-or- Register at the Citadel
NPCs
Extras
Knowledge/Lore

2.08

13 Votes

-8xp

ID: 933
Hits: 4620
Comments: 6
Ideas: 0
Rating: 2.0769
Condition: Normal
Submitted:
December 15, 2003, 10:17 pm
Updated:
April 1, 2006, 8:52 pm


HoH not available due to level or sub is not 10 days old
The Prophet
By: Magus

A mysterious prophet who speaks in riddles.

Special Equipment:

A gnarles staff with a large emerald at the head.

Appearance:

He is a cloaked figure, who wanders the realms, he appears everywhere out of the blue. Not a single shread of skin is visable on him, his cloak covers his entire body, and his hand are covered by cloves. His face is covered by a opera mask, making his emotions unreadable. Due to his enigmatic appearance, people are unable to tell weither he is a human, a god, or an apparation. He appears out of the blue, but a thick fog allways comes before his arrival.Time seems to stop as he speaks to you, almost as a dream. He speaks in riddles of what will happen in the near future. But the one thing all his prophesis share, are that they are never good news, and they always come true. He speaks to you in a calm male, humanly voice. And he leaves as soon as he goes. Those who know his legend, know that he is never somebody you want to meet. It is also said that if you see him eye to eye. You will see youre own demise.(which is why he is usually looking down)

Background:

His origin is a mystery, their are many tales about his past. Some say that he is a ghost of a long dead wizard. others say he is multiple people who are trying to get a scare. There are others that say he is a powerful archmage, from another world. able to trave through space in time, which is why he is able to predict the future with such accuracy.

Roleplaying Notes:

You might want to use this character if you want to give youre players a little heads up, of a great challenge or hardship that lies ahead, but not just come out and say it.



User Submitted Ideas (0)

Please register to add an idea. It only takes a moment.

Comments ( 6 )
Commenters gain extra XP from Author votes.
Extra bonuses go to those that spend all votes in between refreshes.

CaptainPenguin
2003-12-15 11:14 PM
0xp
There is no backstory!
There's nothing interesting about this character!
It seems like a mish-mash of old cliches.

However, you did use the word "enigmatic" right.
Magus
2003-12-15 11:28 PM
0xp
Amen to that last part. but there isn't a backstory, because that would limit his uses. I mean really, don't you believe in legends among legends.
MoonHunter
2003-12-16 12:49 AM
0xp
Even a legend among legends leave tales in their passing. Was he there trying to evacuate the people of Atlantis or Pompei? Did he advise a great king? Does he advise bad guys?

What is his motivation? Why does he do this? And what kind of things does he warn of... does he work to protect the world, protect the time stream, protect the Land of Oz, etc, etc.

What are this guys credentials? Why should anyone listen to him? Justy because you have lived a long time does not mean I should trust you. Any good Illusionist or Dream Mage could perpetrate his appearance and effect, ruining his reputation.

Yes he is a legendary. But even legends have origins (told and retold badly over the ages). Where did Athena come from? Or The Hood (aka Robin Hood)? Or Toth? These are legendaries who still have origins (though the details might be different than the reality).

Just a few comment
Magus
2003-12-16 02:45 PM
0xp
To answer what i see fit in order, before i take youre advice. Yes he was there at atlantis, but not to evacuate them, to warn them. no. He didn't advice a great king, because hes not an adviser, hes a prophet. Yes he "prophosises" to bad guys. He workes to give people a second chance. People have no reason to listen to him, such as would have been the case with atlantis. Yes someone could immitate him, but most people that talk about him are thought to have something wrong with them. And there is no evidence that he is even a real person. He may just be an imagination that, because people know of them, they see him, even though he is not there. In other words, he could not even exist. His origin like a stated has many different stories, as a DM come up with youre own if you want to.
Krishna
2005-02-09 12:46 PM
0xp
Prophets usualy speak in riddles :)
CaptainPenguin
2005-02-10 09:52 PM
0xp
True...

Join Now!!

Please register to vote or leave a comment

Freetext



Brand New to the Citadel


Random Idea Seed View All Idea Seeds

The Chinese, when attacking a castle or fort, flew kites over the city wall and used the length of string it took to get it there as a measurement to know how far they had to dig a tunnel to get under the wall.
By: Strolen | UpVote

Creative Commons License
Individual submissions, unless otherwise noted by the author, are licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
and requires a link back to the original.

We would love it if you left a comment if you use an idea!
PayPal
Powered by Lockmor 4.0 with Codeigniter | Copyright © 2012 Strolen's Citadel
A Role Player's Creative Workshop.
Read. Post. Play.
Optimized for anything except IE.
0.0195