She was the daughter of an elven diplomat's assistant. In her early "teens", she was travelling with a caravan along iwth her parents through orc lands, to assist her father's boss on opening relations with the orc tribes there.

Dissident, racist elves that sought to sabotage these talks arranged for the slaughter of the entire caravan and framed the local orc tribes for it. Talks fizzled out and the cold war between those orc tribes and the nearby elven kingdom was prolonged.

Galiadrae was the sole survior, and was found, in-shock, by a neutralish orc band scouting through the area, lead by an orc who had lost his daughter years earlier. They nursed her back to health and took her in as a thrall, since it seemed that was all she was good for.

She did menial tasks for them at first. Mending tents, aiding their wise women, fetching water and such. Over time as she grew older, she was trusted with more important tasks as the shell-shock and trauma wore off. She forgot about her old elven life and became more and more immersed in orc culture. She was entrusted with aiding in the care of weapons, cleaning hunting kills, and so on.

When she finally got into her rebellious teens, she wanted to fight and alongside those she had come to see as more her tribe than her masters. At first most of the tribe found it ridiculous, but the orc who took her in allowed her to go through the dangerous rites of passage that every orc had to go through to become a full-blooded member of the tribe.

She barely survived, but she managed to pull it off. Since the tribe ran on the merits of the individual, most of them accepted her as a full-blooded member.

She shaved her head save for the orc-style topknot, got her tribe's tattoos, and had two teeth pulled out and replaced with tusks cast from the gold she got from the monster she slew during her rite of passage.

One of her tribesmen took her as his wife, and they hunted and fought beside each other for the rest of his life. When she outlived him, she left the tribe to find herself, promising to return.

In the campaign outline the GM gave us, one of the things going on is that some people on both sides of the elf/orc front are trying to stir up full blown war again like in the bad old days. That's another reason why she's leaving, to try and stop it before it starts.

She has forgotten entirely about her old life and has only vague memories of elven culture. She sees herself as an orc more than anything else. She loves her people and is pretty dismissive of elven culture from what she has been told by her tribesmen, but she's extremely curious about the other races and cultures as well. She's not dumb exactly, but she's pretty naive about the "civilized" world.

She lives hard, passionately, and from moment to moment like orcs and humans, not like elves. She knows she could live for a long time, but she honestly doesn't expect to. She doesn't want to waste a moment of her life

What I'm hoping to pull off:

She won't be better at being an orc than actual orcs. She lives by the culture, but she has to work for it and she is at a disadvantage at times. She just keeps pushing through.

She won't be superior to other elves for abandoning their culture and attitudes in favor of an orc outlook. But she won't be inferior either.

Be a much more likable elf for the rest of the party than the two Smug Elves.

Is there anything else I should shoot Anything that could make the concept better? Anything I should avoid? Like, how would an elf outside of elf culture and brought up in such a "Live in the moment" culture probably come to think when they keep outliving friends and family?

>>12602546
>I want to do something cool with this one.
>elf barbarian
>raised by orcs
>OMG SO ORIGINAL

Nice job ripping off Tarzan.

>>12602554

That is, what "elfishness" should come through past the "orcishness"?

Simple, interesting concept. Well thought out, doesn't come across as obnoxious, has a couple of potential hooks built in for a GM to pick up on. I like it.

>>12602558
>>12602582

Ignore these two fuckwits. Play it the way you've put it in there, start remembering more from your childhood, slowly come to understand more about elves, foster better relations between elves and orcs, all the while trolling the Smug Elves into the ground.

Also, be a barbarian wielding an elven court blade. Weapon the tribe found in the ruins of the caravan.

Sounds good, OP. Not an extremely original concept, but who cares? Backstory sets her up nicely, throw her at the game.

I'm playing an Elf Barbarian in a 4e game. Not raised by Orcs though, just from a tribe of absolute savages, cannibals, the works. Took a lot of inspiration from the Aztecs for how to be absolutely crazy.

>>12602613

>all the while trolling the Smug Elves into the ground

I get the feeling some will feel this should be the primary purpose of the character, but it should probably be kept on the sidelines, to be indulged in from time to time.

Elven court blade with orcy additions is a fucking ace idea.

>>12602629

Ooh! Yeah, like a tassle of fetishes.

>>12602554

Many tribal cultures have a high degree of respect for elders. As one who's old and yet young at the same time, I'm wondering what kind of social status that leaves her.

>>12602554
Couple things come to mind with this. 1st off, if she's already had a husband/mate/wtfever orcs have, she probably also has a few half-orc kids unless for some reason they don't mix (half orc template never says what the other half is :3). Maybe take leadership and have a small clan of half-orcs following to help their venerated elder.

Additionally, while elves tend toward CG, and orcs tend toward CE but can be played (and seem to be fluffed here) as CN, I'd think CN a more fitting alignment, but that's just me.

Last bit, I'd grab a different pic than the one you show on the OP. The armor looks very refined, which might fit for an elf, but not so much for an average orc (on stereotype, admitedly) or a barbarian (since it tends to get in the way.) Might want to look up a more druidic/savage portrate, or better yet an elvan pit-fighter type to show all the scars and such gained from living the harsh life of orcish culture :3.

Just minor stuff. The over-all concept seems legit.

>half orc template never says what the other half is

Its not a template, and yes, it does.

>>12602639

I'm seeing that and the hilt being replaced with something of orc design now. The blade is not as pretty and elegant as it used to be, but it's still cared for and effective.

I was originally going to go with axes, but I really like this image! Thanks!

>>12602673

I wouldn't want to claim that kind of respect just to avoid Sueishness, but that is a neat problem.

Maybe her not aging as quickly could be seen as still knocking her down a notch in the wise-elder department? Then again if she comes back with 15 levels behind her...I'll talk to my GM about it! He knows their culture more than I do.

>>12602673
Anything from booted out as cursed to worshipped as divine seems plausible. In either case, the fact that she doesn't age will most likely be taken as a sign that there's an immense amount of magical power bottled up in her. Having her as an apprentice of the local medicine man, asking for her hair to be used in magical charms, forcing ehr to live on her own outside the main village, and so on all seem likely, or in extreme cases superstition such as that anyone who threads on her footprints will die (meaning that she has to be carried everywhere...)

>>12602584
>what "elfishness" should come through past the "orcishness"?
The same things the other chars playing elves do: smug, uppity about the superiority of your own culture and life and relation to the way the world is.

>>12602690

Yeah, time was in a pinch on pics.

Girl on the left in that pic there is dead on what I'm going for except for hair and teeth.

I'll ask the GM if kids are possible. I love the idea, plus it would make the smug elves rage more if it is possible in this setting.

I'm kind of heartset on CG, but probably leaning heavily towards CN in a lot of ways.

Now I can't get the idea of kids out of my head. I'm hoping it is possible now.

>>12602744
You do know that the GM is going to fuck with her some way or another through those kids, right?
Anyway- one would probably be best, perhaps reaching adult hood in orcish society, seeing as elves are reknown for low birth rates

There should still be a certain "elvish" posture to her. In movement she is fluid, in battle she is like silk fluttering through the breeze. While she may go "BERSERKER RAEG" that should lead into like, hundreds of swift attacks with her blade rather then her hauling off and wacking them repeatedly.
Above all, an elf is graceful- it's the core of their being, really.

