"The Bear" Tavern

No, no, it is not you, it is someone in Group 2 who dropped, but I got 2 new people, now group 2 also has 5 people.

Ciao Emberskyes, there are so far: a kineticist, a monk, and a barbarian.

Also a ranger

Thanks.

Hi, everyone!

Yullybear, thanks for having me in the group! :)

Well, this second group is lacking in healers, as I can see, but is also lacking a bit in the scholar type.

I think I am going for an Oracle that is an embattled focus of attention to both Dahak and Apsu.

Mystery: Lore
Background: Dragon Scholar
Tending towards a neutral moral standing, but being friends with the team and commited towards helping and protecting them (from Apsu, he/she gets "seeking and destroying evil" as edict and "failing to kill those who betray your mercy" as anathema and, from Dahak, he/she gets "destroying on a whim" as edict and "sparing those you decided to kill" as anathema... so he/she is "good to good people and quite cruel to evil people").

This may help me provide healing, while still being the "bookworm" type. ;)

What do you think?

PS

One more thing: what is the stance of this groups related to AI-generated photography (not AI generated graphical art, which can steal people's styles, but photography, which is neutral in this area)?

Snerk… I was looking at oracle too. I can switch.

Photography, particularly from good photographers, exhibits many unique stylistic attributes and people can actually tell who took some photos by sight (or in whose style they are or appear similar to). I am just being a ponce though. :P As someone who can only draw stick figures and who's still trying to work his camera, I have no strong feelings against either.

FYI, my Avatar is taken from a painting of Moebius' Arzach by the illustrator Kent Williams, and my character's avatar was created by some AI, ChatGPT I think. So there you go.

But most importantly, welcome to the game! :D

Oh! You got here first! If you wish, I can take another path, no problem! :)

Yes, but you can more clearly control the authenticity of a photography by prompting only with general photography rules that are followed by any good photographer and don't steal anything from a master in the field.

In a drawing, there is the way in which human figures are represented, the general use of lines, etc. All that is up to personal style, whle in photography, you only use figures are they are (or would be, if they were real...).


Since it is basically photorealistic, it is far easier to isolate what is personal style and what is just good technique.

...and thanks for the welcome! :)

Or we can both be oracles.

I foresee a great empire falling.

I wouldn't listen to her, your empire will be fine but your cat will push that amphora off the table.

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OK... I will start character creation, then. Team Oracle coming online! :D

By the way, Emberskies, if you really decide to go with another oracle and he/she is from the village, our characters will probably have grown together as friends or even siblings! :)

"Oracular Twins" could be a very interesting story. Are there any twin gods? Or maybe oracles to opposing Gods born of the same mother? One god interposing his hand to keep the balance or to spoil the other's plans? Or Oracles of different aspects of the same diety? ...Anyway!

Well, in RAW, oracles are not of one single deity and that is what makes them "weird".

I created this: Aleena is the daughter of the local smithy and, at birth, she has attracted the attention of both Apsu and Dahak.

She grew with all of the weirdness of an oracle with the Lore mystery and her parents lost many nights listening to detailed accounts of old history... in Draconic, just for the morning to come and their baby not to know she spoke a word. :)

She is definitely a bookworm and fascinated by... dramatic pause... dragons! What a surprise! LOL

She is extremely kind and soft-hearted, but she really, really loves to be cruel to those who are cruel themselves.

Usually, neighbors treated her well, despite the fact that, whenever she made snow angels, Draconic writing appeared in the snow around her and also in the rain drops, when rain was thin, and in dust when she was resting after a round of tag and also... (this is a standard lore oracle characteristic). I am suggesting this because I want her to be a happy, kind girl that goes a long way to protect the innocent and her friends... OK, one that can happily torture the evil necromancer's minion to get to his boss, but still a happy, kind girl. :)

(By the way: I intend to place her cruelty as comic relief, so no gore whatsoever. If she sees anyone torturing the evil minion, she will push the person aside and say "No! It's wrong!... This is not how you do it! Give me this knife and I'll show you." It would help a lot if she had someone to hold her back in her cruel side. :) )

This is the general idea and the "pitch" for the character. If anyone wants to place her in their story, please feel free to do so.

Solid back ground.

I have an emancipated desert elf oracle idea I'm working on.

KosKallah, I thought you were going for a wizard.

Extra healing ...

I said I am "almost always a wizard", but I saw the group does not have enough healers and I liked Aleena's concept very much.

Is that a problem? If you planned something for a wizard, I can revert to my roots. LOL

I say, play what you would like! Isn't a Kineticist a bit of a blaster type anyway? Not that blasting is all wizardy types are good for...