Post/Author/DateTime	Post
sheik1116 11-26-06, 12:22 PM	Me and my buddies were going to make a campaign and go into the worlds largest dungeoun. I usually never play dwarves, but I decided to try one. Would anyone have any idea how to make a background story that makes sense for a dwarf becoming a cleric, and then going to fight in a dungeon? =] My deity is Moradin and I'm lawful nuetral. Earth / Metal domains if that helps. The only thing I can think of is dwarves live in a mountain. The mountain is attacked and many dwarves are killed including this ones family. He runs to the nearest church as a orphan and the church takes him in teaching him the ways of Moradin, because, well, he is a dwarf.
sheik1116 11-29-06, 03:31 PM	bump... I'm thinking more of a volcano now? Dwarves live in volcano. Volcano irrupts kills everyone. Somehwo that dwarf wasn't there, he's still alive, feeling no where else to go he runs to the church and practices some sort of cleric stuff. Also a blacksmith becuase of his father being one too? sound good?
J.Augustus Rose II 11-29-06, 03:45 PM	Hmm...honestly that sounds a little more like a background for a dwarf druid or maybe a nature cleric. Volcano kills everyone so the dwarf goes out into the world seeking a way to control nature so this kind of thing can be stopped in the future. Although, it is kind of a riff off of "orcs killed my family so now I kill orcs."
AllWillFall2Me 11-30-06, 11:31 AM	A Divine Quest!!! He was born under Moradin's smile, marking him for great things, he was preened and trained by the church for his imminent greatness... And nothing happened. After consulting oracles, they sent the prodigy out into the world to find his greatness. Or at least, that's how he sees it.
SKAMBANKT 11-30-06, 01:36 PM	AllWillFall2Me had a good one. Nice. He dosenīt have to be orphaned just because heīs a dwarf outside the mountains. He could be on a pilgrimage to a sacred dwarven site, or a Zealot determined to rid the world of evil. Perhaps the dungeon was a former dwarven bastion, and the cleric is a scout of his clan, trying to take it back from the clutches of evil. Or, he could simply be bored by the constant gloom and grumpiness of his own home, hitting the road to find some adventure, and preach the word of Moradin as he goes. Is there another dwarf in the party? If so, you could join him in whatever quest he is on, making sure the outside world dosent corrupt him, and to tend his spiritual needs. The possibilities are endless.
Teflon Jeff 11-30-06, 06:49 PM	Well, here goes... A Dwarf is born under the sign of the mountain. He devotes himself to Moradin, and becomes a cleric in his service, devoting himself to the Master of his pantheon, and caring for his fellow clan members. he is happy, and content, wanting nothing more than to grow old and die serving Moradin. But such is not to be. For he is called to go into the world, to preach unto those who wither away without the knowledge of almighty Moradin. In his ventures, his first encounter is a group of traveling adventurers (the rest of the group) he joins them, sensing they are to be the first to be proselyted to.