Gwalkmaur wrote:
I was working toward a character concept of a "super-healer", someone who's sole job was in the maintaining of health and life of the party. An additional character to bring to a table that may not have a dedicated healer. Originally I was going to choose the background of Initiate of the Gods, but I started thinking it would be better to have him be essentially "ex-military", someone who has seen abhorrent violence and knows what good (and bad) people are capable of. Therefor, Former Legionnaire. Something like a former field medic.
Nice concept. Looking over the ARG rules, there are a number of Talents and Spells that apply to what you've described and have likely already identified:
Talents: Healing Hands (T1, T2), Lay on Hands (T3 - Beltinian, Illirite), Mercy for All (Beltinian Hospitaler only), Spell Affinity (Pick any healing spell)
Potential Talents: Herbalist, Apothecary (Note: Requires Healing Hands) - these are about creating medicines, so may be less useful in a Living Campaign, Skilled Surgeon (requires Healing Hands)
val'Ishi Bloodline: The Loving Caress of Our Goddess [T2], The Mortal Coil is Not Easily Abandoned [T5]
Spells: Channeling (CoH) (Deity, T1), Most Corpus spells, Healing Embrace (Wards, T2)
Diety - Illirite: Perfect Human Form (T3, all Attribute dice become D12 for the Scene)
It's possible I missed something, but I believe that's most of them. The vast majority don't require any particular god, so you could pick any Legion.
If you want to go with the the traditional healers, you could select a Beltinian Legion and work towards Beltinian Hospitaler. The Beltinian Hospitaler Path fits the bill thematically, but would require you to take one of a few paths to get there:
1. Devout Initiate (CoH) --> Anointed Priest --> Beltinian Hospitaler
2. Itinerant Initiate --> Anointed Priest --> Beltinian Hospitaler
3. Templar Itinerant --> Holy Champion --> Beltinian Hospitaler
If you're looking at being a Beltinian, there are a few legions of possible interest:
Legion of the Blessed Spirit
Legion of the Pure Spirit
Legion of the Sacred Trust
If Healing Hands is important to the concept and you're looking for an alternative to the Beltinians you could be an Illirite. That opens a few different legions:
Legio Lex Talionis
Legion of Crusading Light
Legion of Searing Light
If you're looking to be a Beltinian or Illirite and not from a legion dedicated to one of those gods there are a couple legions not known (so far at least) to be affiliated with a family or church
Legio Anguis Reptatus
Legion of the Unrepentant Heart
Beyond that you could pick any legion and any appropriate race/god combo and still nicely match your concept. In large part it depends on what you want the rest of your identity to be.
With a sweep of his hat,
Paul