This is the guy I'm throwing in there. He is a simple fella. :)
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Some great applications here. Tossing this one onto the pile: Voichita Crudo, the not so evil human cleric of Urgathoa. Thanks to Supreivo for the fun idea of writing things from the perspective of a patient record.
Age: Estimated early 20s.
Height: 5’8’’
Sex: Female.
Race: Human. No obvious foreign ancestry.
Physician: M. Barnellus, M.D.
Physical description: Given the patient’s chief complaint, she unable to provide her name, date of birth or other identification, I have been advised to include a brief physical description to her file. Visiting consultants may reference this to confirm they are examining the correct subject, and such details should be disseminated in the unlikely event of an escape from Briarstone. So: the patient is a woman, estimated to be in her early twenties. She is dark of hair with pale grey eyes. I hesitate to describe her complexion as the patient’s secondary complaint renders it subject to change and any description of it thus irrelevant or even misleading for the future reader. Suffice to say it has been overtaken by a yet unidentified malady of the skin leaving her colour ashen, bordering on bloodless, with frequent weeping abscesses that leave scarring. For illustrative purposes, it may help to know that another inmate gave her the unkind moniker of “Lady Scabs”.
Missing second molar on lower left side, teeth otherwise healthy. The patient’s build and features are plain. Excepting her skin condition, she would not look out of place among your average farmhands. Hands and feet are rough, evidencing extensive travel, physical labour or both (note: inconsistent with weak limbs; muscular atrophy?). Nothing in her aspect reveal her as anything other than natively Ustalavic. Her accent in particular has been my best clue to her identity as it is, to my ear, that of the eastern country. Specifically, one attending nurse assured me how this cadence is that of the county of Varno; the nurse in question has family there. Inquiries into local missing persons matching the patient’s description proved futile.
Past medical history: Unknown.
Family history: Unknown.
Social history: Unknown.
Obstetric history: N/A.
Diagnoses: Patient presents classic retrograde amnesia. Consistent with other such cases, while long-term memory is impacted, the subject’s ability to form new memories remains. The severity of her condition is more unusual, however. Case studies exist describing victims of RA unable to recall months or even years leading up to onset. Yet this patient appears to have suffered a near complete autobiographical memory loss; every recollection of her life is lost to her. If the patient is to be believed, she cannot remember her name, parents, place of birth nor any single instance of her existence prior to arrival at Briarstone.
All the more curious then that while her explicit memory is erased, her implicit memory appears wholly intact. Hers is not an infant’s mind in an adult’s body. The patient retains use of the Common tongue and fluidly so. She identifies herself as human with understanding of what this implies. She recognizes that she is in the nation of Ustalav though not exactly where. If my scholarly reader will permit me a bit of prose, she has retained every facet of the stage play, but forgotten her own part in it.
The patient’s amnesia being purely autobiographical agrees with test results. Her procedural memory seems intact; when presented with cutlery, for example, she grasped these with practised hands. Intellectual faculties appear similarly unaffected, although such tests are of course inherently limited without knowledge of the patient’s mental history. As of yet I have been unable to ascertain what trauma, whether physical, emotional or magical, brought on this complete loss of self-identity.
Distressing as the subject’s mental condition is, I hesitate to write how some at the asylum are more concerned at her physical condition. Patient presents with severe full-body eczema or dermatitis. Symptoms include rashes, weeping sores and an unnatural, sickly pallor. To my shame, the exact nature of her condition proves both elusive and resistant to all mundane treatment. My curatives failing like so many spears against a castle wall, I admit to having capitulated to the desperate measure that is magic and made a requisition for priestly aid. The adage tells us that misery loves company, yet I take no pleasure in writing that the cleric’s miracles failed just as I had. I can only conclude that the subject’s skin condition is unnatural in origin, perhaps even a curse. However unlikely it may seem, I am forced to speculate whether it is related to the chief complaint of amnesia.
Postscript: Upon first being admitted, the patient was placed in quarantine for fear of a virulent outbreak. Fortunately, though her skin affliction is stubborn it proved non-contagious. Less fortunate is how being kept in solitary confinement during such an early stage of her amnesia – alone, confused and all notion of self-identity lost - seems to have left trauma to her psyche.
Post-postscript: Been informed by nurse staff that patient displayed convulsions, vomiting, fever and insomnia during quarantine period. Were assumed evidence of sickness. I now suspect withdrawal symptoms from drug abuse. Should have been told earlier.
