Building Bren of the Laurelshield


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Radiant Oath

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I've haunted these boards for a while looking how to make a Sarkorian-blooded paladin for this AP, but the more I look at it, the more I realize that the Sarkorian remnant probably wouldn't look to a paladin to leadership, but a druid, the last of the old Circle of Hierophants, but the first of the new. Almost like a Luke Skywalker for the Green Faith. I've seized on this idea to create the character of Bren, a Nature Fang druid eventually multipathing into the Guardian and Hierophant mythic paths and taking Divine Source to become the newest god of the Sarkorian people.

The first thing I need to get out of the way is what his family name will be. Here's the list from Lost Kingdoms:

Atlemoag, Belostar, Chosnic, Devimai, Dismar, Dziergas, Erimannar, Faidmeir, Ghalmont, Golhas, Hywaith, Istul, Jauntlar, Junzt, Kelembrey, Lemma, Masgath, Moah, Neveid, Noxtaag, Odes, Parnknot, Ricleer, Setarn, Trelimbors, Ummardar, Voagx, Vorlesh (this one'd be awkward, as the architect of the Worldwound and thus Bren's archnemesis, is Areelu VORLESH), Wieland, Yharloch

I honestly can't decide what to use. I'm turning to a lot of old British mythology for inspiration (the name Bren itself is an adaptation of Bran as in Bran the Blessed, as well as the legendary Celtic chieftain Brennus). Any advice as to which'd sound coolest and most reminiscent of British myth?

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Just a note on the name Stormheart - it appears elsewhere in Golarion lore. Are you aware of the Blindstone of Ardis? Wake of the Watcher would shed a little more light on this. I don't remember if it's in Rule of Fear...

In any case, the Stormheart clan may be associated with a cosmic horror "made of storms and eyes".

Radiant Oath

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It is in Rule of Fear, thank you for reminding me. I'm not too keen on cosmic horrors influencing Bren. Fortunately, I had a backup name in mind. Now it's gonna be Laurelshield. Thanks, Kalindlara! :)

Radiant Oath

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I'm tempted to use Faidmeir, making him Bren Faidmeir-Laurelshield.

Does this work? Does it sound silly? I'm really stuck here...


http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/paladin/archetypes/flaming-cra b-games---paladin-archetypes/horned-warden

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Thank you for the link, but I'm already working him out as a Nature Fang druid in this thread here.

This thread's more for flavor purposes, figuring out his backstory, his connections to Golarion lore and the plot of WotR, etc.

Radiant Oath

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I'm debating whether to make Bren a Neverhome instead of a Laurelshield, but I'm nervous that his intended class (Nature Fang druid) doesn't mesh with Neverhome lore (their big thing was their God-Caller summoners who summoned the dawn-feathered offspring of Sturovenen the Dragoneagle). How would I connect druidism to this eidolon? Should I even do it, or does that run the risk of overcrowding the character with symbolism?


I don't think you need to let family history box you in :-)

Radiant Oath

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My idea was to have the character sort of "surpass" Sturovenen and his dawn-feathered offspring by taking Divine Source and becoming an ACTUAL god, though I don't know if this'd work.

Some of the Devs HAVE confirmed that a summoner and their eidolon could produce viable offspring, and I was thinking of having this represented by taking the Eldritch Heritage feats to show his "dragoneagle" heritage manifesting, but like I said, I'm not sure if this would clash with believing in the Green Faith or not.

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