I need the equivalent of “Ketchup is a spice” as DnD Character [OC] /u/sileotumen DnD: Roll for Initiative!

Hello there fellow adventurers! My fiance is about to start a new campaign based on the “Fools Gold” compendium we’ve got her for Christmas. After being a forever DM, becoming a player is such a nice change of pace.

She encouraged us players to use subclasses from the compendium, when I stumbled across the magical protagonist fighter and I just absolutely fell in love with it.

As a twist to the stereotype (which she already greenlit) I want to play a 40-something mundane human and single father of a daughter who was initially meant to become a magical girl, but he just so happened to be in the way of the transformation beam, causing him to gain the powers instead.

I added a (unfinished) sketch so you can get a better vibe of him.

The name of our beautiful hero? Taxilliam o’Fice. Friends can also call him Tax. Tax o’Fice.

I conceptualized him a bit already, but I struggle translating these concepts into a fantasy setting, especially the Fools Gold setting (we just got the compendium today and I didn’t get to read it just yet, also no spoilers please!)

• His favorite color is a sad beige
• His favorite food is scrambled eggs with peas and salt. Pepper is “too punk”, in his opinion.
• The most interesting event in his life (until now) is that a coworker violated Dresscode by wearing a wrong shade of grey
• His family hasn’t left town in about 7 generations, and he only knows city life
• His wife left him because he was so boring. She had no money on her own though, so their daughter stayed with him because she couldn’t support her, even though their daughter wanted to go with their mother. He feels mildly annoyed by these circumstances, but does his best to provide for his daughter, who also finds him incredibly boring. His ex-wife’s fate is unknown ever since.
• His hobbies are stamp collecting and the fantasy equivalent of watching golf on TV. He is also fascinated by the way white paint drys on a wall.
• The only reason he is motivated to save the world is because the otherworldly presence who granted him his powers threatened that his stamp collection will burn in the flames of the apocalypse if he doesn’t do so
• He now takes PTO from his office work that he has collected over the past 4 years, and his daughter stays with his sister aka her aunt, who is “punk” as well (she is normal compared to him but that lifestyle is too wild for him)
• He has never learned to fight, but noticed he can pack quite a punch with his suitcase
• Also, how hard can it be to save the world from whatever evil? He worked in customer support before, and it can’t be as bad as that.
• His high charisma stems from the fact he is so incredibly mundane and boring that people just can’t be arsed to be aggressive around him, therefore making him persuasive – which is also why he is a valued member of his office team.

So, what fantasy offices are there that are equally mundane and boring? What hobby equivalents are there that fit a DnD setting? And if you want to recommend me any backgrounds, feats etc. for this build, I’m absolutely down! (I’ve been considering multiclassing into warlock from a mechanical standpoint, but I’ll see how it goes)

Also, merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates! I hope you’ll have an enchanting new year!

Hello there fellow adventurers! My fiance is about to start a new campaign based on the “Fools Gold” compendium we’ve got her for Christmas. After being a forever DM, becoming a player is such a nice change of pace.

She encouraged us players to use subclasses from the compendium, when I stumbled across the magical protagonist fighter and I just absolutely fell in love with it.

As a twist to the stereotype (which she already greenlit) I want to play a 40-something mundane human and single father of a daughter who was initially meant to become a magical girl, but he just so happened to be in the way of the transformation beam, causing him to gain the powers instead.

I added a (unfinished) sketch so you can get a better vibe of him.

The name of our beautiful hero? Taxilliam o’Fice. Friends can also call him Tax. Tax o’Fice.

I conceptualized him a bit already, but I struggle translating these concepts into a fantasy setting, especially the Fools Gold setting (we just got the compendium today and I didn’t get to read it just yet, also no spoilers please!)

• His favorite color is a sad beige
• His favorite food is scrambled eggs with peas and salt. Pepper is “too punk”, in his opinion.
• The most interesting event in his life (until now) is that a coworker violated Dresscode by wearing a wrong shade of grey
• His family hasn’t left town in about 7 generations, and he only knows city life
• His wife left him because he was so boring. She had no money on her own though, so their daughter stayed with him because she couldn’t support her, even though their daughter wanted to go with their mother. He feels mildly annoyed by these circumstances, but does his best to provide for his daughter, who also finds him incredibly boring. His ex-wife’s fate is unknown ever since.
• His hobbies are stamp collecting and the fantasy equivalent of watching golf on TV. He is also fascinated by the way white paint drys on a wall.
• The only reason he is motivated to save the world is because the otherworldly presence who granted him his powers threatened that his stamp collection will burn in the flames of the apocalypse if he doesn’t do so
• He now takes PTO from his office work that he has collected over the past 4 years, and his daughter stays with his sister aka her aunt, who is “punk” as well (she is normal compared to him but that lifestyle is too wild for him)
• He has never learned to fight, but noticed he can pack quite a punch with his suitcase
• Also, how hard can it be to save the world from whatever evil? He worked in customer support before, and it can’t be as bad as that.
• His high charisma stems from the fact he is so incredibly mundane and boring that people just can’t be arsed to be aggressive around him, therefore making him persuasive – which is also why he is a valued member of his office team.

So, what fantasy offices are there that are equally mundane and boring? What hobby equivalents are there that fit a DnD setting? And if you want to recommend me any backgrounds, feats etc. for this build, I’m absolutely down! (I’ve been considering multiclassing into warlock from a mechanical standpoint, but I’ll see how it goes)

Also, merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates! I hope you’ll have an enchanting new year!