Psychiatric evaluation: Patient presents as vulnerable and confused. Her sickly coloration and ailing demeanour inspire pity in the nurses and suspicion in fellow inmates. Body posture and attitude convey an underlying meekness. Not congruent with facial expressions which at times reveal harder, more wilful character. I cannot determine whether this incongruity is due to her guarding her true temper with me, or if the patient has some hidden tenacity forgotten to even herself. Associations and judgement are intact and logical. Patient is keenly aware of her loss of identity and greatly troubled by it.
Initial contact proved difficult. First meeting took place after her allotted solitary quarantine, a period in which the patient saw no one and her amnesia afforded her no frame of reference for her admittance. Without any knowledge of where or who she was, the subject had misconstrued her room for a jail cell, casting me as her jailor. She was agitated and uncooperative, though not unduly so given the disorientation brought on by her amnesia. She was also remorseful, however, which I find of special interest. Delusions of persecution invariably frame the sufferer as an innocent wrongly tormented by villainous forces. By contrast, the patient seemed convinced she had been imprisoned for some crime of which she was wholly guilty.
This alerted me to another curious aspect of her RA: how despite not remembering the events of her life, she still feels the emotions attached to said events. The reader must forgive me for resorting to metaphors once again, but her mind can be compared to a still lake disturbed by a leaping trout: she may not know the nature of the fish, yet she feels the resulting ripples. As an example, later conversations expounded upon the aforementioned sense of guilt. In querying of potential kin who may be missing her, the patient grew noticeably more reticent, asserting that even should such family members exists, she would not wish to see them just as they would not wish to see her. Even without any recollection of her family, lingering emotions associated with them were such that she could state this with some conviction. Of course, without knowledge of the patient’s history, it is impossible to say whether these emotional ‘ripples’ are truly connected to her blood relations, or simply a person or persons her mind associates with the notion of family. On this point she herself displayed considerable distress at her own ignorance. Nevertheless, the patient’s mood remains deeply consumed by these twin sentiments of guilt and bitterness. She has, to paraphrase her own words, both committed some great wrong and been wronged herself.
Memory loss and its accompanying anxiety aside, I would characterize the patient as essentially humble of soul and sensible of mind, admirably so given the circumstances. And yet there are, as previously noted, times when this character gives way to something headstrong, even obstinate. The chief example occurred during the abovementioned visit by the priest requisitioned to dispel her skin affliction. On this occasion the local Pharasmin was sombre in conduct, as is their way, but on the whole agreeable. The patient too appeared initially grateful for his visitation. However, she quickly grew standoffish – nay, rude – upon learning of the cleric’s faith. I paraphrase once more, but she shared a sentiment akin to, “Why do you defy your Lady of Fates who decreed this suffering my fate to bear?” The patient went on to insinuate the goddess responsible for untold misfortune, to my understanding on a universal scale. As might be expected, the Pharasmin took offence. In the interest of fairness, I don’t suspect the priest of subsequent foul play or intentionally mismanaging the magic meant to cure her. I am no practitioner, but to my eye he put every effort into his vocation. Nevertheless, the spell, as previously described, failed. Once the apologetic priest had departed, I asked the patient where her vitriol for the man stemmed from. She could not say yet felt ashamed after the fact. She recognized that the cleric had done nothing to earn her ire, and still “a well, like bile rising in the throat, swelled up inside me at the sight of him.” She was greatly upset at not knowing where this bias of hers originates.
Postscript: Have examined belongings patient was found with. Her knapsack has all the necessities of a vagabond. Secret pocket inside. Found the unholy symbol of accursed Urgathoa. Must think on whether to contact authorities.
This patriarch's wine was a labor of love. Even without the right soil, even without the necessary tools, he toiled year in and year out to craft the best possible vintage he could. It was a passion passed on to his granddaughter. To her, he was an ideal, a star. He was her everything and she loved him even as she wanted to one day be him, to take up the trade herself.
The rest of the Crudos were not so enthusiastic. The vineyard, like so many passion projects, was thought a fool's errand. In the wine world, their produce was largely ridiculed if spoken of at all, and the family coffers yawned perpetually empty. Still, the land itself could be worth a pretty penny to the right buyer, as would the patriarch's well stocked wine cellar. The Crudos wanted to sell. And they found their opportunity one year when the old man was unable to protest. He fell ill, deathly so. Age and too many seasons of hard labor with little help but a devoted granddaughter had worn the man down. In his bedridden state, he could do nothing as the family went to work selling the vineyard.
