Played the dumbest character for a one shot. Must play again. /u/LavishnessGreedy6627 DnD: Roll for Initiative!

I was simply in a silly goofy mood, and so I created a character and tucked him away for a one shot. He’s a Frogfolk Bard/Rogue multiclass who is a “master of disguise” if you squint hard enough.

The gimmick about his character is that he’s truly terrible at disguises. Can’t impersonate voices if his life depended on it. Because he’s a Frogfolk, any attempt to look human just looks laughably bad (Party City type wigs, ill fitting little costumes, isn’t remotely near the size of whoever he’s supposed to be). And so, his disguise roll only works on NPCs. The party can always tell it’s him, regardless of his success.

I named him “Bartholomew A. Toad”, partially as a reference to Mr. Toad from Wind in the Willows, but also because whenever anyone says his full name when he’s in a disguise, he thinks he’s been caught and starts nervously sweating. He has no idea the party always know it’s him. He also suffers from the classic “takes himself way too seriously as an actor and mispronounces words to sound more intelligent” and his personality and voice were inspired by Matt Berry and characters he’s played, such as Lazlo from “What We Do in the Shadows”.

The amount of cackling that happened at the table when I played Bartholomew was fantastic. Our DM spent at least a third of the session doubled over laughing, including impersonating a royal’s kidnapped bride at a wedding, accidentally snapping at a fly with his tongue, and quickly blabbering “Sorry, acid reflux, runs in the family from good ol’ dad”.

I hope to make art of him soon and post it here!

I was simply in a silly goofy mood, and so I created a character and tucked him away for a one shot. He’s a Frogfolk Bard/Rogue multiclass who is a “master of disguise” if you squint hard enough.

The gimmick about his character is that he’s truly terrible at disguises. Can’t impersonate voices if his life depended on it. Because he’s a Frogfolk, any attempt to look human just looks laughably bad (Party City type wigs, ill fitting little costumes, isn’t remotely near the size of whoever he’s supposed to be). And so, his disguise roll only works on NPCs. The party can always tell it’s him, regardless of his success.

I named him “Bartholomew A. Toad”, partially as a reference to Mr. Toad from Wind in the Willows, but also because whenever anyone says his full name when he’s in a disguise, he thinks he’s been caught and starts nervously sweating. He has no idea the party always know it’s him. He also suffers from the classic “takes himself way too seriously as an actor and mispronounces words to sound more intelligent” and his personality and voice were inspired by Matt Berry and characters he’s played, such as Lazlo from “What We Do in the Shadows”.

The amount of cackling that happened at the table when I played Bartholomew was fantastic. Our DM spent at least a third of the session doubled over laughing, including impersonating a royal’s kidnapped bride at a wedding, accidentally snapping at a fly with his tongue, and quickly blabbering “Sorry, acid reflux, runs in the family from good ol’ dad”.

I hope to make art of him soon and post it here!