Character: Dick Dickerson New Canon Point: Current DND adventure, lvl 10 Synopsis:
Outed to the party as a yuan-ti plant and outed to the yuan-ti as a turncoat after the party engaged in combat with yuan-ti assassins and they ordered him to assist in the attempt. He declined. After the fight, the party barbarian beat up on him and forced him to strip down to his underwear in front of everyone to expose him as a snake man, it was a bad time.
Terse party relations, next mission (trying to rescue Loxley’s mother) everyone was killed, captured and resurrected, again a very bad time, this was largely Dick’s fault. Party wizard turned himself in to get the authorities off their backs.
Worldstate rapidly approaching fully apocalyptic conditions, waters are corrupted, winds have stalled, earthquakes increasing, a catastrophic volcanic eruption looms.
A deeply self-righteous paladin joined the party, the barbarian was permakilled in combat in a city overrun by gnolls and Richard could have stopped her but was tired of stopping her from doing similar things and didn’t, a bloodhunter joined the party.
Party travelled to southern (earth) temple and successfully reversed the corruption there, still 3 temples to go. Rescued from the collapsing temple by Loxley’s parents in an airship. Later attacked by goblins in hot air balloons (really). The ranger was permakilled. Dick attempted to resurrect her but she declined to return to life. Stressful. The party is currently fighting its north to the water temple through a bog.
Key Character Developments:
His capacity for emotion is still hamstrung but he’s taken some big licks and had his foundation rocked more than he’d care to acknowledge. He’s not likely to speak much on the subject, but he’s endured some heavy shit, including dying, seeing his god and being sent back, and listening to a captive being devoured by gnolls, because if he alerted the rest of the sleeping party, they would nobly charge into a fight they couldn’t possibly win, possibly condemning the entire world to destruction in the process.
He’s gained steadier confidence in bringing himself around to the idea that he would have never lived a full or “happy” life among other yuan-ti, and accepting that he can find meaning for himself and have purpose as a suboptimal mess. Some of this is just proven success -- he’s seen and survived deadlier combat, including situations where the rest of the party has looked to him for guidance in the heat of battle.
He has a much better-established understanding of his relationship with his god, Oghma. Particularly faith that Oghma can be trusted and relied upon as a deity -- he’s formally sworn fealty where before it was a much more uncertain/fraught relationship.
Successfully studied enough to achieve conjuration with arcane magic (vs the divine magic he is a conduit for), and gained proficiency enough to summon his familiar, Thot, along with a few other low level spells. Thot spends most of her time as a black cat but can theoretically also be a hawk or a snek or an octopus, as she’s just kind of a spirit that manifests as a small animal. I will submit a points specialization thing for this as I’m not sure how much you will allow — addntl spells would involve things like a reactionary shield spell that can briefly block incoming attacks and a taseresque electric zap.
I’ve made some clarifications in his background after playing him for an additional year, most significantly that he was put through forced re-education after the Yuan-ti caught him slippin at the Cruxal when he was 19.
Richard Dickerson | Rifter OC Canon Update
New Canon Point: Current DND adventure, lvl 10
Synopsis:
Key Character Developments: