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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bozidar" data-source="post: 1088283" data-attributes="member: 12946">Re: Re: Paladin Professionis that Thanos? from that marvel mini-series way back when, around 1990, that crossed all those different titles?  IT's been a long time since i read comics, but i think i remember that one.. Sorry, no.  I've been playing D&D since before they had the first real good video games about them (PoR, i still miss you). <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I agree with you, and i'll explain my failing with this character, why it happened, and what's changed.Ryn was added to a campaign already in progress.  He joined the group, and due to the haste in which it all happened, i didn't have a good amount of time to come up with a good background for him.  In fact, i still haven't.  I'm hoping that through this exercise, i'll get a good idea of the character himself, as an entity, and develop a good plot for him. What i do have..He's a human paladin of Corellon Larethian.  He was raised by elves, and brought up in their ways.  He left his tribe around the age of 22 when it became obvious to him that while he may belong there, his short lifespan would only cause pain and grief for his "family".  As a trained warrior of justice, and the protector of elves, he set out to do good in this world that has so much wrong.  End of story.. fast forward, he's 7th level, and no story.During a role-playing session, about his 3rd or 4th session, he was left for several days in a town, while the rest of the group teleported hundreds of miles away to resupply and recoup.  He couldn't leave, because he wouldn't leave his mount behind in the town, or to fend for itself (a direlion can't be teleported, too big, he was 8th level at the time).  During his stay at the town he spent a lot of time wandering around, helping people.  The town was having serious problems with the undead.  He did his best to cheer the children up.  Due to his aura of courage, it did make them feel a little better to have him around, so he spent a lot of time with them, to make them feel better.  A lay on hands here, a cure light there, a cure disease.. I could see him doing that full time, and i saw, through that exercise, how he could continue a peaceful existance.But what i had said was that he was "built" to kick ass.  With an int of 10, and not a lot of skill points to swash around, he has concentration(5), diplomacy(6), heal(3), ride(12), handle animal(7), knowledge religion(3).  There's not a lot to go on there, but it's something.So here is my plan -- he's going to accept a post at the local temple of Corellon.  He'll train up and coming paladins and clerics of that faith.  He'll walk the community as a constable, keeping the streets safe, and lending aid when he has the time.  To earn money, to repay his debt, he's going to partake in local contests.  They're non-lethal, and thus the purse is smaller, but he couldn't take part in to-the-death matches (held in another city) just for the sake of money.I've already checked with my DM about this, and gotten little response, but I think he will attend the local court.  He will find a charity of some kind, be it orphans, homeless, or just the downtrodden that need help, and lobby the nobles and weathy to lend funds to that cause.Also, he is going to work with the wizard (11th level) in the party, an arcane devotee of Corellon.  They will try to get an audience with the queen for sponsorship.  Together they will try to build a school dedicated to the teachings of Corellon.  They will gather up young children, mostly elves, and train them in the ways best suited to them.  The most intellegent, if they desire, will be trained to become wizards.  Those most devout, will be trained in the beginings of priesthood.  Those strong of body and will, with the right attitudes, will apprentice him as paladins (he'll leave the temple to live at the school).  I'm going to lobby to get the school built within the city limits of the same place as the aforementioned temple.  That way his charitable works can continue uninterupted.Overall his plan, which started with very little, has really fleshed out thanks to alot of the input from here, and with the developments of that other character.  Good times ahead, i think.  We'll see.</blockquote>

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