(Artillerist artificer with the Failed Merchant background from AcqInc)
For years I tried to make a living as a humble vendor of vegetables, only for my produce to be destroyed time and again as war swept the Four Nations and I found myself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Finally I realized it wasn't just bad luck, but a plot targeting me personally like I was the butt of some cosmic joke, and I vowed revenge. Now my cart has undergone some... upgrades using scavenged Fire Nation tech, and anyone who messes with me is going to get a face full of exploding cabbage
It's time to play... Guess the Famous Character I've Turned Into a PC!
(Path of the Juggernaut barbarian)
My pa split town a-fore I was born, leaving nothing behind but an unsavory reputation and this curse of a name that I hate more than the Seven Hells hate the heavens. I was bullied without mercy by the other kids in town because of both, but that just made me stronger and meaner. Now that I'm old enough, I'm going to track down and kill the dirty mangy dog that gave me that awful name.
Last answer: Cai, the cabbage merchant from Avatar: the Last Airbender
look, Sue, just give up that there quest.
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Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities .-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-. An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more. Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
(Artillerist artificer with the Failed Merchant background from AcqInc)
For years I tried to make a living as a humble vendor of vegetables, only for my produce to be destroyed time and again as war swept the Four Nations and I found myself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Finally I realized it wasn't just bad luck, but a plot targeting me personally like I was the butt of some cosmic joke, and I vowed revenge. Now my cart has undergone some... upgrades using scavenged Fire Nation tech, and anyone who messes with me is going to get a face full of exploding cabbage
It's time to play... Guess the Famous Character I've Turned Into a PC!
(Path of the Juggernaut barbarian)
My pa split town a-fore I was born, leaving nothing behind but an unsavory reputation and this curse of a name that I hate more than the Seven Hells hate the heavens. I was bullied without mercy by the other kids in town because of both, but that just made me stronger and meaner. Now that I'm old enough, I'm going to track down and kill the dirty mangy dog that gave me that awful name.
Last answer: Cai, the cabbage merchant from Avatar: the Last Airbender
That one’s too easy. Besides, I already used that for a background 43 pages ago. 😜
Jes sos y'knowin, I dinna ask nor train fer this, an' I ain't one t'complain much 't'all, buts I suppose I did find this here book when I was a playin as a kid 'n I suppose I did figger it out somewhat, but don't be thinkin that makes me any kinda special or nothin.
Why sure, i done figgered out sum of it, what with ya takes a pinch of that and ya moves like this and ya mutter these things and then ya touch a fella and they jes fall down all wriggling stiff and such -- it shore did make fer some good laughs when I was a young'n.
But ya sayin I can come wit ya'll and be makin money fer my kin, and that I can be usin this here book to do that, and I shore did thinkin it was gonna be mighty dandy, I'll grant ye all o' that; but you coulda least wise told me that these here dungeons had big ole slimy things like this before ya went and got swallowed up in -- yep, ya mightn't a done that.
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Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities .-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-. An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more. Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
I was walking in the woods when I met a dog that asked for my help to find his owner, it didn't do it verbally, i just sort of heard it in my head. We found its owner that turned out to be a statue of some guy I've never heard of and the statue said telepathically that I could keep his dog if I found and returned a certain "powerful axe" that the statue could have "quite a bit of fun with", now I have no idea how a statue has fun with an axe but i do like the dog. So now the dog an me are travelling the world trying to find this axe, it may be a fools errand but it'll be interesting.
* Probably Warlock with Find Familiar or maybe Beastmaster Ranger and taking a little inspiration from a ceratin quest in Skyrim.
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* Need a character idea? Search for "Rob76's Unused" in the Story and Lore section.
I had no parents or home, and wandered the Elemental Planes, learning the Art from various denizens of the realms. I hunted down and killed an eldritch horror without knowing that it was one of fourteen, and now the other thirteen seek my death. I venture the multiverse to find these horrors and kill them before they emerge fully and end the world.
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No news is good news…
I'll lay a white rose on the cold earth, knowing it that it has not claimed your soul.
I am the Reflection of a dangerous man and I have crossed from my side of the mirror to this side. Being a Reflection, I am the exact opposite of my real world counterpart so while my Other is a cruel, blood thirsty crook, I'm a kind-hearted seeker of justice. I now wander the world, hunting down my Other so that I can kill him and cement my positioning in this world.
(Use changeling stats and get spells like mirror image, color spray, and invisibility for flavor)
I was a faithful cleric of my religion and was kidnapped by fey spirits. They took me to their fey court where they wanted me to serve as their priest but I could not serve the god they worshiped. I escaped but I fear that the fey that captured me are hunting me down for I see their leering faces in the dark hollows of the forests and in the swirls of bubbling brooks.
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock) Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric) Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue) Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
My pa split town a-fore I was born, leaving nothing behind but an unsavory reputation and this curse of a name that I hate more than the Seven Hells hate the heavens. I was bullied without mercy by the other kids in town because of both, but that just made me stronger and meaner. Now that I'm old enough, I'm going to track down and kill the dirty mangy dog that gave me that awful name.