Voichita was aghast. But what could she do, a lone girl against her own? What but pray? She prayed to Pharasma, mother of souls and patron of the nation, to not claim her grandfather yet. But she heard no answer. She prayed to Desna, benevolent free spirit and patron of their ancestors, to help her grandfather regain his strength. But she heard no answer. This is when, desperate as she was, Voichita prayed to a darker god. Ustalav's long history is marked by horrors and sinister forces, none more terrible than the Whispering Tyrant who introduced the land to the rule of the grave risen. It is a legacy that survives to this day where every Ustalavan knows of - and knows better than to speak of - the accursed god of these walking dead: Urgathoa, the Pallid Princess, the origin of undeath.
She alone answered Voichita's prayers.
It is tempting to chide the girl for heeding the dreams that now assailed her nightly. Yet blame is a crooked blade. Who is to say whether she fully comprehended the ramifications of the bargain offered? Then again, perhaps she understood perfectly. The Lady of Unspeakable Excess rules over death and disease, so it is well within her power, perfectly within her purview even, to cure an ailing grandfather. Whatever the case, Voichita was desperate. She would accept any help offered, whatever the conditions. And so she set to make the sacrifice demanded by the goddess.
The Crudos awoke in the night. The clatter of breaking glass along with the hooting and hollering of a great revel were heard throughout the estate. The alarmed family soon found the cause. Down in the wine cellar was every rowdy village youth from the better part of the county, all drunk as the proverbial skunk. It was as disorderly a gathering as only the folly of youth can provide, base and vulgar. The fuel driving the orgiastic bacchanal was none other than the Crudo patriarch's wine collection. The goodly elder being a wine lover, this collection comprised more than a few prized vintages, bottles that would fetch high prices at auction. It was part of the inheritance the family had so lusted over. Now it was being consumed like cheap swill by youth unable to distinguish a cherished vintage from prune juice. And right in the middle of it was an insensate Voichita. It was obscene. It was hedonistic. It was wanton. It was to Urgathoa's taste.
The aftermath was severe. The family was horrified. The village was horrified. Talk spread of a fortune drunk away, as did stories of youth corrupted and led astray by the Crudo girl. A witch, they called her, in league with the Pallid Princess, evidenced by the boils that now spread over her once so fair skin. Yet Voichita was elated. Because Urgathoa had kept her word. The goddess had exchanged one ailment for another. Before she could recover from her hangover, her first and worst, young Voica saw her grandfather rise from what should have been his deathbed. Only for him too to be appalled at what his granddaughter had done.
The rest is history. Voichita was cast out from her family and driven from the village. Embittered and alone, she found solace in the only stock who would welcome her now: the accursed cult of the goddess. There she fell further into depravity, sampling the many excesses espoused as all worth living for by the Lady of Despair.
Of course, such a life does not come cheap - ironically so among worshippers of undeath. And so a more experienced Voichita, now a full-fledged priest, might offer her services to wealthy clients. Clients such as a certain strange count of Versex.
Female human Cleric of Urgathoa
23 Years of Age
N medium humanoid [human]
Init +4; Senses - Perception +9
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Defense
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AC 14, touch 12, flat-footed 12 (+2 armor, +2 Dex)
HP 10 (1d8 + 2 Con mod)
Fort +4, Ref +2, Will +6 [+1 vs polymorph, petrification, transmutation]
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Offense
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Speed 20 ft. [medium encumbrance]
Weapon: club, -1 attack (1d6-1), bludgeoning
Weapon: sickle, +2 attack (1d6-1), slashing
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Statistics
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Str 8 (-1), Dex 14 (+2), Con 15 (+2), Int 13 (+1), Wis 18 (+4), Cha 18 (+4)
Base Atk +0; CMB -1; CMD 11
Feats: Channeling Variance (disease), Selective Channeling
Drawback: Scarred [–5 Disguise, –2 Bluff; less scarred, more leper-like]
Traits: Acolyte of Apocrypha [domain access], Reactionary [+2 initiative], Sacred Conduit [+1 channel DC], Sensitive Mind [+1 Appraise, Perception, Sense Motive; Perception class skill; Psychic Sensitivity 1/week]
Skills [2 class, 1 Int, 1 FC, 1 skilled bonus]: Diplomacy +8, Heal +8, Know (religion) +5, Perception +9, Sense Motive +9
B. skills: Appraise +6, Lore (wine) +5
Languages: Common, Varisian
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Wealth [started with average for class, 140 gp]
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Adventuring Gear: club, sickle, leather armor
Other Gear: backpack (m)*, cleric kit, potion of Cure Light Wounds, vial of alchemist's fire, wine (bottle, fine)
Weight: 58/30* lbs.
