Hello all! I was hoping for a little help with my character.
The character in question is a female human LG Zen Archer named Vetli.
The campaign she is a part of is homebrew. It's a transyvania-like (vampires werwolves etc) horror setting. The story is that it was once a prison island for dangerous creatures/humanoids that has fallen into disrepair and formed a pseudo-society of it's own.
Each character has their own goal and an over-arching plan; PVP is not disallowed, but players are required to face the consequences of their actions. The characters start at 4th level.
Here is what I have so far: Vetli is an undercover agent from the Silver Crusade lodge of the pathfinder society. Her mission is to undercover the most powerful vampire coven(if one exists), and to report relevant information she sees back to the lodge, as not much is known about the island. (I am a PFS player so I felt that including the society in her back story would be right up my alley.)
I haven't come up with very much information on her history. An idea that I really like is that she is from Galt. Basically, Vetli has seen some of the absolute worst the world has to offer. She was the only child in a noble family, her parents being put to death when she was 8. She survived by hiding under her bed.
Beyond that, not much. The traits she has are Reactionary and Fast-Talker, so I feel like that works well with this history. I had some ideas about her escaping to the River Kingdoms when she was in her teens, and how that wasn't much better. I was thinking that she would be robbed as soon as she got there, and would have to start all over with nothing. She has spent almost her whole life fighting for survival.
It would make sense that she would have Improved Unarmed Strike from living on the street for such a long time.
Since she had such a horrible childhood, I was thinking about any specific encounters that may have shaped her more than others. I hope this doesn't offend anybody, but I was thinking that she may have faced a rape scenario at one point... Whether she escaped or not, I feel that it would really affect her view of the world, and could be a partial reason why she has such a drive to punish evil acts, being Lawful Good.
A big problem I am facing is how to explain how she became a Zen Archer. I'd like to stick to true Inner Sea history as much as possible, and her discovering some random monastery that taught her mystical archery kung-fu doesn't seem very likely in the River Kingdoms or Galt.
Any ideas would be awesome.
She did not escape the rape encounter. And when she gets too close, she always sees the cold, unblinking eyes of her attacker on the faces of anyone she interacts with - be it socially or in combat - inviting her to relive the event in paralyzing terror. Though the harsh world still demands that she fight and defend herself, she now does so from a distance with her bow.
She did not escape the rape encounter. And when she gets too close, she always sees the cold, unblinking eyes of her attacker on the faces of anyone she interacts with - be it socially or in combat - inviting her to relive the event in paralyzing terror. Though the harsh world still demands that she fight and defend herself, she now does so from a distance with her bow.
Ummm... I think that's a bit much. Not really what I was looking for, to be honest.
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ummm wow that was a little brutal i would highly suggest against the rape encounter I would go with a tragic child hood experience like her being captured by slavers and being used for game surviving where her friends and adopted siblings didn't she found a traveling monk who saved her life and taught her his ways but was unable to remove the burning hatred for the horrors of the world .
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My Zen Archer is certainly not a "Martial Artist" who learned hi skill in a monastery... He's a Chelaxian exile, who was raised by his Aunt in Varisia.
He is a devout follower of old dead eye (Erastil). I play him like a martial acolyte of that faith. He is Lawful Neutral.
He is also a drop out of the Endrin Military academy in Korvosa (the school that the Sable Company Marines come from), which explains his martial abilities (Unarmed Strike).
Basically he learned how to fight and shovel hippogriff dung at the Endrin Academy, but his lack of animal husbandry precluded his becoming a Ranger.
That's how I play a Zen Archer anyhow... No need for an Eastern flair.