The misadventures of an appropriately named clueless pretty boy.

This doesn't fit into any of the character concepts Dire described - and though I would be very interested in playing in such a campaign, I unfortunately would not be very reliable in terms of consistent posting/chatting due to a constraining schedule - nonetheless I'm just throwing out another idea for a potential PC:

Juding from the description, I'm assuming Anteo has some ranks in Bard. If he decides to undertake several profitable enterprises in the Cage pertaining to a Bard, he's bound to stumble across...competition. So I had the notion of a halfling (former) guild thief turned bard who haunts the same areas where Anteo has begun to rake in the jink. Unlike Anteo, the thief is well disciplined and has no qualms with commitment to a long term career. The reason he is no longer a guild thief is because his old organization was destroyed by a rival. In terms of entertaining people, the thief’s methods are more somber and subdued than flamboyant (as I would imagine Anteo’s to be).

 A mini turf war followed by an unlikely friendship introduces the Halfling into the fold. Hilarity ensues.

Not that great a character concept in terms of party balance seeing as how two bards is redundant.

Hiya, Floatingdisc told me about this and i thought i would have a look see.

If possible i would be interested in joining in but i would not feel comfortable playing Sophitia. I am afraid this is my first time on this forum so it might take me a while to get used to things. My knowledge of the planescape world is based on Torment so i would most likely prefer to play something from the prime material plane.

But given that Azriael has more knowledge and got here first he should have first dibs if there is but a single chance to join in.

Ok, Fighter type (We'll call him no. 1) will be an honourable sort and seeing a well-bred lady like Sophitia being escorted by a shiftless rogue like Anteo is simply too much. He pledges his service to her as they travel the planes and he gets back up to speed with the current state of the multiverse.

A second take on this character (no. 2) that I've been considering today is that a newly created Elan was left stranded after his changing ritual was interrupted by aberation hunters. He was left for dead, unaware of his fairly strong psionic abilities (level 4 psion) and only vaguely remembering his past life as a well schooled but little practiced swordsman (Fighter Level 1). His psionic powers would manifest by accident when he 'just understands' someone or 'luckily' deflects a blow. Naturally he's now as confused as the other two, having only vague memories of Sigil and will cleave to them for safety showing no particular preference for either.

The feral Binder (no. 3) will be besotted by the sight of Sophitia but, being far too aware of his own lack of skill in the way of civilised courtship, will direct almost all conversation towards Anteo whom he both idolises for his charm and despises for his relationship with Sophitia. Think of an otherwise rational, attractive and quite perceptive individual stuck outside of their highly ritualised culture and with the relationship skills of a 13 year-old. The effects of a bad pact and the Vestige signs that he shows could complicate things too.

 Anyway I've tried to make these concepts a bit on the light-hearted hide. Let me know if they're too fluffy.

Personally I like no. 1 the least as I think that him being a stick in the mud could get boring relatively quickly but I could be wrong. I've been wanting to try out the binder class for a while so I have a slight leaning towards no. 3 but no. 2 might fit this campaign better and I'd be happy with any of them.

btw (last edit I promise) I might be willing to play Sophitia but she might come off a bit OC and as I say I haven't played that type of character before.

Heh, OC as in the teen drama "The OC", mostly about modern day California princesses rebelling against their oh-so-torturous lives of privilege. It got axed a year or two ago.

"Stuck in the mud" as in "Stick in the mud" - no fun, kill-joy who will frown disapprovingly when the other two are up to shenanigans and try to keep everyone acting "appropriately". Sort of like having a Harmonium officer at a Sensate party.

I had actually thought that the second two might have been in the cage for about a fortnight. Long enough to know the basic lay-out and to badly mis-use the cant but not so long that they've become real Cagers.

Well, it's your call Dire, My preferences go roughly 3, 2 (they're close), Sophitia, 1.

 If you let me know soon I'll try to write one up tonight.

I don't want to tread on any toes and don't have a problem if you'd prefer to have Aran Thule in the group.

I have a couple of ideas, here they are in order of preferance:

Human mage from that found himself in Sigil and struggled to cope with the mass change to his perspective of how the universe works. At the moment he is seeking soluce in his cups while trying to think of a way that would allow him to return to his world. Due to a previous encounter with a medusa he is nervous around beautiful women as he now sees them as potentially lethal...

 A Chaond rogue/swashbuckling type that has the whim to assist the lost pair, why because they look so mismatched and out of place that something fun would have to happen.

 An Earth Genasi Barbarian that hires himself out as bodyguard, would be a serious character which might be nice for the others to relate to. 

