Tonight I wanted to go back to testing my Openlegend RPG character flow that I started with Ci’ara Stormbringer a little while back and expand this Open Legends party with one more member, Vimbol Forgeblow. Now while other dwarves may prefer a more direct approach and leave the sneaking around for elves and halflings Vimbol is not above such behaviours as infiltration and stealth. In fact he is quite proficient at it!
So let’s grab a coffee, sit back and meet Vimbol Forgeblow, the shifty stonecaller.
Vimbol Forgeblow

Background
Vimbol trained as a mason despite his parents best wishes. The Forgeblow family were always smiths and while Vimbol showed prowess like the rest of his brothers and sisters he tired quickly of this work. It was by chance that while he was in a hurry to finish mending a pick that he damaged the stonework of the forge. Fear took over and as he frantically tried to conceal the damage he did to the forge the pressure, heat and adrenaline took over and he melded the stone back into shape.
His father had seen him. Instead of being furious of the improper care given to his families craft he helped his son meet with some elders of the dwarven clan and these wise men and women confirmed the fathers suspicions. That Vimbol was stonecaller, a mage of some power who could meld stone more easily than a master smith could meld steel.
The years of training, the rigorous lessons and then the menial work only proved one thing to Vimbol. His powers made him better than those he was serving. In his lamentation he dove into ale and after years of over drinking off and on the job he found himself in a bit of a pickle. Needing a lot of gold fast he used his powers to shift thin layers of stone onto his skin to form a cloak that blended him into the walls of the vault and he made out with the biggest heist that the clan had ever suffered.
But in doing so he fled his family’s forge and his home, paying off his and their debts and he began to use his skill at melding stone to his body to get into places no respectable stonecaller would have considered before his time.
Abilities
Vimbol specialises in Alteration magic, generally specialising in stone but he has some small affinity for using it for camouflage. He is also lethal due to his ability to go largely undetected but doesn’t like seriously hurting any one and would rather silence one or two people instead of having to take out the entire barrack of guardsmen.
Banes
- Blinded
- Silenced
- Disarmed
- Persistent Damage
Boons
- Transmutation
- Absorb Object
- Concealment
- Aura* Concealment
Feats:
His strikes are lethal, accurate and over short distance he can out pace many other warriors. However his true skill lies with infiltration and the ability to go undetected.
- Lethal Strike I
- Silencing Strike
Perks and Flaws:
Being on the run from his clan for a number of years has left him with a few contacts that can help him get by. But he is always observant for people who may be watching, tracking of following him as a dwarf once burned is slow to forgive.
Perks:
- Fugitive
- Observant
Sadly his addiction to alcohol has left him a large drinker. He has built up a small tolerance to hit but its not often that you don’t see him without a drink. But his skill at what he does, ne’er-do-welling, seems to counter act the fact that he is frequently drunk whilst working. This has made him a very proud and even arrogant person who thinks that even while drunk he is more than a match for the sober rogues, thieves and cat burglars out there.
Flaws:
- Addiction
- Proud
Attributes:
Born a natural stonecaller he had to work hard to train his hands and mind in more subtle and agile movements than the forge. He is not as strong as normal dwarves but he is still resilient and wilful.
- Fortitude 1
- Perception 1
- Persuasion 1
- Will 2
- Deception 2
- Logic 3
- Alteration 4
- Agility 5
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Vimbol Forgeblow
Thanks for dropping by tonight. Vimbol Forgeblow is the second in a party of 5 that I am taking through this process to really solidify my ideas. Don’t forget to come back tomorrow for another end-of-week Zine and, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

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