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The Bandicoot
2012-06-15, 09:08 PM
This idea is brutally and unabashedly stolen from TheJudicator :smalltongue:

First, a bit of background. I've always liked the idea of multiple realities and a slightly different version of yourself in each reality. Over the years I've had a habit of playing halfling bards. One such character started out as a barbarian, quickly picked up the bardic abilities, and ended the campaign as an epic level demi-god plane/reality traveler(Really going to have to write out some of those stories one of these days)

So basically, an idea for a campaign I have is Flarg(the character), or a version of him, started traveling between realities and gathering up the different Flargs for one purpose or another.

What that purpose is I'll figure out myself, what I'm looking for from The Playground is a bit of your creative juices. The only things that need to be the same about the Flargs are
1.Be a halfling.
2.Be named Flarg and have a title (i.e. Flarg the Traveler)
NEW RULE
3.Be atleast semi-serious (NO FUNNY BUSINESS!)

Besides that go wild. Any level of detail is welcome, from a one sentence idea onward.

Thanks in advance! :D

List of Flargs
1.Flarg The Traveler
2.Flarg the Well-Mannered (Geostationary)
3.Flarg the Flayer (DaMullet)
4.Flarg the Fair (Archpaladin Zousha)
5.Flarg the Changed (Archpaladin Zousha)
6.Flarg the One Who Knew This Would Happen Some Day! They Called Him Crazy, But Now He'll Show Them! He'll Show Them ALL!(Sith Happens)
7.Flarg the Frightful(Xiander)
8.Flarg the Brewer (Jan Mattys)
9.Flarg the Flarg (Doorhandle)
10.Flarg the Rogue Trader(Doorhandle)
11.Flarg the Politically Active(Falconer)
12.Flarg the Not-Particularly-Great, but-Not-Particularly-Bad-Either, and So-Really-Just-Overall-Kind-of-Okay(Falconer)
13. Flarg the Oh-God-Oh-God-What-Have-You-Done
14.Flarg The Almost, But Not Quite, Entirely Unlike Tea(Sith Happens)
15.Flarg the Discontent(Reynard)
16.Flarg the Many(Jack of Spades)
17.Flarg the Feral(Jack of Spades)
18.Flarg the Showman(Jack of Spades)
19.Flarg the Faithful (Acanous)
20.Flarg the Oblivious(Manly Man)
21.Flarg the Fleet(Modified from newBlazingAngel)
22.Flarg the Good Twin
23.Flarg the Bad Twin (Modified from newBlazingAngel)
24.Flarg the Wannabe Adventurer (newBlazingAngel)
25.Flarg the F.L.A.R.G.(DiBastet)
26.Flarg the Bearded(Exception to Rule 3 because BEARDS ARE AWESOME.) (Hylas)
27.Flarg the Black (Manly Man)
28.Flarg the Perpetually Absentminded (Balmas)
29.Flarg the Occasionally Honest (Xiander)

More?

NikitaDarkstar
2012-06-15, 09:32 PM
Sounds like you need to pick up Neil Gaiman's Interworld, it plays with the same basic idea. :)

Geostationary
2012-06-15, 10:50 PM
Flarg the Well-Mannered- dark master of behaving in polite society, Flarg is on a quest to locate the great and powerful Cravat of Savoir Faire, that his manners may outdo the gods themselves! He grew up with some very polite barbarians, you see.

Or did you want something more serious?

Frenth Alunril
2012-06-15, 11:04 PM
There was a great book for the alternity system called tangents. It's kind of like a manual of the planes for an SF game. You should check that out. One of the last TSR books.

This reminds me of the madam Web plots on the animated Spiderman series from the 90s.

DaMullet
2012-06-15, 11:22 PM
Flarg the Flayer: Raised by orcs and demonstrating an inborn proficiency with the bullwhip, became in time the clan's official (insofar as the word has meaning in a barbarian tribe) slaver. He owns several whips, each one with a name reflecting the circumstances in which he earned or acquired it.

The Bandicoot
2012-06-15, 11:45 PM
Added both to my list of Flargs.

Weather their completely ridiculous or skull-shatteringly serious and scary it doesn't matter :P

Archpaladin Zousha
2012-06-16, 12:56 AM
Flarg the Fair: Flarg was easily the most handsome member of his tribe, being so skilled in battle he'd never been injured, and thus bore no scars.

Flarg the Changed: While Flarg's life wasn't all that strange as far as adventuring careers go, most adventurers try to find a cure when they're transformed into the opposite gender by a cursed belt.

