Halfing Palading...my approach...positive critisism welcome. [Archive] - Wizards Community

Halfing Palading...my approach...positive critisism welcome. [Archive] - Wizards Community

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GoofsterStud
10-22-04, 01:48 PM I am wanting to create a halfling paladin 1st level character that starts out as a boy...a young boy. I need to know the following to better help plan my story around. I’ve played long enough though that I’m starting to understand

How young can I be within reason? I'm planning on being 9 if that is reasonable for a paladin.
Which basic race is most intoned with Nature/Bows generically speaking if it’s not elves I’ll change my current family to that race?
Would a bee be able to survive in the desert/are there bee's that live in the desert?

I'm still pretty new and this is the background story I got so far so I'd love positive criticism. The built I'm going for is a paladin/halfing outrider/anointed knight. It has already been confirmed by my dm that I will be having a Killer Bee as my mount later on.

Hi, my name is Charles Swartzin the III. I'm a young boy, I grew up with my papa. My mother was sent away at an early age before I could remember, she was a peaceful person who was a master at archery and had a love for nature. I didn't know her much for she died at an early age and all I really know is what my papa has told me. My role model, my papa, a strong and known healer throughout the land. He was a very energetic and loving and someone I still aspire to be like to this day. When I was 5, my father left for a dangerous mission, papa told me everything would be ok and we would be reunited someday. When he left he said, son you are my pride and joy...take care of yourself and always have fun.

The past 4 years I've been raised by an elvin family. My dad saved them from death, healed them and helped them start a life in town. They worship the same god of nature my mother did and somehow I feel at ease with them. They have taught me many things about archery, and apparently strangely enough even admit that I'm a natural.

I'm very dedicated to the god of nature. I think I got that from my mother. I was born with a mark of a bee on my back left shoulder just like my mother had. I have my dad's playful nature. I'm tons of energy and always jumping about and interested in things that I got from my dad, but my moms grace in movement. Due to my goofy nature and the bee on my back my papa use to call me his little buzzard. I've always had a special interest in bees, but I really think it's cause the nickname my dad gave me.

*Later on there will be a note for my DM that my dad made the elves promise to deliver my family’s ancestral bow when I reach the age of ten. Apparently my birth mark matches the symbol on the bow and that is why he left me with the Elves to teach me archery. (My character doesn't know anything about this yet) This will allow my character more development later on down the road.

What you guys think?
Hornswaggle
10-22-04, 10:23 PM Of course, how old your character can be is comething your DM can always veto, but my first question is how old are you? I find it's very hard to seriously play from a child's mindset now that I'm pushing way into fatherhood. Children aren't just little adults. Their thoughts, motivations, and actions are out of left field sometimes and don't really fit well into the life of an adventurer. Their thougths are too tangential.

I also have to say paladinhood is no place for children. The life is supposed to be arduous and intensely dedicated to sword and spirit (so to speak). The time it would take even a natural spirit (as your little buzzard seems to be) to attain the training necessary to have the base skillset of any character class, much less monk or paladin whose intense training is the basis for all of their starting abilities.

I'm pretty sure bees and especially wasps live in deserts all over the world.

Congratulations on the birth of your new character. :)
Lhiannon Sidhe
10-24-04, 07:10 PM 9 is probably a little too young. Halflings mature at a slower rate than humans, a nine year old halfling would be about the equivilent of a 6 or 7 year old human.
Nicholas the Paladin
10-26-04, 11:54 AM When a person decides to be a paladin it must have developed a strong sense of justice and a feeling of what is 'right.'
Maybe some kids get born with a really old soul, but when you're 7-8-9 years old you're still busy with 'trying to talk to girls' and 'is this sweater cool enough.'

Maybe your boy's parents can be killed in front of his eyes to get him 'focussed' on paladinhood....... but besides the fact that it's a sick example (sorry) it will more likely traumatise a child......and maybe after 8 years (when he's 18) he's strong enough to do somethin with it.

I think an age of 14 orso is possible...but then you're still a squire (maybe an idea for you).

(Sorry don't know any bees from the desert. It's been a while since I saw the Discovery Channel)
GoofsterStud
10-26-04, 02:40 PM I suppose buzzard would have been born that way. Maybe his mother dying and his dad off adventuring (his home is at war) and him being raised by elves, that's all he's been doing. The Elvin family might also have been training me (I will be an archery focused paladin) specifically with a bow and arrow, and this would be the reason father left me with them. The strong since of adventuring would come from me wanting to be strong like my dad..

The town we are starting in is at war and everyone is trained how to use a spear and bow as well.

BTW I'm 22 today! Thanks for your responses guys maybe I'll up his age to 12...and I would love to hear more thoughts.

BTW (Paladin of Freedom) is the variant he would be. Buzzard will feel that controlling animals is wrong and would want save animals (more than likely how I'll get my mount) yet the Chaotic Good alignment would give him chances to fiddle around with doing childish things to the group.
Callista
10-30-04, 01:51 AM I would go more "The halfling equivalent of 12" than actually 12 years old. You'll want him just at the brink of adoloscence, while he's still a boy, but while he's old enough to make his own decisions. 12 is about when that happens for humans; do a little math and figure it out for halflings (I'm thinking something like 15-16). I'm not quite sure that someone younger than 12 (human) or so is really capable of making the appropriate moral choices to be a paladin, though s/he might have felt the call before that.

