>my character has a dark past and is a lone wolf
>>44099262
I made several character that were "heroes fun fun". Now that one punch man is getting popular people will eventually think I'm copying that.
>my character has a bright future and is a social butterfly
>>44099525
Nobody has fun in OPM.
>>44099262
>he literally grew up in a cave raised by a single she-wolf
>>44099725
>my character has a bright future
That alone already makes me go ugg
>>44099262
> dark past
Can be fine. Some people had shitty lives. Adversity can strongly affect how a person acts and thinks.
> lone wolf
Usually bad. Lone wolf characters usually work against how an adventuring party is meant to function. They want more solo activities and cooperate less often. This can work if it's played really well but it's a delicate balance to keep up. I wouldn't trust most players with it.
>>44099262
Neither of these things are inherently bad.
I will concede though if a person uses those exact words to describe their characters then maybe I might be concerned
>My character came from royalty and wants to adventure!
Or the worse one.
>I'm a X!X being their class with no character to go with said class.
>>44099262
>My character is a sexy sexpot wearing sexy clothing and says sexy things to everyone.
>>44100711
Sounds acceptable.
They're a bard, right?
I actually played a game with a racist female elf played by a guy, and the elf was racist because humans had killed "her" entire village, "She" was also possessed by a shade, the guy sucked at playing a female and tried to be the party leader, but constantly said "she" didn't want to be the party leader, constantly ran off and tried to do stupid shit, tried to purchase poison at the docks of a major city, where poison is illegal to purchase, completely ignoring my statement of that fact as my character was a native and knew the laws, it was like a fucked up Bruce Jenner story.
>my character is a peasant that discovered he had a knack for something and decided to be an adventurer.
>My character finds the world to be incredibly boring in its current state and hopes to find a way to destroy reality and remake it to be more interesting.
>My character was a devout follower of "religion" when he found out there was no god he decided that he will become the god that he once believed in so strongly.
>>44100711
sounds like a good face in shadowrun.
a porn simsense star would be recognized and may have more friendlier interactions with scum, while good Mr.reportstothepolice would either not notice her or be to embarrassed to admit he knows her from having simsense record of receiving the sex from her.
8/10 - would watch her back
>>44100818
>tried to purchase poison at the docks of a major city, where poison is illegal to purchase
>it is impossible to purchase illegal things
>>44101911
I should've noted it was broad daylight, and she was talking loud enough to be overheard by the squadron of guards on patrol.
>My character is an overweight father of four who looks like John Goodman dressed as the guy from Dragon's Lair.
You know, if you mixed enough of these posts the character would either be completely horrid, or absolutely amazing.
Here's the superbait.
>My character is/was royalty.
>>44102188
That's a baker's dozen's worth of plot hooks right there. What's so bad about that?
>>44100675
Royalty can be done right in some games.
>>44102207
It's only bad if the player doesn't want their royal past to come up or gets upset that the GM is roleplaying them "wrong".
>>44102268
>Plays royalty
>Doesn't want the fact that he's royalty to come up later
>>44102155
You think so? I'll make a character backstory just out of the posts so far. By the looks of things our PC is.
1. A lone wolf with a dark past.
2. A hero for fun.
3. Has a bright future and is a social butterfly.
4. Was raised by wolves.
5. Is royalty.
6. Is sexy.
7. Is a peasant.
8. Finds reality boring and wants to remake it.
9. Used to be strongly religious and wants to become a god.
10. Is an overweight father of four who looks like John Goodman.
John Wallstrong was born 40 years ago, the son of King Wallstrong, abandoned when a seer prophesied he would bring doom to the world. He was found and adopted by a she-wolf, who raised him as her own. When he was a young man, he was found by peasants, who took him to their village, where he became admired for his strength and beauty, becoming the adopted son of the village priest. After he became a man, he sought out to do great deeds as a knight-errant, a hero for his own pleasure, with a bright future ahead of him.
Somewhere on his adventure, he learned his ideals were twisted, and the god he so passionately served as a myth, a collection of tales from ancient times with no voice behind them.
Despairing, he decided to go home and marry his sweetheart neighbor, and with the farmgirl raised a family, forgetting his past hopes and ideals. Now in his forties, John is having a mid-life crisis. He remembers the dreams of his youth, and they haunt him.
He sets out for high adventure, with only the feeling of emptiness, and an old crone's prophecy to accompany him. A god you lost, and so a god shall be, son of the King.
>>44102300
Does he fuck his mom?
>>44102268
>>44102292
This is what I don't get.
When I think of the "character is secretly royalty" arc, I think of Aragorn and I've always been under the impression people who want to go that route see him as a big source of inspiration. In the movies, it's brought up pretty early and even though he gets squirrely about it he never moves into angst territory. In the books it's one of the first things he reveals to the Hobbits when they meet him, and in fact his original plan was to break off from the Fellowship when they reached Anduin so he could go be king.
I personally think that someone who wants to be a king but needs to do something/prove himself first is a much more interesting arc than someone who just wants to flake out from it.
>>44101710
There was an old character concept I liked about an underground MMA star who did work inmuscle girlporn; she got lucky with a particularly big payday and got some bioware installed. Now she works as the team infiltrator/face and will take jobs if she can fit them around her fight schedule.
>>44102300
>>44101972
Shit, I like this one.
