New character, Golarion lore questions, minor Waking Rune Spoilers

[Pirate Rob]

So, it's time again for a new character and I decided to build a wizard using the new option opened up from the Waking Rune.

Draft of background:

Character is an Aasimar and predates the Runelords. In the time of Emperor Xin he was a wealth(greed/transmutation) mage and priest of Abadar.

With the rise of the Runelords he was captured and tortured by Karzoug, Runelord of Greed, as part of Karzoug's corruption of wealth into greed.

At some point he ended up with Krune, and was entombed in Krune's hideout for 10,000 years until recently rescued by the Pathfinder Society.

Character will be an Aasimar Greed Wizard.

Aasimar helps dodge the pure-blooded Azlanti ethnicity which is not usable and helps reinforce the character's position as an ancient force of good taken out of his time.

Does this make any sense? Should I give my character an even more awesome background and make him Xin's high priest of Abadar, his power drained away by the Runelords.?

Thanks/

[BigNorseWolf]

No rule against it.

No rule for it either.

I'd be pretty sure to make a trait and possibly skill focus in knowledge history because, well, that's current events to you.

[Matthew Pittard]

Keep in mind that , the corruption of Wealth into Greed took place a long time before the Starfall. Karzoug might of had him placed in Stasis or similar functional spell. He was possibly siphoned of his powers (which is why he is starting out at level 1. Perhaps his memories and personality were also changed (representing the low skill points at level 1)

Id actually make him a Human not an Aasimar as it makes more sense thematically. I also dont see any need to neccesarily make him a a former priest of Abadar. Wizards can be as religous as any character.

[Leg o' Lamb]

What is the opposing school to Sloth? If greed, then this works out very well by giving you a reason to be hanging out with Krune when placed into stasis.

You could be virulently anti-slavery and use your new found liberation to further these aims; renounce Abadar and convert to Desna?

[Matthew Pittard]

Milani might be the better target for any faith conversion as she is constantly looking to subvert authority and bring it down.

[zefig]

Possible in-scenario backstory:

You wouldn't even necessarily need to be placed in any sort of specific stasis. As I recall, there are numerous cultists and slaves in the sanctum who have been subject to Flesh-to-Stone as "sculptural" pieces. Is that what you had in mind?

[Pirate Rob]

"At Thassilon's dawn, the Runelords held that wealth, fertility, honest pride, abundance, eager striving, righteous anger, and well-deserved rest were the seven virtues of rule—rewards that one could enjoy for being in a position of power."

Greed and Sloth are unfortunately not opposed, they are in fact close enough that they are both opposed to illusion.

Well-deserved rest would be sloth but I don't want to play a conjurer, I'd rather play a transmuter, thus I went with wealth and involved Karzoug, Runelord of Greed.

I am happy to stick with Abadar and be a good guy from before the Runelords corrupted the virtues. I'm not completely sold on Aasimar, I could just go with human but I wanted the otherworldly vibe from the Aasimar to help add to his out of place mystique.

Thank you everybody for your advice/Golarion lore.

[Pirate Rob]

zefig wrote:

** spoiler omitted **

I had not considered the specifics of how he weathered the years in Krune's Tomb but that's a good one.

[Lazeril]

Pirate Rob wrote:

"At Thassilon's dawn, the Runelords held that wealth, fertility, honest pride, abundance, eager striving, righteous anger, and well-deserved rest were the seven virtues of rule—rewards that one could enjoy for being in a position of power."

Well-deserved rest would be sloth but I don't want to play a conjurer, I'd rather play a transmuter, thus I went with wealth and involved Karzoug, Runelord of Greed.

I am happy to stick with Abadar and be a good guy from before the Runelords corrupted the virtues. I'm not completely sold on Aasimar, I could just go with human but I wanted the otherworldly vibe from the Aasimar to help add to his out of place mystique.

Thank you everybody for your advice/Golarion lore.

The other side of well-deserved rest, the virtue paired with the reward of rest, is efficiency--act with efficiency and do not waste effort, and you shall be a wise ruler indeed. I look forward to meeting a fellow Thassilonian, unstuck in time as I am. May you exemplify the blessed seven virtues and receive the seven rewards of rulership without ever indulging to excess, like the reprehensible corruptions of our once-wondrous philsophies.

~Lazeril of Haruka

(OOC: Karzoug was last in a long line of Runelords of Greed, and someone from the early empire, like Lazeril or your guy, would have been frozen long long before Karzoug ever came onto the scene, or Krune for that matter. The Runelords of the time (Sorshen, Xanderghul, and five unknowns) killed off Xin after about a century and then Thassilon continued for about another millennium, so lots of Runelords of everything except Lust and Pride came and went)

[Pirate Rob]

Thanks RE, that's a good note, I had not realized there were multiple Runelords over time, I thought it was just the 7.

I will probably leave the details vague but keep the concept of wealth mage of Abadar from the time of Xin who was recently recovered from his imprisonment in Krune's base.