Shit Character General

>>52417295
>Character is a 1.4 cm tall human
>Player insults you for being an American when you say that you don't think this is a normal human height.

>First session
>"There is no reason my character would join the party"
Then why did you create such a character?

>>52417295
>character has a revenge backstory
Nothing wrong with revenge backstories if they're done well. Sure, a character is probably gonna be shit if their story is: "[important person] was murdered and I am going to get vengeance on the killer, raaah". But you can make them cooler and more fun than that. I'm currently running a gunslinger who's out to get vengeance on a devil who tricked him. He has an obsession with knowledge and technology, and took a bad deal with a devil to learn the secrets of gunsmithing. He got screwed by the devil, and lost an arm and his afterlife. Now he's after the devil to settle things. Not an edgy character in the slightest, the way I play him. Just a man who loves books that made a really bad decision and has to pay for it.

>"rent isn't gonna pay itself"
This one can also be interesting if you expand on it. Just leaving it THAT way, it's shit. But if you make it into something a bit bigger, you can really run with it. A character who is a pawn in a bigger game can often be interesting if they resent the game they're stuck in, but have yet to find a way to break out. i.e. a man who goes off to war to protect what he loves, because nobody else will do it if he doesn't.

>>52417295
>"Rent isn't gonna pay itself"

I found Garrett to be a nice character. Except nu-Garrett. Fuck that game.

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>>52417295
>Character is morally gray
Extra shit if the character is an inherently evil class like a Warlock.

>>52417345
Sounds like that character is...

C O M P A C T

>>52417295
>is rogue
>Character is motivated by lust for magic items, has amassed large amounts of gold, and frequently steals from party
> is chaotic neutral
> is half-orc
> character has a decent backstory. Simply left his village and learned how to be a thief
> jointly owns a castle, so no rent.
> after a year in-game with the party, he has friends that he wants to help.
>loves the thrill of the chase, and the prizes gained from it.

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>>52417411
He worked great as a single character the player themselves could latch on to, but actually having a drink with him would be awkward and expensive. Although maybe the character would be fun in a group I've never seen anyone understand what made Garrett great. The loner brooding thief character isn't instantly shit but it's hard to get right.

>>52417295
>character's only motivation is money
>inherently a bad thing
Someone didn't read the Tale of Industrious Rogue: https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Tale_of_an_Industrious_Rogue,_Part_I

>>52417426
>inherently evil class like a warlock

I play a lawful evil warlock. But what about the fey patron, wouldn't that be good?

>>52417497
I found him interesting because he was business first, never got emotionally attached to jobs or most clients, but enjoyed himself while doing his job.

I think what players get wrong is the enjoyment factor being expressed through the character, and playing the "loner thief" less of a "angsty, no one understands me" character, and more of a "it's obviously better for me to do this by myself and not expect rookies to sneak about without having the equipment or experience" kinda thief. Course, that's my own opinion.

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>>52417295
Would you let a player who had this character in your group, /tg/?

>>52417295
Short Charecter General*

>>52417684
Probably nah

What makes a good motivation for a bog standard D&D game? Considering PCs in games like this have no real home, little to no stability in life, are risking death or worse 90+% of the time, and will likely be killing sapient beings on a daily basis, the only options you have as far as motivations are concerned seem to be a) fighting for a higher cause that justifies everything else or b) being an edgelord. Is there anything else? What could possibly drive a person to become a PC?

>>52417547
>Fey
>Good

lolno

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>>52417295
When this is his character image.

>>52417726
Think about the risk versus the reward. Even with all the negatives, you mention. There is also the chance of having unimaginable wealth, enough to make a stable home. There is also the chance of having adventurers forced into the lifestyle. Maybe there's an old debt they have to pay. My DM literally put a geas on over half the party to get us to go on a single adventure.

>>52417295
>I'm a shapeshifter druid, I'm gonna stay in animal form all day long, demand scratchies and growl at people I think are bad or unfriendly. Yay plot contribution!
>Elf waifu, but adopted by savage race that hates elves. Let's compulsively pick petty fights with all the orcs to prove I'm the most tryhard.
>Gnome that constantly builds "wacky" gadgets out of an old plank, a rusty nail and a band-aid. Beep boop scanning you with my scanner that also makes cheeseburgers lol.

