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SoulGamit
01-30-06, 08:20 PM Well, I have a Daelkyre Half-Blood that was taken as a slave to the Illithid, was later rescued by the gatekeepers who he plans on joining sometime in the future. He is, right now an Archivist but will sooner or later become an Impure Prince (to symbolize both his connection to the daelkyre as well as his hatred for them). I was wandering if there were any PrCs, feats, or anything I should consider taking that could help further this theme. I have his history below if you want to read it.

History: Dale was born in the western part of the Eldeen Reaches, in a small newly establish colony. The entire place had had problems from the beginning, especially in taming the surrounding wildlife. The most unique incident in the community was one that happened about two decades ago. All of the woman in the colony that was capable suddenly became pregnant with no explanation. After the initial confusions and accusations of mass rape, the triangular bite marks were found on the woman. The course of action was obvious, all of the babies were to be destroyed before even leaving the womb, and in several cases their mothers were brought with them. Many of the married women, however, hid their bite marks and claimed that their children were not brought about by the presumed curse or demons.

Dale was born to one such mother and the other children born in the same fashion all ended up grouping together. They were closer then siblings and did everything together, they even all looked alike. The first few years passed smoothly enough, the children did chores and the colony accepted them despite the possibility that they were cursed. Dale had one hero growing up, his father, frontiersmen named John. These frontiersmen brought back grand stories of how he fought horrid creatures and prevailed even when it seemed like everything that made him who he was being slowly stripped away. Those stories turned Dale into quite the little adventurer, always exploring beyond the safety of the colony. Even when inside the colony with his friends and family he enjoyed nothing more then mock combats.

On his tenth birthday Dale’s play would be put to the test. At night several creatures that Dale recognized from john’s stories as “squid men” invaded the town. Dale tried to fight them off to help protect his family, but he, his father, and anyone else that dared to resist them were knocked out just by being in these creatures’s presence. The creatures didn’t seem too interested in mindless killing, they took the colonists back with them instead.

When they got to what Dale assumed was their lair, he looked in horror as his friends and family had their heads crushed and eaten by the strong tentacles. Weirdly enough, although the creatures wrapped their tentacles around the heads of Dale and his “siblings” they did not finish them off or even touch their brains. They were even given medical care to repair the holes in their skull, even if nothing was done for the incredible pain.

After the initial “culling” they were left alone for long periods of time, only fed gruel that the children wished was tasteless. Dale exclaimed that these were creatures his father had faced before, and that he’d be back to free them all. As the days turned to weeks and weeks into months, the other children stopped believing that they’d ever see the light of day again, but Dale held on. Eventually the creatures came to the children’s cell in large numbers. Each creature took one of the children with them. Dale doesn’t know what happened to most of his brethren, but he did manage to keep in touch with two.

The creatures, or Illithid as they called themselves, took the children in as their slaves. Dale was forced to clean house, amuse the Illithid and its guests, relay information from one Illithid to another and most uniquely, be a scribe. The Illithid had a unique was of keeping their slaves in line. They didn’t use magical domination or physical beatings, instead they force fed their slaves emotions. When they were disobedient or incapable, they were fed emotions of fear and distress. When they obeyed they were allowed to experience self-satisfaction. Even through this, Dale never lost hope that his father would come to save the day, or that he along with his brethren could find a way to escape their entrapment and find Dale’s dad, who just had to be looking for them.

Dale’s father never came, and for many years he served his master faithfully. He was charged with writing down everything that happened, information that Illithid got from the poor people who they captured. He also wrote down notes from one Illithid to another, and even had to learn how to write the languages of several other races.

Dale’s relations with his “brother and sister” were very limited after being captured. The only reason he got to see them at all was because their masters luckily had business together frequently. He constantly reminded them that there was hope and that they should hold on just a little while longer, but they had long since lost faith in anyone else would come for them. Soon their conversations just degraded into them sharing what they could find out. His sister in particular seemed to be able to get a lot of information about these creatures’s culture. She claimed that all either of them had to do to get information was ask, but both Dale and his brother were too scared to test that theory.

