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<blockquote data-quote="Son of the Serpent" data-source="post: 7975013" data-attributes="member: 7015476"><p>Character Name Silpion Av Mørkgrønn (generally calls herself Sil) Druid 1 (0 XP) High elf (f), Neutral Acolyte</p><p></p><p>[ ABILITY SCORES ]</p><p>Str 10 (+0) Dex 14 (+2) Con 9 (-1) Int 14 (+2) Wis 19 (+4) Cha 18 (+4)</p><p></p><p>[ PROFICIENCIES ]</p><p>Proficiency Bonus +2, Saves Int +4, Wis +6</p><p>Skills</p><p>Insight +6, Persuasion +6, Nature +4, Perception +6, Religion +4 (passive Perception 16)</p><p></p><p>Weapons she is proficient with</p><p>club, dagger, dart, javelin, mace, quarterstaff, scimitar, sickle, sling, spear, longsword, shortsword, shortbow, longbow</p><p></p><p>Armors she is proficient with</p><p>Light armor, medium armor, shields</p><p></p><p>Tools she is proficient with</p><p>herbalism kit</p><p></p><p>Languages</p><p>common, elvish, infernal, primordial, sylvan, druidic</p><p></p><p>[ COMBAT ]</p><p>hp 7 ; HD 1d8, Init +2 ; Speed 30 ft, AC 14 (studded leather 12, Dex +2) 2 spears. Melee: +2 (1d6 piercing ; thrown (range 20/60), versatile (1d8))</p><p></p><p>[ DRUID SPELLS ]</p><p>Spellcasting Ability Wisdom ; Spells Save DC 14 ; Spells Attack Bonus +6, Daily Spells to prepare 5 ; Slots 2, Known Cantrips 2</p><p>- Lvl 0 : thunderclap, guidance</p><p></p><p>[ FEATURES & TRAITS ]</p><p>Darkvision (60 ft.) Keen Senses * Fey Ancestry, Trance, Elf Weapon Training * Cantrip : prestidigitation (at will), Shelter of the faithful</p><p></p><p>[ EQUIPMENT ]</p><p>Spear, spear, studded leather, herbalism kit, poisoner's kit, druidic focus/sprig of mistletoe, backpack, bedroll, mess kit, tinderbox, torch (10), rations/1 day (10), waterskin, rope/hempen 50 feet, A holy Symbol (a gift to you when you entered the priesthood), a prayer book or prayer wheel, 5 sticks of incense, vestments, a set of Common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp belt pouch (all my gold is in one spot at the moment) Equipment weight 83 lb</p><p></p><p>[ CHARACTER ]</p><p>Height Medium / 5.5 ft / 110 lb. ; Age 60 years (apparent age 18) Eyes Gray ; Skin Pale white ; Hair Strawberry blond. Appearance Looks like an adolescent high elf. If you are familiar with the color coding of druid's clothes youd recognize this one as a novice. Only having just begun learning.</p><p></p><p>Personality traits: cold hard and rational. Analytical. Stoic. Warms to people slowly and can be fun loving but generally still a stoic.</p><p></p><p>The multiverse is a giant ecosystem and few things are truly against nature. Those concordant opposition keeps forces of good evil chaos and order strong. If they do not viciously attemot to fight eachother and eat eachother alive they will grow weak and the universe will grow less vital with their withering. The strong punish the weak. This is just nature.</p><p></p><p>Bonds: Ba dun tah tah didili dee ITS A SECRET! (I will totally tell the dm)</p><p></p><p>Flaw: Pretty anhedonic. Like...can be happy, not easy.</p><p></p><p>Background acolyte (shelter of the faitful)[SPOILER="Backstory"]A branch family of a high elven house known as the gronns which means green (specifically the branch, mørkgrønn which means dark green) it should be no surprise that many of their children are sent to be fostered among druids. It was no different for Silpion. When it was time, she was sent to live with and learn from the druidic order of the region as many in her family before her had. It was here that she took her first steps into the mystical tradition. Always a bit of a stoic, most were unaware she had very unorthodox views because she was not one of many words. Eventually as she advanced as a student she became just a little more openly curious about how the wisdom of druidry applied to more edgecase scenarios. This led her to asking increasingly more questions of the more senior gatherers when elders would meet at the sacred grove of their local order. At first they found this delightful. Young students should always be curious. She rarely made statements. Still a stoic after all. She was nearly an all questions sort of person. One day though she proposed a highly unorthodox view to an elder. Typically she would have more tact but something was just a little different that day about her. She said,</p><p></p><p>"elder, i have meditated on the wisdom that the cosmos are themselves a natural system and nearly all things that happen within them have their proper meaured quanities with most things properly happening or existing at least in small measure even if when plentiful it wpuld be consider unbalanced, such as disease and plague. There are some exceptions we make to this philosophy though that i do not believe are wise. So for instance, liches are truly an abomination. Unnatural in every sense."</p><p></p><p>The elder was looking at her very quizically. At once concerned and hopeful, curious but unsure if he wanted to know what next would be said. "Go on. I believe this is the point of no return." He was nervously trying to make light of this strange topic.