>>12602744
I'd go with CG- the fact that she's leaving her tribe to see about maybe improving the world points her in that direction

>>12602721
Orcaboo?
Oh the Orcish culture is so much mor grucmagug than elanfa"ages and fra'huma.
What you mean your men don't bite each others foreskins off in the Manning rituals! How filthy and barbaric.

>>12602708

Might be rethinking multiclassing depending on what the GM says. Gah!

>>12602721

It's tempting, but I'm really fighting the urge.

>>12602771

Yeah, probably. I've always made families for my characters and this GM is cool even when he messes with you through your backstory. He never gets adversarial about it. Probably going with one child if it can happen.

Thanks guys, Lot of stuff I hadn't considered but should have here. I'll chat with my GM about it tonight at the theater(Rifftrax is on tonight, for those who care)

>>12602803

Except with a topknot and fake tusks.

Oh really, what movie?

Please don't play this character as an orcaboo- don't lower yourself to the levels of the other stuck up snobs

>>12602859

House on Haunted Hill, the original with Vincent Price!

In about two and a half hours, I think!

>>12602852
Yeah, that's what I was going for

>>12602875
Online, at home, or at an honestogog movie theatre?

>>12602894

I don't know if they offer it online, but they're showing it at theaters, I think live broadcast of the performance, but I couldl be wrong.

I like this OP.

If you take grace from elf-ness and a straightforward, robust brutality from orcishness, I imagine a fighter with extremely EFFICIENT movements. No wasted motion, she kills her enemies quickly and forcefully.

Not sure how to stat that. Not even sure you need to stat that. Anyway that's my take on her.

>>12602852

>>12602950

Anyone recall offhand how the Herald of Gwynharwyf worked? It's pretty much the most CG barbarian a CG barbarian can get, isn't it?

>>12603111
It's a barbarian with pally spells and a few other additions :3. Works well, (and it's champion >.<) but not solidly amazing in any particular feature.

>>12603159

Ah, so much for that fitting in with >>12602950 's vision, then.

Still, barb with paladin spells holds a lot of appeal...

>>12602558
>herp derp, shitting up threads

awesome back story op

>>12602558
Please stop posting.

Duncan MacLeod's relationship with his first wife in Highlander seems to be the same sort of tone as how the elf should have interacted with her husband - he'd have gotten older, slower, frailer, stooped and wrinkled, while she remained constantly beautiful and strong. Yet she stuck by him anyway, because that's what love is.

Play off on that when you get the chance. Refer to your deceased husband - you've got a whole lifetime of shared experiences together, and chances are he's set an impassable bar for anyone else who might ever be interested in your elf, so it should give lots of good rp fodder to play around with.

>>12603362

THIS

In regards to her status as an elder in the tribe, I don't think becoming a semi-deity or shamanic figure would work first because she's an outsider and the character you've described doesn't really fit that image.

Instead I could see her unintentionally becoming the clans lore keeper simply from the benefits of her long life and good memory. In a way she becomes the memory of the clan. Something that affords her respect but doesn't require as much duty as deity figure.

This isn't exactly original bro. I like it and you did well fleshing out her story, but she's not very "original".

I love all the people complaining about how the op isn't original when nowhere in his posts did he say that was what he was aiming for.

>>12603362
>>12603437

Doubly so if it's one of the Smug Elves expressing interest in her. THAT should go well.

>Captcha: regulate menania

We really should.

go with barbarian

Elves are good at Magic OP.
Consider having a level or two of druid.

>>12603599
I wonder how any male elf will deal with a female thats quite a bit more masculine then themselves

Aren't most women more masculine than male elves?

>>12603782
Girls tend to go crazy for male elves, honestly...

>>12603724
or better yet, have her suffer a sudden "elvish magical attunement" when she is with other elves, especially with wizard/sorceror elves. This could be a good plot point, since she wasnt educated on how to handle magic, or studied it enough, it could be a liability more than a helpful power. Maybe she suddenly spits some "weird blue goo" (mana) after an adventure, or maybe she is trying to make a campfire and suddenly fire responds to her. Maybe she comes from a family of powerful mages.
Well, it depends on how magical the elves in that setting are, of course.

>>12603446

Like a skald or something? That could work.

I'm not sure how much of an outsider she'd be regarded as, though. By adulthood she'd have had two generations of orcs who'd grown up and died with her having always been one of them.

>>12603946
I wonder how she'd react on seeing a biological family member back

maybe an uncle or so

>>12604048
it would be interesting to see

>>12602721
>The same things the other chars playing elves do: smug, uppity about the superiority of your own culture and life and relation to the way the world is.

And if anyone says otherwise she'll put an axe between their eyes.

>>12603362
"Fool. You wish to try winning my heart with your soft music and delicate gifts? I spit on your charms. Grah'nog was a proud and noble warrior, and twice the man you could ever be, in both body and heart. Death claimed his flesh, but his spirit is forever twined with mine. You will never know me as your bride, frail elf."

I would suggest using the Frenzy variant for Barbarian rage, gaining Dex and extra attacks rather than Con and Brute force power.

Also, going two weapon fighting may work. Become a whirlwind of furious steel rather than crushing juggernaut.

If you do decide to pick up some spellcasting I'd suggest Sorcerer for a more primitive feel. (Or Oracle if you're using Pathfinder and want divine casting).

Why the fuck would Orcs raise an elf? She (or he) would be a liability, an extra mouth to feed, and unable to fight with any decency. The elf would either end up as a very stringy meal (no meat on them bones), or put out of it's misery and fed to the goblins.

>>12605226
read >>12602549 and >>12602554

>>12605226
read past the first post's title sentence and find out, dumbass.

So my only question is...what does an Orc/Elf look like?

You want a good example of elf barbarians?

Read up on the Marat from the Codex Alera series.

>>12605442
elfs and orcs can't breed with each other

>>12605488

Then how do Half-orcs happen?

>>12605492
When orc women rape human men.

>>12605492

That's with humans, bub.

>>12605508
nowhere in the players handbook does it say that

>>12605545
damn you for making me have to go through my book to copy paste it.

page 18
In the wild frontiers, tribes of human and orc barbarians live in
uneasy balance, fighting in times of war and trading in times of
peace. Half-orcs who are born in the frontier may live with either
human or orc parents, but they are nevertheless exposed to both
cultures. Some, for whatever reason, leave their homeland and travel
to civilized lands, bringing with them the tenacity, courage, and
combat prowess that they developed in the wilds.

>>12605545
Nowhere in the PHB does it say that you need a heartbeat to be alive, either.

BAZING.

>>12605442
a wood elf

>>12605488
BRING OUT THE FUCK CHART! Book of Erotic Fantasy is good for SOMETHING.

Bro how can you have an elf raised by orcs? Orcs kill anything they see that isn't orky and elves all live in Ulthuan or naggoroth so it's pretty impossible fluff-wise to have an elf raised by orcs.