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>>52417476
>character is initially a joe-schmo
>has unique likes/dislikes, interests, hobbies, fears, hopes, and dreams that make him/her more human
>slowly blossoms into an interesting character by giving bits of aforementioned traits to the players and DM throughout the game

Literally the best character you can make.

Literally the best character you can make

>>52417547
Fey are generally Chaotic

>>52418190
True, but I see a lot of good warlocks take that path.

>>52417684
No. 2 Pencil must face justice for his crimes in the ring

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Well, let me complain about someone in my group.

>characters are always just a human fighter/ranger/bard (before I get shit, alone, this isn't necessarily a bad thing)
>hardly ever has a backstory, is mostly just defined by whatever class he's doing
>practically no personality
>hardly reacts to anything in the campaign outside of saying "oh", "wow", and "great"
>never takes initiative with anything

He just plays the most bland characters with no real drive or reason to be there. It's like he just follows the party along without really engaging with the campaign or caring about anything that's going on except when it's time for combat.

I'm starting to get the feeling he just doesn't like RPGs anymore, since he played some fun characters in the past, but now he just plays these... I don't even want to say "generic" characters, because even a generic character could be more engaged than he is.

>>52420449
Perhaps he should take a break. Helped me clear my head and avoid getting really bored with a game I was in. Joined back a week later, felt better.

>>52417295
Guy makes a barbarian who rapes then eats people,monsters and sometimes inanimate objects. Everyone makes lolrandum characters too so its not that bad. When making characters for a 2nd campaign set in the same world i ask if he could tone it down the character he makes is the brother of the first one who still eats people "but he doesn't rape them so its fine"

>>52417358
>make a paladin and hope to have a fun time
>realise everyone else made ce wizards rouges and barbarians
>Cry inside

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>Join game
>Create fully fleshed out character with a few paragraphs
>Other players have nothing, one has half a sentence other has a small paragraph
>all have anime character art

Why is this hobby so full of shitters?

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>character misses a shot
>he has to try another

>>52422837
If we're talking online game there's only so much wasted effort one can take before you stop making the effort in order not to waste it.

>>52417726
I just like fighting strong things.

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>>52417295
"I'M A SHITTY CHARACTER??? I'M A SHITTY CHARACTER!!! GNAAAAAAAAAHHHHK"

>>52418029
Gnomes are a meme race and I do not allow them in any game I run, Dont allow goblins either Alot of my players are wow fags

>>52422896
Wowfags truly are a blight upon fantasy. All Gnomes and all Goblins must be high tech cooky gadget makers.

>>52417295
>character is a [insert meme animal here]-human hybrid
Not an actually bad player, or character even, but I actually once played with a guy who was a Cassowary-Human hybrid

And he was a fucking brutal cunt

>>52423005
Any stories?

>>52417295
>Character is made entirely of glue and played for the Boston Celtics
ugh.

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I've been seeing a lot of hate twards gnomes on this board. Whats wrong with them,

>>52423019
Can't remember where he got the race even from, but he ended up getting a pair of third party boots called "Boots of the Raptor."

The gimmick was it transformed your legs into gigantic fucking Utahraptor feet that could fuck shit up, run at incredibly high speeds, all that shit. Normally, this dude was literally just a really hairy (feathery) guy with a big fucking bill sticking out of his head and a propensity for gratuitous violence, but the second he got those boots, he went from just a greatsword singing, murder-squawking badass into a literal fucking deathbird who ran around the place goring people on his huge fuck-off claws. All while squawking maniacally (Not IRL, thank God) and everyone else losing their shit because of the mental image a half-human half-cassowary motherfucker ripping people to shreds with his giant bird feet.

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What are some games where I can drink champagne?

>>52417684
>A deformed bat man ostracized by society

If he can pull it off then yes

>>52423086
He's a big guy

>>52423117
A big guy sounds like he'd make a good barbarian

>>52423063
See >>52422987

>>52422868
Yeah, it's online. The GM is really good, puts in all effort and these fucks don't care. It's infuriating. One guy can't even format and punctuate his retarded name correctly, or capitalize.

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Would /tg/ let a player be a paladin menacing paladin but under her armor she's kawaii desu

>>52423194
>let you players play a menacing paladin

>>52423194
>>52423228
I just made two simply grammar errors I'll see myself out

>>52423082
hhhahhh the french champagne hassaalwaysbenselebratedforidsexcelens

>>52423194
>a paladin menacing paladin
No paladin-on-paladin menacing in my campaigns.

