Deck of Many Characters

If you have a character idea that you think is cool or original, submit it here. And if you try using any of these, I'd love to hear how it goes!

Created with order and delicate care, this warforged developed a connection to the plane of Mechanus. A clockwork soul, they themself now wield sorcerous magic.

The artificer, using their skills of craftsmanship and magic, has created a sentient machine. They've poured their heart and soul into them, ensuring that they feel and behave much like a human. Now, their creation is their closest friend. The artificer and the warforged roam the world together, treating each other like family.

An aracockra rogue who wandered the world as a thief, stealing trinkets that caught their eye. Until, one day, they stumbled upon a cursed artifact. Mistakingly, they stole it too. And in exchange, the artifact's curse robbed them of their wings and their voice.

That's pretty much all there is to them. Instead of becoming a skilled, magic-wielding musician, they choose to cause problems on purpose, making their music deliberately bad. And it's surprisingly efficient at bringing people mental and physical pain!

Tiny wisps of darkness still cling to their bodies, nearly imperceptible in the daylight of the Material Plane. But still present.

Originally a rune knight, they kept pushing their powers to the limit. Until one day, when they found those very same powers infecting their body. Runes, not unlike those they learned to inscribe onto objects, began appearing on their skin. More of a blessing than a curse, since now they have more than just weapons to use in battle.

The gun itself is no more than a piece of metal shaped like a gun, but it's owner keeps telling people that it's a powerful magic item, with access to countless spells. Depending on how good they are at lying, people react by either laughing at them or attempting to steal the "gun".

A former student at a wizards' academy, this rogue spent the better part of their life practicing arcane magic. But, at some point, they grew bored of drawing glyphs and memorising spells, pushing them to the life of crime. Perhaps they joined a thieves' guild, or perhaps they set off wandering the world as a mercenary. Regardless, a lot of time has passed since they abandoned the academy. Still, they retained some of the magical knowledge from it - which they now regularly use to break the law.

Regardless, all that's left now of their original self is their mind.

Oh, and not having to ask their darkvision-having party to light a torch is great.

This is because--from a spell gone wrong, a curse, a spell gone right from a rival mage, or other--the wizard's and familiar's minds have permanently swapped bodies. All the same rules for familiars affects them--telepathic communication, seeing through their eyes (the wizard body's in this case), ability to change the familiar body's form, etc. But the familiar body is weak (regardless of how comfortable the pocket dimension may be), cannot speak, and had no hands. And it's even harder to aim Fireball when you have to telepathically command your familiar in your body to cast it.

One day, a powerful entity cursed them to live in the body of an animal. What the entity didn't realise is that, through this curse, it also gave the druid some of its magical powers. Now, if they want to temporarily transform back into their humanoid form, they have to use Wild Shape.

Every time they show up, they try very hard to convince the party they're the absent character. Perhaps, some of the less bright party members even believe them.

The mute bard uses their magic to draw temporary, but vivid images, to inspire their companions in battle. The party has never heard them utter a word, but they're quite skilled in communicating through pictures and text.

Now, it is your turn.