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Re: Dresden-esque Wizard Needs "De-Dresdenizing"
« Reply #15 on: September 09, 2011, 03:45:28 PM »
This thread brings up a subject I have wondered about myself.  We are getting ready to start a campaign in Hawaii, not much use for a duster/ long coat (except during the rainy season i guess).  I was thinking of an enchanted Hawaiian shirt for my wizard character, he is a transplanted cowboy from the south - so I did go with the coyboy hat. 

Any other ideas for a more tropical local?
An enchanted Hawaiian shirt sounds pretty good for the character you described. The flashier the better, I think.

For the other one, just milk the whole tropical Hawaii theme as best you can. A Luau (that flower necklace thing), seashells instead of medieval shields, a coconut bra for a female practitioner (invoking the inverse female armor rule, if it is an enchanted item with a block). Tiki masks and totems might also be appropriate, though possibly not as a regular accessory.

Oh, and bonus points if someone uses an enchanted moustache ;)
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Re: Dresden-esque Wizard Needs "De-Dresdenizing"
« Reply #16 on: September 09, 2011, 03:53:34 PM »
This thread brings up a subject I have wondered about myself.  We are getting ready to start a campaign in Hawaii, not much use for a duster/ long coat (except during the rainy season i guess).  I was thinking of an enchanted Hawaiian shirt for my wizard character, he is a transplanted cowboy from the south - so I did go with the coyboy hat. 

Any other ideas for a more tropical local?

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Re: Dresden-esque Wizard Needs "De-Dresdenizing"
« Reply #17 on: September 09, 2011, 05:44:11 PM »
Oh, and bonus points if someone uses an enchanted moustache ;)

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Re: Dresden-esque Wizard Needs "De-Dresdenizing"
« Reply #18 on: September 09, 2011, 06:32:02 PM »
@ Quantus.  Not really into the surfer thing, although now you mention it - thoughts and possibilities are begining to abound.

I did think about the island theme a bit.  Shell necklace or bracelet, shark tooth necklace etc.  The flower lei was a new one though.

The mustache is classic though.. still laughing.

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Re: Dresden-esque Wizard Needs "De-Dresdenizing"
« Reply #19 on: September 09, 2011, 06:38:09 PM »
Personally, I think it would be hilarious if your character was very similar to Dresden. You could have NPC's make fun of him for being like Dresden, maybe calling him a wannabee, poser, or groupie. If it goes on long enough you could even have an aspect like "For the last time, I am NOT like Harry Dresden!".

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Re: Dresden-esque Wizard Needs "De-Dresdenizing"
« Reply #20 on: September 09, 2011, 08:03:25 PM »
- make the wizard female. That's a pretty good start in making er totally unlike Dresden.
- if you have your heart set on fire as a primary combat tool, then borrow a trick from Ramirez and use the principles of fire magic rather than actual fire (just like Carlos uses the entropic/corrosive properties of water* rather than water itself): purification and cleansing, annihilation and rebirth.
- (s)he could wear one of those surfing wetsuits but enchanted to work as armor and personal airconditioning. Bonus points since you can wear it under your clothes.
- Alternatively, there's always Motocross-style motorcycle armor like the Raith sisters wore in Turn Coat but again, enchanted for comfort and security.
- maybe your wizard tries harder than most to utilize modern technology and conveniences however indirectly; there have been threads about that. If (s)he's rich enough and/or does favours for the right people, (s)he could totally drive a 1930s race car or ride a WWII motorcycle.
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Re: Dresden-esque Wizard Needs "De-Dresdenizing"
« Reply #21 on: September 12, 2011, 09:13:21 AM »
This actually reminds me of something...  A while back, I ran across a semi-magical noir coat in one an RPG I can't remember -- Spycraft, Cyberpunk or Shadowrun, maybe?  Anyway, the coat was a long trench coat of any color or design you desire, but it contained an "extra-dimensional" pocket large enough to hold and hide a single object about the same size and shape as a sword or shotgun.  The pockets also always -- no matter what -- contained a half pack of cigarettes, a lighter, and exact change for cab fare.

Something like that might be a little more interesting variation on the coat, rather than the usual "magically armored" version.

sounds like a coat from mage: the ascension.

another take on the wizard's business might be that he is "open" on the wizardry. (as i see it, harry advertises as wizard, but most cases we know of are beginning more like a normal PI cases.) the wizard i play lends his services out to farmers cooking weather for them, to save the harvest, if they can afford it. instead of the signature duster he wears a leather jacket, adorned with large mystic glyphs and markings when he's doing business. (see? harry is quite a discrete guy compared to him.)

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Re: Dresden-esque Wizard Needs "De-Dresdenizing"
« Reply #22 on: September 15, 2011, 07:48:04 PM »
- blind wizard who uses human echolocation, Listening and The Sight to get around. Uses white cane as magical focus item of course.
- wizard that works as an Indiana Jones/Lara Croft/Nathan Drake type; securing, acquiring and, where necessary/possible, destroying mystical artifacts for the Council. Good at NeverNever travel, very high Lore, perhaps keeps the best stuff for erself.
- wuxia kinetomancer
- combat specialist attached to the Order of St. Giles
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