"Perhaps ...dance?"
Quintius gyrates.
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What an odd collection. This bears seeing through. Quintius finally enters after Stavian, looking around for familiar faces.
Across the way, a man waits and watches. The offer made was intriguing, but Quintius had only recently began his mission in earnest. If this Lotheed had already heard of him, this could be a trap. He watches as a man and some sort of large cat enter the tavern. He wonders if he recognizes the odd pair.
It's Quintius's nature to at least heard of any prominent among you.
For vengeance!
Ah, yes, forgot the ooc questions. I can post at least twice weekdays and can post on weekends too. I'm currently in pbps on this site and 3 elsewhere.
1. Pick a Class. All Paizo-created classes are acceptable.
2. How long has your character lived or been in Oppara? If they’re not from Oppara, where in Taldor do they live? Lifelong resident, hence the name. 3. How does your character make a living? He is kept by a noble family to eventually serve as consigliere. 4. What will your character contribute to the party in and out of battle? He can be a beast of a face, but also hold his own in melee combat. At first, at least, he will want to keep violence out of the sight of the general public, but has no qualms playing dirty. 5. Mechanically where do you foresee your character going in the future? If you don't have a plan, that's ok, too! Eventually, I forsee him taking an alternate identity, either via levels in vigilante, or, if you'll allow it, the rules for other classes to use masked identities. 6. (Optional) What is your character's backstory?
As the AP begins, he wonders why he's been invited by Lady Martella Lotheed to this event. Famous house, hard to get good information on, but something about them smelled. Still, the invitation required looking into. Either they were aware of his activities and plans and wanted to help him or blackmail him OR they had no idea and this could be an opportunity to get to a place where his true plans can finally begin.
Good luck everyone!
@Quintius Opar, looks great, save for the reference to Celestial blood - did you build him as an Aasimar first? If I am missing something let me know, otherwise just edit that bit out :) Ooops! Yeah, the original version was a human-seeming Aasimar, but I realized I just wanted to the stat boosts, and that's not a good enough reason. Forgot that when I copied and pasted, will adjust. Thanks! EDIT: Can't edit the previous post so I'll do so here. Background:
Quintius is the bastard son of a man from a minor Taldan house (House Morilla if that doesn't mess with the AP story) and a barwench. Born especially comely and athletic, the house even "allowed" his mother to serve the house while he was groomed as a friend (and one day servant) to the man's actual children. He saw how his mother and other commoners were treated while he was pampered, but she begged him not to cause a problem. She was still begging him when she died. With her gone, Quintius was treated even more like part of the family. His charm and skill grew with each passing year.
As the AP begins, he wonders why he's been invited by Lady Martella Lotheed to this event. Famous house, hard to get good information on, but something about them smelled. Still, the invitation required looking into. Either they were aware of his activities and plans and wanted to help him or blackmail him OR they had no idea and this could be an opportunity to get to a place where his true plans can finally begin. Appearance and Personality: Quintius presents as a handsome--lovely, perhaps--human man of his own age. His hair is a light brown with deeper brown accents. Steely blue eyes express the emotions he wishes them to express. He can charm most folks with his easy-going, light-hearted manner, but this is all a ruse. Inside he is calculating and a keen observer of human nature. The nobles like his father will all pay one day, and the corruption of Taldor cleansed.
Background:
Quintius is the bastard son of a man from a minor Taldan house (House Morilla if that doesn't mess with the AP story) and a barwench. Born especially comely and athletic, the house even "allowed" his mother to serve the house while he was groomed as a friend (and one day servant) to the man's actual children. He saw how his mother and other commoners were treated while he was pampered, but she begged him not to cause a problem. She was still begging him when she died. She had never known that celestial blood ran through her veins, nor does Quintius to this day, thinking his gifts just good luck.
With her gone, Quintius was treated even more like part of the family. His charm and skill grew with each passing year. So did his hatred. He practiced spying on his so-called family, stealing and smuggling minor household items. He studied the noble houses of Taldan in particular. They weren't all outright monsters, but plenty were. He kept mental notes on which houses and which nobles deserved retribution most. As the AP begins, he wonders why he's been invited by Lady Martella Lotheed to this event. Famous house, hard to get good information on, but something about them smelled. Still, the invitation required looking into. Either they were aware of his activities and plans and wanted to help him or blackmail him OR they had no idea and this could be an opportunity to get to a place where his true plans can finally begin. Appearance and Personality:
Quintius presents as a handsome--lovely, perhaps--human man of his own age. His hair is a light brown with deeper brown accents. Steely blue eyes express the emotions he wishes them to express. He can charm most folks with his easy-going, light-hearted manner, but this is all a ruse. Inside he is calculating and a keen observer of human nature. The nobles like his father will all pay one day, and the corruption of Taldor cleansed. Quintius is a velvet blade, a seemingly loyal bastard of a noble lord raised to be the vicious consigliere the lord's "real children" could never be deigned to be. In truth, he wants to turn his training and connections against corruption and abusive nobles.
