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<blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 5273908" data-attributes="member: 1125"><p>My major recurring PC/NPC is a gnome who owns a circus</p><p></p><p><strong>As a PC</strong> My PC was orignally intenxced as an alchemist however in his very first adventure he captured a herd of giant hamsters that had been terrorizing farmers. I then decided to tame and breed the hamsters and that sparked the brilliant idea of a trained giant hamster act and the Circus Maximo was born. I was even able to convince a couple of others (a knife throwing/juggler rogue, a acrobatic ranger (who eventually got to be a griffon rider) and our Cleric to join me).</p><p></p><p>Through the circus we travelled alot, capture a lot of animals to add to the show, concealed a runaway princess, fought snake headed mummies, was used in a sting operation against bandits, were summoned to an extra-dimensional city to perform and used fireworks to bring down an invading flying ship.</p><p></p><p><strong>As an NPC</strong> - I insert the caravan pulled by giant hamsters into every campaign I do, even if it is just a passing reference "<em>as you arrive at the city gates you pass a gaily painted caravan being pulled by a pair of giant hamsters. The gnome driver gives you a wave as he rides on towards his destination</em>" Other times he is athe Day man of the PC circus troupe (ie the one who travels ahead of the main troupe arranging venues and living markers for the troupe to follow) and sometimes he is an information source 9afterall he has seen a lot)</p><p></p><p><strong>also</strong></p><p>I've played agame in which the PCs were working for the Church as an artifact recovery crew and I've attempted a Merchant game in which the PCs were merchants travelling from city to city making deals.</p><p></p><p>A campaign I've always wanted to play is one set 'under the floorboards' ie in which the PCs were an inch tall and lived underneath the floor of the city (or some large building) clambering up broom handles, dodging shoes, fighting rats and spiders and the menacing horror of the enormous Cat!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tonguez, post: 5273908, member: 1125"] My major recurring PC/NPC is a gnome who owns a circus [B]As a PC[/B] My PC was orignally intenxced as an alchemist however in his very first adventure he captured a herd of giant hamsters that had been terrorizing farmers. I then decided to tame and breed the hamsters and that sparked the brilliant idea of a trained giant hamster act and the Circus Maximo was born. I was even able to convince a couple of others (a knife throwing/juggler rogue, a acrobatic ranger (who eventually got to be a griffon rider) and our Cleric to join me). Through the circus we travelled alot, capture a lot of animals to add to the show, concealed a runaway princess, fought snake headed mummies, was used in a sting operation against bandits, were summoned to an extra-dimensional city to perform and used fireworks to bring down an invading flying ship. [B]As an NPC[/B] - I insert the caravan pulled by giant hamsters into every campaign I do, even if it is just a passing reference "[I]as you arrive at the city gates you pass a gaily painted caravan being pulled by a pair of giant hamsters. The gnome driver gives you a wave as he rides on towards his destination[/I]" Other times he is athe Day man of the PC circus troupe (ie the one who travels ahead of the main troupe arranging venues and living markers for the troupe to follow) and sometimes he is an information source 9afterall he has seen a lot) [B]also[/B] I've played agame in which the PCs were working for the Church as an artifact recovery crew and I've attempted a Merchant game in which the PCs were merchants travelling from city to city making deals. A campaign I've always wanted to play is one set 'under the floorboards' ie in which the PCs were an inch tall and lived underneath the floor of the city (or some large building) clambering up broom handles, dodging shoes, fighting rats and spiders and the menacing horror of the enormous Cat! [/QUOTE]
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