Post by Kai Wren on Nov 30, 2019 19:04:04 GMT
Biography
Character Name: Marilyn Roquette
Character Level: 5 (Retiring Rinn)
Race: Human
Gender: Female
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Deity: Oghma
Size: Medium
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'5
Weight: Hmph!
Age: 28
Appearance:
History:
Marilyn was always an unusual child. Born to a traveling family of performers, she had an incredible intellect and gift for words which caught the eye of the doctor which travelled with their troupe. Her family were convinced to send her to Candlekeep, along with a letter of recommendation from the doctor, where she would have the opportunity to study and learn with the finest intellects from across Faerun. It was supposed to be a dream come true; in fact, it became something of a nightmare.
Without the patronage of a rich family, and with a tendency towards rather brutal honesty, Marilyn found it increasingly difficult to pay the tuition needed to maintain her presence at Candlekeep, even with her impressive talent for the work. Whilst her tutors could rarely fault her mastery of facts and affinity for alchemical creations, her acerbic disdain for social interactions kept her fees high and made it difficult to focus on her studies.
It wasn't long before Marilyn turned to desperate means to facilitate her tuition. She took out a loan to purchase alchemical supplies of her own, and then used them to create all manner of illicit narcotics which she sold - both to her fellow students, and to the criminal underworld. Whoever was willing to pay, really! She found that she was increasingly interested in the way chemical substances could be manipulated to create physiological effects. As an area of study, it soon became one of her best.
This sudden influx of money did not go unnoticed, and the Masters of Candlekeep are not naive.
Whilst they are willing to overlook many things, when they finally uncovered the evidence that Marilyn had been supplying Ziran to a local gang she was flogged, stripped of her right to ever enter Candlekeep again, and handed over to the Guard for punishment.
Luckily for her, she was deemed as being far too valuable to far too many people to be allowed to rot in jail, and was spirited away by her criminal allies to Waterdeep.
Personality:
Marilyn is brilliant, cheerful, and utterly unrepentant. She sees her life as devoted to a higher calling; specifically, the quest for the Philosopher's Stone, the mystical highest achievement of alchemy.
For her, alchemy is the finest art there is; a synthesis of the physical, magical and spiritual tempered by the intellect of the alchemist to create substances which can achieve anything and everything. She believes that it is through alchemy that the deepest secrets of the universe may yet be unlocked. She is fascinated by these possibilities, her inquisitive mind forever driving her to learn more, achieve more and progress her craft.
She has no real respect for laws, and she has even less respect for the structured institutions of learning which have held her back throughout her life. She is driven by a desire to learn above all else, and wants to push the boundaries of human knowledge. These things have been prevented by the fools who hold to regressive, primitive attitude towards recreational substance abuse and who insisted that knowledge is a privilege not a right.
She will show them all!
Stats
Ability Scores
Using point buy or the standard array give us the following stats:
Strength: 8
Dexterity: 14
Constitution: 14
Intelligence: 18 (ASI)
Wisdom: 10
Charisma: 12
Class
Artificer 5 (Alchemist)
Cantrips: Acid Splash, Poison Spray
Infusions: Magic Item (Alchemy Jug), Enhanced Arcane Focus, Enhanced Defence
Skills
Class: Arcana, History
Background: Stealth, Deception
Race: Investigation
Feat: Sleight of Hand, Medicine, Perception
Proficiencies & Languages
Languages: Common, Gnomish
Light Armor, Medium Armor, Shields
Simple Weapons
Thieves' Tools
Tinker's Tools
Alchemist's Supplies
Herbalism Kit
Poisoner's Kit
Dragon Chess Set
Background
Criminal
Feats
Skilled
Gear
Light Repeating Crossbow
Sickle
Thieves' Tools
Dungeoneering Pack
Alchemist's Supplies
Tinker's Tools
Writer's Kit
Healing Potion x3
Character Name: Marilyn Roquette
Character Level: 5 (Retiring Rinn)
Race: Human
Gender: Female
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Deity: Oghma
Size: Medium
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'5
Weight: Hmph!
Age: 28
Appearance:
History:
Marilyn was always an unusual child. Born to a traveling family of performers, she had an incredible intellect and gift for words which caught the eye of the doctor which travelled with their troupe. Her family were convinced to send her to Candlekeep, along with a letter of recommendation from the doctor, where she would have the opportunity to study and learn with the finest intellects from across Faerun. It was supposed to be a dream come true; in fact, it became something of a nightmare.
Without the patronage of a rich family, and with a tendency towards rather brutal honesty, Marilyn found it increasingly difficult to pay the tuition needed to maintain her presence at Candlekeep, even with her impressive talent for the work. Whilst her tutors could rarely fault her mastery of facts and affinity for alchemical creations, her acerbic disdain for social interactions kept her fees high and made it difficult to focus on her studies.
It wasn't long before Marilyn turned to desperate means to facilitate her tuition. She took out a loan to purchase alchemical supplies of her own, and then used them to create all manner of illicit narcotics which she sold - both to her fellow students, and to the criminal underworld. Whoever was willing to pay, really! She found that she was increasingly interested in the way chemical substances could be manipulated to create physiological effects. As an area of study, it soon became one of her best.
This sudden influx of money did not go unnoticed, and the Masters of Candlekeep are not naive.
Whilst they are willing to overlook many things, when they finally uncovered the evidence that Marilyn had been supplying Ziran to a local gang she was flogged, stripped of her right to ever enter Candlekeep again, and handed over to the Guard for punishment.
Luckily for her, she was deemed as being far too valuable to far too many people to be allowed to rot in jail, and was spirited away by her criminal allies to Waterdeep.
Personality:
Marilyn is brilliant, cheerful, and utterly unrepentant. She sees her life as devoted to a higher calling; specifically, the quest for the Philosopher's Stone, the mystical highest achievement of alchemy.
For her, alchemy is the finest art there is; a synthesis of the physical, magical and spiritual tempered by the intellect of the alchemist to create substances which can achieve anything and everything. She believes that it is through alchemy that the deepest secrets of the universe may yet be unlocked. She is fascinated by these possibilities, her inquisitive mind forever driving her to learn more, achieve more and progress her craft.
She has no real respect for laws, and she has even less respect for the structured institutions of learning which have held her back throughout her life. She is driven by a desire to learn above all else, and wants to push the boundaries of human knowledge. These things have been prevented by the fools who hold to regressive, primitive attitude towards recreational substance abuse and who insisted that knowledge is a privilege not a right.
She will show them all!
Stats
Ability Scores
Using point buy or the standard array give us the following stats:
Strength: 8
Dexterity: 14
Constitution: 14
Intelligence: 18 (ASI)
Wisdom: 10
Charisma: 12
Class
Artificer 5 (Alchemist)
Cantrips: Acid Splash, Poison Spray
Infusions: Magic Item (Alchemy Jug), Enhanced Arcane Focus, Enhanced Defence
Skills
Class: Arcana, History
Background: Stealth, Deception
Race: Investigation
Feat: Sleight of Hand, Medicine, Perception
Proficiencies & Languages
Languages: Common, Gnomish
Light Armor, Medium Armor, Shields
Simple Weapons
Thieves' Tools
Tinker's Tools
Alchemist's Supplies
Herbalism Kit
Poisoner's Kit
Dragon Chess Set
Background
Criminal
Feats
Skilled
Gear
Light Repeating Crossbow
Sickle
Thieves' Tools
Dungeoneering Pack
Alchemist's Supplies
Tinker's Tools
Writer's Kit
Healing Potion x3
