My story is a disjointed mess of paragraphs, bulletpoints and ideas. I think I can manage to brew it into something comprehensible sometime during the weekend, with a bit of luck : )
Mine is in a simular state, though to make up for Silence's awkwardness this one is strangely different in scope PS to our wonderful half elven friends. I dont think im your father... maybe, I dont know I would well maybe you L i mean *shakes head* I dont think so, *nods*
The laws of that land annoyed the young ranger, it took almost six months to track the thief and in the process he became enamored and married his first wife. A “paladin” of Calistria (Esoja)who used her charm and contacts to discover the thief. The thief tried to claim the Six River Freedoms, claiming the art as his, because after all, it was in his possession. So Asselus told him to arm himself, and promptly ended his life.
Their return with the statue was the talk of the small town Avennara, and before he knew it while his young wife was establishing the shrine to Calistria He was hired by an old elven mage to be one of his guides far to the Northlands of the mammoth Lords. They were hunting a very rare ingredient needed for a powerful potion, and the search became long and difficult. It wasn’t until they crossed the Tusk mountains and managed to make it deep into the Thunder steppes. Frustrations mounted, and even the help of the almost shattered small elven tribe they discovered battling demonically tainted megafauna almost ended his life several times, but the growing attraction of the that small elven tribes chieftain’s daughter a burgeoning sorceress(Alyrria) and his growing ability to channel the rage of nature managed to allow them to discover the rare moss. When they finally returned home, he came back with more than just increased skills and his wealth from the missions success. He came back with an elven wife adapted to the chill. (level 3-4, first level of barbarian).
Tales of his prowess at tracking down fugitives were beginning to grow, and he found his services needed by a dwarven merchant traveling through Druma. Family business and demands forced the dwarf merchant back home to the Five Kings Mountains, but Asselus was hired to track down the strange cult of Humans who stole a family heirloom from the Dwarven Caravan. Much of that mission Hasn’t been detailed, but it took the Ranger three long years to finally track down the thieves at the yearly meeting of the “Guild of Liars”. The stories of what was done there are all discreditable, after all, the only truth that comes from that event are undoubtedbly lies, but he returned to his home briefly, a new bride (a bard named Glaycia) in tow. (levels 5-6)
He traveled to the Five Kings mountains to return the heirloomed amulet to the merchant, a rare excurstion where his wife’s tagged along. The tales of his prowess are better archived from that point, no doubt to the careful efforts of his bardic wife but the events that occurred in Davarn would be legendary almost by itself. They arrived to the small town of dwarves just before a dark siege of sorts struck from below. Depraved dark elves, seeking slaves, wealth or just out to cause death for its own sake struck. Ancient wards locked the gates to the surface trapping them in the town until the menance was ended…For almost a year nothing was heard from the town or the ranger and his wives there, but when they emerged a year later, the drow threat was ended, and they had a young priestess (Malayvin, future priestess of Calistria)in tow as a captive. (levels 7,8,9)
The next 30 years passed uneventfully enough, small minor missions and jobs occurred, most involving the retrieval of goods or criminals who tried to make a new life in the River Kingdoms, each job took the skilled ranger very little time to complete. (relatively) Then came the request from an old friend, a reformed theif turned crusader in Mendev. Much wealth and a slew of magical gear was bid in an attempt to purchase one of the famed vials of the Sun Orchid Elixer for the noble Queen Galfrey leading the battle against the world wound to the North, but their were many fears that something would happen to the vial before it reached her. A contingent of elven warriors, some crusaders, others mercenaries was being hired and assembled to carry it to Nerosyan, and he wanted Asselus to be the ace up his sleeve. They traveled deep into the dangerous lands of Thuvia, it seemed at times the deserts themselves rose up to attack them. But perseverance and the meeting of a strange elven desert monk finally allowed them to get their precious cargo and escape the lands.
The plan to return the extremely important magical elixir was to have each elf take an identical locked case and make their way north, special arcane locks to keep the vial safe til it arrived in Mendev, and no elf was supposed to know which carried the real case, except for two souls. Asselus knew he was given the case, and his friend too knew he carried it. It took almost two years for him to reach the city successfully, another wife, this one the desert elven monk (Solee)in tow. They had battled bandits, thieves and even a few of the other mercenaries who thought to make a fortune off selling the elixir. (levels 10 to 14)
The temple there in Avennara had grown, itself almost a landmark, some else however became something of some fame. That of course was himself, and his wives. When he returned home with Solee to introduce her, he came home to a slight shock, he had a child, well two of them, and there was a young elven druidess named Druscilla his wives insisted her marry. Without realizing it, in a strange way he had become almost an agent of his first wives’ goddess, and his next few missions made it that much more obvious. A trip to Absolam for magical tome his magical wife Alyrria wanted led to nearly a half dozen trysts with maidens in temples of Calistria along the way, and a friendship with a Chelaxian half elven pirate hunter. (levels 15 to 17)
A trip on her vessel that took them through the shackles to distant Sargova where a sea battle brought him into contact with two other elven maids who he would eventually marry, a captured Aquatic elf figher named Ashalla whose entire home had been destroyed by pirates, and then Lairessa, a wild elven barbarian turned pirate from deep in Sargova. When he finally returned home a few decades later the temple thrived his wives were overjoyed to have him back and there were more children about. Pratically retired now, he spends his days teaching young hopeful bounty hunters, loving his wives and occasionally wishing for travels to give him a little time alone.
