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1st level divination ritual, all correct. I can only assume the way rituals work in 5e is the reason why it's not a class feature. 5e does seem keen on avoiding redundancy. Although given that it only lasts 10 minutes at a stretch, it seems like it could be frustrating in a pinch. Maybe a druid...

Well, in that case... Excuse me while I go in for a closer look. Governor de Ribera feels like he could manage an easy transition to Ravenloft. This is intended as a compliment-- he's not the cackling madman most D&D liches end up being. Though don't get me wrong, a cackling madman would have...

Are those writeups the kind of thing you want we players looking in on? Closely. I mean, your DM style seems like it's been fairly transparent thus far, but, y'know, verisimilitude and whatnot.

Whisper and moonlight and the smoke of a hastily extinguished candle fill the house on the hill. "Quiet!" "Someone's coming!" The door creaks, louder than seems possible. A woman's muffled voice-- or was it the boy's imagination? --speaking or singing to herself in some uncanny language beyond...

Ten days is more than lenient. I think anyone would understand if the game moved ahead after three or four days without word. Life happens, but if it's been more than week you've probably got other things on your mind anyway. Which is reasonable. Basically, unless it's a character-altering life...

Happily, on both counts.

Aha, yes, very nice. Yes, let's go with that. You can't see the feathers that aren't black. A little sinister, but that's part of his schtick. Is that an illustration from a Paizo book? There are a lot of those that I haven't seen the inside of.

Too weird? ;) Kenku are one of the classic D&D monster races, albeit one of the more obscure ones. They're bird people, with clawed hands instead of wings. Originally they were hawk people, but in most recent depictions they look more like crows. Earlier in the thread Quickleaf mentioned that...

Let me know if I go too far, but here's a little added detail about Caillou's retainers and enemies. Lorelei- CG female human (Romani/Vistani?) thief. Caillou often travels under heavy disguise, and uses a few allies he’s collected along the way to stand in for him when dealing with those he...

Tengu King, certainly. That ties back in with Hawken's journeys to Japan with the the Jesuits. Crows, falcons, parrots, birds-of-paradise-- the kenku are turning out to be a regular Handbook of the Birds of the World. Which is a cool spin on them. Teague's as loyal to the bird as he ever is to...

Quickleaf Ahh, Retainers. Yes, that makes perfect sense. Somehow that option just slipped my mind. Probably because a Knight is about the furthest thing from what Caillou is. Maybe Gunner Teague could be one of those NPCs? Incidentally, Caillou isn't his real name either. It's the name Sir...

Quickleaf- I didn't quite get around to fitting this into Caillou's background. Sir D'Arcy is one of his aliases, one of the names he frequently uses when disguising himself. One of my ideas for the character is that he often travels or negotiates while disguised in a variety of ways, or that...

Quickleaf- Like those magic items a lot. Gotta love the Guybrush coat. :) And Mare Tenebraurum is a fantastic name. I've had some trouble fitting the Commodore into quite as big a role as he had for Gunner Teague. He might be competition for the treasure on Teague's back, which Caillou has his...

Shayuri- Nice. That works for me. :) Makes it a little warlock-esque, with the element of bargaining and mutual alliance. That can only be a good thing, plot-wise. Character-wise, maybe not so much. Nia probably knows more about voodoo qua voodoo than Caillou. He's definitely more of a dabbler...

Quickleaf- I just noticed that myself. I think I might have to go with Keen Mind. He's too small and frail to man the cannons, so Caillou has to make himself useful in other ways, mostly by holding secrets to ransom. He's deadweight otherwise and knows it. He also uses his knowledge of astronomy...

Caillou Chaotic good kenku Cleric 4 Urchin CG kenku (keeteel) Cleric 4 (Death domain) Background: Urchin (Feature- Retainers) Bond: Arcane Rivalry Duties: Lookout (Navigator) Fortunes: Good- Cause (abolition of slavery in the Caribbean), Magic Trinkets (five trinkets, two unknown magic...

Caillou's probably a lot more annoying if you have kids, I grant you. I still like the name, though. Mayyybe I'll change it. If the jokes start getting to me. I'm still finding the idea funny, myself. I'm reclaiming it! Quickleaf- I was thinking I'd just start with the half-elf and swap out...

Hey now, Caillou's a good, solid French-Canadian name, and I'm taking it back. Of course, now that you've posted that, @Kobold Stew, I might not be able to... :p @Shayuri- Caillou's very much an academic in his approach to magic. The way I'm thinking, he'd be an arcane caster but for the fact...

Thanks, everyone. Appreciate the encouragement. :D The thought right now is Caillou (kai-YOU), a keeteel bokor (translation: a kenku voodoo priest) who was captured on his native Hispaniola by slavers, to spend his formative years as a parlour curiosity in Paris. One of his previous masters...

Hey folks. Came down with the flu over the weekend, but it gave me time to do a little soul-searching. ;) I'm feeling like Gunner Teague is holding me back a little. I like the character a lot, and I love this campaign, but having a character who's so wrapped up in own past, and who isn't...