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GoofsterStud 10-22-04, 01:48 PM	I am wanting to create a halfling paladin 1st level character that starts out as a boy...a young boy. I need to know the following to better help plan my story around. I’ve played long enough though that I’m starting to understand How young can I be within reason? I'm planning on being 9 if that is reasonable for a paladin. Which basic race is most intoned with Nature/Bows generically speaking if it’s not elves I’ll change my current family to that race? Would a bee be able to survive in the desert/are there bee's that live in the desert? I'm still pretty new and this is the background story I got so far so I'd love positive criticism. The built I'm going for is a paladin/halfing outrider/anointed knight. It has already been confirmed by my dm that I will be having a Killer Bee as my mount later on. Hi, my name is Charles Swartzin the III. I'm a young boy, I grew up with my papa. My mother was sent away at an early age before I could remember, she was a peaceful person who was a master at archery and had a love for nature. I didn't know her much for she died at an early age and all I really know is what my papa has told me. My role model, my papa, a strong and known healer throughout the land. He was a very energetic and loving and someone I still aspire to be like to this day. When I was 5, my father left for a dangerous mission, papa told me everything would be ok and we would be reunited someday. When he left he said, son you are my pride and joy...take care of yourself and always have fun. The past 4 years I've been raised by an elvin family. My dad saved them from death, healed them and helped them start a life in town. They worship the same god of nature my mother did and somehow I feel at ease with them. They have taught me many things about archery, and apparently strangely enough even admit that I'm a natural. I'm very dedicated to the god of nature. I think I got that from my mother. I was born with a mark of a bee on my back left shoulder just like my mother had. I have my dad's playful nature. I'm tons of energy and always jumping about and interested in things that I got from my dad, but my moms grace in movement. Due to my goofy nature and the bee on my back my papa use to call me his little buzzard. I've always had a special interest in bees, but I really think it's cause the nickname my dad gave me. *Later on there will be a note for my DM that my dad made the elves promise to deliver my family’s ancestral bow when I reach the age of ten. Apparently my birth mark matches the symbol on the bow and that is why he left me with the Elves to teach me archery. (My character doesn't know anything about this yet) This will allow my character more development later on down the road. What you guys think?
Hornswaggle 10-22-04, 10:23 PM	Of course, how old your character can be is comething your DM can always veto, but my first question is how old are you? I find it's very hard to seriously play from a child's mindset now that I'm pushing way into fatherhood. Children aren't just little adults. Their thoughts, motivations, and actions are out of left field sometimes and don't really fit well into the life of an adventurer. Their thougths are too tangential. I also have to say paladinhood is no place for children. The life is supposed to be arduous and intensely dedicated to sword and spirit (so to speak). The time it would take even a natural spirit (as your little buzzard seems to be) to attain the training necessary to have the base skillset of any character class, much less monk or paladin whose intense training is the basis for all of their starting abilities. I'm pretty sure bees and especially wasps live in deserts all over the world. Congratulations on the birth of your new character. :)
Lhiannon Sidhe 10-24-04, 07:10 PM	9 is probably a little too young. Halflings mature at a slower rate than humans, a nine year old halfling would be about the equivilent of a 6 or 7 year old human.
Nicholas the Paladin 10-26-04, 11:54 AM	When a person decides to be a paladin it must have developed a strong sense of justice and a feeling of what is 'right.' Maybe some kids get born with a really old soul, but when you're 7-8-9 years old you're still busy with 'trying to talk to girls' and 'is this sweater cool enough.' Maybe your boy's parents can be killed in front of his eyes to get him 'focussed' on paladinhood....... but besides the fact that it's a sick example (sorry) it will more likely traumatise a child......and maybe after 8 years (when he's 18) he's strong enough to do somethin with it. I think an age of 14 orso is possible...but then you're still a squire (maybe an idea for you). (Sorry don't know any bees from the desert. It's been a while since I saw the Discovery Channel)
GoofsterStud 10-26-04, 02:40 PM	I suppose buzzard would have been born that way. Maybe his mother dying and his dad off adventuring (his home is at war) and him being raised by elves, that's all he's been doing. The Elvin family might also have been training me (I will be an archery focused paladin) specifically with a bow and arrow, and this would be the reason father left me with them. The strong since of adventuring would come from me wanting to be strong like my dad.. The town we are starting in is at war and everyone is trained how to use a spear and bow as well. BTW I'm 22 today! Thanks for your responses guys maybe I'll up his age to 12...and I would love to hear more thoughts. BTW (Paladin of Freedom) is the variant he would be. Buzzard will feel that controlling animals is wrong and would want save animals (more than likely how I'll get my mount) yet the Chaotic Good alignment would give him chances to fiddle around with doing childish things to the group.
Callista 10-30-04, 01:51 AM	I would go more "The halfling equivalent of 12" than actually 12 years old. You'll want him just at the brink of adoloscence, while he's still a boy, but while he's old enough to make his own decisions. 12 is about when that happens for humans; do a little math and figure it out for halflings (I'm thinking something like 15-16). I'm not quite sure that someone younger than 12 (human) or so is really capable of making the appropriate moral choices to be a paladin, though s/he might have felt the call before that.