Theodoxus
2014-08-22, 05:00 PM
I'm getting the opportunity to finally play a 5E campaign - it's a homebrew based on Eberron. I've never played Eberron before, other than messing around a bit on the FtP MMO.
That said, my friend is going to be a HElf bard with the urchin background, and I'm planning on being the tank - dwarf barbarian with high dex and con, lowish str. Due to this, I'm going with the rapier / shield combination. I'm also planning on taking the noble background.
The character interaction will be, my character, Lord Revelstoke, sees an urchan half-elf boy on the streets, takes pity on him, sends him to bard school and once graduated, takes him along his adventures to win fame and prestige together.
The thought of a barbarian in noble dress, wielding a foppish rapier and buckler is too good to pass up - but, I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around how to refluff rage, keeping it mechanically the same, yet not based on 'grr, I'm so mad, i'm gonna rip your face off' but 'idk, something noble and cool.'
I'm not looking for a noble savage type thing, but actual panache - like indignation that he's being attacked and thus 'sluffs' (to borrow a LARP term) half the damage.
Anyone done something similar or have suggestions? Please and thank you.
That said, my friend is going to be a HElf bard with the urchin background, and I'm planning on being the tank - dwarf barbarian with high dex and con, lowish str. Due to this, I'm going with the rapier / shield combination. I'm also planning on taking the noble background.
The character interaction will be, my character, Lord Revelstoke, sees an urchan half-elf boy on the streets, takes pity on him, sends him to bard school and once graduated, takes him along his adventures to win fame and prestige together.
The thought of a barbarian in noble dress, wielding a foppish rapier and buckler is too good to pass up - but, I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around how to refluff rage, keeping it mechanically the same, yet not based on 'grr, I'm so mad, i'm gonna rip your face off' but 'idk, something noble and cool.'
I'm not looking for a noble savage type thing, but actual panache - like indignation that he's being attacked and thus 'sluffs' (to borrow a LARP term) half the damage.
Anyone done something similar or have suggestions? Please and thank you.