 Worst character concepts?, General question. |
 Oct 21 2007, 02:36 AM
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I'm just curious - what are some of the worst character concepts you've ever heard or seen?
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Mr. Saturday Worst character concepts? Oct 21 2007, 02:36 AM
kzt As in ineffectual or as in gross and abusive? Oct 21 2007, 02:50 AM Mr. Saturday Oh, either on virtue of the one(s) you found more ... Oct 21 2007, 02:53 AM Kyoto Kid ...(This one is mine) I will have to admit as much... Oct 21 2007, 02:56 AM Kagetenshi Physad super-decker.
The character concept is bad... Oct 21 2007, 02:59 AM Enigma Probably the worst was a shapeshifter magician. I... Oct 21 2007, 06:00 AM Stahlseele QUOTE The especially stupid bit was his combat tec... Oct 21 2007, 09:34 AM Ryu @Enigma: Thats the first Killer Whale deserving of... Oct 21 2007, 10:27 AM ElFenrir Well, one concept from a friend of mine was made m... Oct 21 2007, 03:12 PM Gerzel QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Physad super-decker.
The chara... Oct 21 2007, 05:01 PM Kagetenshi I haven't been new to the game since long befo... Oct 21 2007, 06:35 PM Snow_Fox When we first started playing, one player had an o... Oct 21 2007, 06:47 PM bibliophile20 QUOTE (Snow_Fox) When we first started playing, on... Oct 21 2007, 07:01 PM Mercer Much like Heinlein's "There are no danger... Oct 21 2007, 07:10 PM Kagetenshi Heinlein clearly never considered the possibility ... Oct 21 2007, 07:18 PM eidolon Super Professional Uber Badass Ex Special Forces S... Oct 21 2007, 07:21 PM Stahlseele also been done by me:
Ghede Houngan in SR3 . .
fi... Oct 21 2007, 08:22 PM Critias I don't see how "saying something complet... Oct 21 2007, 08:25 PM Stahlseele our GM is lenient when it comes to things like the... Oct 21 2007, 08:27 PM Kagetenshi I once had an idea for a mage who made heavy use o... Oct 21 2007, 08:31 PM Stahlseele not that bad of an idea . . torture without leavin... Oct 21 2007, 08:38 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Stahlseele) not that bad of an idea . .
... Oct 21 2007, 09:10 PM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (Mercer) Much like Heinlein's "Ther... Oct 21 2007, 10:00 PM Mercer The play on the Heinlein quote wasn't in respo... Oct 21 2007, 11:48 PM Kagetenshi Weakest Build Contest:
Open with an Elf Ghoul, 30... Oct 22 2007, 12:01 AM Fortune QUOTE (Mercer) I don't buy into the fallacy th... Oct 22 2007, 12:13 AM Glyph In Third Edition:
The budding entepreneur (I spen... Oct 22 2007, 12:19 AM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (Mercer) The play on the Heinlein quote wasn... Oct 22 2007, 12:23 AM Snow_Fox QUOTE (Mercer) Much like Heinlein's "Ther... Oct 22 2007, 12:41 AM Kyoto Kid ...and a good player can occasionally screw up too... Oct 22 2007, 12:44 AM Critias QUOTE (Kyoto Kid) ...and a good player can occasio... Oct 22 2007, 02:05 AM Wounded Ronin QUOTE (eidolon) Super Professional Uber Badass Ex ... Oct 22 2007, 03:19 AM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (Critias @ Oct 21 2007, 09:05 PM) QUOTE... Oct 22 2007, 06:48 AM Mercer I think the cliche of the "good" rolepla... Oct 22 2007, 09:11 AM Kagetenshi Yeah, there is a certain degree to which effective... Oct 22 2007, 09:16 AM ElFenrir Yeah, i mean, ive always been against weak charact... Oct 22 2007, 12:30 PM Fortune Choosing to give your character flavor and a few ... Oct 22 2007, 02:04 PM Stahlseele that's like using a mac and saying that you ar... Oct 22 2007, 02:06 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Stahlseele) that's like using a mac and... Oct 22 2007, 03:23 PM fistandantilus3.0 Had a player once that handed me a sheet with an a... Oct 22 2007, 04:04 PM Kagetenshi Is there any particular reason you objected to tha... Oct 22 2007, 04:14 PM Kyoto Kid ...yeah had a 12 year old Otaku, pretty much the s... Oct 22 2007, 04:15 PM fistandantilus3.0 Kage: Becuase it was a gnome actually. I'd