Tell me about your character, /tg/!
>>48075366
No. My group will know I'm a loser that posts on 4chan.
>>48075396
Fuck 'em! Tell me anyway!
She's a half-dragon warrior who has taken up the occupation of dragonslaying for reasons I have not yet decided. Maybe she has daddy issues (or mommy issues?) or something. Either way, that draconic strength lets her use the big weapons that hurt dragons real good.
Goblin Ranger and general shit head Bart Badman
>>48075366
A man from the 1980's who was frozen in time and awoken in the 2070's shadowrun setting. A former Vietnam vet, he saw the horrors of war in a covert ops group, and as such turned to a more pacifistic character. Which, in turn, makes him the most moralfag of the group
40k Scum, obsessed by money, got recruited to the inquisition while he was breaking into one of their facilities, has no sense of right or wrong. when he sees a chance to make some dosh he takes it, always, unless there is a chance that he will die about 50% of the time.
also an avid drug user, hooked on a drug that resembles speed, likes to go in-your-face with a knife.
used to carry alot of explosives until one time i blew up a cathedral with melta bombs, so they confiscated all my stuff. they didn't execute me because i managed to get rid of the threat along the cathedral
>the thread where everyone posts shit but never reads anyone else's
Fuck it I'll bite
Shamus O'Sullivan
Neutral Good, Red headed monk
Boisterous, cocky brawler who joined the party because his order sent him "on a quest" hoping he'd discover humility and selflessness. In reality they sent him away because he was annoying as fuck and doesn't take his religious instructions very well. Spent almost all of his childhood in a foriegn city, wandering the streets getting in fights. Got beat up a lot so he joined the local monastery where he heard they trained acolytes on how to fight. Endlessly brags about his homeland, but in reality he barely remembers any of it. Brags and bluffs to everyone he meets that he is descended from the most prestigious claim in his homelandto everyone's surprise including his own, it turns out to be trueWe're toward the end of the campaign and he's rather shaped up and takes his religion very seriously now though he's still cocky as fuck.
I just made the guy on the fly for a new pathfinder session with nothing but the name/class/alignment. Based very superficially on pic related
>>48075366
HE'S FROM MY FAVORITE ANIME HE HAS A MASSIVE SWORD AND BLACK HAIR DOESN'T GIVE A FUCK IS A LONE WOLF AND WEARS AN AWESOME OUTFIT
>>48076972
>"He also kills important NPCs for no reason other than because the strong should fear the week and can summon pure dark magic, and when he does he transforms into a massive winged demon."
11/10 npc
>>48075366
Human male fighter who wields a sword, shield, and spear. He's interested in money, but will try to do the right thing when he can.
>>48075366
My character will be the alternate personality of one of the current PC's in my campaign. Me and another guy agreed to co-GM, where when one GM's the other person controls the character and so on.
On a personal note he is a relatively spiritual necromancer. Someone who has been trained to use his magic to let spirits pass on, to be a guide for otherworldly concerns people might have. Someone who will occasionally use talk to the dead to let people say goodbye to their loved ones, rather than just using it for information, etc.
The best description I can come up with is a battle shounen protagonist. A mage with very limited power who instead uses SCIENCE as a shortcut to make up for his lack of power by getting the natural world to do his work for him.
I made him to mess with an ERP, obviously his kink is sex between a consenting married couple for the purpouse of reproduction or bonding.
>>48075366
Phoenix Wright-style lawyer bard whose magic focuses on support and investigation, and is tied to the character's confidence, so whenever he becomes unsure of himself he has a chance of being unable to cast his spells
It's my first time using a character with actual gameplay-affecting flaws, so I'm hoping it goes well
>>48076972
>"...his father was a demon king and his mother was an angel princess. As such, he has a black halo floating over his head, he also has white long hair that cover one eye and he wears fingerless gloves. His sword is named Angel Slayer on account of his personal crusade against the heavens and God. His name is Lucifer, The Light Bearer because he frequently burns down churches murdering all of the clergy where ever he discovers them thus freeing the blinded religious peasants and letting them see the true "light": only the strong will survive. This causes him to constantly be chased by paladins from various chivarlic and knightly orders whom he slays with ease. Also dual wields cross bow pistols that fire with the same potency, accuracy and speed as modern handguns. Also trained by a ninja grand master before he slayed him out of boredom. He's intelligent, nihlistic and with a wicked sense of humor."
Half Giant Fighter, in a Dark Sun game.
Nothing super special about him, he's the son of former slaves, and mostly works as a merc. His goal is to raise an army big enough to start overthrowing the cities, and he takes special delight in getting to murder templars or former templars.
Had some fun last game when we were faced with a big room of enemies, and we were trying to lure them into a hallway so we wouldn't get surrounded. Ended up solving that issue by hunting tricks: tied rope to one of my javelins, charged into the room, speared their leader, and then dragged her out to get everyone to follow me.
>>48075451
Reminds me of Monster Hunter.
>>48075483
Does he smoke cigars?
>>48075634
>moralfagging in Shadowrun
Good luck with that.
>>48076234
What was the threat?
>>48076953
Proved you wrong, nyeh.
>>48076972
You do you.
>>48076998
Merc work, I take it?
>>48077016
I'm in a one-on-one campaign with swapping too. Not sharing one character, though. That's a neat twist.
>>48077080
Filthy degenerate!
>>48077220
I'm not familiar with Dark Sun, are cityfolk dicks?
Tobias Nufruten: Genius Scientist
Ghostbuster, turncoat, doctor, fighter, Iteration X Comptroller, nerd.
With his trusty crowbar, faithful assistants, and judicious applications of Science, he's able to make his city a bit safer to walk the night. Ultraviolence is his game, and he plays the part well.
A decker that was involved in the quarantine in bug city. Has flashbacks whenever he uses Ares Tech.
>>48077377
In Dark Sun, everyone's a dick.
But to be more specific, the cities are all ruled by Dragon Kings, powerful beings who are all pretty evil.
>>48077377
>Merc work, I take it?
Yeah. I've found that in all my years of playing RPGs, no one has actually played as a "generic" human male fighter.
She's a mage.
With no spells.
Just show magic. (Card tricks, pulling stuff from hats)
And a cute pet bunny.
[Spoiler]the twist is that the bunny is magic and does all the tricks using real magic [/spoiler]
>>48075366
Necromancer, obsessed with death, conducts horrific human sacrifices to honor the gods of the dead, may or may not have any actual magical ability, does lots of tarot reading and cold-reading style "mediumship".
>>48077965did tg disable spoilers
>>48075366
Well... What could go wrong?
Morion Ontilius was the son of a Trading Company Owner, Braden, who focused on transporting goods via ships. During the night, Morion would masquerade as "Eltanin", an Assassin who would kill associates of rival Trading Companies, Thieves of Braden's company, and anyone else that would dare interfere with Family Affairs.
Morion would say that he spent the night on the town, covering up the fact that he was Eltanin. Everyone believed it, and this kept on going. Eventually, the town guard was tasked with hunting Eltanin, just after every obstacle of his father's Trading Company were erased entirely. Things settled down for a long while.
At least, until a gypsy cursed Morion's Father after he cheated in a gamble. His avarice would plague the Ontilius Bloodline forever.
Following another gamble, Braden played Prophet's Gambit with the Captain of a friendly Pirate Fleet. The Pirate, Morgana, made a deal. She'd bet three of the ten of her ships, crew and all, if Braden had anti'd his own son and is indentured servitude. This, for Braden, was a once-in-a-life-time opportunity, so he accepted. There's no way he could've lost, but he did.
That night, Braden had realized what he had done, as a Greed Devil spoke to him, hauntingly, and said "Your blood is MINE".
Morion was taken away by pirates at sunrise, and never seen again.
>>48078292
20 years later, a ship sets sail on land. It's a rickety old Pirate's Ship. A lone, Half-Elven man comes off the ship. Adorned in numerous Scimitars, Rapiers, Court Blades, and bottles of Rum, the man takes off his Tri-corn hat. He explains to the Town Guard that his name is Eltanin, and he is in search of Braden Ontilius.
So began the quest of a Swashbuckler.
>>48075366
I'm playing Sven Appleman, party bard. My dad was a disgraced priest who was seduced by a milkmaid. I was raised in a monastery, and learned how to read, write, sing and play music in my spare time. The monastery I lived at was famous for the hard cider the priests made, so pretty much anyone who lived there took on some apple-related name. The setting is a generic Medieval European map.
I've spent almost all of my spare time in-game making a printing press to produce cheap literature, while setting up a traveling theatre for our party to use as cover while we go murder-hoboing around the countryside. We kind of have a circus theme going, with me as the noisy, obnoxious ringleader.
I will use the aforementioned printing press to make bulk flyers announcing our arrival to nearby towns, and also make erotic fiction for minor lords and nobles to buy. I produce a topless calendar (hand-drawn) for peasants to buy when we visit towns. All of the flyers I make have pictures showing off the various cool things we can do (wizard shooting flames, barbarian dual-wielding axes, rogue juggling and looking sexy, halfling doing acrobatics, Orc just looking scary AF) with little captions explaining them at the bottom, with a little watermark at the bottom of each one, an apple. I'm slowly introducing literacy to this world.
As far as I'm concerned, all of our questing the party is auxiliary to my interests; I'm trying to set the seeds for a literate populace to become more liberal over time, and more accepting of strange and bizarre ideas. I'm going to start changing the flyers to show the big scary Orc next to the rogue, and then at some point have the Orc be in the same caption as the Orc, to get people normalized to the idea of them being together. I'm also going to start changing my little erotic fictions I'm selling to nobles to include Orc/human scenes. I'm also changing the topless calendar by throwing in some semi-nude drawings of the barbarian.
>>48078343
Years of Piracy had led Eltanin Morion Ontilius off the deep end. He wanted Gold, Beer, Women, Blood... But most of all, he wanted revenge. He'd have his father's head, and after that.... Well, Eltanin had an agenda beyond that. He would hunt for the Secret of Immortality.
He did it, and eventually held a mage hostage, high-jacked an experimental air ship, and took to the skies, where the Greed Devil had revealed himself to Eltanin. He scoffed the Pirate for being more unreasonably avaricious than the Devil himself. Eltanin took this as a challenge, just as the hostage mage had casted a spell in a desperate attempt to destroy the Pirate and the Demon. Helplessly, he ripped the fabric of Space-Time and sent the two through it. It is there, where Eltanin lie in an eternal Combat with the very Devil that set him down the road of Greed.
Eltanin was a Swashbuckler 10/Dervish 5/Duelist 5 in a 3.5 Setting. And he rekt shit.
Half elf with her dad's broadsword, became a mercenary because her home country had an official policy of ELVES A SHIT.
>>48078444
Along with running the circus and my anarchy flyers, I also know how to make a mean brew, so whenever I go to town, I buy as much raw fruit and corn as possible, and make sour mash with the corn, then improve the flavor with fruit. I don't teach the peasants how to make this liquor, but considering their principal alcoholic beverage is mead or watery beer, my corn alcohol is very addictive, so they're willing to pay out the nose to get it, and other towns are fairly receptive to us when we come in, because they've all heard about our amazing firewater that will put a fire in your gut. I will often teach the nobles how to make it, but leave out important aspects of the recipe, so they will get something close to it, but never actually make something as good as I can brew. So there's a constant demand from other villages for the really good liquor.