I kind of want to be Jum's manager ...
Good luck, everyone!
Cnut: Quint's family and Quint himself would be interested in employing Cnut, if that would work.
@Ramza: I looked at Dandy too. A Dandy and a Velvet Blade would make quite a team ...
Those are both great!
Exactly. He thought he was the dark one. Sara scares him a bit, though he'd never admit it.
Sara: That ties in nicely. As Quint becomes more specific in my mind, I think he's kind of sheltered ...never truly knew common life. I doubt they were very close as children, he rarely left court, but as she rose in status the idea of an actual blood relative who wasn't one of these scheming, pampered a-holes would be appealing. Bernal: That makes sense. If Quint saw Bernal's skills he'd at the very least start thinking he could be useful. Liam: While outwardly Quint pays tribute to Abadar as he was raised, he truly worships Calistria and Milani. He would definitely seek out an open Milanian in court to learn more ...he doesn't really know much about her other than he likes her idea. Doritan, probably other vigilante candidates too: I'd say it'd be likely that the Lion's Blade would be Quint's inspiration for donning a mask and taking his fight to a more lethal, active level. I was wondering why the nobles kept Quint around, but as they're known for manipulation (Liam, I believe we mentioned the same house, that's another tie), they wanted to have a skilled, talented agent raised with the family to serve as both a future consigliere/spymaster and a future patsy. He would do the dirty work that no proper house member could be caught doing. I don't think he's aware of this, though, not the last part.
Just an update: last night I was thinking about this character and the whole Aasimar thing ...I'd taken alternate features to make him more human because there was no reason for him to be an Aasimar other than the stat boost. So I've converted him to human, which he should have been in the first place. Also a question: you've mentioned this is a good game for a vigilante. Are you down with non-vigilante masked personas as described here? https://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/other-rules/masked-personas/
Bernal, Oster: perhaps Quint has seen him at court? Sara: I feel like maybe cousins on the common side?
Up for being connected in some way to other characters, by the way.
This is Digger's submission, Quintius Opar. Background:
Quintius is the bastard son of a man from a minor Taldan house (House Morilla if that doesn't mess with the AP story) and a barwench. Born especially comely and athletic, the house even "allowed" his mother to serve the house while he was groomed as a friend (and one day servant) to the man's actual children. He saw how his mother and other commoners were treated while he was pampered, but she begged him not to cause a problem. She was still begging him when she died. She had never known that celestial blood ran through her veins, nor does Quintius to this day, thinking his gifts just good luck.
With her gone, Quintius was treated even more like part of the family. His charm and skill grew with each passing year. So did his hatred. He practiced spying on his so-called family, stealing and smuggling minor household items. He studied the noble houses of Taldan in particular. They weren't all outright monsters, but plenty were. He kept mental notes on which houses and which nobles deserved retribution most. As the AP begins, he wonders why he's been invited by Lady Martella Lotheed to this event. Famous house, hard to get good information on, but something about them smelled. Still, the invitation required looking into. Either they were aware of his activities and plans and wanted to help him or blackmail him OR they had no idea and this could be an opportunity to get to a place where his true plans can finally begin. Appearance and Personality:
Quintius presents as a handsome--lovely, perhaps--human man of his own age. His hair is a light brown with deeper brown accents. Steely blue eyes express the emotions he wishes them to express. He can charm most folks with his easy-going, light-hearted manner, but this is all a ruse. Inside he is calculating and a keen observer of human nature. The nobles like his father will all pay one day, and the corruption of Taldor cleansed. Role:
Quint can fight both melee and ranged, provide skill support and serve as a spy/courier/maybe-assassin-one-day. His current alignment is CN, and I hope to RP him to CG as the AP progresses, as he finally sees that not all of these rich jackasses are in fact jackasses, and that there is a actual step forward for Taldor possible Leaving one trait blank until the Guidebook is available. Depending on how they translate, several of the named traits at least SOUND like they'd be applicable. |