Coin: 3 gp
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Magic
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Orisons: Create Water, Light, Read Magic
1st: Bless, Cause Fear + Remove Fear
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Special Abilities
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Class: aura (NE); channel energy (negative, 1d6, DC 16, 7/day); spontaneous casting; domains (Death - Undead, Liberation - Self-Realization)
Racial: bonus feat; skilled
Death’s Kiss (Su): You can cause a creature to take on some of the traits of the undead with a melee touch attack. Touched creatures are treated as undead for the purposes of effects that heal or cause damage based on positive and negative energy. This effect lasts for a number of rounds equal to 1/2 your cleric level (minimum 1). It does not apply to the Turn Undead or Command Undead feats. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Wisdom modifier.
Perfected Form (Su): You maintain an unshakable sense of who you are, and no force can compel you to be anything else. You gain a +1 sacred (if your patron is good or neutral) or profane (if your patron is evil) bonus on saving throws against polymorph, petrification, and transmutation effects. This bonus increases by 1 for every 5 cleric levels you have (maximum +5). Once per day when you succeed at a saving throw against such an effect, you can gain a surge of self-confidence as an immediate action that grants you a number of temporary hit points equal to your cleric level and a +2 morale bonus on attack rolls, skill checks, and saving throws; both effects last for 1 minute.
Congrats if you managed to read through all of the above; like everything I've ever sat down to write, it turned out longer than anticipated. Mechanically, Voica is intended as primarily a negative channeler, handing out debuffs and what have you while still functioning as party band-aid. Thanks to the Undead domain, she can even do so with said negative energy which I find rather fun.
Narratively, I've long found the idea of amnesia as a sort of time travel interesting. Real world examples have seen people 'wake up' from the 80s to suddenly find themselves in the present day, having to deal with a completely different cultural landscape, new media and aged relatives. I'm hoping for something similar with an evil cultist. With the years where she went from normal person to worshipper of a dark god effectively erased, how does she reconcile the newly returned morality of her younger self with the current reality of being shackled to an evil deity?
On that note, even though Voica has a background, I left her years in the cult intentionally undefined. GM is free to go wild with those should he wish.
Hope the thought of a neutral cleric of Urgathoa is palatable. Rules allow for it, of course, but despite being super evil and all, I've always liked the possibility of worshipping her as a sort of avatar of RL ethical hedonism and the ubermensch idea of the development of the self. Not sure if that angle was ever intended by Paizo, but certainly someone at the office put on their big brain cap when they gave her the Self-Realization domain.
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The patient file is really cool, I added one as well.
And added that Mr. Barnellus has a markedly different alignment to some others here to quote:
I am even more concerned for their referred tendency to utilize deeply unethical methods such as the Lohengrimm fear scale or the Krueger soul strength scale.
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Some great applications here. Tossing this one onto the pile: Voichita Crudo, the not so evil human cleric of Urgathoa. Thanks to Supreivo for the fun idea of writing things from the perspective of a patient record.
** spoiler omitted **...
Don't thank me, I took the idea from Vellimir.
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Misspelled name and misplaced credit? Wish I could blame the amnesia...
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Huh, that is a creative concept, and not one I'd've pinned for Urgathoa. Neat.
I don't know if I'll be able to work something up by tomorrow, but I'll try!
Hopefully a Neutral worshipper of an Evil god is possible, otherwise we're BOTH out of luck.
Ragnar, once he gets his memory back, certainly has a hedonistic streak (he would likely jump at luxury even before that), although he views luxury as a luxury, overconsumption means not controlling your urges, and if you do not control yourself, you cannot control others, and the purpose of violence is to impose your will unto another.
He is/was a "professional violence provider". Emphasis on professional.
He has some redeeming features, such as a fairly strict determination to not torture. He feels this is for weaklings, and any fool can inflict violence on someone already in his power.
