#smashdraws

I wanted to make a bastard capitalist that was actually likable. It’s debatable if that’s a success yet, but he’s partially a bottom-up design; I wanted to play with his Patron, the Currency Conspiracy, but his patron is unquestionably evil. So how do I justify making him a good guy?

make a dude that still believes in the power of money being used for good (and also one unaware of the Conspiracy’s true goals). him being an Amberdale came naturally b/c that family breeds all kinds of fucked up people who sometimes try to do good with the remnants of Great Granddad’s legacy, and Kay decided that occultism and dabbling with outsiders was way more dangerous than just turning the Baron’s fortune into a force for good.

Also, I wanted to play a silver-tongued salesman type that wasn’t evil. I have a few Charisma-based chatterboxes who like getting into and out of trouble with words alone, but none of them were good people until Kay kayme along.

For every ✍ + a number I receive, I will share one headcanon for my muse about...

2) …being touched.

Atsu loves getting petted and groomed. As long as your touch is pleasant, he will let basically anyone touch him. His favorites are ear scratches and back massaging!

6) …being alone.

Atsu hasn’t been truly alone for any long period of time. He’s almost always had his brother, Dovharak, around. They were raised together, and travelled together. 

18) …how they would describe their personality.

🎇 = Does your character possess magic? How do they feel about it even if they don’t have it?

Kasim does have magic, thanks to his hexblade patron. He has a very negative feelings on his own magic, though, not because he finds magic evil, but because he strongly resents his patron. All in all, he actually has a pretty positive view on magic. He greatly respects wizards and clerics in particular, while warlocks tend to be on thin ice, especially if their patron is something like the Fiend or Forgotten Ones.

To him, magic is a tool for the betterment of the world, and it can be applied to anything from art to military. Just... Be careful with it.

⚔️ = What weapon does your character wield? Why did they choose it? If your character doesn’t fight, why?

His hexblade weapon, in the form of a war glaive. He didn’t really choose the weapon as much as it being the base form of the hexblade. Since Kasim has little previous experience with weaponry, he had no preference for a different form. At this point, he’s the most used to it, but he could probably change if he’d ever need some other type of weapon.

🏰 = Does your character feel any connection with the land/country they were born in, what sort of connection?

3. what is their goal right now? Learn more about herself and the world she had spent so long hearing. She also has  a personal goal of learning more about her creator and the process it took to make her.

30. what do they seek out from others? Friendship. Lend is fascinated by how diverse the people are around her and she really likes this feeling known as ‘friendship.’ 

44. what do they need to learn?

HOW NOT TO BE SO CREEPY.  More or less she needs to learn to not be so monotone, and being less ominous in her invasive mind to mind direct connection she has with everyone LAKSJDFH

58. what do they think their role in the party is? what is their role in actuality?

Astra is 99% self taught as a monk! Her Cleric dad only knew styles relating to heavy weapons BUT her Druid dad did teach her everything he knew about the staff!

She could grab any and all books on martial arts that was available at the small town her family would sometimes trade at, and when a wondering sage came by she did everything she could to convince them to give her a lesson in SOMETHING. Fighting, meditation, life lessons, ect.

typed up the whole fuckin name fgdkjssa

Trinity City freaks them out deeply. The open sky, the fresh clean air, the noise. Being around crowds of people is ironically the least of their problems since there was no peace or privacy in the mountains, it’s mostly that they never had to deal with agoraphobia before and weren’t aware they even had it. but hoo boy is being in the more open streets severely unsettling for this poor lizard. They much prefer the thin winding alleyways and even the tunnels and pipes under the ground to anything else. it makes them kind of stinky.

Causing problems on purpose lMAO

Though those problems and button pushing all actually have a distinct goal, which could broadly be labeled as information gathering. Sadao prods at people and gauges reactions not just for his own amusement but to file away for later; he’s more or less constantly observing and building mental profiles of people to reference back on in the future. If he can eavesdrop on someone, he probably will.

It’s not....inherently sinister, especially not with his allies, but it is habitual and second-nature by this point for him to say certain stuff or ask probing questions that are either meant to get a rise out of someone or get a neat little answer. For people he likes and wants to protect, this information gets used to help them in teeny ways and make things a bit smoother. Like if he ever heard someone say they were terrified of spiders he’d both be the first person to put a cup over one that startled them and immediately ready to make space between them and a giant spider in the woods with his sword.

--👀 What is the most disturbing thing they’ve ever seen?

“Do I really have to answer this? Because I don’t want to. I hate thinking ab--actually, I think I can cheat on this. Most disturbing thing in recent memory was that... forest thing, and how its mouth moved whenever it screamed or bit into anyone. THAT was wild.”

--🎃 If they were to play a mean trick on Halloween, what would they do and who would be their target? 

“Oh this one’s way easier. I’m good at making illusions, and Theo is good at seeing illusions. Pop a big old monster right in front of them for the funsies. Maybe have it just behind a door they’re about to head through, or hanging out behind them so they can see it in a mirror or in the polished armor of whatever hunk they’re ogling.”

--🔥 In a fire, they can only save three things (including people). Who/what do they save?