</p><p></p><p>She continued,</p><p></p><p>"Vampires on the otherhand...i think they hold a place much more similar to disease. And more. I believe they and certain similar natural-seeming undead may be a cosmic method of self correcting for when extinction events happen that would through the natural order into chaos. I believe that near perfect preservation of the anatomy, food sustained immortality, with a working spiritual and biological metabolism and other traits of vampires may in fact all be part of a self correcting mechanism that on rare occasion allows the universe to bring back a species that was never meant to go extinct by preserving specimens long term and allowing them to prey potentially upon their erstwhile predators, after all, undead sometimes become mortal again. When these creatures become too populace it is an imbalance to be sure, but i feel it is one of those examples of things which should exist but only in small numbers."</p><p></p><p>The elder was fuming. He had hoped this was not the direction this conversation was taking. He argued with Sil. Sil argued back. Eventually he branded Sil a heretic and asked her to leave the order. She wasnt exactly bothered. The order had not made her any happier than anything else did. She understood that at a certain point she would have had to leave anyway. A druid best attains enlightenment through their travels in the wild afterall. She had reached her point of diminishing returns learning as a novice at the local grove and had already been considering leaving. She packed her bag and left at sundown.</p><p></p><p>Some druids are the caretakers of the wilds and nothing else. Some are healers which can also make some money. Useful even if you are a druid. Sil was young and not ready to chain herself to a particular forest. And although she had no problem healing the sick that was not the opportunity that first presented itself. She had heard there was a rat infestation in a keep nearby. Sil had studied poisons. Naturally, she decided that was a decent way to get a little needed cash without too much hassle so she immediately started heading that way, gathering herbs all along the way over the many miles. By the time she had gotten there she had synthesized quite an ample quantity of au naturale rat poison. She offered it to the local lord for a week's stay at the keep or the nearest tavern, some food, and a bit of gold. "Never heard of a druid that sold rodent genocide in a keg" said the lord. Sil replied "most druids forget the first rule of nature is death" she said completely dead pan and stared the lord in the eye for half a second for dramatic effect before chuckling and cracking a smile to remind him it was a joke. "Ill give you the recipe for the poison for free just because and you can call me Sil."</p><p></p><p>After business was concluded she went to the tavern and bought some mead to drink by their fire place and listen to the stories of whatever bard might mosy through.</p><p></p><p>(Shes just been hanging out in the tavern planning her next move for a few days. Dont know how long the village/keep has been under attack. If adjustments need ti be made ti the story let me know. Also yeah. Went with vampire because the example was stuck in my head from the conversation we had.)[/SPOILER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Son of the Serpent, post: 7975013, member: 7015476"] Character Name Silpion Av Mørkgrønn (generally calls herself Sil) Druid 1 (0 XP) High elf (f), Neutral Acolyte [ ABILITY SCORES ] Str 10 (+0) Dex 14 (+2) Con 9 (-1) Int 14 (+2) Wis 19 (+4) Cha 18 (+4) [ PROFICIENCIES ] Proficiency Bonus +2, Saves Int +4, Wis +6 Skills Insight +6, Persuasion +6, Nature +4, Perception +6, Religion +4 (passive Perception 16) Weapons she is proficient with club, dagger, dart, javelin, mace, quarterstaff, scimitar, sickle, sling, spear, longsword, shortsword, shortbow, longbow Armors she is proficient with Light armor, medium armor, shields Tools she is proficient with herbalism kit Languages common, elvish, infernal, primordial, sylvan, druidic [ COMBAT ] hp 7 ; HD 1d8, Init +2 ; Speed 30 ft, AC 14 (studded leather 12, Dex +2) 2 spears. Melee: +2 (1d6 piercing ; thrown (range 20/60), versatile (1d8)) [ DRUID SPELLS ] Spellcasting Ability Wisdom ; Spells Save DC 14 ; Spells Attack Bonus +6, Daily Spells to prepare 5 ; Slots 2, Known Cantrips 2 - Lvl 0 : thunderclap, guidance [ FEATURES & TRAITS ] Darkvision (60 ft.) Keen Senses * Fey Ancestry, Trance, Elf Weapon Training * Cantrip : prestidigitation (at will), Shelter of the faithful [ EQUIPMENT ] Spear, spear, studded leather, herbalism kit, poisoner's kit, druidic focus/sprig of mistletoe, backpack, bedroll, mess kit, tinderbox, torch (10), rations/1 day (10), waterskin, rope/hempen 50 feet, A holy Symbol (a gift to you when you entered the priesthood), a prayer book or prayer wheel, 5 sticks of incense, vestments, a set of Common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp belt pouch (all my gold is in one spot at the moment) Equipment weight 83 lb [ CHARACTER ] Height Medium / 5.5 ft / 110 lb. ; Age 60 years (apparent age 18) Eyes Gray ; Skin Pale white ; Hair Strawberry blond. Appearance Looks like an adolescent high elf. If you are familiar with the color coding of druid's clothes youd recognize this one as a novice. Only having just begun learning. Personality traits: cold hard and rational. Analytical. Stoic. Warms to people slowly and can be fun loving but generally still a stoic. The multiverse is a giant ecosystem and few things are truly against nature. Those concordant opposition keeps forces of good evil chaos and order strong. If they do not viciously attemot to fight eachother and eat eachother alive they will grow weak and the universe will grow less vital with their withering. The strong punish the weak. This is just