2025 Character Creation Challenge, Day 20: Sol Brightheart, Evangelical Priest of Pelor (OSE)

It's day twenty of the challenge. I came up with a character concept back when D&D 4e came out that I never really got to explore. The build would've been a dragonborn laser cleric who was also good enough at melee for it to serve as a backup. The personality would've been excessive - a warm, boisterous type who loudly and sincerely advocated for his god at every opportunity in a thick, southern-fried accent. Here I'm presenting an interpretation of that character for Old School Essentials Advanced Fantasy.

Sol Brightheart, Evangelical Priest of Pelor, 1 of 2

All OSE characters generated for this challenge use the Advanced Fantasy rules and the Advanced Method of character creation. Rules for dragonborn characters were published in Carcass Crawler #3 by Necrotic Gnome. A list of optional and house rules I use are provided in my day two post.

Dragonborn in OSE get a few perks and a situational disadvantage. Their breath weapon depends on their bloodline. I picked red to give Brightheart access to "THE CLEANSING FLAMES OF PELOR" once a day. He also gets a bonus to saves against fire damage and speaks the language of dragons. As a downside, dragonborn are affected by magic that specifically targets dragons.

I got the most average set of results I ever rolled for a character. If a player came to me with these results, I would've cheerfully encouraged them to reroll the whole set. I'm riding with it here. There is nothing remarkable about Brightheart's stats except for how totally unremarkable they are. Yes, Brightheart is the RGM-79N GM Custom of OSE characters.

I picked mace, warhammer, and sling for weapon proficiencies. No surprises here considering that Brightheart is a cleric.

Sol Brightheart, Evangelical Priest of Pelor, 2 of 2

Brightheart's starting cash disappeared quickly. The big ticket items were a set of chainmail and a holy symbol.

I'll admit that I had no idea what a lorimer was when I rolled it up for a secondary skill.

Spells? What spells? This is OSE, based on Basic D&D. Clerics don't get spells until second level. Beginning parties have to suffer without healing magic. Unless they have a paladin or some healing potions with them.

Sol Brightheart wanted to spread the word of his god Pelor for as long as he could breath flames. The church of Pelor wasn't sure they wanted somebody so darn expressive in his devotion, but he kept insisting. The main thing he learned from his religious education is the exact duration of a Silence 15’ Radius spell (two hours). They sent him off with an adventuring party after his attempt at taking a vow of silence failed utterly.

The character sheet I used is by William Braidis Lee and is available on itch.io. I think I figured out how to support ascending Armor Class with it. There's no place for spells, though.