#worteg

[undefeatednils]

Argh I'm feeling emotional about my DnD OCs and it distracts me from getting the sleep I need ahead of my DnD session tomorrow morning

[undefeatednils]

Talk about your favourite p'n'p character

Now that’s a good distraction!

A friend of mine from here, @hella-flawless-amythyst, runs a Dragon Age-based DnD game and my favorite pen and paper character that I’ve ever played is the one I came up with for that game.

His name is Worteg and he’s a dwarf, specificially a surface dwarf (in case you or anyone reading this doesn’t know, in Dragon Age dwarves that live on the surface can’t lore-wise by law return to the underground cities of the dwarves). In terms of class he’s a fighter-champion (he recently got up to level 3) and what makes me really like him is how he fits into the world and his personality (and the fact that he actually has a day job with carpentry).

The DM has set the game a few years after the end of the Dragon Age Inquisition DLC and thus society has changed somewhat and that includes Orzammar, where the (female) dwarf warden has taken charge and drastically changed dwarven laws, improving the lives of those from the lower castes. But... that situation is honestly fragile and Worteg is like “what if we changed society further?”. Basically he’s a socialist revolutionary, but without a movement. He dislikes unjust hierarchies, looks out for common people, and has strong ideas on how to improve dwarven society.

[undefeatednils]

Yo, tell me something about your OCs. Like what's their favourite food? (You don't need to do all if you don't like, just like your faves)

I'm just gonna do my three active DnD characters, plus my current favorite among my prospective DnD characters (aka the one I'd play if I either were to start a new campaign or if one of my other characters were to die).

Wococo: The aarakocra ranger loves eating game, especially seared deer or boar, with a warm sauce made of berries and served alongside a decent ale, which he usually drinks after his meal is over because he is a drinking lightweight and doesn't enjoy how being drunk lessens the taste of dishes for him.

Worteg: He's from a Dragon Age-based DnD campaign and, while a dwarf, his opinion on traditional dwarven cuisine is very low. His favorite dish is roasted nug, stuffed with fresh herbs and fruit. Nugs are a traditional dwarven meat source but he appreciates it most when prepared in a more Ferelden style like that.

Subtle Flame: My tabaxi rogue is an adventurous eater, seeing regional cuisine as a way to experience different cultures. As a result they tend to order dishes which common folk can afford and which is typical for the people of the area. Flame, despite their name, isn't that big into very spicy food, though, which is why they tend to order milk as their preferred drink to compensate for potential heat in their order. On the road however Flame is an opportunistic eater.

Jarsh: The githzerai monk is a vegetarian and tends to favor simple dishes. I imagine her to mostly prefer soups with bread, ideally whatever the Faerûnian equivalent of broccoli cream soup is, with a nice whole wheat bread to dip it with.

Thank you, this was fun ^^ Especially since the sole character I had an idea on was Worteg, it was a good exercise to develop these characters further!