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[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Warforged Bard, Unit #69420, Designation: JAMBOT

JAMBOT comes equipped with seven different musical instruments, an ale dispenser, a confetti cannon, a heater core, and a subwoofer big enough to rattle Pelor's china cabinet

JAMBOT was originally built mostly as a way to get his owner free drinks at parties but since the death of his creator, time and alcohol damage have scrambled his circuits and he has confused his definition of "party". When apprehended by an adventuring party he readily joined their ranks.

"KEYWORD: 'PARTY' ACCEPTED. THIS UNIT WAS BORN TO PARTY. LET'S BOOGIE."

[–] GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

That sounds brilliant! In case you don't get your chance to boogie through a game, your idea reminded me of Party Pal in Wasteland 3 - a bringer of joy to my many battles!

[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

Bear form druid/barbarian is pretty vanilla, but oh boy do I enjoy being able to tank a troll attack at level 5 while my party does the damage. Bonus points for method acting a shamanic, substance assisted trance...

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 13 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I want to try a non evil necromancer, maybe druid-like but I think the best mechanical class is wizard. Have a family skeleton follow me around and buy it nice clothes and jewels as offerings.

Also want to play a fallen aasimar, like a former angel. The church used pieces of their god's aasimar as relics, and they don't care that the against are immortal after a fashion and can feel themselves in pieces. The god doesn't care about the well-being of the angels as long as he is worshipped so it's up to the PC to fight the church and rescue the angel bits.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

A necromancer with an undead honored ancestor is such a cool idea. You could then save spells like Raise Dead for corpses you consider particularly deserving of the honor. Noble or formidable does usually, but sometimes beloved NPCs

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I'm so glad you appreciate it!

My thought for the backstory was a remote or hidden village where this is a common practice. Not everyone can do it of course, but like the real groups that bring out grandpa's mummy and give it cigarettes and whisky, I imagine on some holy day the dearly departed are brought back to receive the thanks of their descendants or remaining friends.

Maybe the village was destroyed or the practice outlawed by the regional power, and the character is sort of on the run trying to keep their ancestor safe and the practice "alive". Not many places look kindly on necromancy of any kind, so maybe Grandma needs to go in a bag of holding sometimes and gets extra gifts as an apology.

[–] s3rvant@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 hours ago

Just finished reading the beta for Everspark TTRPG and all of these are possible. Excited to play it with my teens.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 10 hours ago

I'm currently playing a tabaxi rogue based off Slinky Malinki, but I also want to play a tabaxi barbarian based off Scarface Claw.

My kids really love those books, and it turns out kids books make great scaffolds for RP characters.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

An highly religious elf out on their Rumspringa.

Any long lived race will work, I just think elf is the funniest. And long lived so that the rumsprimga can last for the entire adventure/campaign.

I had to Google what that was

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

A dark cleric.

They only heal so they others can suffer more pain. I think it would be fun to roleplay that kind of twisted mind that is helpful to the party but pulls it a clipboard and asks in a scale of 1 to 10 how bad is the pain?

[–] Shkshkshk@dice.camp 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

@Godnroc @ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling
Feel like this is the edgy relative of the classic Cleric Inquisitor archetype who uses Healing Word and Revivify for enhanced interrogation of "sinners".
#dnd

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 20 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Any. At all. I've been itching to play for a few years now!

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Well you just need one more person and a DM and it looks like you two just started a group!

[–] Godort@lemm.ee 14 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I want to play a wizard/barbarian that treats rage like another, different spell

[–] Nycto@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

I played a Hobgoblin Barb Bladesinger who did this as a higher level of blade dance. Lots of synergy actually.

[–] Inucune@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago
[–] Infynis@midwest.social 8 points 14 hours ago

My next character is going to be a Tiefling College of Whispers Bard, using the new 2024 Tiefling, since they can be Small. They're an impish investigative reporter for a Westmarch setting I'm starting with some friends. Their goal is to make sure the governing body in the setting isn't able to have any secrets from the people, through espionage and the newspaper they print, so they're going to be stirring up a lot of trouble.

Someday I will get to play them. Setting up a Westmarch is a big undertaking lol

[–] databender@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

I think I would dig playing one of a part of a multi-country collective of paladins that congregate when there's a threat to the realm, very much in the vein of Mighty Morphing Power Rangers.

[–] Nikko882@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago

"Unbreakable", the Warforged. A warforged made for manual labour, but who wants to be a hero that protects people. Not very good at it, but he's trying, and thankfully he is hardy enough to fall down a few times and still keep going. Basically the robot from Real Steel.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

King Lizard and the Blizzard Wizard?

[–] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

What in the nine hells is a lizzard blizzard glizzard wizzard?

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective.

[–] Shkshkshk@dice.camp 5 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

@ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling @DScratch
Yer fooling yeself. We're living in a dictatorship! A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes—
#MontyPython

[–] QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

There you go bringing class into it again.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Help! Help! I'm being oppressed!!!

[–] No_Money_Just_Change@feddit.org 9 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Way more than I have the time for

[–] Nycto@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

The well never runs dry. I play one shot games every other weekend and I still don't ever seem to run out of character ideas.

[–] Shkshkshk@dice.camp 0 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] No_Money_Just_Change@feddit.org 0 points 7 hours ago

A lunar sorcerer changeling that changes appearances and personality with the moon phase:
A small girl with playful cruelty on new moon.
A genderless adult who loves to mediate between parties at crescent moon.
An old man who values justice and helping others above his live at full moon

An evil princess (secretly a necromancer) who tries to be known for as many good deeds and heroic acts as possible because that increases her chances for the throne

A palladin who served a fey in the forrest but now has to interact with humans and big cities for the first time, he wants to help nature reclaim as much land as possible but needs to stay on the city lords good side to get their support against whatever evil is afoot

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

More characters that don't rely on magic. Rogue was awesome. Doing a monk now.

[–] Nycto@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

I was actually thinking about a high elf rogue that has high wisdom and uses True Strike every round. 2024 True Strike is great.

[–] Shkshkshk@dice.camp 5 points 16 hours ago

@ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling @dnd
Bugbear rogue with Polearm Mastery

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 0 points 9 hours ago

I'm a simple man, a Jinx Artillerist Artificer. (Jinx from the show Arcane)