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Losing a character is always a terrifying prospect! And I think it’s very smart of you to try and put in the effort of how things might change once they come back to life. 

One of the first things I think you should do is talk to your DM–do they have any ideas on what he might see once he dies? Will he even remember dying, or would it be like he just got knocked out and woke up later on? If your DM says that your character would remember life after death, that’s something you should explore further with them. What exactly happens? How does your character process all of that? Is it something that he’s afraid of or does he want to go back? Knowing what it’s like after you die can have a HUGE impact on how a person processes living. It might mean that they’re either more or less afraid of dying, which could mean that your guy becomes more or less reckless on the battle field.

But what if your character doesn’t remember any life after death? Does he just take that as “there’s nothing”? Does he take that as there is nothing but emptiness awaiting him when his body goes cold? Or does he KNOW there’s something, and know that he forgot it? That loss of memory can be extremely frustrating, and he could potentially become more focused on figuring that out. 

There are other things to consider than this though, and the biggest thing that I can think of is post-traumatic stress. If anything belongs on the list of things that would cause trauma, I think that dying is a very worthy contender. You may want to figure out if the way he died combined with the aftermath is something that would keep him thinking about it for a long time to come–some deaths may not be traumatic to everyone. My PC Rodney in example is TERRIFIED of drowning, however if he got stabbed? Eh, happens, that’s a part of life. So look at the death that he had and see how that would linger in his mind. Would it make him more anxious? Could it be a source of PTSD? If you do choose to go this route, be sure to do your research to be sure that if he does begin to suffer from some form of mental illness, that you do it justice. (If he already suffers from some form of mental illness, I think it would be VERY important to see how that would collide with the death, what kind of changes it may make. Using Anxiety as an example, would it amplify his anxiety? Would he be more scared of everything? Or would this death be a slap-in-the-face proof to him that he doesn’t need to be so afraid?)

It ALSO could be interesting to see if maybe there could be involuntary changes to him due to the affects of the resurrection ritual. Some DMs don’t have it so you come back right every time. I feel that this post gives some wonderful examples of how you could change as a result of a resurrection ritual. 

Overall ask yourself questions. Ask your DM questions. There’s a quote from the lore of a game that I love that goes, “Ask strange questions. Our questions shape the reality that answers them.” The more questions you ask, the more you’ll be able to figure out how he’ll change. Set aside some time, and try and visualize what he’s going through, where he’s been, how he’s thinking about all of this. Work with your DM to get a clearer view of how things are going for him.

Compiling images for my players’ reference of the most common ethnicities/phenotypes of Craton II humans. This is the Yancuitlan phenotype (most common in the far northeast; Yancuitlan’s population). They are not 100% accurate by a long shot but provide visual diversity I am unable to/don’t have time to draw perfectly. Intentionally sourced from a wide variety of actual world populations. Main point: light but not white skin, dark hair that can be lighter or wavy, black/brown/green/grey eyes, can or can not have monolid/almond shape eyes, can have freckles (poorly conveyed by images).

5e Player’s Handbook for Dungeons and Dragons in pdf form. This is a large file, be warned. If you are accepted into the campaign, I’ll also be able to give you access to parts of the Tal’Dorei Campaign guide in pdf form.

Character Sheets: You can either buy some very nice ones here, use the free pdf here (make sure to scroll down nearly to the bottom), use this free version which allows easier editing on the computer, use this version for Android or it’s Apple counterpart.  

Brain Storm Session 1:  

Mercenary - solo dolo - indulgence = angry music (?) - dispenses justice ($$)

Childhood:  

Hatched in “middle class” small settlement of Mavagav nestled in a northern valley near the Ovidyas Mountains (bleed into it).  When he was 12 he had to trek in the nearby mountainous woods to prove that GORARATH had the honor of a dragonborn (cultural thing).  “When yo gizzard drops” you must survive for 3 days alone in the woods to prove your honor.  

Found stream and followed “that shit” east bringing him further into the Ovidyas Mountains.  He came across much more urban areas with bigger populations (of mostly dwarves and humans).  

