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Built with the Red Box rules, Father Edwards was a cleric that I ran for awhile in a D&D campaign that Sean ran. Come to think of it, Father Edwards was probably my first character that was built specifically to provide personality and roleplaying opportunities instead of a specific role in a hack 'n' slash group. Before that, on the few occasions I played, my role was usually that of the stereotypical thief. My thieves stole from party members, picked locks, acted greedy and backstabbed every monster they could with twin daggers.

Father Edwards was different. A man in his early forties, Father Edwards led most of his life as a holy man in a monastery. Dressed in a monk's habit and having short-cropped, monkly hair, he was a strict religious man. However, as he started to enter his mid-life, the aging (1st level) cleric had picked up the adventuring bug and soon set out from his monastery to join an adventuring party. However, the strict life of a monastery and a life moving up through the monastic pecking order had left him pious and somewhat arrogant. Father Edwards would scold the adventurers when he disapproved of their actions, and in the end, the middle-aged cleric ended up leading the group more than following it. I even had a tagline quote for him, although I've completely forgotten it.

From all of the characters I've had over the years, I probably remember Father Edwards most fondly. A few years ago, I came across his character sheet, although I've since lost it again. A pity.