#TY LANCE THIS WAS A NICE WAY TO SPEND AN AFTERNOON LOL

[reversewerewolf]

for ALL of them: 9, 13, 16, 17, 21, 38

leoven: 1, 8, 11, 14, 26, 45

oleander: 8, 22, 60

my boy naveen: 18, 27, 63

and idk how far you've gotten with soleil and kalliope but: 5, 30, 39

I THINK MAYBE THERE ARE MORE OF THEM THAN YOU KNOW BUT BY GOD I WILL DO MY BEST

D&D character asks here!

From least to most recently created/played:

Naveen Galanodel (drama queen wood elf bard, college of lore):

9. What is their favorite scent?

Sandalwood, the forest after heavy rain, the air when you get close to a body of water

13. If they were a body of water, what would they be?

An ocean. Big personality, lots of drama goes on there, salty

16. What keeps them going?

THE POWER OF LOVE. Like for real. Whenever he wants to give up he thinks about his family and he's like OKAY... OKAY DO IT FOR THEM

17. Does your character swear? What’s their favorite phrase/word?

Not as constantly as you'd think, but yes. "Fuck" is a classic, but he's also kind of mean, so "dumbass" comes up a lot.

18. How does your character act when they want to seem inviting?

Big smile, open stance, polite mannerisms in the sweetest of voices... He tries to be friendly generally, but if he's really TRYING, it gets laid on a little thick.

21. If they were a potion, what would it look like? (Color, glass shape, smell, etc.)

Potion of Naveen would come in a pear-shaped, green-glass bottle with a short neck and a simple cork stopper. A black ribbon is tied around the neck in a bow. The liquid inside smells and tastes strongly of blackberries, and it's milky white but thin like peach calpico lol. There is a pale green swirl inside. Drinking it gives you a d12 inspiration die.

27. If they were a ghost, how would they haunt in the afterlife?

I think this maybe meant to say "who" but I'm answering both. He would haunt his husband affectionately by like... leaving messages written in fogged glass or helping him find things he'd lost or singing to him... And he'd go prank all of his party members by hiding their stuff and making scary noises when they're trying to sleep(/trance).

38. What fairytale/myth suits your character the best?

Beauty and the Beast but he's the beast. He had to do a lot of character growth throughout the campaign lol

63. Which party member would they pull a prank on? Who would they plan a prank with?

He primarily played a lot of pranks on our poor ranger, Rael, who put up with Naveen's bullying like a champ, in their defense... He also played most of his pranks alongside the party's monk, Libra, his BFF. They liked getting up to trouble. <3

Haven Lafrelli (drow wizard, school of transmutation):

9. What is their favorite scent?

Tea leaves, ink, and the pages of an old book

13. If they were a body of water, what would they be?

A creek. Slim and unassuming and flowing slowly along to wherever it ends up...

16. What keeps them going?

His loved ones, the memory of his father and what he would want for Haven, the pursuit of knowledge, and the well-being of his community. He's a nice lad (and if I ever use him again, he'll be a cleric, lol)

17. Does your character swear? What’s their favorite phrase/word?

He doesn't, and according to my group, he was legally not allowed to.

21. If they were a potion, what would it look like? (Color, glass shape, smell, etc.)

Potion of Haven would come in a square, clear glass bottle, with a spherical topper made of light-colored wood. The liquid inside smells vaguely minty, but it looks and tastes like black tea (the best cup of black tea you've ever had, though). If you drink it, you get advantage on Intelligence checks for an hour.

38. What fairytale/myth suits your character the best?

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves but the story is changed to just be about Snow White trying to wrangle the dwarves who have no sense of propriety or self-preservation. So uh... I don't actually know lol

Dro'gul Tem'bukra (the only character I'll ever abuse the apostrophes with) (half-orc barbarian/ranger, beastmaster conclave):

9. What is their favorite scent?

Wood (cut or still in the form of a tree), the heat in the air near a cooking fire, and roses (a favorite of his wife's, and also the name of one of their daughters)

13. If they were a body of water, what would they be?

A river, one of the wide ones you need a long bridge to get over. Normally, he's all good, but if something agitates him he gets a little rough

16. What keeps them going?

His family. He's a wife guy. He also got out of a bad childhood situation that left him with a strong drive to live in general, and to enjoy that life, so I guess he's constantly pursuing happiness

17. Does your character swear? What’s their favorite phrase/word?

He does, and - you MIGHT see a pattern form here later - the word is "fuck"

21. If they were a potion, what would it look like? (Color, glass shape, smell, etc.)

Potion of Gul would come in a lightbulb-shaped bottle with a cork stopper. The liquid inside is a nearly-black red like a dark rum. It smells spicy and a little woody, and it tastes like cinnamon with an implacable sense of "green," like biting a leaf. If you drink it, you feel a brief contentment like being wrapped up in a bear hug.

