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<blockquote data-quote="Stormrunner" data-source="post: 3083080" data-attributes="member: 13471"><p>What happened to the other monks at the monastery? Were they all killed, and Our Hero forced to flee? (Cue the theme from the Kung Fu TV show - great resource, BTW, for playing a monk character. Not the later, cheesy "The Legend Continues" one, but the original show.)</p><p></p><p>Dragonslayers probably chopped off the head as a trophy. In addition to revenge, he could have a goal of recovering his master's head so it can be given a respectful burial.</p><p></p><p>What kind of weapon? If you're heading towards Dervish, probably some sort of scimitar(s), but I could see fashioning a "spiked chain" out of dragon claws strung on a cord. Maybe something like the "lynxpaw" (Races of the Wild, p165), basically a kusari-gama with the sickle replaced by a rapier. Substitute a bundle of dragon claws for the bladed weight, and a rib-bone scimitar for the rapier, and you're good to go.</p><p></p><p>This sort of unique item would be perfect as a Legacy Weapon. Perhaps the first unlocking ritual happens when he finally slays the last of his master's killers, and the second one when he recovers his master's head. (What, you thought they'd have the head with them? Too easy!)</p><p></p><p>If they were able to slay a silver dragon (and possibly a whole monastery of monks as well), the killers were probably well-informed about their target. This wasn't just a random dragon-slaying, they went after this dragon in particular. Why? Who wanted him dead?</p><p></p><p>The killers were mercenaries, hired to wipe out the monastery and slay its guardian dragon, bringing back the beast's head as proof. As mercenaries, they may well have split up after the dirty deed was done. This lets you drag out the dramatic revenge a bit, as Our Hero must track down and confront each killer seperately. (I'm thinking of one of the Wolverine MacAlistair mountain man stories, where a bunch of bandits rob him, strip him, and stake him out in the snow to die of exposure, divvying up the spoils between them. He survives by virtue of being Really Tough, and proceeds to track them down one by one, recovering his boots from one, his shirt from another, etc. "Oh God! Who are you! Wh-what are you??" "Ah've come for mah hat.") After he's killed two or three, the remainder start banding together for mutual defense (and hence a higher Challenge Rating). But in order to recover his master's head, he must track down who hired them - and that fellow turns out to have been acting under orders from a more powerful BBEG... You could string an entire campaign out of this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stormrunner, post: 3083080, member: 13471"] What happened to the other monks at the monastery? Were they all killed, and Our Hero forced to flee? (Cue the theme from the Kung Fu TV show - great resource, BTW, for playing a monk character. Not the later, cheesy "The Legend Continues" one, but the original show.) Dragonslayers probably chopped off the head as a trophy. In addition to revenge, he could have a goal of recovering his master's head so it can be given a respectful burial. What kind of weapon? If you're heading towards Dervish, probably some sort of scimitar(s), but I could see fashioning a "spiked chain" out of dragon claws strung on a cord. Maybe something like the "lynxpaw" (Races of the Wild, p165), basically a kusari-gama with the sickle replaced by a rapier. Substitute a bundle of dragon claws for the bladed weight, and a rib-bone scimitar for the rapier, and you're good to go. This sort of unique item would be perfect as a Legacy Weapon. Perhaps the first unlocking ritual happens when he finally slays the last of his master's killers, and the second one when he recovers his master's head. (What, you thought they'd have the head with them? Too easy!) If they were able to slay a silver dragon (and possibly a whole monastery of monks as well), the killers were probably well-informed about their target. This wasn't just a random dragon-slaying, they went after this dragon in particular. Why? Who wanted him dead? The killers were mercenaries, hired to wipe out the monastery and slay its guardian dragon, bringing back the beast's head as proof. As mercenaries, they may well have split up after the dirty deed was done. This lets you drag out the dramatic revenge a bit, as Our Hero must track down and confront each killer seperately. (I'm thinking of one of the Wolverine MacAlistair mountain man stories, where a bunch of bandits rob him, strip him, and stake him out in the snow to die of exposure, divvying up the spoils between them. He survives by virtue of being Really Tough, and proceeds to track them down one by one, recovering his boots from one, his shirt from another, etc. "Oh God! Who are you! Wh-what are you??" "Ah've come for mah hat.") After he's killed two or three, the remainder start banding together for mutual defense (and hence a higher Challenge Rating). But in order to recover his master's head, he must track down who hired them - and that fellow turns out to have been acting under orders from a more powerful BBEG... You could string an entire campaign out of this. [/QUOTE]
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