RE: Let's Burn Up a Character
12-04-2012, 03:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-04-2012, 03:44 AM by SeaWyrm.)
Thousand Yard Stare is the winner! According to the book, "This character has seen so much death, shock, inhumanity and horror that nothing phases him anymore." As a result, he is quicker to recover his composure in the face of pain and violence, but slower to recover from surprise and wonder. Who knows what awful things he saw during his tour as a horncaller?
Stats:
Now we do attributes. Attributes are, basically, the miscellaneous numbers on the character sheet that aren't stats or skills. Some of the attributes are directly derived from stats - I'll just calculate those for the character stats spoiler and we won't worry about it. But some require questions to be answered and thought to be given about just what this character's actual history is.
The attributes are, how Healthy is the character, how well can the character Steel himself in the face of pain or shock, and how Greedy is this dwarf? The answers to the following questions will determine this:
Does the character live in squalor or filth?
Is the character frail or sickly?
Has the character been severely wounded in the past?
Has the character been tortured or enslaved?
Is the character athletic and active?
Does the character live in a really clean and happy place, like the hills in The Sound of Music?
Has the character ever murdered or killed by his own hand?
Has the character been tortured, enslaved or beaten terribly over time?
Has the character led a sheltered life free of violence and pain?
Has the character been raised in a competitive (but non-violent) culture - sports, debates, strategy games, courting?
Has the character ever given birth to a child? It's possible!
Has the character ever coveted something owned by another?
Has the character ever stolen something he coveted?
Has the character ever had a prized possession stolen from him?
Has the character ever been in the presence of the master craftsmanship of the Dwarven Fathers?
Has the character witnessed an outsider in possession of a work of Dwarven art?
Which of the following does the character care least about: Power, Craftsmanship, Riches or Beauty?
Everyone gets to answer all of them! These are all binary, yes/no questions (except the last, of course,) but feel free to offer a bit of detail/explanation for each answer. Majority vote will win for the individual yes/nos, and I'll combine the most interesting/popular/personally appealing bits of the explanations for the final, canonical answers.
Stats:
Now we do attributes. Attributes are, basically, the miscellaneous numbers on the character sheet that aren't stats or skills. Some of the attributes are directly derived from stats - I'll just calculate those for the character stats spoiler and we won't worry about it. But some require questions to be answered and thought to be given about just what this character's actual history is.
The attributes are, how Healthy is the character, how well can the character Steel himself in the face of pain or shock, and how Greedy is this dwarf? The answers to the following questions will determine this:
Does the character live in squalor or filth?
Is the character frail or sickly?
Has the character been severely wounded in the past?
Has the character been tortured or enslaved?
Is the character athletic and active?
Does the character live in a really clean and happy place, like the hills in The Sound of Music?
Has the character ever murdered or killed by his own hand?
Has the character been tortured, enslaved or beaten terribly over time?
Has the character led a sheltered life free of violence and pain?
Has the character been raised in a competitive (but non-violent) culture - sports, debates, strategy games, courting?
Has the character ever given birth to a child? It's possible!
Has the character ever coveted something owned by another?
Has the character ever stolen something he coveted?
Has the character ever had a prized possession stolen from him?
Has the character ever been in the presence of the master craftsmanship of the Dwarven Fathers?
Has the character witnessed an outsider in possession of a work of Dwarven art?
Which of the following does the character care least about: Power, Craftsmanship, Riches or Beauty?
Everyone gets to answer all of them! These are all binary, yes/no questions (except the last, of course,) but feel free to offer a bit of detail/explanation for each answer. Majority vote will win for the individual yes/nos, and I'll combine the most interesting/popular/personally appealing bits of the explanations for the final, canonical answers.