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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1175579" data-attributes="member: 151">Hmmm, let me think now.   There are several options here. Let start with this one: The character is an Eidolon, as per the Epic Spell of it's name.  The spell, if you're unfamiliar with it, allows an arcanist of great power to create a simulacrum of themselves, but at reduced power.  The act creates a temporary being that normally is basically an extension of himself.  Now take it a step further...normally eidolons are closer in power to the epic caster.  What if he's actually an Eidolon of a powerful ally of the church who's been imprisoned (such as the Imprisonment spell, or trapped in an anti-magic zone) by an evil force (such as, say, a Balor or duke of Hell) and the spell severed or disrupted.  He's actually a fragment of a more powerful being, but is completely unaware of the fact, as their link has been severed.  He may end up helping the church to rescue...himself.  The church knows it, and protects him, but the 'adoption' is a carefully fabricated lie to keep him safe, in case his original is slain. What else?  Hmmm. He could be the inheritor of some important or expensive legacy...in Sigil, one of the few places that powerful dieties have no touch.  The church adopted him, but is powerless to send him to the City of Doors, due to the Lady of Pain's restriction on divine powers.  Perhaps he holds the key to an ancient mystery there, the one Door the Lady cannot open.... He's a damaged Inevitable, who'se had his memories altered or erased by the church, to use as a sleeper agent.  His spells are actually innate abilities, and labelling him as a sorceror was the easiest way to disguise them.  His mission?  To find an oath-breaker or some violator of church law. I could go on.  I got a million of 'em. <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=":)" /></blockquote>

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