McClintock
2010-04-12, 12:32 PM
So, I am planning a tiefling Swash/Fighter/Dervish and have written her background. He is her background and her basic stats. 32PB
I plan on running he as a pirate type personality with a bit of VELLA from the Eddings books thrown in for spice.
I am looking for suggestions and opinions. One point of note: The thief, LIEF, was a PCs old character who found the hand of Vecna and used it. I am taking a bit of liberty with my character being born a Tiefling, but the DM approves and thinks it will be interesting. We are going to do some low level modules to get us ready for the RED HAND of DOOM. Hopefully this helps with some of your questions.
Jayde Whispersong,
Female Planetouched, Tiefling SwBklr1: CR 1; Medium Outsider (Native); HD 1d10+2(Swashbuckler) ; hp 12; Init +4; Spd 30; AC:17 (Flatfooted:13 Touch:14); Atk +3 base melee, +5 base ranged; +3 (1d6+2, Scimitar); SA: Darkness (Sp) ; SQ: Subtype: Native, Darkvision (Ex): 60 ft., Resistance: Cold (Ex): 5, Resistance: Electricity (Ex): 5, Resistance: Fire (Ex): 5, No Dual Nature (Ex); AL NG; SV Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +2; STR 14, DEX 18, CON 14, INT 14, WIS 14, CHA 6.
Skills: Bluff +2, Climb +4, Escape Artist +6, Hide +5, Jump +5, Perform (Dance) +0, Profession (Sailor) +5, Swim +1, Tumble +7.
Jayde's mother was a beautiful elven woman who was seduced by a comely thief at large in the world. The thief, Leif, was tainted by an artifact that he had taken possession of on his adventures. Never quite the same again, Leaf began to travel the world in search of the artifact's second piece.
Realizing the danger that these two artifacts could bring to her and her unborn child, the elven woman ran. Scared for her child's life, she ran to the nearest port city and signed on to the first ship she could find as a scullery maid/ship wench. Jumping ship to ship every few weeks until she landed on a ship with a respectable captain who noticed that she was pregnant, he offered her a permanent place on his ship as a cartographer/navigator (after she demonstrated some ability in that area.) Soon after she and the captain "wed" and he raised the child, Jayde(who was named for her beautiful gold-flecked green eyes), as his own. When the child was still young, a violent storm hit the boat and many are lost, including the child's mother. The captain had grown to love the elven maiden whom had taken refuge on his ship and decided to keep the child and raise her as his own.
Around 10 years of age she began to exhibit some aptitude with sword play and the captain had fashioned a scimitar for her. Soon he began to teach her how to defend herself. She was a quick study, and by the age of 15 she could hold her own against much of the crew.
The taint of the artifact from her father's heritage began to appear at this time. Traces of her planar heritage started to creep in and land-dwellers ridiculed her for her pointy teeth and slightly darker/scaly skin. Being from an ocean going vessel, it was easy to play off the skin as weather beaten and tanned, but the fangs were considerably harder. Taken to wearing veils and remaining quiet when on land as much as possible, people asked if she was one of the court dancers from the far south. To keep the disguise believable, Jayde took up dancing and learned to entertain as a means to earn extra money when in port. Many of the southern patrons remarked at her skill and pointed out that she would make a fine "dervish" guard to their masters, should the captain wish to "part" with her. Though slavery didn't appeal to her, she was intrigued by the concept of the dervish. Every chance she got, she researched the dervish and tried to learn as much as she could about these skilled warriors.
Around her 20th year, her father became stricken with an illness that baffled even the most powerful clerics. It was as he lay on his deathbed that he told her of her mother and her origins. He explained of the fear her mother had of her true father and why she had run to the sea. He asked her not to seek out her father, fearing for her life and promised her that she would always have a home on the Sea Dragon (his ship), so long as one of his sons (of which he had 3) was the captain. (Her brothers knew of her heritage and loved her, but feared her true father's reputation in lieu of her mother's warnings)
After her "father's" death, Jayde has decided to leave the ship and head inland. She wishes to discover more of her heritage, and about these whirling fighters called the dervish. Her mother was loving and had a caring soul, Jayde wishes to learn more about her also. She does not hope to ever meet her father, but is determined to be ready should he ever come calling on her.