>>12605589
I am just going to point out that is for the greyhawk setting so you aren't doing yourself any favors and since it is meant to be an example and also doesn't in any way say that orcs can't mate with other humanoids I don't see how it helped your argument other than showing that you know how to copy paste and aren't that good of a roleplayer since you actually care

>>12605621
and I point to the fact that your an idiot, I made a rational and true statement you are just a troll buzz off

>>12605694
i would like to point ot you are talking about warhammer orcs

>>12605710
even thought that is true for Eberron, Forgotten Realms, and Pathfinder

>>12605803
and it is clearly stated that the dm is using his own campaign dipshit

>>12605940
your point, the dude was talking about half-orcs in general not about the op's home brew

And once again a semi-promising topic is derailed by quivering neckbeards arguing about which fantasy races can and cannot interbreed. CONGRATULATIONS.

>>12606574
Good news is, we managed to get in some pretty decent discussion before they showed up.

>>12606574
Is that guy a Spess Muhreen? goddamn he's huge

what edition/system are you using OP?

OP here, I talked to my GM after the movies(Vincent Price was fucking awesome!).
He gave me the go ahead on a lot of things and clarified some other stuff for me:

Orcs and elves can interbreed, but it's something that elven society is in denial over. So my character can have kids with her husband. I'm going to just have one though. The GM is still mining for options on what a half-orc/half-elf would be mechanically, and might just make it up himself.

He said that being the tribes lorekeeper or something similar made a bunch of sense, and that if I wanted to explore that direction he would have stuff ready for me. I'm definitely going barbarian, but now I'm really thinking about adding bard(like that skald idea mentioned earlier) or druid early on.

He asked me for her old elven family name, so I think he's planning something there.

>>12603362
>>12603599
>>12604848

I REALLY love this idea now. I'm so quoting that if a situation calls for it.

>>12606873

We're playing with Pathfinder rules and classes and a bunch of 3.5 supplementary material, set in the GM's homebrewed campaign setting. No inherent alignments for mortal races and stuff like that.

GM told me to take a look in the Advanced Players Guide to see if there were alternate versions of the classes I'm going to pull from that would work better with the concept. He mentioned Savage Skald, so I'll be reading up on that tonight.

Thanks for the ideas guys!

>>12605064

Where can the Frenzy variant be found? I might actually go down this road...

>>12606574
Nigga Kenshiro?
"Your bike is stolen already"

Oh, and one of the Smug Elf players found out that I'm playing an elf raised by non-elves. They don't know what race raised her yet, or that she's perfectly happy that way.

She said it could be fun trying to guide me back to my proper elven roots.

This is gonna be fun!

>>12607948
Pathfidner?

AWESOME!!!


Find Advanced Player's Guide

take a few levels (1-3) in Bard, BUT!! use the "Savage Skald" or "Shield Skald" (not sure exactly) variant in the APG!

You should dual-wield, as a manner of aesthetics.

>>12608112
the op doesn't need the advanced player's guide, go to the d20pfsrd

>>12608112

Holy shit. Ten levels of Savage Skald bard lets you perform a song that works like the Horn of Valhalla.

She could be summoning her dead orc tribesmen from the afterlife to throw down alongside her and her party. Fuck yes.

This also means less barbarian levels though...

>>12608245

Can still be a bit hard to find. They need to finish formatting it at least.

http://www.d20pfsrd.com/extras/collaborators/work-area/apg/bard-alternate-class-features

>>12608245
that doesn't have the alternate class features for all the classes yet

So what should an elven woman singing orc war songs sound like?

More female metal vocalist or punk vocalist? Simone Simmons or Joan Jett?

>>12608340
a mix of the 2 maybe?

I'm stealing this to use as an NPC, OP.

>bald elf barbarian
>tusk implants
>tattoos
>implied musclegirl

Trying not to wish for Rule34 as well.

>Orcs and elves can interbreed, but it's something that elven society is in denial over.

Recommend to the DM that orcs and elves were once one race that split into two millenia ago.

And that halforc/elves are the future of both races.

Watch the other elf players rage.

Actually, thinking on it some more, wouldn't silver tusks make more sense than gold?

It's more elf-y. I don't know if silver teeth wear as well as gold though.

>>12609165
Silver teeth wear better - gold is awfully soft unless it's adulterated with other metals.

Also, using the alternate racial features of the elf can give you this interesting set of racial abilities....

Eternal grudge: You can ask your GM to make it a +1 attack bonus against Dwarves and Elves, or retain it as Dwarves and Orcs (because you always hat to fight harder and meaner than your compatriots). This replaces elven magic, so that only makes sense.

>>12609237

Handy for making bite attacks against lycanthropes and devils too, I suppose.

>>12609271

Maybe the memory of her original family's killers could play into changing Eternal Grudge to work against elves.

Dwarves....they're probably always getting up in the orcs' grill over something.

>>12609237
She should have teeth she can switch out as needed. Gold for ceremonies of honor, black onyx for times of mourning.

Maybe she wears the tusks of her husband as heirlooms?

>>12609421
It's well known dwarves consider elves namby-pamby....a pissed off Orc-raised Elf would be glad to demonstrate that they're so terribly wrong, mostly by ripping out their beads.

>>12609437

>Maybe she wears the tusks of her husband as heirlooms?

One tusk for her, one tusk for their child, if ventures into territory from this thread.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/12535392

>>12605667
DAMN, they're right.

>>12609526

Not that it applies to OP's game, of course.

Or anyone else's whose GMs ignore that bit of fluff.

>>12609437
>>12609460
That's cool!
>>12607948
I WENT TO THE RIFFTRAX TOO!
My GOD was it great! Had to drive over an hour to get to the nearest theater doing it though.

>>12609545
>>12602875
GROCERY WITCH! AAAAAH!

>>12609545
>>12609550

JOIN ME IN THE ABYSS OF SAVINGS

Shit was great.

>>12609557
GOODBYE WALLY!
"The Paper bag just stranded him in the middle of the forest!"
Or my personal favorite, "SOMEBODY GET THAT GHOST OF A CAT OFF THE ORGAN!"

>>12609526
*nods* >>12602690 here.

I suppose I should have consulted BOEF before suggesting it, but seeing as how DM's okay'd it it seems a moot point now.

B'sides, if anything it's harkening back toward the Tolkien elf/orc relationship to an extraordinarially small degree; precedent for the concept even if BOEF disagrees, and an older one at that vs 3rd party source that can still be ruled out.

>>12609581

And orc genes can only help to improve the elven population.

>>12609581
Screw the BOEF. Elf-Orc hybrids shall be the master race.

Here's a question:

The elf's child by her orc husband. Son or a daughter?

>>12609613
Daughter. But no one can tell.

Sandwich has a rival?

>>12609629

No.

Sandwich has a love interest.

DRAWFAGS REPORT IN

This might not be the right character for this idea, but I was wondering about a Barbarian-like character that goes into a zen-like trance rather than a berserker rage. Like I said, it'd probably ruin the fun of this character to make her anything other than brutal and strong, but when someone mentioned the elven court blade (probably the best finesse weapon in the game) I started thinking about it.

What about trading +STR+CON while raging for +DEX+WIS while tranced, and trading armor and shield prof for the Monk's WIS to AC. Finally, get Power Attack as a bonus feat at level 1. (I'm borrowing from Iron Heroes here. This would allow someone to hit hard even if they didn't actually have a high strength score, and unlocks all the feats based on Power Attack. It's not like you couldn't be fast enough to be able to choose between attacking the easy target or the soft target.) Probably needs Weapon Finesse, but that'd be too many goodies at 1st level.

