Kiki-ru

System: PF1E
Status: Alive (homebrew campaign)

Race: Tengu
Class: Arcane Trickster

Ever-fearful of outsiders, Kiki spent her whole life engaging in ways to escape captivity, should the situation ever arise.  It never did- at least not in the way she feared.

But paranoia, and even her deft ability to swipe a coin, weren't enough to prevent her from living in squalor, and that simply would not do.  She answered a call for adventurers in the hopes of finding enough pay to live out her life happily.

OOC: My general TTRPG history is a lot of goody-two-shoes and de facto party leader characters.  Kiki was a stark contrast to these; she pretended she could barely talk or understand others.  She let the others make decisions and would usually follow along, or protest in inconspicuous ways.  (She pretended to disable a pit trap so that the companion she didn't like would trigger it instead, for example.  And then peeked over the edge, and laughed... or pooped on him.  I forget which.)

I don't care for in-party stealing, but came up with an idea to steal Backpack (a sentient bag of holding that could also "puke" out basic items) to sell to a merchant that was obsessed with it, because the payout was good.  I did propose it to the group out-of-character first, and we thought it'd be interesting.  It definitely was an interesting arc for a few sessions.

The campaign petered off due to constant changes, and I didn't know exactly where I was going to go with her (I liked the idea of Arcane Trickster, but it didn't really have any specific use).  But I do miss the fun playing and interacting with others with her.