StrawhatOverlord
Minstrel
The WIP I'm currently focused on technically has 6 main characters, but this is about the more traditional fantasy hero one among them.
For context, my setting has enough magic users that most armed groups travelling outside settlements have one, and often some non-mages with magical abilities too. And the many of the fauna & creatures (or hostile primitive civilizations) have at least some inherent magical abilities.
Of the other 5 MCs, one is a scout/stealth guy who uses some enchanted trinkets to give himself extra abilities (kinda like how a sci-fi scoundrel sometimes has weird gadgets and such), another is a former holy knight (still don't have a name for them) who still has some divinely-granted abilities, a wizard specialized in wards and healing, a former arena/pit-fighter who's an ~8 foot, near 700 lbs pile of muscle who was created with sorcery and spirit-beings for the purpose of being essentially a circus freak. And an elven "druid", for lack of a better term.
The "hero" is a half-dwarf, which makes her tougher and stronger than humans, but also less agile and dexterous, as in her nervous system and muscular structure are physically incapable of having the same level of equilibrium, fine motor control, etc as a human. And she has a sword with some properties that help against certain types of magical abilities, but is otherwise a kinda shitty sword for actual swordplay.
For context, my setting has enough magic users that most armed groups travelling outside settlements have one, and often some non-mages with magical abilities too. And the many of the fauna & creatures (or hostile primitive civilizations) have at least some inherent magical abilities.
Of the other 5 MCs, one is a scout/stealth guy who uses some enchanted trinkets to give himself extra abilities (kinda like how a sci-fi scoundrel sometimes has weird gadgets and such), another is a former holy knight (still don't have a name for them) who still has some divinely-granted abilities, a wizard specialized in wards and healing, a former arena/pit-fighter who's an ~8 foot, near 700 lbs pile of muscle who was created with sorcery and spirit-beings for the purpose of being essentially a circus freak. And an elven "druid", for lack of a better term.
The "hero" is a half-dwarf, which makes her tougher and stronger than humans, but also less agile and dexterous, as in her nervous system and muscular structure are physically incapable of having the same level of equilibrium, fine motor control, etc as a human. And she has a sword with some properties that help against certain types of magical abilities, but is otherwise a kinda shitty sword for actual swordplay.