Name: Ark
Age: 202
Race: Android
Class: Dragoon
Appearance: A slightly crusted humanoid robot with very dark dull purple hair with strong looking build standing around 6'1 tall. Sports a bionic eye which he frequently uses in his scanning and enhanced arms for his spear mastery hidden inside the heavy armor it wears. Accompanied by a very young crystal dragon.
Background: Ark was employed as an assistance librarian/secretary for a archaeologist quite some time ago, mainly for his strong arms and scanning traits and memory which translated well to retrieving lore knowledge although for no pay or benefits aside from a room to sleep in and time off to read through books. One day, the pair journeyed to a previously explored ruin for extra studies. The duo were shocked to find a nest cradled close within the entrance and some broken egg-shells. A large roar emitted from inside and the cowardly scientist bolted off. Before the android could follow suit, a towering crystal drake had stomped in front of it, with a vicious nature. Ark clumsily stated in rather declaratory terms his intent to do no harm in what he believed he knew to be the monster's language. The beast glared only slightly pacified, examining the robotic intruder. From behind its huge ankles, came a tiny infant dragon that hobbled over to the android affectionately, seeing the robot as an oversized talking doll. Amused, the guardian kidnapped Ark and took it inside the ruin to play with the child, gradually trusting the growing child to it and teaching a few of its secrets for their continued mutual protection. Once the dragon grew to young youth-hood, the guardian kicked them both out for his own peace and quiet, and the new companions left for elsewhere, Ark having to find suitable paying work to feed his new friend, Jugan.
Quote:
*Upon using scan*
"The target is in my sights. Analyzing..."
*Using Lancet*
"Energy Extracted. Sending..."
*Meeting a comrade for the first time*
"I don't trust you that much. My dragon does for some reason. That's good enough for me, but if it changes its mine, so will I."
OR
"Where I came from, not a single mongrel was scared of my baby dragon. Not even little ones... Now, there are no more mongrels where I came from. Not even little ones. Keep that in mind."
Personally leading toward Holy allignment due to devotion to his dragon companion and cold neutrality otherwise.
Traits: Inhuman Might
Over-Clocked
Stats (LEVEL 2)
HP: 10 + 8 + 6 = (24) + 15 = 39
Attack Bonus: 6
Evasion: 6
ARM: 13
MARM: 8
Strength: 10 +2 = 12 (2 Due to Graft)
Vitality: 8 +1+1+2 = 12 (Bone Armor, Sword, Shield)
Dexterity: 3-2= 1 (-2 Due to Graft)
Intelligence: 9
Charisma: 1 (Additional -1 to social rolls due to Graft)
Job Abilities: Epic Ability: Dragon's Spirit
Wyvern Companion "Jugan": Crystal Dragon> Does unelemental MARM damage based on level based formula.
Ability 1: Scan (Usable 3 times a session)
Ability 2: Lancet (Usable 3 times a session)
Equipment
Right/Left Hand: "Tough Edge" Tier 2 (STR X 2)+1d6 +2 VIT
Armor: Bone Vest
Shield: Metal Ward (6 ARM 6 MARM +1 VIT)
Graft: Auto Repair
Strong Arm
Bionic Eye
Items
2 Ahriman's Tears
3 Potions
Gil: 5
Skills:
Preferred Weapon Skill: Sword 5
Heavy Armor: 3
Any Other None Zero Skill:
Awareness 5 (1 from Graft)
Language 4: Common, Binary, Ancient, Monster Talk
Lore Relics: 4
Lore Monsters: 4
Systems: 1
Synthesis Tailoring 1
Rant stuffAlright. I'm thinking of trying Dragoon instead. Disregard my last bio. ^^; Sorry. >_> Laugh at the 1 dex and charisma at your leisure and peril. A powerhouse monster and a Language/Lore expert combined with Intelligence for tactics! 
EDIT: Naqel PMed with me with a well-thought out response to how my character would seem to be crippled with only one charisma and how my quotes and my 4 languages don't reflect well. This is what I told him...
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Originally Posted by Naqel
Ya know, your character feels kinda... unplayable and... unrealistic...
1 charisma meaning your social skills are somehow crippled... Unable to speak? So why master 4 languages? Bad personality? Maybe disgusting appearance and/or smell?
And Androids are already looked down upon...
On top of that, they have very little personality to begin with, and your character despite having 1 charisma appears to have one quite well developed(basing on quotes)...
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My Response:
I don't feel like crippled means "unplayable" but need a helping hand, especially when it comes to social interaction.
It's like how Fighter operates in the 8bit theater group with his seemingly negative INT.
Thief: "Damn it Black Mage! You of all people know that Fighter requires adult supervision!"
Low Charisma doesn't actually mean that they have poor social skills (it's a common aspect of it though), but that they have no ability to persuade people at all. Someone could be beating on them mercilessly and they plead their hardest for them to stop, but it falls on deaf ears. Or their attempt to get an innkeeper to charge them the same price as the other patrons and not be discriminated would be ignored. Someone with 24 Charisma could probably bed anyone or convince people to join a crusade despite being known as a tyrant or questionable person. Someone with 1 charisma is not going to be able to haggle or get anyone to take them seriously. And when dealing with authorities, they probably aren't going to bother listening to my defense or rather they'll have the initial reaction of them believing that the words of anyone that isn't me is truer at face value.
It's just that in terms of persuading, anything like poor social skills, bad smell/looks, brash or uncooperative personality and otherwise looking like a freak of nature would help with that alienation. (The fact that this android has 9 INT means that his language skills are quite passable, but he probably can't use the language in any meaningful way like make it sound warm and touching but otherwise sound "cold and... robotic".)
Also, the languages are not just for flavor. (Learning how to speak monster is kinda required to learn how to speak with dragons.) Being able to speak a language means being able to know what is being heard, even if it isn't used to speak back convincingly. Plus Ancients are used for exploring ruins and "ancient" or magical location.
I appreciate the input and there will be some severe issues if I try to do the roles that my character isn't meant to... But if I stick with the group (no wandering town by myself) and merely act as translator and bodyguard and such and let everyone else do the speaking, then it should be interesting. Plus, it's possibly slightly easier when you consider how few people would wanna directly piss off someone with a dragon companion. :3
Just for people's consideration. ^^