Naturally, alcoholism is steadily increasing in areas we visit, production is down, but the people are ultimately happy and content. Nobody is at the point yet where it's worth it to start stealing, but I'm sure I can create some wildly addictive substance.
I guess what I'm going for in this character is total eradication of the social norms, to weaken the nobles grip on the peasantry, educate them enough so that I can indoctrinate them with my poisonous ideals, then sweep around the countryside with my party stealing and killing at our pleasure as anarchy reigns.
Also, my name is part of the joke. As I mentioned before, I put watermarks on everything I do, a image of an apple, to remind people who printed it, who distributed it. Most of the NPC's don't know who the fuck Sven Appleman is, but they do know that little apple logo. I'm going to change my stage name to, "the Juice", a play on Appleman. When the people finally wake up (if they ever do) I want at least some person, at the table, or an NPC, to say, "The Juice did this."
Then I can kill my character and start again.
What do you think, /tg/?
>>48076998
My character is that minus the sword. He wants to take over the world someday.
>>48078704
Well, Sven... It sounds like you and Eltanin would get along quite well.
>son of a human innkeeper
>good at listening, collecting knowledge about the world and baking
>huge problems with authority since all his elder siblings died in stupid wars
>and then his father prevented him from avoiding the draft
>served as a soldier and healer
>fled a battle as his overlord got killed and the tide turned against them
>now called into another world by a raven god of knowledge
>to fight for freedom as his cleric
>currently equipped with a long spear, a club, a sling, and a magic ring gifted to him by the god
This is my first DnD campaign of all time, and I'm really excited for it, even though it's just online and text-based.
>>48075366
3.5e Evil Monk/Swordsage gestalt who DM houseruled can use flurry of blows and weapon finesse with his magic katana. He's a sophisticated intellectual who likes fine wine and killing people with glorious nippon steel folded over a thousand times. He can turn invisible as a free action every three rounds.
Does this build make you happy /tg/
Does it fill you with joy
Tell me of your joy
>>48078704
sounds rather in-depth and well thought out for a walking metaphor for a certain sociopolitical group and set up for a single pun.
One of my favorite characters was a Guardsman in Dark Heresy.
He was drafted into his regiment against his will, and during his first battle he couldn't take it. He broke from his position and ran. A lot of guys died because he fled his post. He was caught hiding in a bunker and was sent to a penal legion.
In the penal legion, they were being herded up for a suicidal assault on an enemy position. Since discipline isn't exactly high in the penal legions, my Guardsman came across a legionnaire who was getting hammered drunk on some stolen Amasec. The drunk guy was going on about how upset he was that he was going to die, never see his beloved family again, how he was innocent but got set up on his homeworld, Corven, it was bullshit, there's no justice in this universe, then he passed out.
Shortly after that a commissar approached the trench they were all in and demanded to know where the guy from Corven was. My Guardsman saw him passed out and just blurted out 'Me! I'm from Corven!'
Commissar tells him to get out of the trench. There's an Inquisitor here to see you.
Inquisitor informs my guy that he is glad to finally meet him. He looked at my file and knows I am innocent, it was all a set up. He needs a special skill that I have, and if I work for him for a few short months, I will soon be reunited with my wife and children with a full Imperial Pardon.
As the lander pulls away from the battlefield, my Guardsman watches as the penal unit he was just with is ordered to assault the enemy defenses and killed to the man.
My Guardsman had some serious mental issues during the campaign. He was constantly paranoid, impulsive, fearful, and plagued with overwhelming guilt and suicidal thoughts.
But even though he knew he deserved to be shot for his actions, he was too afraid to do it himself.
We're running an alternate universe campaign in which our mcu-esqe capeshit setting is now anime weebshit instead. So my character is the alternate reality counterpart to my character from the prime universe. While that character was a solem ex-cop who became a punisher style vigilante who was kind of edgy, this character is the comically edgy magical girl bastard of the Crow and Spawn.
>>48078959
The setup is too long-winded for anyone to get at the table without explanation, but I'll know, and it will amuse me. Also, our group is just pulling in gold from all my schemes, with lots of positive attention from nobles. We rarely need to sleep in taverns and inns anymore; a lot of nobles will offer us some rooms at their mansion when they hear we are in town.
>>48075366
Shila "Ramshead" Chazzwozzer
Missed the original sign up meeting so DM made me an aussie female pilot as punishment sucks for him I played the shit out of her.
It was a firefly type setting, I was the pilot of a junked ship met up with the rest of the crew when they tried to hijack my ship, ended up as they crews pilot.
Run down of some of the things I got up to.
>used a warship as a battering ram.
>used my own ship as a battering ram.
>Used our gunner as a battering ram
>invented the Chazzwozzer Special
>Got arrested for using said special against another ships captain.
>Forced to use our ship as a battering ram rather than get autopiloted into an asteroid
>above event got us caught by pirates
>Chazzwozzered the pirate captain when dm had him interogate me
>became pirate captain
>used pirate ship as a battering ram to get revenge on the dick that forced me to use my ship as a battering ram
>It's surprising what kind of damage a pirate ship traveling sublight speed can do to a small unarmored man.
>got caught by space imperials
>bluffed my way to being an admiral
>used an imperial destroyer as a you guessed it, battering ram to take out imperial HQ
>got off with a warning
>chazzwozzer special on my own captain for abandoning me
>got a new ship
>didn't use it as a battering ram
>captain and crew invented battering ram missiles for me
>group split up due to work and family
>>48075366
His name is Generalissimo Antonio Manuelo Romero Constantino Corono-Modelo de Tekate XX, Peerless Soldier, Dashing Rogue Trader, Knightly Gentleman, Rightful Lord-General of the Tekate Armed Forces, and Savior of the Imperium.
He is basically Don Quixote with the Machismo turned up to like 11. He is ALWAYS sharply dressed, always well-groomed, and has a sizeable amount of chest hair.
He has "accidentally" slept with every female member of his own crew that he knows of (to the point where the women cynically consider it a rite-of-passage to be seduced by the Captain) and all of his men adore him and follow him without question. The sex isn't a focal point of the character, but creates all sorts of background drama between him and the crew (they mock him, but still secretly want him).
He is flashy and ornate as all hell, but his background is that of a poor PDF private who rose in the ranks through charisma and cunning to become the Colonel of the 6th Tekate Rifles. His longtime rival and childhood best friend is his second cousin Rey-Commandante Aguilaro de Tekate VIII, who was raised as landed elite and attended war college before graduating directly into the officers corps of the Tekate 12th Dragoons. They were both equal in skill, but Antonio always managed to eke out ahead of his cousin, who grew to resent his cousins success. Eventually, the two were both put up for promotion to Rey-Commandante of over 15 regiments of Tekate soldiers and the chance to Crusade in the Emperors name. His cousin pulled every string he had and got Antonio a Warrant of Trade instead, and sent him off in the stars in a half-broken vessel, and took command himself.
Antonio has sworn to reclaim his rightful title, yet he will not kill his cousin - he is family, after all. Half of his entire reason for being is to fuck over Aguilaro while also making Tekate itself wealthier - he is still a man of the people, after all.
He's basically a walking Mexican soap opera.
>>48079170
That's actually a real, real interesting character. What happened to him?
>>48075366
He's a Clown gnome that steals shit from NPC's. I made him to piss off my DM.
>>48081027
Oh, forgot to mention the best part: His "tia" follows him around everywhere as his personal assistant. This woman is INCREDIBLY old, but her body modifications make her look like she's a fit mid-50's woman, to the point where nobody (not even Tekate) knows how old she actually is anymore. She's always been a part of his family, though, so he took her with him into space (Because family looks out for each other, unless they steal your career). She is literally the ONLY person who can openly disrespect him, and she'll do it to - she's literally grabbed his ear and twisted it at formal events when he says something foolish, while berating him the entire time for being a child. The best part is that he just sits there and takes it, apologizing profusely, and the dynamic between them is hilariously one-sided - he'll stand his ground in front of Navy Admirals and Eldar Raiders, but he folds like a house of glass cards whenever she lays into him. Nobody actually knows what she DOES, but she's always around, helping him out and pointing out things he's missed.
>>48077391
Science is always fun.
>>48077454
bug city?
>>48077965
That sounds super kawaii.
>>48077987
What setting?
>>48078292
Fun ending to that little story.
>>48078444
That's a pretty ridiculous length to go to for a joke.
>>48078481
I'm imagining her as slavic. I don't know why.
>>48078810
Better get some friends first. Lotta stabbin' to do with just a spear.
>>48078863
You've got a decent character, though I've never been fond of from-another-world types.
>>48078910
Gestalt campaigns are silly.
>>48079170
That's some great shit.
>>48079210
The legs in that picture are bothering me. Fun-sounding campaign though.
>>48079274
Why'd she get along so well with her hijackers?
>>48081027
Sounds like a fantastic campaign. Rogue Traders always have great backstories.
>>48081047
You might be That Guy.
Big Arab guy from the desert, fused with a lightning elemental to stop a prophecy from doing something bad to his village.
Basically Avdol with lightning powers.
>>48081043
Thanks.
His cowardice ended up helping us out of some sticky situations. He was so afraid of conflict that he could talk our way out of fights a lot. Everyone thought he was being intimidating, but in reality he was scared.
The 'skill' that the Inquisitor had hired him for was he was an expert bomb disposal technician who understood a certain type of bomb that was rare and being used by a chaos cult. Of course, my Guardsman had NO IDEA how to actually dismantle a bomb, so a huge point in the campaign was when the Inquisitor thought he had a trump card on the cult leader ('Oh, that sophisticated bomb system you stole the plans for? Joke's on you, I have the man who broke it) and it ended up being a disaster. An entire city got leveled and some very important NPCs died.
Anyway, the inquisitor ended up having a VERY serious talking to with my Guardsman, letting him know that if he wanted he could probably figure out his real name... but it didn't matter what his mother called him, because his real name is COWARD.
As much as the Inquisitor wanted to kill him, he had one last gambit and he needed my Guardsman if it was going to work. It was my Guardsman's last chance at redemption.
The Guardsman had to keep up the facade of a coward and traitor and side with the enemy now that it looked like the Imperial side was going to lose. Even the other PCs didn't know, we had my guy do a sessions where he betrayed the team and everything and I took control of a new character. Then, on the final session, he was critical in freeing the rest of the team (they were all about to be executed) so they could kill the BBG and save the day.
Best campaign ever.
>>48075366
Okay. He's a homeless hobgoblin brawler who lost his home and entire tribe when they fucked up digging a tunnel while he was up on the surface on guard duty. Entire cave came down and he came home to a pile of rubble. He ended up living in a small city on the streets and his only friends were an overly friendly priest of Desna who gave him food in exchange for listening to his sermons and an assassin/courtesan who let him sleep out in front of his manor. He ended up following the priest when he told him about a call for adventurers that paid well and they encountered the courtesan on the road, along with an unwilling tiefling that the priest kept trying to convert, forming one of the most dysfunctional parties ever. After encountering a cyborg and admiring how sturdy and hard to kill it was, he has contracted a local wizard/scientist to graft the pillaged arm and leg on to him so that he can become a stronger fighter.
He is currently the grumpiest, ugliest, smelliest little bastard these people have ever met, and he never bothers to remember names, referring to people by some sort of easy to remember nickname (Sparkles, Horns, Pretty Boy, etc.), and yet he finds himself developing a soft spot for them, though he'll never admit it. He enjoys eating absolutely disgusting things and befriending other smelly, awful creatures, much to the chagrin of everyone else involved, and seems to have developed a natural immunity to anything that should otherwise make him ill, intoxicated or poisoned, which utterly bewilders his fellow adventurers.
