Klown - Clowns from outer space
Jul 9, 2023 0:17:20 GMT -6
Post by insertnamehere on Jul 9, 2023 0:17:20 GMT -6
It isnt known where or how Klowns came to be, even to the Klowns themselves, but it is theorized they are related to Tieflings in some manner due to their bizarre and seemingly random appearances. Klowns couldn't care less though because to them there is nothing more important than the show. "The show must go on!" as they often say.
Klowns form communities called circuses, made up of anywhere from a several dozen to hundreds or even thousands of individuals, that travel from place to place offering fun and entertainment to the masses and as soon as they stop drawing in a crowd, they pack up and leave. Because of this, its rare for circuses to stay in one area for long but often return to areas that are welcoming to them.
Physical Characteristics
Average Height: 1.2-2.0m
Average Weight: 80-200kg
Languages: Trade, Honklish
Common Personality Traits: Frivolous, Goofy, Happy-go-lucky, Mischievous, Zany
Common Physical Traits: Brightly colored hair/nose/lips, Chalk white skin, Uneven proportions, Near constant smile
Example Names: Bozo, Chuckles, Curly, Giggles, Patches, Wakko
Racial Statistics
Characteristic Bonus: +1 to Dexterity or Fellowship
Skill Bonus: +1 to Disguise and Performer
Power — Method Acting: Gain the Clown Face and Improved Clown Face feats. You are always considered to be wearing your "costume" unless disguising as someone else.
Size: 4
Racial Feats
Klown Collage (Klown)
With 2 years of Laughonomics, 2 years of Chuckle Studies, and Honkology as an elective, you've become a highly trained professional. Select one of the following skills; Athletics, Animal Ken, Charm, Command, Crafts, Deceive, Intimidation, Larceny, Persuasion, or Stealth. You can use Performer in place of the chosen skill.
Parlor Tricks (Klown)
Often before a show performers of all kinds will do minor acts and feats of slight of hand to keep the crowd entertained as last minute prep are being done, which is second nature to Klowns. The character may perform minor tricks with the flick of the wrist.
As a free action they may do any of the following;
-Create a harmless sensory effect, like a shower of sparks, faint music, or an odor.
-Instantly move small items from your pocket or sleeve to your hand and vice versa. This cant be done with weapons.
-Instantly shape balloons, paper, cotton, and other art supplies into simple knick-knacks (balloon animals, wind spinners, paper dolls, etc.)
Slap-Stick (Klown)
Why so serious? Sometimes the best way to deal with a bad outcome is to just roll with it. You can reroll failed Performer tests for any physical acts (e.g. Juggling, dancing, etc.) by attempting to pass off the fumble as intentional. You must accept the reroll even if its a worst result.
Magician (Klown, Paragon)
The magicians practice a class of magic that is both sorcerous ability and sleight of hand which is difficult to learn and even harder to master. Some within their order take a vow of silence and dress themselves in black and white. Gain a free rank in either Illusion or Telekinesis and you can purchase ranks in the chosen magic school as if it appeared in your class progression. Spells from the chosen school lose the Focus, Material, and Verbal keywords and gain the Subtle keyword if it doesn't have it already.
Physical Qualities
Besides a overall humanoid shape, the most consistent quality of klowns is their inconsistency with no two klowns looking the same. One will be tall, skinny, with blue hair, a long nose, and polka-dots across her body while her brother will be short, round, have green hair, a rounded nose, and covered in zig-zags. Klown clothing is just as varied as the klowns themselves being multicolored and will often be over/under sized for their body. Basically, if you can imagine it then there is probably a klown that looks like it.
Playing a Klown
Klowns of all walks of life absolutely love and adore to perform on stage. An obsession that is so ingrained into their culture that everything, even acts of violence, are considered a type of act that needs a performance and it is a considered massive faux pa to refuse an opportunity to do so.
Despite that, Klowns are not a race of insane lunatics throwing pies in everyone's faces... only some klowns do that. Klowns, for the most part, are just as socially intelligent as Humans, Elves, or Squats and can interact with each other and others with little to no issues, a joke is only funny if everyone is laughing after all. They just love showmanship and tend to put a little extra "pizazz" into most things, even the completely mundane and trivial. A klown would give something to someone by pulling it from behind their ear first, wash a vehicle with a comically oversized scrubber, or simply walk down the street in a silly fashion.
Klowns are very communal and dont travel alone or with non-klowns often. This is because of the polarizing opinions of klowns within the Wheel so its best not to be found alone in hostile territory. A lone klown is often the result of banishment, either as a fugitive on the run or simply exiled for crimes against the circus they hailed from, or is a klown-hunter in active pursuit of a threat against their kind. What klowns consider to be a crime, besides the obvious stuff, is usually related to some kind of act, play, or stunt. Bad performances or sabotage of one are capital offenses to klowns that warrant the most severe punishments.
Klown Hero's
Sgt. PeeWee is the best of the best, the pinnacle of what klownkind has to offer. Having been through it all, he is immune to fear. Joy buzzers, squirting flowers, woopy cushions, even cream pies to the face. Its thanks to those harrowing experiences that everything in his hands can be used as a prop, allowing him to make a room full of sourpusses burst out laughing. Its even rumored that he even made the most hate filled Malal worshipper crack a smile. And worst of all, he cannot be stopped.
Laughsalot has seen the true face of this city. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of confetti and when the drains finally scab over all the party-poopers will drown. The accumulated filth of all their heckling and booing will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Entertain us!" and Laughsalot will look down and whisper "No."
Thanks to a silly string accident, Miss Noodles has the ability to twist, bend, and stretch her body in all manner of ways. Unfortunately, as much as she'd like to, she doesn't use these powers on the stage because she is a Klown-Hunter and its her job to find those who have committed crimes against honkdom and bring them to justice. This job of course requires her be away from home but Miss Noodles always gets a laugh out of using her stretchy arms to lasso up a no good criminal.