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TIKA ANO ARTEMIS: PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS IDEALS
Tika and Artemis have distinct personality traits. Tika Waylan Describe one ideal that drives your character. Your ideais
dislikes boastfulness and has a fear of heights resulting are the things that you believe in most strongly, the
from a bad fali during her career as a thief. Artemis Entreri fundamental moral and ethical principies that compel you
is always prepared for the worst and moves with a quick, to act as you do. Ideais encompass everything from your
precise confidence. life goals to your core belief system.
Consider their ideais. Tika Waylan is innocent, almost
childlike, believing in the value oflife and the importance of Ideais might answer any of these questions: What are
appreciating everyone. Neutral good in alignment, she c1eaves the principies that you will neve r betray? What would
to ideais of life and respec!. Artemis Entreri never allows prompt you to make sacrifices? What drives you to act
his emotions to master him, and he constantly challenges and guides your goals and ambitions? What is the single
himself to improve his skills. His lawful evil alignment gives most important thing you strive for?
him ideais of impartiality and a lust for power. Vou can choose any ideais you like, but your
Tika Waylan's bond is to the Inn ofthe Last Home. The character's alignment is a good place to start defining
inn's proprietor gave her a new chance at life, and her them. Each background in this chapter includes six
friendship with her adventuring companions was forged suggested ideais. Five of them are linked to aspects of
during her time working there. Its destruction by the alignment: law, chaos, good, evit, and neutrality. The last
marauding dragonarmies gives Tika a very personal reason to one has more to do with the particular background than
hate them with a fiery passion. Her bond might be phrased with moral or ethical perspectives.
as "I will do whatever it takes to punish the dragonarmies for
the destruction ofthe Inn ofthe Last Home."
Artemis Entreri's bond is a strange, almost paradoxical BONDS
relationship with Drizzt Do'Urden, his equal in swordplay Create one bond for your character. Bonds represent a
and grim determination. In his first battle with Drizzt, character's connections to people, places, and events in
Artemis recognized something of himself in his opponent, the world. They tie you to things from your background.
some indication that if his life had gone differently, he They might inspire you to heights of heroism, or lead
might have led a life more like the heroic drow's. From that you to act against your own best interests if they are
moment, Artemis is more than a criminal assassin-he is an threatened. They can work very much like ideaIs,
antihero, driven by his rivalry with Drizz!. His bond might be driving a character's motivations and goals.
phrased as "I will not rest untill have proved myselfbetter Bonds might answer any of these questions: Whom do
than Drizzt Do'Urden."
Each of these characters also has an important flaw. you care most about? To what place do you feeI a special
Tika Waylan is naive and emotionally vulnerable, younger connection? What is your most treasured possession?
than her companions and annoyed that they still think Your bonds might be tied to your c1ass, your
of her as the kid they knew years ago. She might even be background, your race, or some other aspect of your
tempted to act against her principies if she's convinced that character's history or personality. Vou might also gain
a particular achievement would demonstrate her maturity. new bonds over the course of your adventures.
Artemis Entreri is completely walled offfrom any personal
relationship and just wants to be left alone. FLAWS
~ ,. Finally, choose a flaw for your character. Your
A useful place to start thinking about personality character's flaw represents some vice, compulsion, fear,
traits is to look at your highest and lowest ability scores or weakness-in particular, anything that someone
and define one trait related to each. Either one could be e1se could exploit to bring you to ruin ar cause you to
positive or nega tive: you might work hard to overcome a act against your best interests. More significant than
low score, for example, or be cocky about your high score. nega tive personality traits, a flaw might answer any
of these questions: What enrages you? What's the one
person, concept, or event that you are terrified of? What
are your vices?
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