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Buthidae 11-29-03, 02:06 AM	I'm thinking about playing a an half-(wild) elven sorcerer in an upcoming campaign. I was hoping to play a shy/reserved sorcerer who when he/she takes a leadership role he/she does so with a great deal of hesitation. He/she wants to stay in the background, but with the shear force of his persona forces him/her to the front. Is this possible? Would it frustrate you to traveling with a shy sorcerer? Wolverine comes to mind as a character that didn't ask for the spotlight, but had to deal with it. Let me know what you think. Any ideas?
Twilly 11-29-03, 05:52 AM	Ofcourse you can play a shy sorcerer, only your DM can stop you (if he has reasons to do so). Your magic grows rapidly and you're not sure you can handle the vast powers within you. This makes you uncertain about your abilities. Sometimes it is just like that the magic controls you instead of you controlling the magic. You do not want to show this lack of confidence to others and you try to compensate it in some other way (use your charisma).
aleshandre 11-29-03, 06:18 PM	I have known several people who are painfully shy, but are very charismatic. Shyness can be a good way to keep an extremely charismatic character from becoming an overwhelming party member. The people that I know either have a low self-image (like my wife) but have very dominant personalities and are excelent leaders or simply are so attractive/persuasive that people tend to feel compelled to do what they want though they don't try to take control or lead. Either way, the person will lead through example or simple suggestion and others will follow without much effort on the part of the character.
MarcusAurelius 11-29-03, 06:21 PM	Hails! Or you could go the other way completely. Your magic is the one place where you have complete and utter confidence (no other people involved, just you and the weave).......but when you are in the spot light you tend to cringe.....From what you are describing I picture someone who apologizes a lot, or makes self depreciating statements..... <Insert random quote from the character, spoken with utter conviction> followed by "But that's just what I think" while refusing to look anyone in the eye and furiously digging a toe into the ground. And yes, it would be frustrating to follow a shy leader, but it could make for great RP between the characters.......or make for a great set up for "good cop bad cop"........and you come out looking like the benificient leader you are. :)
Buthidae 11-29-03, 07:13 PM	Thanks for all good advice. The more I think about it; the better it sounds. I'm used to playing sneaky rogues or brute fighters. This character has at least one if not two extra layers. It should be a "blast", pun intended, if nothing else.
Lhiannon Sidhe 12-06-03, 03:12 AM	I played a extremly shy character with an 18 charisma once. She was a sorceress, but was forced to hide her powers, since she was from a culture where the only acceptable magic was the divine magic wielded by clerics of the Goddess, any other magic was witchcraft and punishable by death. Her starting skills represented her training to be a cleric, though she ran away after discovering her powers, fearing for her life. After that, no matter what country she was in, she always kept out of the way, and didn't do much to attract attention to herself, she even kept her powers secret from the party, It was about when she was level 7 (started the campaign at level 1) when she finally revealed her powers, since if she didn't, the encounter probably would have been a Total Party Kill. After the party got over the initial shock (extremly low-magic world) and didn't persecute her for her powers, she was a lot more open and willing to use her natural charisma.
Eldrad 12-06-03, 10:47 AM	Thats really freaking cool.