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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 3137837" data-attributes="member: 7006">Hey stonegod... you've been with me over in my WotC Eberron game for quite a while now, so I figure it's only fair that I return the favor and apply for yours!This character will be a rogue 3 / cleric 2 / shadowbane stalker 1 build.  You can check out Complete Adventurer for the basics of the Shadowbane prestige classes, and you'll see that they sound very much like (and can easily be adapted to) a minor order within the Church of the Silver Flame that has decided that only by learning about the darkness within men's hearts can they hope to defeat it.  One of the many orders devoted to the immediate rooting out of evil, even if their ways are not wholy good.Background: Jarrith Bronns was taught vehemently since birth what the Church of the Silver Flame was good for and why it was needed, because both of his parents learned first-hand of the evil in the world.  Martin and Milla Bronns were both victims of the scourge of the dopplegangers, as the village they grew up in within Aundair became infested with the fiends, and both sets of their parents were replaced by doppleganger duplicates.  It was only through the grace of the Flame itself that templars finally arrived to eradicate the evil from within the village, and Martin and Milla (both sixteen at the time) clung to each other in their grief.  This eventually led to love... both for each other, and for the precepts of what the Church of the Silver Flame taught.  They moved to Thrane and became staunch proponents of the teachings... raising their young son Jarrith within the faith.However, they perhaps taught him a little TOO well, since he grew up more unbending than many others around him.  He was an intense, stringent, exceedingly fervent young man, whose entire life became nothing but service to the Flame.  The goodness within him was obvious... and his desires to destroy all evil in the world was plain... but it seemed that he was not above fighting fire with fire so-to-speak, especially when he took his vows as a templar.  His will to serve Church, parents, and Khorvaire was absolute, but it made for a not-quite-so pure young man.  And it was this man that was found by the Order of Illumination-- a wing of the Church a bit more orthodox than many others.  They were always looking for young men and women who would fight evil regardless of the cost.  If they had to damned themselves in order to save the rest of the flock, then so be it.  And when inducted, Jarrith fit into their ranks like a hand in a glove. Bronns has now spent the last seven years fighting the evil of the world by walking along it's fine edge.  A master of stealth and agility, he is always called upon to infiltrate places where evil has gotten hold, and open it up for others of the faith to make their way in.  He dances lithely on the edge, knowing full-well that one false step and his plunges irrevocably into the darkness.  But this is the only way he knows to get the truest and lightest of results.Primary role:  Infiltration and observation, with a secondary role of back-up divine caster.Quirks and distinguishing abilities:  Master of stealth, which is only enhanced by his abilities as a member of the shadowbane stalkers.  He's also very good at information gathering and character detection.  He's very much a "attack first - ask questions later" kind of person, which can lead to some difficulties when dealing with polite society.  Also his fervor in defending the principles of the Church can become rather tiring when he's around the non-believers.  He's not the sort of guy you want to get stuck sitting next to at a dinner party... but when you are on a job you have no worries about whether he will do what is needed or asked of him.  Just try not to get him to use all his divine power purely for healing... because as far as he's concerned, you can hire a Jorasco house member for that kind of crap.  The Flame grants him his abilities to root out evil... not to play nursemaid to a bunch of weaklings who have stubbed their toes.</blockquote>

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