Niven

Niven
Image:Portrait_Niven.png
Vital statistics
Class	Knife Thrower
Status	Ally
Gender	Male
Race	Shadowling
Faction	Shadowling Empire
Health	22 + Psy Defence x2
PsP	7 + Psy Defence + Psy Power
Location	Somnus

Niven appears in Telepath RPG Chapter 2.

Background

Niven is a Knife Thrower who's business is hindered due to the Shadowling Queen's constant wars. He isn't that good at missing targets and is against calling Humans Fleshlings.

Involvement

In the beggining of the game, Niven asks the hero to help him with target practice for 5 coins each, but he damages them for 2-6 damage. Later, he can be recruited by the hero by either being persuaded to because "Everybody loves a war hero" or by being paid.

Strategy

Niven has an interesting knife ability later on, Trick Shot. This allows him to give room for distance attackers, while still damaging enemies. It hits the enemy 2 squares forward and one to the right.

Quotes

"When the Queen has blessed you with a talent like mine, you can't just go not sharing it with people!"

Trivia

Niven has a unique throwing style, which is sideways. It proves that this style never misses.

Before completing mission 1, the player can get some gold off Niven by acting as a target for him to practice his "excellent" knife throwing skills. Every time he throws a knife he hits the Hero (for 2 to 6 damage), thus below is a list of excuses Niven uses to explain his bad aim:

• "Oh no, I'm so sorry! Someone Contacted me just as I was releasing the knife. Let's try agin."
• "Oh, drat! My apologies. It won't happen again."
• "Oh dear! That must have been a bad knife. It's all a matter of aerodynamics, you see, and a bad knife will go places it isn't invited."
• " Oh, I'm so sorry! I really had to sneeze suddenly, and it totally threw off my reflexes. It won't happen again."
• "Goodness, I must be having an off day. I just need one more do-over."
• "Oh, I'm so sorry! Let's try that again."
• "Didn't you hear that? I thought I just heard someone yell 'fire'. It was very distracting. I'm sorry for hitting you. Let's try once more."