The Twisted Mage is any sort of magical practitioner who has been thrown out of their magical organization for their cruelty, indulgence into dark magic, breaking of core rules, or any of the above. The Twisted Mage could have almost any motivation for roaming around the land, whether it be vengeance, power, love, or simple wanderlust. Regardless, the Mage is an intelligent, cunning, and manipulative entity who will stop at nothing to get what they want, using any and all resources at their disposal.
- Skill Proficiencies: The Twisted Mage is obviously proficient in the arcane arts and could be knowledgeable in the Sleight of Hand, Investigation, Stealth, Deception, Performance, Intimidation, Persuasion, and Investigation.
- Tool Proficiencies: The Twisted Mage has never been one for physical pursuits, and as such is proficient very little besides the tools familiar to Arcana.
- Languages: The Twisted Mage is more than familiar with languages such as Abyssal, Infernal, and Draconic, which all pertain to the dark magic that they love so. The Mage may also know a few words in the Deep Speech, depending on what field of the dark arts they decided to pursue.
- Equipment: The Twisted Mage is more often than not a caster attacking from far away (shocker, I know) as such they traditionally garb themselves in robes and maybe light armor so as to optimize the casting of spells. Also, Mages may wear very tight and form-fitting clothes, for those who value a bit more of a physical approach to dark magic, and who use it to supplement their main dark art.
Dark Mage
The Dark Mage is a vagrant who has or was abandoned by their own magical guild or organization, or who was simply inclined to dabble in the darker aspects of magic from the beginning. These individuals are generally fast, cruel, manipulative, and charismatic, specializing in everything from charming victims into their lair and sacrificing them to a dark god to channeling pure darkness to fuel their ever growing power, making this already durable individual even more of a pain to kill.
Feature: Magical Power
The Dark Mage's main aspect is achieving power far beyond that of the normal caster, and granting them access to spells normally off-limits to others, however, these powerful spells don't come without their own risk and fee.
Suggested Characteristics
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| d6 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cruel. The Twisted Mage, living up to its title, is more likely to disembowel an injured traveler than help them to the next village. |
| 2 | Cunning and manipulative. This individual enjoys playing with its prey, preferably alive and sentient, and can't resist a good game. |
| 3 | There's always a price for dealing with this person, and they'll make sure that you pay that price, it doesn't matter to them how, or if it's voluntary or morally sound. |
| 4 | Strange. Generally, this person behaves rather eccentrically and indulges in things that normal people find strange and more often than not can freak others out by just giving them a good look. |
| 5 | Sarcasm is their first language. This person lives to be snide and snarky, and can't resist sneaking in a comment in any situation, no matter how dire. |
| 6 | Easily bored. If something isn't interesting or stimulating enough for this Mage, they'll be out and about searching for something to better to do before you know it. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Chaos. Those who serve the concept of anarchy seek to bring the natural state of things back to the land, or so they claim. |
| 2 | None. This individual has no ideals except for their own wants or needs, making them a rather dangerous and volatile person to deal with, yes? |
| 3 | Power. The ideal of power says that this person pursues greater power, and sees those who strive towards that goal and who are powerful as equal or even superior. However, this causes them to think poorly of those who do not value power as they do. |
| 4 | Divine Rule. This person believes solely in the teachings and principles of their god(s), journeying to put those concepts into practice, no matter what others may think of them, their god, or their teachings. |
| 5 | Peace. This person is generally scarred by one or several events in their past, and seeks to bring peace to a certain place or places in order to console their own inner demons. |
| 6 | Perfection. One who seeks the absolute perfection in one or more aspects of their life, whether this be the pinnacle of their magic, being the perfect person, or being the harbinger of perfection to this imperfect and thus pitiful world. |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vengeance. The Dark Mage is seeking vengeance upon those who have wronged them, such as their former guild, friends, loved ones, or a dictator. |
| 2 | Simple wanderlust. No real reason. This Mage enjoys wandering around and seeing what there is to see, and maybe adding their own dark twist to things. |
| 3 | This Dark Mage has a need, a primitive hunger to play. They live for the thrill of the chase, the gamble, and the kill. They roam the world, ever seeking greater risks and more interesting people. |
| 4 | Love or lust. The one with this bond is seeking someone they lost track a while ago, or slipped out of their grasp, or is simply looking to love them for the warped and twisted monster that they are. |
| 5 | Some Mages seek power, traveling in order to find more magic, increase their grasp on the dark energies that they so love to manipulate. |
| 6 | Finally, there are those who seek to conquer. Some in the foundation of their own country or kingdom, others for the empire or organization they serve. But all in all, this Dark Mage uses their power to tear down those who would stand in their way. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cunning, likes to play games and toy with their victory, always two steps ahead of their opponent |
| 2 | Bitterly vengeful. If cheated, the Mage has no choice to make their opponent suffer tenfold the shame that they had. |
| 3 | Callous. The Mage generally won't take into account the feelings, wants, or needs of others in favor of achieving their goals. |
| 4 | Emotionally clueless. The Mage knows little to nothing of emotion or how to deal with them, rather more of anatomy and how to deal with a stubborn ligament. |
| 5 | The Mage is extremely proud, forcing them to dazzle and stun everyone around them, stopping at nothing to gain the blind adoration of the crowd. |
| 6 | Lack of respect for people who value sharp, pointy metal sticks and muscles over the immense force of magic. |