Claws in the Dark
This is Dusk, my Gnoll druid(originally from 4E D&D), done up all nicely by LadyKurai.
She was named for the unusual black fur she was born with, and trained to be a shaman. When the time came to take her rite of passage, consisting of a vision quest, at the end she instead manifested the shapeshifting powers of a druid, rather than the spirit-summoning that was expected.
She was swiftly cast out, as both the shaman and matriarch of her tribe were afraid she would try to overthrow them. For a time, she lived among the nearby woods, but regular animals fell too easily, and she sought more challenging prey.
Upon undertaking a second vision quest, she was sent to human lands, where she became a bounty hunter for a time, before being caught up in a greater adventure.
The original campaign I played her in several years ago never had a real end, nor was it very RP-heavy, due to having an 8-person party. I was reminded of her recently though, as I'd been trying to work out a similar concept in Pathfinder - most fantasy systems outside of 4E D&D don't have classes with "unlimited use" shapeshifting from level 1.
Still hoping to find a 4E D&D campaign in the near future to play her properly in, especially given I've added a few more quirks and bit more personality in my recent updating of her. (Did I mention she has a sweet tooth? Civilization is worth it to her for sweet rolls alone, though she'd never admit it to anyone.)
She was named for the unusual black fur she was born with, and trained to be a shaman. When the time came to take her rite of passage, consisting of a vision quest, at the end she instead manifested the shapeshifting powers of a druid, rather than the spirit-summoning that was expected.
She was swiftly cast out, as both the shaman and matriarch of her tribe were afraid she would try to overthrow them. For a time, she lived among the nearby woods, but regular animals fell too easily, and she sought more challenging prey.
Upon undertaking a second vision quest, she was sent to human lands, where she became a bounty hunter for a time, before being caught up in a greater adventure.
The original campaign I played her in several years ago never had a real end, nor was it very RP-heavy, due to having an 8-person party. I was reminded of her recently though, as I'd been trying to work out a similar concept in Pathfinder - most fantasy systems outside of 4E D&D don't have classes with "unlimited use" shapeshifting from level 1.
Still hoping to find a 4E D&D campaign in the near future to play her properly in, especially given I've added a few more quirks and bit more personality in my recent updating of her. (Did I mention she has a sweet tooth? Civilization is worth it to her for sweet rolls alone, though she'd never admit it to anyone.)
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