ask... Oct 22 2007, 04:57 PM Kagetenshi That's the tradeoff you make for an Otaku, esp... Oct 22 2007, 05:57 PM bibliophile20 QUOTE (Kagetenshi) "not all metahumans confor... Oct 22 2007, 06:05 PM Kagetenshi Come to think of it, I think I've found the mi... Oct 22 2007, 06:10 PM Tanka QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Come to think of it, I think I... Oct 22 2007, 09:07 PM Stahlseele QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Oct 22 2007, 10:23 AM) QU... Oct 22 2007, 09:44 PM Kagetenshi Even with 15 dice (13 base Willpower plus the two-... Oct 22 2007, 10:10 PM Wounded Ronin I'd cackle with glee if someone handed me a ch... Oct 22 2007, 11:43 PM Kagetenshi An Otaku with 1 Quickness, 8 Intelligence, and 8 W... Oct 22 2007, 11:58 PM Kyoto Kid ...that's pretty much what I did with some of ... Oct 23 2007, 12:24 AM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Kyoto Kid) That's the one nice thing ab... Oct 23 2007, 12:28 AM Snow_Fox I don't know about a 'crippled/weak' c... Oct 28 2007, 03:12 PM Kagetenshi Actually, an average Intelligence does mean you ar... Oct 28 2007, 03:36 PM Mercer I'd probably play a character with a 4 Int bef... Oct 28 2007, 04:39 PM Snow_Fox QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Actually, an average Intelligen... Oct 28 2007, 07:39 PM Glyph The problem is, most shadowrunners, by virtue of t... Oct 28 2007, 08:43 PM FrankTrollman QUOTE That said, a 4 for Intelligence is not that ... Oct 28 2007, 09:14 PM Kagetenshi There can be valid reasons to play a Troll Tank, w... Oct 28 2007, 09:48 PM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (Snow_Fox)I don't know about a 'crip... Oct 28 2007, 11:04 PM Wounded Ronin I used to purposely make sub optimal characters an... Oct 28 2007, 11:39 PM Kyoto Kid ...sounds a bit like my baseball player character ... Oct 29 2007, 12:28 AM Mercer As for worst character concepts, I was thinking on... Oct 30 2007, 06:03 PM Ed Simons Worst ones that I have seen.
A green skinned elf ... Oct 31 2007, 03:33 AM Kagetenshi I think you're stereotyping pretty heavily. As... Oct 31 2007, 03:40 AM Snow_Fox So the troll cat burgalar is right out? Oct 31 2007, 12:15 PM Stahlseele nah, there was a pretty scary miin/maxed concept f... Oct 31 2007, 01:09 PM Mercer Well, I think if someone is going to play a troll ... Oct 31 2007, 03:43 PM Riley37 I only know SR4, but I don't see any penalties... Nov 1 2007, 09:38 AM Fortune QUOTE (Riley37 @ Nov 1 2007, 07:38 PM) I only... Nov 1 2007, 12:03 PM Ryu They also will have trouble hiding behind/inside v... Nov 1 2007, 12:26 PM Kagetenshi Twice as easy, in fact. Mmm, sig 5…
~J Nov 1 2007, 12:28 PM Stahlseele just give him (the troll) exceptional agility and ... Nov 1 2007, 12:56 PM Kagetenshi In SR3 Trolls are a decent choice as well, given t... Nov 1 2007, 01:06 PM Stahlseele if you ain't thinking of that bad joke called ... Nov 1 2007, 01:48 PM toturi QUOTE (Riley37) Unless the GM unleashes the dreade... Nov 1 2007, 01:57 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Stahlseele) if you ain't thinking of th... Nov 1 2007, 03:01 PM Stahlseele what was that proverb again?
HUMANS are Intelligen... Nov 1 2007, 03:11 PM Moon-Hawk QUOTE (Stahlseele) what was that proverb again?
HU... Nov 1 2007, 04:34 PM MaxHunter This week one of the players in my group was toyin... Nov 2 2007, 02:00 AM Narse QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Twice as easy, in fact. Mmm, si... Nov 2 2007, 03:33 AM Kagetenshi Someday I will be able to change my signature, and... Nov 2 2007, 03:37 AM Stahlseele i feel your pain ^^ Nov 2 2007, 09:40 AM Fortune I, on the other hand, revel in it. Nov 2 2007, 09:47 AM noonesshowmonkey I played with some creative players... And by cre... Nov 2 2007, 05:06 PM Mercer I have to say, I have a certain amount of respect ... Nov 3 2007, 05:09 PM
Stahlseele i had a pretty bad GM use that spell against my tr... Nov 3 2007, 05:15 PM  |
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