Kipp Tupper

Official image of Kipp, drawn by @grace.pptx on Instagram

Kipp Tupper is a Player Character of Arc 6 and played by Amelia. They are level 3.

## Description

Kipp is a Satyr Shadow Magic Sorcerer with grass green hair and slightly lighter green fur. They are very short, eager to please, and excited to help and learn.

They are an intern in the sky pirate crew through their study program at the Arcane Academy, where they study Anthropology. Now, they try to document the adventures of the last crew of sky pirates. Kipp plans to graduate at the end of the semester, once they did their senior thesis write up.

As an intern, Kipp tends to get assigned the grunt work the others don't want to do, and sometimes made fun of by the crew, although he also thinks it's fun.

Kipp is a talented flute player, but doesn't carry a flute with them. Instead, they carry bagpipes, and practice with them regularly, to little success so far, but that doesn't stop them from continuing to try and play them.

He carries a lot of paper, some explosive and flammable things (including Alchemist's Fire), vials of various substances, booze, drugs (dreamlily), pretty stones, and a grey and a rust Bag of Tricks.

## Backstory

Kipp is the first of their family to go to university. They study Anthropology at the Arcane Academy in Tyle, and applied for an internship with the sky pirates to get some course credits. Since nobody in the crew really knows what an internship is, they just take him in, and he is with them for about 6 months (or a semester) leading up to Arc 6.

## Character Arc

### Sky Pirate Beach Day

The oneshot takes place after the first job Kipp went on with, five months before Arc 6 (so, approximately a month after they join the crew), and the crew decides to celebrate on the beach. Kipp interviews some scared tourists about their experience with sky pirates, and then he and Lottie sneak away to talk and take Dream Lily together, as Remeny decides to test Kipp by telling him to steal something from a sea pirate ship close by. They manage to steal some wine, but accidentally murder the sea pirate intern as they panic upon being caught. Remeny revivifies him, and Kipp receives a gentle scolding from Beryl. After a successful robbery, the sand castle contest, and Kipp summoning Airyc with their bagpipes, smashing a soup store, Remeny officially adds them to the crew.

### Arc 6

They have a very fulfilling time with the sky pirates and learn a lot, but during the crash with the dragon they get killed from its freezing breath.

After their death, their ghost joins Lottie's other ghosts, which is the first time this happened. Thus, he stays connected to Lottie and the crew, and can even help her in combat with his effect, the Tale of the Intern: when Lottie summons him, she can cast a Twin Spell at any time during the next ten minutes. The Twin Spell is something that Kipp could do from being a sorcerer. He also teaches Lottie a little tune that his mother used to play to him, which she picks up to carry on as his legacy. Being a ghost is something they get used to rather quickly, and while the other ghosts pick on them a bit at first, they don't really mind and think it's fun.

As a ghost, Kipp can express their wish to be buried, since the crew cannot bring them back to their family. Beryl digs their grave with their favourite shovel, and they get a funeral at sunrise, during which they are buried with a little hourglass that smells like warm vanilla sugar, their favourite scent. Beryl also promises him to write a letter to his family and university.

When asked, Kipp claims that he doesn't blame Remeny for what happened.

After Remeny and Lottie die, they meet Kipp again as ghosts, and Kipp for the first time realises that they are Remeny's friend. However, while Lottie and Remeny decide to go on ghost adventures together, he decides to move on, and wait for them on the other side, to meet them there when they are ready.

## Trivia

* Amelia got a level range of 3-5 to choose from and chose 3.
* Kipp has an AC of 11 and 23 hitpoints.
* They are scared of heights.
* Originally, Salas was meant to be Amelia's main character, until they decided to play Kipp instead shortly before recording, despite his low chances of survival ("Either I get to play Salas or I get to survive your fucking arc as a level 3 Sorcerer, idiot")
* Technically speaking, Kipp should have been allowed to make the Constitution save even though he was unconscious, which Gus later admitted in the Discord. It would not have made a difference, though, because even half the damage would have been too much for them.
* Kipp and Lottie used to take Dreamlily together.
* His favourite beverage is hibiscus tea.