I want to make a dentist.
I am thinking a priest of Zon-Kuthon, would work ...
Inspiration
When I was young and just a bad little kid,
My momma noticed funny things I did.
Like shootin' puppies with a BB-Gun.
I'd poison guppies, and when I was done,
I'd find a pussy-cat and bash in it's head.
That's when my momma said...
She said my boy I think someday
You'll find a way
To make your natural tendencies pay...
You'll be a dentist.
You have a talent for causing things pain!
Son, be a dentist.
People will pay you to be inhumane!
You're temperment's wrong for the priesthood,
And teaching would suit you still less.
Son, be a dentist.
You'll be a success.
"Oh, that hurts! Wait! I'm not numb!"
Eh, Shut Up! Open Wide! Here I Come!
I am your dentist.
And I enjoy the career that I picked.
I'm your dentist.
And I get off on the pain I inflict!
I thrill when I drill a bicuspid.
It's swell, though then tell me I'm mal-adjusted.
And though it may cause my patients distress.
Somewhere...Somewhere in heaven above me...
I know...I know that my momma's proud of me.
"Oh, Momma..."
'Cause I'm a dentist...
And a success!
"Say ahh..."
"Say AHhhh..."
"Say AAARRRHHHH!!!"
"Now Spit
But, the real problem is that dentistry was not separated from general medicine until 1728.
start with an elf with aspirations to be a dentist, but give them ranks in expert then as part of your adventure have them meet a hideously deformed caribou with a razor sharp determination to use his hideous nose to save the day, then you just wait...
start with an elf with aspirations to be a dentist, but give them ranks in expert then as part of your adventure have them meet a hideously deformed caribou with a razor sharp determination to use his hideous nose to save the day, then you just wait...
That elf saved my life.
I'm a Dwarven Ranger Pickaxe specialist with an obsession with silver and gold. My animal companion is a mutant reindeer.
Ha.
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If your only problem is anachronism, I don't think many players would have too much trouble with a dentist showing up in a campaign. Remember that you aren't dealing with the real world. In a fantasy world, people could discover things at different rates of speed. Who's to say a cleric of Zon Kuthon posing as a battlefield medic didn't choose to specialize in oral surgery (tongue splitting, tooth filing, etc.) and stumble onto some legitimate techniques for saving people from tooth loss? As word of his methods gets out, he builds up his clientele and discovers new ways to expand his knowledge. Maybe he develops the first dentures by replacing a woman's teeth with the teeth of a hyena? If he's really sadistic and truly hates the world, he might even invent grillz.
If your only problem is anachronism, I don't think many players would have too much trouble with a dentist showing up in a campaign. Remember that you aren't dealing with the real world. In a fantasy world, people could discover things at different rates of speed. Who's to say a cleric of Zon Kuthon posing as a battlefield medic didn't choose to specialize in oral surgery (tongue splitting, tooth filing, etc.) and stumble onto some legitimate techniques for saving people from tooth loss? As word of his methods gets out, he builds up his clientele and discovers new ways to expand his knowledge. Maybe he develops the first dentures by replacing a woman's teeth with the teeth of a hyena? If he's really sadistic and truly hates the world, he might even invent grillz.
No. My problem is that no Game Master in her right mind would EVER let me play such a character. ;P
Your dentist character would be welcome in one of my games. I've allowed awakened raccoon rangers and sock puppet ventriloquist bards so why not a sadistic singing dentist. The idea actually sort of reminds of the old Al Qadim Barber.
I was about to point out that a lot of times Dentists were of other professions instead of medical... like carpenters and barbers.
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I was about to point out that a lot of times Dentists were of other professions instead of medical... like carpenters and barbers.
Paul Revere was a dentist, a silversmith, a Freemason and the notorious leader of a band of raiders.
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Paul Revere was a dentist, a silversmith, a Freemason and the notorious leader of a band of raiders.
Paul Revere was no one's steppin' stone. Ay ay ay ay I'm not your steppin' stone. Not your steppin' stone. And so forth.