  So I have an Idea for characters. Mel has these two character I will draw, but I like drawing our characters or ourselves as characters a lot. I guess anybody can figure that I am obsessed with being a character in one of my own games. I can’t help it, I can really feel ALIVE in the game. Despite the fact that is just make-believe and there are better things out there then getting lost in fantasy. When I make characters based on us brothers I have the pattern to put me as a defensive character whose unusual set of skills are useful pretty often. I make mel the prodigy (when its up to me to design his character- like gurps), the character who is the unusually good at what matters in the setting, and gaspar is the stable and grounded character whose concerns and abilities are simple and strait forward.
I recently cheesed their characters. I found an advantage that allowed gaspar to boost strength by targeting his upperbody (which makes him look like what he should- he world class body builder who can lift 510lbs boulder over his head or swing a 20lb double (A Philippine weapon wielded by mountain folk)axe-scythe. Of course dressed in heavy armor (heavy plate). Me and Mel love using paired longswords since we practice arnis and appreciate the difficulty and the finesse needed to master paired sword fighting.
–Which is not just Hack once with one sword, Hack twice with two. Since these are weapons of equal length one should learn to move in flow that allows the blades to compliment each other and never be in each other’s way. As a weapon that creates a threat range (which a shield can) it takes a different approach in combat psychology to use it as a defense (to keep the opponent’s wary of it’s striking range) as you move to striking range.
I can go on and on so I’ll just end it with… its hard but its worth it. Two blades means I can fight with flexibly something one must be in every life threatening situation (just don’t break). Jasper Favors Polearms which are used artfully as Staves as well. Think of how a monk would use his marital art staff but make it an AJAX of a monk who has scything axe-like blades in each end of his staff. Finesse and strength used in such art. Of course we always have a story why gaspar is bigger. In fantasy settings he won a contest against a giant on took it’s strength as his spoils. In the modern setting he just took performance enhancers (a legal and safe dose) and in Sci-fi he usually is a cyborg. 
