> > I wonder if somebody could help me, I'm in need of some inspiration.
> >
> > There's a rather high end player character in the making in my
> campaign.
> > Yina Yinkinsdottir.
> >
> .........
> >
> > Yina is more difficult, since at the moment both me and her player
> are
> > having trouble thinking up her "thing".
> >
> > She's more human (though _very_ fast and agile), and likes to fight
> with
> > a light sword.
>
> Hmmm, it would seem to me that she wouldn't be born a thunder brother
> so much as having to eventually prove that she was a thunder
> brother?
> The thunder brothers, although I'm not sure that all are
> known precisely, were mostly the heroes of god-time I think. I don't
> think she could be counted as a thunder-brother until she is actually
> being worshipped, and even then I'm not sure....although of course
> anything is possible if you get god-learnerish!
I'm with it. I think she has an identity as one of the Thunder Brothers, but as she returned to her "mundane" life, she was still a 12 year old sprog.
But I want her to have a feat of her own, that reflects the fact that she's a Thunderbrother warrior in Orlanths warband on the "other side".
Then if Yina gets worshipped, that identity will get stronger, and she can supply the feat to her worshippers.
Remember, this character isn't human. She's a demigoddess, though a small one (the game starts when she's 16, though the initiation quest was played)
> As to what her 'thing' could be I would think it would depend a bit
> on her focus.
> -There are a lot of hunting related possibilities, but they would
> only be appropriate if she had a hunting focus.
> -She could be the most fertile of the thunder brothers, but that
> probably isn't much fun for a player character ("You get home from
> fighting the broo to find all four sets of twins, not to mention the
> triplets, are hungry and screaming.....").
As the character is a real tomboy, I don't think it's very apt.
> -Along the lines of what Yinkin is noted for, there is loyalty, if
> that is one of her virtues.
Hmm... true.
> -Having lived with several female cats, I can tell you that they can
> be very fierce defenders of what is theirs. Both attitude (be
> visibly willing to take on a foe two or three times their size), and
> their prowess (one cat happily beat up any dog that bugged her that
> was smaller than about a german shepherd. She'd stand there while
> they charged, then leap and shred their tender nose with one blow,
> which usually ended the affair right there). So anything
> like "fierce defender" could work possibly.
That's neat too. Thanks.
> - Hmmm, actually re-reading that last point, perhaps something
> like "leaping strike"---the ability to strike during incredible
> jumps, letting you attack giants, low flyers, people on walls, etc.
> I can't think of anyone else who specializes in that, and it is
> _very_ feline.
I've been thinking of someting like this.
> (yes, low flyers--same little tabby cat used tease
> the birds into heckling her, crouch down like she was cowed by them,
> until they swooped low enough, then would leap 5+ feet in the air and
> catch them in mid-flight)
Like a caracal (desert lynx) that's a neat cat you've known there.
> I hope some of that helped.
>
> --Bryan
It did, thanks Bryan.
-Adept
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