Thematic Characters for the Year of the Sky Key

[Valiant]

Hey all!

I'm really excited for the new theme of next year. As such I'm in the gruesome process of thinking up a new character.

Do any of you know a nice thematic concept for the Year of the Sky Key?

A Kellid Barbarian from Numeria is the only thing I can think up now, but I'm really interested in more thematic options.

What a nice thematic character for the next year?

[Jason Wu]

Lt. Cmdr Data

-j

[RainyDayNinja]

The Impossible bloodline from Champions of Balance should be interesting. It lets you use enchantment spells on constructs.

A gun-fu monk would be cool as well: multiclass Gunslinger and Zen Archer monk (to pick up Wis to AC and bonus ranged feats). An undine race boon would be perfect for this.

A pair of Engineer's Workgloves could come in handy as well, if you run into a lot of machines.

[Abyssian]

Mark, anything from the Sword and Sorcery or Space Opera subgenres seems particularly fitting. Your Kellid Barbarian example certainly fits, so would a sorcerous "princess" character, Subotai (from Conan), or Ookla the Mok. Anything from Road Warrior could probably be converted (same goes for Thunderdome). Galtar is another "big strong guy" type, similar to He-Man or Thundarr (all very good inspirations for Numerian adventurers).

Hope this helps.

[cartmanbeck]

*Wanders off to make an Arcanist with the Bloodline development (Impossible bloodline) Exploit. :-D

[Yoshimi]

A black-belt in karate who battles robots.

[Abyssian]

From the upcoming ACG, an Aberrant Bloodrager sounds like a pretty cool, irradiated twist on the Barbarian! I could definitely see an Investigator, equipped with goggles and mask, poking around some ruined alien craft. There's no Metal Shaman (yet), but that would be pretty sweet- use Wandering Spirit to get elemental powers.

Looking into this is really fun! I think I might use my Owlbear for a season-6 inspired character.

[Vrog Skyreaver]

Yoshimi wrote:

A black-belt in karate who battles robots.

Only if you work for the city and take lots of vitamins.

[CanisDirus]

Reading the Numeria Campaign Setting book gave me lots of ideas, especially since it goes into some detail about the nearby Pathfinder Society lodges as well as Mendevian Crusader outposts, travel routes, etc. I know the whole season isn't going to be in/about Numeria (and the similarity of Sky Key and Sky Citadel is likely no coincidence), but it's a good place to get ideas, methinks.