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Two silly characters
Aug. 16th, 2021 08:24 pmAs my Pathfinder Society characters continue to advance, I need to keep creating new first-level ones so I can play the new lower-level adventures. It's time to finally start playing one concept I've had rattling around in my head for a while.
Ahiru-dono (which should technically be Ahiru-hakushaku, but I recognize there are limits on what I can ask my fellow players to try to pronounce) is a tengu (bird-person) dhampir (person with some vampiric heritage) from darkest Nidal (the closest equivalent I can find in the Pathfinder world to fantasy Transylvania). He's unusually short, with feathers of a greenish hue. He comes from a long line of dhampir, but has offended the memory of his ancestors first by becoming a strict vegetarian and then by running off to have adventures. He is very, very excited to have joined the famous Pathfinders, tinged with the uneasiness of knowing that his two faithful servants are out there somewhere looking to forcibly return him to the fold.
And here's the image I'm using for his virtual tabletop token, because if people don't recognize a certain obscure 1980s cartoon from that description, then the image won't give it away either:
There is a long tradition of adapting fictional characters of all sorts for RPG play. Or even nonfictional ones-- I recently adventured with someone who used a picture of Phil Donohue for his character.
Discussing this with the SO led to a question about what the Muppets would be like as Pathfinder characters. Mostly they'd have to be various flavors of bard, but it occurred to me that one could do something interesting with Miss Piggy, and the character I've been using for bounties (short adventures restricted to level 1 characters only) was going to be levelling up soon, and, well...
Pigathia Lee is a half-orc from the farmlands of Old Taldor, who has come to the bustling metropolis of Absalom to leverage her uncommonly good looks into a showbiz career. She joined the Pathfinder Society for its connections, and fights as a monk. For her first-level feat, I picked Ki Strike, which allows a monk to hit harder briefly, and has a verbal incantation, which... well, you can guess the punchline.
Odds are pretty good that people can figure that one out even during a 1-hour adventure, so I've got a token for her which doesn't give it away.
Ahiru-dono (which should technically be Ahiru-hakushaku, but I recognize there are limits on what I can ask my fellow players to try to pronounce) is a tengu (bird-person) dhampir (person with some vampiric heritage) from darkest Nidal (the closest equivalent I can find in the Pathfinder world to fantasy Transylvania). He's unusually short, with feathers of a greenish hue. He comes from a long line of dhampir, but has offended the memory of his ancestors first by becoming a strict vegetarian and then by running off to have adventures. He is very, very excited to have joined the famous Pathfinders, tinged with the uneasiness of knowing that his two faithful servants are out there somewhere looking to forcibly return him to the fold.
And here's the image I'm using for his virtual tabletop token, because if people don't recognize a certain obscure 1980s cartoon from that description, then the image won't give it away either:
There is a long tradition of adapting fictional characters of all sorts for RPG play. Or even nonfictional ones-- I recently adventured with someone who used a picture of Phil Donohue for his character.
Discussing this with the SO led to a question about what the Muppets would be like as Pathfinder characters. Mostly they'd have to be various flavors of bard, but it occurred to me that one could do something interesting with Miss Piggy, and the character I've been using for bounties (short adventures restricted to level 1 characters only) was going to be levelling up soon, and, well...
Pigathia Lee is a half-orc from the farmlands of Old Taldor, who has come to the bustling metropolis of Absalom to leverage her uncommonly good looks into a showbiz career. She joined the Pathfinder Society for its connections, and fights as a monk. For her first-level feat, I picked Ki Strike, which allows a monk to hit harder briefly, and has a verbal incantation, which... well, you can guess the punchline.
Odds are pretty good that people can figure that one out even during a 1-hour adventure, so I've got a token for her which doesn't give it away.
