Character Concept 3/14: Bauzarra “Zarra” Rakuppai I

Arguably the funniest of my concepts, once you get past him being played, theoretically, completely straight.

Bauzarra “Zarra” Rakuppai

by Ablazemint

Level 1 • Brawler (From the Void) • Juggernaut • Drakona • Highborne

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Bauzarra Rakuppai I is a highborne juggernaut brawler of mixed ancestry: a drakona-galapa hybrid with a shell and elemental breath.

Zarra, as his friends call him, is the current ruler of a small, out-of-the-way kingdom of yellow galapas. He is trying to earn his station in the shadow of an unambiguously disliked king, so his current project concerns maintaining diplomatic relations with other kingdoms. This involves a lot of travel, which makes an easy plot hook to get him to wherever the party happens to be going.

He's designed for the more whimsical, fantastical, princesses-and-dragons side of high fantasy. Specifically so he can flirt with the princesses. One of his Experiences is Charming Rascal to this end. The other is Liberating Leader, which I envisioned at the time as his ability to convince people to do stuff by puffing them up, bardic-inspiration style.

+1 Agility | +2 Strength | -1 Finesse | +0 Instinct | +1 Presence | +0 Knowledge

Starting domain cards are Deft Maneuvers and Bare Bones, because Bare Bones is absolutely broken and I can't live without it.

Character influences include Hoarah Loux and a smidgen of Nolan "Omni-Man" Grayson. But, if it's not immediately obvious, this character really exists to see how long it takes a given party to figure out that I'm playing Bowser from Super Mario.