Opinion?

>>12609632

Doesn't seem like a good fit for this character, but that's certainly a solid conept to keep in mind for another flavor of elf warrior.

Actually sounds like a good rival, the opposite of the character in a lot of ways. Maybe an example of the assassins from the backstory?

>>12609631

Or alternately, a drinking buddy, if Sandwich and Goldentusk's heterosexuality is sacrosanct.

>>12609632

I had a friend homebrew a setting we ran a campaign in. In that world, there's less of the Conan type barbarians, and more of the Mongol types. Aside from other changes, they had Zen Rage.

Just the same, only the strength bonus is translated to a dex bonus, and they get an extra one or two archery feats for the duration of the rage.

>>12609657

Could be. It's always fun to have a rival for a PC, especially if you can manage to have them fight 1v1 as opposed to your classic 3e fight, surround the single enemy and beat it from all sides.

I came up with it a while ago. Time spent online on DnD forums, saw a lot of "omg Monks are shit make a Barbarian", so I did. Can't hit as hard, even with Power Attack, but very hard to hit in return. Combat Reflexes, especially when paired with Stand Still and Step Up, could allow this sort of character to utterly troll encounters.

I really like that idea. As Julius Ceasar once said: "Fuck yeah, this is awesome." I agree with the great conqueror.

Fuck, almost makes me wish to take a try with D&D again (so long as it's not about "OMFG WORLD IS ENDING ONLY YOU INCOMPETENT RAGTAG ASSHOLES WITH LESS THAN ZERO TEAMWORK CAN SAVE IT ZOMFG!!!!!!111one")

Who are the other characters? Two smugass elves, yours and ... ? Could make for an interesting situation if the others were less nice as well - orcen-elf barbarian as the party's moral compass, and may God have mercy on your bones if the compass doesn't agree with your petty thievery! (Had a half-orc barbarian like that once. Made for interesting scenes when the party wanted to keep the fairly petty sum that they had taken from robbers that had taken it from not-so-well-off farmers. "'Finders keepers?' Here's another one for you: 'Might makes right!'" said by a big half-orc that punches concrete bomb shelters into tiny bits for fun makes most people think...)

>>12610116
but teamwork is a big part of DnD

this thread needs more pics of savage elves

>>12611863
seconding

>mfw Dragon has yes clear across chart

>>12612061
dragons are the whores of the d&d universe

>>12605461
That's actually a good idea for source material. Very honest, if brutal.

Great also if you plan on having her as a ranger too since they bond with animals.

>>12608112
>>12608264

I'm really considering this now. I hate to give up barbarian levels, but the idea is really clicking with me. Thanks!

>>12609271

I never knew about the alternate racial stuff until now. I might need to ask for this, although the magic bit could be handy if I go down Savage Skald a while.

>>12610116

What I know so far about the rest of the party:

LG female dwarf paladin of a goddess of community, family and sacred hospitality. Her player said she's probably going to be "Grandma-racist" towards orcs and elves at worst, though she's actively to break out of that way of thinking.

LN male human monk, a monastery dropout who's going to be hooking up with the party

NG male human rogue. His player likes playing good guys. He's stated that he wants to play this guy like Eddie Murphy in The Golden Child and Beverly Hills Cop. I guess that means he's maxing out bluff and is going to be carrying blank pieces of paper around with him to show authoritatively to strangers.

CG female elven cleric of the primary elven god in the setting. Of noble lineage. Her player says she's going tobe played as motherly to the rest of the party and infinitely patient.

N male elven sorcerer(dragon bloodline). I don't know much about his character except that he's meant to be a little angsty about his draconic heritage.

>>12609165
>>12609237

I'm really torn now.

"Goldentusk" sounds better to me at the moment, but I really prefer the way silver would "look".

I'm probably going to switch to silver.

>>12612592
sounds like the making of a good game. Dwarven females AND an orc-raised elf barbarian? Good times, good times...

Threads gotten a lot quieter...

Does anyone have any cool stories of odd race/class characters?

>>12613200
My friend had a gnome (or halfling) barbarian name T'Popo. She had a soup ladle as a weapon.

>>12613276

This is awesome. Crazy awesome, even.

>>12614013
Apparently she wanted it to become a legacy weapon against rats, so it would glow whenever rats are presenI have no idea why

>>12612592
CG elf chick sounds okay
She may not like you at first, but I have the feeling she should warm up
N Elf sounds like the stinker in the group tho

>>12613200

Currently playing a LG demon-blooded tiefling paladin of Iomedae.

Is goodfun.

>>12614368
i see you are using one of the alternate tiefling types out of Council of Thieves

>>12612592

>CG female elven cleric of the primary elven god in the setting. Of noble lineage. Her player says she's going tobe played as motherly to the rest of the party and infinitely patient.

>She said it could be fun trying to guide me back to my proper elven roots.

Don't troll her hard, but if she give you any delicate elven gifts, accidentally break them and somberly inform her that their craftsmen should be chided for selling her such fragile goods. If she gives you any fancy elven dresses, cut them up and modify them for practicality's sake. If she takes you to the elven opera, sing along, loudly, and wonder why everyone else is so damn quiet.

...actually, barbarian orcy elf-chick being dressed up for a ball could be fun in and of itself.

>>12614406

Hells yes. I loved that whole thing. I'm hoping they do the same for aasimar.

Pic related.

Okay, so there's Sandwich the Elf Paladin raised by Dwarves.

Now Goldentusk the Elf Barbarian raised by Orcs.

What other unlikely class/parentage scenario for an elven girl can there be? What would that party be like?

>>12614535

Keekee the lawful neutral Elven trapster rogue. Constantly dirty face. Dressed from head to toe in piecemal leather armor and straps. Pouches on top of pouches, belts on top of belts. A bit cowardly until her back is against the wall, or when her friends really need her.

Raised by kobolds.

>>12614535
>>12614565

S'llith'l. True Neutral elven druidess. Primitive, one-with-nature type. Casual attitude towards cannibalism that others may need to explain doesn't fly in the civilized world. Still eats peoples pets if she's hungry and the party isn't careful. Raised by lizardfolk.

>>12614418
Hmmmm

>>12614535
Elf raised by bridge trolls.

>>12614844

Oh God yes. I hope she attempts it.

I read OP's title as "elf barbarian raped by orcs".

I am ashamed.

>>12614918

That could be how those extremist elves will try to paint it, actually.

>>12614535
Actually Sandwhich is a Drow paladin raised by Dorfs

>>12614948

Even better, and you're right. Sorry bout that.

>>12614535

>What would that party be like?

Out of the candidates so far, Sandwich would have to be the leader. Sounds like she and Goldentusk could butt heads once and a while but they would both realize the other's heart is in the right place.

Party needs to be more well rounded though. Maybe a NG elven farmgirl raised by halflings? Farmer-ish cleric type?

>>12615332
Give her an Irish brogue and a propensitie for farm based weaponry and we're good.
Make her the rogue/ranger

>elven farmgirl raised by halflings

Frequent concussions from bashing her head against low ceilings. Slightly chubby from a carb heavy halfling diet. Terminal insecure about her height after a lifetime of towering over her peers. Usually decked out hayseed style in overalls a size too small from her frame.

