Captain Johnny Beetlefoot
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Once a con-gnome in Darkon, Johnny Beetlefoot is an odd gnome, which in and of itself is a strange thing to think of. He used his knowledge of illusions and his own vast strength un-befitting his size to dupe marks into buying his strength potions. He was eventually run out of Martira Bay and forced to join the crew of the Winter Rose.
He eventually became captain of his own vessel, the Jolly Mongrel, and traversed the seas of the world. But his greed and duplicitous nature caught the attention of darker powers, who took him down a terrible path, giving him everything he wished for ... as long as he paid the price with gold. Captain Johnny Beetlefoot realized what was happening just before it was too late, and has worked himself back from the brink of total corruption, though the marks of his sins still show: a coarse red beard, golden eyes, and his left hand made entirely of glitterdust.
The Jolly Mongrel was one of the first ships to find its way to the Fallaya Basin. And here, Captain Johnny retired from seafaring and set up shop with his first mate, Frederick, a dwarven rhabdomere Corso Bladesmith and their man-servant Tarot. His unique abilities, cursed on him by the dark powers for his greed, now gave him skills to search the depths and his own bravado the fuel he needs to enter dangerous haunts like Flood Town. For the right price, Johnny Beetlefoot's the Golden Hand "finder's shop" will search the entire known world for whatever it is they are paid to find. For a better price, he'll search beyond the known world.
Statistics
Johnny Beetlefoot is a Neutral Good 9th-level/9th-level, gnome thief/illusionist. He has a handful of unique abilities, "gifts" from the dark powers:
- He can transform himself into a cloud of glitterdust 3/day
- He can see "value" of all items at all time as a golden aura
- He can will someone to dance Otto's Irresistible Dance 3/day
Though all of this comes with a price. The touch of coins burns Johnny. The more valuable the coin, the more dangerous, to the point where death from a single gold coin is not out of question.
