Brace is a beefy, hard-faced man who in
the past was a member of two short-lived
adventuring bands: the Men of the Knife
and The Company of the Black Hand. Both
companies were decimated by monsters
while exploring ruins in the North. Brace is
reluctant to mount further adventures by
himself, and won?t even discuss details of
his past career (such as just where the ruins
were). He is quite willing to hire on with
bands of adventurers as an extra sword (he
fights with broad sword, battleaxe, and dag-
ger), for 1 sp per day, plus meals, and a 5 gp
bonus if substantial treasure is found. Brace
is not greedy and will not try to keep treasure
for himself, and is quite dependable to
any party that does not callously leave him
to death (those sorts of people he will follow,
if he can, and rob or slay, one by one,
calmly and patiently). He owns two magical
items: a (standard) ring of regeneration,
which he conceals with a bandage that covers
three fingers and the back of a ?broken?
hand, and a ring of ESP (allows the wearer
to eavesdrop on the surface thoughts of one
creature, as the second-level magic-user
spell, for two rounds in every 1-turn period,
either a single 2-round probe, or two 1-
round probes). Brace will try to avoid people
casting detect magic on him, and if they
do so, will try to trick such examiners by
clasping his hands together while such
detection is operating, and by otherwise
never using his bandaged hand, into believing
he wears only one magic ring, not two.
If Brace is given or gains lots of treasure
suddenly, he will offer much of it to the
service of Tymora.