I think I'm in love.

>>12609657

Dear /tg/, please stop giving me ideas. Just hope the thread survives til tomorrow...

>>12615446

> Terminal insecure about her height after a lifetime of towering over her peers.

Now I'm imagining Maggie from Read Or Die the TV series.

With short red curly hair and freckles.

This has probably been said already, but her background should give her a +2 bonus on skill checks to take huge penis.
Just sayin'.

>>12615461

Now I'm curious.

>>12615468

... DYED and constantly curled red hair.... and freckles that, upon closer inspection, look drawn on and easily washed off.

>>12615511

And Sandwich and Goldentusk insist on playing big sister to her,, and she's totally uneasy with it because it's the opposite of every relationship she's had up to that point.

Maybe she's super protective of Keekee.

>>12615494

Ah, goddammit, I meant >>12609664

Too drunk to pick up sketchbook. Will sober up and do so in the morning...

>>12615492
Ridiculous fetish shit, but her taste in partner would be affected. Would she dig orc guys? Or elves? Elf guys that act like orc guys, or ones that act the exact opposite? Guess it just depends.

Also fuck the dual wielding. You need to use the biggest axe you can possibly get your hand on. Fuck, go Eye of Gruumsh or something.

>>12615332

A dwarven wizard who dual-wields wands.

Tordek Grimbeard.

>>12615492
Actually I can she her shying away from the sexual side of relationships. The relative side difference between her and her few potential suitors would probably make sex relatively unsatisfying for both parties. Culturally, she's been raised to desire a short, rounded ginger of a classical halfling male, but halfling are just too small for the mechanics to work nicely. She's always had fantasized about meeting a partner more her size, but she's repressed those 'deviant fantasies' pretty hard.

...unless you're talking about the 'raised by orcs' girl, in which case that's a very juvenile observation.

>>12615872
Are we talking fatty 1e hobbit halflings, or 2E/3.X/4E skinny thieving hobos?

>>12615866
>Tordek Grimbeard.
You've gone too far the other way there. That just sounds incredibly awesome.

I'm totally in favour of a Tordek Grimbeard/Goldentusk team up but this halfling person just sounds like fetish crap. As is Sandwich, these days.

>>12615798
I'd guess she'd be into the classical male ideal as held by the orcs (physically strong, a good warrior, skilled hunter able to provide for a large clutch of kids, etc), given that she married one and raised a family with him.

>>12615913
I missed that. Fair enough.

>>12615912

Or Todark Grimbeard, if you really wanna push the /tg/ feeling in the character.

>>12616028
Nah, Tordek Grimbeard just sounds right. I think I'm going to use these two as NPC adventurers my party might occasionally run into. Maybe add a cleric of some kind if I can think of an appropriately badass one.

>>12616051
Maybe the orc husband? Are there any vaguely respectable orc gods?

>>12609629
Sandwich?(Forgive me I'm new here)

>>12616367
Little drow kid raised by dwarves.

>>12616367

Sandwich is a dwarf.
She was found in a basket by her father when she was an infant. He was expecting a picnic-basket with a nice heavy sandwich when he claimed it. Instead it turned out to be a baby basket full of baby. He's been disappointed in her ever since. She can't even grow a proper beard.

>>12616401
Thanks.

>>12616401
I didn't think Sandwich's father was disappointed in her.

>>12616464
She turned out to make a decent enough dwarf, but damn if she isn't a terrible disappointment as a sandwich.

>>12616475
Inb4 someone writes a story where dorf eats babby.

>>12616490
Long ago there was a dorf, he ate babbys.
The End

>>12616490
How is babby eat

How is babby sauteed

I think she should be a reminder of what elves used to be, and what the old human stories still remember.

Pic related.

>>12618085

Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror.
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.
No one ever said elves are nice.
Elves are bad.

>>12618085
A... lunatic human blackguard who believes she has to commit various evil acts to stay alive, who lives inside a giant stone sword?

>>12618085
This is the best picture ever.

So I have to ask. Is the op a man or woman? Purely to satisfy my own curiosity of course.

>>12618803
>DOSE HIPS
Probably a female.

Is it bad I instantly recognized that the OP image is a medieval Samus Arron?

>>12619064
Nope, I thought so too. Still waiting on gender clarification OP!

rolled 29 = 29

>>12619064
nope.

perfectly normal. if not a good thing for your pattern recognition abilities

>>12619064
No, it's awesome and I love you.

Theres an obscure Australian book along these lines. Called liquid gold. Tale of a human barbarian raised by trolls, a time traveling ghost ship, a with pirate queen, the imperial traitor she bound to her and her thief profiteer cousin and his flying sheep pet. It's called Liquid Gold by Tansy Rayner Roberts. Reads like Discworld.

An elven Artificer raised by Gnomes.

Oh hey, this guy is still around.

Bump for the late night crowd. you deserve this.

Well, my elf thief/mage from a Planescape isn't quite like the OP, but her elvenism was barely noticeable (from her ears, mostly) and she had red eyes that started glowing any time she cast a spell or fought hard - naturally, even experienced planewalkers thought her a tiefling, a reputation she rarely even tried to correct.

She also had a sister with whom she lived in the Hive with, and surprisingly enough that sister never got murdered/kidnapped/raped/turned into some monster during the course of the game.

>>12621091
oh. Just noticed I forgot to explain WHY the eyes were red: it was the type of magic she used, something learned from her mother (who was from a Prime world). On their world, all types of magic fucked with your eyes, and chaos magic happened to fuck them red.

>>12621091
Wait, are you fucking serious?

>>12615758

Just a quick sketch, might do the rest of the bunch if I can find the time...

>>12621463

quite

>>12621463

OP here. I love you! <3

I'm thinking about sliding this across the table when the other elves meet her for the first time.

>>12616051

Tordek Grimbeard has to smoke cigars instead of the usual wizard pipe!

About the cleric, what about an aasimar, good aligned cleric of some neutralish or benign death god, scythe-weilder, grim reaper motif, hates undead?

>>12616185

>Are there any vaguely respectable orc gods?

When I was talking to my GM, he said there were only a few examples hidden away in Forgotten Realms that he knew of, unless we went the Eberron or WoW route.

For his setting he made a bunch of gods, a few of them aimed at orcs. The big change from vanilla D&D though was that he made Kord the orcs racial deity.

>>12618803

Femanon here. Yup.

>>12621863

.... I guess, One thing I liked from the new red box is that the dieties weren't particularly tied to the races, and that they had the various dieties in forms of the minotaur.

>>12621863

No problem.

>>12614535

So, barbarian raised by orcs, drow paladin raised by dwarves, bookish cleric/ranger raised by halflings and rogue raised by kobolds. Them elves.

>>12622571
that's good

we need a writefag to come up with more back story for Keekee and the bookish cleric (whose name escapes me for the moment)

archive this?

I was thinking... and that was my first mistake.
Maybe she once HAD golden tusks, but since being promoted to lorekeeper (or elder, or her husband dying, or whatever), she switched them out to silver.
>tuum tricati
Huh. Nice name, captcha. I think I'll take it.

>>12622571
>>12622571
Oh my god you're awesome!

>>12622776
Wouldn't be hard at all.

