Merchantering.
Another NPC block for my GURPS campaign, a loose adaptation of the Jade Regent Pathfinder Adventure Path. Not one of the four starring NPCs in this campaign, this particular NPC seems to have come into the campaign as a result of random table rolling, serving both as comic relief and as a companion of the PCs not by his own volition.
Not much is known about Fizzle Fizzlesprout except that he has a bag of holding filled with random knick-knacks and trinkets. He had the misfortune of coming upon the PCs asking them if they wished to buy things and then being subsequently gnome-napped and put onto a boat. Or was it Serendipity?
Fizzle Fizzlesprout ST 5 HP 5 DR 0
DX 10 Will 14 Speed 5.75
IQ 11 Per 9 Move 5
HT 13 FP 10 sw 1d-3, thr 1d-4 Homeland. Speaks and writes Gnome (Native), Taldane (Native) with writing at Accented; Native Culture (Varisian), Native Area Knowledge (Varisia) at IQ. Social. Wealth (Comfortable); Pitiable; Status 1; Charisma 1; Distrusts Dwarves. Features. ST -5, IQ +1, HT +3, Will +3, Per -2, FP -3; Magery 1; Night Vision 4; Animal Empathy; Gizmos 1, Serendipity 1; Absent-Mindedness, Clueless, Curious, Kleptomania, Cowardice, Combat Paralysis; SM -1, Dwarfism (SM -1); Talent (Artificer) 1; Alcohol Tolerance. Skills. Accounting at IQ-2, Acting at IQ-1, Armoury at IQ+1, Artist (Calligraphy) at IQ, Cartography at IQ-1, Escape at DX-2, Fast-Talk at IQ-1, Lockpicking at IQ+1, Merchant at IQ-1, Navigation at IQ-1, Pickpocket at DX, Sleight of Hand at DX-1, Streetwise at IQ; Illusion at Po+2, Conjuration at Po+2, Illusion Shell at Po+3, Inscribe at Po+2, Frost at Po+2, Clouds at Po.
I wonder what will come of this NPC…. After being taken from Sandpoint at the end of the last session in the Lest Dispelled campaign, his interesting mix of being an artificer and a spellcaster may end up being useful to the party.