>>52423067
The thought of this amuses me greatly.

>character has seen it all and responds to every threat or appearance of a horrible gribbly beast with bad quips
>at level 2

Thanks, marvel.

>Player reveals at the final battle that he was the Time Serpent
Fucking That Guy

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>>52423410
>Player character is hallucinating / barking mad and sees other player characters as enemies
>Somehow becomes the hardest fight of the campaign

>>52417547
>fey
>good

God no.

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>>52423194
I mean, I somewhat did this.
Except she was a dainty kitsune princess under the armor of an intimidating dark knight, rather than a paladin. Never took of her armor unless she was alone, so she kept it a secret until the party reached her home kingdom.

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>>52423194
>Well hellllllooooooo sailor
>I thought the whole point was to rescue the damsel in distres, not have her rescue you
>It's ok, I'll forgive you this time *wink*

I could dig it

Sassy tomboy going out of her way to rescue cute hero types and relentlessly teasing them for having to be rescued by the girl they thought they were saving.

Bonus points if she ends up getting saved at some point and gets really pouty over it

Triple if that's what she's using to gauge her dream guy by

>>52423648
I didn't know how much I wanted this in my life until now.

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>>52417295
>shit character
>character's only motivation is money

Hey don't knock it out of hand

>>52417295
The Vumps versus the Serpents when?

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>>52424046
This says "I can create a character thematically appropriate and suitable but I am too lazy so I went with mercenary so I don't have to do anything."

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>>52423491
is that a bear trap on his elbow?

>>52422987
All right, while its gotten old as a trope I feel the need to point out a few things.

First off, gnomes as reckless tinkers goes back before WoW. I think dragonlance was the first, but for all I know they ripped it off somewhere else too.

Second, while its gotten old, its gotten old because a reckless tinker with a desire for scientific advancement and no understanding of consequences is still a much better racial identity than what they are usually described as being. Which is Dwarves. But shittier. And smaller.

>>52424858
And why does it appear to prevent them from straightening their arm?

>>52422837

Why are you making a fully fleshed out character?

You're level one, fucker. Give your character some space to develop.

people who think this makes them good at roleplaying baka

>>52417295
I don't know what's up with all the Jermaposting between /k/ and /tg/ but I approve.

Didn't Jerma and Ster get involved in some DnD campaign a while back?

>>52425341
Seems like a "just for fun" thing, though I reckon jeremy would probably be really entertaining to watch RP.

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>>52417295
It depends on the game. For something like Shadowrun, just needing to pay the bills/pay off the mob so they don't break your legs is a perfectly valid reason to be in the party. Hell, I'm currently playing a character whose main motivation is pic related and it's going pretty great.

>>52417358
I started a campaign for some friends and one of my players did this. They all made their characters on the same day, in the same room, and were discussing group dynamics with each other.

>>52425851
>Jerma RPing as literally any character

He'd be really serious for the most part, then devolve into a senseless goofball.

I'd love to see it.

>>52422884
>>52417295
>>52417684
>>52419257
Jerma poster need to get off this board

>>52422833
I know that feel.
9/10 times I'm the party straight man and moral compass

>>52417426
I've played the most lawful good warlock you've ever seen. GOOlock where the patron is a lot more like a biblical angel or something than Cthulhu. It inherently wants to do good, but it's made of geometry and star fire and looks fucking terrifying, so it has a fleshy mortal be it's avatar among the people.

>>52425905
You need to get off this board. Jerma is a national treasure and he's not even from my nation.

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>>52425925
My god. It's a god damn gaggle of Jermies.

>>52425961
I prefer Jermaniac.

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>>52417295
>character's only motivation is money
>character is chaotic neutral
>character is a [insert meme animal here]-human hybrid
>character has a revenge backstory
>character is a lone wolf
>"rent isn't gonna pay itself"

>>52425905
i didn't have any idea who he was but "royal rumble full of slapdash create-a-wrestlers" fits this OP's post at least.

>>52417497
>>52417638
Garret was cool because he took the special snowflake trained by monastic assassins secret ninja back story and turned it on its head by saying "nah fuck that, I just wanna get paid m8" and proceeding to use his abilities for petty crime and generally behaving in a snarky, jaded, but realistic fashion.