38. What fairytale/myth suits your character the best?

...........................Cinderella lmao

Mattias Papajohn (yes that is his actual surname and the table hates me for it) (human fighter, samurai archetype [but we play it like a knight]):

9. What is their favorite scent?

Onions and garlic being sauteed, leather, and citrus (primarily oranges)

13. If they were a body of water, what would they be?

A tributary stream flowing into a huge river. He is a relatively insignificant man who is rapidly, unassumingly, and irreversibly heading into something much bigger than him. Lol

16. What keeps them going?

Formerly a sense of duty, but he's about to become an enemy of the state, so... right now he's kind of just... exploring and thinking about where his new place in the world is going to be, lmao

17. Does your character swear? What’s their favorite phrase/word?

Nah, he's too polite... for now

21. If they were a potion, what would it look like? (Color, glass shape, smell, etc.)

Potion of Mattias would come in a chipped, stained-but-well-loved porcelain mug. The liquid is not-quite-opaque and dark brown, with a strong smell, nutty and a little burnt. If you drink the potion, your stamina increases for several hours. It's coffee. It's just coffee.

38. What fairytale/myth suits your character the best?

His life has been too uneventful as of yet to really say. Uhh. Maybe Jack and the Beanstalk if the giant was a nice man. He's met giants. They were lovely!

Oleander (it never came up, but his real name was Roshan Halloran lol) (tiefling monk, way of the kensei):

8. What is something they cannot resist?

Peaches. And cake. He would steal either of those off a companion's plate if they weren't looking.

9. What is their favorite scent?

You know that sort of spicy scent that comes off of tomato leaves? That, as well as baking bread, and ocean salt, in spite of himself

13. If they were a body of water, what would they be?

A little pond that's only disturbed by raindrops or animals moving through it. Passive and reacting to its environment as its main form of change

16. What keeps them going?

Helpin' people. He adopted the party's triton sorcerer as his little brother whether or not said sorcerer was aware of it, so mainly he wakes up each day like "ok, gotta try and keep Aeos out of trouble today." (It never works, but they have fun)

17. Does your character swear? What’s their favorite phrase/word?

Honestly I don't think Oleander talked too much? He's a quiet kind of guy. He doesn't swear habitually or have a favorite expletive, but he's not morally opposed to it.

21. If they were a potion, what would it look like? (Color, glass shape, smell, etc.)

Potion of Oleander would come in a tall, thin bottle with a long neck. The glass has a magenta-to-clear ombre from bottom to top. The liquid inside is a milky, pastel pink that smells like apricot with floral undertones and tastes subtly of peaches. Drinking it increases your speed, as well as your flight response. Despite the name, it's not toxic.

22. What kind of person would they never side with?

He just wants to do good in the world, lol. He doesn't side with people he thinks are morally corrupt, but that can be vague - his hard line is people who treat kids badly.

38. What fairytale/myth suits your character the best?

The Little Mermaid lol

60. Who do they go to when they need to bounce ideas off of someone?

His best buddy, Aeos, despite Aeos' proven track record of, uh... not having the most common sense. Ollie values his opinion regardless.

Leoven Silverfrond (half-elf sorcerer, divine soul with homebrew wild magic):

1. What does your character typically keep in their pockets?

Not necessarily in his pockets, but he always keeps a healer’s kit on his person, as well as his journals (and a pen), an emergency dagger or two, some coin for just in case, and the spell components necessary to re-summon his familiar(s) if something happens to them. Most of his belongings stay in his own pack or the party’s bag of holding, though.

8. What is something they cannot resist?

Any food with honey in it, an earnest request from a person in need, certain pretty faces. Up until fairly recently he was also a doting big brother who gave his little sister everything she asked for, but he's had to step up and be disciplined and he hates it, lol

9. What is their favorite scent?

Rain stuck between blades of grass, cold mountain air, the cologne his hotshot airship captain wears

11. How does your character blow off steam?

Journaling, hiking, reading, cooking, [redacted] His ability to walk it off isn't terrible. Luckily. He hasn't punched anyone yet...

13. If they were a body of water, what would they be?

A hot spring, but there's a secret geyser in it.

14. Does your character value promises? Are they good at keeping them?

He values them highly and he tries really, really hard to keep them. Sometimes there are circumstances that prevent that, but he doesn't just brush a promise off because he doesn't feel like keeping it.

16. What keeps them going?

The vague shape of goals that he needs to reach. He's still sort of figuring out how to reach those goals, but it's important to him that he does. He is also waking up every day to save his family from weird stuff that's going on, and he wants to help his friends, and his friend's family...

