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jameswilliamogle 09-05-05, 12:49 PM	So I worked out a character that I'm going to play from 1st on over on the CO boards, and I think it would be fun to play. At first I was going to make him a Druidic Avenger Darfellan with the Snow Tiger Berserker Feat, which requires Snow Tiger Berserker membership, then was going to multiclass him into Monk levels, eventually going Shou disciple, blade dancer, and kensai (assuming I can find a daimyo at that point)... I think survivability will be OK, considering the high powered campaigns I'm usually in from the groups I game with, and it'll be legal RAW. I plan on being LN, having an OK Str (~14), high Dex (16), OK Int (~13-14), OK Wis (~14) character. I was hoping to get some development from the backstory; it just seems like the Darfellan racial history is just so interesting, I thought I could get feedback / improvements... Keep in mind, though, that I'll be starting at 1st level. Rough story: His pod was being pursued by Sahuagin after all the adult males had already been killed, the females and young went up along the coast into uncharted waters (next to Rasheman), and a freak frost locked them inland (the waters typically freeze up during winter). Finding refuge with some local fishermen, the Darfellan learned to work off the land; some (including my character) went further inland when food became more scarce that winter... An attack by some fiendish treants left me completely defenseless in the woods... except for an old druidic avenger who taught me about the balance of nature etc etc. Thus I picked up Druidic knowledge there. Realizing that I was unprepared for the woods, he brought me to a nearby trader whom I worked for food and traveled with. Along the way, I saw Kara-Turan and Shou monks sparring among the caravans, sometimes for entertainment, but also to keep their skills sharp for raiders. I was fascinated by them, and often tried to mimic their techniques. Eventually, the old man running the caravan settled down in the High Country of Rasheman, where a Snow Tiger Berserker Lodge was located. Typically, at this stage I would've had a test of manhood within my pod, but since I didn't have my family anymore, I petitioned the Lodge for acceptance, and was granted after fighting all the members one-on-one. Life was good then, keeping the balance between the townsfolk and the local flora and fauna in place, and occasionaly going out on hunting escapades and once or twice against goblinoids that came too close. But the sea keeps calling to me, and its my duty to my family and my race to try to find another Darfellan to continue the species, and my hatred of Sarhuagin is boiling, as I've had years to ferment my strengths and my hatred into a solid gutteral disgust.
jameswilliamogle 09-06-05, 10:54 AM	bump. no comments, notes, anyone? is this too bourgois a backstory, and not worthy of comments?
Fithero 09-06-05, 11:40 AM	Its a good back story man (though im not quite sure what race he is....sounds like a whale who can walk or something like that...all i got was "pod") Very intersting, but he seems to be taking alot of interest in *alot* of *very* different groups. The berserker lodge, the druids, the monks....and you plan to take him into a kensi? Thats a fair bit to explain, but if you can, go for it. Later