#ithren is so far down the murder list! relatively speaking. proud of them

[artemissoteira]

after recent comments from SOME PEOPLE about dappled turning out to simply be moss and ithren, despite explicitly setting out to make her not that, I thought I'd look back through my major D&D characters and see how they compare in terms of the top 3 traits that keep coming up in my recent blorbos.

namely: actively putting dirt in their pockets; being extremely down with murder; and placing similar or greater value on animals compared to people.

behold, a wildly self-indulgent list. spoilers: dappled wins lmao.

tony the tabaxi (baby's first blorbo. swashbuckler rogue):

dirt: not particularly? tony has no feelings about dirt either way. murder: not particularly, but DOES have my strong predator instinct when enemies try to flee, and also will unhesitatingly die and kill on any hill if we have a fight about it. so. animals > people: yes, probably. did talk at length with an octopus despite having no particular ability to speak with animals. also taught several cats to wield knives.

tetra (merfolk druid):

dirt: ehhh water more than dirt so I'm going to go no. murder: arson more than murder. she was suspected of murder! she seems very much like she would commit murder! but she didn't. she doesn't care enough about people to bother murdering them, mainly. animals > people: 100%. ideally would never talk to people, only birds.

medea (yes, greek myth medea):

dirt: no. she gardens without getting dirty because magic. murder: manifestly yes lmao animals > people: yes but more from misanthropy than particular animal affinity. however also is canonically a dog person, unlike literally everyone else I've ever played.

moss (blades blades blades):

dirt: YES. that's it that's the character murder: very yes, according to what the dice had to say animals > people: YES. that makes moss our first 3/3 woohoo

ithren my beloved (reforged):

dirt: when relevant. which is to say, yes. murder: when relevant. which is to say... yes lmao. (not maliciously! just, the soldiers who got in their way. so far.) animals > people: NO?? ithren is somehow the biggest fan of humanoids out of all my characters?? Wild but true. i was going to say ‘when relevant’ again but I think animals are entirely beyond ithren’s notice and they just would never interact with an animal in the way this trait is meant to capture. the most difficult thing about playing them is not reacting to animals.

dappled with sunlight (oops all dwarves):

dirt: YES. actively and preferentially. murder: YES. actively and preferentially. animals > people: YES. plants > people also. actively and preferentially lmao.

chick (gallus roosterfolk druid):

dirt: eh. mostly just to the extent that the humblewood world is more dirt-based. murder: I'm gonna say largely no with the caveat of. convoluted internal rules for the Lawful Neutral moral compass on this one. animals > people: again complicated by everyone being animals in humblewood setting. chick would probably vibe with non-person animals more than most people, but also places high value on community and helping people, so I think this comes out to a wash.

final rankings

most likely to have dirt in pockets: moss/dappled (both actively do at literally all times, so they’re tied). ithren. chick. tony. tetra. medea.

most likely to murder: dappled. medea. moss. ithren. tetra. tony. chick.

most in favor of animals over people: dappled. moss. tetra. tony. chick. medea. ithren.