DnD Desert Raiders Campaign Rafa

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Background

RAFA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Rapha, meaning "feeble, flaccid, weak," i.e. "a shade" living in Hades, void of blood and animal life; therefore weak and languid like a sick person, but still able to think.

For weak goblins to survive they have to make sure the stay in the shadows. One goblin did this so well that he started to bond with it. Rafa has found a way to harvest this shadowy power to make his enemies regret attacking him.

He knows very well that he will never be as strong as some of the wizards that use incredible power. But he is happy with he thought that he is less likely to blow himself up with that incredible power.

For a long time Rafa lived in a goblin village under the mountain with his faithful familiar Senka (Serbian name meaning "shadow."). that was until one day there was need of a volunteer to get some special herbs.
Rafa volunteered himself immediately by being thrown over the heads of his fellow goblins. No one stopped to consider that Rafa had no knowledge of herbs, no knowledge of where to go and no interest to remember what was asked from him in the first place.
It wasn't long before Rafa forgot what herb he was looking for or how to get back to his village. Now he tags along with random groups of creatures that might tolerate him so he can find what he personally wants.
preferable creatures that look better prey them himself.

Dislikes: Rafa really dislikes anything that shines like metals and fire. He knows the value of coins, gems and gold to other people and will collect them to trade, not to keep.
When safety allows it he will try to keep out of the radius of lights, or block them by other means.

Personal Quest

Fascinated by his shadow Rafa set out to find the origin of it all. No one appreciates the shadows as he does. So he should find a way to collect them all so they will be his forever.

weakness

• Playing a shadowcaster (not a shadowmage, big difference). Of the millions of people playing D&D no one has ever posted a build that was considered workable. The general belief is "a sorcerer with less spells then a wizard, less spells known then a bard, no bonus spells for high cha and no free familiar"

• RP weakness: Great dislike to light and glittering.

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Elemental

• shadow elemental's actions never go against a direct order of Rafa

• the shadow elemental always delays to after Rafa's turn in combat. (unless something living or light giving comes within 40ft of Rafa)
• The shadow elemental hates all sources of light and life, unless orderd not to it will try to end its duration. it cannot leave Rafa's side for more then 40ft but will attack the light or living creature when it comes close enough.
• It will never comunicate with anyone, not even its master.
• If unable to end the duration of the lightsouce it will sink into the ground as much as it can and try to keep in somethings shadow, its masters preferd.
• highly aggressive it will sneak up to anything that's not linked to the shadow realm to kill it.
• anything not made of light and more then 40ft from Rafa will be ignored totally.

• it follows its master's spoken command, if it understands this or if its is just part of the magic is unknown.

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Notes

Items wanted:

• Panic button [escaping]
• Dark lantern (ToM)
• Ring of darkhidden (DotU)
• Bag of holding I
• Orb of shadow lvl 1 (ToM)

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