Richard Arcanagrim's page

Ah, too bad. A few hours lost to today. I thought I'd been rather lucky to find a still open re-recruitment thread to a game I had already been involved in the first two books of and in which only 1 person had responded to.

Keep me in mind for next time and have fun!

Hello there, allow me to throw my hat into the ring with Richard Arcanagrim.

History: From a family of primarily arcane casters from within Cheliax, Richard grew up with a profound interest in discerning how arcane and divine magics could be combined. He found belief in the God of Magic Nethys but never took fully to the ways of the cleric. Instead he has dedicated his will to find a more practical approach.

Upon rifling through an old study, he came upon his great grandfather's journals. Within he found sections which related to the idea of Thassilonian history showing they were indeed interested in strange experimentation with magic in general, and had an extremely odd interest in the arcane healing rights performed by Witches and Bards. I find it a fascinating idea to play a Wizard who is raised in such a way and is interested in pushing the bounds of magic.

Despite where he was raised, he often thought about fighting against the constraints and social limitations placed on the Chelish people. He often did what he thought was right, even if it meant breaking laws or social conventions, such as practicing worship of Nethy's god of magic. Fearing for his future, his family pulled together and sent their increasingly errant youth abroad to study.

Class: Wizard.
I plan to have him go one of several ways. Either a Necromancy specialist Wizard, pending approval. I know some DM's have issue with Necromancers but I will say this would be mostly reactionary usage and not an army raiser. Not all necromancy spells are evil after all.
A spell sage Wizard, or an Exploiter Wizard archetype. Further, with these I would be interested in possibly using the variant multi-classing with Cleric.

Feats:
Wizard: (B)Scribe scroll,
Necromancy School?: (B)Command/Turn Undead,
1st: Orator, (Advanced Class Guide)
Human: Skill Focus- Linguistics,
Wizard 5th: (B) Extend Spell,

Spells: Mostly focusing on Transmutation, Necromancy, and divination.
Skills: Knowledge Arcana/History/Religion, Linguistics, Spellcraft,

At age 30, Richard appears as a man of average height and weight for a human, neither terribly imposing but not unappealing either. He has the sort of build that you can find anywhere and could probably just pass for one in the crowd. He prefers studying comfortably in a room as opposed to being overly taxed, but his thirst for knowledge has led him on some wild adventures.

But it is when he talks that his passionate personality presents itself. He mostly has a biting intellect but has been known to be anywhere from extremely sarcastic to surprisingly empathetic in conversations. He speaks little of his past as it holds a secret he does not wish to share with others. He hates spiders and does not care overly for extremely hot weather. But he does like warm drinks next to a hearth, a warm bed to share out of the rain, and enjoys eating sweets.

He's met researchers like him, traveled with adventurers exploring ancient tombs, fought undead, deciphered ancient Thassilonian texts, known and lost love, acted as an interpreter in some diplomatic disputes, and campaigned briefly with and even bested a young copper dragon in jokes, while frustrating a tyrannical lordling in his country manor house. He now carries a copper coin with the dragon's likeness as a mark of their friendship.

Thank you for your consideration.