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<blockquote data-quote="Noblecrumpet" data-source="post: 6797997" data-attributes="member: 6810607"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>I have a story going along right now and I have stories for 3 of the 4 characters. I wanted each story to be epic and change the character in some way over time through a conflict that highlights each character's flaws, but the fourth character is proving the most difficult as they have barely any bonds to the world. </p><p></p><p>Short summary of the characters' stories.</p><p></p><p>-Two players are two head of an ettin, one being a wizard and the other a barbarian (I homebrewed it). They are treated as monsters, and I made their "nemesis" a wziard obsessed with beauty and returning her youth. Hopefully these two players will learn that the brothers need each other, and that their appearance isn't everything.</p><p></p><p>-The third player is a demon hunter ranger whose sister was killed by a demon. Little does he know that his father offered his daughter's soul to a demon to save his dying wife, who already died in childbirth (from the son). Stuff happens he basically lost his wife AND daughter, grieving father becomes Genghis Khan and servant of the demon. The ranger will confront him, and have to convince him not to blame himself etc. despite the fact that the ranger also blames himself. Basically they both learn to cope.</p><p></p><p>-The fourth player is the one I need help with. She's a satyr bard and has barely any background. So far her only character flaws are that she likes taking the easy way out (she wanted to be a musician and bartered with a demon to get her bard powers instead of training) and she's playful and mischievous. The demon bit has already been dealt with for story reasons, so now I need to find her a conflict or villain to teach her character responsibility, like a badass coming-of-age story like Spirited Away or something. </p><p></p><p>So if anyone has suggestions, please post them here, whether good or bad.</p><p></p><p>My only idea so far is a Mind Flayer traps her in a perfect utopian dreamland while sucking out her brain. So she needs to escape its illusion and her allies need to fight through a dungeon to find her. Like Gravity Falls Weirdmageddon episode.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Noblecrumpet, post: 6797997, member: 6810607"] Hi all, I have a story going along right now and I have stories for 3 of the 4 characters. I wanted each story to be epic and change the character in some way over time through a conflict that highlights each character's flaws, but the fourth character is proving the most difficult as they have barely any bonds to the world. Short summary of the characters' stories. -Two players are two head of an ettin, one being a wizard and the other a barbarian (I homebrewed it). They are treated as monsters, and I made their "nemesis" a wziard obsessed with beauty and returning her youth. Hopefully these two players will learn that the brothers need each other, and that their appearance isn't everything. -The third player is a demon hunter ranger whose sister was killed by a demon. Little does he know that his father offered his daughter's soul to a demon to save his dying wife, who already died in childbirth (from the son). Stuff happens he basically lost his wife AND daughter, grieving father becomes Genghis Khan and servant of the demon. The ranger will confront him, and have to convince him not to blame himself etc. despite the fact that the ranger also blames himself. Basically they both learn to cope. -The fourth player is the one I need help with. She's a satyr bard and has barely any background. So far her only character flaws are that she likes taking the easy way out (she wanted to be a musician and bartered with a demon to get her bard powers instead of training) and she's playful and mischievous. The demon bit has already been dealt with for story reasons, so now I need to find her a conflict or villain to teach her character responsibility, like a badass coming-of-age story like Spirited Away or something. So if anyone has suggestions, please post them here, whether good or bad. My only idea so far is a Mind Flayer traps her in a perfect utopian dreamland while sucking out her brain. So she needs to escape its illusion and her allies need to fight through a dungeon to find her. Like Gravity Falls Weirdmageddon episode. [/QUOTE]
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