Father Jacob: A Temple Avesti PC for Fading Suns

I have been tossing around an idea for a Temple Avesti PC for awhile now, although I have yet to actually stat him up. At this point I will probably just wait for 3rd edition to come out.

But the idea is, I want to make a Temple Avesti PC who goes against type but not too much against type. Just enough to be a decent PC with a decent chance at getting along with the rest of the party and being a valuable, contributing member on an ongoing basis, but not so different that he is not still clearly recognizable as an Avestite.

(For the uninitiated, the Avestites are usually villains in Fading Suns: ignorant, sadistic zealots ready to burn and kill in the name of rooting out heresy).

But my idea for Father Jacob is an older, mature, wiser priest. He had his days of youthful zealotry and intolerance motivated by sadism and narrow-minded xenophobia, but miracle of miracles, over time he eventually became truly concerned with the state of mens’ souls. And he gradually grew to understand that while all sin is sin, some sinners respond better to a firm but gentle hand. He would rather save sinners than kill them. So he comes off as a wise and kind but firmly authoritative old priest. He even specifically eschews the use of the flame-gun, preferring instead to use his simple blade.

..but he still knows better than most that some evil cannot be corrected, and under the grandfatherly exterior is a bone-tough and ruthless hater of sin who is more than capable of tackling the horrors of the void single-handedly. I want to play an Avestite that makes the other players cheer and shit their pants with excitement when he finally locks and loads his flamegun.

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