Re: some help please (druid)

On Jan 30, 7:53 am, "Davo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> thats a nice start actually, thanks!
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> some of her characterization;
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> -arrogance
> -superiority complexe
> -apathetic with regards to fighting
> -dislikes adventureing for the sake of others.
> -dislikes people who carry large mean looking blades.
> -burning interest in games or strategy.
> -dislikes mention of 'chance' or fate.
> -atheist

How can one be an atheist in a fantasy setting when gods are doing
miracles everywhere one looks? Of course your setting may differ and
the question may not mean anything vis a vis this particular character
but I have seen people simply ignore all the deities in a D&D campaign
and I wonder how they think their character can do it. I'm an athiest
myself but my characters in fantasy games have the reality of the gods
shoved in their faces and I have no problem playing deists.

Will in New Haven

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> On Jan 28, 4:55 pm, mkkuh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Mary K.
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>
> Kuhner) wrote:
> > In article <1169862606.088035.67...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Davo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 <Davo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >I was hoping some people could give me some leaping off points for a
> > >druid characters background? Ive already established her personality
> > >(vis a vis character flaws, achiles heel, and other 'weaknesses') but
> > >comming up with a good history is proving difficult.
> > >I was hoping some group brainstorming could help... any ideas
provided
> > >a 14 year old female druid of human descent and an intense
elven/asian
> > >societal background.Can you give us some of that characterization
stuff?  It's hard
> > to suggest a background in a vacuum.
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> > Raised by (animal/savage race of your choice) and then forcibly
> > civilized can be an interesting background:  the genteel go-player
> > who reverts to savagery under certain conditions.
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> > Fourteen, female, and a druid suggests that either her parent(s)
> > were druids too, or something happened to break up the expected
> > pattern of her life:  orphaned?  given to the druids in repayment
> > of a debt of honor?  runaway?  taught by a mysterious stranger
> > within the community?
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> > Did she have some life-changing encounter with forces of nature?
> > Life saved by an animal/fay/nature spirit?  lost overnight in a
> > holy grove?
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> > Conversely, did she rebel against some other path laid out for
> > her, like a marriage, a profession, or a priesthood?
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> > Just some starting points.
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> > Mary Kuhner mkkuh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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