Eye Witness Description of the Kel-Dor,
Yes, I saw him, he was playing ja'bast with a few of the locals, he was winning a tidy sum too. I was watching, he won the last four hands and people weren't happy about it. He was pretty tall, taller than your average Corelian that's for sure, not really braod across the shoulders or chest though. His face had all these parts on, I got told they can't breath our air so they were a mask to cover it up, didn't seem to hold him back. His hands were quick with the cards and chips, but I didn't see them do anything they shouldn't of. Saw the other guys did, flipping cards and bending their corners to win back some of their credits He was dressed normally enough but what I did see he had skin that looked like leather, dark orange color. I'll tell you this, he was fracking quick, they all sprang at once and accused him of cheating like it was planned. The Kel-Dor didn't think twice, flipped the table, pulled his blaster and shot one point-blank in the leg and was out before anybody could think. Left with the credits too, straight out the door running down that way.
She's the second daughter and fifth child of a southern duke, from a land that is essentially a blend of Arthurian legend and Game of Thrones. Like many noble children too far down the line to conceivably inherit, she took up knightly training in the hopes of one day questing for her family's lost heirlooms.
After a love affair with the heir of a rival house was discovered by her brother, she was forced to kill said brother in a duel. Fortunately the exact circumstance of the brother's death was never discovered.
She knew that every day she spent in her homeland was another day that their love might be discovered, so to keep her love out of danger, she took up the green cloak of a questing knight and exiled herself. Now she wanders the land with a heavy heart, rooting out evil and injustice where she can.
>>48075366
A normally reclusive wizard who recently discovered the world is going to be facing a coming plague.
Sadly his research is currently being stifled by false claims of racism and genocide compounded by a jealous as piss colleague(a fucking sorc who uses retard-tier philosophy, google sphinx from that one super hero movie for more info).
Now the worlds fate rests on an idiots shoulders who is in no way up to the task despite all eyes being on him and i'm literally his, and the worlds, only hope and it's just eating him up inside that he'll eventually have to break down and ask me for help and i WILL make him beg and say please.
Bonus: he hates my guts OC first and foremost and a similar scenario ran it's course recently where i did, of course, make him publicly beg and say please before i helped so this is all just icing on the cake.
If you're reading this brad, you now know whats coming.
Really preemptive diviner. Tries to cover every corner of every plan, tending to take time up just casting spells and acquiring as much information as possible.
I see this as a counter to the person who stepped in as DM, as he tries to make all these elaborate/obnoxious scenarios and give us no way of learning his inane homebrew, so why not use a class that can know what's happening around every corner and what all his special snowflake NPCs have in mind.
Don't we have a general thread for this? I thought we did?
>>48081437
Bug City is what remains of Chicago, in Shadowrun.
A bunch of bug spirits came in and fucked things up, and now a quarantine is in place.
My character was hired out to defend the wall against anyone trying to break quarantine, and as such, has a bunch of neuroses based on bugs, explosions, and Ares tech.
Make a female paladin. Super high CON, but kind of stupid. Tank everything while my team does the damage. Such is life, but she can never hit anything. Only rolls 20s on stuff that doesnt matter.
>Female paladin
>Meatshield
>Not bright
>Always misses everything
TFW I almost made Darkness from Konosuba
>>48075366
Imagine a young nobleman in a Catholic province. His family earned their wealth by perfecting the process of making exceptional leather in mass quantities, by using acid steam to scour and soften the hides.
This young man had it all: money, naturally, but looks and intelligence, too. When galas and balls were held, he would walk out with a different beautiful woman each time. His schooling was seen to by tutors both intellectual and military, and his friends more like sycophants or roadies: around him so that some of his scraps might fall into their hands.
His parents had high hopes that he would be brought into the Azur Arbiters, the most prestigious military group around. Until then, he ran their leather factory, though his lackadaisical attitude towards work meant he was seldom there.
Then the accident. The acid steam they used required a large amount of specific water to be brought in by trade caravan. Unbeknownst to everyone, that fated shipment contained a slumbering water elemental, who found being boiled alive in a suddenly acidic solution very uncomfortable. The young man, actually at the factory for a cursory inspection of the pipes, received a report that the #3 vat was shaking and making unholy noises, and, curious as he was, he went to inspect. One of the pipes from the vat burst mere feet from him, bathing the front of his upper body in scalding acid mist laced with pure magical energy. The damage to his body was horrific in the extreme. All flesh from his chest up had run like candle wax, where it hadn't sloughed off completely, his eyelids were gone, though their sacrifice saved his eyes. His nose had likewise been obliterated, and the rest of his face became a patchwork of scars.
>cont.
Actually feels cathartic to write it all down like this.
Also, >>48081437 and >>48077377 anon, let's hear your character, if you don't mind sharing.
I'm playing a warforged juggernaut named Tombstone. He was built by a blacksmith who made some magic connections in his lifetime and decided he wanted to create something impressive before he died. So he decided to build a living epitaph who would guard his grave and tell his life story to anyone who came by.
After 120 years of no one coming by to ask on account of the giant menacing looking living statue, he forgot most of the speech he's supposed to recite. He also got bored. So when the party came by and recruited him, he saw it as an opportunity to see the world and tell more people the one or two factoids about his creator that he remembers.
The party named him when they asked what he was supposed to be. "I am a tombstone."
>>48083252
Thats fucking awesome dude. I am a man who loves his robo-companions. Any particularly cool shit he's done?
Superhero game, she's basically Doomsday but female. Wasn't intentional, and she wasn't supposed to be a villain, but things went badly to say the least.
>>48083147
The fame, sycophants, women - everything he had taken for granted - gone, like that. In it's place, he was shunned, no longer invited to any events of social import. So he hid himself away, behind a mask, and behind closed doors.
And he started to study proscribed knowledge, looking for a way to undo the damage done to him, no matter the cost. Satanism. The Lilium Faith. Writings of madmen, heretics, and heathens. It wasn't long before he put some of his money towards finding a tutor well-versed in the mystic arts.
And he found one: a man claiming to be no less than a Wizard, who took the young man under his wing, and told him something amazing. The young man had the Gift of Magic, probably from the accident, and that he could teach him how to harness it, and maybe, just maybe, he would be able to learn a spell to restore himself to the handsome rogue he had been.
Years went by, and the young man devoured whatever knowledge his incredibly gifted tutor handed him. And the tutor, seeing his pupil so readily accepting of every occult secret and mystic theorem, began to offer the student something else: power. Over people, over the elements. He spoke of an ancient empire, ruled by wizards, where those without powers were enslaved, and those with were like unto gods. And he spoke of an organization, an order, who sought to bring that magocratic utopia back in this day and age. But while the young man learned of this, he didn't agree with his teacher's philosophy.
After all, wasn't hubris the empire's downfall, much less his own? No good could come of forcing people to bow down to magical might, only ruin. Only fear, loathing, rebellion, and death awaited those who would do so, he countered. And the advance of magic, of science, of knowledge itself, would be stifled by fear, by superstition, by hate.
>cont. again.Going a little overboard, feels like, but enjoying it.
>>48081437
>>>48079274 (You)
>Why'd she get along so well with her hijackers?
They boarded the ship while docked for supplies and ended up firing off a volly of missiles into the hanger since my junkers control panel wasn't labeled and was designed by a mad Aussie, Shila noticed they seemed to be trying to get away from the place in a hurry and since her ship had just blown up several other ships and a hanger Shila had no choice but to steal her supplies and dash back to her ship, while fleeing the "Captain" soon found himself on the end of a Chazzwozzer special during his attempts at seducing my character into helping them.
The Special consists of a lot of sexual flirting and some touching followed by a steel plated boot to the bollocks, needless to say rolling a nat 20 on a kick to the erect penis deals a lot of damage, captain ended up paying me basically all their money not to kick them off my ship, then after the second battering ram incident that totaled my ship the captain promised to acquire a new one for me, which he never follow through with in the end.
But after multiple life saves back and forth despite how they met the crew came together quite well, until one player was moving away so the DM revieled a twist early that his character "engineer" was actually a member of the space imperials tasked with catching us, his plan was to fuck with my ship leading to the whole asteroid issue where I had to special the main controls to disengane the autopilot planting my ship directly in the side of a pirate ship.
Later his character came back as an NPC to which he was promptly sublight speed rammed with a large pirate ship, his player laughed when we told him how he ended up dying since he had moved by that point.
Melika Akmadžić, who commanded the mech Allah's Brofist for the BiH Republic during the Adriatic Wars alongside pilot Katja Lukjanova and loader Envera Selimović.
She was born in Banja Luka to Abid and Nela Akmadžić, but Abid - a photographer - couldn't find work, fell into a deep depression, left Nela, and promptly drank himself to death.
Nela took raising her daughter seriously. She gave her a sturdy education, and an even sturdier moral compass. Maybe too sturdy, in fact, because Melika got expelled from her high school for using a letter opener to threaten a bully who was beating up Katja, who was then just a sickly young immigrant from Slovenia.
She studied mathematics at the University of Sarajevo for a while before dropping out to join the BiH Armed Forces with Katja on the eve of the Adriatic Wars. Together, they were grouped with their loader Envera and assigned a shitty third-hand M-4AŽN, which they named Allah's Brofist.
They earned distinction during the long and arduous campaign to break the Siege of Prijedor, but shortly afterwards, their mech was disabled by a long-range anti-mech missile. Since nations in this setting are only nominal entities, the mega corp that actually owned their mech repossessed both it and their contracts.
A few years later, they're nearly done working off their contract, but now one of the other mega corporations decided to declare Actual War on everyone else, nominally to restore power to nations, but without any discernible plans to do so. Melika and her crew are unimpressed, and are mostly just tired of hearing everyone go on about how this whole war thing is somehow new and unusual.
>>48077965
Nice. One of my friends runs silly one shots from time to time, so I might have to steal this idea.
>>48081873
Damn man, you're not kidding. It sounds like your GM must've been pretty proactive in setting all this up too.
>>48083284
Thanks! He's a dim guy so most of the fun stuff he does are really the little things.
>he went to a town jail, saw it was empty, asked the jailer if he could take the bars and used his 20 Str and a nat20 to pull out the bars and use them as weapons
>we went to one characters home town where part of a rite of passage is getting your own fairy, Ocarina of Time style. Tombstone wanted to help so he spent the entire night stalking and catching fairies with his hands and just holding onto them until everyone woke up. The fairy was fine, but it was unhappy
>tombstone had his one good idea when he carried around a treasure chest he found and occasionally uses it to hide other PCs inside for Trojan Horse situations
>a PC was critically injured and him and Tombstone were alone. So he carried him toward the nearest group of people he saw, which was the middle of a battlefield
The game hasn't been going on very long and our new DM hasn't given us a whole lot to do since every session we just arrive in an identical town with no adventures in between, so that's really it.
He's dealt and tanked about 90% of all the party's damage so he's been helpful in fights.
>>48083430
Anon, i'm no professional drawfriend or anything, but if you tell me what he looks like, i'd love to draw these as stories. Mostly because that's fucking adorable.
>>48075366
My favorite character I ever made was a Wizzard (yes misspelled) that had great magical ability but 0 magical skill, all his spells backfired with varing degrees based on my rolls except if the spell rolled 18, 19 or 20 (back firing spells were my idea to get the dm to give me an extra slot and bonus magic)
His birth name was "I aint that ugly shits father" but went by the name Richard for simplicity.
