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Au'liver L'Place RP Guide

People seem interested in playing Au'liver in their home games! Here's a guide for you.

Au'liver is the proprietor of an inter-dimensional magic shop named Au'liver's. He sells magical items, scaled to the level and tone of the campaign you are running.

Appearance

Au'liver is a white-haired, purple skinned elvish man.

He wears clothing that looks like an over the top approach to a magician's getup. He wears gold jewelry, including a set of rabbit-charm earrings.

His age can be ambiguous, but he is somewhere in the elvish equivalent of the 40-50 age range. Though vanity is one of his flaws, so he either has a great skincare routine, or may use a glamor.

His casting, visually, is a combination of flashy wizardry and stage magic. For instance, he typically retrieves items by manifesting a magician's hat with a flourish, and pulling it out from there.

He is very expressive, especially with his hands.

Personality

He is melodramatic, eccentric, and more clever than you would think. Willy Wonka type.

Do you best to be quick witted and funny. Easier said than done, but so worth it when it lands.

He has a white rabbit familiar named Smau'liver.

Prone to holding grudges. He once created and sold a ring that was enchanted to do double damage, specifically on the player that stole from him.

Conversely, Au'liver can be quite sentimental, and is genuinely touched by thoughtful gestures.

There is a seldom-addressed melancholy to him. Keep the fact that he's been isolated in a demiplane, in mind.

Au'liver will maintain an air of showmanship if more than one player is around, and circumvent any melancholy or personal topics.

He is gay. RARELY a flirt, but when he does, he does not pull any punches.

Obviously he can break the fourth wall. I would recommend doing this sparingly, or it kind of looses it's humor.

Mechanics

Mechanically, Au'liver is a max-level wizard.

His spells can NOT cross the threshold of his shop. This is to prevent him from becoming your PC's game-breaking ally.

His magic items can, however, be used outside of the shop.

He can do just about anything within the confines of his shop that a wizard can conceivably do. This does not include healing or resurrection spells.

He CAN casts spells for the players on top of selling items, but he upcharges significantly, and requires that they bring him spell components. I usually price it up from the DM's guide price for a spell scroll of that level.

Players can access his shop from rare, well-hidden doorways in their world. They shouldn't be able to access two portals within 3 days travel.

As the DM sees fit, they can have him gift them with a summoning card. When it is swiped in a closed doorway, an hour-long ritual spell commences. Once it is completed, a portal to his shop will be opened. The entrance will disappear if the door is closed. If the door is opened during the casting, it will be interrupted.

He does not like to be stolen from, and can NOT be stolen from through traditional means. If a player is caught stealing, he will enact immediate retribution. For example, an upcast Plane Shift, sending them to the astral, just long enough for them to pass out.

Plot

He is trapped in his demiplanar shop.

Why is he trapped in the shop? Answers change every time you ask! Have him commit wholeheartedly to whatever you say in the moment.

If you have a good idea for the REAL reason he's trapped, I encourage you to use it in your game.

My players have always felt the urge to try to free him from his demiplanar curse.

I encourage you to indulge them, but do not make it an easy to solve problem. What weight does a problem that can be solved with a "dispel magic" even have?

Conditions

Don't use him commercially / for public shows.

If you make art of him, or have fun moments to share, please make sure you tag me. 'Cause I wanna see.

And for the love of god, always remember.

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my friends have taken to calling him au'li which is delightful

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Au’liver L’place - Magic shop curator and best npc I ever made

his old ref below the cut if you want to see 3 years art improvement

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finally made a new au’liver pixel!

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i have this npc named au'liver who runs a dimension-hopping magic shop that i put in every single campaign because I love him and logically it tracks that I can do that.

i named him au'liver because i'd been dogsitting my brother's dog oliver the week before i made him up on the spot while dming a game

a few sessions later, my player, teiani, pointed out that he was "au'liver the place" which was like. jawdrop. not intentional but so good. so he became au'liver l'place.

few years and a few campaigns later, that same friends talking to me about dnd and she refered to my games as the au'liverse. i cant stop thinking about that

#its his worlds we're just living in them #i dont use the word blorbo lightly but literally blorbo from my games

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love my fucked up magician wizard

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