>>44102300
Just replace king with God and add a twin brother and don't we just get an overweight Romulus?
>>44102300
...One of my villains actually fits most of these criteria.
There was an old god of dragons who let go of his immortality and died because he saw that it was time for his descendants and the non-draconics to take hold of the land.
Except his descendants didn't take it well and are now trying to resurrect him.
One of them in particular sees all the things his people could have and despaired before selling his soul to make it so.
>my character works for the highest bidder and will do just about anything if they pay if good enough, but won't backstab their current clients because that's bad business
>>44099525
OPM has no fun, he is completely bored with life.
>>44099262
>tfw you have a dark past and you're a lone wolf
>>44099262
>Literally. I'm playing an awakened direwolf from the underdark.
>>44100475
like someone going into a warzone
>>44103156
He started being a hero because he wanted to have fun, before he became too stronk.
>>44099769
Like half S-classes are pretty chill and seem to enjoy their work.
also Garou was having a hell of a time.
>my character has a wolf past and is a lone dark
>>44104218
A black man raised by wolves?
>>44101710
> 8/10 -would watch her back
Well played anon.
>>44099262
>my character has a dark past and is a lone wolf
>because of this, he is desperate for friendship and will do anything to join a party
Acceptable?
>my character is a completely unremarkable son of farmers who never done anything interesting neither.
>He has no real aspirations and is generally quite passive. Won't speake until spoken to.
>>44099262
>my character has a dark past and needs to be around others for validation despite saying otherwise
>>44102300
I would accept that backstory, hell i even promote it.
My players suck donkey dick at writing backstories ...
>>44102300
>I'm going on an adventure to become God!
>Oh, dear, don't forget to get presents for the twins, it's their birthday soon
>I shall get them a place in my new heaven, as well as unimaginable power!
>I want one of those metal mice that move when you turn a key!
>Me, too!
>>44100675
>My character came from royalty and wants to adventure!
What's so bad about that? Considering the third or so son can give up about ever getting some proper heritage he might as well go out adventuring.
This happened in the crusades very often.
>>44106231
Most often they want freebies everywhere.
More cash or helpful NPCs or whatever.
>>44099262
>My character has a lone past and is a dark wolf
Much better
>>44099262
>My wolf has a dark character and is past loneliness
>>44106231
Even better if their brothers die unexpectedly, leaving them as the sole heir to the throne, and forcing them to choose between a life of adventure and the duties of their blood.
>>44106243
It also means they have to suffer disadvantages like more bandit ambushes, some peasants and scoundrels don't like them etc.
>>44099262
>my character has a dark past and is a lone wolf x 4
>>44106292
But see they wear disguise for that
Also its still annoying to the rest of the party.
>>44102300
You know the first part of that story is actually the myth of Romulus and Remus, right?
>>44106342
Were they royalty before they founded Rome?
And in any case, borrowing from myth is legit.
>my character is a lone memer and has a dank past
> my character has literally any backstory and motivation for adventuring
Am I right /tg/?
>>44106364
Think they were descendants of a exiled prince of Troy called Aeneas
>>44101972
Does he, at any point in time inform someone that He will show them the Life of the Mind?
> Dark past
My last evil-character-with-a-dark-past was actually desperate to be part of something or to be accepted by a group, exactly BECAUSE he had this dark past where he was lonely and stuff.
> Lone Wolf
I have never seen this work well outside solo games.
>my character has a dark past, is a lone wolf and wields a katana
>>44106364
Absolutely yes, and of course it is.
>>44106398
More like runaway, ager the greeks kind of burned it down.
They were also descendants of aphrodite in the myth. And it was said gens Iulia, the family of Julius Caesar among others, descended from them as well.
>>44106418
>Lone Wolf
Played in a game with a druid (not DnD, homebrew) who was sorta a lone wolf whenever he could manage it. He was also the group's medic.
He was an awkward mix of extremely loyal and excessively paranoid. He did actually end up being correctly paranoid and going lone wolf when the party kept picking the wrong fights - and thus was in the perfect place to accomplish the objectives alone or be our outside man in breaking out of yet another jail. When we actually we planned for direct confrontation he was always there and saved asses, including the time an assassination failed utterly. Stabilized the mage in the chaos then booked it, utilizing some astounding forward thinking things to his advantage. One he was a master of disguise, two as a druid he could heal like a motherfucker, and three had leveled somewhat recently to gain minor shapeshifting features.
So as the party was rounded up and imprisoned after that fiasco to await trial, he had hid out somewhere, used his healing powers to do the equivalent of major surgery (he'd gotten shot in the face near the start of the campaign and rather than let anyone know he was a druid and fix it instantly underwent turn-of-the-century style surgery, he spent most of the campaign with half a jaw and a very distinctive face), then switched into a set of spare clothes he brought, and started changing his appearance so he looked more like an orc than a half-elf.
So they were searching for a half-elf that had come with us with half a jaw and he hid in plain sight as a short half-orc with a full jaw. From that position he covered our tracks and got the various position markers for astronomical components to our emergency teleport spell across town with his animal command. He even managed to get critical information out of the npc we came to interrogate/assassinate, then get out of the place himself.
Character played a druid more like a combat medic/spy. He was pretty great.
>>44099262
A lone wolf, or the Lone Wolf?
And thinking about it, what would be a good way to play LW in ye olde dnd game, mechanically?