Only spell he ever ever naturally 20'd on was from a book the dm made up which was a cross between the necronomicon, satans bible and the mad ramblings of an old sage he called the book of "fuck your shit up" I as the parties only high int wizard was tasked with decrypting the book, upon reading a spell the dm asked my to roll to which I had a 20 meaning that with my boosted magic, plus my magic buffs from items and my 20 roll I perfectly cast a spell whose outcome was based on a 6 sided dice.
>1. Nothing much happened
>2. the crypt we were in began to crumble around us.
>3. not 100% but I think it had something to do with lots of gold and bats.
>4. summon an elder god and turn 2/3 of the population into shambling dead.
>5. cause a 1000 year drought in the region that destroyed all food supplies for 50 miles
>6. get buffed to the eyeballs and gain new weapons armor etc
Guess which I happened to rollyup you guessed it I rolled 4
the outburst of magic disintigrated my characted leaving behind only his shoes, a single sock and his hat.
>>48075366
I'm playing a Half-Orc paladin named Cadeyrn Gottschalk. Believe it or not, not a rape baby - he was born thanks to a diplomatic marriage between the daughter of an Orc chieftain and one of the leading men of a trading city. He joined the city militia, but while in combat found himself constantly fighting the desire to kill even when the enemy surrendered, to revert to Orcish savagery. This, he realized, was the voice of Gruumsh, telling him to kill without reason for the sake of killing.
Deciding that he had to do something about that stupid call of Gruumsh, he decided to counter it by turning to Heironeous, by whose Code he directed his skill at violence. Half-Orcs are prone to strong emotion, and religious zeal is no exception. One day, beside a fallen comrade on the field of battle, he heard the voice of a god again - but this time, it said to heal.
So he did.
Now somewhat experienced as a paladin of Heironeous, Cadeyrn's past as a soldier reveals itself in a somewhat morbid sense of humor, but also in an unwavering obedience to duty. He's blunt and direct in the extreme, which can become outright rudeness at times. He is very honorable and honest, and genuinely eager to do good, even if it's unappreciated. However, he can be quick to judge, especially towards those who choose to reject civilization in favor of what he considers "savagery."
>>48083338
He left his tutor on less than friendly terms, with the latter promising that he would come around "one way or another." Returning home, he found himself no longer caring what the moneyed elite thought of his disfigurement, and invested himself in his factory and some charitable efforts publicly, while studying the occult privately. time passed, and the man was no longer young, but in his middle years, when word came of something strange. One of the families that supplied the cattle for the leather factory, had a son who was seemingly cursed. Metallic objects had a way of launching themselves through walls, trees, rocks, and the odd unfortunate animal or two, and they were looking to get him "treated." Having had pleasant relations with this family before, and curious as to the boy's "affliction" he offered to take on the boy as an apprentice and help him either defeat or at least control this "curse."
The boy, more a young man, turned out to be willing to learn, though he had the attention span of a cat. He and the young man became fast friends, and he taught the young man what he could about iron and leather working, while studying the "curse" "afflicting" the lad.
Turned out that the curse was no such thing. The young fellow was simply another gifted individual, in a sense. Not a wizard, but a Mentalist, a psychic, who affected the world with his mind. Further study revealed that the "accidents" were just the latent powers coming into full: the lad wielded electromagnetism the way the man wielded magic.
With a few years' time and not-inconsiderable effort, they were able to get the young man, Tomah(occasionally referred to as "Jitters" due to his near non-existent attention span), to control his powers fully.
One day, as they walked the capital, they encountered Azur Arbiters harassing a young, blue-haired woman. And the campaign started there.
>One last cont. for good measure.
>>48075366
There was once a character I made when I started out called Simon Riverwood I rolled perfect in all but three stats.
>Wisdom was below average
>Speed was average
>Int 0
Stats like strength and defense = 20 but that int meant that I was basically an unstopable meat tank doing nothing more than soaking up damage and walking through traps, all points I dumped into def, strength and life through his entire run, and ended up retiring him when he settled down with his golem wife after 2 years by which time his name had changed to Simple Simon
>>48083478
You're good people, anon.
Here's the WIP portrait of him that my friend never finished. He's like 8 feet tall and built like a tank. He's also been wearing a golden jewel encrusted codpiece a party member bought him, and a big purple cape because tombstone likes to accessorize.
>>48083579
Final bit.
Since then, Dario, now a GMPC, has:
Died by being crushed by a Dragon made of Holy energy
Been resurrected by a Dragon made of Unholy energy
Been dismembered and tortured twice
Managed to regain his former good looks
Learned more than he ever thought possible about the occult.
Been accidentally shot by Tomah twice
Survived decapitation twice
Made enchanted items for his friends, 50% of which have not accidentally boom.
Rode several airships, two of which weren't attacked by fucking dragons.
Fallen for a much, much (~5000years) older woman
Been rebuffed by said older woman
Had a sit-down chat with THREE Unholy Dragons, and befriend one of them
Found out he's got an elf soul.
Discovered that necromancers have too much free time
had an assassin try to kill him at least once a day for the past year
Trounced his tutor's cockstain of a son, and put him to work in an interdimensional bar.
Found out there was an interdimensional bar.
Gotten drunk with two gods in the interdimensional bar
Been ranked on by an Unholy Dragon and Skyla(the blue haird girl) for reasons he wishes they would drop already. He wasn't even in the wrong.
Met the Child Empress
And a lot more. Been a hell of a two year game so far. Looking forward to more fun with my crazy players.
>>48075366
Colm Winters. He's a skeleton wreathed in pale fire who is oathbound to serve as a butler, bodyguard and coach driver to another PC, a young noble who has been cast out into the world (Read: Exiled) by his family and told to make something of himself or never show his face again.
He's loyal to a fault and possessed of a strong sense of justice which he is trying to impart on the young lord, and tends to act as an adviser to his liege. Of secondary importance to him is finding out who he was in life and why he ended up bound in such a fashion, though every step closer to this goal he gets, the more he worries that he won't like what the answer is, and he has considered ceasing the search entirely since he is reasonably satisfied with his unlife as it is. He has a very dry sense of humour, converses in a generally well-spoken monotone, and mostly keeps his feelings to himself, believing that it is a servant's duty to carry his lord's emotional burdens, not add onto them with his own. He attempts to be supportive of his master, but often comes off as overly cold when a gentler approach would be necessary.
He tries to avoid confrontation and won't react to taunts or mockery against himself, and even if attacked he will usually only defend himself. However, should he feel as though his liege's honour has been deeply impinged on, or worse, somebody has actively threatened the young lord, he will swiftly resort to violence until the offender has been neutralised.
In combat, he mostly acts as a damage sponge and enemy magnet, using an MMA-like unarmed combat style, with exaggerated motions that throw fire beyond his reach.
>>48075366
Half-Orc Bard with Busker Archetype in a semi-homebrew setting. Former circus "performer"/sideshow attraction (He was a slave for lack of a term) for the nobility until the other performers had enough of their shit and staged a revolt, torching the mansion where their Ringmaster set up shop.
Taking the name of Slegg (and using a knife to administer a rather quick haircut), he made a name for himself in a simple fisherman's port 2 years later as a local strongman. The kids love'em and most of the people don't mind his company, considering he doesn't make a nuisance of himself and only worries about whatever's left at the Inn if the locals haven't cleared our its food stores for the week.
In his third year as a Busker, the village came under attack by a horde of skeletons. He wound up helping similar folk take the fight to the undead. He's wondering what the Gods have planned for him, as the dwarf Paladin has had nothing BUT bad history with orcs, and the two elves (Druid and Rogue) want to know WHY they have to come with...
...On the bright side, warm food and a bed to his own? Sign'em up, he's in.
>>48075366
Augustus Vorenus
Lawful Good, Paladin of Tyr
Despite being noble born, he considered himself the equal of the common folk, and sought to be seen as a hero of the people. He was also big on respect, not only for his position, but for anyone, without regard of their lot in life. Needless to say he was a pretty shitty noble, which is why he ended up giving up most of his possessions and taking up the life of a Paladin.
Sadly, his life was cut short when the campaign died after the first session. I should re-use him some time if I can ever get another game going.
a space hobbit with the moral compass of the dice roll.
we use it as a story tool from time to time,
when said hobbit gets an instruction. we roll the dice.
heres an actual instance
"could you get rid of these children? they are in the way/danger"
we rolled a nat one.
she quickly just shoots the kids.
"No Hobbit! you killed one of them that's bad!"
"i what?" she asks, shooting another two.
in the end the party still progressed, but everybody felt creeped out by the still cheery space midget.
also prone to being highly inappropriate at times.
when someone was in the med bay they asked what she was doing she simply said.
"I am going to Glaze you like a danish."
>>48086002
Sounds absolutely cancerous
>>48075366
People tend not to give two shits about ego filled blog posts so let me give a summary:
>"I got sucker punched in my fucking midget eyeball by an Infectious Space Toad so hard I contracted magic and wound up a Tranny"Sounds like the title to a fucking Doujin
Basically that's what happened. I'm playing a Halfling Archeologist/Con Artist that ended up finding a Slaadi artifact orb and all it did was open a portal for a fucker to punch me in the eye, knocking me the fuck out and giving me the Slaad Phage. Then the portal immediately vanished and the orb lost all extra-planar properties.
Woke up the next day, saw a cleric and got it healed up. But by then it already took a good hold of the right side of my face and was fucking with my head. Eventually ended up croaking some words when I tried to talk and burnt down the dig-site's medical pavilion.
Ended up figuring out I became a Wild Magic Sorcerer, which is fine and dandy, until the Slaad-like shapeshifter urges set in, not knowing these strange feelings.
So now I found myself coping dressing up as a Barmaid, casting an extended alter self and get fucking shmammered, indulging in chronic alcoholism around men.
Come what may.
>>48075366
High elf AC tank. Eldritch knight archetype. He left home as a very young elf too find out about the world he only read in books (he literally grew up under a mountain, very drow-y but not exactly incredibly evil). He was captured by family enemies and sold into slavery. I'm sure /tg/ knows what happens to elves in slavery so we will skip the nasty parts.
He was free'd by a mercenary hired to assassinate his master and the mercenary took him in.
50 years of warfare has turned the young elf boy into a hardened fighter with some heavy psychological problems (rolled for it, his flaw is PTSD from all the conflicts).
At the very moment he is a level 11 fighter with some homebrew equipment.
Standard sword and board fighter with a little bit of magic thrown in.
RP wise he is a happy go lucky guy who's shenanigans are epic, he has nightterrors that destroy him. There are times my gm decides to make me secretly roll wisdom save or subtly panic out.
This too much for you guys or should I go kill myself for my snowflake character?
>>48086121
Excuse me, I was inspired for a second
>>48075366
if I had a group to play with I would run a dual wielding genasi hexblade. A dualist sworn to a djinn distantly related to the elemental who sired her. She fights for fame and to prove herself worthy of the pact.
