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Originally Posted by miltonyorkcastle  I'm not sure how the bear warrior path itself will fit into the "bigger than himself" bit about your character, as it's not a class about "something bigger" necessarily. The Mistone Alliance Scout class, on the other hand, ~is~ a class designed to be about the bigger picture. Most classes are not like that however, and are more localized in flavor to your own character. I'd say this is likely to be the case with your characer and bear warrior if you choose to go that route. However, that's not saying that him becoming a bear warrior might not actually be worked into some other big thing your character gets involved in, resluting in the bear warrior gig having more than local meaning. you never know how things will work out. My suggestion is to get involved in quests and to just muck around the world, interacting with everyone you possibly can. |
I think what I was going for was.. not necessarily "Bigger" in terms of say.. Saving the world from a wizard with a clockwork atom bomb.. but more in terms of bringing his conciousness to something outside of himself. In a lot of ways, though hes a bit more experienced in years he's still emotionally a teenager - mostly because of his upbringing. I want to see him become less self-absorbed and the like.. and come to do something more than just seek personal glory. The Bear Warrior description actually reads something like "They often become champions of rustic villages and tribes" ..paraphrasing, obviously.. but it's a good example of where he might go..
For instance (not necessarily the one I want to use
He at some point comes to linger for whatever reason in tribal settlement X. Settlement X is threatened by some big gibbly beasty/army/Hoarde of caffinated orcs and he feels compellled to help ready their defences, blah blah.. this brings his focus outside of his own persona glory into the realm of defending something larger than his ego - in this case, the lives of however many live in this settlement. It doesnt have to be a save-the-world sort of scenario per se (though I can't say he might not become involved in something like that).
At some point I was also playing with the idea of finding out about his father and that plays into it. Maybe the father became a tribal champion and bear warrior himself, and died defending settlement Y. Maybe it was fate that kar wound up in such similar circumstances - or maybe settlement X was where he finds out about his father to begin with.
I have a lot of ideas floating about for it that havent completely cemented yet. Though what I was curious about would be if there was any information regarding the actual process of becoming a Bear Warrior.. are there any set rituals, or initiations.. any .. whatever.. thats actually transcribed somewhere that I've overlooked..or is it an individual process that is more tailored to the individual seeking to follow the path?
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On another note, is there any sort of religious connection to the bear path, or to the barbarians in general? for the latter, its obviously not a church set up or anything but are there specific deities that should be leaned towards, or are the barbarians more likely to be animists, ancestor worshippers, or spiritualists? Totem animals certainly sound like something that would fall into the latter traditions more than any formal god/goddess worship.
Let me know what you think!