It's time to play... Guess the Famous Character I've Turned Into a PC!
(College of Glamour bard / Fiend warlock)
Yeah, I met a devil or two in my time, but they don't scare me none. They always try'n trick you into surrendering something precious by offering power and golden fiddles and whatnot, but in the end they all run back to Hell with their tails between their legs. Truth be told, I made it my life's work to hunt 'em down and teach them sons of *****es that they can't lay a finger on me, cuz I'm the best that's ever been.
Last answer: A Boy Named Sue
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Active characters:
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock) Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric) Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue) Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities .-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-. An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more. Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
I used to be a worshipper of Tiamat, but all that changed when I saw her wrath. Her dragons destroy villages without regrets, slaughtering thousands of innocents without mercy. So I left my temple and become a paladin of Bahamut, useing my draconic powers in the name of good.
I was adopted by a secret organization that keeps the peace in my hometown by having kids murder those who would commit crimes in secret.
After a really wild experience where an outsider tried to bring down the big watchtower at the center of town, I discovered that I was now old enough to make my own way in the world.
i have a certain set of skills; skills that make me a nightmare for those who would disrupt the peace, commit crimes, and stop me from running my cafe and helping people — the two things I love to do, even if that one organization keeps giving me jobs!
(Shamelessly stolen from an anime)
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Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities .-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-. An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more. Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
I was hatched in a sewer beneath some great city of non-scaled creatures and learned to live and thrive. People called me "Filthy Pickpocket" and "Little Thief" and they became my name and I go by that name to this day. Apparently there is more than this city and the creatures that live within and below it so I might just go and find out what is out there.
*Filthypickpocket Littlethief, a Lizardfolk Urchin trying to explore the world in general.
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* Need a character idea? Search for "Rob76's Unused" in the Story and Lore section.
I was born with no parents to claim me in a tribe of goliaths on a mountain with some other settlements around. I grew up and was a valuable member of my tribe. Then, war broke out and I was part of it, and then the dead rose again and I formed an alliance with those who previously were my enemies. (That only started once the campaign had commenced, but it makes the backstory more dramatic)
I recall being a proud and powerful wizard on the cusp of gaining immortality as a Lich, that was until those damned Tabaxi turned up and ruined the final ritual leaving me a broken husk with a mere fragment of my true power. I bandaged myself up and bound what magic and life force I still had into them and have set out to reclaim my magical might and get my revenge. Sleep well little Tabaxi for I will return and then you show know my full power when I can call upon the ancient spirits of evil to transform me into the Ever-Living!
*Evil Reborn + Sage + Wizard (probably Necromnacer) = Decrepit looking spell caster aiming ot get 6th level spell slots to cast "The Ever Living" aka Tenser Transformation and kill some Tabaxi and it may or may not have taken some inspiration from Mumm-Ra from Thundercats
look, Sue, just give up that there quest.
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
That one’s too easy. Besides, I already used that for a background 43 pages ago. 😜
https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/story-lore/118709-three-sentence-backstory?comment=83
Creating Epic Boons on DDB
DDB Buyers' Guide
Hardcovers, DDB & You
Content Troubleshooting
Jes sos y'knowin, I dinna ask nor train fer this, an' I ain't one t'complain much 't'all, buts I suppose I did find this here book when I was a playin as a kid 'n I suppose I did figger it out somewhat, but don't be thinkin that makes me any kinda special or nothin.
Why sure, i done figgered out sum of it, what with ya takes a pinch of that and ya moves like this and ya mutter these things and then ya touch a fella and they jes fall down all wriggling stiff and such -- it shore did make fer some good laughs when I was a young'n.
But ya sayin I can come wit ya'll and be makin money fer my kin, and that I can be usin this here book to do that, and I shore did thinkin it was gonna be mighty dandy, I'll grant ye all o' that; but you coulda least wise told me that these here dungeons had big ole slimy things like this before ya went and got swallowed up in -- yep, ya mightn't a done that.
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
I was walking in the woods when I met a dog that asked for my help to find his owner, it didn't do it verbally, i just sort of heard it in my head. We found its owner that turned out to be a statue of some guy I've never heard of and the statue said telepathically that I could keep his dog if I found and returned a certain "powerful axe" that the statue could have "quite a bit of fun with", now I have no idea how a statue has fun with an axe but i do like the dog. So now the dog an me are travelling the world trying to find this axe, it may be a fools errand but it'll be interesting.
* Probably Warlock with Find Familiar or maybe Beastmaster Ranger and taking a little inspiration from a ceratin quest in Skyrim.
I had no parents or home, and wandered the Elemental Planes, learning the Art from various denizens of the realms. I hunted down and killed an eldritch horror without knowing that it was one of fourteen, and now the other thirteen seek my death. I venture the multiverse to find these horrors and kill them before they emerge fully and end the world.
