Horizon Walker Story Help [Archive] - Wizards Community

Horizon Walker Story Help [Archive] - Wizards Community

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wanderer3791
07-18-07, 09:50 AM I usually like to find a happy medium between "character power" and story. By this, I mean I would never create a character with 10 classes just to cherry pick the most useful features of the classes. My DM has no problem with heavy multiclassing, just so long as there is a story reason for it. This leads to my dilemma.

I love the idea of a Rogue/Horizon Walker/Shadowlord of Telflammar for a sneaky, shadowy character. My DM has approved additional planes (Shadow - grants Shadowdancer-like HiPS). This helps with my story since I can probably take all 10 levels in Horizon Walker.

Horizon Walkers are supposed to be consumed by wanderlust, always looking for their next big adventure. Shadowlords, on the other hand, are described as being mostly evil and operate around the city of Telflammar (we are in FR).

Does anyone see a way of developing a good reason (story-wise) for these two classes to come together. I don't see him as an evil guy, which further complicates the situation.

I was thinking of either:

1) giving him the Dark template (and the +1LA -- as penance) and saying he was lost on the Plane of Shadow for a while (and that is how he got the Shadowlord abilities without being a criminal lord)

2) making him a character who is looking for something (ala the Seeker of the Misty Isle) -- I just can't use that because I won't have divine spells

3) making him a follower of Shaundakul (God of Wanderers and enemy of Shar) and have him be charged with infiltrating the Shadowlords or something

Any advice/insight would be much appreciated.
Bladedancer
07-18-07, 10:30 AM Maybe instead of the Telflaamar shadow lord prc you could instead go with the shadow walker template which is located in the Unapproachable East sourcebook (along with the above mentioned PRC). To get that template all you need to do is either worship Mask and have his church give you the template or pay the church of Mask to do it for you.
warwinner
07-18-07, 11:51 AM He wants to know of the locations of certain two-way portals to the shadow plane , shadowlords he guesses know about them.So he joins them and eventually hopes to learn about the portals.He hopes to trade this knowledge for something important, maybe someone is looking for this info and is willing to pay big.Also he is obsessed with and endlessly wonders about various aspects of the shadow plane, so to him this is a double benefit scheme
Drunk_Yoda
07-19-07, 02:58 AM Or you could pull a Luke Sky Walker in Dark Empire(Luke became a sith just to destroy the remains of the empire from within) you become part of the evil you hate just to destroy it from within or you could embrace it just because you see it as a means for an ends.
Terjon of the Blue Rose
07-22-07, 01:21 AM You could also go with having finally found a home after many years of wandering the world and even the planes. You joined the Shadowlords because that is the first group that you ever felt truly "at home" with.

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wanderer3791 07-18-07, 09:50 AM	I usually like to find a happy medium between "character power" and story. By this, I mean I would never create a character with 10 classes just to cherry pick the most useful features of the classes. My DM has no problem with heavy multiclassing, just so long as there is a story reason for it. This leads to my dilemma. I love the idea of a Rogue/Horizon Walker/Shadowlord of Telflammar for a sneaky, shadowy character. My DM has approved additional planes (Shadow - grants Shadowdancer-like HiPS). This helps with my story since I can probably take all 10 levels in Horizon Walker. Horizon Walkers are supposed to be consumed by wanderlust, always looking for their next big adventure. Shadowlords, on the other hand, are described as being mostly evil and operate around the city of Telflammar (we are in FR). Does anyone see a way of developing a good reason (story-wise) for these two classes to come together. I don't see him as an evil guy, which further complicates the situation. I was thinking of either: 1) giving him the Dark template (and the +1LA -- as penance) and saying he was lost on the Plane of Shadow for a while (and that is how he got the Shadowlord abilities without being a criminal lord) 2) making him a character who is looking for something (ala the Seeker of the Misty Isle) -- I just can't use that because I won't have divine spells 3) making him a follower of Shaundakul (God of Wanderers and enemy of Shar) and have him be charged with infiltrating the Shadowlords or something Any advice/insight would be much appreciated.
Bladedancer 07-18-07, 10:30 AM	Maybe instead of the Telflaamar shadow lord prc you could instead go with the shadow walker template which is located in the Unapproachable East sourcebook (along with the above mentioned PRC). To get that template all you need to do is either worship Mask and have his church give you the template or pay the church of Mask to do it for you.
warwinner 07-18-07, 11:51 AM	He wants to know of the locations of certain two-way portals to the shadow plane , shadowlords he guesses know about them.So he joins them and eventually hopes to learn about the portals.He hopes to trade this knowledge for something important, maybe someone is looking for this info and is willing to pay big.Also he is obsessed with and endlessly wonders about various aspects of the shadow plane, so to him this is a double benefit scheme
Drunk_Yoda 07-19-07, 02:58 AM	Or you could pull a Luke Sky Walker in Dark Empire(Luke became a sith just to destroy the remains of the empire from within) you become part of the evil you hate just to destroy it from within or you could embrace it just because you see it as a means for an ends.
Terjon of the Blue Rose 07-22-07, 01:21 AM	You could also go with having finally found a home after many years of wandering the world and even the planes. You joined the Shadowlords because that is the first group that you ever felt truly "at home" with.