>my character is a boring 1 charisma 40 year old alcoholic town guard veteran with crippling gout, a dirt farming background, ugly wife and a boring personality because anything else is edgy weeb special snowflake
>>44106650
Who said you could make yourself part of the town militia without the GM's permission? Also, already having a wife seems to be imposing a bit too much of your own ideas upon the setting.
Please make a new character. Perhaps a bit more realistic and less invasive this time.
>>44106767
Okay, how about this one
>My character is of non-descript age and background, his favorite food is bread and favorite drink is water
>>44106823
It's so bland. Couldn't you at least try to be a little bit creative? Geez. It's like... why even bother showing up if you're just going to make a murderhobo?
>>44106845
Okay lets saaaay he likes wild berry wine.
>>44106890
My setting doesn't include wild berry wine. Please don't try to sneak setting-atering tidbits past me, okay?
So that's two strikes. Strike three and you're out of the group. I'm sorry, but you just seem to be a disruptive player who can't follow instructions.
>>44106959
if it's fantasy and has no wildberry wine, quit being That GM
>>44106971
Please leave. I won't have any arguments from a player who can't even make a fun, engaging character. I've put a lot of hard work into this story and this setting, okay? I'm not going to compromise my vision for a future book just because you want a character that is special.
>>44107004
I cast magic missile
>>44107030
Magic does not exist in this setting, so your Wizard is not able to cast any spells. You still have your Lores, however. Please try to keep up with the fluff.
>>44107054
how much exp do i get for a farmer ?
>>44107054
>>44107030
>>44107004
>>44106971
>>44106959
>>44106890
>>44106845
>>44106823
>>44106767
>>44106650
The scary part is that I've played with guys who had the player mentality of that parody and met at least one GM who kept bitching about players 'sticking their dick in his setting' whenever they made a mention at something minor and inconsecquential that wasn't explicitly asked about.
>>44106418
It works if he's a batman style lone wolf
>>44099262
>My character is secretly a wolf in disguise.
>>44107062
In my setting, farming and harvesting takes place over a span of two months. That is, you plant one month, then harvest the next. It's more realistic that way.
Following this, I decided that farmers should not gain exp from each bale of crop harvested, but by each crop sold. Again, it feels more natural and intuitive that way.
Going by this, you will harvest around 10 bales every other month. From this, the nobility owning the land takes 8 bales from you (Read a history book, this is how things worked in the real world). That leaves 2 bales for you. However, you need one of those to feed you and the other to feed your family.
So in short, 0.5 exp every month. If you let your family starve, that is. So anyway, tell me about this farmer character of yours. Let's see if you worked out a good character concept.
>>44107073
Well, that's what makes it so much fun. Though now I'm edging into realismfaggotry and homebrewfaggotry.
>>44107534
I don't think that's the answer to the question that was asked. Anon said 'a farmer', not 'farming'.
>>44106428
>my character has a lone past, is a wolf, and wields a dark katana
>>44107577
Pardon? Are you asking how much exp you get for killing innocent farmers?
This is not this kind of campaign, Anon. A bolt of righteous retribution strikes your character dead. You are now banned from my campaign.
>>44107595
>righteous
They were demon farmers.
>>44107613
Demons are people too
>>44107590
>my character has a lone past, is a dark katana and wields a wolf.
>>44107811
>my character is a dark past who wields a wolf and is a katana
>>44106650
>married
wow, who said you could interject your antiquated, oppressive systems into my progressive campaign you fucking cisscum?
>>44107859
>who wields a wolf
wielding canines as flails seems to be gaining popularity lately
My character is a lone wolf. A literal wolf, who is by himself.
>>44100675
>Running/playing Oriental Adventures (ad&d 1.5) (heavily homebrewed/houseruled)
My character is a LE Samurai. You have to roll for what part of society he was born into, he rolled 1st rank, which is like royalty/genji clans.
haven't gotten to play with him yet, do you have any suggestions on how to avoid being that guy?
>>44106258
I wish I could get past loneliness.
>Had a player do that, trying to be the edgest of edgy
>Literally says hes walking to the next town alone
>Warned in character that bandits frequent his particular path (they actually did, and he chose it), and warned him ooc that its probably a dumb plan.
>Insists
>He is attacked by 4 bandits, tell him to leave his coin, armor, and weapons
>He kills one before hes left bleeding to death
>Made it a point to cover his trail so rest of the party wouldnt find him
>"Just so you know GM, that was bullshit. I am better then starting petty arguments about a bad game, but I would have done it differently"
>Proceeds to try and look smug but the other players call him an idiot
What gets me wasnt even him being edgy, it was him saying it was my fault.
>>44099262
>My character is a big flamboyant faggot, who is way more overpowered than the rest of the group.
What do?
Guys, what is the difference between chaotic neutral and neutral evil?
>>44108527
They both suck and only the most boring ass players (IC and OOC) play both alingments.
>>44108527
Chaotic Neutral: Freedom is important, and I am willing to die for mine.
Neutral Evil: What's in it for me?
>>44099262
A lone wolf is a dead wolf.
A wolf pack is a family. There is no competition for rank.
Cesar millan abuses animals. That's all.
>>44108607
>>44108567
do either of you have links to a definitive guide of alignments?
>>44108643
No, but I've got this copypasta saved.
Lawful Good: Laws are good if they benefit people.