>>12622571
glorious

The idea that she started with golden tusks but upgraded to silver makes sense

>>12622776
Something simple and plain would make a nice name for her
Elanor?
Violet?

>>12622571

Beautiful.

>>12622776

Keekee was a little kid who got stuck in an old barrel during some silly childrens' games maybe? Barrel got stolen when kobolds snuck into town on one of their "raids", where they just swiped trash from the city's streets that they knew no one would come looking for. The city generally sees this as a minor public service.

The kobold tribe had a low successful hatch rate, so when Keekee kicked her way out of her "egg", they took it as a sign from their gods saying "Eh, here you go."

She was raised as a kobold to bolster their ranks and to reach the things on the high shelves. She spent her early days hiding in fear from loud noises and lightning like the rest of her brothers, sisters, adoptive parents, and high chieftain.

She's been skittish ever since.

Has recently been sent out into the world to get more money.

I like Zobeck kobolds, I guess.

>>12625361

Violet is a good farmy name.

Hm, the thread's still here, nice.

Have a bit of color, then.

>>12627378

AWESOME

>>12627378
I fucking love you man!

>>12626407
So, Violet was raised by halflings because...

Halfling travelers came across a destroyed elven settlement. They found the baby, decided to drop her off if they ran into any elves. There were none to be found for a long time. The baby started growing, and they took a shine to the girl. Eventually, their caravan came back to its point of origin, a village that is definitely not a film set in New Zealand. There they raised her, and there she learned how to be a halfling.

This assumes something with elements of both 1e hobbits-with-serial-numbers-filed-off and 3.5 "roma" halflings.

>>12629716
I'm not sure I like the "MY PARENTS ARE DEAD" angle. It happened with Sandwich and Goldentusk (silvertusk, whatever), but I kinda think that Keekee and Violet might represent the less violent side side of the spectrum.

Say, Violet was given up rather than orphaned. Might give a cause for some of her apparent insecurities.

>>12629716

Can we make an elf kingdom for her family to be ambassadors for who chilled in the halfling nations who weren't particularly attentive parents who didn't really give a shit that she went all native on them?

>>12629800
I don't see why not. But how "inattentive" are we talking here? And how long?

Were they wrapped up in their work, too busy to raise a child, so she ended up with halfling neighbors/friends as a surrogate family, such that she started to act like them, share their values?

I like to think they didn't just leave her behind and fuck off back to the forest because she wasn't pretty enough for their tastes.

So, if Violet still has parents, why haven't they tried to make her be more elfy? Or did they, and did she leave to become an adventurer in order to escape them?

>>12629876

yeah, having a character be ditched by her parents not thinking her "worthy" would be alot more fucked up then just killing off their parents in terms of parent issues.

But yeah, basically having her be something like a 1st or 2nd generation emigrate was the plan.

My god this thread is still here

Hey OP, in one campain my DM ran back in the early '00s, Orcs and Elvs breeding together resulted in humans. In his campain, this was the true origin of humanity and was knowledge that orc, human and elf sages and clerics all tried to ruthlessly suppress. Half elves and half orcs(human base) were possible because it was just humans breeding back to thier parent species.

>>12627378

Awesome. Personal Sandwich canon now.

Also, ha at Sandwich the paladin being the most carried away with the drink.

>>12630054

I'm at a loss on this one.

Maybe it could have been a "cultural exchange" between to small, at one-time warring, communities?

Or maybe she's the daughter of some elven VIPs who had to go into hiding, for their and their daughter's safety? Or maybe they both had to go deep undercover, somewhere, and entrusted their daughter to halfling friends totally unconnected to the problem they had to go undercover to root out?

>>12619064

>Is it bad I instantly recognized that the OP image is a medieval Samus Arron?

You know, Samus Aran is actually fitting for the theme this thread has taken on. Interspecies adoptees and all.

>>12630473
>Also, ha at Sandwich the paladin being the most carried away with the drink.
Of course she is, she's a dwarf!

>>12627378
I'd like to stat out these characters in 4e for the fuck of it. Maybe I'll hand them out as premade level 11 characters for a game some time.

I know Touhoufag's IRC name. Should I get him to make the character stats?

Well hell, this is still here!

If it was D&D 3.5, I'd suggest the Druidic Avenger (with that Whirling Frenzy variant of Rage mentioned earlier), along with the Druid variant option, all in Unearthed Arcana.

DRUIDIC AVENGER
The druidic avenger channels her inner fury to wreak vengeance upon those who injure the natural world. This comes at a price, however, since the avenger must give up some of her own sensitivity to nature.
Class Skills: Add Intimidate to the avenger's list of class skills. Eliminate Diplomacy from the avenger's list of class skills.
Class Features
The druidic avenger has all the standard druid class features, except as noted below.
- Animal Companion: An avenger does not gain the service of an animal companion.
- Fast Movement (Ex): A druidic avenger's base land speed is faster than the norm for her race by 10 feet. This ability is identical to the barbarian ability of the same name.
- Rage (Ex): An avenger can enter a furious rage, identical to that of a barbarian. An avenger can use this ability once per day at 1st level, and one additional time per day for every five levels above 1st.
An avenger does not gain the greater rage, indomitable will, or mighty rage abilities.
- Spontaneous Casting: An avenger cannot channel stored spell energy into summoning spells.
- Tireless Rage (Ex): At 17th level and higher, an avenger no longer becomes fatigued at the end of her rage.
- Wild Empathy: A druidic avenger takes a -4 penalty on wild empathy checks.

DRUID VARIANT
The druid might choose to give up her wild shape ability in exchange for becoming a swift and deadly hunter.
Gain: Bonus to Armor Class when unarmored (as monk, including Wisdom bonus to AC), fast movement (as monk), favored enemy (as ranger), swift tracker (as ranger), Track feat (as ranger).
Lose: Armor and shield proficiency, wild shape (all versions).

Reasons for abandoning Children: Irresponsible parents, poverty, danger at home, child gets lost, dead parents, political fostering, Slavery.

Irresponsible Parents: Parents too busy partying to properly care for child. Either concerned third party whisks the child away to safety, or it wanders away on its own and finds a new home.

Poverty: The region the family is from is experiencing severe famine or economic adjustments. The family is not able to support the child, and gives them to another family to take care of in their stead. Family might be re-locating to another area to try their luck there, but child is too young to survive the journey, and is left in the care of others in a village along the way.

Danger at Home: Family lives in a region either involved in a war or conflict with other powers, or possibly in an environment too dangerous for a child to survive in. Child is taken away from the location to be cared for in a quiet, safe environment.

Child gets Lost: The child accidentally becomes separated from their parents, and is unable to find them again. Benevolent strangers agree to take care of them until their parents are found. Due to distance traveled before being found, locating the original parents proves impossible.

Dead Parents: Parents were killed either by an invading force or natural disaster. Child is either taken by the invaders, or a second group that comes to the ruins to look for treasure/survivors.

Political Fostering: Child is given to another society as part of a peace agreement at a very young age, either to create deeper bonds with the nations, or as a gesture of servitude.

Slavery: Child is placed into slavery, and later bought and freed by a caring person in the area. Child is raised as normal, but the complicated slavery transactions makes finding the parents impossible.

This is awesome.

The backstory's actually pretty decently well thought-out.