With adolescence, for a Daelkyre Half-Blood, comes the growth of a symbiot. He and his siblings had no idea how or why their body was changing. His brother was getting a lump on his wrist and his sister was getting a similar one on her shoulder. Dale’s entire arm began to swell instead of merely growing a lump. Eventually the swelling grew to the point that it interfered with his work. His Illithid master brought over a guest that looked surprisingly like Dale, if taller and larger. The stranger looked over the arm and nodded, he explained that it was a symbiot, a gift from their “father.” Dale immediately thought of John, but the stranger explained that he was the child of a god, a lord of lands beyond his imagination and that sooner or later his dad would help them all ascend. Dale was, to say the least, skeptical. Then the stranger did something that Dale never thought possible, he commanded the Illithid that he knew as master. Specifically, he was instructed to let him learn about his heritage.

Dale did learn, and learned quickly. He learned that the Daelkyre came from a plane known as Xoriat to rule over the lesser races. They paraded the Daelkyre’s exploits of murder and corruption like they were proud, Dale was sickened. He was even supposed to meet his father at one point, but luckily that meeting was not to be.

Dale continued sharing his information with his siblings, but his sister still always knew more. Then one day his brother announced that he knew of a way for them all to escape. He detailed a glaring weakness in the Illithid’s defenses that they could exploit, from there they’d simply have to keep on the move. The next day Dale’s brother was killed in front of all the slaves for even thinking of escaping. Dale knew that the Illithid couldn’t have read his mind, but any questions as to how they were exposed were answered when he looked at his sister’s face. When he asked, she told him that the brother was a traitor, that she was simply helping both Dale and herself be more solidified and one with their father. Dale was horrified that his sister could have fallen this far.

Soon after, a chance for freedom came. He was helping his master interrogate a prisoner when he first felt the rumbling. His home was under attack. Part of the roof collapsed, sending his master flying on top of him. Luckily his master’s large body protected Dale from harm, but the Illithid itself was dead. The adventurers that raided Dale’s home found him like this, and assumed that Dale was the one that was in trouble, for the person that they were supposed to rescue was already dead.

Dale was brought back to their home which they called the “Green Spire.” The people revealed themselves to be a group called the Gatekeepers, protectors of nature from those that would defile it, such as his master. Although Dale wasn’t particularly interested in helping nature, he was happy to be around his own kind again. He taught them how to read and write the various languages he learned while in the employment of his master, and in return they were supposed to teach him how to be a druid, but he simply could not learn. It seemed as though nature would refuse to help or even acknowledge him. His peers claimed that this was because he was himself an abomination to nature and should be eliminated.

Only one person in the Gatekeepers was willing to keep up Dale’s studies. This druid become a mentor to him, pointing out that Dale only did what he needed to do to survive. He was the soul kind voice amongst seemingly endless prejudice. Inevitably Dale gave up on being a druid, so he tried a different approach. He remembered his masters having records of how to channel the divine energies of gods without asking, effectively how to steal their power. He attempted the rituals and formed his own prayer book, and it worked. He taught himself from the old records that he had written, and soon after everything fell into place. He learned to call upon the agents of nature, and he was inevitably initiated into the Gatekeepers officially.

Still his peers wouldn’t accept him, and after becoming an Initiate things only got worse, they got violent. It was decided that it was best if Dale was removed from any of the Gatekeeper’s fortifications. He was brought to Breland, were he was told that the Gatekeepers would contact him if they needed him, but otherwise that he should try and make it on his own.

Dale got the picture and he spent his time in Breland performing odd jobs, delivering things and protecting people. He made a small reputation for himself as a tactician and as someone who’d get the job done at any cost. He was also known for his slight madness and how deranged he was and how much he enjoyed combat and destruction without ever being a threat to innocents or his allies.
Dex
02-01-06, 05:06 AM Cleric of the Dragon Below/Tharzidun with madness domain?
Abberant Paragon PrC (Dragon 330) perhaps?
SoulGamit
02-01-06, 05:05 PM Being a cult of the dragon below is the thing my DM wants me to stay away from, since he doesn't want a player who's completely mad. Thats one of the reasons why I choose to be an archivist, so I could get madness domain spells without having to be a cleric of an evil diety.

The avverrent paragon is also a tad useless if I'm allready an abberrition (ironically). I am probably going to become an impure prince though to symbolize his connection to the daelkyre, not to mention his hatred for the same.