Lawful Neutral: Laws are good because they are laws.
Lawful Evil: Laws are good if they benefit me.
Neutral Good: How can I help?
True Neutral: Treat others as you are treated.
Neutral Evil: What's in it for me?
Chaotic Good: Freedom is important, and I am willing to die for yours.
Chaotic Neutral: Freedom is important, and I am willing to die for mine.
Chaotic Evil: Freedom is important, and you will die for mine.
>>44108607
More or less this.
Chaotic Neutral, on the extremely rare occasion it's played well, is all about personal freedom and doing what feels good -- but that might not necessarily be hedonism, because helping others can feel good, and so can doing what you please. When played poorly, it's lolsorandumb xD I kick the puppy then give it candy random-ass unpredictable stupid shit trash garbage for shit players.
Neutral Evil is entirely about self-interest and fuck anyone who gets in the way. When played well, the NE character understands that his chances of survival are much higher while allied to this cohesive trustworthy group of strong adventurers, and thus won't fuck them over.
>>44108643
A lot of people have written a lot of words about alignments, but there's no real definitive guide. Alignments are open to all kinds of interpretation.
>my character was noble
>but he's undead and his line perished 100 years ago so whatevs
>>44108259
Don't be an ass hole? Just play the character and not the sterotype.
>My character is royalty
>In a post revolution not-France where he is being actively hunted by the working class.
My character's dark past is that he abandoned his wife and child due to midlife crisis and went off adventure-hobo-ing to feel like a young man again.
>>44108471
Hey Ethan! A quick word of advice for the future: if you're adamant about whining behind someone's back on a board you know they frequent literal minutes after talking to them on skype about the same grievance, at least make a passing effort to try disguising the talking points so they aren't identical to the things you were just talking about.
Not only did I explain to you that I'm just trying to run a reactive world and make the setting respond appropriately to the gung-ho brute force methods you insist on employing to solve every situation, (I've told you several times that both Kobolds and Ogres are sentient creatures capable of negotiations, your decision to slaughter them before they can get a word out is on you, not me) but I also said that if you still had a problem with my response we could discuss it as a group next time we met.
But since you decided to do this instead, let me solve this problem for both of us. Don't come back next week.
>>44107859
>my character has a wolf, is past katanas and is alone.
>>44108960
oh shit i'm sorry
That's some sexya diarrhea, no homo
>>44108471
Do I smell cheeto powder?
>>44108960
>>44109041
>>44109157
ok, so, my name begins with an R and unless your eric, you have the wrong guy.
>>44104203
OPM as a character isn't too bad. He's fuckin ruthless
>>44106243
>I'm a noble so I should have way more starting wealth than everyone else.
>It's my character concept.
This is just the worst. Granted it can work in some games that are point buy or something similar where you need to sacrifice having something else for it. But playing dnd or something and just straight up wanting more stuff than the other players with no drawback is my biggest pet peeve.
I had a player (recently got fed up with his shit and kicked him) who did this a lot. In every game we played, we would play the exact same character: a noble of some type with disdain for plebs. He always asked for more money (which I usually refused) and got upset when npcs and the party didn't treat him liked royalty. He was also fond of using annoying logic to try and get out of situations, usually more complicated than its worth.
> I fill the room they are in with 100% pure oxygen so when one of them fires their blasters the heat causes the entire room to combust, killing them all.
>other player: I open the airlock.
That's a pretty minor one, but the only one I can think of right now.
>>44108960
Also forgot to mention in >>44109196 That I'm the GM, and I had a player trying to take on gangs of bandits himself.
>Have sorcerer in party who discovered his magic ability after his daughter was killed
>Our that guy "my character is an avenger that lost his way one night and killed the sorcerers daughter"
>First session we are fighting goblins
>Paladin uses detect evil on the last one
>Finds out about the rogue who killed sorcerers daughter
>Player is surprised when Paladin executes him on the spot
He stormed out and complained we wouldn't let him play his "interesting" character
>>44099525
>Now that one punch man is getting popular people will eventually think I'm copying that.
It's not like the concept of One Punch man was created by him.
>>44109260
But how many people know that? There are people who actually think Star Trek copied Star Wars.
>>44099262
>my character had a good childhood and is a party animal
>>44109302
There are people who think star wars isn't just a ripoff of the hidden fortress, and there are people who thought guardians of the galaxy was funny.
The worst people? the ones that thought The Martian was realistic.
>I roll for dick length. Crit!
>My character looks just like me, except sexy.
>I want to skin the goblin alive.
>Since my character died last session, my new character is the same character personally reincarnated by the gods because he's so special awesome.
>What stuff do we get?
>I pull my dick out and pee on it.
>But what kind of stuff do we get?
>do we get anything?
>what's in the crate?
>food? That's it? What else is in the crate?
>>44109371
>I want to skin the goblin alive
I would allow this, sounds so fucking metal.
>my character is the bastard son of a minor noble who convinced his father's wife to finance his arms and armor so that he would leave on an adventuring career, securing her own children's succession against his claim.
>>44109407
I allowed it but described it in such nasty, excessive detail that all the other players told me to stop. Instead I made their characters tell his character to stop.
>>44099262
>shown art of a character somebody wants to play
>Its another Drizzt clone.
>>44109371
>>My character looks just like me, except sexy.
I know that feel
>>44109371
>>I pull my dick out and pee on it.
