Rodolf Kazmer

## Appearance(s)

**Rodolf Kazmer** was a dwarven merchant skilled with a crossbow and a dwarven axe who dealt in goods like weapons and armors during the Second Northern War. He like many dwarves has had many professions throughout his life: forward scout, guerilla fighter, frontline arbalist, and a sniper. He is fond of gambling and drinking running up many tabs at different taverns around the known world.

## Biography

**Rodolf** was born in the **Temerian** fiefdom of **Maribor** to two fresh faced dwarves from Mahakam. **Rodolf** grew up viewing himself as a loyal Temerian citizen as such he joined the Temerian Army during the First and the Second Northern War as an arbalist.

When the Third Northern War started, Rudolf wanting to help in his own way and make some coin along the way started traveling through the front supplying folks in need with war salvage or information at a reasonable price. This work allowed him to travel the whole Continent: according to him, he boasts having scouted the back roads of Mahakam, making a yearly run to Toussaint, sailing the seas to trade with far off Ofieri, and even traveling with a Witcher for a while.

## Personality and Traits

Rodolf is a Temerian patriot through and through, he signed up for war after war for the Lilies, and even after he got out of war as a arbalist, he still does his part running legally or smuggling supplies to those who need it and the odd traveler as well. Though he's been accused of working with the Scoia'tael, he has never worked with or joined them, but might use that rumor to his advantage in tough situations.

## Skills and Abilities

* **Dwarf Physiology**: As a dwarf, one has the abilities of one.
	+ **Decelerated Aging**: **Dwarves** age slower than humans and potentially have a long lifespan.
	+ **Dermal Armor** (Natural): Dwarves like **Rodolf** are known for having naturally tough skin to the degree that it actually makes them harder to hurt.
	+ **Enhanced Crafting**: **Dwarves** have a natural affinity and talent for crafting weapons, armor, items, etc.
		- **Dwarven Craftsmanship & eye for detail**: Dwarves may not be as into fine detail as Gnomes but a Dwarf worth his salt has an eye for detail and appraisal which serves many of them in making it harder to bluff a Dwarf and making them fierce in mercantile roles as they are good judges of goods and character.
	+ **Enhanced Strength**: **Dwarves** possess strength beyond that of any average human (especially for their size). Dwarves are short but they are built tough and take on physically demanding jobs, they are stronger than they look and can carry more than you'd expect.
		- A dwarf can carry weights that are too heavy even for humans, for long distances to boot.
	+ **Enhanced Stamina**: **Dwarves** can function for long periods of time without tiring or straining themselves.
	+ **Enhanced Speed**: possess speed beyond that of any average human (especially for their size).
		- A dwarf's pace is too much for a normal human to keep up with even the witcher Geralt of Rivia had trouble keeping up with Zoltan Chivay's party.
	+ **Small Size**: **Dwarves** are naturally smaller than humans.

* Trained Abilities
	+ **Axemanship**- Rodolf is quite fond of his Dwarven Axe using it reliably to protect himself at short range.
	+ **Crossbowmanshi**p- Thanks to his military background and time spent using it, **Rodolf** is able to string and fire a crossbow with some degree of accuracy.
	+ **Knifemanship**- **Rodolf** keeps a Poniard on him at all times, he is fond of the Temerian design and it has saved his life time and again.
	+ **Lockpicking**- **Rodolf** has put a little time in his ability to pick locks, you never know when it will come in handy.
	+ **Multi-lingual**- **Rodolf's** main language is Common Speech but he can also speak Elder Speech and Dwarven at a basic level.

## Equipment

* A Cart with a Mule
* Thieves’ Tools
* A Flask of Dwarven Spirits
* Double Woven Armor
* Poniard
* Dwarven Axe
* Dwarven Heavy Crossbow
	+ 20 Crossbow Bolts
	+ 5 Broadhead Bolts
	+ 5 Bodkin Bolts

## The Witcher TTRPG

**Rodolf's** Profession is listed as Merchant, his character sheet is available to all on the R. Talsorian Games website: https://rtalsoriangames.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/RTG-Witcher-RodolfKazmer.pdf

## Trivia

* **Rodolf** is an Original Character (OC) from The Witcher TTRPG who is introduced in the Core Rulebook and has reappeared in supplementary free game aids from R. Talsorian.
* All credit for the character goes to his creator Cody Pondsmith.
* **Rodolf** knows the demon known as the Caravan Man or at least his Northern identity of Gemorlo Of Sodden, whom he finds to be unnerving.