Backstory Assistance - Arcanist Elf that has been everywhere

[Omagi]

Some assistance on writing up some more backstory highlight point would be appreciated.

I am making a arcanist elf that has been working at a university of magical tutelage for many years and has frequently taken his studying and research to the field and gone on adventures to anywhere and everywhere in the pursuit to advance his knowledge of magic.

I am looking for some major events that he may have been a part of, but it doesn't have to be major. For example "During my adventures I met a disgraced exile from (insert city) and found in his words and attitudes something that spoke to me. What once seemed true in my society began to appear false the more time I spent with this person, and I quickly learned not to trust everyone I meet—especially among those who would claim to be most deserving of it." is one such event that I have listed.

Basically I just want a really long backstory of going lots of places in 200 years time.

[Eltacolibre]

Assuming you mean Golarion:

-Razmiran is established
-Aroden's death
-First,second, third, fourth and fifth worldwound crusade
-Formation of the Hellknight order
-City of Magnimar is founded
-Osirion independence from Qadira
-Firearms are invented
-Thrune wins the civil war
-Galt declares independence
-Andoran declares independence
-The shackles declare their first pirate king
-Goblindblood wars
-Osirion is opened to explorers (very recent, like 2 years ago)

[Chromantic Durgon <3]

- Accidentally married someone in a remote village (read a short story about this)
- through the magic you have accidentally make yourself seem like a god to an isolated group native to one island who don't have magic
- find a cursed artifact
- Get caught at sea when your captain who you're paying to transport you gets caught in a coup and overthrown
- become a council member for some town and or village

A lot of this depends on what level your Arcanist is starting as to what they could reasonably deal with. Level 1 characters don't make deals with dragons.

[Omagi]

Chromantic Durgon <3 wrote:

- Accidentally married someone in a remote village (read a short story about this)

- through the magic you have accidentally make yourself seem like a god to an isolated group native to one island who don't have magic
- find a cursed artifact
- Get caught at sea when your captain who you're paying to transport you gets caught in a coup and overthrown
- become a council member for some town and or village

A lot of this depends on what level your Arcanist is starting as to what they could reasonably deal with. Level 1 characters don't make deals with dragons.

Good ideas, all of them.

Didnt think about that. starting at level 4 haha.

[Chromantic Durgon <3]

stole a private research colleges research in the interest of freedom of knowledge
now a private research college is out to get you

back with more later.

[Omagi]

Chromantic Durgon <3 wrote:

stole a private research colleges research in the interest of freedom of knowledge

now a private research college is out to get you

back with more later.

Oh dear! As a campaign plot that could be troublesome, a group of wizards that want you dead. My GM is looking to incorporate our backstories in our game.

I like it!

[Starbuck_II]

Chromantic Durgon <3 wrote:

- through the magic you have accidentally make yourself seem like a god to an isolated group native to one island who don't have magic

"To be fair, they asked and I just answered yes. Just felt right."

--fought in a war, lost, then fought with the resistance war later

[K-kun the Insane]

"I've been everywhere, man,
I've been everywhere, man,
Breathed the mountain air, man,"

Find this song and listen to it and possibly tweak it for Golarion. It's been a long time since I heard it but your title instantly put it into my head.

[Scott Wilhelm]

I find myself thinking about all those "That Guy" stories. Tell everyone they are about you or about someone you know.

"This reminds me of that time Professor Gloop from the Alchemy Department had that problem with that racoon. He was sitting on his porch shooting that pistol he carried that was bigger than him. Well, that poor racoon ran down a drain pipe, and Gloop started throwing lamp oil and Alchemist fire down that hole, but the oil wouldn't light. You never guess what Professor Gloop did next: he went down that pipe himself and tried to light the oil by hand! Doesn't he know that's what Grad Students are for?

Well he got that oil lit all right. It blew him right out of that pipe like a cannonball, sailed clean over his house and landed in his front lawn. When we woke him up, he jumped to his feet and shouted "Again!" Goblin professors are the best."

As opposed to that Gnome Engineer who used rule his shop like a little tyrant, kicking kids out for forgetting the smallest safety procedure. They used to call him the Little Dictator. But then one day at a faculty tea party, I saw him reach across the table for a pastry, and that's when I saw his concentration camp tattoo.

Talk about those professors you know that became liches. "Poor professor Krank hasn't produced any meaningful research in nearly a thousand years! He should retire. I really feel bad for his grad students. I hear half of them become undead themselves if they want to last long enough for him to give them their PhDs.

[Ventnor]

You might find the Breadth of Experience feat helps with this concept pretty well.