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SoulGamit 01-30-06, 08:20 PM	Well, I have a Daelkyre Half-Blood that was taken as a slave to the Illithid, was later rescued by the gatekeepers who he plans on joining sometime in the future. He is, right now an Archivist but will sooner or later become an Impure Prince (to symbolize both his connection to the daelkyre as well as his hatred for them). I was wandering if there were any PrCs, feats, or anything I should consider taking that could help further this theme. I have his history below if you want to read it. History: Dale was born in the western part of the Eldeen Reaches, in a small newly establish colony. The entire place had had problems from the beginning, especially in taming the surrounding wildlife. The most unique incident in the community was one that happened about two decades ago. All of the woman in the colony that was capable suddenly became pregnant with no explanation. After the initial confusions and accusations of mass rape, the triangular bite marks were found on the woman. The course of action was obvious, all of the babies were to be destroyed before even leaving the womb, and in several cases their mothers were brought with them. Many of the married women, however, hid their bite marks and claimed that their children were not brought about by the presumed curse or demons. Dale was born to one such mother and the other children born in the same fashion all ended up grouping together. They were closer then siblings and did everything together, they even all looked alike. The first few years passed smoothly enough, the children did chores and the colony accepted them despite the possibility that they were cursed. Dale had one hero growing up, his father, frontiersmen named John. These frontiersmen brought back grand stories of how he fought horrid creatures and prevailed even when it seemed like everything that made him who he was being slowly stripped away. Those stories turned Dale into quite the little adventurer, always exploring beyond the safety of the colony. Even when inside the colony with his friends and family he enjoyed nothing more then mock combats. On his tenth birthday Dale’s play would be put to the test. At night several creatures that Dale recognized from john’s stories as “squid men” invaded the town. Dale tried to fight them off to help protect his family, but he, his father, and anyone else that dared to resist them were knocked out just by being in these creatures’s presence. The creatures didn’t seem too interested in mindless killing, they took the colonists back with them instead. When they got to what Dale assumed was their lair, he looked in horror as his friends and family had their heads crushed and eaten by the strong tentacles. Weirdly enough, although the creatures wrapped their tentacles around the heads of Dale and his “siblings” they did not finish them off or even touch their brains. They were even given medical care to repair the holes in their skull, even if nothing was done for the incredible pain. After the initial “culling” they were left alone for long periods of time, only fed gruel that the children wished was tasteless. Dale exclaimed that these were creatures his father had faced before, and that he’d be back to free them all. As the days turned to weeks and weeks into months, the other children stopped believing that they’d ever see the light of day again, but Dale held on. Eventually the creatures came to the children’s cell in large numbers. Each creature took one of the children with them. Dale doesn’t know what happened to most of his brethren, but he did manage to keep in touch with two. The creatures, or Illithid as they called themselves, took the children in as their slaves. Dale was forced to clean house, amuse the Illithid and its guests, relay information from one Illithid to another and most uniquely, be a scribe. The Illithid had a unique was of keeping their slaves in line. They didn’t use magical domination or physical beatings, instead they force fed their slaves emotions. When they were disobedient or incapable, they were fed emotions of fear and distress. When they obeyed they were allowed to experience self-satisfaction. Even through this, Dale never lost hope that his father would come to save the day, or that he along with his brethren could find a way to escape their entrapment and find Dale’s dad, who just had to be looking for them. Dale’s father never came, and for many years he served his master faithfully. He was charged with writing down everything that happened, information that Illithid got from the poor people who they captured. He also wrote down notes from one Illithid to another, and even had to learn how to write the languages of several other races. Dale’s relations with his “brother and sister” were very limited after being captured. The only reason he got to see them at all was because their masters luckily had business together frequently. He constantly reminded them that there was hope and that they should hold on just a little while longer, but they had long since lost faith in anyone else would come for them. Soon their conversations just degraded into them sharing what they could find out. His sister in particular seemed to be able to get a lot of information about these creatures’s culture. She claimed that all either of them had to do to get information was ask, but both Dale and his brother were too scared to test