Vezrabuto said:
Thanks i'll post the Profile when my Necro hits lvl 40 - 50 i want some experience with him first ^^ You guys are the best ^^
Awesome! And thanks mate, you're pretty great yourself :)
Tysoyaha said:
One of my favorite RPs was a Paladin with hero syndrome. He was basically a member of the nearly defunct Nights of the Nine who, in seeking his purpose in a post-Umaril world, discovered necromancy. His hero syndrome progressed gradually throughout my playthrough, but by the end of it I was summoning hordes of undead to wreak havoc on innocent people just so I could rush in and "save" them. Another one of my favorites was the Houngan Asogwe (Voodoo Priest) who could evoke the various Loa (ancestral spirits) of Haitian Voodoo by consuming an alchemal "offering". If he had their favor, the spirits would then possess him and grant him powers based on their sphere of worship. That's already kind of Necromancish, at least RP wise...but the character could raise dead too because chief among the possessing spirits was Baron Samdi, Loa of Pranks, Mischief, Sexuality and most famously: the dead. The fun part was that these Loa were constantly in his head, commentating, arguing, and trying to influence his actions so that he could gain their favor. Baron Samdi enjoyed when the player character pickpocketed an NPC's equipped armor. He's a weird dude, and he gets your in trouble a lot, but his power is the Ritual Stone, so it was best to keep his favor.
Gotta agree with Vezra, these characters are insanely cool. I've never really played with the 'hero syndrome' idea but it counds really fun. Did you play it as a form of madness, or more so just a desperate attempt for attention? Like was the character actually aware of what they were doing, or was there a bit of selective memory loss/insanity going on? Really interesting either way, and I reckon both ways would be fun to play. Thinking about what would happen if he was caught, either way I could imagine them going full on supervillain, like he can't accept he's not a hero so everyone must be evil but him.
And as for the whole Voodoo thing, that's an inspired idea mate. Spirits inhabiting the dead has never been my favourite method of necromancy - more of a 'oh yeah I can just make dead bodies dance' kinda thing, but I really like how you've applied it here. Did you do anything to show which spirit was inhabiting a body? Something like poisons with positive effects, like in Noodles' Daughter of Coldharbour build, would make sense to me and work with the alchemy theme. Was there actual control over the spirits or were the spirits controlling him? Is there truly a difference? Very nice.
[blockquote][b][url=/profile/Vezrabuto]Vezrabuto[/url] said:[/b]
Thanks i'll post the Profile when my Necro hits lvl 40 - 50 i want some experience with him first ^^ You guys are the best ^^
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Awesome! And thanks mate, you're pretty great yourself :)
[blockquote][b][url=/profile/Tysoyaha]Tysoyaha[/url] said:[/b]
One of my favorite RPs was a Paladin with hero syndrome. He was basically a member of the nearly defunct Nights of the Nine who, in seeking his purpose in a post-Umaril world, discovered necromancy. His hero syndrome progressed gradually throughout my playthrough, but by the end of it I was summoning hordes of undead to wreak havoc on innocent people just so I could rush in and "save" them. Another one of my favorites was the Houngan Asogwe (Voodoo Priest) who could evoke the various Loa (ancestral spirits) of Haitian Voodoo by consuming an alchemal "offering". If he had their favor, the spirits would then possess him and grant him powers based on their sphere of worship. That's already kind of Necromancish, at least RP wise...but the character could raise dead too because chief among the possessing spirits was Baron Samdi, Loa of Pranks, Mischief, Sexuality and most famously: the dead. The fun part was that these Loa were constantly in his head, commentating, arguing, and trying to influence his actions so that he could gain their favor. Baron Samdi enjoyed when the player character pickpocketed an NPC's equipped armor. He's a weird dude, and he gets your in trouble a lot, but his power is the Ritual Stone, so it was best to keep his favor.
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Gotta agree with Vezra, these characters are insanely cool. I've never really played with the 'hero syndrome' idea but it counds really fun. Did you play it as a form of madness, or more so just a desperate attempt for attention? Like was the character actually aware of what they were doing, or was there a bit of selective memory loss/insanity going on? Really interesting either way, and I reckon both ways would be fun to play. Thinking about what would happen if he was caught, either way I could imagine them going full on supervillain, like he can't accept he's not a hero so everyone must be evil but him.
And as for the whole Voodoo thing, that's an inspired idea mate. Spirits inhabiting the dead has never been my favourite method of necromancy - more of a 'oh yeah I can just make dead bodies dance' kinda thing, but I really like how you've applied it here. Did you do anything to show which spirit was inhabiting a body? Something like poisons with positive effects, like in Noodles' Daughter of Coldharbour build, would make sense to me and work with the alchemy theme. Was there actual control over the spirits or were the spirits controlling him? Is there truly a difference? Very nice.
