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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Allistar1801" data-source="post: 7638571" data-attributes="member: 6977279">Last week my friend decided to run a 1 shot of an island adventure, and we actually ended up loving it so much that we're probably going to continue it as a full campaign! This kind of left me in an awkward position as to what I wanted to do with my character, and I figured why not post about it.Stop me if you've heard this one before, a charming Italian sailor who's quick with a joke and the jab of a rapier. Yeah I went with a rogue, but I wanted put a little spin on it by making him a bit of the classical braggart with an aura of swagger to him. Also since my alignment I decided to be a bit of a generous man, still a bit snarky and whatnot but a kindhearted underneath it all. The only thing is I rolled pirate for his background rather than sailor, and I think that's running a bit against how I played him throughout the session. I can't really change it since it's kind of cannon now since I rode in on a rowboat with them. I however did lose them pretty quickly by pulling a bit of a Jack Sparrow and completely ignoring the dock marshal and letting the rest of them handle it, meanwhile I slip away to mingle at the festival in town meeting up with the other party members while I'm enjoying the sights of this new foreign land. I never used my background feature and from the way I want to play my character I don't think I ever really will, so how can I RP around it?My first thought is having him try to escape it and pursue his own journey (Twas one of his ideals). Trying to shake the bad reputation and become a captain in his own right seems like a neat way for me to go. Only problem I see here is the fact that he doesn't really have anything to run from. The islanders are nice, and he's nice to them, the other pirates are pretty much the only ones that know about it, and it's not like he's proving anything by giving them a middle finger. It changes nothing in the eyes of the navy or the islanders, but it would be so unbelievably true to the character. Perhaps I can work with the DM and develop a bit of a reason behind this, but what do y'all think?</blockquote>

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