A priesthood of death can be essential in easing the fear of death or dying, and helping overcome the pain ... they could even be experts at concocting drugs to ease pain, or help the dying spend their last days in a pleasant dream. "It does not hurt. You just fall asleep" ... and let me tell you, the relatives would be much happier to see a smiling great-grandfather in his deathbed, than one half-mad with the pain of cancer devouring his body.
They also could teach the old the way of the underworld, and how to plead before the final judgment, or for a better reincarnation.

While Sima's assassinations are reasonable (she sends them to be judged by Anubis for their misdeed), I rather doubt that she'd murder them brutally - I think she'd make one clean cut, or use a garotte, or poison, but she would not want to see them suffer. Go to Comment

I think about a thread in the idea scroll: "Different looks at gods" ... re-defining the Gods of Death, the Sun, Love, War.. etc. Go to Comment

5/5 Very good in that it shows that not all that seems evil really is evil. Go to Comment

Great backstory, strong motivations, and a nice moral twist - pretty much what I've come to expect from you Scras

Solid believable character - 5/5 Go to Comment

Often, the better the submission the less I have to say about it.

Captain- you can change the names, baby! Go to Comment

This would make an excellent PC background as well and is a great view from the other side. Just as I prefer my white with a ting of black, so too black should be tinged with white.
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Heck, the "Old Fears Come Again" plot hook's enough for a high vote, all in of itself.  Too damn often, the moral absolutism of D&D and its ilk manifests itself in the notion that if the other guys are "Evil," just about any bestial thing you do to them is okay, because, well, they're Evil, doncha know?

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I for one, like how you mixed eastern, middle eastern, and western influences. Using the latin "Pater" as a priestly title is always a good way to denote a sort of organized religious hierarchy. Using Anubis as a venerable death god, is recognizable by just about anyone who has taken a world history class.

I also like the old idea of a venerable death god, rather than a satanic death-worshipping God, where the clerics give aide and comfort to the relatives of the deceased. It's a refreshing trend away from the typical fantasy view of death worshipping priests from whatever "Temple of doom" is around, who bathe in the blood of their kidnapped sacrifical virgins. 

I like it. 3.5/5

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Enjoyed the balanced aspect of her. Basically a stupid jock with a female twist but I am over simplifying. Fun character to dethrone the fighter in your group. Go to Comment

Thanks, thanks a lot! Next, we want to see... the Paladin... yesss, my precioussss, the palladin.

As for Esther - she is not as lost as Regdar and Mialee. It could even be a great roleplaying opportunity for a PC priest, pally or monk, either a very reasonable man or a strong lady, teaching Esther that the perfection consists of an unity between mind and body, Just bodily perfection is not enough.

Or, the PCs could try to achieve a delicate mission, with combat being absolutely useless, even detrimental to it, and with Esther interfering.

A well-written char, thus 4 of 5 Go to Comment

A nice addition - no where near as amusing as Redgar or Mialee (is your sense of humour failing Scrax) but an interesting character nonetheless

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Interesting...

Are you going to take every D&D sampler character and buffoon it up? 'Cuz that would be great!
I'd love to see that monk Ember get all emotional!

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I like the character. It is an excellent addition to a game with Regdar or a good stand alone character. She might secretly possess a few magic items that help her facilitate the illusion of her mighty magehood.

A good twist would be to make her an illusionist. A few image and mind control related spells would go far in making her the apple of the court's eye.

Another plotline is "Struck between the eyes"
A character first sees her at a distance and is smitten with attraction for her (tell the PC he failed a love check). The PC then will work on getting close to her, perhaps doing some act of daring do to ingraciate himself with her. Then they finally meet her, and she is not what she seemed to be. Go to Comment

After a second look several hours later, I must agree with EchoMirage. She is too similar to Redgar, but MoonHunter had several good suggestions which I have taken into accounted and edited Mialee. She is now an illusionist and the bulk of her talent is in that realm of magic. She uses a pair of magic items, the diadem and the ring, to bring the rest of her spell casting up to snuff and be seen as a real mage and not a conjurer of fake tricks. So, she is more intelligent than Redgar, but is still a self-absorbed and vain spell caster. Go to Comment

:lol:

That is a pretty good idea. I think I might do that. Since you suggested Ember, I think she will be next! Go to Comment

you know, this is the same tune you played to Regdar. I know, they fit well together, but the similarities are too great (most of all the 'a wizard doing most of the spellcasting for her') - I'd say she might be a competent wizard, prone to flaunting her power and humbling male wizards ('you call THAT demon summoning?! I will show you the real stuff...' - this could lead to a great plot is a few seconds later, she said 'oh, ... crap') Go to Comment

Mialee the brat-living proof that outside beauty sometimes conceals inner uglyness. Go to Comment

Well Scras, I'm not particularly fond o DnD myself so I never bothered to get the new 3rd Ed rules, consequently I haven't these DnD archetypes everybody keeps talking about.

Even so I liked Redgar a lot (see my reply to that post) and I also like Mialee for many of the same reasons.

True, she is very similar to Redgar - but so what, they make a great pair

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An interesting take on this character. Go to Comment

I like how your mind works Scrasamax! Redgar will taunt and haunt my players for years. 5/5 Go to Comment