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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rhizomatics" data-source="post: 5295677" data-attributes="member: 94296">I've always loved Planescape - but I've always had to DM it! I'm not exactly clear upon reviewing the thread how many players you already have, or what the class composition is like, but let me run a concept by you.I'd like to play a down-on-his-luck elven aristocrat, a dilletante and aesthete - probably a bard. Think a 19th Century decadent a la Baudelaire and Oscar Wilde. On the Prime, he was the youngest son of a highly regarded family of bards (something along the lines of, say, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fili" target="_blank">this</a>, not so much the traveling minstrel type). Lacking the dedication and temperament of his respectable relatives, he sank into a lifestyle of hedonistic dissipation. When the family stopped subsidizing his irresponsibility, he left home and began drifting from place to place, supporting himself by performing, storytelling, or temporarily attaching himself to the courts of minor nobles (he also occasionally dabbles in less savory means of support, such as forgery and mercenary work). His travels have recently landed him in Sigil. Leaving the Prime Material has opened whole new vistas to explore and experiences to delight in, and he is determined to take full advantage of them. He lives in the moment to the greatest extent possible and leaves tomorrow to take care of itself.I'd like to slowly shift the character from a cynical n'er do well looking for the next score to someone a little more substantial. He values his freedom intensely, opposing conformity and unthinking obedience to authority, but his lack of stable, meaningful ties to other people has made him a little selfish and somewhat lacking in compassion. That's something that could change if he found something or someone he could bring himself to truly invest in without irony. I also see him returning to his neglected studies as he grows in experience, developing as a serious scholar and poet - maybe going for the Sublime Chord PRC if we ever were to get to high levels.</blockquote>

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