[D&D-5e] Call from the Deep

[Phasmus]

Name: Archipelagus "Gus" Grune
Homeland: Xhorhas (Kryn Dynasty)
Background: Charlatan
Home Settlement: Urzin
Race: Bugbear
Class: Bard

Family: Gus is the only surviving child of Esmerelda and Archibald Grune. When he was eight years old a house fire took the lives of his two older siblings and left his body and his relationship with his parents permanently scarred.

His mother blamed herself for the incident and her natural nurturing tendencies developed into smothering overprotectiveness. Until leaving home Gus had to learn to walk the line between avoiding his mother's cloying attention and keeping her sufficiently reassured of his safety to avoid giving her a nervous breakdown. Even now he writes home regularly for fear that she will strike out after him. (Guilty. Ally.)

His father never recovered emotionally and moved out to join the military where his strength and general lack of interest in self-preservation resulted in a surprisingly successful career. He still supports his wife and son to the best of his ability. He just avoids direct contact with them at nearly any cost. Gus has developed a number of clandestine skills to allow him to occasionally cross paths with and check on his dad without being noticed. (Indebted. Ally.)

Ally/Rival Relationships and Identities:
Funtoose, a goblin priest of the Luxon, desperately wants to wield the power to heal and use it to help the poor and the sick. Unfortunately for him, though he has the faith, he doesn't have the knack. Unfortunately for Gus his favored scam, fake healing potions, salves, and poultices, worked a little too well on the little Luxonite. Now Funtoose comes running to Gus whenever he finds some poor, decrepit soul who needs a little extra help recovering from the wound or contagion du jour. Obviously, since it's to help the poor, it would be silly to expect to get paid for his trouble. (Rival, Priest, Mooch)

Fateful Moments: None

Prophecies:
Immediate: "Gotta figure out who's running this poison racket... and take 'em down a peg."
Long Term: TBD
Character Arc: TBD

Appearance: Gus is naturally imposing, though not especially large by bugbear standards. His burn scars are generally hidden by his clothing except for a disfigured left ear. He fabricates a new explanation for that whenever anyone asks about it.

He has worked hard to make himself more approachable than is common for his kind. He spent a lot of time practicing incorporating his fangs into a winning smile, for example. He generally tries to present himself as tidy and professional, but since his chosen profession necessitates the occasional shift in presentation he is comfortable and believable in everything from high society finery to pauper's rags.

Personality: Though free of the afflicted evil common to his kind in the wider world, Gus carries some ancestral delight in skulking and frightening people. He does his best not to indulge in these habits unless he can make it look like an honest mistake, or follow up with some repartee to defuse the situation afterward. People running away are less inclined to pay him, after all. He has spent so long cultivating a respectable face for his family and a grandiose, friendly persona for use in his salesmanship and showmanship he isn't entirely sure who he really is anymore. Being authentic might be good for the soul, but it doesn't pay the bills.

Character History:
Gus started wandering early in life, much to his mother's dismay. A childhood spent sneaking around and pulling pranks that he had to be sure would never get traced back to him left him well-trained for a life of crime and he made a go at that more than once. He found he didn't really have the stomach for it. Then he discovered swindling. Being paid and even thanked by his marks was much more to his liking. And who was to say they didn't benefit from his potions in some way? Potato juice probably had vitamins and stuff in it, after all.

A bit of work as an entertainer on the side made it easy to reassure his parents and extended family that he was keeping to the straight and narrow. The "Masked Apothecary's" clientele was growing. He was moving up in the world. His profitable tour took him as far as Nicodranas. Then things got complicated.

The problem was the competition. There were always other quacks and mountebanks about. For the most part, they extended each other a degree of professional courtesy. But there was a difference between a patient getting swindled and a patient getting sold poison, followed home, and robbed while they wretched their guts out on the floor. The same instincts that had made him a poor thief made him very uncomfortable watching this, frankly, more profitable business model spread. He told himself it was going to poison the well for his own relatively innocuous scam, but there was definitely part of him that just didn't like seeing people get hurt like that. So Gus started playing the role of the patient himself every now and then. He would buy a bottle of miracle pills from an offending vendor, let himself get followed to some out-of-the-way spot where he could feign being poisoned, and then thrash the unsuspecting criminal and take back his medicine money plus interest. For some reason seeing people get hurt like that didn't bother him so much.

After a couple of weeks of that things got out of hand. The people organizing the scam started noticing his efforts. The first time extra goons were sent to help with the collection he nearly lost his hide. On top of that, he'd managed to start piecing together the scope of the operation. He never hoodwinked the same salesman twice. Some of them must have seen enough of him to pass along a description. He figured out that he was being hunted just in time to duck and cover at the docks. Taking a job that would get him on a ship out of town was an easy decision. He had no aversion to honest work. And sailors need medicine, right?

