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Message: <blockquote data-quote="taliesin15" data-source="post: 4435306" data-attributes="member: 22058">Both of these builds reminds me of the film The Cooler starring William Macy--the plot is a casino keeps this schmuck around because he brings bad luck to gamblers--whenever someone is on a winning streak, they bring the Cooler in to stand next to him, so the winner goes bust. Course, then Macy as the Cooler falls in love, and now he is no longer unlucky, which ultimately brings bad luck to the casino owner and I won't give away anymore of the plot than this.This also reminds one a bit of those Thomas Covenant books.Since many campaigns have a prevalence of NPC commoners who are superstitious (natural in a world with magic one would think), I think some kind of meditation on the phrase quoted by Umberto Eco "Superstition brings bad luck" comes to mind. IOW, maybe one way Ayebar or others deals with the bad luck is to try to cease being superstitious, maybe even avoiding magic?And yet, The Cooler paradigm suggests a way the PC you have in mind might effectively be able to harness Ayebar's bad luck. I'm particularly interested in what sort of alignment you have in mind for Ayebar. It would be highly ironic if he is either Good or Lawful, a joke Loki would no doubt relish. He can't help himself no matter what.</blockquote>