Bracht Darkhouse's page

Of course, some Pathfinder fans may appreciate the great writing and chilling concepts that went into those 4E monsters. I mean, the Horahk lays eggs in your eyeballs. That's edition neutral good fun.

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Stop the hate!

GEUAH (Giant Eyeballs United Against Horahks)

I for one have never heard of a Runcible Spoon, but I like the item quite a bit. It's got a tight thematic focus, works in a cool way, and has some really fun crafting requirements.

Well done!

* looks at Benchak with surprise *

"Hey, has anyone ever told you that you have nice irides?"

runcible spoon:spork::irides:irises

* glares malevolently at Jason *

And us.

I expect them to function similarly to the advanced drow alchemy in the second darkness campaign, it seems to be a starting point for the new and transmogritive type of alchemy they are going for, probably those types of elixirs and potions plus partial spell casting ability and extra effects on normal alchemy items.

I'm all a-quiver with anticipation.

Any minute now.

Tarren Dei wrote:

Turin the Mad wrote:

Tarren Dei wrote:

Craft (jewelry) so you can make things out of the ears of favoured enemies.

Craft (taxidermy) I thought for such ears and other trophies?

Craft (taxidermy) to preserve them, but craft (jewelry) to turn them into a lovely tiara.

Ah, yes, excellent point. Cannot make an elf-ear tiara with the pointy bits drooping to the ground, can we... :)

Exactly!

Trevor's daughter has her own version of the birthday song. Allow me to sing it for you.

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy shoes,
Happy hat,
Happy birthday to youuuuuuu!

taig wrote:

Bracht Darkhouse wrote:

I think you have to stick two stoppers in his eyes. Once the molten metal starts flowing inward, he kind of just broils himself.

Technically, I said person, and, technically, Bracht is a person. So, I'm switching my vote to Bracht.

"Oh, come now. He's got a thousand grafts of second-hand body parts on him. Technically, that makes him an entire 'people' not a 'person'..." ;-D

So he should vote for me twice. (And, by 'me', I mean 'Trevor').

"Front row seats! I got front row seats here! 10 gp a ticket!!"

I think you have to stick two stoppers in his eyes. Once the molten metal starts flowing inward, he kind of just broils himself.

Bracht Darkhouse wrote:

"Shortly after you bathe...in something other than excrement."

"Bathe?! Pssshhh..."

::casts prestidigitation::

"You humans. Always taking the long road. There! Zestfully clean..."

::grumble, rumble::

"So...what's for dinner? Think we can order a mushroom and anchovie pizza to go with the beer?"

"Ooooh! Pickled eyeballs?! Awesome!" :-D

*hands over jar of pickled eyeballs*

"I had a deformed rooster somewhere but I don't know what I did with it..."

"So...when's the sleepover?"

;-D

"Shortly after you bathe ... in something other than excrement."

congratulations Kevin

Trevor... they made a real monster of your villain :D

"'Trevor's villain'? Forget Trevor, I'm Kevin's villain now!"

* plops self down on couch ... pops open a beer *

"Say, pass me that jar of pickled eyeballs if you don't mind."

I may be out of the competition, but I’m no less inspired by the Top 8 villains than anyone else. So, to pay homage to one of my several favorites, I’ve designed a lair for Bract Darkhouse using the Round 4 rules.

I don’t have any photo-sharing accounts set up, so I’ve just built a quick Geocities page for my lair map.

The Dark House on Lantern Street
Identified by its distinctive coloration, the “Dark House” on Lantern Street is a three-story residence. The building is the namesake of the Darkhouse family that has owned it for generations. The house’s current owner, Bract Darkhouse, is the last of his line.

A decade ago, Bract closed the butcher shop that his forefathers ran out of the first floor of the Dark House and replaced it with a parlor he uses to entertain visiting aristocrats. Bract's neighbors don't know what he does to earn the favor of these noble guests; all they can say for sure is that Bract is the first in a long line of Darkhouses who isn't a butcher.
...