No news is good news…
I'll lay a white rose on the cold earth, knowing it that it has not claimed your soul.
What is it?
I make homebrew subclasses, usually fixes of existing ones.
Way of the Ascendant Dragon but better: https://www.dndbeyond.com/homebrew/subclasses?filter-name=&filter-author=KyrneGnomeBarbarian&filter-author-previous=KyrneGnomeBarbarian&filter-author-symbol=118590905&filter-rating=-40
I'm a social pessimist.
I am the Reflection of a dangerous man and I have crossed from my side of the mirror to this side. Being a Reflection, I am the exact opposite of my real world counterpart so while my Other is a cruel, blood thirsty crook, I'm a kind-hearted seeker of justice. I now wander the world, hunting down my Other so that I can kill him and cement my positioning in this world.
(Use changeling stats and get spells like mirror image, color spray, and invisibility for flavor)
I was a faithful cleric of my religion and was kidnapped by fey spirits. They took me to their fey court where they wanted me to serve as their priest but I could not serve the god they worshiped. I escaped but I fear that the fey that captured me are hunting me down for I see their leering faces in the dark hollows of the forests and in the swirls of bubbling brooks.
(Feylost or Haunted One Cleric)
What is what?
Creating Epic Boons on DDB
DDB Buyers' Guide
Hardcovers, DDB & You
Content Troubleshooting
(Mike Patton voice) It's it
Active characters:
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock)
Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric)
Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue)
Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
Ahh Faith No More......I always thought he was singing "Epic" instead of "It's It".
It's time to play... Guess the Famous Character I've Turned Into a PC!
(College of Glamour bard / Fiend warlock)
Yeah, I met a devil or two in my time, but they don't scare me none. They always try'n trick you into surrendering something precious by offering power and golden fiddles and whatnot, but in the end they all run back to Hell with their tails between their legs. Truth be told, I made it my life's work to hunt 'em down and teach them sons of *****es that they can't lay a finger on me, cuz I'm the best that's ever been.
Last answer: A Boy Named Sue
Active characters:
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock)
Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric)
Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue)
Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
Johnny.
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
I used to be a worshipper of Tiamat, but all that changed when I saw her wrath. Her dragons destroy villages without regrets, slaughtering thousands of innocents without mercy.
So I left my temple and become a paladin of Bahamut, useing my draconic powers in the name of good.
(He/Him), Pansexual dude. 🏳️🌈
I love cats, coffee and Dnd. Check out my tavern: THE PLATINUM KINGFISHER
Don't be a monday. Nobody likes mondays.
Of all the Dnd settings, Dragonlance is my absolute favourite.
Introvert high elf who is not snooty or stuck up.
Gets kicked trough a portal through the many multiverses.
Wounds up in Diagon Alley (Harry Potter place) and has to blend in.
Why am I writing this? Likes idea of a class for alchemy (I do not count artificer).
Just to annoy people, he/him
(GET ANNOYED :D!!!!)
I was adopted by a secret organization that keeps the peace in my hometown by having kids murder those who would commit crimes in secret.
After a really wild experience where an outsider tried to bring down the big watchtower at the center of town, I discovered that I was now old enough to make my own way in the world.
i have a certain set of skills; skills that make me a nightmare for those who would disrupt the peace, commit crimes, and stop me from running my cafe and helping people — the two things I love to do, even if that one organization keeps giving me jobs!
(Shamelessly stolen from an anime)
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
I was hatched in a sewer beneath some great city of non-scaled creatures and learned to live and thrive. People called me "Filthy Pickpocket" and "Little Thief" and they became my name and I go by that name to this day. Apparently there is more than this city and the creatures that live within and below it so I might just go and find out what is out there.
*Filthypickpocket Littlethief, a Lizardfolk Urchin trying to explore the world in general.
I was born with no parents to claim me in a tribe of goliaths on a mountain with some other settlements around. I grew up and was a valuable member of my tribe. Then, war broke out and I was part of it, and then the dead rose again and I formed an alliance with those who previously were my enemies. (That only started once the campaign had commenced, but it makes the backstory more dramatic)
…and then I swing him into a hedge.
I recall being a proud and powerful wizard on the cusp of gaining immortality as a Lich, that was until those damned Tabaxi turned up and ruined the final ritual leaving me a broken husk with a mere fragment of my true power. I bandaged myself up and bound what magic and life force I still had into them and have set out to reclaim my magical might and get my revenge. Sleep well little Tabaxi for I will return and then you show know my full power when I can call upon the ancient spirits of evil to transform me into the Ever-Living!
*Evil Reborn + Sage + Wizard (probably Necromnacer) = Decrepit looking spell caster aiming ot get 6th level spell slots to cast "The Ever Living" aka Tenser Transformation and kill some Tabaxi and it may or may not have taken some inspiration from Mumm-Ra from Thundercats
I'm dragon born noble. I want to become a God. I'm level one sorcerer :(