Sith_Happens
2012-06-16, 02:42 AM
Flarg the One Who Knew This Would Happen Some Day! They Called Him Crazy, But Now He'll Show Them! He'll Show Them ALL!

Pretty self-explanatory.:smalltongue:

Xiander
2012-06-16, 02:48 AM
Flarg the frightful, coward extraordinaire :smallwink:

Jan Mattys
2012-06-16, 05:10 AM
Flarg the Brewer
Flarg is a nice fellow who spent his time in the family brewery. He became quite famous for his mead, and met all kinds of adventurers in his tavern. He never understood that "adventuring thing", being quite content of living the simple and quiet life of the village's brewer. Monsters, spells, incantations and weapons are not really his cup of tea.

Doorhandle
2012-06-16, 06:21 AM
Flarg the Flarg: What happens when you use astral fusion on a phrenal fractal bear. It's flargs all the way down.

Flarg the rogue-trader: in the grim darkness of the far future, there is only the profit margin!

The Bandicoot
2012-06-16, 10:54 AM
Flarg the Flarg? OHGODNOWHATHAVEYOUDONE!

*activates secret cache of world-ending explosive runes at the earth's core to prevent the end of the multiverse*

Falconer
2012-06-16, 01:36 PM
Flarg the Politically Active: Passes out leaflets advocating for democratic reforms in whatever kingdom he happens to be in at the time.

Flarg the Not-Particularly-Great, but-Not-Particularly-Bad-Either, and So-Really-Just-Overall-Kind-of-Okay

Sith_Happens
2012-06-17, 12:47 AM
Flarg the Not-Particularly-Great, but-Not-Particularly-Bad-Either, and So-Really-Just-Overall-Kind-of-Okay

Flarg The Almost, But Not Quite, Entirely Unlike Tea

Reynard
2012-06-17, 02:48 AM
Flarg the Discontent.

This Flarg is never completely happy with what he has. Become head of his family, want to be leader of tribe. Become leader of tribe, want to be leader of all tribes. Marry most beautiful woman in tribe, seek out most beautiful woman in land. Have 3 children, want 4.

Jack of Spades
2012-06-17, 04:44 AM
Flarg the Many

Flarg was born to a tribe of feral halflings who, in an attempt to scare off the Big Folk, would tie themselves to one another to create strange halfling-constructs. Occasionally they ended up bound together by more potent things than rope, especially since that necromancer moved into the swamp. Flarg, showing great acuity as a multiwarrior, quickly rose through the ranks of his village's guards until reaching the vaunted rank of Captain, head and shoulders among his comrades as... Well, the head and shoulders of his comrades! Flarg stands at a crossroads: Will Flarg choose to use his newfound rank to revolt against the necromancer's lordship; or will he become a brute in service to the very same, bound to his squad by eldritch magics and able to command them as never before? Either way, he may just sit in the pub and have a strong drink first. Possibly also a good nervous laugh/cry.

Flarg the Feral

Poor Flarg was a bastard born to a proud orcish she-barbarian. Assumed to be a runt or otherwise infirm, he was thrown out into the wilds to fend for himself. Luckily, local ratspiderwolves mistook his tiny form as one of their larva, and took him in. The result is a Flarg in possession of a hunter's eye and a nasty disposition. As the new alpha of his ratspiderwolf family, he has the resources to destroy those who would intrude upon his territory (or try to give him a bath).

Flarg the Showman

Flarg's tribe is a traveling carnival of bloodsports and debauchery. They travel the land raiding whoever won't pay them and entertaining those who will. Flarg and his tribe are equally skilled at the arts of carousal, juggling, battle, and group-writing their bestselling book series "101 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Fire," "101 Places You Didn't Know You Could Put Fire," "101 Problems You Didn't Know Could Be Solved With Fire," and "101 Other Stories About Fire."

Acanous
2012-06-17, 05:33 AM
Flarg the Faithful
This Flarg was particlarly devout, becomming a cleric of Gruumsh. He never managed to join his Orc and Half-Orc comrades who managed to become an EYE of Gruumsh, but he didn't let that stop him from going through the cerimony. Now he's only got one eye, and the other clerics of the tribe gave him the moniker "The faithful" out of respect for his devotion.

Manly Man
2012-06-17, 09:36 AM
Flarg the Oblivious-

Having lived among humans his entire life, Flarg never had it very easy. Everyone was twice his height and about four times his weight, and it was always used against him. Flarg knew he was different, but he didn't know just how different he actually was; Flarg's parents were halflings, and he never knew, having been told by adoptive human parents that he was simply born short, and was often referred to as a "dwarf"- though he never accepted that one very well, as he was by no means anything like those stiff bastards- or a "midget". His occupation is that of a "Tailor and Champion of the Vertically Challenged."