Misspelled name and misplaced credit? Wish I could blame the amnesia...
No problems. Goodness knows, it's a bit of a challenge to scan through everything, especially with Yog-Sothoth over my shoulder.
Great character concept, by the way.
"Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Yog-Sothoth. He knows where the Old Ones broke through of old, and where They shall break through again. He knows where They have trod earth's fields, and where They still tread them, and why no one can behold Them as They tread."
...sorry, habit.
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[dice=Woe]8I don't know if I'll be able to work something up by tomorrow, but I'll try!
Unless my math is wrong, you should have two more days at most.
Hopefully a Neutral worshipper of an Evil god is possible, otherwise we're BOTH out of luck.
It is allowed, both of your submissions are viable by my ruling.
Ok I think I'm ready. Submitting for your consideration Nivva, my half-elf slayer. The elevator pitch for her is: What if your character was afraid of their own class abilities?
(She is best classified as hybrid rather than martial, because she will cross-class into Serpent Shaman druid. She has almost no equipment, and that's on purpose; I thought it might be fun to watch everyone else find their gear and Nivva gets... a single bloodstained sword and a sack of gold. Riddles upon riddles.)
The patient file is really cool, I added one as well.
And added that Mr. Barnellus has a markedly different alignment to some others here to quote:
I am even more concerned for their referred tendency to utilize deeply unethical methods such as the Lohengrimm fear scale or the Krueger soul strength scale.
Meanwhile, the literal cultist of a Daemon Harbinger. "I see no problem here. Just add metaphorical safety railings to make sure the Cacodaemon can cause no harm."
Meanwhile, the literal cultist of a Daemon Harbinger. "I see no problem here."The patient file is really cool, I added one as well.
And added that Mr. Barnellus has a markedly different alignment to some others here to quote:
I am even more concerned for their referred tendency to utilize deeply unethical methods such as the Lohengrimm fear scale or the Krueger soul strength scale.
If Ragnar had his memories:
Reminds me of something, you see, in the midnight isles they came up with an objective way to figure out which Succubus of any number is prettiest!
So what they do is they take one of them rat faced wrecker demons, and like, put it in hold monster or something. Then each of them bat-ladies prance around, and you know, them rat-wrecker demons, they go for the prettiest thing they see first. So whoever the Abrikandilu charges is the prettiest! Now, the wrecker demons are supposed to be chained for that "test", but midnight isle Abyssal has like 13 different expressions for messing with that chain in various ways and having your slightly prettier rival get her face slashed by a wrecker demon.
And like, the bat ladies tend to have all of that super magical compulsion things, so they can be like "CHARGE ME" "NO ME" "NO, CHARGE ME!" although if multiple Succubi try to mind control the same thing, the most charismatic of them tends to prevail, so that part of the contest is kind of fair.
Do your characters have like, musical theme songs?
Ragnars is probably this:
24 or so hours left for submissions. I'm facing a true Sophie's Choice here.
Martial (classes such as paladins, rangers, fighters)
1. Grumbaki's Bolkvar Stonebeam, dwarf gloomblade fighter with the 'pugnacious' campaign trait.
2. Supreveio's Seoli Snowtail, kitsune brawler with the 'pugnacious' campaign trait.
3. Andrea1's Trevor Culexis, Half-Orc mutation warrior with 'twitchy' campaign trait
4. Violant's Iosif Formicidescu Human musket master gunslinger with the 'methodical mind' campaign trait
5. Dorian Grey's Enoch Human tortured crusader with the 'driven by guilt' campaign trait
6. Mightypion's Ragnar Stridson, Angelkin Aasimar Bloody knuckled rowdy abyssal bloodline bloodrager with the 'pugnacious' campaign trait
7. Javell DeLeon's Kronos Axegrinder
Half-orc armored hulk barbarian with the 'Driven by guilt' campaign trait
Arcane/Psychic/Divine (classes such as wizards and clerics)
