O, you should have seen the first version of the post. That is a *very* toned down one.Whoa, easy there! Haven't you ever heard the phrase "it's easier to catch flies with honey than with..." <rereads Domi's post> "battery acid to the face?" The general consensus is that the character would hog too much of the spotlight, and people are discussing it. No need to get so aggressive with someone new to the community over it.
Yes, there is a need. When I read the post I thought it was a hoax, because I could not believe that anyone who have heard about Drizzt would suggest that drow would adopt a half-breed female child. That's appart from them being happy with here espressing love and being rewarded for failing her mission and helping avariel...
Half-drows are killed on sight - by drow because they despise half-breeds, and by elves - out of pity (that's a sweet way of putting down 'out of racsist instinct). So if the lady here wants a half-drow (and without the celestial part - because it's pretty much impossible to imagine the parents and their meeting, unless they participated in some interplanar sex orgie) that would be a child concieved on the surface, whose mother was not raped (elves have no rape in their culture, even drow I think) and who went into hiding to preserve the child. Obviously no rape scenario leaves one with a renegade drow for a father (males have more reasons to become renegades, than females in drow society) or mother (try to avoid the same as Viconia's story would be a problem) ... not good and no follower of Ellistrae hopefully; Her mother also hopefully is not of shiny good alignment. The character's skin would be some not-pretty shade of grey, her hair and eyes brown, and she'd be a full elf but half-drow. At every step she'd encounter immediate hatred, unless she creates illusions to conceal her appearance. She's would have inherited some of drow weaknesses, such being short compare to other elves, below average strength and low charisma and having blidness cast on her in the hours of high sun (say 4 hours every day). She'd try to be very assertive, but in truth would have had an inferiority complex, and that assertiveness would make her pitiful. Oh, and above all - do not make her beautiful. It would be nice to drop that weird class, and make her an assassin or a wild mage or whatever by trade. Give her some life experiences, that include something more believable than fighting Cyric. Give her motivation to join PC.
That would be very toned down, and still it would have *huge* Mary-Sue potential.
As for the stats, it is very difficult to write a person with 16+ in wisdom *and* intellegence; that would be a Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy level. Look at people going beserk over Aerie's stats not corresponding to her personality.
If you want her smart and wiser than many, go for something like:
Str: 10
Dex: 14
Con: 8
Int: 16
Wis: 12
Cha: 14
If you want her wise and smarter than many, reverse the wis and int stats in the previous set;
If you want her to be more warrior oriented, increase her dex and strength, but keep her int and wis at about 14 level. That *well* above average.
Edited by domi, 14 October 2004 - 06:41 AM.
