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A kinda new-ish DM here of a group of 5 players and I've hit a roadblock of sorts. I got three guys and two girls in the group. One of the girls created a character for my new campaign that made two of the guys complain to me about how her character is overly cliche.
I'd like your input on the matter, Fa/tg/uys. This is her character in a nutshell.
>Five Kingdoms fought a Hundred Year War. At the end of it, two Kingdoms lay in ruins and the other three sued for a fragile peace before a proxy war began between them using hired mercenary...
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>>44334629
It doesn't sound too bad. If she had become the leader of a mercenary band or secretly the child of one of the fallen kings royalty, THEN that would be bad, but really slave-turned-mercenary is actually kinda generic in a not-bad way.
But just for a frame of reference, what are the other player's characters?
>>44334739
*fallen kingdoms royalty
>>44334739
They're mostly just a toss-up between people born into this particular mercenary band with a rather uneventful/normal life of training and fighting, and some who were once in the military, but left during the peace times to join a mercenary band.
One of the guys who complained has a character who was from a Noble House in one of the Fallen Kingdoms, but fled when the capital fell and then became a hobo living off the streets of a small-time fishing town until he signed up to join this mercenary band that...
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You are a monk in the fractured, post-apocalyptic California who recently finished his training at Sa'Migel Arcangel, near the center of the empire. Once a glorious beacon of enlightenment in an unenlightened world, California has fallen to division and sectarianism, and the emperor sits trapped in the holy city of Sacremento, while the Imperial Protectors of the Five Provinces openly war against each other, paying lip-service to Elton IV Yudkow, the living Guru while blithely ignoring his edicts and commands.
You are a follower of the Way of the Cowl, a Cetic sect that promotes secrecy and pragmatism, and favors L'Ron Hubbard as the Paramount Guru. You were chosen by the administration of your monastery to spread the Enlightened Faith to the near mythical Filipines, across the Infinite Pacific Ocean. You grew up in the desert wastes of the mojave, and remember well when false honor and inaction cost the lives of many of your neighbors and the abduction of your sister by foul worshippers of the Atom.
Languages:
Classical Inglish (Literate)
Classical Espanyol (Literate)
Angeleno Spanglish (Native)
Valley Spanglish (Accented)
Fransiscan Spanglish (Accented)
Bajanese (Broken)
Jeffersonian (Broken)
Arixian Spanglish (Broken)
Possessions:
Blue Coweled Formal Robe
Grey Travel Robe
14 Imperial Dolares
A Small Dagger
Provisions for your trip to Monterey
Followers:
Shwaig, A Franciscan follower of the dove. Skilled in healing and diplomacy with peasants. Openly hostile to nobles and the rich. Vegan and Pacifist Zealot. Brings Herbs and Vegetables for the trip, but hardly and money.
Djamez, A Vallejan follower of the fist. Well armed, and a master of the martial arts. Good natured, but a bit oblivious at times. Studious, but Forgetful. Brings a Naginata, throwing axe/hatchet, dagger, 12 Valleyan Dolares, and Jerky. Obstains from all intoxicants.
"I have lived no cloistered life and hold in contempt the wise man who has not lived and the scholar who will not share. There have been many wiser men than I, but few have traveled as much road. I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope."
- L'Ron Hubbard
As a devotee of the way of the cowl, you have had special training in both hiding your intents and reading those of others. You are good at faking emotions and passing whatever you say off as truth, as well as seeing...
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>>44334611
>A: The Prince: "It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both." (Bonus to intimidation and blackmail, disadvantage to "good cop" tactics"
>>44334611
A: The Prince: "It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both." (Bonus to intimidation and blackmail, disadvantage to "good cop" tactics"
Though the warden is interesting.
Need GMing advice, /tg/. A new player interested in my game is asking me if his character can have all these advantages and disadvantages not explicitly covered in the rules. While I understand my job as GM is to interpret the rules and render decisions based on those interpretations, this guy is going for a level of granularity not supported by the system I'm using (Savage Worlds if it matters). I honestly want to just tell him "Look, just stick to what's written" instead of having to write up some new rules to cover exactly what he wants on the spot (he...
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Let him, just let him know you'll take it away/tone it down if it causes a problem.
As a GM I'm inclined to try to avoid catering to specific player demands in situations like this.
Does it fit with the themes and setting?
