Ok, so I recently started a new character after my last one perished in a pretty horrible manner (leech golem anyone?). He's already been built and statted out as an archer bard, so I don't really need any help on that front. What I *do* need help on is figuring out what sort of character he might be.
Some quick info on the character:
Setting: Scarred Lands (White Wolf Publishing)
Hometown: Grew up on the floating isles, an island run by the chaotic good god of dreams, knowledge, and magic that is rich with food & nearly inaccessible to the outside world.
Race: Human based Water Genasi (see below)
Deity: Has a loose affiliation with the chaotic good god of dreams due to his upbringing, but isn't particularly religious.
A note on Genasi: Our current campaign is running with the theme of all the party members having been the offspring of noble genies. We each got to choose a single template to represent a loose heritage based on the elemental genie of our parentage, and I chose water (nobody else did). It gave me a swim speed, water breathing, the native outsider (water) type, and an ability called suffusion that lets me heal myself a couple times per day by drawing the moisture from the air.
So my character is basically a bard who is the 3rd generation descendant of a Marid and a human. I'm stumped on how to play him, and I'd love some ideas. All I've got is that he grew up on the floating Isles and that he's a water genasi descended from a Marid genie.
Help?
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Why / how did he become an archer?
What kind of music does he like (assuming he's that kind of Bard)?
Heavy Metal Bards are cooler than Punk Rockers. But no one's cooler than BOB DYLAN
(Assuming CG) Is he a free spirit who is generally a "good" guy but never really thinks two steps ahead for his Life decisions and is completely whimsical
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Is he a champion of Good who fights against evil regardless of diplomacy, beurocracy or common sense?
Is he afraid of fire?
Did he have a crush on the Fire Genasi hottie from across the street when he was a kid?
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Thinking through these questions may help you get started.
A Bard who sings lines of Bob Marley and learned how to shoot a bow from an LN Air Genasi who looked down on him as a lower species would be cool.
Especially if he's allergic to shrimp and lobster.