbid, and soon took up the habit of hanging around Morrspark as much as she could. In her black cape, black beret, black sweater, black stockings, black clunky boots, plaid knee-length skirt and skull neck pendant, she soon became a fixture in Morrspark. She now knows the place as well as anybody, and can point out any grave or tomb and give a short description of the person buried within. The old couple with whom she lives are alcoholic, and exert little control over Maddi, so she runs with a gang of orphaned and abandoned children most of the time. Her spooky reputation does a lot to scare off those preying on her friends, and she is not above using her skills as a sort of low-rent "ninja" to get back at enemies. One thing that worried the priest of Morr about her was the fact that although her hands were perfect in all other respects, there are only three fingers and the thumb on each hand. She has taken to claiming that her hands were maimed as a baby, and usually keeps them hidden as much as possible. The former Emperor's edict against mutant-burning is still law, but Maddi knows that there are a lot of people who would love to burn her both for who her father was and for what she is. (Note: Maddi Friedhof is based on the character "Maddie" in _The Big Book of Death,_ from Factoid Publications. "Maddie" is the narrator/guide in the sections of the book dealing with various famous cemeteries. I include this so that people who want to use her in campaigns know where she came from and can get a better idea of just what she looks like.) Adventure hooks: Maddi could be kidnapped, either by would-be necromancers who want her to tell them where her father kept his sorcerous tomes, or by people who think she's a necromancer herself (she IS rather pale). Adventurers could either be the kidnappers or rescue her. -- \|/ /\ \|/ |"Random action produces random political results...Why waste \/ \/ | even a rock?"--Abbie Hoffman, in _Steal This Book_. / \ | <--Hobo symbol for "Man armed at this address..." /____________\ | "Mentally undressing the Internet"