Author Topic: 2 players requested for nightmarish saga of undead piglets and ghost whores  (Read 11911 times)

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The Thing with No Name
(& Spittle)

The Thing with No Name hails from the Dividing Mountains. Never growing as large as the others of his clan, he was persecuted mercilessly as a young spiderling. He couldn't run away, and no self respecting arachnid will simply take the abuse constantly heaped upon him, the Thing lashed out as his abusers. Of course, they just beat him up. He was still tiny.

So, before long, he discovered Psychological Warfare. Ever seen a spider cry? Well, he never really made anyone cry, but he was sure great at getting the bigger arachnids angry enough to beat him up faster than ever before. Before long, he didn't even have to say anything to get a pummeling.

Of course, his gift for inciting rage attracted the attention of the spider elders, who saw his incredible talent for ticking people off. They blessed him, and with his blessings he was able to both take more torment than before and to place his words into the mouths of others. And so he was sent out in advance of his clan to explore, spy, and divide the enemies of the Spider Clan.

It was wonderful. Rather than getting beaten himself, he could force another to take the beatings for him. Of course, squatting on the shoulders of his various mounts would mean that he, himself, would continue to be the target of fists, brooms, and shoes, so he learned to hide and to attract the attention of more powerful people.

He crafted a marvelous piece of crystal, imbued with a bit of his power, that would both cover him while perching on his mounts and be a way to attract new mounts. Small creatures would wear the crystal as a helmet (with him hiding on their heads), others as pauldrons, or integrated into their own anatomy and armor in various ways.

In general, operating among the nations in this incognito fashion was wonderful. He got to pick fights, steal, stick his nose into other peoples business, all without even being noticed. His luck turned, though, once he attracted the attention of a particularly large and brutal half-orc. That particular half-orc insisted on wearing the crystal not on his head or shoulders, but as a cod-piece instead. The Thing with no Name found that particular thing (which had a name) to be utterly intolerable. He attracted the first mount that he could find, and took a thief by the name of Spittle.

Though much more comfortable on Spittle's shoulder, the Thing remains in the market. He recently saw an advertisement for adventurers and has decided that this is a great place to shop around.

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My character's crunch is done, just need to finish the fluff. Mind if I move it in the campaign thread and start posting in the IC?

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That app was for the wizards guild, not ours, but is ok.  Post your character sheet in the Character sheet thread, and we can start working on introducing you. 

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That app was for the wizards guild, not ours, but is ok.  Post your character sheet in the Character sheet thread, and we can start working on introducing you.
yeah, it didn't seem totally applicable, but it was still fun.