It was the 90s.

>>52422987
>>52422896
My favorite gnome depiction was the gnome from the 4e teaser/preview animated shorts

'Do you have a lair? I have a lair!'

>>52417345
>1.4 cm
Did you mean 140cm or are you talking about someone less than 2/3 of an inch tall?

>>52417295
>Character has to be a complex and unqiue snowflake with daddy issues
Fuck off. Often simple characters, as there are simple people, are the more fun ones.

LISTEN TO ME SON

>>52425980
I bet you also prefer your shit taste.
sterlife4life

>>52424619
Nothing wrong with that just starting out.
It might even end up evolving into something more like with the aforementioned Kaiki whose purely money-based motivation actually turns out to be surprisingly deep.

>>52418190
>>52423457
>>52417866
Arborea, where elves and fey are from, is CG plane

>>52417295
There is nothing wrong with revenge backstories.

My character is gonna be gortrek! All he'll do is grunt at people and fight.

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How do I incite my players to create characters that have relevant traits? I wanna try GMing soon, but so far, Ive been the most invested in making a character act like someone other than just "myself in a possible future".

>>52426685
Something I found is don't let them look at the handbook before they come up with a character concept. That way they have to design a character that is more than just class+race.

By all means tell them about the setting, but keep stumm about the rules themselves.

>>52426685
GRIIIIIIIIIFFFFIIIIIIIITHHHHH

>>52426715
About that, I dont have a rulebook yet. I want to run a Vampire Hunter D-themed campaign, but I cant find an appropriate system (magic and tech junction, but with a post apocaliptic tone); do you happen to know any?
Our group usually plays Cthulhu Mythos, and I want to preserve some aspects of it (though toned down for the sake of story continuity), namely that fighting is actually dangerous and insanity is a thing.

>>52426912
I don't know of any, but I guess you could take a cthulu system and refluff it if you really had to

>>52422815
Well, he is improving even if slowly. Give him time.

>>52423194
>>52423491
>mfw i did the same but with catgirl fighter (in D&D terms)
We all are degenerates here, aren't we.

She actually kept silent through most of the campaign, communicating solely through gestures and clanking.

I would have kept the secret too, if only she wouldn't have needed healing after getting trampled by 15 m tall golem.

>>52422987
I had a hemophobic goblin rogue that used traps and non lethal damage, and smooth talked his way through most things. he was a bounty hunter before the campaign ad his Backstory. the party I was with at the time loved him so much that we've actually started a comic based on him and another few characters.

anything can be great if interesting enough, but generic or unflattering ideas will readily fall flat.

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>>52425917
Sounds like you're playing a cleric but working with an Old testament style deity.

>>52427968
Lawful neutral full Old Testament paladins/clerics/warlocks are a best.

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What's his alignment /tg/?

>>52418101
>mfw there never are any opportunities to flesh out characters unless you force it way to hard

>male
>plays a female

Cringe

Also makes me think the person is a huge degenerate autogynephile who wishes they were a girl irl

>>52428849
Am I not allowed to be cute even in my imagination?

>>52428747
Lawful shit.

>>52428865
>>52428849
It's ok if they're actually roleplaying, 90% of the crossplayers I've seen had zero character depth but went "I'm a girl [insert bad joke here]" all the time. Then there was one guy who actually put some effor into RP and everything was great. Then again that was a text-based game on roll20 so there wasn't the need to ignore that their voice is male.

>>52428849
>>52428988
>>52428865
It really depends on the player. I've seen a handful of people do it fairly well. The ones that do act like actual fucking people, whereas the ones that don't use being a woman as a gimick.

One guy in my group has been outright banned from playing female characters. He's already kind of an awkward guy and has trouble getting into character, especially in dialogues. When he tries to play women, it only gets worse.

>>52417345
Manlets, when will they learn

>>52426599
>>52418190
>traditionally fey cannot lie
>in D&D they are chaotic
???

>>52429154
Think about them like genies or the Devil. They can't lie and have rules they have to play by, but they still treat their interactions with mortals like a game at best or like resource extraction at worst.

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>>52417345
>Americans
>Tall
keep on dreamin bub

>>52429164
That's what devils do... That's lawful evil.

>>52417295
>"rent isn't gonna pay itself"
I mean, it depends on the setting and what the characters are doing.