nature. Bonds: Ba dun tah tah didili dee ITS A SECRET! (I will totally tell the dm) Flaw: Pretty anhedonic. Like...can be happy, not easy. Background acolyte (shelter of the faitful)[SPOILER="Backstory"]A branch family of a high elven house known as the gronns which means green (specifically the branch, mørkgrønn which means dark green) it should be no surprise that many of their children are sent to be fostered among druids. It was no different for Silpion. When it was time, she was sent to live with and learn from the druidic order of the region as many in her family before her had. It was here that she took her first steps into the mystical tradition. Always a bit of a stoic, most were unaware she had very unorthodox views because she was not one of many words. Eventually as she advanced as a student she became just a little more openly curious about how the wisdom of druidry applied to more edgecase scenarios. This led her to asking increasingly more questions of the more senior gatherers when elders would meet at the sacred grove of their local order. At first they found this delightful. Young students should always be curious. She rarely made statements. Still a stoic after all. She was nearly an all questions sort of person. One day though she proposed a highly unorthodox view to an elder. Typically she would have more tact but something was just a little different that day about her. She said, "elder, i have meditated on the wisdom that the cosmos are themselves a natural system and nearly all things that happen within them have their proper meaured quanities with most things properly happening or existing at least in small measure even if when plentiful it wpuld be consider unbalanced, such as disease and plague. There are some exceptions we make to this philosophy though that i do not believe are wise. So for instance, liches are truly an abomination. Unnatural in every sense." The elder was looking at her very quizically. At once concerned and hopeful, curious but unsure if he wanted to know what next would be said. "Go on. I believe this is the point of no return." He was nervously trying to make light of this strange topic. She continued, "Vampires on the otherhand...i think they hold a place much more similar to disease. And more. I believe they and certain similar natural-seeming undead may be a cosmic method of self correcting for when extinction events happen that would through the natural order into chaos. I believe that near perfect preservation of the anatomy, food sustained immortality, with a working spiritual and biological metabolism and other traits of vampires may in fact all be part of a self correcting mechanism that on rare occasion allows the universe to bring back a species that was never meant to go extinct by preserving specimens long term and allowing them to prey potentially upon their erstwhile predators, after all, undead sometimes become mortal again. When these creatures become too populace it is an imbalance to be sure, but i feel it is one of those examples of things which should exist but only in small numbers." The elder was fuming. He had hoped this was not the direction this conversation was taking. He argued with Sil. Sil argued back. Eventually he branded Sil a heretic and asked her to leave the order. She wasnt exactly bothered. The order had not made her any happier than anything else did. She understood that at a certain point she would have had to leave anyway. A druid best attains enlightenment through their travels in the wild afterall. She had reached her point of diminishing returns learning as a novice at the local grove and had already been considering leaving. She packed her bag and left at sundown. Some druids are the caretakers of the wilds and nothing else. Some are healers which can also make some money. Useful even if you are a druid. Sil was young and not ready to chain herself to a particular forest. And although she had no problem healing the sick that was not the opportunity that first presented itself. She had heard there was a rat infestation in a keep nearby. Sil had studied poisons. Naturally, she decided that was a decent way to get a little needed cash without too much hassle so she immediately started heading that way, gathering herbs all along the way over the many miles. By the time she had gotten there she had synthesized quite an ample quantity of au naturale rat poison. She offered it to the local lord for a week's stay at the keep or the nearest tavern, some food, and a bit of gold. "Never heard of a druid that sold rodent genocide in a keg" said the lord. Sil replied "most druids forget the first rule of nature is death" she said completely dead pan and stared the lord in the eye for half a second for dramatic effect before chuckling and cracking a smile to remind him it was a joke. "Ill give you the recipe for the poison for free just because and you can call me Sil." After business was concluded she went to the tavern and bought some mead to drink by their fire place and listen to the stories of whatever bard might mosy through. (Shes just been hanging out in the tavern planning her next move for a few days. Dont know how long the village/keep has been under attack. If adjustments need ti be made ti the story let me know. Also yeah. Went with vampire because the example was stuck in my head from the conversation we had.)[/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]
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