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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tabbycatt" data-source="post: 2984305" data-attributes="member: 14710">A Half-Elf druid by the name of Irisa.  I would like to use a few druid rule variants, including making her a <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/classes/spontaneousDivineCasters.htm" target="_blank">spontaneous caster</a> as well as <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/classes/variantCharacterClasses.htm#druid" target="_blank">giving up her wild shape abilities in exchange for ones that would make her a better hunter.</a>  I didn't intend to have such a detailed backstory already.. but it happened anyway.. enjoy! ^^;[sblock=backstory]Irisa was abandoned at birth by her Elven mother who left the mewling infant deep in the forest to fend for herself.  Perhaps it was luck or the work of divine intervention but before any harm could befall the babe a wandering druid of Obad-Hai stumbled across her path.  - - -Jared Narin had been living alone in these woods for many long years, enjoying the solitary and quiet life of a hermit where he could commune with his god in peace.  Traversing familiar trails and winding his way easily through the thick forest foliage he gave pause at a set of humanoid footprints in the loamy soil laid out before him.  His first thought was to avoid the tracks all together, to continue following the unmarked trail back to his ramshackle hut, but after a few moments of quiet contemplation a uncharacteristic feeling of curiosity got the better of him and he soon found himself on the hunt.The tracks led him deep into the woods and it appeared as if whatever had made them was traveling slowly and possibly injured.  After near a half hour hike the trail stopped in a small clearing where it appeared that a small scuffle took place with the injured creature was nowhere insight.  He moved in closer to better examine the scene of the ‘fight’ where already he could tell a fair amount of blood had been spilled.  As he approached a soft cry sent chills down his spine causing the little hairs to rise on the back of his neck.  “Surely it couldn’t be…”  He strained to listen and it wasn’t long before he caught the sound again coming from behind a large oak at the edge of the clearing.  He held his breath as he hesitantly circled the base of the tree and found what he had feared.  Lying on the ground and surely only a few hours old was a helpless infant, fallen oak leaves acted as swaddling clothes clinging to the afterbirth still present on the child.  Jared took a step back and scanned the tree line hoping that he would see the mother returning to claim her child.  He waited nearly an hour, but she never came.  Stroking his long beard nervously he looked down to the newborn and firmed his resolve.  With old and gnarled hands he stooped down and gently picked her up, cradling her in his arms.  He quietly looked her over, a small tuft of red hair clung damply to her scalp and two bright blue eyes stared fuzzily up at her rescuer.  From the looks of her ears she appeared to be a half-breed.  “What mess did this old fool get himself into now?”  Shaking his head he turned and left without another word.- - -He named her Irisa, Irisa Narin after his own mother long since departed from this plane.  He taught her the things he knew, of plants and animals, how to hunt and survive on what the forest provided them.  She was a happy child and eager to learn all that he could teach her, absorbing the knowledge like a sponge.  She was a joy to have around, but he knew it wouldn’t last forever.  The druid was already an elderly man upon finding little Irisa and he didn’t long survive her reaching adulthood.  Upon his passing she made the difficult decision to venture outside of her forest home, perhaps see this thing called an ocean that Jared said lay to the <appropriate direction of the ocean nearest to where the adventure will take place>.  She gathered her staff, called her wolf Malcom to her side and prepared to set off on the first adventure of her young life.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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