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Name: Skeeve Race: Elf Class: Wizard Played By: Dan |
Backstory:
Skeeve is an unusual Wizard. While everyone else had more or less serious, Tolkien-esque names, Dan gave his Wizard a more comedic name. Skeeve is also a rustic “farmboy” among Elves, and self-taught himself magic instead of being an apprentice or joining a guild.
Dan is also pretty outspoken, impulsive, and foul-mouthed. He tends to blurt out outragous things, to which I reply, “Did you say that in character?” He’ll often reply, “Um. Sure.”
So what we ended up with was a very brash Wizard with a penchant for shooting off his mouth and dropping the F-bomb.
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Gotta love the nontraditional characters…
I always wanted to play a fat and lecherous Wizard with a penchant for dirty jokes and extremely incorrect behavior.
I play a dwarf wizard… And one my companions is a dwarf monk, who likes to walk around naked.
Oh, and of course we diss the elf from our group in dwarf-tongue.
One character I fondly remember was a human wizard from a poor background. He made do by cooking and bartending to try to afford his magic. As he adventured, however, he got wealthy, but never forgot his background, opening a bar/restaurant. Being a conjurer, he never had to worry about hiring a bouncer, or kitchen staff…oh, and his name was Bob.
Hurray Robert Asprin!
Sounds like short-haired mini Elminster.
Actually, wasn’t Skeeve the main character in Myth Adventures? *re-reads Horton’s post* Yeah, like he said. ;-)
I knew from the moment I saw his name that this HAD to be a Robert Asprin Fan.
Incedentally, I’m still waiting to get Ford Prefect past a GM. One of these days… one of these days…
i met dan and bogan at a party and dan plugged your comic. sounds like you’ve played some excellent campaigns.
The myth books were my favorite from the age of 10 to 15, until overtaken by Ramond e Feist and then Terry Pratchett (how ever you spell it).
looks like the kinda wizard i would love in my groups! All the wizards i get are the pyromatick firemages T-T Guess if that givees my stories a hard test.
Yes, jabbers, Terry Pratchett is the proper spelling. Just be thankfull there seems not to be a Rincewind analog in this campain–although the luggage would be interresting.
I thought sorcerers were the ones who taught themselves magic.
Sorcerers are the ones who can use magic innately, kind of like super powers or blood magic.
Wizards learn magic through studying and training of their mind.
I campaigned alongside a kobold mage once…The sight of my Hound Archon Paladin almost gave him a heart attack. I think he spent about 30% of the campaign cowering in fear, 25% passed out and the other 45% running away from necromancers. I never saw him play that PC again…
Tolkien-“esque“, eh?
[clicks “Back” button twice]
[strokes beard]
We end up repeatedly using the phrase “…but in DnD terms” whenever we end up inevitably cussing at each other, an NPC, or for a warcry.
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Ooh! Ooh! I’ve got a nontraditional character in my game! His names Tearahk, an elf shugenja (japanese-esque caster) with a propensity for drinking. A lot. He paid my artificer to make an infinite beer mug. The DM gave him a bonus feat – “Second Liver”.
I like his bicycle handlebar weapon there…