In a previous adventure while exploring a dungeon he found some prison cells, in one was a pillar with someone tied to it.

What with the female calls for help and the fine sets of arms and legs that were visable the party came to the obvious conclusion that it was a woman that had been imprisoned by the nasty inhabitants of the place.

Alas for the noble fighter that strode in and cut the ropes before examining her more closely, he ended up a bit stoned.

The mage was only slightly better off as seeing the statue that was his companion he averted his gaze which didnt help when the medusa repaided him for freeing her by giving him a poisonous love bite. 

Well Prodding it with his staff didnt keep her away and he didnt have many spells he could use without looking at her.

At that time the bite from the snakes was fatal and he didnt resist it, luckily his remaining companions were able to defeat her and retrieve his body.

He woke up in a temple with a chronic hangover and bad flashbacks of long legs, strangely enought he now also has a strong dislike for snakes.

Oh dear, i guess im in trouble now.

He was with a party, the last thing he can remember of his home plane was backing into the last room off a coridor with his spellbook while the party priest prayed for deliverance as a horde or orcs/demons/evil priests ect advanced towards them.

Things then went blank and when he regained his senses he was standing in a gateway to a strange overgrown garden in Sigil.

None of his companions arrived with him so he doesnt know what happened to them.

Yep but as I say it's your call. I actually have another concept but I'd rather not muddy the waters further.

If it makes it easier I understand that Floating Disk knows Aran Thule in real life and he's the primary protagonist here so there'll be no hard feelings on my side if you go that way

Oh, it's based around a character who's either a former bleaker who's now a Guvner or vice versa who's very into the concept of 'Noumena'. He doesn't know the meaning of life but is convinced that the answer to the meaning can only be known if we understand everything in existence in and of itsself without allowing our prior convictions to interfere. Doing so would reveal any underlying patterns and allow an individual to accurately predict everything that has led up to that point and everything that will come after.

Naturally such understanding is far too much to absorb in one lifetime so the character takes copious records in his travels in an attempt to record his findings for future generations.

I originally conceived him as an NPC who wanted to create a university in Sigil to gather the collective knowledge of the multiverse but everyone needs to start somewhere.

I was thinking that he would be a planar creature from the lawful side of the ring (probably a Zenthri) who is either a mage or a true-namer (To better understand the fundamental nature of things) or, even better, both with the fiend binder PRC if I can substitute appropriately levelled Mechanus creatures (Modrons or inevitables) for the fiends although I suppose a bevy of Baatezu would be up to the task of record keeping.

He's almost a polar opposite of my other idea really but would be happy to join up with Anteo and Sophitia to learn what he can whilst travelling with them. He would provide a wealth of knowledge for the party and while taking a structured, 'lawful' approach to his studies he is flexible and curious, more than happy to add anything new to his observations after all, it all has to be put down eventually and he's not going to judge, just impartially record.

Hi Aran Thule, Oh he'd definately act. There are parallels between his philosophy and that of the sensates but he doesn't restrict himself to things that can be experienced in his search for knowledge. He believes that everything needs to be viewed wholistically to be accurately observed.

I imagine either a true namer or a binder would be interesting for your character to interact with as they both derive their powers from very different sources to a standard mage. (I had also considered making him a mage/shadow-caster to cover the whole 'considering all aspects'. I guess I really want to give my tome of magic a road-test!

eh, doesn't matter too much, there's room for everything in the planes and there's as much screed as truth getting around so feel free to make stuff up.

If you want a crash course in some cool stuff that's not canon but close enough go to the old mimir.net site. It's where I found out that Planescape wasn't just a computer game. There's loads of good ideas in there, particularly in "Brix's guide to the cage" and the "Musee Arcane". This character'll have loads of book knowledge but it'd be your call what the real darks are.

[edit: just realised I lapsed into cant a bit there. oh dear] 

Will get to creating him...

Its my first time on the forum so do i post character info here or PM you?

Ive sent you a PM with the stats and background history, if you have any questions please ask.

Tunsa Flamebane:

You see before you a man that has obviously had better times, his robes a scarred with signs of battle, burn marks and poorly repaired rips.Several Tankards rest on the table before him and he mutters to himself with the occational glance at those around him.

There is something in his dark eyes, a gleam of intelligence but a hint of madness, that he has seen too much and that with just a little push he might loose what grip he has on sanity.

He looks healthy but has taken little interest in his appearance the past weeks since his arrival in Sigil, survival and knowledge being more important. The first people that tried to relieve this clueless of his possessions soon found that they should have chosen a differant mark, as it is the locals are watching to see if he can rise out of the pit he finds himself in or if he will end up just another body lying in the gutter.