Or an evil dwarf cannibal monk. The kind to beat things near to death and then eat their heart. May or may not serve some kind of gluttony demon.
if I could play DH or the like I'd also consider the biomancer criminal. Who masquerades as a medic, uses their power to get by and also eats people in order to sustain the shapeshifting that lets it stay ahead of imperial retribution
>imperial cleric
>gets shot in the face twice on first initiative step on the first turn, in first combat, in the first session
>managed to throw a fire bomb at the same time
>thus began her tradition to for doing and taking the most damage in the group
>then she got hit by her own grenade
>suicide bombed a witch coven and survived
>encountered orphaned girl in a mine at abandonden slave camp
>girl runs further into the mine
>don't bring the girl partially out of lack of time to chase her through a labyrinthine mine
>what we're about to go do isn't for kids anyway
>got mauled by a daemonette summoned by said witch coven
>gets righteous fury two turns in a row somehow and asplodes the daemonettes head in single combat with trusty hammer
>fullscale chaos planet fall and planet is exterminatussed
>regrets not bringing the girl
>investigating an adeptus biologis station that has gone silent
>gets covered in gretchin
>gets shot by cultists
>gets mauled by a genestealer
>gets mauled by an ork nob
>gets sandwiched between nob and genestealer
>somehow get nob to kill genestealer instead
>after genestealer dies gets a good hit on the nob dealing shot loads of damage and put the nob 1 wound from death
>get pinned by nob and gets skull crushed
>cybernetic resurrection
>proceeds to hammer/chainsword/chain axe the beefiest fuckers to death and usually just one hit from going into critical damage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_AkU8wJ1ZA
>>48075366
Current character is for Numenera.
Decker Varlulv is a mostly amoral mercenary who is in between contracts right now. Somewhere along the way, He decided that using weapons and wearing armor isn't as much fun when stalking a target, so he doesn't use them. He is terrible at hiding his emotions. If he thinks something is funny, he laughs. If something makes him mad, he punches it. as you can imagine, this makes him terrible at doing anything remotely social. What makes this character adventurer material is the Wrath spirit that takes over his body on occasion. when this happens, he goes full RIP AND TEAR on whatever happens to be close to him. Lately, he has been able to force his will over manifesting it, but he still has no control over it. Our caster has a shiny new arm because she got too close to the wrath spirit one one occasion. At the end of the last session, He lost all his equipment and ended up leading the majority of the town in a Benny Hill chase scene. Hell, he doesn't have pants anymore, or the macguffin sword we got early in the game.
Pic related, it's what the Wrath Spirit looks like.he's a Rugged Glaive who Howls at the Moon, for anyone who has actually played the Cypher/Numenera system
>>48083252
I want to play a Warforged, but I don't have a group, and recently moved. Is there a good way to meet people interested in gaming?
First character of mine is a petite little gothic punk girl who got involved with occult stuff as a way of saying "Fuck you mom!" after her father died, now she's in her early 20's is working a dead end job, got contacted by a shady corporation who makes her go on missions to retrieve nerve gas from criminals andthen she finds the not!-necronomicon
My other character is a tiny little lawful good paladin girl, who's young, naive and far from patient, she has a habit of getting frustrated and flipping the table as it were when things get in gear.
>>48081529
I've wanted to play 'dude fused with elemental' for a while. I think it's a fun idea.
>>48081873
10/10 story
>>48082011
Please tell me his name has at least three Ks in it.
>>48082156
Pity about the mask; he seems like the sort of character who'd smoke fine cigars any time he felt he could relax.
>>48082172
Hope she gets a happy ending. I always dig the wandering knight archetypeand dame-knights
>>48082345
>>48082452
I feel like your time might be better spent trying to find a group you get along with more.
>>48082606
If there is, I've never seen it.
>>48083014
Sounds fun to play.
>>48083147
Literally Catholic? That'd bother me just a little, having something so normal in a fantastic world. Great story to read, though. If only we could all have campaigns so fulfilling. And sure, I'll work on getting something typed up after this post.
>>48083252
Do you have the speech he was supposed to give written down anywhere?
>>48083329
Things not going as planned is part of the fun of RPGs.
>>48083415
What system do you use? Working together to pilot a mech is kind of unusual.
>>48083504
RIP Rincewind. That setup seems a little unlucky, though; I'd have thrown in more obviously positive stuff to the spell result roll. Where did the campaign go from there?
>>48083540
That's a pretty well-put-together backstory. Little suboptimal mechanically for DnD, but that's only an issue if the GM makes it one.
>>48083638
I'm picturing that guy from The Princess Bride. Been forever since I've seen it, can't remember his name.
>>48084034
Skeleton butler. I love it. But then, I'm the kind of guy who usually portrays necromancers as neutral instead of evil...
>>48085922
Seems like the pretty chill sort to me. ...I was about to ask if he had a curly mustache, when I realized that I've never seen an orc (half or otherwise) with facial hair. Weird.
>>48085964
I hope you do.
>>48086002
Kind of dumb IMO, but if the group's okay with it, it's fine.
>>48076953
It's spelled Seamus. Goddamn americans
>>48086121
A character I'd hesitate to play in most groups, but certainly an interesting one. Also,
>incase
>>48086236
People who whine about snowflakes aren't worth worrying about unless they're in your playgroup.
>>48086748
Have you tried looking for a group online?
>>48086976
I'm amazed that she took so long to not-die.
>>48087219
Getting new pants should probably be a pretty high priority.
>>48088113
Local, try a posting at your FLGS. Online, check out the game finder thread here on /tg/.
>>48088317
That paladin is gonna meet with a dread fate if she doesn't rein in her temper a little. Or your group could be like mine and the sessions wind up 20% actual adventuring and 80% slice-of-life shenanigans.
Should I share my Dawn Caste or mymildly magical-realmykitsune sorceress? I've got a Rogue Trader, too, but that game's still young and she's not well-developed beyond "loves fashion, has a stupidly long name as a joke".
Malkavian dentist, amazing at fixing teeth, only works at night, and very active in the vampiric political scene. Only one left from a game that started in the Dark Ages originally, may or may not have diablerizing a former friend or two.
The game is less about being the dinky little vampire mucking about and being in control of the city.
>>48088506
My paladin tries her best to be calm, she's been able to keep it mostly in check. Of course during fights it goes right out the window and she ends up throwing people around like ragdolls.
I had to retire this character recently, but he was a complete blast. One of the most complicated and interesting characters I've ever had the fortune to play.
Vampire the Requiem 2E. A Gangrel ex-Bruja-gang Carthian Movement member who styles himself an 80s action hero, regularly delivering one liners in that hardboiled gravel voice Clint Eastwood, Bruce Willis et. al have made popular. Wears his aviator shades at night. He ditched the gang due to a moral crisis - he'd stuck with it a couple of years because he was swept up in the supernatural adrenaline rush of sating your beast in an invincible murder group, but he started to see all of the blood on his hands and it gave him cold feet.
Ultimately he hooked up with the Movement in order to give himself a purpose, and the extreme ideologies present there appealed to his sense of rebelliousness and dissatisfaction with authority. While there, during play, he met a dual-covenant Lance/Carthian straight out of the French Revolution that gave him a devout faith in the Testament of Longinus and helped set him on the path to engineering vampiric social upheaval. After a solid year of nonstop intrigue and politicking, they and their allies managed to overthrow what they saw as the corrupt Invictus establishment and install a Carthian Experiment based on supposedly democratic ideals.
But it was not to last. This character's smugness, his supreme confidence in his own abilities and his singular belief in his own self-righteousness (you could call it a pathology that he NEEDED to have the moral high ground), led to his downfall. He had subjugated or otherwise left the local Gangrel clan to its own devices, never fully dealing with the facts that they had all become Invictus pawns or card carrying members. In one night, and with the help of an incredibly powerful sorcerer, they ambushed him as a complete group. He went down swinging.
So he was born after his noble father from a washed-up, good-for-nothing house traveled the realm killing dudes and finally got around to knocking up this elf merchant's daughter. Daddy takes off (presumably to kill more dudes and knock up more chicks) and Player McCharacter gets raised by elf mother and shady elf merchant grandfather. Player McCharacter falls for QT Von Princess of the Elven House Too-Good-For-You when he gets older, and that shit gets shut down so hard he gets politely but firmly kicked out of the realm.
Thanks to the connections of his shady elf merchant grandfather, Player McCharacter gets raised up to manhood by those wacky Bane-worshipping Zhentarim Superfascists in exile.
Now he's a big guy.
>>48076953
How's playing a monk in Fathpinder gone?
>>48075451
Sometimes dragons gotta die. Even dragons know that. Maybe PARENT taught her about abusive, dickhead monster tyrants and she's just doing the right thing.
>>48077488
I thought about it once, but I picked PALADIN instead.
>>48077391
What sort of dangers does he face?
>>48078292
>>48078343
>>48078462
Could be worse. Why no Book of Nine Swords, though?
Ayn Rand robot lady with a big dick
>>48078444
>I'm going to start changing the flyers to show the big scary Orc next to the rogue, and then at some point have the Orc be in the same caption as the Orc, to get people normalized to the idea of them being together. I'm also going to start changing my little erotic fictions I'm selling to nobles to include Orc/human scenes.
>>48078704
>"The Juice did this."
>>48079170
This is dope
>>48088949
Was is chosen from the bucket?
>>48088981
it was chosen by my dick's desire to be teased
>>48077016
that's actually a pretty cool concept
>>48088957
>interracial only means white woman/black man
Undead paladin who came back from the dead to fulfill his oath to defeat an evil and all-powerful lich that killed him.
Started his quest as a single-minded machine, but saw the problems of the world around him and stops frequently to help the needy everytime he can while keeping his undeadeness hidden.
Hating himself and all undead with a passion, he just wanted to earn his rest and be done with it, bur recent interaction with the party has started changing his mind, making himself question if his cause is worth living for, other than diying for it.
Basically, he wants to live, not unlive
He really shouldn't be the one to do this.
He's not a hero. We're not talking humility here - he really isn't. The only reason he joined the group is because he was bored, wasn't too bad with a crossbow, and figured hunting monsters would be a laugh. Then the group got roped into all sorts of shit, it got less "fun" and more "fighting for survival" and "saving the world" and it's far too late to stop.
He feels pretty bad about the whole thing. The others actually deserve all the titles and praise they get. They've got the skill of legend, hearts of gold and endless valour. He's got a lack of reservations and a repertoire of dirty tricks. He doesn't even have a calling, he'd be perfectly fine with leaving the whole thing to the others... if not for the fact something might go wrong, and then he'd feel guilty if he wasn't there to at least try to stop it. He may not care much for being a saviour, but he does care about the team.
He doesn't even look the part. He's got those generic bystander looks, that's why he wears the costume. Somehow that manages to fit in better, despite being ridiculous by normal standards.
>>48089010
In Sweden it does.
Wish I was kidding.
>>48075396
Well they'd have to be losers that read 4chan then
>>48088374
>Literally Catholic?
Ehh, Anima: Beyond Fantasy's Catholicism is a bit off.
Basic gist is Christ was actually a dude named Abel, who was the leader of a group of technomagical supersoldiers from an ancient empire called Solomon. These guys were pretty much an unstoppable force, and some groups known as the Powers in the Shadow wanted this shit to fucking stop now. So they send the Apostle Iscariot to bend the ear of one of Abel's top lieutenants, a man whose TRUE name is lost to history. Iscariot Tells him to betray Abel and hand him over to the Powers at the next battle so they can ghetto stomp his ass.
NOT AS PLANNED ensues when the traitor stabs Abel. Or more specifically, stabs Abel with Longinus, a weapon known as a Pillar of Souls.
A Pillar of Souls absorbs the Gnosis(Read: Divine energy, or how spiritually powerful you are, 0-15 are usually natural beings, 20-25 are spirits, elementals, 35 are high elementals, 40 are demigods, 45 are gods, and 50 are the gods that the other gods serve)of a being, and pools the power in itself and it's wielder. Kill enough low Gnosis things, you can start actually killing bigger ones. Eventually, you can take down gods.
