Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.games.frp Subject: Re: Familiars in FRP Message-ID: <423@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-May-85 19:10:06 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.423 Posted: Thu May 16 19:10:06 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 17-May-85 06:06:11 EDT References: <5284@ucla-cs.UUCP> <28700003@ISM780.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 34 Summary: In article <28700003@ISM780.UUCP> billp@ISM780.UUCP writes: > >Familiars can be interesting NPCs ... Let me tell you about the Brownie familiar a LG cleric I played with had... His name was Leroy and our DM claims he was one of the best characters he ever rolled up. Along with the usual Brownie attributes, he was highly intelligent, expert at leatherwork, and very talented at investing. This meant that our party got a lot of good advice for free and our leather stuff was always in good repair. On the side, he'd take whatever pocket money Percy (the cleric) gave him and invest it in trade goods. Over time he became a pretty rich Brownie. When, due to a complex set of circumstances, the bond between him and Percy was broken, he went into the investment banking business and became a _very_ rich Brownie. He also let his former associates (us) in on the wealth by giving us all shares in his corporation. Eventually he became the investment broker to those in our party who had enough cash to worry about, thus providing a safe place to stash the loot from our continuing adventures and trading enterprise. It's hard to think of any disadvantages to having Leroy around. Even his LG alignment never got seriously in the way of things. He did have an eye for the ladies of various species though, of course, he prefered brownies if any were around. Had a particular weakness for tall women. "We called him bad, bad Leroy Brownie ..." -- -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe