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Edymnion 05-18-04, 10:52 PM	Okay, I got asked to play a combat character in a friend's (online) game to help fill a gap from where a player went AWOL. I've always wanted to play a good old fashioned Dragonslayer, but never really had the chance to do it. So, for this game, I've made up a human Paladin of Bahamut. I plan on having him be a hunter of evil dragons, probably taking up some levels in the Dragonslayer and Vassal of Bahamut PrC to do this. The question is, what sort of background to give him. He is a human, not a half-dragon, and he's a devout follower of the good god of dragons. Strong and Charismatic (17s in each), but just a hair on the not-so-smart side (Int 9), and weilding a spiked chain. But I'm at a bit of a loss on a plausible background that doesn't sound completely idiotic. Obviously he's going to have to be hunting evil dragons in order for the good dragons to prevail. What I'm at a loss for is WHY. What sort of background could possibly drive someone into being a Paladin for a dragon god? Perhaps he's drawn to Bahamut's absolute dissapproval of any evil act, and B's nearly limitless compassion/empathy for the downtrodden, combine with the shear power of dragons? I've got the big picture, its just the details are giving me trouble.
Foolosophy 05-19-04, 05:17 AM	its cliché but maybe village nearly destroyed by evil dragon saved by gold/silver dragon?
Elzaban the Ethereal 05-19-04, 06:58 AM	Or to somewhat augment that cliché, his hometown was the site of a battle between an Avatar of Tiamat and an Avatar of Bahamut. Tiamat's Avatar caused mass destruction, but was eventually driven off. Your character was one of the few survivors, and the Avatar whisked you off to a Temple of Bahamut for healing. You eventually made it your home, became firm in your faith in Bahamut and went off to slay evil dragons so that the fate which became of his town would not come to others. Or something.
ZARATHOS1972 05-19-04, 09:38 PM	Worshiping a dragon deity is easy to pull off for a human, since most humans would live in awe of dragons, good and evil. Maybe you grew up in a city that was protected by a good dragon. Maybe you were friends with a good aligned half-dragon that was killed by the cult of the dragon, or maybe he was an orphan that found out that he had dragon blood in his veins from generations past and is hoping he can find out more about his family history through the worship of bahamut. Once you have grabbed up a reason for why you would worship bahamut, as a paladin, you would have no problem justifying killing every evil dragon in sight.
Morka 05-20-04, 09:31 PM	What about the opposite of what have been said until now? You worship Bahamut because it's your familly's (or even your city's) religion since eons. You actually never saw any dragon, good or evil, except in picture. Now your city suffer from starvation, and the Bahamut high-cleric tell you that the Platinum Dragon will send rain on the city only if a citizen kill an evil dragon. So you decide to undertake a long trip to the Land of Dragons in order to kill one, even if you know nothing of them. Now there could be some other citizens, perhaps evil, who want to kill the dragon themselves to keep the glory for them. They could be good recurent vilains.
Edymnion 05-21-04, 07:30 PM	I essentially combined the two. I used the cliche "Red dragon razed home town, saved by a silver dragon after asking for a sign from any god that was listening" route, but I added a slight twist. I made that person the patron of my character's family line, and that the entire line has been evil dragonslayers in the name of Big B. Thanks for the ideas guys. :)