Pillars of Souls were made by a SUPER SECRET organization known as Imperium, run by a turbo-Naytheist named Barnabus. Barnabus believed that in order to acheive ultimate HFY, he must kill those that interfere in humanity. Namely, Gods and the Fates. So he makes these Pillars, and tosses them out of his starship's airlock onto the world for people to pick up and use. Because why use up his precious supersoldiers(made with Old God DNA), when the sheeple down below could do that job for him.
Anyhoo, Abel buys it bigtime, his lieutenant becomes MegaSatan and gets sealed away, Solomon falls, time passes, and the Catholic church starts up, claiming Abel was the Messiah.
>cont a bit.
>>48077988I think it's the capital s
[Spoiler] spoil?
>>48089881
Otherwise, Catholic Church is crusades-era, so the usual DEUS VULT, purge the pagans, magic is EVIL, etc. They used to have the run of the empire, and most people are still Catholic, but the Child Empress alienated a few provinces, and most of the church, when she decreed other religions as "welcome" in the empire.
Dario lived in one of the provinces that seceded before the campaign actually started. He was always a more "Love thy neighbor" type, though, especially after the accident. And we pretty much immediately left that place in the first session. So now he's put down roots in a province called Lucrecio, which is run by the former blood-heir to the throne, Lucanor Giovanni(who was booted from the running for being forced to kill his fatherJust as Planned). Lucrecio is very progressive, both religion- and tech-wise, so Dario's acclimated well to his new home.
Also, glad you enjoyed the backstory. It's the actual explanation for how Dario and Tomah met, back when Skyla's player was the GM(he handed the reigns to me after two sessions, as he couldn't come up with ideas).
>>48089776
Skitsnack
Badass sheep who hunts wolves
>>48089171
why did you cut of my arm?
>>48088374
I do have the speech, and he's learning more as he meets the blacksmith's descendants and friends.
He partially remembers the last line which is "Your greatest gift is your humanity" which was supposed to be directed at Tombstone. Instead all he remembers is "Your... Great... Uhhh... Human. You're great, human." So he's especially fond of any human characters and is besties with our human rogue who takes advantage of him daily. W
Wawindaji Mugdiga was part of a nomadic tribe from the desert country of Mumbrahhadeed (no idea how to spell it). He left his tribe after slaying a giant sand worm, and wanted to seek fame and glory. Shortly after leaving, he was enslaved and bought by 2 efreeti sisters, who tasked him and his party to find their lost brother in an ancient pyramid prison. Many shenanigans later, the party manages to escape and unknowingly brings about and helps the efreeti invasion into the material plane. Now he is known as a strong, stoic warrior that speaks softly, but is not afraid to kill those who stand in his way. He charges headfirst into battle, bolstering his allies with words of encouragement. He hopes that one day he can stop the efreet invasion he helped start, but as far as we know the campaign has stalled after about 2 years going due to the DM's work schedule changing.
Also he is blacker than Wesley Snipes and Charlie Murphy together.
>>48075366
She's a fire elemental who's trying to be the worlds greatest cook, heavily armored, wields an axe, throws fireballs. Right now we're all at Shutter Island/Hogwarts and I'm making friends and holding a job as the local towns Inn's Cook.
I'm playing a Conan ripoff so blatant that I'm using '82 Arnold as my character picture. Rogue|Barbarian. Feels good, man.
>>48090875
How many women have you laminated?
>>48091099
Laminated?
>>48091136
I think he wanted to say Lamented
As in the Lamentations of said women
Which is best in life
>>48091205
>>48091099
OK. Sadly, none yet. We've only had one, shakedown session so far. We killed a couple of undead boars and about a third of the players flaked out.
>>48091205
Don't you put words in my mouth.
>>48091267
So what did you mean?
>>48075366
First time being a player after months of DMing, my Stars Without Number character:
>Xenoarcheologist, Indy-type adventurer scientist
>had a cushy university job on a fairly advanced planet
>secretly studied Maltech (illegal shit like AI and superweapons)
>borrowed tons of money from the alien mafia to fund his research
>they came to collect
>he ran
>currently serves as navigator for a freighter
>has no experience, sits in front of the nav computer with the manual, captain has to do most of the work
>constantly trying to divert the ship to weird archeological sites he's heard about, tries to convince the party that if they find an artifact they'll all be set for life (and more importantly, he can pay off the mob)
>everyone puts up with his shit because, as the party face, he's the only person who can socialize in polite company
Overall, real fun to play.
>I'd post a pic, but I now realize my character art folder is rather lacking in sci-fi art
It's a work in progress. He's a Sin-Eater who devours other spirits and ethereal beings.
He's a British born WW1 pilot with Native American grandparents on his father's side (small, almost inconsequential detail).
His plane was shot down in German territory. Wounded, he crawled his way through wilderness until he came across a nondescript house owned by two German nationals, a mother and daughter. They nursed him back to relative health, just in time for some German soldiers to discover him and drag him off to a (very small) prison camp black site. Really it's just a remote spot where bored soldiers who don't see combat can go to fuck with prisoners.
While in captivity, he was beaten and starved along with his cell mate who spoke no English. Eventually his buddy succumbed to the rigors of torture, and my character was starving enough to get a few good bites out of him (thank you, freezing temperatures).
Following several more weeks or so of torture, my character executes a completely mundane escape plan, killing his only two guards but suffering a gunshot wound. He makes it out into the wilderness again for several hours before the blood loss and low temperatures finally put him down.
While dead, he is approached by an emaciated spirit. It doesn't speak, but it's intentions are clear. My character, driven to near insanity and desperate for survival, hastily agrees to the creature's bargain. He is brought back, exactly where he was: wounded and alone.
Over the next near-century, he wanders through country after country trying to satiate a supernatural hunger that is never truly relieved. His attitude has become very alien, considering the only thing human left to him is his body. He just wanders and eats.
I'm going to sprinkle a few instances where the geist revealed himself as hallucinations to the character throughout his life, so that it doesn't seem like he was just cursed randomly by some rogue spirit.
If you've been paying attention, he is a wendigo.
tfw there's all of these fantastic, larger-than-life characters and all I've got is just some dude.
My current(and so far, only)character is an IT guy in a local college town, hobbyist rallycross driver, and occasional tinkerer.
Unfortunately, he got dragged into an inter-planetary war when raging cockholes from space ripped extra-dimensional holes throughout the world and turned most of his hometown's population into mindless zombies.
So after murdering a couple of life-long friends and acquaintances, he and the party managed to get stuck in a city trapped in a dimensional "bubble." Also in the city: A pack of giant, invisible wolf-like creatures that could tear through steel like paper. He managed to kill one with a shopping cart.
Because :dimensional bubble:, when he and the party managed to stumble their way out of the city a couple of days later, about 9 months had passed, and the war we didn't even know had started was in full-swing.
So, he and the party got turned into a sort of special-tasks unit that almost exclusively dealt in our extraterrestrial enemy's magical bullshit. Since then he has joined up with a mystical pseudo-cult that also knows of the enemy's magical bullshit, gone to other planets, got lost in a dead alien city lost to time, andreleased a universe-destroying monster because it was being "contained" in a perpetual torture chamber, amongst other things.
And all he wanted to do with his life was drive cars really fast over dirt.
He's a Wood Elf, a Chaotic Good Paladin and is questing first to spread joy and harmony and second to earn a noble title so he can marry his love, who is a noble lady!
>>48088926
Being an agent of the Technocratic Union, his night to night brushes put him against the more violent Reality Deviants, such as Fomori, Banes and the like.
His other foes include his jealous assistants, his ex-wife, and corrupted higher ups.
Being the WoD, his greatest enemy is invariably himself. He's a narcissist who is incredibly broken when it comes to getting close to people. He hides his emotional trauma behind badass gadgets and mirrorshades.
>>48075366
4 foot tall half mouse girl with a dagger and super sneak skill
Pathfinder Half-Orc Lawful Evil bard.
Born to a powerful Orc mother and a similarly powerful human father, his parents died after a scheme to realize their potential went about 6 feet south. He has a sister he doesn't acknowledge all that much, as well as a few kids scattered in the world from previous marriages (he may or may not meet them some day) Now single, he is currently spending his time as a member of a small pirate crew, looking to realize his goal of ruling the country and sending the halfings back to where they came from.He started as a parody of Donald Trump, but has been slowly morphing into a hybrid between Trump and Starscream
>>48088506
Honestly, the pants are his least concern. He had a couple of small trinkets on him prior to the rampage and streaking, and there isn't an easy way to get them back at the moment. Besides, He's the only one who doesn't care that he's in the nude.
>>48081437
>You've got a decent character, though I've never been fond of from-another-world types.
Thanks! The from-another-world thing was our GM's idea.Shedoes it because there is a large gradient in terms of knowledge about the generic RPG settings among the players. Some know Faerûn like the back of their hand, others have never heared of it. I guess it'll be cool as soon as the campaign starts.
Semi-charmed backwoodsman cursed to always be at the center of disaster and blessed with enough luck to always get out of it. Wanted to get enough silver to retire someplace nice with his fiancee, but is starting to realize the simple life might not be available to him. Has a bloodhound, a rifle, and a slightly too large coat
>>48088374
Yeah, it's a fucking riot. The story is that i graduated bottom of my class, and because of that, the fucking magic tactical nuke that murdered all the paladins didnt touch me.
Well aint that some shit?
I've never had a chance to actually play her, but I've always wanted to:
An old black lady/ ex-Rogue who has maximum Charisma and Bluff skills and uses them to basically shame or cajole the monster of the hour. I call her Mama Roneck and she don't take no sass from any eldritch horror.
A Goblin who has become so good at hiding the party hasn't seen him since level 10, theyre 12 now.
The build is a chore to explain but he's functionally invisible but refuses magic items so wizards don't find him via detect magic.
As far as personality goes he's religious and worships the very idea of stealth in the form of lending creedence to any related entities which obscure or go unsern yet act upon the world. Wind, Darkness, germs and microbes to an extent.
His goal ultimately is to hide in more abstract ways, from death, disease, fate and anything else. He also has to meditate for a deep seated fear of hiding from himself and somehow falling out of existence.
Other than this dedication, he's functionally batman with gadgets and random bits of junk that come in handy. Erring on neutral good, tends to only steal as needed but has a knack for spying and trespassing when it's not needed due to his inclination to challenge the senses.
There's not supposed to be nat 20's for skills in Pathfinder but my dm had to houserule them in, my goblin being a reason. Without them, no one would ever detect my character.
>>48092804
That stealth bonus is 55+1d20 bee tee dubs.
>>48092709
There is literally a class in Pure Steam that talks at opponents and gives them non lethal damage. It's precisely how I see this character functioning.
>>48092952
Jesus fucking hell
If you don't end this campaign as the God of Stealth/Secrets I will be sorely disappointed
>>48093207
Well, in my mind, she does have some attacks - she's got a Bag of Holding in the shape of a purse that she's filled with horseshoes, bricks, and a kitchen sink that she can use to wallop back-talking monsters upside the head.
>>48088538
Dentist seems like a bit of an odd choice of career.
>>48088545
Does she worship the God of Defenestration?
>>48088670
He died as he lived: with his fist lodged in the guts of another man. Wait, that came out wrong.