Impressive to be able to pee on his own dick.
>My starting lvl 1 character already has the title hell slayer.
I've done dark past (abandoned by his "tribe" at a young age) and a sorta-kinda raised by wolves (well himself, really). Kid was fun as hell to play. He didn't understand social interaction besides "I wan' dis n you gottit so i's give you did m'kay?"
Basically he had a case of wild boy syndrome minus being able to communicate in a slurred speech
>>44109646
>m'kay
>>44109800
That just gave me an idea for my next PC. Socially inept middle aged farmer who decides to give it all up and become a wizard
>>44106364
Indeed they was, royality from two different lineages
>>44106650
>running around yelling at other players, firing your crossbow while in an alchool-induced rage
>neckbearded retard spitting at elves and demihumans
>>44107859
My character is a katana, who wields a wold with a dark past
>Half-elf who by all accounts had a decent child hood, aside from the social stigma of being a bastard and a half-elf in a human-dominated city.
>>44100675
Yeah the royalty backstory never works out
>>44103234
That's a pig you stupid fucking shitbucket
>>44099262
Oneshot characters
>Eric Scott: Town guard who wants to kill Goblin Boss to impress wife
>Bill: Farmer mad that the Goblin Boss keeps sending men to steal his turnips
>Max Mindbended: Barfly out to kill Goblin Boss so his mates will stop doubting his tall tales
>Darkblade Shadowfist: Former Hell Lord exiled for killing an entire family of Devil Nobles. Plans to use his shadow katana and cursed trenchcoat to conquer hell, and then heaven itself
>Me "So my character is introverted and seems to not know how to make people understand his points so he speaks only when necessary"
>DM "Holy shit, anon, why the fuck do you do that?"
>Me "My class doesn't have diplomacy, bluff or even intimidate"
>DM "Why do you fucking care about mechanics? for god's sake, roleplay!"
>"ok, I try to convince this dude"
>DM "Roll diplmacy"
>Me "I got like an 11"
>DM "You accomplish nothing"
>Me "I want to scare this dude"
>DM "Roll intimidate"
>Me "I get like a 13"
>DM "You accomplish fucking nothing"
>Me "I try to trick this evildoer into being part of his cult"
>DM "Roll bluff
>Me "I get like a 12"
>DM "You accomplish fucking nothing, you get captured"
>Me "My character goes back to be introverted and don't talk unless is strictly necessary"
>DM "Holy shit, anon, why you do that?"
So much for "roleplay!"
>>44109620
I'd be okay with this if it was a title he came upon accidentally, without actually doing anything to earn or deserve except be in the wrong spot at the right time.
>>44110450
>>44110450
>>44110526
Fuck you with your constantly opm posting
>>44110579
>OPM character fits the description perfectly
>Fuck you with your constantly opm posting
>>44110579
Chill pal, it's just flavor of the month shit it will go away once the season ends
Hopefully
>>44110579
Fist opm post of my life. Also I'm not the guy who made the first post.
>>44110625
What is this recent trend of people calling things that have been around for a good while "flavor of the month"?
Is this a new /v/ buzzword brought here by crossboarders?
>>44110625
>Hopefully
When the old flavor of the month goes away, it only does so to make room for the new flavor of the month.
Since we're on a similar subject
>I want to play a stand user in [Insert RPG here]
>>44110110
>Brave
>not shit
ayy
>>44110658
No one but the few hipster fans it had fucking talked about it until the anime happened. Now it's everywhere and won't go away, just like every flavour of the month (Steven Universe, Undertale, etc.)
It's a flavour of the month. Get over it.
>>44110620
Because the moment I saw this, I knew this was going into opm direction.
>>44110736
All of those things have been around considerably longer than a month. Try again.
Besides, the OPM posts are just as common as they used to be, you're just noticing them more because you're a flaming faggot who hates fun.
>>44109196
It's copypasta, you tard.
>>44109226
While the noble and wealth stuff does sound terribad, the airlock example just seems like him favouring overcomplicated plans. Which can be annoying, but is not necessarily a mark against him.
>>44109258
Honestly, this paints your group as a bunch fo shittards. Were it me, I think this could have lead to a wonderful arc of said avenger going on a path to redemption for his sinful acts. Or dragged along by the Paladin if need be.
>They are a veteran from (INSERT RECENT WAR/FIGHTING HERE) who fought decently well, Then retired to their own plot of land in (INSERT BUMFUCK NOWHERE HERE) A few years passed and boredom got to them, So they told some homeless people to watch over (I/E live in) their home and wandered off on ADVENTURE as a mercenary for hire.This is most of my fantasy characters
>>44108272
He's a dog, I tell you!
A DOG!
>>44100644
Nah being a lone wolf in what's supposed to be a cooperative team game is definitely a bad thing
>>44099262
>my character has a dark past and is a loan wolf
>>44103113
Eyyy, Thats my Character in most non fantasy settings. With the implication that either one of te party members paid me, Or the boss paid me (I arrange with the DM which he would prefer...Can anyone say Boss=BBEG?)
>>44106070
Sounds unique in theory but dreadfully boring to actually play with or DM for.
>>44110956
You mean like bilbo's backstory?
That one ended up being quite a good tale
>>44110579
I didn't do any opm post. Why am I being included? Because someone responded to me with one?
