A Gray Phantom
2007-04-30, 02:31 AM
:thog: An endearing character, Paper Lotus is a Half-Orc monk with an incredible knack for origami. He seems to bend the paper at will, folding incredible works of art in seconds.
I'm planning on pitting this character against the players in my D&D game, and need a little help. But first, a little backstory!
I was originally inspired by the anime: Read or Die (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXZ1kmP4kEQ&NR=1). <-- This is a poor quality clip of Yomiko Readman using her powers to control paper. If anyone has a better clip, PLEASE post a link :biggrin:. Also, Yomiko would make the coolest host for Reading Rainbow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW6RoNuLkMQ) (I hope I'm not the only one who watched that show in 2nd grade). Also, check out this nice fan art of Yomiko (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/35241977/?qo=7&q=yomiko+readman&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5).
The martial arts part is easy: A Half-Orc with levels in the monk class. High strength, followed by good wisdom and dexterity, and a fair con. Charisma would be his dump stat: He's lovable and kind, but is very shy and gets nervous around women.
His paper magic, though, is tricky.
The spells/powers would be as follows:
Paper Chains and Bonds: Like entangle (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/entangle.htm), but uses paper rather than plants.
Wall of Paper: Like any of the "wall of (fire/ice/anything)," but creates a weak wall of paper.
Thousand Crane Attack: Like summon swarm (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/summonSwarm.htm), only one thousand paper cranes attack the target, causing multiple paper cuts - only dealing non-lethal damage.
Paper Trick: A simple origami magic power that allows you to make very simple puppets, dolls, toys, and whatever. Like prestidigitation (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/prestidigitation.htm), it is a simple trick that can produce a myriad of amusing gimmicks.
All the spells/powers would need large amounts paper as a material component.
As DM, I could simply say that he's a half-orc that has spell-like abilities to control paper, but I think it would be nice to have some stats punched out for this fella.
At first I thought about making a sorcerer/monk, but I'd never pull it off with Paper's horrendous charisma score (I'm thinking of basing his power aroud wisdom). Then there's the problem with multiclassing in between monk and sorcerer.
I then thought about psionics... however, I don't know how psionics works (everyone I've ever met tells me that it's broken and forbid it in their games :smallconfused:).
I tried to read up on the mechanics, but I couldn't understand it. Would Paper have to be in a psionic class to have psionic powers? If so, what do I do about his levels in monk?
What do I do? I like this character, and wouldn't mind actually playing it in a game that I'm not running.
One more thing..
:thog: "I, Paper Lotus, thank you for taking the time to help polish off my, Paper Lotus', stats. To show my appreciation, I will make paper flowers for everyone!" ~ (Starts folding like crazy!)
@~'~~ (isn't my flower pretty?)
I'm planning on pitting this character against the players in my D&D game, and need a little help. But first, a little backstory!
I was originally inspired by the anime: Read or Die (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXZ1kmP4kEQ&NR=1). <-- This is a poor quality clip of Yomiko Readman using her powers to control paper. If anyone has a better clip, PLEASE post a link :biggrin:. Also, Yomiko would make the coolest host for Reading Rainbow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW6RoNuLkMQ) (I hope I'm not the only one who watched that show in 2nd grade). Also, check out this nice fan art of Yomiko (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/35241977/?qo=7&q=yomiko+readman&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5).
The martial arts part is easy: A Half-Orc with levels in the monk class. High strength, followed by good wisdom and dexterity, and a fair con. Charisma would be his dump stat: He's lovable and kind, but is very shy and gets nervous around women.
His paper magic, though, is tricky.
The spells/powers would be as follows:
Paper Chains and Bonds: Like entangle (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/entangle.htm), but uses paper rather than plants.
Wall of Paper: Like any of the "wall of (fire/ice/anything)," but creates a weak wall of paper.
Thousand Crane Attack: Like summon swarm (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/summonSwarm.htm), only one thousand paper cranes attack the target, causing multiple paper cuts - only dealing non-lethal damage.
Paper Trick: A simple origami magic power that allows you to make very simple puppets, dolls, toys, and whatever. Like prestidigitation (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/prestidigitation.htm), it is a simple trick that can produce a myriad of amusing gimmicks.
All the spells/powers would need large amounts paper as a material component.
As DM, I could simply say that he's a half-orc that has spell-like abilities to control paper, but I think it would be nice to have some stats punched out for this fella.
At first I thought about making a sorcerer/monk, but I'd never pull it off with Paper's horrendous charisma score (I'm thinking of basing his power aroud wisdom). Then there's the problem with multiclassing in between monk and sorcerer.
I then thought about psionics... however, I don't know how psionics works (everyone I've ever met tells me that it's broken and forbid it in their games :smallconfused:).
I tried to read up on the mechanics, but I couldn't understand it. Would Paper have to be in a psionic class to have psionic powers? If so, what do I do about his levels in monk?
What do I do? I like this character, and wouldn't mind actually playing it in a game that I'm not running.
One more thing..
:thog: "I, Paper Lotus, thank you for taking the time to help polish off my, Paper Lotus', stats. To show my appreciation, I will make paper flowers for everyone!" ~ (Starts folding like crazy!)
@~'~~ (isn't my flower pretty?)