There'll be some posts about that stuff at some point, but for the time being have this thing I wrote beforehand but didn't have time to clean up!
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During my time spent playing Pathfinder, I find myself quite frequently coming up with what I think are interesting ideas for characters I want to play. Some are rather generic, others have quirks which I think could be interesting (or annoying) to other characters, and some are downright silly.
Unfortunately, more often than not, I am the DM, so I don't get the chance to stat up or play these characters. While it has been suggested to me that I slot a few in as NPCs, they tend to be more built in my mind as characters I would like to actually play in a campaign, from the other side of the screen. To alleviate that frustration, I've decided to throw a few of those ideas here because this is my page and I do what I want, damn it!
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This idea started as a joke, then the realization came that it is actually doable within Pathfinder's rules, has a story to it.
There is a corner shop a few streets away from me, which almost acts as a local landmark of sorts, called Chicken Wizard. Its logo is pretty much what you expect - a chicken wearing a robe and a wizard hat. They sell the usual corner chicken shop stuff, burgers, bbq chicken, chips, etc. Nothing that I could eat without experiencing death by gluten, but that's neither her nor there. Maybe its over the other way though?
But let's just return to the whole Chicken Wizard thing, right? That right there is the character concept.
Druids have access to a spell called "Awaken", which they can cast on any non magical animal, or tree. It grants that creature (or tree) intelligence - they gain 3D6 Int, a few other stats, and the ability to speak/understand language. They become a magical creature. (This also means that, with a great deal of luck, I could have a level 1 chicken wizard with 20 Int!)
A chicken that has been awakened by a Druid as a result of a drunken night out, who decided to study wizardry in order to, I don't know... Seek out the druid who awakened him and repay him for services rendered? (Awakened creatures are generally grateful to whomever awakened them - unless they were treated particularly poorly by the Druid, in which case they're confused and may turn on them).
This would be the silly kind of fun that I live for. Anyone who's met Gonzalo knows this.
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No thoughts on race or class for this one, but I want to play a Lawful Good character who is extremely pedantic. Not on the "you can't kill or maim or torture or steal" kind of level (he'll let it go as long as he doesn't have to do these things himself), but instead on really minor stuff. "You must look both ways before crossing the road - you don't want to get hit by a horse!" "Say please and thankyou, you rude individual!"
More of a roleplay challenge than anything. It totally wouldn't work with my group, methinks. I would get stabbed. Or simply not get the chance to act on this concept.
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Well, I had fewer ideas than I thought, I guess. Comes with the territory of DMing more than playing, I guess. And usually when I do get to play, I wait to see what the party needs before picking a class/race combo, so I don't often get to play what I want either (I *really* want to make a wizard - of any kind, not just the chicken).
Maybe next time I'm on this topic I'll talk about characters I actually did get to play.
Maybe next time I'm on this topic I'll talk about characters I actually did get to play.