The Bandicoot
2012-06-17, 11:14 AM
All added and a new restriction put into place. While all the funny submissions have been GRADE-A HILARITY MY GOOD SIRS AND MADAMS I need some more serious submissions now. :smallfrown:

newBlazingAngel
2012-06-17, 10:03 PM
Flarg the fleet footed.

He's an olympic grade sprinter. A thief as well. Can outrun a horse

Flarg the evil opposite

Do I need to explain this?

Flarg the wannabe adventurer

He means well but he fails to actually acquire any proper loot, or level up, or fight off even the sickliest kobolds.

DiBastet
2012-06-17, 11:01 PM
Flarg the F.L.A.R.G. - Flarg is member of a multi-racial team composed of victorian steampunk artificers and occult slayers. F.L.A.R.G. stands for Full Local Assembly Resource Gadget, his mechanical halfling-sized backpack with mechanical devices for every situation.

CapnRedBeard
2012-06-17, 11:19 PM
Please tell me that you've seen this movie:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/film/2002/Apr02/The_One.jpg

It's one of Jet Li's better flicks...and if you are anything like me...you think they are all pretty good.

ZakRenning
2012-06-17, 11:27 PM
Flarg the Grocer.

Flarg the Retired.

Flarg the Pyro.

Flarg the Targe (Halfling/human shield)

Flarg the Botanist

Hylas
2012-06-17, 11:44 PM
Flarg the Bearded (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=189133&highlight=bearded+warrior)

Flarg the Bearded is the most majestic of all Flargs and is vastly superior to all Flargs without a beard. He has great wisdom and knowledge in all of life's paths, and meditates regularly to contemplate the great mysteries of the multiverse.

Manly Man
2012-06-20, 03:53 AM
Flarg the Black-

Flarg is unashamed of many things, as he considers them only shards of a past that does not haunt him. He lives for the now, he lives to improve the future, and he lives... for justice.

Abandoned as a child, being the bastard of two halfling nobles who were unmarried, and so they left him in a place where they knew such a thing as one's circumstance of birth would be of little to no matter; laid upon the steps of a temple, the young halfling had been taken in and taught from the time he was a mere babe to the prodigy he is now. His teachers? A monastery composed of monks, ninjas, and swordsages, all practicing various methods to use one's mind to overcome the troubles of the physical world.

Throughout his training, Flarg began to wonder why he was so sheltered from the outside world, and why such things as he was being taught were not used for anything more than "enlightenment," as his masters called it. One night, he displayed an uncanny ingenuity in the usage of his skills, still green, but able to use what few things he knew to break free of his bonds and see what was to be seen.

To say the least, he didn't like what he saw one bit.

Venturing to the first large city he happened upon, Flarg was horrified by what went on around him; racism of any and all kinds being used as premises for denying those who were in need, the spurning of the rights of the weak for the amusement of the rich and corrupt few, and the brutal acts of theft and violence that left people jobless, homeless, and in many cases, lifeless. For this, Flarg would not stand.

He set his sights high, aiming for the clouds and shooting as far as he could, albeit a tad blindly. A particularly cruel noble had been seen kicking dirt in the faces of those who groveled and plead for just a few more days to pay their taxes. The nobleman merely laughed at their pitiful displays, spitting on them as he robbed them of everything they had. That night, Flarg paid the nobleman a visit.

Cold, tart liquid was splashed into his face, and when he tried to move his hands to wipe it away, he found that he could not move them. In fact, he could hardly move anything, as he had been tied to his bedposts, completely and utterly helpless. When he screamed, all that came from his mouth was a muffled gurgling noise; he had been gagged with strips of linen that were stuffed into his mouth. Above him stood a small man, wearing nothing but fine, black silk, a cowl over his face, though all the nobleman needed to see was the sheer hatred and disgust in the halfling's icy blue eyes to know that he was doomed. He saw what had been poured over him as well, a green bottle of wine with a rather bulbous bottom was in the little one's hand. It was cheap and bitter, the sort of thing that the poor could barely afford that still tasted little better than piss. It was only fitting, he mused.