>>48088881
Still gonna go after the girl?
>>48088949
Aw, someone else already made the bucket joke.
>>48089053
I'm guessing it's not a system where resurrection comes easily.
>>48089171
Sounds pretty heroic to me.
>>48089881
I really need to read Anima one of these days.
>>48090123
Is he named Rambo?
>>48090747
That seems like just a bit of a dick thing to say to someone who's supposed to hang out at your grave for eternity. Was Tombstone not supposed to do that?
>>48090806
RIP campaign. Hopefully you get things worked out to everyone's satisfaction.
>>48090868
What sorts of things does she cook?
>>48090875
Can't fault the classics.
>>48091445
Sounds like it's time for a visit to a character art thread. Top-tier inspiration, though, would adventure with.
>>48091671
Itchy. Tasty.
Has he realized what he's become, or is he not given to itnrospection?
>>48091742
Things got out of hand pretty quickly there. How does he cope?
>>48091811
Best of luck!
>>48092120
The fantasy game I co-run is gonna have a half-rat girl soon, falsely accused of murder and cursed ot be unable to speak the truth on the matter.The other PC is of a race cursed with dread allergy to rats. Rat-girl may or may not get huggy when her name is cleared.
>>48092418
There's something funny about a bard that leaves children behind as the result of failed marriages rather than as a result of fucking everything that moves.
>>48092523
Sounds like it's time for a quest of revenge against the one who cursed you.
>>48092709
Don't forget the rolling pins and frying pans.
>>48092804
How does he get paid? Just grab his share of the loot when no one is looking?
>>48075366
I've gone and made a true sociopath. Basically, I built a Warlock to be the face of the party all about subterfuge and deception. Prefers to talk his way out of things, but does more than hold his own in battle. Great Old One Pact, so he's got a heavy focus on mental combat and manipulation. Also addicted to devouring the memories and psyche of those with strong convictions or personalities. Very subtle, very calm, very collected. Basically, a competent villain, with no upper limits as to what they'll do.
>>48093222
I have plans to use him when I DM as either a villain or a hireable informant/assassin.
Other contingencies include non-detection, negate aroma with a climb speed and grappling hook to avoid tremor sense. I don't minmax but when I do, I roleplay the character God fucking damnit.
>>48093412
Sneak Gobbo oddly doesn't require a lot of loot since the lack of magic. He sometimes leaves notes written in cyphers for the party Wizard using a different language for every other word while grammatically shifting every other sentence. The party has taken to just leaving some gold aside.
>>48093412
>Things got out of hand pretty quickly there. How does he cope?
He takes solace in the fact that, as messed up as everything has gotten, nothing has been able to make him compromise how he sees himself as a person.
>>48093412
The last of the blacksmith's instructions to Tombstone that he's entirely forgotten was a message to him. "Your greatest gift is your humanity. I have faith you will change the world, not by my will but by your own. Should you ever wish to seek out something greater, I pray you find people and adventures worthy of you."
He doesn't dream, but sometimes when he's damaged and rendered inert or when he goes into standby, he sees the blacksmith mouthing the words to him.
>>48093412
>RIP Campaign
Yeah it sucks but that's life. 2 years of playing and we reached the halfway point apparantly. DM really goes above and beyond making the story, making new scenery and objects, painting and assembling minis, making journals and such. I miss it.
A male human figher, born the third son in a noble family and as such, was pushing into the military as an cavalry officer. On his first patrol he led his platoon in a valient charge in the wrong direction, as he had misread his map and refused to accept the wisdom of his lowborn sergeant on the matter, resulting in the death of all his men and his capture for ransom. The party rescued him by chance a month later. He has since learnt from the experience, and is less arrogant, but still fairly unbearable.
An excellent fencer from his time in a prestigious military academy, he is now slowly lear ing the the world doesn't fight following the rules of fencing, much to his chagrin.
A devastatingly good looking is charming to boot, if only he would learn to keep his damn foot out of his mouth.
His time spent travelling with the party has taught him that low born peasants have something to offer, but stil beleives they are his social inferiors. They put up with him, soley because he is actually quite good at killing things, defends the party, not because he like them but because honor demands it, and most likely because some of the more unscrupulous memebrs of the party thinks they'll get a reward/ransom if they return him to his lordly father.
>>48088506
Oh yeah, I was bored and was going to try to see if I pass off playing Blatant Fetish material in my group of "Progressive" friends. So far it's worked with flying colors.
You know, genderbending shortstacks and whatnot.
I'm basically using Incase as character art psuedo-mockingly because they don't know who that is.
But they really have been a useful asset to the party for Social Entourage, and wound up being suprisingly decent character(s) since I basically have to treat every different disguise as almost a different character to play off the Social scheming seamlessly.
All in all just being a tricky bastard in and out of the game.
Current character is an insane black mage.
During mage academy he got caught in an alchemical explosion which messed his head up. Now he thinks all dogs in the world are possessed by demons that are working together in a conspiracy to drag all living beeings into hell. Furthermore the explosion has made him into a devout follower of the human pantheon of good gods.
Because nobody believes him and everyone acts as if he is insane it has become his lifes goal to kill all dogs. Only problem is he is afraid of dogs and can barely go near them...
Now hes working on gaining power to somehow eradicate the dogs himself or find allies that believe him and help his cause.
Other than that hes quite a nice person who works to further the good in the world and thats why he is kept around. (also hes competent in doing mage stuff...)
Side note: Another character in group has a pet dog and there have been some funny scenes because of that. "You need to bring your dog to the temple so they can burn him at the stake! Don't you see that he is manipulating you?"
>>48093412
My wendigo fella has given up on any notions of being properly human again. I believe that it takes a lot of bad things to make a bad guy, so I was thinking of another instance that could really drive the point home. Like, while fasting in an attempt to hold onto his human morality, he (indirectly and accidentally) causes a commercial plane he's to crash, and he devours the innocent spirits of other passengers, most of whom are disoriented, scared, and unaware that they died.
I want the "my soul was corrupted by an eldritch hunger and now we're the same cursed entity" thing to be more than just a back story at that point in his life. Also looking forward to facing example of hope that me might be freed someday. Or at least die properly
>>48075634
How old is he now not counting the time he spent in suspended animation?
He's almost 2 meters tall, grumpy and always smells of fish, his back hurts (from having to carry his entire party through thick and thin) and he has a drug habit, yet he is happily married and has a stable job and comes from a well to do family.
Post-apocalyptic former bunker dweller from the Balkan region, on the run from former compatriots (due to the fact that she had second thoughts about the whole "people preserved from the pre-apocalypse should be our gods" thing), dragging her ten-year-old son along with her.
She joins up with a band of vagabonds because she needs passage across the Alps and doesn't have the money to pay for it herself. As a stealth specialist, she is subtly terrifying, and brings her mama bear personality into play fairly often.
>>48083415
What game? This sounds amazing.
In pathfinder, I've been playing a dwarf bard that belly dances to perform.
He is a typical dwarf. Big Bushy Beard, short, hairy, alcoholic, etc.
But he belly dances.
Also, High Intimidate
>>48093417
Why does he hang out with the party?
>>48094085
Does he have an opinion on wolves?
>>48094795
Why fish?
>>48094888
Where's she going? Just 'away from here'?
>>48094990
I'd certainly be scared of him.
>>48095131
>Why fish?
His profession and passion is fish.
>>48095131
Borca (Germany). There's a certain amount of "just away from here"; the party's actions kicked up some action from her former faction, so she wants to head up north, but it's also an opportunity to find civilization.
She had been in Italy (Purgare), but then the party basically got to see a city get destroyed (not fully their fault, Degenesis is a cruel master), and people investigating found some old tech that drew other Palers to the region.
She's basically Sarah Connor, too, without the apocalyptic visions. She *was* one of the bogeymen, so she sees other Paler operatives even where there aren't any. I like to take the concepts characters get in Degenesis and play up the negative elements: she is "The Protector", but she also jumps at shadows. Even with ten years of a tan and hair dye, she worries that she'll stick out to her companions.She will, because of the conditioning she's had. It also allows her to scream in such a chilling fashion it can incapacitate people in combat.
>>48095131
The same thing has been brought up by the group. He doesn't think they are possessed by default. He would need to check each one for possession individually because you can never trust canines. So far he has never meet wolves because he is from a part of the world where there are none. (rainforest)
On the other hand the character likes cats because they are not very fond of dogs and he sees them as natural allies against a common enemy.
>>48093412
>I really need to read anima one of these days.
Hope your main language is Spanish, then. The English translations are a bit messy in a lot of spots. Buuut, if you're brave, then here:
>https://mega.nz/#F!pZhBUS7L!Dqg24lVzifA23q2qNan3nQ
The entry on Not!Satan and his origins are in Those Who Walked Among Us, while Catholicism is in the core book as well as Gaia Volume 1: Beyond the Dreams.
Homeless Sloth named Lid,12ft tall,he eats cats,used to wear a barrel around his torso before an armor change,keeps a trash can lid tied around his neck,weilds a great hammer.My baby right here.
>>48075366
Authoritarian Egyptian scribe who is tracking down a tomb robber.
Last seen cutting out the tongue of a merchant who was caught lying to him.
>>48091742
Sometimes being the normal dude in the batshit situation and reacting to it as best you can is enough to have a great character in and of itself. Don't feel bad about not exaggerating character traits and such.
Current guy was a military field commander for a magitech/mad science heavy fantasy empire. He got conscripted after getting alchemically resurrected and got paid in an elixer that kept his resurrected body stable.
The campaign takes place in a "new world" colony, and I was the empire's man on the ground. Our only reliable port got blown to hell by the locals, and the rest are in enemy hands. Now I'm going sneering imperialist leading my modest force of deathray toting homunculi-Skitarii deeper inland after a rumor of an enclave of alchemists who can revive our dead missionary friend and get me more elixir before I start turning into a mutant zombie thing
>>48075366
Red Guard Barbarian and part-time cook, medic and Priest of Arkay of the party.
At first he was a mere medic at his home town, when he got enough money he moved from his hometown to Cyrodiil, there he met a Priestess of Arkay, the God of Dead, and falled in love.
Lived happily until Necromancers decided to butcher the priests at the temple, enraged he pursued the necromancers. On his travels met a Knight of the Circle who was hunting down the same necromancers. The knight made his his apprentice. Years passed until they finally cornered the Cultists. Knight died in the fight and my Barbarian took his axe and went berserk on them.
After that he travelled the land tending the wounds of those in need and giving those who cant be saved a painless death. Then the Empire contacted him to join a sort of "elite" team to go hunt down some terrorists/Cultists/bald people in High Rock.
Now is part of the crew of a High Elf that wants to be King of the Pirates with a ship gifted by a Daedra.
It could be worse.
>>48097833
*redgaurd
>>48093412
To be fair, the marriages were just as much political as they were for love. But there's always a straw that breaks the camel's back whether it's assuming more than a few halflings are good people, thinking blonde hair looks strange on a half-orc, or playing a prank.
>>48097252
What sort of game?
>>48097703
Show those savages who's boss.
>>48097833
Hanging out with pirates seems a little odd, for a healer-Barbarian, but it seems to be working out.
>>48098666
3.5,custom build,DM wasn't too thrilled about it since sloths don't fit in the world,let alone a 12ft one.
>>48098773
and i sort of created him as a gag character since i was new to DnD at the time,didn't take the game too seriously back then but I dont regret it.