>>44110992
Theres a difference in one guy writing a story and a group of people Roleplaying together anon.
I always like playing the grizzled veteran that's dealt with too much shit to care anymore, except when he starts to, and sacrifices himself for the party
I've done this at least once with the multitude of groups I've played with over the years, always got good reception
>>44111063
I don't see how this is terribly relevant
Of course your group isn't going to collectively be the next Tolkien, but good stories can be made. Including ones featuring unremarkable heroes.
>>44111124
How to put this...
A guy writing a story can work the boring guy in, He can hook him and whatnot.
A group has to deal with a sack of dead weight who only talks when directly spoken to and has no use out of combat (maybe) and doesn't help solve problems
>>44110696
How about die in a fire, anon.
>>44100675
So I'm torn about this concept. I made a fighter who was the captain of a company. This company went on to be an important part of a rebel army led by my lord and father. The mad king would eventually be overthrown with my father stepping in as king, but my older brother as his heir.
/tg/, is this a horrible backstory for an noble, adventuring captain? What should I do to fix it?
>>44100675
>My character came from royalty and wants to adventure!
>Bad
>Being a tasteless nigger
>>44110313
Shhh!
It's a disguise!
>>44109371
>I roll for dick length. Crit!
How is this a problem?
>>44099262
>my character is a kender samurai
>>44108272
The tacticool armor I'd down for but what the fuck is with the nose spike?
>>44109582
Well, he did roll a crit.
>>44099262
In my head that translates to "I'm lazy, have no imagination, and am probably not going to get much out of this game unless the GM sends endless waves of enemies our direction."
I kind of want to play as an ultimate edgelord. Like a vampire hunter who was thrust into the role after his family was turned and he had to murder his parents. Now he is searching the land in a game of cat-and-mouse with his vampire arch-enemy, who used to be his wife.
How can I make this edgier?
>>44099262
>my character is painfully, intentionally unremarkable because I've reached that awkward stage of teenage hipsterdom where I believe that any character with traits even slightly out of the norm is bad
>>44099262
>my character has a dark past derived from coping with the fact that they made a terrible mistake when they were young and foolish, killing a bunch of people and harming many more over the racist slight of some noble's kid, who was equally young and foolish.
>The character has acknowledged that they might not be entirely capable of handling genuine personal interactions yet, but still need to eat and shit so they eventually learn to put up mental walls and psychological fronts.
>As it turns out their trained ability to lie, cheat, and diction make for a decent party face, and while they're against being in a party long-term they get roped along with a bunch of mercs because being a loner doesn't exactly pay well.
>They plan on cutting and running from the party pretty much as soon as that payday drops.
r8 and h8.
>>44111404
He also has a demon trapped inside him.
And... he sometimes wants to just give up and join his wife in terrorizing the night? Something like that.
>>44111143
I think you are making too many assumptions about how the character in question would be played and also about how much of a vidya-game grindfest the campaign should/would be.
It's plenty doable with the right group
>>44111349
Holy fuck you just triggered me.
The kender part anyway.
>>44100711
>posting Nanako
God dammit, anon, my dick leapt out of my pants through sheer force of reflex.
>>44111303
>thinking 2hu is tasteful
I bet you like D&D, too.
>>44108960
For anyone wondering, this is a copy pasta from a few months back. Don't worry.
>>44111404
His wife is also pregnant, and the Vampire Lord will be turned into his true form when the child is born. So he has to kill her before she gives birth, also murdering his unborn child.
As well, this birth would free his wife from being the Vampire Lord so he is killing his Wife and his unborn child.
Plus the reason his unborn child was picked was because he was prophesied to bring an end to the war between the beings of the night and the humans. So picking him was kind of a twofer for the Vampire Lord.
The Knights of Generic Good know about the prophecy, but his wife framed him for the deaths and so they are fighting him thinking that HE is the Vampire Lord trying to kill his wife and stop the prophecy, so he is forced to slay countless innocents, fighters for justice although he always tries to reason with him they never believe him.
He can't not kill them, because he gets berserker powers that are the reason why he originally became a vampire hunter, and once people attack him he can't stop fighting until they're dead. Only his wife was ever able to snap him out of it with the power of TRUE LOVE - but like I said, now she's evil.
He will also find a squire to help him along the way, and will see a vision of a beautiful women that snaps him out of his rage before killing plot-convenient innocents (not the knights though) and think it is his wife's spirit. But really it will turn out to be his squire who is really a woman and someone whom he loves but he will feel guilty about it and refrain from banging her even though she is his true soulmate - because she is also the fraternal twin and half-soul of his wife.
I feel dirty now.
>>44111499
>Holy fuck you just triggered me.
>justasplanned.jpg
I am the most permissive GM when it comes to character creation.
I used that as a response because those two things are what I don't allow because the character's existence dictates how the world behaves.
Kender more so than samurai.
>>44111585
And his wife is obsessed with turning him under his own volition, so she is constantly playing mind games with him to get him to submit.
>>44111545
>Tasteless niggerdom intensifies
>>44111573
I figured. Somebody getting pissy and kicking somebody out of a group over something they think the person said anonymously on 4chan is probably a real thing that happens, but I'd like to think they're not likely to announce it.
>>44111410
This.
This x1000.
This CANNOT be overemphasized.
And the worst part is hearing them be smug about how uninteresting and plain their characters are.