If they're trying to pay rent, it makes no sense for them to be going into dungeons filled with lethal traps and monsters OSR-style

But if they're just trying to earn some extra cash by killing rats in a basement and then things get out of hand, well...

>>52417726
That's why raveloft is great. The PC's are all there against there will to some extent meaning that finding a way to leave is a valid motivation regardless of background.

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>>52426719

>>52417295
>they watched their father kill their mother
>had to kill their father in self defense afterwards
>they were a child

>>52417295
The best character I ever made was CN. She was a Priestess of Lolth. All CN needs is something like faith to reign them in and give them proper priorities instead of causing pointless havoc.

I don't mind the "I'm in it for the money" characters.

Those aren't bad. Those are realistic. PCs, in nearly every system, are usually taking on colossal personal risk. Robbing dragons might be incredibly lucrative but at some point the dice are going to come up bad (figuratively or literally). So it's not unrealistic that someone is in it for a paycheck but not convinced that the world is in need of saving, or that he's the one to do it.

What I can't stand are the edgelords who make characters that supply no motivation to work with the party straight from the get-go. There's a lot of variations on this:
>has some overriding goal they can't "waste time" not pursuing
>actively hates one or more members of the party for background reasons and refuses to work with them
>super edgelord antisocial behavior to the point where no sane person would work with them

>>52426058
I, the prospective GM, thought the player did in fact mean 140 cm, or the equivalent 1.4m. But 1.4 cm was in fact written on the character sheet, and yes, that leaves this wandering swordsman at serious risk of being accidentally stepped on.

I tried to point this out to the player, and got rudely rebuffed, so he never made it out of character creation.

>>52423141
For you

>>52429787
To play CN or any evil all you have to do is just play someone whom is not a "LOLSORANDUMB" and that knows how to not start pvp, that's all.

>>52422837
>anime character art
A couple of my characters have this, because I can't find other art that fits the look of the character.

I feel you on the backstory shit, though, I tend to have an entire backstory for my characters, though I usually end up having to remove or replace it to fit the setting.

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>>52417358
>>52425892
Fucking this, grinds my goddamn gears.

>give the players info about how I want the campaign to revolve around a single small town and how all the characters should have some sort of a connection with the town and its inhabitants
>"yeah, so, my character is a sociopathic hermit that hates people"

Making a character with lots of negative traits is an easy way to force development. I made a selfish control freak wizard who will eventually overcome his selfishness with the power of friendship

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>>52431148
This is one of the things I like about Darkest Dungeon. Even if, in practice, it just ends up as number modifiers, the fact that each character has their own obsessions, delusions, and complexes really makes them feel like the type of people crazy enough and so removed from society that they would take a job where they face death and other horrors on a weekly basis.

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>>52430175
>>52422837
Nothing inherently wrong with anime art. Our group practically only uses anime art, using gelbooru extensively to find character art at times.

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>>52423194
I'd probably let it pass just to see where the respective player is going with this.

>>52422833

Does your fun time involve shitting on everyone's fun and freedom?

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>new-to-rpg player makes Cleric
>worship of Cleric's deity is strictly illegal
>Cleric Masquerades as a magic-less fighter as a result
>Player loves having a secret
>IC the cleric treats this like they're a queer, trying to hide from the catholics
>"I have a secret to tell you... because I trust you. Truth is... I'm a forbidden cleric. It's who I am."
>90% of role play is this asshole revealing his secret to people on the first session

I hate this gimmick and I hate that I let it happen.

>>52432779
Has it been only one session, or has this guy tried to stretch it out? It seems that schtick got old real fast.

>>52432779

Are you the DM? Can you make this blow up in his face?

>>52429173
He was pointing out that Americans don't know metric, dumbass

>>52432865
It has been our first, and so far only, session. It's already super super old.

>>52432982
I am, si. I'm thinking about just having him get arrested for heresy, it is illegal to worship that shit after all. That really just feels like a lame end to a lame plot though to be honest. Not supper excited about it.

>>52433430
I would recommend being open about the fact that the player is being a bit of a ham and stealing the spotlight from other players. Just tell him that the game is not just about his character and that others should have some time in the spotlight.

Also, it might even be too early to tell, seeing as that was only the first session, so the problem might even self-correct (not betting on that happening)

tl;dr just talk to him.

