SangoProduction
2015-06-24, 09:03 PM
EDIT: OK, awesome. Mechanically solved (well enough). Now for what you guys think of the role play opportunities?
ORIGINAL: OK. So, I had an idea of a giant, who had unwittingly (or perhaps wittingly [for a giant], haven't decided) become a host for a necromancer who lives in a cyst formed in his neck (you know, not in the front, where the trouble will be, and not low enough for most attacks to hit, and also not in the head, where snipers would aim). This undead Gnome necromancer has a telepathic control formed from the same ritual that allowed him to bond to the giant. Perhaps it's complete, or perhaps it has faults. I'm leaning towards the latter, but I'm undecided.
And of course the question: "Why the hell is a necromancer inside a giant, and not even in that way?" Well, he was hunted by undead-haters, and was forced into hiding. What better place to hide than a friendly giant? It's not undead at all, no one would look there. Not to mention he can continue his research, and...well, he's got a much stronger body now.
I'm not sure where I should go with this idea quite yet, though, besides just being a concept. I'm definitely thinking it'd have to be an NPC regardless, just because of how strange it is, and then making the character isn't a challenge. It's whatever I say it is. And I can make it a proper 2 different characters.
However, how would you suggest I represent this, if it was a PC? I was thinking of only occasionally splashing into wizard (necromancer, or abjuration), and having a higher intelligence than the character plays it off as. (The primary focus will be martial, but the wizard will help out, when he doesn't fear getting caught.)
ORIGINAL: OK. So, I had an idea of a giant, who had unwittingly (or perhaps wittingly [for a giant], haven't decided) become a host for a necromancer who lives in a cyst formed in his neck (you know, not in the front, where the trouble will be, and not low enough for most attacks to hit, and also not in the head, where snipers would aim). This undead Gnome necromancer has a telepathic control formed from the same ritual that allowed him to bond to the giant. Perhaps it's complete, or perhaps it has faults. I'm leaning towards the latter, but I'm undecided.
And of course the question: "Why the hell is a necromancer inside a giant, and not even in that way?" Well, he was hunted by undead-haters, and was forced into hiding. What better place to hide than a friendly giant? It's not undead at all, no one would look there. Not to mention he can continue his research, and...well, he's got a much stronger body now.
I'm not sure where I should go with this idea quite yet, though, besides just being a concept. I'm definitely thinking it'd have to be an NPC regardless, just because of how strange it is, and then making the character isn't a challenge. It's whatever I say it is. And I can make it a proper 2 different characters.
However, how would you suggest I represent this, if it was a PC? I was thinking of only occasionally splashing into wizard (necromancer, or abjuration), and having a higher intelligence than the character plays it off as. (The primary focus will be martial, but the wizard will help out, when he doesn't fear getting caught.)