Fwiffo86
2015-10-29, 09:38 AM
I'm developing a character that goes like this:
Hermit back ground: Discovery - The actual language that was used to create/write the universe.
Classes - Bard: Lore 6/ Warlock 4 (boon is irrelevant)
Notes: While a bard, he does not speak. He instead activates his abilities using the language he has discovered. I have selected all the spells using the same ideology. Examples: Vicious Mocker, Dissonant Whispers, Command, Healing Word, etc.
Build choices included: Beguiling influence (control through words), Eyes of the Rune Keeper (read all language), did not take eldritch blast. Magic secrets to poach command. Lore for extra skills. Musical instrument proficiencies dumped for tool kit proficiency in Calligraphy, forgery, and thieves tools. Expertise in History and Investigation. While this is far from a combat optimized build (I actually detest optimized builds as power mongering), I am looking for some suggestions.
The game is featless (our preferred method of play) set in Mystara (our preferred world). I'm not looking for build advise. I'm looking for background suggestions.
Rough background: while in solitude, discovered a nearly destroyed forgotten ruin of undetermined age. Inside, scratched on the wall in a very non-visually appealing way were fragments of the language (no message), but upon uttering the first he found, the ground shook, and earth was created from nothing. Study commenced.
Unknown at the time, uttering the first phrase found, drew the attention of (cthulhu like entity here) who promised tutelage in these words and to reveal where more could be found for study. A price was paid, a pact made, etc. He now spends his time hunting down these fragments, knowing that in the wrong hands, they could undo the very foundations of the universe he calls home, and possibly others.
Where I need suggestions: I am having trouble coming up with a suitable patron for the warlock pact. I've run through many old lovecraftian monstrosities, looked at 4th edition warlock patrons (ugh), and even spent several hours data mining online. Can anyone think of or have tucked away in their DM box of baddies a good suggestion? Something knowledge and language based, primordial but structured is what I'm looking for. The structure does not have to conform to euclidean geometry per say, nor have to make sense unless you really think about it.
Hermit back ground: Discovery - The actual language that was used to create/write the universe.
Classes - Bard: Lore 6/ Warlock 4 (boon is irrelevant)
Notes: While a bard, he does not speak. He instead activates his abilities using the language he has discovered. I have selected all the spells using the same ideology. Examples: Vicious Mocker, Dissonant Whispers, Command, Healing Word, etc.
Build choices included: Beguiling influence (control through words), Eyes of the Rune Keeper (read all language), did not take eldritch blast. Magic secrets to poach command. Lore for extra skills. Musical instrument proficiencies dumped for tool kit proficiency in Calligraphy, forgery, and thieves tools. Expertise in History and Investigation. While this is far from a combat optimized build (I actually detest optimized builds as power mongering), I am looking for some suggestions.
The game is featless (our preferred method of play) set in Mystara (our preferred world). I'm not looking for build advise. I'm looking for background suggestions.
Rough background: while in solitude, discovered a nearly destroyed forgotten ruin of undetermined age. Inside, scratched on the wall in a very non-visually appealing way were fragments of the language (no message), but upon uttering the first he found, the ground shook, and earth was created from nothing. Study commenced.
Unknown at the time, uttering the first phrase found, drew the attention of (cthulhu like entity here) who promised tutelage in these words and to reveal where more could be found for study. A price was paid, a pact made, etc. He now spends his time hunting down these fragments, knowing that in the wrong hands, they could undo the very foundations of the universe he calls home, and possibly others.
Where I need suggestions: I am having trouble coming up with a suitable patron for the warlock pact. I've run through many old lovecraftian monstrosities, looked at 4th edition warlock patrons (ugh), and even spent several hours data mining online. Can anyone think of or have tucked away in their DM box of baddies a good suggestion? Something knowledge and language based, primordial but structured is what I'm looking for. The structure does not have to conform to euclidean geometry per say, nor have to make sense unless you really think about it.