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<blockquote data-quote="Walking Dad" data-source="post: 4729538" data-attributes="member: 59043"><p>If you still take submissions (made this background orginally for a now dead game):</p><p></p><p>One day, the young orphan farm boy Darren found an ancient stone circle in the woods. Standing in the circle, he heard unearthly voices. They were telling of an old pact between his mother (he doesn't know) and the fey. The strange dreams started the following night...</p><p>He has a cousin who studies the arcane arts on their mother's side. But Darren was raised and taught by the old village scribe after ma's death and became a little bit infected by the old man's superstitiousness. He wanted to save Darren's soul from his "devil worshipping" relatives (tieflings). He died last winter.</p><p></p><p>Now:</p><p>Darren rushed the serpentine path from the Old Oak to the cave he had seen in his dreams. He felt sweat on his hands and forehead as he stepped in the circle. No bird sang it's nightly song, the world seemed eerily silent.</p><p>Nothing happened.</p><p>Darren felt a desperation clutching his heart. Like in trance, he used his dagger to make a small cut on his left palm. He touched the stones with hand and blood.</p><p>Suddenly, green flames sprang from the stones and he heard a strangely familiar voice in his head:</p><p><span style="color: Red">"You came back to us. You accepted the old pacts your mother made with us. You will become a vessel of our might. Our voice in the world. We will send you dreams to teach you in our ways and customs. You will inherit our powers. You are one of US!"</span></p><p>With this last words, the flames died. As Darren looked up, his haselnut eyes had turned an emerald green.</p><p>Before his feat, a crystalline rod pulsed with an inner life.</p><p></p><p>-----</p><p></p><p>Tiefling heading Dark Pact Warlock.</p><p>Special Item: Rod</p><p>Feat: Martial Training (Charisma)</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Str: 10</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Con: 14</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Dex: 11</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Int: 16</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Wis: 10</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Cha: 18</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Walking Dad, post: 4729538, member: 59043"] If you still take submissions (made this background orginally for a now dead game): One day, the young orphan farm boy Darren found an ancient stone circle in the woods. Standing in the circle, he heard unearthly voices. They were telling of an old pact between his mother (he doesn't know) and the fey. The strange dreams started the following night... He has a cousin who studies the arcane arts on their mother's side. But Darren was raised and taught by the old village scribe after ma's death and became a little bit infected by the old man's superstitiousness. He wanted to save Darren's soul from his "devil worshipping" relatives (tieflings). He died last winter. Now: Darren rushed the serpentine path from the Old Oak to the cave he had seen in his dreams. He felt sweat on his hands and forehead as he stepped in the circle. No bird sang it's nightly song, the world seemed eerily silent. Nothing happened. Darren felt a desperation clutching his heart. Like in trance, he used his dagger to make a small cut on his left palm. He touched the stones with hand and blood. Suddenly, green flames sprang from the stones and he heard a strangely familiar voice in his head: [COLOR=Red]"You came back to us. You accepted the old pacts your mother made with us. You will become a vessel of our might. Our voice in the world. We will send you dreams to teach you in our ways and customs. You will inherit our powers. You are one of US!"[/COLOR] With this last words, the flames died. As Darren looked up, his haselnut eyes had turned an emerald green. Before his feat, a crystalline rod pulsed with an inner life. ----- Tiefling heading Dark Pact Warlock. Special Item: Rod Feat: Martial Training (Charisma) [FONT=Courier New]Str: 10 Con: 14 Dex: 11 Int: 16 Wis: 10 Cha: 18[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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