>>52429173
>yuropoors in charge of reading comprehension

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>>52417928
kek

>>52423648
I forgot how much I enjoyed this shit


more please

>>52431890
>hellion with ablutomania, plutomania, curious, and hates mankind and elderitch
>constant shines coins and her spear while killing things

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>>52426685
Daily reminder he did nothing wrong and Casca enjoyed it (and so did you)

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>>52417295
>character's only motivation is money

what is OSR?

>>52425341
Newfag here, the fuck is jermaposting?

>>52435066
the picture is of a guy called Jerma985 on YouTube.

He's essentially insane and makes all of these really crazy gaming videos and has a very infectious laugh. Look up the Jerma Rumble and you'll see what I mean. It's what the OP is implying when he talks about "shit characters"

Jermaposting isn't really a thing, I just forgot a space.

Also milkman is the shittiest character, batboy had a hell of a fight in him last time he showed up even with absolutely garbage stats at least and glueman was a basketball legend.

>>52435332
Milkman is so shitty he almost wraps back around. Shittiest character is one of the cereal characters that isn't Count Chocula or Captain Crunch imo.

>>52435358
Hey the cereal characters have their own franchises, they're leagues above Grandpa, and especially better than Martin Van Beuren or Byeah #386

>>52435373
Okay, the Byeah's are shit for the most part. Except for the all Byeah fight where they just killed each other.

Martin Van Buren is good just because you get to here Jerma say his name multiple times. He also fucking died.

>>52417406

That sounds quite edgy.

>>52434671
money and murder! OSR4LYFE

>>52417295

A long time player in my party had a long line of shit edgelord characters we had to deal with.

The worst part is that he never had the confidence to actually play his characters despite writing up ten pages of backstory for each one, leading us to attacking his VERY EVIL AND MONSTROUS looking characters and him not having the ability to rp out of it and join the party. He would literally just say nothing as we filled him with arrows. The worst case went something like this

>my party gets chummy with some pirates and they take us to QUEST ISLAND
>the pirates try to stage a mutiny
>we could easily overpower them all but they really don't want to help us anymore, there's not enough food ect
>they say if we can beat them in a swim race around the island they'll keep working for us
>we pick this guy's ATHLETIC EDGELORD to do this since he has the best shot at winning
>partway through the race the pirate starts to get tired and flounder
>"I hold his head underwater"
>he drowns the pirate
>"I get some driftwood and nail it together like a cross"
>he nails the pirate to the cross
>"skinwings"
>he fucking nails this guy's flesh from his chest to his hands on a cross
>"I carve all thieves on his forehead and put him in the middle of town"
>none of us could do anything about this

We had to tell this guy he couldn't play a pregnant character.

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>>52425990
underrated

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>>52417295
>Character's only motivation is money
>Bad

Shuffle off this mortal coil, ya cunt

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>>52425155
This desu
You shouldn't start a game with an immensely developed character, that's what the game is for. (If you're starting tier 1 that is)

>>52420449
He may have fallen into the pit of "REALISM IS IMPORTANT IN MY FANTASY RPG" even though he may not be militant about it.

Often times I find myself playing "bland" characters because in the midst of dragons, warlocks, and Gods being murder fucked by a team of hobos it's nice to just be the odd one out.

>>52438206
>fucked by a team of hobos it's nice to just be the odd one out.
This, I think, is why the group wizard spent all his money on a mansion the last time I ran a game.

>>52425910
>I know that feel.
>9/10 times I'm the party straight man and moral compass

I am too. The worst of all is that our system has no affinities, I missed only one session, one, and the group ended up burning a tavern, broke one of my golem and buying a slave with OUR money.

>>52439585
>I missed only one session, one, and the group ended up burning a tavern, broke one of my golem and buying a slave with OUR money.

That sounds great.

>>52417295
>make character with the intention of them being a dour and serious badass
>when they get consistent bad rolls, they just end up looking goofy
This has happened to the same player like four times.

For a different one:
>character is a rugged badass who's been through adventures and accolades aplenty in his backstory
>can't convincingly translate this to in-game competence, constantly has the character act like they're an expert despite giving bad advice or rulings

>>52441159
This is why the DM should make liberal use of advantage modifiers. If the PC has tracked down hundreds of dragons they probably shouldn't be stumped as to what they're looking at when they come across a dragon's footprint in the woods.

