I was trying to think of an Alt because a friend had made one and had said it was hard to find another very low level character to adventure with, so would I consider…? The only idea I came up with I described to her as “trying to channel Brian Blessed”. So what to name him? I remembered a comic book character called Wulf Sternhammer, but not keen on the first name…hmm…there was that guy that won World’s Strongest Man several times Marius Pudzianowski… So Marius Sturnhammer?
This seemed to work…
But then I remembered The Big Knights…
One of whom was voiced by Brian Blessed…
And is called Sir Morris.
Morris / Marius. Hmm. And both are large men, both are fat, both are enthusiastic in their weapon work rather than skilled (in Marius’ case because he’s using a Maul and so doesn’t get Weapon Focus, Epic Weapon Focus, Weapon Specialisation, Epic Weapon Specialisation, or Improved Criticals).
And the way I have been playing Marius over the few days he has existed fits Sir Morris' description of "Enthusiastic, well intentioned and completely stupid – a combination more terrifying than a loose cannon. Loves nothing more than a right rollicking clash of swords and is a keen propagator of total mayhem."
So I think I know why when I was trying to think of a first name starting with a letter later in the alphabet than “J” that when I thought of Pudzianowski that Marius seemed such a fitting name for a “trying to channel Brian Blessed” character.