1. Vellimir's Malachus Schmid, human invoker witch with the 'ritualistic' campaign trait.
2. Delightful's Elyssa Volgori, human psychic with the 'driven by guilt' campaign trait.
3. Veniir's Cladon Kullscar fetchling warped sorcerer with the 'enduring stoicism' campaign trait
4. NotEspi's Nуarai Sylph Ashiftah Witch with the 'sensitive mind' campaign trait
5. rdknight's Milica Agolli, Half-Elf Varisian Pilgrim Cleric with the 'sensitive mind' campaign trait
6. Vellmir's Corbin Leach, Human Arcanist with the 'twitchy' campaign trait
7. Sensen's Alvar The Wayfarer, Tiefling Abjurer (Elder Mythos Scholar) with the 'foe the strange' campaign trait
8. Red Heat's Voichita "Voica" Crudo Human Cleric of Urgathoa, with the 'Sensitive Mind' campaign trait
Hybrid/Skilled (classes such as alchemist, warpriest, magus, rogues, hunters, investigators, etc)
1. Delmoth's Dr Ethyl Ermengarde, half-elf vivisectionist alchemist with the 'methodical mind' campaign trait.
2. [url-https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75j1mj1/recruiting&page=3#138]Rosc's Dr. Meiosa[/url] Human vivisectionist alchemist with the 'Foe of the Strange' campaign trait.
3. Zahir ibn Mahmoud ibn Jothan's Cymbre Ashworth Halfling flame dancer, flamesinger bard with the 'methodical mind' campaign trait
Concepts
Rosc's oozemorph shifter or synthesis summoner
Critzible's changeling spiritualist
Luke_Parry's half-elf amnesiac psychic
Veltharis Cabalist Vigilante or Dark Tapestry Oracle
Javell DeLeon's half-orc unchained barbarian
Liliyashanina bloodrager/fractured mind
Ironperenti: brawler/urban ranger
Oh, no, he is done. This is ironperenti's submission. Went with Brawling Blademaster.
Nivva did not make it onto the list.
Sorry about that, Ironperenti and Sodium, I'm going to make a list in a few hours that'll be comprehensive.
Liliyashanina is my default GM Alias :).
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Good luck everyone! And my condolences for the GM for having to choose from so many great submissions.
Do your characters have like, musical theme songs?
Ragnars is probably this:
Gotta say that's some cool music. I've never heard that before.
I think this song might be fitting. At least, when he gets ticked off. :)
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Completed submissions thus far:
DRIVEN BY GUILT
Delightful’s Elyssa Volgori, NG Female Human (Taldan from Ustalav) Psychic
Dorian ‘Grey’s’ Enoch the Wanderer, LG Male Fetchling (Kayal) Tortured Crusader Paladin
Javell DeLeon’s Kronos Axegrinder, CG Male Half-orc (Dromaar) Unchained Barbarian
ENDURING STOICISM
Ironperenti’s Alexio Casara, LG Male Aasimar Brawling Blademaster Samurai
SodiumTellurite’s Nivva, unaligned Female Half-elf (Aiuvarin) Slayer
Veniir’s Cladon Kullscar, LN Male Fetchling (Kayal) Aberrant-bloodline Sorcerer
FOE OF THE STRANGE
Rosc’s Dr Meiosa, N Female Human (Garundi) Vivisectionist Alchemist
Sensen’s Alvar the Wayfarer, N Nonbinary Tiefling Elder Mythos Scholar Abjuror Wizard
METHODICAL MIND
Delmoth’s Dr Ethyl Ermengarde, LN Female Half-elf (Aiuvarin) Vivisectionist Alchemist
Violant’s Iosif Formicidescu, N Male Human (Taldan) Musket Master Gunslinger
Zahir ibn Mahmoud ibn Jothan's Cymbre Ashworth, LE Male Halfling Flamedancer/Flamesinger Bard
PUGNACIOUS
Grumbaki’s Bolkvar Stonebeam, unaligned Male Dwarf Gloomblade Fighter
Mightypion’s Ragnar Stridson, NG Male Aasimar (Angelkin) Bloody-Knuckled Rowdy Bloodrager
Supreveio’s Seoli Snowtail, CG Female Kitsune Brawler
SENSITIVE MIND
NotEspi’sp Nyarai, CG Female Sylph ashiftah witch
Red Heat’s Voichita “Voica” Crudo, N Female Human (Taldan) Cleric of Urgathoa
TRUE DEVOTION
rdknight’s Milica Agolli, CG Female Human (Varisian) Varisian Pilgrim Cleric of Desna
TWITCHY
Andrea1’s Trevor Celuxis, NG Male Half-orc (Dromaar) Mutation Warrior Fighter
Vellimir’s Corbin Leach, CG Male Human (Taldan) Arcanist
I put Taldan for human ethnicity if no ethnicity was stated.
