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Xabre 01-19-06, 12:07 PM

So I'm about to start a 3-person campaign with some friends. The GM will be the 4th person, but I'm leery about a 3-person campaign. Anyway, the other two players decided on Rogue and War Cleric, so I was left picking up the Arcane side of the equation. Then I got Races of the Dragon. I was talking to my GM, and was trying to explain to him the idea for my character: A Dragonborn sorcerer. Now, my GM hears the words 'Dragonborn of Bahamut' without reading Races of the Dragon, and immediately decides that it's something more powerful and biologically connected to Half-Dragons, and that they almost HAVE to be paladins. When I finally explain that Dragonborn CHOOSE to follow the platinum dragon, he says that emphasizes his paladin statement. Of course, the race has favored class fighter, but allows free paladin multiclassing. I, however, want to play a Dragonborn sorcerer. So here's what I've come up with on how to play the character. He was left on the doorstep of a monastery to Bahamut, with no memories of his family, except for a recurring dream of a golden dragon... more of a figment than even a real memory. When he was found, spells were used to divine his origins... but failed any time the child's alignment was tried to be sensed. They did learn that there was more to his blood than simple humanity, and even from the youngest age he reacted strongly to magic. Over his early years, the monks and clergy raised him on the teachings of Bahamut, and he spent much of his time in study, learning the devotions and the very ethics of the Platinum Dragon. When he learned of the war between Tiamat and Bahamut, and the Rite of Rebirth, his naive mind immediately pushed him to ask for the Rite. He was granted it. (what I've just written covers most of his beginnings: the Cloistered and Undecided Flaws, the Magic-Blooded Template, and his taking Dragonborn at 1st level). After undergoing the Ritual, the orphan, who had never had a name of his own, instead took the name Vorastrix, the draconic word for sorcerer. He didn't know why he took it, but the image of the golden dragon that had haunted his dream seemed to 'tell him' that was his name. He spent the next two years further training himself, learning about the innate powers that seemed to have been fully awakened in the Ritual of Rebirth. (this explains why the character's entire career is going to involve him taking more and more Draconic Feats, including taking the Dragonheart Mage prc) Finally the clergy felt that Vorastrix could learn no more on his path by staying at the monestary. They sent him into the world to find himself, to hone his skills to become a magical weapon for Bahamut, always seeking out the villians of Bahamut while learning more of his magical powers. tada! Does this work? Is it reasonable as a background to avoid the whole 'you should be a paladin' thing?