cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/34228007
Paladin who’s just a very devoted low level civil servant, inspired by that time I was a poll worker and that other time I almost worked for the census before COVID fucked everything up
Please help us. Our village suffers raids every night.
Uh huh. But first, how many people live here?
[jots down notes]
And how many are attacking you?
[jots down more notes]
DM: So… boost to perception for the entire party?
This reminds me of a DM who did a setting with an extremely bureaucratic kingdom. We had to get an audience with the king, but the process required jumping through hoops with different paperpushers.
Eventually we were nearly at the hall to meet the king when the guards turned us away for wearing the wrong ties. I got us in by going through the Lionel Hutz “I’m not wearing a tie at all.” routine, which intimidated the guards (not what I was going for, but my table rendition apparently included crazy eyes) .
A character that has all the cringe edgelord hallmarks- black leather clothes, gravely Batman voice, “I work alone” attitude- except he’s a clumsy dwarf that’s more or less cosplaying as The Crow and is forced, despite his demeanor to be a team player. Some day Darkbeard Grimblade will get his chance.
A character with ADD who is lvl 2 in every class.
Can’t focus on anything but highly adaptable to every scenario. Ha!
Reminds me of this… which is so perfectly animated with the constant shift in focus.
Not DnD per se, but Pathfinder. I have several ideas in my back pocket haha.
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Granny cloistered cleric, war priest, or life witch. She’s an absolute mama bear who lost her son who was also an adventurer, and decided that no other parent should go through that. So she falls in with a little group and makes it her duty to keep them safe.
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Pixie runic barbarian. I haven’t totally looked into this, but I think that would allow the pixie to use a runic weapon that’s a normal size so potentially the pixie wouldn’t have to be in the same place or not be able to flank.
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Oread kineticist focusing only on Earth.
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Starlit span magus
I had this character in mind for years and finally took him for a spin a little bit ago.
(Half)-orc slaver/taskmaster. Bard who cracks a whip as his instrument, shouting orders to the party while casting buff spells.
“Murkub shoves the barbarian towards the enemies and yells ‘get in there, you coward’, casting Heroism with the touch.”
Thinks he’s the party leader, but has 8 INT and almost always has to rely on his “thralls” (the rest of the party) to figure out what to do next. My way of playing such a domineering character without actually taking over the whole table’s fun.
“REJOICE, FOR YOU HAVE BEEN SUBSUMED INTO THE WAR BAND OF MURKUB THE HERALD! GROVEL AT MY FEET, THRALL, AND I MAY YET ALLOW YOU TO SERVE ME IN MY QUEST FOR RICHES AND GLORY!”
-My character’s introduction to the other characters, and also his first words to the boss at the end of the dungeon (casting confusion with the monologue)
