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Message: <blockquote data-quote="VanRichten" data-source="post: 4405052" data-attributes="member: 63745">The best wizard I ever had the opportunity to play was named Xavier.  He was a scholar from the school headed by the Simbul in Aglarond.  An orphan by birth (not knowing he was the child of The Simbul) he broke out in the world in search of knowledge. He was big on the knowledges of Arcana, The Planes, and the History of the Realms.  However he was more than just a scholar, he was also a crafter by trade mostly dealing with items of magic but also of alchemical objects.  In his view magic existed not only to peform great feats of combat and other such things.  But to also make life around you much more comfortable. I had this character carry bath salts, scented soap, a loofa sponge, chocolate covered strawberries, and other sorts of things that made life easier that he had come across or created.  Alchemy is such a wonderful thing.  One case in part of his career the party decided they were aching and needed a bath.  With none in sight he and the Priest of Gond devised an idea.  They cast several Walls of Stone to form what looked like a stone like bath, very large I might add.  Create Water was used to fill the now created bath, and then Xavier struck it with a couple of Fireballs.  Wahlaa!  A hot tub.  Talk about a great time. I played this character fairly metrosexual and mind you I had a lot of fun doing it.  Even more interesting was how the character evolved.  Being a crafter he was always one to look at things and take them to a point of flair no others had thought.  In part of his career he had decided to create a pair of Bracers of Armor but rather than making them look as a normal old set he crafted them to look like a pair of small dragons that were wrapped around his forearms.  Each one also had its mouth open and could hold a wand, leaving his hands free.  A special enchantment was placed allowing him to use the wands as if they were in his hands, a minor effect of course but great for flair.  In part of an adventure the party he was with defeated a green dragon who had stolen two silver dragon eggs, and the green destroyed them.  Well not too long after this the mother appeared.  In her great pain and anguish she looked upon this party and noticed that Xavier had these bracers that looks like dragons.  She then made an offer he could not refuse, and the spirits of her young enterred his bracers.  This did two things:  1.  Xavier was now Lawful Good by alignment due to the influence of the dragons upon him, and 2.  He could animate them as a form of construct familiar, their breath weapon being what the wand was in their mounths, and of course using the charges in it.  This was constructed using a Spark Guardian from the Complete Warrior. In the latter parts of playing this character after becoming an Archmage he began to research becoming a Spellsword, but before doing this started following the path of a Paladin of Mystra.  The idea was upon becoming a Spellsword he would erect an order of knights known as the Paramanders, Knights of the Silver Flame (I adapted this from another D&D world).  A group of Wizard/Paladins of Mystra sworn to protect her ideals, and support the church.  A little creativity was put into changing the Paladin to fit this concept (Remove Disease became Break Enchantment, a few other ideas).  Imagine if you will a Wizard/Paladin who wore mithril full plate, with no penalty to casting!  Quite exilerating. All in all this character's personality shaped every bit of how he looked at magic.  Though he was a generalist wizard, it was what he used it for.  It wasn't all about combat, it was about making life better for him and his companions.  And in the end it was about protecting his companions and standing for what he believed in.  It made him a scholar, a leader, and brought him to the love of his life, Kira. One of the best characters I had the pleasure of playing, and the joy of creating.</blockquote>

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