His name is Steve...the potions master! A man aged early through a lifetime of ordeals. His skills in the apothecaries seek to cure his own inner demons.
Of course his focus should be on the blessing of the Gods.
Perhaps you could discard a BotG to "transform" to get increased stats and remain in this state until the end of the turn. You may explore again with each monster defeated. (Bloodlust?) (perhaps can't weapons in this state?)
Roles could maybe be a feral beast ("uncontrolled") and a "controlled beast" where he has finally found a potion to control his transformations.
Like to see him maybe use the Craft skill and perhaps have an item focus. Find a way to use potions differently? (perhaps use on others)
No allies for his card feat for his distrust of himself around others.
Let's make this guy.
And no his doesn't have to be named Steve.
How about one of his powers just be a version of the Werewolf power in the game? Something like:
If the top card of the blessing discard pile is Blessing of the Gods, add 3 to your strength and constitution checks.
Or if you wanted it to be his dice, say that he can roll a d12 in place of the normal die.
Potions are already usable on others (except Holy Water). How about you take the dice version of the power above and for the potions, say:
You may recharge an item with the liquid trait to add 1 to by another character.
You could have upgrades for it to add 2 or to make it playable on yourself. Or to even let you do it with as many items as you wanted (sort of like Sajan with blessings, but this would just give you a flat bonus).
This is my own version of a werewolf (which has nothing to do with potions, so not that near at your idea). I tested him till the end of AP3 (because my AP4 just arrived today, god, sometimes i hate not living in the USA.)
Fenris (Keywords: Male, Lycanthrope, Wolf)
Strength d10 Melee+2 [][][]
Dexterity d8 [][][]
Constitution d8 Fortitude+1 [][][]
Intelligence d4 [][]
Wisdom d6 Survival+2 Perception+2[][]
Charisma d6 [][]
Weapons 4 [][]
Spells -
Armor - [][]
Items 3 []
Allys 3 [][]
Blessings 5 [][][]
Power:
Hand 5 []6
Proficiency [X]Weapon []Light Armor
Fullmoon: If the top card of the blessing deck is a Blessing of the Gods, Fenris adds +2 ([]+3) to any of his Strength, Dexterity and Constitution checks. ([] At the start of your turn, you can display a Blessing of the Gods to get this effect. Discard the blessing at the end of your turn.)
Regeneration: Once per your turn, you can recharge a card to shuffle one random card from you discard pile into your deck.
Rolecards:
Lunatic:
Hand 5 []6 []7
Proficiency [X]Weapon []Light Armor
Fullmoon: If the top card of the blessing deck is a Blessing of the Gods, Fenris adds +2 ([]+3)([]+4)([]+5) to any of his Strength, Dexterity and Constitution checks. ([] At the start of your turn, you can display a Blessing of the Gods to get this effect. Discard the blessing at the end of your turn.)
Regeneration: Once per your turn, you can recharge a card to shuffle one random card from you discard pile into your deck.
[] Mooncycle: If the top card of the blessing deck is not a Blessing of the Gods, Fenris adds +5 to the checks the Blessing would grant 2 dices for.
[] Fanatism: If you start your turn without a Blessing in your hand, you may draw a card.
[] Lunatic Drive: If you play a Blessing of the Gods ([] any Blessing), you may recharge it ([] shuffle it in your deck) instead of discarding it.
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Primal Beast:
Hand 5 []6
Proficiency [X]Weapon []Light Armor
Fullmoon: If the top card of the blessing deck is a Blessing of the Gods, Fenris adds +2 ([]+3) to any of his Strength, Dexterity and Constitution checks. ([] At the start of your turn, you can display a Blessing of the Gods to get this effect. Discard the blessing at the end of your turn.)
Regeneration: Once per your turn, you can recharge up to one ([] two)([] three) cards to shuffle the same amount of random card from you discard pile into your deck.
[] Primal Rage: You may bury ([] discard) a card to add 1d10 to one of your Strength, Dexterity or Constitution checks.
[] Instinct: You gain the skills Survival: Wisdom +3 and Perception: Wisdom +3. ([] Survival +4 and Perception +4)
[] Feral Fury: You may recharge a Blessing to add 1d10 to your combat check.([] or discard it to add an additional 1d10) If there are other characters present at your location, each of them takes 2 irreducable combat damage.
As i said, he has nothing to do with a potion master, but perhaps a few of his stuff is a inspiration for you.
And for the rest, tell me what you think, and if anyone is interested in my other chars, which are mostly as far from the norm as this one.^^
Could be interesting as a base power.
Discard a Blessing of the Gods to add 3 ([] +4) to your St and con checks.
-You may discard ([] recharge) an item with the liquid trait instead of the normal banish when played on another character.
This could then leave the other power for a the "feral beast" role
Discard a Blessing of the Gods to add 3 ([] +4) ([] +5) to your strength and con.
-BURY ([] discard) a BotG to Roll a D12 instead of your normal strength or dexterity dice. You remain in this state until the end of the turn. You may explore again with each monster ([]barrier) defeated. (must be the only character at this location?)
So I suppose you could choose to Discard the BotG for one effect or bury it for the other?
This could leave his other role to be a healer with his potions.
So perhaps in his "human state" he'd fairly low dice.
Str D6
Dex D6
Con D6
Int D10
Craft +2
Wisdom D8
Survival +1
Char D4
Fenris you're character is very clever and incredibly well thought out. I like it. Which role are you going to go with? I'd love to see more your characters.
I´ve chosen the Lunatic, because i thought he would be more fun than just raw unrestrained power.
My other chars would be a golem (fighter), a catburgler (literally)(rogue), a very young dragon (mage), a ranger (kind of a turnaround harsk), a dragon shaman (the one that got me into building), a slaver and a slavegirl. (p.s: all of them are played till the end of AP3)
Tell me which one you want so see first, because i don´t think i will post more than one a day^^ (if you want the cat, the slaver or the slavegirl; pm me, because they have themes that i think are unfit for this forum, and i don´t want to risk anything by posting them publicly.)
Or, if someone with authority in this forum is willing to take the time and pm me to have a look at my questionable characters, that would be really fine too. So i can get a clear answer of what would be acceptable and what not.
Perhaps hiding questionable content behind a spoiler button with a clear warning lable, or something like that.