Also, elves always make hilarious barbarians - I've actually got a half-elf barbarian myself. Backstory being that he grew up in an elven village and got super-frustrated because everyone he grew up with matured at the elven rate, so anyone he could relate to by the time he hit 20 was either three feet tall or four centuries old. So he left and joined a local nomadic band of humans where he proceeded to be a Barbarian and do a lot of stupid teenage shit, culminating in a ritual where he got rip-roaringly fucked up and promised his left arm to a goddess of death and the night. Now he's in his forties and is a professional adventurer in an attempt to repay his debt to that goddess - the terms of the ritual basically demand that he kill something epic each new moon and dedicate its blood to her so that she can rise to shine again the next night.

Actually got a pic from an anon here.

>>12631587
Totem Barbarians have some peculiar and particularly nasty rage powerrs, such as spirits that attack their foes when they are nearby, making negative energy slam attacks at first, then growing into an aura of damage that causesd pain to any enemy near the barbarian, while other spirits range out as far as 15' to slam the enemy with more negative energy. There are a number of other supernatural rage powers as well that would compliment an elven barbarian raised by orcs, combining elven magical talent with barbarian nature without needing to multiclass at all.

Although, taking some levels in Oracle as well as Barbarian and then becoming a Rage Prophet might be interesting if you really must have a spellcasty barbarian....especially a Blood or Battle Oracle.

>this thread

This is why I keep coming back, /tg/. Your love of ideas.

>>12631787
>Danger at Home: Family lives in a region either involved in a war or conflict with other powers, or possibly in an environment too dangerous for a child to survive in. Child is taken away from the location to be cared for in a quiet, safe environment.

This could make sense for Violet's background. An Elven nation on the brink of civil war, and her parents needed a way to get their child out of the country. Halfling friends of theirs are passing through with a caravan. Violet's parents appeal to them and their daughter is placed among the Halfling children. She's small enough that she looks like one of them, except not so plain. Violet and her new family make it out just as the nation closes its borders.

Dear /tg/, as you might have noticed I have taken a liking upon this thread. So just in case I feel like drawing stuff next week...any more input/ideas for the ladies outward appearance (Especially Violet and Keekee)? Might go into a bit more detail than the group pic.

And one more Goldentusk sketch.

Also minor tweaks and more freckles for Violet.

Huh. Never thought /tg/ was at such a remedial level of creativity that something like "X race baby raised by incompatible Y race" makes everyone cream their panties.

I am kinda disappoint.

>>12632405
Heh this is awesome.

>>12632432

Dear diary

Daughter came home today. Brought some weirdo friends. Drank all my beer. Hate daughter's friends. Also, they ate all the sandwiches. Really hate daughter's friends.

>>12632432

I think it's mainly because the trope usually involves "Race X raised by humans" or "Human or Race X halfbreed raised by Race X." (Pic related)

I, for one, have never heard of "Race X raised by Race Y."

>>12632491

Is is REALLY any different? REALLY?

>>12632517

Who the fuck cares? Shit doesn't have to be 100% ORIGINAL CHARACTER DO NOT STEAL to be fun or interesting.

"I'm a human, raised by human parents" is so common it's literally meaningless. Yet that doesn't stop someone making a great character out of "X raised by X." It's what you write afterward that makes the character interesting or not. And an elf barbarian chick that reveres her dead husband and has silver denture-work is actually pretty interesting. I'd have fun playing that character, especially with the "yeah, I lived with orcs; yeah, I'm okay with that; yeah, I like them better than I like you" attitude.

>>12632580

Hey, by all means carry on and do as you please. I'm not the type to get between people and their little jollies.

I was just expecting more from /tg/. It tends to deliver. This, though? Well, WorfWill-744304.jpg says it all, I think.

Carry on.

>>12632602
>high standards
>/tg/
>tends to deliver

>>12627378
Think Lofn counts as one of /tg/'s pointy-eared daughters?

>>12632665
I love that pic. Turns out. Meth is now the path to world peace and tolerance.

>>12632705
very much so if not then our nephew

>>12632726
Well it will certainly not be religion. About time we try something else.

>>12632602

I think you're mischaracterizing how /tg/'s creativity works. All of our 'get's-shit-done' ideas are born from absurd and almost retarded concepts that were nothing but one-liners someone posted without much thought.

It is the engine that drives '/tg/, never change.' I'm not sure what you were expecting instead - this is par course for original character threads. You're probably thinking of completely unrelated thread types where different kind of work gets done like stating and mechanics or perhaps sharing ideas for 'insert-game-theme-here.'

This thread needs an archive.

>>12629876
>>12630054

Her mother was a sometime diplomat, alchemist and herbalist who had set up shop in halfling lands to cultivate and research the properties of several strains of tuber and mushroom. She was not cold or abusive, but very caught up in her work, and had a fondness for courtly elven manners, that could often make her distant.

Growing up without elven peers, Violet kept company almost exclusively with boisterous groups of halfling children, sharing their interests and games. The close-knit and exuberant culture of village life drew her in, adopting her in all but name. Violet's mother made sure that the girl was educated according to elven standards, but largely left the child to her own devices. She believed in cultivating independence, and knew in her heart that an isolated childhood would have been cruel.

Violet has grown up respectful of her mother and her pursuits, but has come to embrace halfling culture and habits. As an adolescent she chose to live among them, turning her magical talents toward healing and agriculture. She is optimistic, cheerful, and oftentimes playful, but tends to discount her own appearance in a way that is both bookish and tomboyish. She has always been apart from the courtship and romance which is such a large part of halfling adolescence and young adulthood, and so tends to keep any such feelings well hidden. She can become a well-meaning but meddling matchmaker, given any excuse.

While she does enjoy travel and learning, her upbringing has not made her a natural adventurer. She prefers not to stray away from settled, village life without good reason, and does not excel at physical combat. Yet she is dutiful and brave enough to use her abilities to help those in need.

>>12632392

<3

>...any more input/ideas for the ladies outward appearance (Especially Violet and Keekee)

Kind of see Keekee in leather armor from head to toe, kind of trying to make up for her lack of scales in enclosed environments where she would otherwise get scraped up. Tight hood, straps holding everything close together, probably very very thing and gangly?

She seems more and more like a female Usopp to me as I think about it.

I can't believe this thread is still alive. Never change, /tg/.

One more thought on Keekee: her teeth have been filed to points to match her kobold bretheren. Does absolutely nothing to make her look more fearsome.

>>12632920

I like this approach for Violet.

Her playing matchmaker has lulzy potential combined with Sandiwch saving herself for proper marriage and Goldentusk being a widow AND a mother already.

>>12633833

Quick'n'dirty scribble, like the teeth-idea.

Also, matchmaking with Keekee might be an adventure by itself...

>>12634409

D'awwwwwAAAGH!

So conflicted....

Keekee is starting to sound like Sette from Unsounded.
Filthy little ratgirl who steals everything

>>12634409
>>12634582

Heck, look at that smile. She's trouble, that one.

I'm not sure if having a team of big sisters of such different ethical backgrounds is going ot help her or make her worse.

>>12632392

By the way, if Violet is a cleric, what deity would she follow? I'm a bit hazy about D&D pantheons...

>>12634582

...minus the kenderesque courage, but probably just as foul-mouthed, I'd say.

