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Rowyn 12-12-06, 02:19 AM	I am starting a very difficult campaign that the DM has informed us at least a few of us will die and because of that a few of us have gotten together to work on character optimized cheese builds to see how effective they are (with the DM's knowledge and permission). Remember we are Min/maxing and not cheating. I am trying to come up with an interesting storyline to tie my character to another one. The whole party knows each other before we start (Cheesy way to ignore PC flags in the beginning) Starting level is 5th and we will probably level relatively fast if we survive. This is actually a module but he won't let us find out which one. He said it goes from 5 - 12. At 12 we will enter into Eberron (aparently its an Eberron module of some sort) My class: I am the Kick of Smach PsyWarrior/Illithid Slayer/Warshapper, race is Elan and the rest is pretty close to that. Friends class: He is doing a Human Frenzied Zerker, He is getting is prePrC as 2Fighter/2PsyWarrior/2Barbarian as a Human to get the bonus feats and a few Psionic powers. My idea is Brothers but that might be to cheesy for me. If I went with brothers I would say we are very competitive on the battlefield and turn it into a constant competition to kill more creatures then he did. I want to tie in the fact that I turned into an Elan and why I did it. Anyone have any good ideas?
Werrwaaa 12-12-06, 08:34 PM	Well, you both have Psychic levels, so play off of that. Maybe you were both persecuted for your abilities, and that lead you to one another? If psionics is a bit more organized, maybe you guys could have been classmates at some kind of training institution... and attack by Illithids through him in rage ('Zerker) and you remained a bit more suble in your vengeance (Slayer)?
Rowyn 12-13-06, 12:23 PM	So here is what I have come up with so far. Let me know if you have any suggestions. Also note the bonus I added into to this I made extremely weak, +1 for 2 rounds to attack if they pass a spot check, are within 30 feet and the other brother kills someone. This is not ment to help them but rather keep the storyline as part of the gameplay. Characters - Tarqquin (mine), Zerker (friends but not sure of char name) Growing up as brothers we were always very good friends but very competitive when it came to fighting. Tarqquin 2 years older then Zerker and was always more intelligent but not quite as strong. When we were only 6/4 our father signed us up for little league battle training, he was a good fighter but always had a drinking problem (drunken master) which led the occasional beatings at home and pushed our competitiveness. During battle training Tarqquin would always outsmart Zerker and it would infuriate him. When we were 18/16 Tarqquin was choosen by the Elan and Zerker was not and that finally drove him over the edge. Zerker disappeared for weeks in a crazy rage (he is writting what happened while he was gone). When he had returned Tarqquin was no longer around. They spent a few years apart until Tarqquin returned as an Elan and had greater PsyWarrior Powers. Zerker had learned to channel his rage to grant him a major advantage in combat. It was a time of peace when Tarqquin returned so they both had some downtime and became very good friends without their drunken abusive father around to constantly force them into competition. After a while they found work together soldiering and the competitive sides came back, but this time in a much more friendly way. They always compete for the most kills in battle. Whoever wins that honor constantly reminds the other. If one of the brothers kills a creature within 30 feet of the other then the other brother must roll a spot check, if he makes it he gets +1 attack for 2 rounds from his competitive nature.