Selvetarms Blessed Blades [Archive] - Wizards Community

Selvetarms Blessed Blades [Archive] - Wizards Community

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StoneSinger
03-02-08, 05:26 PM In one of my campaigns I was wanting to feature a sect of Drow favored by Selvetarm. Clerics, Paladins, Templars etc... (In my campaigns Selvetarm is still alive, and a bit more responsive to prayers than normal.) There are enough subraces of Elves and since Drow are already a subrace I do not really want to make a sub-subrace, but I was wanting them to be a bit differant than normal Drow.
Maybe a little beefier, taller, shorter (imagine something 4 1/2 feet tall shield bashing you in the face), blood red hair, something.
Just a few minor things that would mark them as the the elite of Selvetarm's favored. (Not fond of the Selvetargletin really.) I think of them more as bersekers than spider people, but I digress.
Ideas? Suggestions?
Personally im fond of the red hair idea, but all ideas are welcome.
molten_dragon
03-02-08, 05:48 PM The different looks can just be flavor, no reason to change stats based on it. If you want them to be berserkers, just give them barbarian levels. If you want them to stand out especially, you could just make up a few custom feats that would give them unique abilities that they could have.
StoneSinger
03-02-08, 11:07 PM Never really considered changing their stats, just minor physical traits.
Like the hair, height, so on and so forth.
No so much as to make them a new race, just really stand out.
Shiftkitty
03-03-08, 03:47 PM Looks more like a PrC to me instead of a subrace. Had you considered that route?
Lord Karsus
03-05-08, 01:39 AM -Perhaps a feat (free, if you want) to be taken/given at 1st level? "Blessings of Selvatarm". It allows them to be taller/heavier than the usual, a more pronounced physical appearance, and whatever other changes you want to make. But, like molten_dragon said, most of the stuff you are mentioning is not tied to mechanics or anything, and can simply be because you, the DM, want it to be.
StoneSinger
03-05-08, 04:48 PM Always good advice from Lord Karsus, Much appreciated.
The feat is a good idea.
Only other thing I was considering would be to make them either a nocturnal surface dwellers or upper underdark cave system.
I was toying with the idea of selvetarms mark being their skin turning that very very dark blue as drow are often depicted with, height and weight and keeping everything else the same.
If you look at the picture of the Paladin of Slaughter in Unearthed Arcana, that is the ideal image for me concerning the concept of Selvetarm's Blessed.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
StoneSinger 03-02-08, 05:26 PM	In one of my campaigns I was wanting to feature a sect of Drow favored by Selvetarm. Clerics, Paladins, Templars etc... (In my campaigns Selvetarm is still alive, and a bit more responsive to prayers than normal.) There are enough subraces of Elves and since Drow are already a subrace I do not really want to make a sub-subrace, but I was wanting them to be a bit differant than normal Drow. Maybe a little beefier, taller, shorter (imagine something 4 1/2 feet tall shield bashing you in the face), blood red hair, something. Just a few minor things that would mark them as the the elite of Selvetarm's favored. (Not fond of the Selvetargletin really.) I think of them more as bersekers than spider people, but I digress. Ideas? Suggestions? Personally im fond of the red hair idea, but all ideas are welcome.
molten_dragon 03-02-08, 05:48 PM	The different looks can just be flavor, no reason to change stats based on it. If you want them to be berserkers, just give them barbarian levels. If you want them to stand out especially, you could just make up a few custom feats that would give them unique abilities that they could have.
StoneSinger 03-02-08, 11:07 PM	Never really considered changing their stats, just minor physical traits. Like the hair, height, so on and so forth. No so much as to make them a new race, just really stand out.
Shiftkitty 03-03-08, 03:47 PM	Looks more like a PrC to me instead of a subrace. Had you considered that route?
Lord Karsus 03-05-08, 01:39 AM	-Perhaps a feat (free, if you want) to be taken/given at 1st level? "Blessings of Selvatarm". It allows them to be taller/heavier than the usual, a more pronounced physical appearance, and whatever other changes you want to make. But, like molten_dragon said, most of the stuff you are mentioning is not tied to mechanics or anything, and can simply be because you, the DM, want it to be.
StoneSinger 03-05-08, 04:48 PM	Always good advice from Lord Karsus, Much appreciated. The feat is a good idea. Only other thing I was considering would be to make them either a nocturnal surface dwellers or upper underdark cave system. I was toying with the idea of selvetarms mark being their skin turning that very very dark blue as drow are often depicted with, height and weight and keeping everything else the same. If you look at the picture of the Paladin of Slaughter in Unearthed Arcana, that is the ideal image for me concerning the concept of Selvetarm's Blessed.