>>12634821
>>12634821
Cyrrollalee, the halfling deity of friendship, trust, and the home, sounds good

>>12634821

I'm not sure, what do you think she would want in a D&D god?

If she loves the riches, then I could see her following a version of Tiamat that isn't a complete bitch. (Tiamat being the goddess of greed and revenge)

>>12635052

fuck, I missread Vio as keekee.

>>12635052
Tiamat is ALWAYS a complete bitch. I recall there is some draconic deity of wealth, TN or something close to it.

>>12635122

There's no reason to force the divine to be always a dick.

Just like there is no reason to make the divine be always good.

Depending on what levelo Keekee and Violet start out at ( or perhaps later in their adventuring career ) they might want to look into a Reduce Person and Permanancy in combination; No more bumping heads on ceilings at home.

>>12635122

Another option is for her tribe to be more patheistic in thieir worship. They're city kobolds, more or less. Or more city than most from the sound of things.

Maybe they call out to whichever god is the most fitting at the moment.

Keekee can get away with having a singular name, but Violet really needs a surname.

...pretty much have to writefag something about these four now.

>>12637024
Violet Vanthais

It's been said before,
but I am still amazed (although happy) that this thread is still here.

>>12637534
Me too.

>>12637176

Alliteration wins it.

Holy shit, I still don't know if Keekee is adorable or terrifying.

>>12638498
Both probably
She'll scratch out your eyes in a fight, but she's easily distracted by shiny things

>>12627378
>>12632392
>>12632398
>>12632405
real classy Slow Drawfag
thanks,

>>12639069

I imagined Goldentusk with less hair(pic related), but it works and I love the build and face.

Keekee? DEM TEETH.

>>12639102

Yeah, I was going to saw something about keekee having cultist teef, and then I realized that pointy teef is love, and that other lasses have more crazy pointy teef.

This thread just won't die.

>>12640371
Which is not a bad thing.

Sorry for not contributing but why the heck is she named Goldentusk? I always though that orcs get to take a name in their coming of age rites and I don't understand why she would take a name like that when she has no tusks to speak of?

>>12602554
>One of her tribesmen took her as his wife
>Consensual Orc on Elf action

You sold me there.

>>12640592

Did you not read? I'm not explaining it to you just go read it again and you'll find your answers.

Probably the last BUMP before we hit bump limit.

This motherfucker right here needs his own section on that chart.

>>12641093

How come only the Scorpioness and Centauress are smiling?

>>12641111
Because those two are flirting and the rest are mad at McBard there.

>Elf Raised By Orcs
...that sounds stupid.
>FEMALE Elf Raise By Orcs.
...
>Isn't constantly Raped.
...
No.

Play an elven samurai instead. And I mean play a SAMURAI. Not a "herp derp katanas are cool" fighter, I mean play a man who is so single-minded in his dedicated to his lord that he will go to any lengths to see him succeed or survive, even if that means death or his own personal dishonor.

Play the guy who is so dead-set about winning the day that he will charge face first into a vorpal lawnmower and take the instagib just to get that last shot in on the BBEG.

Be that guy.

>>12641219
>call something stupid
>suggest an overdone, boring idea

>>12641246
Name ONE.
Because I NEVER see an elf that acts like he just walked out of an Akira Kurosawa film.
>locatin character,
Captcha calls bullshit, too.

>>12641254

But what's the draw beyond slapping 'elf' over human in the character sheet for a samurai?

>>12641269
Elves live a lot longer than humans, so an elven samurai dynasty would be a very old kingdom. And you could spice things up by having said elven fuedal kingdom resemble Japan at the time ships from the west were finally making it there... some elements are embracing the 'humans' and 'dwarves' with their new technology/westernization, but others stand by the old ways, the way of the sword, not of the matchlock rifle.

>>12641305

But you're still not using any elven culture. You don't have magic or forests, human empires last for centuries anyway, and you don't have your own specific elven culture to draw on, so once again, why not just play a human?

>>12641219

Kinda depends on your point of view on orcs. If you're imaging them as the the usual tolkienish evil orcs, probably. But surely in some settings they might be more along the lines of the noble savage?

This thread reminds me of Glasgow Smile.

Interestingly she did a barbarian elf picture too.

>>12641498
yeah not to reference something rage inducing but there is a precedent for noble savage orcs in the warcraft mythos.

>>12641498
>>12641620
Forgotten Realms and Ebberon have noble savage style orcs, and orcs in Spelljammers were outright civilized (Scro) and could take levels in classes (unique for a monster race).

I could easily see this happening in Ebberon and Spelljammers - in Spelljammers it would be an outright slap in the face for the elven armada to see a Scro raised elven barbarian.

>>12641219

Hey dipshit, not all orcs are the same. Learn to different campaign setting. Seriously, are you some sort of oldbeard who thinks everything has to adhere strictly to LotR?

You are the poison killing PnP games.

And you fucking suggest a samurai? gtfo

>>12641620

Nothing rage inducing there. Those orcs are the best thing to come out of WoW.

>>12632392

OP here, I can't complain. :)

Your version of Goldentusk is pretty close to how I saw her, except with hair more like Aurra Sing, except maybe braided. Totally blond though!

I'm still using that art to introduce the character when we have our first session next weekend. Thanks so much for those pics!

>>12634409

Love Keekee so much.

>>12630409

I think he's just going to have elf/orcs be mechanically human while looking like something else, from what he was saying earlier.

I really love that idea though.

Wow, this thread is great!

>>12641093
No he doesn't, we all know it'd say Yes accross the board anyway :3.

Sketch for Violet done. Not sure if I'll be able to finish the rest and color them this week, depends on my workload. But I'll try.

>>12642864

Hm, I'll see what I can do. I'll do another version with topknot-only, but that particular hairstyle always leaves me wondering where all that hair is coming from...

>>12635026

Thanks, that makes it easier to decide on clothing and color to come. Also added holy symbol (acorn). Seems like her deity doesn't like thievery, poor Keekee...

>>12645108
Don't Kobolds hate Halflings anyway?

>>12645108
SLOW DRAWFAG IS BEST DRAWFAG!

>>12646649
BUT SO SLOW!

>>12645709
That's gnomes. Well, Kobolds probably usually hate halflings too, but they REALLY. HATE. GNOMES.

>>12646776
Who doesn't hate Gnomes?

>>12645709
Kobolds hate Gnomes. It all started (more or less) with Garl Glittergold dicking around and then suddenly deciding on caving in a cave where kobolds lived for no reason.

>>12645108

>Hm, I'll see what I can do. I'll do another version with topknot-only, but that particular hairstyle always leaves me wondering where all that hair is coming from...

?! Oh wow I didn't mean

Wow. Thanks! :D

I don't know where the hair comes from either, I just always thought it was cool looking. ;)

>>12645108

That pose...

>>12645108
Well, it's obvious that Violet is hoping to reform Keekee and turn her back onto the path of rightousness

>>12647627
SEXUALLY.

>>12647484
Star wars
She's a bounty hunter

>>12647627

I think well-meaning attempts and comedy promising at least.

These threads are why I love /tg/.

Writefaggotry for these four this weekend, and that's a promise.

>>12648069
YES!

>>12648069
This thread might still be around by then.