I am currently playing a 4th level CG gnome Illusionist, named Shekki Shebazz, who has an ADD personality and loves playing jokes on PC and NPC alike. Recently he came into possession of a cursed item (although he obviously doesn't know it's cursed). Said item makes him not want to draw attetion to the fact that he has it, would deny having it if someone asked about, nor would he want to share or give it to anybody and may even hurt anybody who tried to take it from him. The item is also making him have a fondess for birds, which he never really had before, and is caring less for people and is slowly transitioning him from CG through CN to CE. He has gone on a couple of bird watching walks and brought with him the party Druid. On these walks Shekki collects feathers and will make a necklace with them and the thought is to maybe eventually collect enough to either make some kind of "bird costume" or a magical cloak of fly made of feathers.
Any thoughts and suggestions on what else I can do with this opportunity would be appreciated. I had thought of the possibility of multiclassing into Druid, as he also has a white heavy war horse that has grown attached to him after our party saved him from a lair of goblins, but alas there is the alignment conflict. Are there any gods in Pathfinder that are linked to birds that he might start to get interested in? He currently follows Desna. What about new jokes he might play involving birds and/or the use of illusions.
Most replies will be welcome but I'm not looking for info on this cursed item, ie. what it is, the exact effects, etc, nor am I looking to find out how to get rid of it. PLEASE NO SPOILERS!!!!!! I am looking at this as a fun roleplaying opportunity. If you know what this item is or what it does please leave that info out of the thread.
Thanks in advance.
I apologize if there is any grammar/spelling mistakes as I wrote this at work using my iphone :P
Rather than multiclassing to druid, go for the alter self, polymorph, beast shape type spells and insist on only using birds, tengu, dire corby, etc...
Conjuration also works quite well. Plenty of birdlike creatures to summon!
I really like the idea of the gnome starting some weird cult all by himself :).
I also like your own idea of making the cape and become obsessed by the idea of flight. You should get loads of roleplay out of that.
Otherwise I can only think of small things, like eating a lot of pine nuts, sunflower seeds and the like, and going out of your way to take those with you instead of the regular rations.
Learn to whistle and wake the players early in the morning with the same tune every day (in roleplaying campaigns the early riser is always very annoying and thus awesome. I've been in a party with a cleric of Lathander for years, bloody hymns at 5 in the morning ;)).
Now that I've come to think of it, my suggestions are more fit for a character actually wanting to *be* a bird, instead of just having a fondness for them. Ah well.
Please let us know how long it took for the other players to realize something was amiss. This really sounds like fun!
Good suggestions so far, thanks a lot guys and keep 'em coming. I'm going to run the Peacock Spirit idea by my DM and see what he thinks. I really like the idea of summoning birds or even illusory bird swarms.
Just as an FYI my party also consists of a Shoanti Barbarian, a halfling Bard and a half-orc Druid and half-orc Ranger whom are half brothers.
I will definitely try and keep you guys up to date with the hi-jinx, however lately we haven't been playing often (once a month or so compared to every two weeks previously) due to one of our players not being available.
Demoniac prestige class is a sure fit for this character.
I'm not familiar with this prestige class, which book is it in?
A-well-a, everybody's heard about the bird
Bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word...
Other things you could do is cut your food into small pieces, and peck at it like a bird. Eat your noodles like a worm. Bob your head forward with each step (like a chicken).
Every time you levitate or fly, make sure to poop on someones head, wagon, or statue. Make sure you have a fondness for statues, and prefer 'hanging out' around them. Vehemently oppose eggs or poultry as food and maybe even react violently when you see people doing it. Running up to someone and screaming, "MURDERER" and throwing buckets of mud on their food.
Also, this is a must for when you turn evil.
Oh god, I so want to play your character now. The little hellion in me is giggling with a little bit of insanity thrown in.
Oh god, I so want to play your character now. The little hellion in me is giggling with a little bit of insanity thrown in.
I'm already having fun roleplaying this character and this just adds a whole new dynamic to the mix.
Maybe he should start to hatch an egg.
My DM thought the idea of building a nest and trying to hatch and egg and when flying trying to poop on people's heads was hilarious.
I really thing your character should learn Avian, and at times (at random or certain trigger events) insist on only speaking that language.
To play on the transition to evil (although I don't fully understand why the bird-fetish is making you evil) I'd suggest you start killing foxes and other natural predators that attack birds. This should wind up the druid and ranger.
I really thing your character should learn Avian, and at times (at random or certain trigger events) insist on only speaking that language.
To play on the transition to evil (although I don't fully understand why the bird-fetish is making you evil) I'd suggest you start killing foxes and other natural predators that attack birds. This should wind up the druid and ranger.
The bird fetish isn't making him evil, the item just has multiple effects. I do like the idea of killing predators though :)
+1 for not multiclassing, but research spells that fit.
First go with illusions of birds that distract ennemies
then go to summoning some birds to attack or something
until you finally reach spells where a band of vultures from the plane of shadow rip the ennemies guts out and eat cadavers to gain strength.
(if you didn't get it, the bird-spell-research could shift into evil spells, wait till you get to deamonic pinguins, the most vile birds on earth, god even punished them by taken away their flight ability)
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I say that when you go into a city, spend an inordinate amount of party treasure on bird food to feed the local population. Then go around murdering cats even if it is someone's pet. Get a nice little collection of cat bodies and see what the druid does, maybe leave them under his bed or put them places where he will find them on other pc's.
I think that it sounds really appropriate to follow Pazuzzu especially since there is an alignment shift going on.