My current character in a anima campaign where we're using a custom setting. He's a warrior mentalist (psychokinesis with a natural power of transportation). The only name he knows is 38, he was a product of genetic experiments and was birthed in a lab Where he stayed until he was about 13. Then the Chinese military came for him to kidnap him and steal all his creators research. The Chinese were able to kid nap him but in the ensuing battle All the research and the creator were destroyed. Due to his refusal to work with the Chinese military he was sent to a Chinese work camp where he later escaped around 20, when he then migrated illegally to the US and took up residence in Vegas. Since being in Vegas he's ripped off multiple gangs with the help of his contact Uno to fund his addiction to stimulants and penchant for expensive things. (All this is detailed through his advantages and disadvantages) I also gave him insufferable and charming, and I play him like a total asshole that people somehow tend to like.
>>48099147
Everyone in my group says I play him like Deadpool personality wise, which was unintentional on my part.
>>48098666
Oh I plan to. Gunboat diplomacy is a hell of a thing, especially when your gunboats have phlogiston cannons. Not sure how I should feel about Satan encouraging me though. Makes me feel a bit less morally secure in my ethnic cleanup
>>48075366
Neutral S̶e̶r̶i̶a̶l̶ ̶k̶i̶l̶l̶e̶r̶ Paladin who deliberately sought out Ravenloft to evade the law and/or avenge family/friends. Has a death wish, but is very poor about acting on it--emphasis on acting. It's unclear what his angle is.
>>48075366
Neutral Evil Warlock whose mother traded him to a powerful demon for power when he was a child. Now he's out looking for his parents to exact his revenge for abandoning him, but he got caught up in a bet between his patron/caretaker and an archangel, forcing him to fight what I can only describe as a paladin sentai squad
>>48076998
My character is that, swapping spear for staff and fighter for wizard
>>48075366
Savage tribal shaman like dude with a neat rat thing my people all worship. Party has tried to kill me and it several times because of the trouble they've caused them in the past
>>48075366
Half-Orc that works for the fantasy equivalent of the Library of Alexandria. Socially incompetent, but a good writer. She records pretty much everything that's happening around her for the sake of history.
As a character flaw, she will steal anything she perceives as historically significant, even if it puts her group in danger.
Wants to get into magic, and has the theory part down but is terrible at it in practice. Functions as a smart fighter.
>Abandoned by his father at birth for reasons, raised by human family
>Was a disobedient child full of anger and frustration. Parents were cool though
>Family friend Death Knight stepped in to train him
>Everything was mostly cool, but she had a habit of using intense mind-rending magic to take Koba's anger under control
>Koba becomes Death Knight squire, and he and her become very close friends
>Dragon attacks village, burns everything, kills Master
>Koba vows to KILL EVERY DRAGON
>With every encounter, becomes less and less in control and has come close to attacking teammates
He's becoming more and more like a dragon himself, basically. He even grew a pair of wings recently thanks to a cursed item he put on. We've fought five dragons so far, and each one has run off before we could kill it.
Human fighter, built him off the generic sheet in the 5e dnd kit. However changed the character a little, made him elderly and extremely racist towards elves to the point I made an elven priestess cry from insults and a spectacular roll. Reasoning behind this is that he is still bitter from a long since ended war that actually never happened.
Instead of a folk hero, he is now a folk burden and is allowed rest at homesteads of npcs out of pity rather than respect. Also I'm making him slowly go insane of over the course of the campaign. He is growing a goblin army from captives of combat and has taken the face from one as a show of dominance to the others.
Essentially I'm making Pierce from community in dnd form.
>>48075366
Fighter named Donnel McDonnel grew up on a farm, saw some knights ride past decided to try and become a great knight one day. he becomes an adventurer to further this aim
>>48079274
>Chazzwozzer
Explain further.
His team calls him Null. It's not his real name, of course. He doesn't remember that one, nor much else about himself prior to joining the Game. He knows just enough, however, to know that he really doesn't deserve the trust and friendship the others place in him.
They all participate because they saw no other choice. They lost someone they held dear, or they made some mistake, and the Game is the only way to fix it all. They cared enough to think the price of admission - be it their voice, their body, or a few years off their lifespan - worth it. They loathe the Game and what it requires them to do, and rightly so.
He does not. He's in the game because he wanted to be, and that's it. That's his goal and his prize - to remain here until he no longer wishes to. He gave up more than any of them, nearly the entirety of who he was, just because he was bored of his life and tired of being a nobody. And he regrets none of it, revelling in the endless violence and the powers he now has.
If he others knew, they would think him no better than the ones behind it all, or all the others with purely selfish desires.
Well, he's the only one who could tell them all that. And he's not going to.
>>48102143
this has to be b8
there is no way anyone would take this cold steel meme shit seriously
>>48103558
>>48102143
Christ, the edge is real
>>48103880
I don't know, man. I mean aside from Null being an edgy nickname [and not even my idea], he's just massively selfish. If the definition of edge has degraded to the point where merely having a selfish desire is edgy, then what the fuck happened?
Two, edge isn't even bad by itself.
>>48075366
Imagine Link, if Link were a girl. Give this girl Link a nicely toned body (like 15/14/13 Str/Dex/Con) underneath her clothes, an ocarina, and a kazoo. Now make her a music loving bard who loves being helpful and wanted but can't help but revel in the sex, drugs, and rock and roll whenever she gets the chance to enjoy them. That would be my current character in a nutshell.
>>48094052
its a brave man who uses incase as there character art. Those who don't get it on't care but those that do will either judge you harshly, or try and talk fetish at the table, and there is nothing worse.
>>48099147
Sounds pretty fun. I had a dude with a number-name. His story was pretty different, though; he was a slave.
>>48100463
Intentionally going to Ravenloft seems like it wouldn't make things better. Like, ever.
>>48100977
Dumb idea: Similar character, but doesn't really mind having been sold because he also got a lot of power out of it.
>>48101054
Also merc work?
>>48101222
Recently, or is that in the past?
>>48101322
That's pretty unique. Would adventure with.
>>48102143
I don't think that quote about fighting monsters was meant to be taken literally.
>>48102424
How do you fluff his skill increasing as he gains levels?
>>48102651
Donnel a shit
>>48103558
Good description. Raises interesting questions while suggesting but not dictating interesting answers.
>>48104216
Remember to use protection when enjoying the sex, because the drugs will do nasty things to an unborn baby.
>>48104631
>Dumb idea: Similar character, but doesn't really mind having been sold because he also got a lot of power out of it.
He actually doesn't mind the whole growing up a demon child that much. The main reason he's doing it for symbolic reasons. He wants to kill the person who used him as a bargaining chip using the powers granted to him by the being they made the deal with. He's a very big fan of irony.
Also on that note, I actually retooled the character's backstory for another character that's basically the exact opposite. I just changed it so that he was simply abandoned at an orphanage instead of sold to a fiend, and changed him from a sadistic, hedonistic, selfish asshole who burns everything to a starry-eyed, ideological pacifist focused on supporting people and helping the innocent.
>>48077016
Consider your idea copied and pasted into my mind and games.
>>48077081
This sounds like fun.
Doubly so if the character always comes off as a person with a bloated ego to others, who is undeniably smart though.
>>48078462
Interesting, albeit I would've rather had him played in an Exalted game myself.
i dont have one because im a faggot who hated everyone in my new school, didnt make friends with the /tg/ kids, and currently am on the hunt to regain a social life after nearly 3 years of isolation.
that being said id have a character who prefers medium or light armor, single handed swords, and basic magical skills
>>48075366
Psyker in Rogue Trader. Dave isn't very good at making friends, so he puppets scum and wasters from bars onto the ship, locks them in a private cell and then builds them a new personality who likes Dave and all most of his quirks. The RT doesn't mind because they don't collect pay and Dave can make some very useful new people. Dave's friends like to keep him safe, so they don't live very long, but he always keeps a memento and sometimes likes a personality so much that he builds it into multiple people. The faces change, but his true friends never leave him.
System was Eclipse Phase and I was Hatebeak the Hateful Beak, a uplifted cockatoo crime lord who earned most of his rep scores from selling drugs, toxins and other chemical substances. Retired him after spreading essentially airborne rage virus in a scum swarm to stop them from discovering the 9 lives members among them.
>>48081873
Somebody should screencap this.I can't, since I'm not at home.
>>48091885
>his ex-wife
I need to know more
>>48093412
>Still gonna go after the girl?
Absolutely. Once he's a warlord of some renown, it should be fairly simple to get the girl. Plus the DM has hinted that she's still carrying that torch, so he's got no reason to refrain from Conquest.
Lawful Evil Drow Renegade mage that created a pair of magically darkened glasses so he could still see during the day without taking a penalty anytime the sun was up. Also gives him a +5 to saves against blinds from lights and anything that would affect his eyes.
He's also addicted to mushrooms.
>>48105381
Oh and he's a renegade because he accidentally desecrated a shrine to Lloth so it was either run away or get tortured to death.
He's pretty evil, but pragmatic and knows not to make any more enemies, so he tries to keep the evilness in check and pass for a neutral but man he loves the torture.
Apprentice from the Great State of Texas who is currently playing bullyboy mage as part of an ad hoc brute squad coterie of impressionable neonates being controlled by the usurper Prince of Dallas to quell dissent and fight foes. We're disposable goons that get the job done so the Prince's proper allies don't have to take risks. He's a functional introvert that used to genuinely enjoy helping people. Now he's a callous monster prone to nervousness and resentment, plotting the deaths of the usurper Prince and his cohorts.
The character nearly Finally Died to Lupine filth in our second session, and nearly Finally Died again to fire four sessions later. Now, ten sessions in, he's being tortured by dirty Sabbats who covet the secrets that his regent holds. Hopefully next week the Coterie will find it within their shriveled, dead hearts to rescue him.
>>48093412
>I'm guessing it's not a system where resurrection comes easily
Actually it's PF, with a custom setting. But even if given the chance, my paladin would not easily accept to be brought back to life. He sees it as cheating his way out.
>>48104631
We haven't gone too far with his levels yet, so we've been following the sheets perks and such. However earlier in the game he skinned an ogre's face and he now wears it as a hide over his chainmail. I negotiated with my DM that it should increase my crappy intimidation and we settled on it intimidating everyone whether I want to or not. Discussing a mission with a man and his child? Suddenly he doesn't look like the guy you want rescuing the rest of your family.
>>48104631
>>48102424
>>48106593
Sorry I meant to reference my other post as well.
>>48098666
To be fair the only one that wants to be a pirate is the auto proclamed Captain, the rest of us just don't care. Except our navigator, poor girl got kidnapped into joining.
Friend is DMing a noire campaign set in Neverwinter for me and a few friends, and encouraged us to make tropey characters
Enter Jasper "Jazz" Petna, a half-elf rogue who inherited his father's fishing boat when he retired. His mother was killed in a racially charged attack when he was 16, and after the murderer got off with a light sentence due to connections, Jasper took matters into his own hands when the man was free and took his life, beginning his vigilante career. He investigates crimes, and in cases where the perpetrator did something terrible, Jasper sneaks out at night for vigilante justice. So far none of the other characters know about his second life at night
>>48075366
I haven't found a game for him yet, but the idea is that he was raised in a monastery because he was thought to be the future hero of a prophesy, so they were training him to vanquish a great evil. Then one day they find another who fits the prophesy better, so they throw the PC out on the streets. Que sheltered, confused and alienated magic kung fu youngster trying to find a place and purpose somehow. What better than to go murderhoboing?