On his trek he meets a person who ends up being his mentor.  A Tauren who he found “white knighting” by killing a rapist - turns out this Tauren was a vigilante.  Petou was their name.  Petou was really artful about their killing because they were “making a point man, you know dude?”  

Gorarath returned after his 3 day trek and started to regularly visit Petou in whatever local town or village they were in.  Sometimes they’d kill jerks, mostly they just walked around and talked deep shit. Anyways, they ended up traveling together, doing their vigilante thing.  During this time GORARATH kind of cared about the lawfulness of what they were doing but also indifferent.  

A person (dwarf?) is following them and their string of artful deaths from village to village and doesn’t like what they are doing.  That person has the whole “who are you to decide who gets to die” and decides it is their job to “end their TIRADE OF DEATH.”  

Basically this person ends up killing Petou in a way GORARATH found distasteful.  It was sloppy and not elegant like their killings.  Maybe a shitty one sided knife fight (Petou has no knife).  GORARATH “ripped that muthfucka apart.”  Felt this was justified - dwarf’s life not worth living.

GORARATH grows pretty bitter after this (25yrs) and returns to his home village.  He’s very changed and every is surprised.  He talks to an elder and finds out about/treks to a different dragonborn settlement in the western desert wastes of Elyasia.  In this culture killing is considered much more honorable.  They also took sand baths, wear little armor (because their scales are tougher due to the environment).  GORARATH is not fond of this settlement’s environment and some of their practices (see dirt bath) and appreciates the culture and learns a lot.  

GORARATH gets their gizzard pierced here.  This place has lots of physical variation such as “lizardy fans and stuff.”  GORARATH ends up creating a fusion fighting style of what Petou taught them (which is about brute force) and this dragonborn culture’s which is more about strategy and movement/intimidation. 

Lived there as an experience to learn and grow as a dragonborn and figure out what honor TRULY is.  Common acceptance of world curse and pity travelers and merchants that never return from the desert.  As a ritual to keep the curse out of their settlement these dragonborns trek to the shore twice a year on the equinoxes and take memorabilia to the ocean where they bury it in the sand on the shore.  

Returned to hometown after getting news of a sickness that infected both their parents.  By the time they returned it was too late and both had passed along with many of the villagers.  GORARATH decides to stay and is tattooed as a mark of elevated status in the settlement.  This is when they quit being a mercenary and just sort of sells DANK ASS DRAGONBORN WEED along with keeping the settlement safe and running smoothly.  Making sure they have access to food and medical care, as well as serving as a diplomat on the settlements behalf.  

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Doesn’t hold grudge against dwarves, but views them as somewhat lesser beings.  No respect unless earned.  Must prove their honor.  Thinks of them as dishonorable.  

Fights when:  implied that they aren’t elegant or honorable.  

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Brain Storm Session (1):  

Royalty.  Evil parents raised them to be evil, but they weren’t really into it.  They had a girlfriend who was a warrior  Eladrin princess named Zenyeira, however their parents disapproved because she was from a rival kingdom and had her assassinated. This all occurred within the past year.  This prompts Euphoria to leave and wander the world on their own after a lengthy prostitute binge.  

Has a drunk tattoo with her name in a heart on their ass.  Whenever brought up by a prostitute they’d cry (drunk whole time). 

Wants to start somewhere else and grieve.  

Favorite color red.  Allergic to Fox familiar.  Got familiar (the parents didn’t know) after leaving.  Wants revenge on parents.  In kingdom whole life but read a lot about other cultures.  Wants to see what they read about.  Understands war plans and invasion plans of your kingdom.  

Head tattoo because of former fighter status - but eventually pursued magic.  Read about magic and got hands on magic stuff and experimented alone.  Found mentor during travels and picked it up real fast - very natural.  Mentor was a dragonborn wizard.  You got magic connects.  

Had “crazy” grandfather and about learning new things and far away lands and people “aren’t as bad.”  When gramps died they took over and read and realized that their mom and dad were fucked up.  Don’t let gramps infect your mind and cried at funeral.