Ask people what their problems are. Suggest reasonable solutions to romantic difficulties, personality conflicts, career paths, and train troubled youth in martial arts to improve their self-confidence, discipline, and provide an outlet for their aggression. It also helps when the inevitable evil overlord comes to try and take over the town.
Thanks guys. Here's some of his backstory. He is human. No race wars or sold to slavery going on. His name is meridious of house Decimus, husband to a murdered wife and he will have his vengeance in this life or the next (yes that's how I introduce him when he meets someone new in character).
Meridious was a gladiator who captured the heart of a beautiful Mage woman belonging to a pretty high up influential family in good ties with the royals. Her name was Amelia. She pursuaded the higher ups to make him into a knight and he became a noble knight (his background).
A renowned paladin who had many statues erected in his name, by the name of wade brightholm, was also in high standing with the higher ups and Amelia's family. However unbeknown to all, wade was being corrupted by a mysterious entity that promised to make him into a necromanscer so he could raise an army of undead to help defend the kingdom (which was constantly under attack from giants etc and getting harder to defend).
In order for this to happen wade needed a powerful book of necromancy long lost to time, but the last to hold it was Amelia's ancestors. Wade met with Amelia and her parents in private meeting late at night. Things went south. It was about the book. Wade went ballistic. He wound up killing her parents. Amelia made it out alive barely.
Wade fled. Amelia and meridious gave chase. They tracked him down in a old high tower in middle of nowhere. Battle happened. Amelia was slaughtered and killed before meridious eyes. He fought wade but was also killed.
However, an entity (goddess) named mab (fey representing Atropos goddess of fate and death) brought him back to life. Mab said she would allow him a second chance at life if he agreed to pay a debt to her when needed. He agreed and swore an oath of vengeance in the name of Atropos.
During his hunt for him since, he's angered some mighty villains who happen to be made at the group he wound up in. So it kind of ties in as some of these villains are employed in secret by wade (who normal folk believe died heroically in battle).
I last played with this group six month ago and we were level five then. I had to quit beside of job but now I have a better one that allows me to play again. So meridious has been missing for two levels lol. Not sure how much in game time had elapsed.
His wife was a volunteer at medical places and did magic shows for children. She was a real sweetheart. I'm thinking he could do some of same in memory of her, kinda keep her spirit alive you know?
He does not belong to a church. Does not really have a paladin brotherhood either. He's a begrudging ally of the fey, mainly the winter court. Might dip him into two levels of warlock (arch fey I guess).
He identifies all evil as an extension of the ultimate evil that is wade brightholm. If it's evil it's wade and must be killed by any means neccasary.
However he was noble knight and still has those virtues inside. I don't want his out of combat stuff to be limited to him being holed up in his room swearing death upon wade lol, nor do I want him wandering around town asking every tom, dick, and Harry if they know of wade and his where abouts. Most think wade is dead anyway.
I'm thinking of having him desecrate wades memorial statues every time he sees them.
I also have an idea of having him pitch his tent outside the skirt of cities and use it as base of operations where folks can come and report wrong doing that the law if the city refuses (for whatever reason) to rectify. Meridious will then handle it himself under cloak of darkness.... Or something.
What say you all???