17. Does your character swear? What’s their favorite phrase/word?

Hilariously, up until very recently, he didn’t; he wouldn’t even write curse words down in his journal, he just wrote the first letter followed by a long dash. But, a few weeks ago, he found out that his dear friend, Tennessee, and Tenn’s mother, were being spied on by an archmage, and he got so mad that the floodgate finally broke and now every other word out of his mouth is “fuck.” He had, like, 20 years of them all saved up. He’s really making up for lost time.

21. If they were a potion, what would it look like? (Color, glass shape, smell, etc.)

A Potion of Leoven would come in a heart-shaped bottle with a fancy stopper. The liquid inside would be dark blue, with a golden shimmer when shaken, and it would smell lightly floral. Drinking it makes you feel calm (but only for a few minutes)

26. What would they want for their funeral?

Y'know, I think he's the only one of my characters who have actually thought about this? Since he has been keenly aware for the past eight months of his life that He Could Die At Any Moment. With that said, he also can't really afford to be picky about it... He really just hopes that his family can say goodbye in some way and that he's remembered fondly, but sometimes he doesn't think that'll happen.

38. What fairytale/myth suits your character the best?

Is... is there one where the main character is possessed, maybe

45. What would they never forgive themselves for?

Oh he has LOTTTTTS that he already won't forgive himself for lol. Killing innocent people (even though it was in self-defense, and he keeps telling himself self-defense made it okay because if he stops to think about it for even a minute he'll fall apart), compromising his morals even a little bit to keep the little devil in his brain from going completely berserk, accidentally giving his little sister the idea to run away from home due to leading by example...

Kalliope Kalymnos (satyr paladin, oath of the ancients):

5. How does your character express they’re comfortable?

Lounging lol. Flops over anywhere like a content rabbit

9. What is their favorite scent?

Wine, salt, and jasmine

13. If they were a body of water, what would they be?

Also the ocean. Beautiful, powerful, and if she's mad enough, she'll drown you

16. What keeps them going?

She's got monsters to kill!! There's no time to stop!

17. Does your character swear? What’s their favorite phrase/word?

Not particularly often, but she's not against it. It doesn't quite count, but one of her party members taught her to make the jerk-off motion and she thinks it's very funny.

21. If they were a potion, what would it look like? (Color, glass shape, smell, etc.)

Sticks and leaves in a hole in the woods

30. What never gets old for your character? Something your character can’t get enough of?

Light-hearted antics, bacchanalian parties, and straight up salt, which she regularly ate handfuls of out of her ship's stores.

38. What fairytale/myth suits your character the best?

A goat... one. A goat one

39. What does your character believe their party lacks?

Common sense and self-preservation, which means a LOT coming from her. The campaign dissolved so I'm not sure how it would've gone long-term, but the fact that she was trying to mom-friend is INSANE lol

Soleil/713705 ("arcanamist" [homebrewed race but essentially a robot] cleric, forge domain):

5. How does your character express they’re comfortable?

If she jokes around with you, she's probably comfortable with you. I don't think there's a big difference between her being especially comfortable or just... normal, but UNcomfortable Soleil talks a lot, frantically. She's also very physically affectionate with people she's comfy around <3

9. What is their favorite scent?

Y'know, honestly, I'm not 100% sure she has a sense of smell, but if she does, she likes the cold kind of stale air smell in caves. Also the smell of flowers

13. If they were a body of water, what would they be?

An abandoned lake underground, full of crumbling, long forgotten ruins

16. What keeps them going?

She just woke up from a 2500-ish year coma and she has NO idea what she's doing, really. I guess the idea of finding a purpose is keeping her going for now.

17. Does your character swear? What’s their favorite phrase/word?

I don't know if she does? She tries to be polite, so probably not too often.

21. If they were a potion, what would it look like? (Color, glass shape, smell, etc.)

Potion of Soleil would come in a stout purple glass bottle with two small handles next to the neck. The liquid inside is transparent but incandescent, constantly changing colors. It is almost odorless but it smells very subtly floral if you concentrate hard enough, and it tastes like violets but in a subtle, La Croix way where maybe someone threw a violet through water. Drinking it gives you an odd, vague sense of nostalgia.

30. What never gets old for your character? Something your character can’t get enough of?

Hugs tbh, she loves them and thinks it's great that people invented them. She also really loves oranges; she kept peeling them and giving slices to the party as a form of affection.

38. What fairytale/myth suits your character the best?

Sleeping Beauty lol

39. What does your character believe their party lacks?

Cohesion and focus lmao. They didn't all vibe and they got distracted easily. Campaign is on hiatus but hopefully we get to explore together more later

#TY LANCE THIS WAS A NICE WAY TO SPEND AN AFTERNOON LOL #dnd character asks