that theory. With adolescence, for a Daelkyre Half-Blood, comes the growth of a symbiot. He and his siblings had no idea how or why their body was changing. His brother was getting a lump on his wrist and his sister was getting a similar one on her shoulder. Dale’s entire arm began to swell instead of merely growing a lump. Eventually the swelling grew to the point that it interfered with his work. His Illithid master brought over a guest that looked surprisingly like Dale, if taller and larger. The stranger looked over the arm and nodded, he explained that it was a symbiot, a gift from their “father.” Dale immediately thought of John, but the stranger explained that he was the child of a god, a lord of lands beyond his imagination and that sooner or later his dad would help them all ascend. Dale was, to say the least, skeptical. Then the stranger did something that Dale never thought possible, he commanded the Illithid that he knew as master. Specifically, he was instructed to let him learn about his heritage. Dale did learn, and learned quickly. He learned that the Daelkyre came from a plane known as Xoriat to rule over the lesser races. They paraded the Daelkyre’s exploits of murder and corruption like they were proud, Dale was sickened. He was even supposed to meet his father at one point, but luckily that meeting was not to be. Dale continued sharing his information with his siblings, but his sister still always knew more. Then one day his brother announced that he knew of a way for them all to escape. He detailed a glaring weakness in the Illithid’s defenses that they could exploit, from there they’d simply have to keep on the move. The next day Dale’s brother was killed in front of all the slaves for even thinking of escaping. Dale knew that the Illithid couldn’t have read his mind, but any questions as to how they were exposed were answered when he looked at his sister’s face. When he asked, she told him that the brother was a traitor, that she was simply helping both Dale and herself be more solidified and one with their father. Dale was horrified that his sister could have fallen this far. Soon after, a chance for freedom came. He was helping his master interrogate a prisoner when he first felt the rumbling. His home was under attack. Part of the roof collapsed, sending his master flying on top of him. Luckily his master’s large body protected Dale from harm, but the Illithid itself was dead. The adventurers that raided Dale’s home found him like this, and assumed that Dale was the one that was in trouble, for the person that they were supposed to rescue was already dead. Dale was brought back to their home which they called the “Green Spire.” The people revealed themselves to be a group called the Gatekeepers, protectors of nature from those that would defile it, such as his master. Although Dale wasn’t particularly interested in helping nature, he was happy to be around his own kind again. He taught them how to read and write the various languages he learned while in the employment of his master, and in return they were supposed to teach him how to be a druid, but he simply could not learn. It seemed as though nature would refuse to help or even acknowledge him. His peers claimed that this was because he was himself an abomination to nature and should be eliminated. Only one person in the Gatekeepers was willing to keep up Dale’s studies. This druid become a mentor to him, pointing out that Dale only did what he needed to do to survive. He was the soul kind voice amongst seemingly endless prejudice. Inevitably Dale gave up on being a druid, so he tried a different approach. He remembered his masters having records of how to channel the divine energies of gods without asking, effectively how to steal their power. He attempted the rituals and formed his own prayer book, and it worked. He taught himself from the old records that he had written, and soon after everything fell into place. He learned to call upon the agents of nature, and he was inevitably initiated into the Gatekeepers officially. Still his peers wouldn’t accept him, and after becoming an Initiate things only got worse, they got violent. It was decided that it was best if Dale was removed from any of the Gatekeeper’s fortifications. He was brought to Breland, were he was told that the Gatekeepers would contact him if they needed him, but otherwise that he should try and make it on his own. Dale got the picture and he spent his time in Breland performing odd jobs, delivering things and protecting people. He made a small reputation for himself as a tactician and as someone who’d get the job done at any cost. He was also known for his slight madness and how deranged he was and how much he enjoyed combat and destruction without ever being a threat to innocents or his allies.
Dex 02-01-06, 05:06 AM	Cleric of the Dragon Below/Tharzidun with madness domain? Abberant Paragon PrC (Dragon 330) perhaps?
SoulGamit 02-01-06, 05:05 PM	Being a cult of the dragon below is the thing my DM wants me to stay away from, since he doesn't want a player who's completely mad. Thats one of the reasons why I choose to be an archivist, so I could get madness domain spells without having to be a cleric of an evil diety. The avverrent paragon is also a tad useless if I'm allready an abberrition (ironically). I am probably going to become an impure prince though to symbolize his connection to the daelkyre, not to mention his hatred for the same.