It's like the p&p equivalent of new age """artists."""
>>44099262
>My character has a dark past
>his parents were murdered by drow
>he's also a necromancer and will be a constant hindrance to the party with his edgelording
>he will refuse to pick up quests that help those in need unless an unrealistic amount of gold is dangled in front of him
>he was actively work against the party when forced by majority vote to cooperate on said quests
>he will split from the party to do his own thing, robbing the party of his damage output in combat, and his arcane knowledge out of combat
>he will, at one point, attack the party for trying to fight a boss encounter he doesn't want to fight
>most if not all of his bullshit behavior is punctuated with "this is just what my character would do!"
>the DM will never put a stop to his nonsense
>the DM will continue to give him opportunities to do this, and actively encourages it
God I'm glad I left this party when I did.
>>44111373
>potentially missing the joke
It's a knife in his mouth, but the perspective makes it look weird.
>>44111630
Perfect!
And he is Shinji levels of angst and Berserk. And his Wife is also his Mother through time shenanigans and the child is actually him, and the son of the Vampire Lord. But Time shenanigans (I leave the math to you) means that he got sent back in time and eventually met his mother/wife and got keked by the VL which is also how he possessed his wife. This also explains his berserk not!Vampire power since it's his dark side taking over and if he ever releases too much of his power he'll go full Vampire Lord.
It also implies that he fails his quest, but he is going on determined to do what's right regardless even if he has to fight fate itself.
So how DO you play as royalty/nobility /tg/? Only stuff I've figured is to not be the heir, preferably not being very likely to become the heir outside of a large number of deaths, and not being a cunt about wanting your status to get you too much shit.
>>44111410
This is why I will never play with anyone from /tg/. Dirt farming realism is like a religion here, anything that deviates from "gruff sword and board fighter town militia veteran" is furry weeb special snowflake that guy material. Oh, forget sword and board, that's not realistic enough, he wields a spear.
>>44111404
make him a vampire too, but one that hates what vampires are with such a passion that he goes against his base instincts and seeks to become a paragon of 'good' despite the vampiric inclination to be evil/drink blood.
Maybe his goodness allows him to walk in the day/aboveground.
He dual-wields 2 unique swords; both a cross between a sabre and a katana, that have handles with little-blades in that pop out and dice the hand of anyone who try to use said sword but him.
Then have him embroiled in a huge conspiracy that links to the settings BBEG directly.
And you could also make him a tax-dodging, anti-government black guy with unique colour eyes...this is taking the piss of Blade and Drizzt for those not seeing it
>>44111843
You either need to be really unwilling to do basically anything yourself or you need to have firm roots in your country's military. Preferably the latter if you actually intend to accomplish anything as an adventurer.
A mediocre/lazy GM will go "here's some richboy shit and some extra cash", but realistically the better boons of your station would be access to training with specialists and excellent tutors, and you should damn well try to convince the GM of this. A noble is more likely to be able to afford that master that knows the secret sword arts of the White Raven or the old wizard tutor able to teach the finer crafts of spell-slinging. Depending on your station you may get access to both.
Additionally, as a noble, you will usually have some sort of family armor/weapon passed down over generations. How good this shit can be will depend on your GM, but it probably shouldn't be all that powerful (in D&D terms, +2 at most) unless you're major nobility or nosebleed-section royalty.
The biggest issue in the roleplay aspect is motivation. Even a military-groomed noble is still a noble, who at the end of the day still doesn't actually need to work a day of their life for coin. You need to come up with some reasoning for why you're an adventurer, be it for the short term or long term. Actually, being the Heir can open more doors if your campaign is going to take place over multiple kingdoms/regions, as you can start forging alliances now in the event of your predecessor's untimely(or timely) demise, or take personal action against enemy factions with your PC-ness. If you dont' want to be the Heir, you can always take the Tales of the Abyss route and have your noble unwillingly stuck with the party for the time being.
Ultimately, the impact a noble has is a little severe, though, so you should always consult with your GM first.
Hope this helps.
>>44111855
Personally, I've been having fun playing an Alchemist/Pimp who essentially roids up his Hos with potions before sending them into battle.
My GM was even kind enough to do up separate tables for OD'ing on crits and getting bunk shit on "fumbles". Also, I don't actually make the potions buy I score them off skeevy dudes in town. I can try to cook them down into more potent forms though.
It's been pretty fun. Playing with another dude who is a schizophrenic Good Cop/Bad Cop "Paladin" whose union essentially made his order supply him with magic items to simulate his powers after he fell (due to an accident that happened on the job site) and a Sorcerer that insists he's a bard and focuses mainly on charm and illusion spells to hide the fact that he can't actually play more than 3 songs.
It's honestly more racist than anything else how we play. A Dindu Pimp, A good old boy Cop, and a Frat Bro are our archtypes pretty much.
>>44111855
It's just some vocal nofunallowed faggots. You get those everywhere experienced tabletop player exist.
It's easier to say "I don't want anything non-realistic" as opposed to "I'm okay with you going slightly chunni and/or justifiably edgy so long as you can moderate yourself and not go overboard with it". Genuinely interested people that are willing to negotiate in a sane manner will usually be met with equal sanity. Anybody that doesn't meet your request with at least an attempt at an open mind probably isn't somebody you want as a GM anyway.
