Benny Romero "No, but, psst, heads up, the hall. " “Huh?” Benny pulls his bandana the rest of the way off, uncovering his other eye. He sits up straight, his curiosity temporarily surpassing his seasickness. “Qué chingados—What do you see, man?” With a groan, Benny heaves himself to his feet, waterlogged floorboards squelching beneath his boots. He sways in place for a moment, taking deep breaths to steady his churning guts. Once he’s reasonably sure that he’s not going to vomit, Benny starts slowly shuffling forward. He crosses the cabin to the door and peers out the little window. An eerie green glow emanates from the hatch leading above, but the mate Burton and his men are out of sight. “Huh,” he grunts, disappointed. Benny frowns out the window for a while, lost in thought. Suddenly, the barbarian brightens. He rushes—as quickly as he can, given his tentative, lurching gait—back to the center of the room. Rising up on his toes and squinting against the gloom, Benny begins scrutinizing the cabin’s ceiling, hunting for something. He grumbles aloud as he searches, “Crack, loose nail… C’mon, gotta be something …” Nothing . No defects in the ceiling’s construction reveal themselves, and after a few minutes Benny abandons the search and instead staggers over to his gear pile. “Fine,” he grates, hastily shoving bags and camera equipment aside. “How about this , huh?” Benny produces Ozzy’s Cry from beneath the heap with a flourish. To his surprise, the massive greataxe is lit up like a glow-stick, suffused with the same spectral light as Selena’s map and the hallway beyond their cabin door. “Sh*t,” he curses. He considers the weapon for a moment, his expression somehow extra-surly for the green glow. Too bright. Too loud. On second thought… He replaces the axe, taking up the boom pole instead. Hmm, mejor. Benny returns to the center of the cabin and readies the boom—vertical, but upside-down, so that he grips it near the foam-covered mic. "They said not to leave the room. Ignore it, Cade, especially if they are skeleton pirates. We are safe in here…….right?" “What if we get a look without leaving the room, huh?” Not bothering to wait for a response, Benny begins prodding the ceiling with the handle of the boom pole. He pokes at a half-dozen boards before one finally gives a sad squeak and moves—just a little. “C’mon, you sonofa—” Benny leans into the pole, trying to gently rock the board loose. It doesn’t budge. He lowers the boom slightly, and casts an expectant look around the room. Hearing no objections to the implied request, he offers a cheeky, apologetic shrug, and slams the boom full-force into the ceiling. The loose plank sails out of sight , and the Crew now have a brand-new skylight. Benny tosses the boom and mic back onto the pile and shakes free his camera bag and tripod. He rips the bag’s zippered flap open, pulls out the camera, and attaches it to tripod in a series of deft, practiced motions. He’s moving more quickly now, his excitement enough to quiet the rolling of his stomach—for the time being. Beneath the opening, Benny powers on the camera, switches to video mode, and hits the shutter release. He extends the tripod’s telescoping legs and center post to their full lengths, locks them in place, and hoists the rig above his head. He slowly, cautiously raises the camera through the hole in the ceiling. The DSLR is bathed in green light. Promising. Very carefully , Benny begins rotating the tripod in his hands, sweeping the camera around in a circle. He winces, half-expecting a bony foot in a rotten boot to punt the camera lens at any moment. But the kick never comes, and Benny is able to capture 360 degrees of whatever is happening abovedeck. He retracts the camera and stops the recording.“Well,” Benny asks, cheating the camera’s LCD toward his companions, “anyone else wanna see what Mad Eye and his band of merry, melty men are up to?” He thumbs the PLAY button and watches.
Benny Romero Character Sheet | Half-Orc | Barbarian 2 | Variant Entertainer (Gladiator)
HP 23/23 (1d12+2) | AC 14 | SENSES Passive Perception 10, You have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. Darkvision
STR 18 (+4) DEX 14 (+2) CON 15 (+2) INT 10 (+0) WIS 6 (-2) CHA 12 (+1)
WEAPONS “Ozzy’s Cry,” +3 Greataxe +9, 1d12+7 (Heavy, Two-Handed ) | Boom Pole +4, 1d6+4 (Versatile ) | Pocket Knife +4/+2, 1d4+4/+2 (Finesse, Light, Range, Thrown )
ABILITIES/PROFICIENCIES *Acrobatics +4 Animal Handling -2 Arcana +0 *Athletics +6 Deception +1 History +0 Insight -2 *Intimidation +3 Investigation +0 Medicine -2 Nature +0 *Perception +0 *Performance +3 Persuasion +1 Religion +0 Sleight of Hand +2 Stealth +2 Survival +0
Skills | English, Spanish Languages | Light, Medium, Shields Armor Proficiencies | Simple, Martial Weapon Proficiencies | Disguise Kit, Guitar Tools Proficiencies | In battle, you fight with primal ferocity. On your turn, you can enter a rage as a Bonus Action. Rage | While you are not wearing any armor, your Armor Class equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Constitution modifier. You can use a Shield and still gain this benefit. Unarmored Defense | You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill. Menacing | When you are reduced to 0 Hit Points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a Long Rest. Relentless Endurance | When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon Attack, you can roll one of the weapon’s damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit. Savage Attacks | Starting at 2nd Level, you can throw aside all concern for Defense to Attack with fierce desperation. When you make your first Attack on Your Turn, you can decide to Attack recklessly. Doing so gives you advantage on melee weapon Attack Rolls using Strength during this turn, but Attack Rolls against you have advantage until your next turn. Reckless Attack | At 2nd Level, you gain an uncanny sense of when things nearby aren't as they should be, giving you an edge when you dodge away from danger. You have advantage on Dexterity Saving Throws against Effects that you can see, such as traps and Spells. To gain this benefit, you can't be Blinded, Deafened, or Incapacitated. Danger Sense | You can always find a place to perform, usually in an inn or tavern but possibly with a circus, at a theater, or even in a noble's court. At such a place, you receive free lodging and food of a modest or comfortable standard (depending on the quality of the establishment), as long as you perform each night. In addition, your performance makes you something of a local figure. When strangers recognize you in a town where you have performed, they typically take a liking to you. By Popular Demand
CURRENT iPOD SELECTION/NOTES OFF | Cell Phone DC (DEAD)
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