>>52436103
I'm sorry but your GM should really be on his ass and make him roll for all that kinda shit, like did you take specs in sewing, leather working, tanning, carpentery? Where is your hammer for the cross? Your skinning knife? The sewing needles? Do you open your inventory while swimming in water? *Bloop* you drop something, do you dive after it? Oh now your body is floating way! Tie it to your belt? Oh gee wizz all this blood is attracting sharks, are you sure you just don't want to swim like normal and let the body float away?

If he has a real plan, I don't see why you can't indulge his silly idea, but just wanting to do lol edgy shouldn't just happen.

And if your dm really picks on him with extra annoying steps, maybe he'd get his shit together a bit more.

>And write a ten page meticulous plan and skill sheet for skinning people, with custom attributes for types of people skinned.

>>52422833
What was that MOTHER FUKIN SMITE TIME

>>52441497
If the character is first level then no, he hasn't tracked down hundreds of dragons.

>>52444470
>>character is a rugged badass who's been through adventures and accolades aplenty in his backstory
why would a battle-hardened badass veteren adventurer be starting at level 1?

>>52444491
If you're starting at level 1 then battle-hardened badass veteran is not a viable character concept.

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>>52426080
>there are simple people

>>52444538
what are you trying to say here, anon?
that nobody starts at anything than level 1?
is it really so inconceivable that the battle hardened veteren is starting at, say, 10th level?

>>52429173
I love being Dutch

>>52424046
best girl

>>52428849
>>52428865
>>52428988
>>52429021

I actually play a female elderly dwarf in my camaign
Absolutely not sexy and played basically as most males, it just fit the backstory better, so why not? Gives a bit of variety as well, as long as you don't turn yourself in some sort of succubus-ass slutty whore or super hot girl everyone in the party wants

Because remember: olden times mean more rape, and you don't want to rape an old-ass dwarf

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>>52428849
>Male player in my group picks a female Cleric
>Basically plays the healslut meme, except that there is no sex
>I pick a female character, but with no sex appeal
>Players (including the fucker that played the healslut) start giving me shit for it

>>52444825

Trying to bully you into being a heal slut too.

>>52423063
Consider, for a moment, the world a gnome lives in. It's a hostile world, indeed. If a gnome were to scamper through your front door right now, would you greet it with hostility? Has a gnome ever done anything to you to create this animosity you feel towards them? Gnomes were the cause of the bubonic plague, but that's some time ago. I propose to you, any disease a gnome could spread, a halfling could equally carry. Yet I assume you don't share the same animosity with halflings that you do with gnomes, do you? But they're both vermin, are they not? And except for the nose, they even rather look alike, don't they? However interesting as the thought may be, it makes not one bit of difference to how you feel. If a gnome were to walk in here right now, as I'm talking, would you greet it with a saucer of your delicious milk?

I didn't think so. You don't like them. You don't really know why you don't like them; all you know is you find them repulsive.

>>52417295

>character's backstory are wow look at my stats
>character is a paladin of a deity that hates players being brought back from the dead as undead
>character blankets this concept a means of saying being resurrected are also undead
>entire purpose of this is so he can fulfill the requirements of the DM's PC killing fetish and making other players waste their time as he team kills them

I love it when my players make "Joe Six-pack" for my adventures.

Outside of that players who show up with just a character that isn't just fleshed out I give a random background on a chart I made with a few of my friends.

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>Mutants and Masterminds game
>daughter of a whore
>didn't know father
>escaped from home
>started doing criminal shit for a woman mob boss
>the boss of the city took her
>realised one day that she could become invisible with no explanation
>look at her character sheet
>took 12 diferent powers, from spatial manipulation to mild regeneration
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU FUCKING DOING, DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT THE FUCKING GAME IS ABOUT

>>52444444

>>52431890
I agree.
There's a lot that can really establish who a character is just by their negative quirks, and that the game really makes you confront the fact that adventurers aren't stable people

>>52434623
Daily reminder that GRIIIIIFFFFFIIITHHHHHHH!!!!

>>52445181
>Outside of that players who show up with just a character that isn't just fleshed out I give a random background on a chart I made with a few of my friends.

Please do share. That sounds like a wonderful tool to apply to people that only play flat dimension-less characters