I plan on running he as a pirate type personality with a bit of VELLA from the Eddings books thrown in for spice.
I am looking for suggestions and opinions. One point of note: The thief, LIEF, was a PCs old character who found the hand of Vecna and used it. I am taking a bit of liberty with my character being born a Tiefling, but the DM approves and thinks it will be interesting. We are going to do some low level modules to get us ready for the RED HAND of DOOM. Hopefully this helps with some of your questions.
Jayde Whispersong,
Female Planetouched, Tiefling SwBklr1: CR 1; Medium Outsider (Native); HD 1d10+2(Swashbuckler) ; hp 12; Init +4; Spd 30; AC:17 (Flatfooted:13 Touch:14); Atk +3 base melee, +5 base ranged; +3 (1d6+2, Scimitar); SA: Darkness (Sp) ; SQ: Subtype: Native, Darkvision (Ex): 60 ft., Resistance: Cold (Ex): 5, Resistance: Electricity (Ex): 5, Resistance: Fire (Ex): 5, No Dual Nature (Ex); AL NG; SV Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +2; STR 14, DEX 18, CON 14, INT 14, WIS 14, CHA 6.
Skills: Bluff +2, Climb +4, Escape Artist +6, Hide +5, Jump +5, Perform (Dance) +0, Profession (Sailor) +5, Swim +1, Tumble +7.
Jayde's mother was a beautiful elven woman who was seduced by a comely thief at large in the world. The thief, Leif, was tainted by an artifact that he had taken possession of on his adventures. Never quite the same again, Leaf began to travel the world in search of the artifact's second piece.
Realizing the danger that these two artifacts could bring to her and her unborn child, the elven woman ran. Scared for her child's life, she ran to the nearest port city and signed on to the first ship she could find as a scullery maid/ship wench. Jumping ship to ship every few weeks until she landed on a ship with a respectable captain who noticed that she was pregnant, he offered her a permanent place on his ship as a cartographer/navigator (after she demonstrated some ability in that area.) Soon after she and the captain "wed" and he raised the child, Jayde(who was named for her beautiful gold-flecked green eyes), as his own. When the child was still young, a violent storm hit the boat and many are lost, including the child's mother. The captain had grown to love the elven maiden whom had taken refuge on his ship and decided to keep the child and raise her as his own.
Around 10 years of age she began to exhibit some aptitude with sword play and the captain had fashioned a scimitar for her. Soon he began to teach her how to defend herself. She was a quick study, and by the age of 15 she could hold her own against much of the crew.
The taint of the artifact from her father's heritage began to appear at this time. Traces of her planar heritage started to creep in and land-dwellers ridiculed her for her pointy teeth and slightly darker/scaly skin. Being from an ocean going vessel, it was easy to play off the skin as weather beaten and tanned, but the fangs were considerably harder. Taken to wearing veils and remaining quiet when on land as much as possible, people asked if she was one of the court dancers from the far south. To keep the disguise believable, Jayde took up dancing and learned to entertain as a means to earn extra money when in port. Many of the southern patrons remarked at her skill and pointed out that she would make a fine "dervish" guard to their masters, should the captain wish to "part" with her. Though slavery didn't appeal to her, she was intrigued by the concept of the dervish. Every chance she got, she researched the dervish and tried to learn as much as she could about these skilled warriors.
Around her 20th year, her father became stricken with an illness that baffled even the most powerful clerics. It was as he lay on his deathbed that he told her of her mother and her origins. He explained of the fear her mother had of her true father and why she had run to the sea. He asked her not to seek out her father, fearing for her life and promised her that she would always have a home on the Sea Dragon (his ship), so long as one of his sons (of which he had 3) was the captain. (Her brothers knew of her heritage and loved her, but feared her true father's reputation in lieu of her mother's warnings)
After her "father's" death, Jayde has decided to leave the ship and head inland. She wishes to discover more of her heritage, and about these whirling fighters called the dervish. Her mother was loving and had a caring soul, Jayde wishes to learn more about her also. She does not hope to ever meet her father, but is determined to be ready should he ever come calling on her.