>>44111819
It implies that to save the child (as a good act) or as his only choice he has to send the newborn back in time to somewhere near a cave known as dangerous; today it's bears yesterday it was wolves.
FIN
#thisiswhyIlovetg
>>44106286
>my character is of x race and is a father out to give his people a good image with the humans
>>44106258
thats a pretty self-actualized wolf, despite its pissy attitude
>>44109225
>It's perfect for someone with no confidence like you.
God damn
>>44110763
>flavour of the months means a literal month
Autism personified.
And yeah, no, they haven't. They're new and forced as fuck, sorry for offending your delicate sensibilities and sooper speshul kewl fandom.
>>44106243
They should just take a page from CK2 and wander off without that kind of shit.
>>44108960
Cmon. Twice in two days. Now it's being overused.
>>44110757
i have this character (the player is fine because he plays other characters fine), he's the typical abrasive, lone wolf, snarky, wants to be the best naruto-style character. he insisted on having his backstory being the best fighter in the guild, which i forced him to be the second best because the reoccurring villain is the best.
ANYWAY
i want to kill him. which, i know as a DM is terrible, but i want to kill off his jackass character so he can make a better one. problem is, i dont want him to suspect im singling him out. how can a have all of the enemies and traps focus on him without him getting upset?
>>44102292
I've never understood people that want to play royalty that're really just "normal people" under it all. Fuck off and play a rags to riches character then. If you're not going to make any actual use of your backstory then you've got no reason to have it. Noblesse oblige, mother fuckers.
>>44111704
you do realize you following whatever bullshit whimsy comes to mind without any regard to context because you resent the notion of "overthinking" puts you more in line with post post modern artists than against them right?
>>44112017
There are reasons that not playing the heir would also have some great reasons to adventure. Like if they are so low down they don't really have a chance of getting anything good so they're working to get their own stuff with the skills and gear their parents' money bought. Or one thing I've read before is that they're the eldest female and only have sisters and fear that their dad will eventually sire a male and thus need some of their own money and land.
Honestly i just feel like the heir is too high of a position to give to a player unless they're really minor nobility or it could be worked with the rest of the group.
>>44115697
Could you try that one again, except this time in English, Art Major-kun?
If that was railing against my comparison because I triggered you, I'll spell it out for you
>New age "artists"
>Consider themselves artists despite making nothing with artistic merit and actively degenerating whatever artform they get their disgusting hands into
>Dirtfarmerfags
>Consider themselves original for making a player character with no unique merits and actively degenerating whatever game they get their disgusting hands into
The comparison is valid because dirtfarmerfags think their unrefined, plain, ordinary, mockery of a protagonist, which I should fucking remind you is a character that is supposed to be interesting enough for the story to follow, is as valid as someone else's character that they actually put effort into. Hence the comparison.
I know most of /tg/ hates the whole
>my character is royalty
trope
but what about the trope of
>my character is royalty but doesn't know it
yes or no?
>>44117504
>Caring about what dirtfarmerfags think
>Caring about what people on the internet think about your character period
Ask your GM, not us
>>44099262
>my character has a dark wolf and a lone past.
>>44117504
>royalty but doesn't know it
Expect a civil war to put you on the hit list of some 8th-in-line guy who expects you to do the same because you're a spot behind him.
I like it, though.
>>44115421
Try to use that Naruto attitude against him?
Have a situation in which you can run away or try fighting some enemy, then reveal only after Naruto guy begins fighting that the enemy is tougher than he seemed, or that there are more waiting in ambush.
Any other party members who joined in fighting rather than running could recognize how hopeless the situation is, and run away, but try to keep goading Naruto to keep fighting hopeless battle. Maybe even set it up so that Naruto guy is sacrificing himself to buy others time to escape.
>>44118464
i had a good laugh with you constantly referring to him as naruto
thanks mate, i'll definitely try to play on his arrogance
>>44107797
No, he means they were literally farming demons
>Decker who was ounce a highly dangerous street samurai.
>He became a decker because he spent to much time inside with his money and a shit ton of apple pies. He's fat now and fights mainly through drones he had to awkwardly borrow from a decker friend.This was my last character.
>>44119567
i'm not familiar with this class, is this shadowrun?
>>44121023
That's correct.
>>44108259
Samurai is fine, it's like being a knight. Your high class is based on your ability to fight.
I'm talking about those "Oh I'm a princess who wants to fight bad guys and be bad ass!" and then find a ragtag group of people that are as inexperienced as they are, when they got the whole world by the balls and could pick any kind of seasoned veterans. It just doesn't fit right in my eyes, it's like the president picking bouncers from random clubs in a city to be his body guards rather than the CIA who are 10x more trained and qualified to keep such an important person alive.
It's just hard to validate someone of royalty importance expending their lives while also being level 1 with a bunch of other level 1s when a town guard could body them all in an instant. There is like high class society where people want to fight and those people can end up being expendable and not have a whole kingdom crumble and suffer a great loss, and just saying "lol I'm a princess/prince!"
>my character is actually a bunch of cats in a suit of armor
>>44106243
I just had a good idea for a character:
They are some 3rd or fourth son of a non notable royal family, and believes they are very important. However, when they try to ask for freebies and respect from npcs, the npcs will have never heard of them, or maybe think they are crazy. Could create some fun conflict.
>>44119567
>shit ton of apple pies.
No regrets.
Apple pie a best.