Word however reached him from distant family (on his Wife Alyrria’s side) about the legendary artifact Torc of Kostchtchie the Demon Lord been discovered and pressures from both Esoja and Malayvin tell him that his goddess Calistria perhaps thinks that it would be bad…. Very very very bad if it fell into the wrong hands. So he gathered his things, He kissed his wives and children goodbye (it took a few days) and he head north.
Asselus: As a rough draft, I very much approve of that story. :)
I'm not seeing a drawback in your stat block. Am I just missing it?
you are not seeing it cause uh... i forgot to put i in there? Is there a 'cant keep it in his pants' drawback? *lawls* i kid mostly.
Family ties as a drawback would fit, other than i cant see how it would be a drawback to this campaign with the wives at home, no one there to ask me for things, Hedonistic sounds fitting, other than he was/is not so much a seeker of such things as sort of someone given the opportunity. Lovesick sounds the most fitting at the moment so I will go with that,
Lovesick- Love for you wives occupies your thoughts, and you become despondant when you are away from them for long. At the start of each day, if you are away from them take a -2 penalty to initiative and perception checks.
I havent put in my skills yet either, i have like 136 of them spent, debating on those last six but serious, there is art, of the wives, each with a mount, and uh one of them all together harem style. the basis of this toon was actually my last living greyhawk charector and a gaming group that refused to let any of my nice married faithful charectors not get hit on. forbidden fruit and all, in the course of a module it was hinted at this artic elf tribe having troubles with a dragon and the kicker was, the tribal chief offered his daughter up to in this order; highest charisma male elf, elf, half elf, highest charisma human. and then uh trying to take it back for any other race. Guess who was the married party elf that the gm wouldnt take no for an answer for?
Hehehehe. nice.
Here's a drawback for you: Attached. Should you accept it, I won't be mean and say your family in is direct danger now (and enforce the -1 will saves), but I will enforce the -2 to fear effects. This is your last hurrah, and you have a lot to loose if this goes poorly. That makes for an easy in for fear magics.
Sure I will go with attached hopefully one of those silly half-elfs isnt a child of mine from someone :P No thats cool sounds like a plan! I cant wait to see what the others have worked up.
I actually own posters of all of these but here are six of the pictures.
Wow. Nice. Not even started and you're already going above and beyond. :)
It helps having an artist friend?
That would do it
Man, people are finishing up, and all I know is that I'll play some kind of spiritualist. I have con-brain something savage. :/
Is that the one who gets phantoms? Because a friend of mine is playing a spiritualist who is an old baker lady who's pastries are so good they saved her spirit buddy from his evil ways. She believes all evil is derived from a lack of a good meal in the recent past and insists on sitting just about everything down for said good meal whether they want it or not.
well dont feel bad about me being done i basically had this fellow all figured out, i mean he ended living greyhawk at 12, just had to bump up some levels and edit a few things :) oh and buy stuff.
Is that the one who gets phantoms? Because a friend of mine is playing a spiritualist who is an old baker lady who's pastries are so good they saved her spirit buddy from his evil ways. She believes all evil is derived from a lack of a good meal in the recent past and insists on sitting just about everything down for said good meal whether they want it or not.
Mamushka?
Kinda like vashti, but more aggressively maternal.
Hmm, angry Vashti...
*shudder*
The other way, actually. Like if Vashti was so motherly she tried to sit the dragon down to dinner before you could fight it, clicking and gently scolding it for not eating and calling it a "poor thing" the entire time.
Oooo , my Feral Mercenary in LoF is the same way almost, oddly enough.
Man, people are finishing up, and all I know is that I'll play some kind of spiritualist. I have con-brain something savage. :/
If it makes you feel any better, I got distracted a little bit and are not done with my story yet :P
*yey* solidarity!
I actually own posters of all of these but here are six of the pictures.
Cool!
... I pretty much just have porn of my characters on mine.
Risky, will Toska be your character? Because I'm seeing a lot of jade regent in there
Yeah, just an old application I haven't cleaned up yet.
I didn't say I don't have the wives all together nude just those were their mounted pictures onot posters
I looked at the link and the first picture I saw was bacon. A strange family indeed ... :P
I looked at the link and the first picture I saw was bacon. A strange family indeed ... :P
Lucky, the first I saw was Hizzacked and Dr. Graevling going at it lol
Oh sorry my tumblr has lots of food stuff too. And love me some dr.g dudes halirious
Oooo, nice!
