Paizo Iconics - Imrijka

In spite of the fact that I'm not a fan of a sheboon half-orc girl, Imrijka actually has the best backstory of an iconic that I've read in a long time. Of course, she's a half-orc, so her parentage is kind of mysterious; she was turned in to a church orphanage as an infant, but she seems to have had a happy enough childhood, well-cared for by her "grandfather," an elder of the church. It's nice to see someone without a tragic, tortured backstory for a change.

That said, they did give her something interesting. As a teenager, her "grandfather" told her that three times mysterious strangers have approached the church attempting to adopt or claim her, pretending to be her parents (in spite of obviously not being), etc. She actually snuck out to try and meet with them, but the Inquisitors of the church interfered before she could have the tragic backstory of most of these other characters, and chased off whatever mysterious monster was trying to claim her. Because of this, she threw herself unapologetically into the church out of, of all things, what appears to be gratitude and appreciation. An actual psychologically healthy character? And a half-orc orphan raised by the church, of all things? Not at all what you'd expect from the woke mutants of Paizo.

Of the four that I've done today, she's by far the best one.

The Inquisitor class is also an interesting one, kind of like a cleric, but with less magic and more class abilities that are non-spell abilities. I'm listening to the long Carrion Crown actual play podcast by Hidous Laughter, and one of the characters there is an Inquisitor of Pharasma too. While I love the idea of an Inquisitor or Witch Hunter, I don't think this class is the way that I'd want to play that idea. Maybe I can find an archetype that does the job, though. There are plenty to choose from.

The next four iconics, whenever I get around to doing them, are Balazar the Summoner, Jirelle the Swashbuckler, Quinn the Investigator, and Oloch the Warpriest. I don't actually see most of those illustrated much. Balazar was even replaced with a different iconic summoner for 2e, and for my money, the Freebooter is a better swashbuckler class than the actual swashbuckler. But, of course, it's 3rd party, done by Green Ronin.