I think that, at least for the purposes of Sea Wyvern's Wake, every ship should have a Pintel and Regetti character. For those unaware, these where the pair of comic relief pirates in the film "Pirates of the Carribean." Now, I'm not suggesting that these characters be focused on, or even follow the same patters as Masters Pintel and Regetti, but the idea of a humorous duo who become more important as time goes on is appealing to me. Another part of it was that while they were comical, they also were competent in combat.
Now I'm going to share my pair with you.
Axegrinder and Golthanok where once guards for the Kellani house. However, when the telepath Alexi tricked his way in, Kellani had the pair of them fired. While the two of them where looking for work, they heard that the Vanderboren house was hiring for a long sea voyage. Figuring that this was exactly what they needed to get away from the Kellani house for a while, the pair joined up, only to find to their surprise that the same Alexi who had got them fired was second in command on this ship!
Axegrinder is a dwarf from the Eastern Mountains. Well, that's what he tells folk anyway. In truth Axegrinder is a dwarf of Sasserine, born and bred. Fortunately for him, he has acquired a ring that allows him to float in any fluid, no matter what he carries. This allows him to travel over the sea for long periods of time without any fear of being drowned.
Golthanok was an orcish slave. Taken by the Plainsrunners at birth, Golthanok eventually killed his captor and escaped, teaching himself the intricacies of unarmed combat.
The fun part about this pair is that Golthanok the savage orc is Lawful Neutral and Axegrinder the noble dwarf is Chaotic Neutral, and they get along great.
Just a fun little duo that I threw in. They're now my players favorite NPCs.
I think that, at least for the purposes of Sea Wyvern's Wake, every ship should have a Pintel and Regetti character. For those unaware, these where the pair of comic relief pirates in the film "Pirates of the Carribean." Now, I'm not suggesting that these characters be focused on, or even follow the same patters as Masters Pintel and Regetti, but the idea of a humorous duo who become more important as time goes on is appealing to me. Another part of it was that while they were comical, they also were competent in combat.
Now I'm going to share my pair with you.
Axegrinder and Golthanok where once guards for the Kellani house. However, when the telepath Alexi tricked his way in, Kellani had the pair of them fired. While the two of them where looking for work, they heard that the Vanderboren house was hiring for a long sea voyage. Figuring that this was exactly what they needed to get away from the Kellani house for a while, the pair joined up, only to find to their surprise that the same Alexi who had got them fired was second in command on this ship!
Axegrinder is a dwarf from the Eastern Mountains. Well, that's what he tells folk anyway. In truth Axegrinder is a dwarf of Sasserine, born and bred. Fortunately for him, he has acquired a ring that allows him to float in any fluid, no matter what he carries. This allows him to travel over the sea for long periods of time without any fear of being drowned.
Golthanok was an orcish slave. Taken by the Plainsrunners at birth, Golthanok eventually killed his captor and escaped, teaching himself the intricacies of unarmed combat.
The fun part about this pair is that Golthanok the savage orc is Lawful Neutral and Axegrinder the noble dwarf is Chaotic Neutral, and they get along great.
Just a fun little duo that I threw in. They're now my players favorite NPCs.
Great Idea! I have NPC's that I want to use for Savage Tide as well that sprang form shows or movies. The crew of the Sea Wyvern for my game will be as follows:
Captain "Achilles Hawke" - based on "Sawyer"(Josh Hollaway) from LOST.
First Mate "Tor" - who Is a male Qullan, based on the actor Michael Clarke Duncan.
Ship's cook "Rotty Mott" - based on the famous award winning potty-mouth scottish chef Gordon Ramsey(I'm going to have fun with him).
There will be more later but I also wanted to put down who other NPC's remind me of from Savage Tide.(Feel free to add your own thoughts as well).
Harliss Javell - Kind of a cross between Monica Belucci and Michelle Rodriguez.
Avner Meravanchi - Johnny Fairplay from survivor.
Vanthus - I finally figured out who he reminds me of...Colin Farrell.
I'll think of more later.
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Interesting choices, and yes, one of the things that seems to make D&D work well is fun npcs who are literally just there to spice things up.
However--Monica Belluci as Harliss Javell? It seems to me that she usually plays rather cool and clever characters, while Javell seems more hot blooded and fierce.
Interesting choices, and yes, one of the things that seems to make D&D work well is fun npcs who are literally just there to spice things up.
However--Monica Belluci as Harliss Javell? It seems to me that she usually plays rather cool and clever characters, while Javell seems more hot blooded and fierce.
Oh I agree, the look Is more Monica, but the fiery attitude Is more Michelle Rodriguez. Damnit thou I have a thing for monica Belucci...Rrrrr!
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