Drawing a wickedly crooked dagger, the halfling wordlessly leaned downward and, the blade clutched tightly, carved into the noble's fleshy chest words that rung too truly to be denied, all of them single-worded descriptions of his wrongdoings, words like "avarice", "spite", and "hubris". When he was finished, the blood running down the sides of his moaning victim, Flarg left without a single utterance, though inside, he felt his heart and soul both shrieking simultaneously that he needed to do this, that this was his destiny. He was to punish, to right those who were wronged, and to induce positive change by scaring the foul straight.

Deeming his first self-appointed mission a success when the next morning he heard the announcement that the noble was going to drop more than half of his taxes, Flarg had made up his mind, and decided to dedicate his life to the betterment of civilized life on the whole, even if he needed to cut his name into the guts of the villains who made the problems in the first place. Flarg was soon given the reputation of being naught but a shadow of vengeance, appearing in the lives of the cruel and oppressive when they had finally gone too far. Known simply as The Black Revenge, Flarg was both a hero to the weak and a menace to the powerful, and was to be remembered as such for generations.

Balmas
2012-06-20, 05:10 AM
Flarg the Perpetually Absentminded: Flarg is a danger, both to himself and to others. However, this is not so much a result of any design so much as it is his state of mind; his reality attaches to ours only at the corners. This would not be so bad were he not an aging wizard with a propensity for meteor swarms.

He hovers almost constantly, sometimes floating up to examine a passing butterfly or sinking down to look at a flower. Most frustrating to his enemies is his obliviousness. He could be under attack from an army of orcs, and still not understand that these creatures are either hostile, or even that they're there.

The image you want is that of a harmless child, innocent in its purity. Now, give that child godlike powers and set him loose on a planet.

The secret is that he's actually completely sane. In one of his magical experiments, he gained a glimpse of the deep underlying truth of the universe. He decided that it would be better and easier to ignore it, and used a spell to create the alternate personality that the world sees. In times of extreme danger, the true self will surface.

Xiander
2012-06-20, 05:51 AM
Flarg the occasionally honest.

Flarg does not want to be a liar. He likes it when people trust him, and he wants to tell them the truth... But it is so much easier to lie. Telling the truth requires so much concentration and you have to remember what actually happened, and most of the time it's really boring.
So Flarg lies.... A lot.

Vknight
2012-06-20, 06:37 AM
Flarg the Ausie
This Flarg has a boomerang, a dire croc companion, and a mantaray flying carpet

Doorhandle
2012-06-20, 06:40 AM
4.Be atleast semi-serious (NO FUNNY BUSINESS!)

...which is going to be very hard with a name like "Flarg."

The Bandicoot
2012-06-20, 07:18 AM
...which is going to be very hard with a name like "Flarg."

I can think of quite a few people that would politely disagree with you.

Granted, to be fair, Flarg's namesake isn't the most serious gnome by far(He had a penchant for eating his own pants.....). It was however, one of the most interesting characters I've seen so I tend to name any gnome or halfling I play Flarg.

Will add the serious suggestions as soon as I get access to a computer.

chainer1216
2012-06-21, 12:18 PM
Flarg the incandescent
Flarg the dauntless
and my favorite: Flarg the unusually tall

Dr Bwaa
2012-06-21, 01:09 PM
Man this is a lot of fun. Serious and somewhat-less-serious mixed together here.

Flarg the Mighty
Flarg is as strong as two Flargs!

Flarg the Frozen
Flarg is trapped (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teferi#Tolaria) in a pocket of extreme slow-time. For every second he experiences, twenty years pass on the Prime Material (time ratio 1 : 631,138,520).

Flarg the Wise
Flarg always knows the right thing to do in any situation, given the options.

Flarg the Wizened
Flarg is older than most other living beings! His favorite pastimes include sitting on his stoop and yelling at people younger than him, which is everybody.

Flarg the Fake
Flarg is only a simulacrum!

Flarg the Frank
Flarg always speaks his mind, whether or not it's socially appropriate, and whether or not anyone is even there to listen.

Flarg the Foolish
Flarg is not burdened with an overabundance of common sense.

Flarg the Famished
Flarg is hungry! Flarg is always hungry!

Flarg the Fat*
Flarg's greatest sin is gluttony.

Flarg the Fiddler
Flarg is extremely adept with all stringed instruments. His performances have been known to bring tyrants to tears.

Flarg the Unholy
Flarg worships Erythnul and if you survive, you can too!

Flarg the Finned
Flarg is a fish! Well, okay, Flarg is amphibious.

Flarg the Fixed
Flarg is sterile, much to his and his wife's dismay.


I'm sure I'll come back with more of these. Very entertaining topic! :smallbiggrin:


*In fact Flarg the Famished, from the future.