Concepts
Luke_Parry – half-elf psychic, amnesiac, ‘mismatched’
Veltharis – cabalist vigilante/dark tapestry oracle
Critzible – changeling spiritualist/werebat shifter
I’m not going to lie, I’m a little disappointed no one took Formerly Mind-Swapped, lol. I can’t decide whether I want 4 or 6 players, but I still plan on having my choices tomorrow on the 17th.
I was considering it (probably flavored with demonic knowledge, perhaps due to a profane gift he had in the past), but decided for pugnacious because its more fitting with the Ragnars character.
I added more to Milica's appearance and personalty sections in her profile. I've still left her background blank.
Good luck everyone!
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I have looked upon all the universe has to hold of horror, and even the skies of spring and flowers of summer must ever afterward be poison to me. When the stars were right, They could plunge from world to world through the sky; but when the stars were wrong, They could not live.
I can’t decide whether I want 4 or 6 player...
FWiW I always over recruit so that when someone drops I don't immediately have to jump into another recruitment.
I can’t decide whether I want 4 or 6 player...FWiW I always over recruit so that when someone drops I don't immediately have to jump into another recruitment.
Good Luck, we're all Counting on you!
“If I am mad, it is mercy! May the gods pity the man who in his callousness can remain sane to the hideous end!”
— H.P. Lovecraft
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The doors of the asylum open, a lean Taldan man stepping out to greet the wagon carrying five frantic yet unresponsive patients and a man in a thick fur-lined coat. The driver, a cruel looking old hunchback, twisted on the front seat to start pushing the five off the wagon.
"Now now, Reason. They are still people, and here can help them."
"Funny, Barnellus. Most that go in those doors don't come out."
"They will, in good time. The mind is a fragile thing, and cannot so easily be mended like a broken blade."
The Taldan bowed his head to the sixth, fur-cloaked man. "Losandro has briefed me on the situation. As per your agreement, we will receive your associates."
"Good." The man kept his hood up, veiling his face in shadows. "I'm glad Losandro and I could reach an ... understanding."
The hunchback herded the five past the two men towards the asylum, the light of day fading to dusk. Long shadows were cast, and the sound of the Danver River could still be faintly heard this far into Briarstone Isle.
"Could I have their names?" The cloaked man turned sharply on the doctor, who held out his hands placatingly. "It is procedure. No other records of them will be kept."
The hooded man sighed, and pointed to each of the five as they passed. "Dr Ethyl Ermengarde. Iosif Formicidescu. Nyarai of Qadira. Alvar the Wayfarer. Elyssa Volgori. I have your word no other record will be kept?"
"None whatsoever."
The hooded one grunted and withdrew a black book with silver inlay and filigree. "As agreed then. I do hope this will satisfy Losandro."
"If that book can do all you claim, then it will."
The hooded one grunts once more, then he turns and walks back to the wagon. Handing off the five to other orderlies, Reason hops back onto the wagon and drives the visitor back from whence they came, fading into the mist.
Barnellus runs his hands over the book, a smile growing on his lips. "Oh, it will all be worth it."
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Greetings, and thank you all for submitting such excellent characters. This was not an easy decision to make, but I have selected the following players and their characters for a Five Man Band:
Delmoth's Dr Ethyl Ermengarde
NotEspi's Nyarai
Violant's Iosif Formicidescu
Sensen's Alvar the Wayfarer
and Delightful's Elyssa Volgori
I will have an opening post in Gameplay by the end of the day, in the mean time please provide a token you'd like to use for Roll20.
To everyone else, I wish you the best in other games and if my chosen fall or drop out I will reach out to you for my first pick replacements.
Sadface for me, but enjoy gaming!
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Aw darn, I really thought I had a winner. Congrats to the ones chosen!
I have to say GM, I've seen a lot of player selection announcements. I think yours is my favorite. Would love to play in one of your games sometime.
Have fun!
Congratulations everyone, have fun!
(Watch out for the shoggoths!)
Congrats to the chosen! Have a great game!
Congratulations on being crazy everyone!
Thanks for your selection, GM. I hope everyone who hasn't been selected is able to find games to enjoy.
I have to say GM, I've seen a lot of player selection announcements. I think yours is my favorite. Would love to play in one of your games sometime.
The in-universe account is indeed great. Have a good one, folks.