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[Drachenspirit]

Lady Aliuvial Urthadar Name: Aliuvial Urthadar "Lady Aliuvial" <------- Character Sheet Homeland: Marrow Valley in Western Wynandir Background: Noble Home Settlement: The city of Zadash Race: Human Variant Class: Wizard - War Mage Family:Urthadar Merchant Family, she has 3 siblings. Physical Description: Aliu is six foot, two inches tall, weighing around 159 lbs. She's 25 years of age, has auburn hair that is usually worn in an unkept manner while adventuring with just a clip or two to keep it out of her eyes. When speaking to nobles, rulers, or attempting to act in an official capacity on behalf of her family, she makes an attempt to have her hair more presentable. She is wearing fine clothes made for her travels tailored to fit her well with a few small alterations to suit to her taste. She has on no armor, and only a sheathed dagger on her belt is visible as a weapon. She's more cute than pretty some would say, but those who mistake her cuteness for weakness only do it once. Personality: Aliu is almost always the first to act. At times it appears that she is brash and foolhardy by how quickly she acts in a fight, but in reality she always has a plan in motion swirling inside her head. She's quick to admit she's not perfect, and she may have been wrong, but she often says that in lieu of doing nothing to stand up to a foe, she'll do something even if it may turn out to be wrong. She's always helping others, and does so as if it's just who she is and doesn't expect anything in return. This is actually a product of growing up with 3 younger siblings always around her. This group, this new band of adventurers is now her extended family, or at least she hopes they see her that way. Ally/Rival Relationships and Identities: Ally: Bandit who fell in love with her. She didn’t reciprocate, they took it well, and still consider her their closest friend. Rival 1: Cult member whom she disfigured and left in constant pain. Rival 2: Powerful Family member, her father's sister, whom she insulted so gravely that they left home forever. If they ever return, it will be to settle the score. She, Aliuvial, was young and brash, and openly spoke out during a large gathering of nobles about how she witnessed her Aunt flirting and coupling with the husband of another powerful merchant family. The discovery put a huge business deal at risk, and the offended family demanded the Aunt openly apologize in public or the deal was off. Business is business, and the Aunt was told she had to comply. Instead of doing so, she disappeared, along with a good portion of her family's wealth. In a letter that stated she was innocent, she vowed to one day get even with Aliuvial. Fateful Moments: She met a dark elf dying in the wilderness. Around their neck was a silver talisman containing a cameo of their child and the name "ll'viranya." It is an amulet of proof against detection and location. Prophecy: Goal # 1 – (Immediate) Aliu is looking to be thought of as more than just as noble by those she travels with. In short, she wants to be seen for who she is and not for her family’s name. Goal # 2 - (Long term) Aliu wants to become the most sought after and accomplished Wizard in the arts of War in all the lands. The complication to this is it will likely make her a target of other’s ill will or assassination. Goal #3 – Concludes character arc?? TBD Character History: Singled out at an early age for her high intelligence, she was enrolled into a Watchful Order of Magists and Protectors, and arcanist school for nobility at the age of 14. One month shy of her 2 year anniversary, she was in danger of being expelled due to her "inability to adapt to the logical order of the school, and for causing the disfiguration of another student", or so her Head Master had written. Upon letter of reference and payment of coin, she was dropped from the school and signed on as an apprentice to an equally powerful Mage’s tower all in the same day. Once again, almost two years into her apprenticeship, she was in danger of being "shown the door" due to her "inability to adapt to the strict rigors and regime of a Wizard apprentice", or so her Head master wrote down, when someone stepped in and gave her life purpose. Jazar Falconhead was on the lookout for a few specific types of individuals, and apparently, Aliu met all the requirements. For the next several years, she worked, studied, and squired so to speak in the Noble order of War Wizards, which only took in those whose families paid. Tired of spending coin on her training and study, her wealth merchant family decided it was time to prove her worth and earn her prestige. So, she was signed up on this voyage to look after her family’s interests.   STAT BLOCK Armor Class 14 Hit Points 6/6 Speed 30 ft Str 8 Dex 12 Con 11 Int 16 Wis 16 Cha 10 Saving throws STR -1, DEX +1, CON +0, INT +3, WIS +3, CHA +0 | Initiative +6 | Passive Perception 15 Skills Arcana, History, Investigation, Perception +5 | Persuasion +2 Languages Common, Celestial, Elven WEAPON Dagger FEATS can't be surprised if conscious, hidden attacks get no advantageAlert: +5 initiative Spell Slots Remaining:Level 1: 2/2, Spell Save DC: 13 || Spell Attack Modifier: +5 SPELLS Level 1 available: Magic Missile, Mage Armor Cantrips: Acid Splash, Frostbite, Swordburst

[Bjorgulf]

So many awesome builds, I'm starting to warm up to this Heroic Chronicle system!

[Silent Rain]

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[Alemar]

Response to Feedback... If you have further questions, or would like me to expand on anything I would be happy to.

[Talissen70]

I should have Calen completed tomorrow and ready for feedback

[1Skell]

Klaus is ready for feedback now that I finally won the battle against the codes.

@Bjorgulf

I had used it once before, though only partially. This time the curiosity about what it would give me to build a character around made me apply for the game. It is a fantastic tool for getting around writer's block when making a character or to make a random generated character.

[Silent Rain]

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[A7ice]

Replying to feedback... first time using secret tag so hopefully it will work.

[Phasmus]

I believe my application is complete.

[Remorazz]

@Bjorgulf

Gotta agree with you, didn't really like my rolls, but when I started to put them together I ended up really liking the result!

[Talissen70]

@Silent Rain. Calen ready for feedback

[Silent Rain]

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[Leafsong]

@Silent Rain Why is my character still WIP?Just curious.

[DiceGoblin]

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