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Draxo 03-26-07, 03:25 AM	Here my background as i have it so far. Kith was raised as a warrior in his home tribe. His story did not start out spectacular, he was recognised both for his unusual strength (by Kobold standards) and his unusual talent for sorcery, though as he matured his scales turned a slight hint of red: proof of his dragon ancestry and a great honor by Kobold standards. He was assumed to be destined to be a great warrior in his tribe and was trained as he was assumed to be the one who would take over the tribe when the present ruler died. This was not to be, as his tribe area was discovered by Drow slavers, who raided the Kobold tribe. Though he fought bravely, the Kobolds were no match for the better armed and trained Drow slavers. Half the tribe fled while the warriors held them off, which suited the Drow slavers just fine, they wanted only the strongest for sale. Most of the Kobold warriors fell, either by wound or from the Drows sleeping poison, Kith was one of those 'fortunate' enough to survive and be taken into Drow 'care'. Kith was one of the tribe Kobolds that were sold in Myrimidra to the Arena. Others were sold elsewhere, as house slaves or fodder for the army. Kith was the only one that survived in the arena: bought by a wealthy female Drow warrior cleric that had a lust for battle and arena combat, he was a favored pet of this Drow, as he often made her money in the arena, unusually tough by Kobold standards, most Drow considered the Kobold to be a 'joke' and bet against him, the Drow were not the only ones who underestimated the Kobold, other Arena combatants often made the mistake also, underestimating the Kobold led to the deaths of many newer gladiators. It was due to this success that he grew stronger, his desperation turning his focus to enhancing both his combat strength and his magic, both of which he relied on to survive. His success in the arena also gave cause for the Drow warrior to equip some of her houses magical items to the Kobold, as he earned much gold to her with his successes. The attack on the city by Fire giants led to the fall and death of Kiths owner as with most of the Drow population. In the chaos he escaped along with many other slaves and turned his attentions to surviving. He was able to loot some other magical items during his escape, equipping himself with what he found. Kith soon fell into companionship with others who sought to survive in the wake of the Fire Giants occupation of the city, he joined a group that called themselves 'the hidden' and became a valuble member of this group due to his magic. Kith seeks to escape the Drow city and find life elsewhere but so far has not found opportunity to leave. He has limited experience outside the Drow city and does not know where to go, though he is able to teleport his lack of experience of other places lend to it being far less useful at the moment, suitable only to teleport to a few known safe spots around the city, but it is too dangerous to use to go elsewhere. The only other place he knows he could teleport to would be the home lair of his tribe, but it has since been abandoned, he does not know where the rest of his tribe left to, or even if they are still alive. It would be too dangerous for him to aimlessly wander the underdark alone with no destination. What i'm after is a more interesting background / character. What i have so far seems to be a bit of a railroad.. it interested me to write it, but its still only a bit of an introduction.. nothing that really seems to grip the imagination. Its a writeup to the moment he meets the party (just happened after the first session) I'm likely going to be playing this character for years.. so really, i want something more to go on. My characters personality so far is not set.. i see him as being a little subserviant / compliant due to his time as a Drow slave.. more the kind to shrink back the moment a loud voice is raised at him (no intimidate ranks). However he's also got high bluff / diplomacy. So he knows how to talk himself out of a situation / diffuse a temper before it comes to that, i see it as part of his survival tactic after being under Drow 'care' for a number of years. In the past he was a good talker: he was groomed to be, having displayed onvious dragon lineage in the form of a reddish tinge to his scales. Physically he is very balanced. He is 32 point buy, he has all 12's, except a 10 wisdom and 18 charisma, so for a Kobold he is quite strong.. not overly dextrous but quite likable.
David Argall 03-29-07, 01:46 AM	The arena picture does not seem to fit the PC. If you had some sort of fighter type in mind here, this would work, but this apparently is going to be a sorcerer. The victories do not fit well with the idea that he is now on the meek and subservient side. Better would seem to be he is sold to a magic-user who uses him as an assistant. One idea would be that the mage was a wizard who thought Kith had wizard abilities, and threatened Kith because he was doing poorly. So Kith started fooling him by using his sorcerer abilities. Alternately/additionally, he gets involved in some street crime of con game nature, again giving him a background for bluff/diplomacy.