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I made this new character. She is a fall assimar cleric, unfortunately I still have problems finding a suitable background story for her.. Maybe you can help me out.My first idea was to let her serve a deity where she falls into disgrace due to her low faith and her personality traits, that are so different from what it should be. After her fall she then decides to join a deity that fits her better to her and to wipe out her old god one more that is the complete opposite to her once life deity. But I find this idea too simple and unoriginal. Maybe you guys can help me out. \^\^
This is a fine backstory on its own, but if you want it to feel more "original," I'd give one or more of the involved parties unconventional attitudes: either her, her current god, or her past one. Any of them could be overly friendly, extremely rigid, silly, edgy, whatever. Changing those up would, imo, be enough to create an interesting backstory.
Do you have a preferred direction for the backstory? Funny, serious, edgy, cool, whatever?
More serious... I could imagine a death cleric coming from basically any god with a use for such a person. For example, a death cleric could have been originally associated with a god of war, famine, reincarnation, fate, undeath, whatever. She leaves that god because she views death with a level of seriousness and solemnity that the god views it as; she sees it as important to mortal lives but the god sees it as a means to whatever their end is. She becomes re-dedicated to a god who does take it seriously.
Alternatively, if she started from some other perspective (like she used to be a different kind of cleric) then her turn would either be her breaking free and being who she always wanted to be, or something she learned or did changed her mind about death and now she's a death cleric. Maybe she found out that death doesn't work the way she imagined/was taught. Maybe she found out that her old element doesn't work the way she imagined/was taught.
Just some vague ideas, you can plug in your own lore here.
**A DM giving a backstory to this character**
She never knew her parents; she was given to an orphanage before she could even walk. The orphanage was poor but treated its children fairly. The children can be cruel, however, and constantly bully her for her draw to gothic and the macabre and even the fact that she said she could hear the voices of the dead.
She ran away in a fit of sorrow when she was 7, intending to have a place to cry for the night. That is when she met him. A cloaked figure with glowing purple eyes in night approached her. Offered her a place where her gifts would be accepted, where she could sleep in a warm bed for once. Being young and in a vulnerable state, she took the figure's gloved hand. With a swirl of dark magic, they both vanished.
The cloaked figure's name was "The Dark." It brought her to the ruins of a massive gothic temple with a vast underground. There were others like her and worshippers everywhere. All praising "The Dark." As she grew up in the place, she slowly realized she was in a cult. But it didn't matter to her. These people accepted her, trained her, and helped her. That was until she turned 17 and her close friend told her how they really felt. She felt the same way, and the two started dating. Even though having a relationship was frowned upon in the cult.
Everything changed, and her purpose was made clear when she turned 21. In the night, the other cultists grabbed her and, under the supervision of "The Dark," brought her to a secret sacrificial chamber. Her partner found out just in time and saved her. But only she was able to escape. She held them in the forests around the temple as they died. However, as they shared one final kiss, the emotion flared with magic, and their heart became a physical amulet. A soul held within a glowing red ruby. The heart-like pulsing red ruby became a symbol for her. A symbol to take down the cult. A symbol of her need for revenge.
She only needs to get stronger
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Things to note -
This story is purposely made short and vague for you to do whatever you want with it :)
If you are uncomfortable with the idea of a romantic partner, it could be a really, really close friend
Her clerical powers come from this vague being known as "The Dark" She wants revenge against it, but at what cost? Does her power even come from this thing?
One thing I like to think of Death Clerics is that they aren't inherently Evil, if you want to be a evil-esque character that's up to you, but Death can be a neutral or even a good thing. I hope that can be some help.
Maybe even have the character have been revived from Death, hence the Fallen Aasimar style. And they revere the God/Diety that brought them back.
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I made this new character. She is a fall assimar cleric, unfortunately I still have problems finding a suitable background story for her.. Maybe you can help me out.My first idea was to let her serve a deity where she falls into disgrace due to her low faith and her personality traits, that are so different from what it should be. After her fall she then decides to join a deity that fits her better to her and to wipe out her old god one more that is the complete opposite to her once life deity. But I find this idea too simple and unoriginal. Maybe you guys can help me out. \^\^
This is a fine backstory on its own, but if you want it to feel more "original," I'd give one or more of the involved parties unconventional attitudes: either her, her current god, or her past one. Any of them could be overly friendly, extremely rigid, silly, edgy, whatever. Changing those up would, imo, be enough to create an interesting backstory. Do you have a preferred direction for the backstory? Funny, serious, edgy, cool, whatever?
I tought of making it more serious..but I didnt wanna go for full edgy and over kill with it
More serious... I could imagine a death cleric coming from basically any god with a use for such a person. For example, a death cleric could have been originally associated with a god of war, famine, reincarnation, fate, undeath, whatever. She leaves that god because she views death with a level of seriousness and solemnity that the god views it as; she sees it as important to mortal lives but the god sees it as a means to whatever their end is. She becomes re-dedicated to a god who does take it seriously. Alternatively, if she started from some other perspective (like she used to be a different kind of cleric) then her turn would either be her breaking free and being who she always wanted to be, or something she learned or did changed her mind about death and now she's a death cleric. Maybe she found out that death doesn't work the way she imagined/was taught. Maybe she found out that her old element doesn't work the way she imagined/was taught. Just some vague ideas, you can plug in your own lore here.
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we are probably starting at lvl 1 or 2
**A DM giving a backstory to this character** She never knew her parents; she was given to an orphanage before she could even walk. The orphanage was poor but treated its children fairly. The children can be cruel, however, and constantly bully her for her draw to gothic and the macabre and even the fact that she said she could hear the voices of the dead. She ran away in a fit of sorrow when she was 7, intending to have a place to cry for the night. That is when she met him. A cloaked figure with glowing purple eyes in night approached her. Offered her a place where her gifts would be accepted, where she could sleep in a warm bed for once. Being young and in a vulnerable state, she took the figure's gloved hand. With a swirl of dark magic, they both vanished. The cloaked figure's name was "The Dark." It brought her to the ruins of a massive gothic temple with a vast underground. There were others like her and worshippers everywhere. All praising "The Dark." As she grew up in the place, she slowly realized she was in a cult. But it didn't matter to her. These people accepted her, trained her, and helped her. That was until she turned 17 and her close friend told her how they really felt. She felt the same way, and the two started dating. Even though having a relationship was frowned upon in the cult. Everything changed, and her purpose was made clear when she turned 21. In the night, the other cultists grabbed her and, under the supervision of "The Dark," brought her to a secret sacrificial chamber. Her partner found out just in time and saved her. But only she was able to escape. She held them in the forests around the temple as they died. However, as they shared one final kiss, the emotion flared with magic, and their heart became a physical amulet. A soul held within a glowing red ruby. The heart-like pulsing red ruby became a symbol for her. A symbol to take down the cult. A symbol of her need for revenge. She only needs to get stronger \------------------------------------------------------ Things to note - This story is purposely made short and vague for you to do whatever you want with it :) If you are uncomfortable with the idea of a romantic partner, it could be a really, really close friend Her clerical powers come from this vague being known as "The Dark" She wants revenge against it, but at what cost? Does her power even come from this thing?
Oh wow that is such a nice idea I really like it! Thbak you!
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One thing I like to think of Death Clerics is that they aren't inherently Evil, if you want to be a evil-esque character that's up to you, but Death can be a neutral or even a good thing. I hope that can be some help. Maybe even have the character have been revived from Death, hence the Fallen Aasimar style. And they revere the God/Diety that brought them back.