It's me mum and dad's place! ... I .. I don't know what to say.

...

I've got something in me eye.

Trevor? Trevor!!??

Where are you, Trevor?

You promised to design me a lair!

Anybody? ... Anybody here?

Charles Evans 25 wrote:

With regard to any perceived underspend on Bracht's gear, I imagine that flesh-warping laboratories (where Bracht is most likely to be encountered I suspect) don't come cheap.

Bracht would like to respond but will wait until after the voting period is finished.

You understand my pain, Charles.

Tarren Dei wrote:

Charles Evans 25 wrote:

The stats given already have a bull's strength figured into them, except in the 'base stats' line.

With an elite array of 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8, the human +2 to a stat of choice, and two ability increases of +1 for 4th and 8th HD, I can reach the totals currently given for Bracht, although I'm not sure why he spent one point raising strength from eight to nine, unless it was for the purpose of being able to lift/manhandle heavier lab gear or experimental subjects....

Thanks for your attention to detail, Charles!

You got this exactly right, even the thinking on the strength bonuses.

My soul, Charles! My very soul.

Wolfgang:

I imagine that using permenancy in conjunction with Craft Construct and Craft Wondrous item is important to Bracht's deranged vision featuring black tentacles EVERYWHERE. The permanency actually makes a deranged kind of sense, even if Bracht is only at the experimental stage of trying to mix artifice with permanency. I can imagine his excitement at the thought that all he needed to do to fulfill his goal was to make lots of permenant black tentacles everywhere, then the horrible disappointment and the frantic hours of research ever since he first mastered permanency and discovered that that didn't quite work to try to find a way to 'fix' that problem....

Dear Charles,

It's like you can read my soul.

Yours,
Bracht.

My question for you last round was:

"I wish I knew a bit more how he does the things you say he does—fting limbs, etc., and regaining the abilities of the original owner of the limb—e a level 7 sorcerer and level 2 expert by themselves certainly don’t have access to the ability to do such things. So where do these powers come from? I don’t expect that to be detailed in this 500-word submission.

I'm still not seeing the part where I said that Bracht could attach limbs onto living creatures. I said he could make moaning walls of flesh but reattaching limbs to living creatures is something he can't do yet. He'd like to. He'd really, really like to. Now he's all excited because he thinks you know a way to do this. I don't.

I've given him a feat that allows him to reattach small organs, namely mouths, eyes, etc. I've given them very little function except when activated to cast a spell.

Dear Mr. Orcus,

I am writing to you--a colleague I believe--to hear more about your experiments involving the grafting of limbs. I would be greatly indebted if you would share your research on this matter. If you take souls as payment, I would be glad to sell you Trevor's. He's not using it.

Bracht Darkhouse, Flesh-artist

And then there's the core new rule element: fleshcrafting. I'm afraid that shoehorning this concept into a feat probably does a disservice to what could be an entire magic subsystem with much more detail.

I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

Tactics Review:

Oh dear. Minions are mentioned, but no specifics of the aforementioned minions are given. That they are 'bizarre' creations and are probably constructs can be surmised, but without their having been detailed or even vaguely inked in, I am left with an impression that Bracht currently knows more than Trevor about what they and their capabilities are.
The first significant weak-point to this entry.

Trevor would like to respond but will wait until after the voting period is finished.

As a matter of fact, these were the legs of a 27 year old sorceress.

Flesh, beautiful, flesh!
Covering all of Katapesh.
Could you use an extra eye?
Don’t ask ‘how?’.
Don’t ask ‘why?’.
I’ve just got in a new supply …
don’t they smell fresssssh!?!

Flesh, beautiful, flesh!
Covering all of Katapesh.
Lend me your ears,
your mouths, your arms,
so I can make my little charms,
wards, spell-cans, and alarms,
from your flesssshh!
Beautiful flesh!