>>44333568
"I'm not comfortable with all these modifications you're making. If there's one or two major character traits you want reflected mechanically that's fine and I'll work with you to make it work, but I'm just sure I can balance all these changes and ensure everyone has a fun game. Go over your character and decide what you can just fluff out, what's just unnecessary and what you really want to be influenced by mechanically. Then come back and we'll go over it again."
About four years ago, my mother's car got attacked by some kind of superpowered freak. It put my mother in a coma for a good while, and she's been hospitalized ever since.
Now you'd THINK that the cops would be interested in pursuing someone who would and CAN punch cars into oblivion, but pretty everyone I told about what happened laughed in my face.
The only person who actually DID believe me is a girl I met in the park the night after the accident... and thanks to her, now I have my own powers.
I guess it couldn't have lasted forever......
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>>44333545
>>I promise to come right back after all this is done with though
>>44333545
>I promise to come right back after all this is done with though
>>44333545
>>I promise to come right back after all this is done with though
'all this' has to include visiting momma though.
THEY KNOW WE KNOW
>>44333202
>THEY KNOW WE KNOW
I thought it was "OH WEE OH WEE OH."
>>44333202
Screw this I'm outta here
The Souls game series has some of the most enjoyable NPCs I've ever encountered in a video game, and I'm wondering if its possible to make similar original NPCs for a setting.
So what is it /tg/? What makes these lonesome people so likable, or at the very least, so memorable? How does one transcribe this to a tabletop RPG?
A general rule for what makes a lot of Souls stuff work.
Show, don't tell. How does this work in vocal/written narrative? I'd wager having evidence of the NPC's deeds being shown when they're not there.
A Dragonslayer walks among us? Distant sounds of conflict, scales seemingly strewn about, stuff like that.
>>44333049
Showing rather than telling is important, but shaping an atmosphere of loneliness and mystery is key to creating NPCs like this, even moreso than the behavior and deeds of the NPCs themselves.
The likes of Laurentius and Solaire are memorable because the world is so lonesome. At times, it seems like they are the only ones who actually care about you, and when their own storylines are elucidated in whole, you're forced to weigh their opportunity to attempt to achieve their own happiness and fulfillment against how much you like having them around to talk to and help you. They're relatable in a lonely world; you feel for them, and your own ambition forces you to make impossible choices on their behalf.
As stated, suspense and mystery are also important. When Ciaran appears after you defeat Artorias, you see her kneeling there and wonder who she is, whether she is trustworthy, and if she is friend or foe. When Priscilla tells you that "this land is peaceful, its inhabitants kind", you raise an eyebrow because you were getting buttfucked by wheel-skeletons about ten minutes ago, and you dig through item descriptions and look at what's going on with the Doll and the Painted World to wonder why. Even though Lautrec seems untrustworthy, you don't have a clue that he's about to dick you unless you go back to the Firelink Shrine after every major event and chat with him. You have to get into the world and seek it out; thus, it's important to first try and create a world that your players can get into.
>>44333109
>>44333512
That's actually some pretty good advice. I'm going to have to get to work on that.
>be Tau
>muh superior firepower
>muh discipline
>get outsmarted by ORKZ
LMAO Tau on suicide watch
most useless race in the galaxy
Orkz da biggest 'n da strongest
>>44332466
I think the infection in your "teef" have gotten to whatever brain you greenskins have.
All the more to make purging your filth easy.
>Codex wars
Wake me when it's time for war
>be tau
>drop rifle and scream like a sissy girl as soon as somebody comes within 10 feet of me
>get battlesuit
>still get shit wrecked by meganobz
So, we have a confirmed plan of action, yes? We deal with the scum and reassert order, hopefully get some professionalism back into this sorry lot?
While we're doing that, what exactly is going on?This thread is just to wrap up the loose ends that we ran into as the last archived.
> enters the mansion
Helloooo? Anyone home?
>>44332115
I was thinking putting faces on them with little pantorian hats and... WAIT!! NO you can't blow up Alice!! That's not allowed
>>44332323
Oh boy...
Eta?
>grinch:
> an unpleasant person who spoils other people's fun or enjoyment
holy shit, Grinch is a synonym for Thatguy
>grinch steals people's Christmas shot
>That guy steals my dice when I'm not paying attention
You're onto something
>>44331966
The difference is That Guys often, but not always, are not aware of what they are doing. They think it is everyone else who is the problem.
>>44331966
>You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch
>There's no depth you won't delve
>Your characters are minmaxed
>And they're all your magic realm
>Mr Griiiiiiinch!
First experience GMing thread
What was the first time you GMed? Any painful experiences getting used to the ropes? What system did you run?
