Talk about Dungeon & Dragons character ideas here. Use whatever edition you like, though kindly specify which. (Pathfinder also okay, if it pleases you).
1) Hunters Moon Skyseeker (Tabaxi Warlock; 5e):
Basically a cat-man version of Javert from Les Miserables. Everyone assumes he's a Paladin, because he upholds the law (Alignment: Lawful Neutral or Lawful Good) and heals people. In point of fact, however, he's a Celestial Warlock, having made a pact with the heavenly personification of a Zodiac sign. (Because Stars). Used to be a criminal ("I am from the gutter too!"), who made an active choice to pledge himself to the law as a means of escaping the dregs of society. Made a Pact with an Astrological sign as a means of overcoming the class barriers, because even a lawfully minded Tabaxi from the lower classes can't easily get Paladin training. The star sign he serves is a DnD version of either Sagittarius ("The Archer") or Libra ("The Scales"), marking him either as a hunter of criminals or a bastion of the law. Chooses either the Pact of the Blade (Sagittarius) or the Pact of the Tome (Libra).
Like Javert, may be a bit of a hypocrite, as he detests anyone who ever committed a crime, despite having himself crawled from the lawless gutter. Character development would come from learning to reconcile this paradox, and forgive the criminal. As a Tabaxi, his Obsession usually involves specific criminal scum, or particular crimes. His quirk, a marked habit of standing on elevated perches and pacing back and forth, staring at the sky if it is visible. Doubly so if the stars are out, both because the stars are his master, and out of a deep-seated fixation on the heavens that developed during childhood. A desire to ascend from the gutter, and a fascination with everything that is "UP".
1) Hunters Moon Skyseeker (Tabaxi Warlock; 5e):
Basically a cat-man version of Javert from Les Miserables. Everyone assumes he's a Paladin, because he upholds the law (Alignment: Lawful Neutral or Lawful Good) and heals people. In point of fact, however, he's a Celestial Warlock, having made a pact with the heavenly personification of a Zodiac sign. (Because Stars). Used to be a criminal ("I am from the gutter too!"), who made an active choice to pledge himself to the law as a means of escaping the dregs of society. Made a Pact with an Astrological sign as a means of overcoming the class barriers, because even a lawfully minded Tabaxi from the lower classes can't easily get Paladin training. The star sign he serves is a DnD version of either Sagittarius ("The Archer") or Libra ("The Scales"), marking him either as a hunter of criminals or a bastion of the law. Chooses either the Pact of the Blade (Sagittarius) or the Pact of the Tome (Libra).
Like Javert, may be a bit of a hypocrite, as he detests anyone who ever committed a crime, despite having himself crawled from the lawless gutter. Character development would come from learning to reconcile this paradox, and forgive the criminal. As a Tabaxi, his Obsession usually involves specific criminal scum, or particular crimes. His quirk, a marked habit of standing on elevated perches and pacing back and forth, staring at the sky if it is visible. Doubly so if the stars are out, both because the stars are his master, and out of a deep-seated fixation on the heavens that developed during childhood. A desire to ascend from the gutter, and a fascination with everything that is "UP".
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