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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nate Jones" data-source="post: 3447242" data-attributes="member: 41976">Here's what I posted over on the Wizards of the Coast Board:The character seeking tutelage is a Transmutation specialist. He was an average joe, middle aged farmer until his home and family were taken by raiders and he descended into all manner of illicit activities. However, he was visited by Mystra in a dream, who let him know how displeased she was that he wasted his powerful innate abilities doing menial labor. Stricken with an incurable disease from his days of debauchery, he set out to refocus his magical talents. He soon discovered that he was a wielder of the rare Spellfire, and has just arrived in town seeking someone to instruct him.He's the kind of guy who does things because they 'ought to be done,' he views adventurers as cocksure mercenaries risking their lives for little more than gold. He's penitent, and somewhat pious, holding that nature usually has a way of meting punishment to the deserving. He's one to talk first, flee second, and only as a last resort, turn to the powers of magic (Which he is still distrustful of).Since he can't be too picky on who teaches him (I doubt there are many high level Master Trasmutators running around in the Western Heartlands), I thought it might be interesting to set him up with a teacher who is antithetical to his philosophy, that way, he can more starkly define his character. A power hungry Red Wizard who had taken a curiosity to the PC's ability to channel Spellfire I thought might fit the bill, however, I'm a little bit unsure about how frequently Red Wizards run about alone. If I go the evil wizard route, I don't want him too heavily invested in an organization. I want the emphasis to be on the master/apprentice relationship, not the apprentice/organization relationship. Still, I do would want the master to be vaguely associated with a recognizable evil, power seeking entity. I'm not dead set on this train of thought, however, and would still appreciate suggestions for other personalities.I also like Whizbang's idea of emphasizing the Master in Master Specialist.  How could I deveop this further?</blockquote>

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