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<blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 6767386" data-attributes="member: 11146"><p><strong><u>ALL</u>:</strong> Even though I sometimes quote a particular individual, there are occasionally snippets in my response to quoted material that apply not just to the individual quoted but to the group as a whole. A good example of this is that your character has been a captive of the drow for somewhere between 3 and 20 days, but no more (see below). </p><p></p><p></p><p>So this is neat. Let's unpack it, extrapolate, and see what it might mean for Brinn during his forthcoming stay in the Underdark. What effect will being cut off from his hivemind have on Brinn? How will it manifest in his personality? In the way he interacts with party members? What'll happen the first time Brinn is targeted by a <em>message</em> spell or, for example, by telepathy (because mindflayers!)? The latter is particularly interesting, given Brinn's mistrust of magic (will he be suspicious of or grateful for these kinds of voices in his mind?).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Like drow poison.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>OotA calls for party members to have been captured by drow somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 days. I'm willing to play with the idea of as many as 20 days, but probably no more. Can Brinn have learned some speech in that amount of time? I think so, yes. Though maybe not thoroughly.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is a little too good. Mechanically, I prefer if you take either Variant Human, or Wood Elf, as per the PHB. It's totally fine with me if you want to take Wood Elf but reskin it as a "human" for appearance's sake. After all, Brinn is from an alternate world...who's to say that wood elves from The Land aren't akin to Humans in the Realms? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Just confirming that Outlander is a good choice for OotA. It'll be useful. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I like that Brinn's traits, flaw, bond, etc. are bound up together in his ideals of service and honor. As you point out, there's a nifty duality to the concepts of "honor" and "service" that should give you a lot of good rp mileage. Will Brinn work well with other party members? Will he be a good teammate? What can we expect from Brinn in the way of interaction with the party's sorcerer or wizard or paladin or warlock, for example (if we wind up with any of those)?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I bet we can come up with some cool worn items that provide an inherent boost to ability scores (for example) that Brinn might tolerate, yes? We'll have to figure this out for level 5 and beyond because I don't want Brinn to fall behind the power scale as others start accruing magic items. Maybe Brinn comes across a Scroll of Strength +1 or something similar. Just thinking out loud here.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>BRILLIANT. Love it. Works better than you know with the adventure. (Unless you have the adventure and then you *do* know!). </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is awesome. Really, really good stuff there. I'm excited.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CanadienneBacon, post: 6767386, member: 11146"] [B][U]ALL[/U]:[/B] Even though I sometimes quote a particular individual, there are occasionally snippets in my response to quoted material that apply not just to the individual quoted but to the group as a whole. A good example of this is that your character has been a captive of the drow for somewhere between 3 and 20 days, but no more (see below). So this is neat. Let's unpack it, extrapolate, and see what it might mean for Brinn during his forthcoming stay in the Underdark. What effect will being cut off from his hivemind have on Brinn? How will it manifest in his personality? In the way he interacts with party members? What'll happen the first time Brinn is targeted by a [I]message[/I] spell or, for example, by telepathy (because mindflayers!)? The latter is particularly interesting, given Brinn's mistrust of magic (will he be suspicious of or grateful for these kinds of voices in his mind?). Like drow poison. OotA calls for party members to have been captured by drow somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 days. I'm willing to play with the idea of as many as 20 days, but probably no more. Can Brinn have learned some speech in that amount of time? I think so, yes. Though maybe not thoroughly. This is a little too good. Mechanically, I prefer if you take either Variant Human, or Wood Elf, as per the PHB. It's totally fine with me if you want to take Wood Elf but reskin it as a "human" for appearance's sake. After all, Brinn is from an alternate world...who's to say that wood elves from The Land aren't akin to Humans in the Realms? Just confirming that Outlander is a good choice for OotA. It'll be useful. :) I like that Brinn's traits, flaw, bond, etc. are bound up together in his ideals of service and honor. As you point out, there's a nifty duality to the concepts of "honor" and "service" that should give you a lot of good rp mileage. Will Brinn work well with other party members? Will he be a good teammate? What can we expect from Brinn in the way of interaction with the party's sorcerer or wizard or paladin or warlock, for example (if we wind up with any of those)? I bet we can come up with some cool worn items that provide an inherent boost to ability scores (for example) that Brinn might tolerate, yes? We'll have to figure this out for level 5 and beyond because I don't want Brinn to fall behind the power scale as others start accruing magic items. Maybe Brinn comes across a Scroll of Strength +1 or something similar. Just thinking out loud here. BRILLIANT. Love it. Works better than you know with the adventure. (Unless you have the adventure and then you *do* know!). This is awesome. Really, really good stuff there. I'm excited. [/QUOTE]
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