:)
Yesh Jinxii is the best. Like I was going to commission them from her like one at a time, cause she wanted this little buggy for her pony Beluga, but then she like got their details and was all... No way dude I want to do them all at once. That male fellow would happen to be well Mr. Screamingtrees, cause well she wanted to do elf hunkies.. her words,
Anytime i need better visualazation of a charector of mine, whelp I text here first *nods*
I have that in a 23 x 28 inch poster framed too
My two biggest problems are crunch (what's an effective build?) and story (what the hell does a 17th-level anything actually do?) I'm realizing I actually have no idea what I'm doing.
:)
Yesh Jinxii is the best. Like I was going to commission them from her like one at a time, cause she wanted this little buggy for her pony Beluga, but then she like got their details and was all... No way dude I want to do them all at once. That male fellow would happen to be well Mr. Screamingtrees, cause well she wanted to do elf hunkies.. her words,
Anytime i need better visualazation of a charector of mine, whelp I text here first *nods*
I have that in a 23 x 28 inch poster framed too
Okay that's just badass. I usually get my commissions through Rev, got a bunch of Sigrun and Neverhome from him.
My two biggest problems are crunch (what's an effective build?) and story (what the hell does a 17th-level anything actually do?) I'm realizing I actually have no idea what I'm doing.
I have no problem with you going to the advice boards for help if you feel like you're drowning. There are some pretty cool and helpful people over there.
What do you want to play El Ronza? Is there a particular prestige class that you've always wanted to try?
With that basis there is always a start. Take asselus for example. My idea when he was created was elven bounty hunter. When I think of elves I think of Rangers and criminals. When you chase criminals certain skills are needed. So I added in levels of rogue. (Gotta get passed those traps when they know you are closing in.
Etc etc etc.
As for a backstop do you own the ultimate campaign book? They have like randomized back ground charts. When in doubt roll it out I always say.
Another neat way for backgrounds and back story to get made can be done randomly. I started by choosing a homeland. Then I rolled a d6 to see how many levels were gained in the first heroic patch. I didn't want him to wander too far away so I choose a land next to Kyonin figured chasing criminals so River kingdom fit. Rinsed and repeated after the 2nd randomly aided thing it was easier to make adventures In my head. I just looked at the map of the inner sea region and then made something that happened in random places.
You mentioned occult right? That word makes me think of witches or daemons things. Maybe a start in Ustalav, or Mendev would be appropriate?I'd your character religious? Maybe she works for the church? 17th level? Maybe they literally have a god chat to them on occasion. If not the god, maybe an agent of the god.
Hope this helps some :p you can always link In with another character. If you go half elf you can always claim bastard status from a famous bounty hunter.... goodness knows he got around at all those temples of Calistria.
The idea I had was to reskin a character for a failed recruitment (originally a harbinger/vizier) - an Ulfen fellow whose phantom would be his deceased twin, ageing as he did, changing as he did, fighting in tandem through teamwork feats. But light armour and 3/4 BAB doesn't exactly lend itself well to that. If anyone has ideas on how to make that work, I'm all ears.
The more I look at the class, the more I wonder - what does the phantom do in combat? What does the spiritualist do in combat besides cast spells?
I swear, eventually I'll have something tangible, but right now, this is a sounding board, and I apologize.
Hmm. I think the Phantom's role can vary greatly depending on which emotion it is based off.
Some of them get quite substantial (de)buffs they can spread for free and some get plenty of combat related stuff. So I think you should either look at an emotion that seems compelling and build from that - or pick an idea first and a fitting phantom later.
Also on the Teamwork route - you could look at Hunter builds and take some inspiration from those? There are a few feats that work for a ranged/melee pairing (useful if you are worried about light armour : ) ).
But the caster+bodyguard route could also work out - I think miss sunshine is the only caster as of now, with 6th level cleric spells, so having 'only' 6th level psi magic won't put you behind in any way.
I can cast.... if you consider level 2 ranger spells casting :P
So, how we doin'?
I can honestly say I haven't done anything requiring higher thought today : P
I *think* I have tomorrow off, so the backstory should be up and the skill points assigned by then : )
I'M SORRY!
I'm trying to work up the energy to put Toska together :(
Sorry.
No worries. Not trying to guilt trip anyone. Just checking in.
Sorry, last week of school. It left me rather fried. I'm on holidays now, though, so hopefully not much longer!
Just checking in again. How are we doing?
I'm advancing... in that I'm not moving backwards... sorry...
*hangs head*
I have a concept! And half the mechanics! I'm getting somewhere!
On that note... I'm thinking of a spiritualist with a despair phantom. He's a follower of Naderi (the Drowned Maiden), and her phantom would be her deceased lover.
Just wanted to check that this isn't a bit too heavy. If it is, I apologize, and I'll rework the character, keeping the mechanics but overhauling the fluff. Mechanically, she's a debuffer with a range of emotion spells delivered through her phantom, which isn't that bad in itself.
Nothing that grinds my gears about that : )
Looks good to me. :)
That would actually resonate with Toska rather than the reverse, go for it!
Alright, then I'll get him finished up. And if the themes regarding Naderi's areas of interest do turn out to make anyone uncomfortable once we get started, I'll just dial it back. =)