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Post by ♥Zach♥ on Feb 17, 2006 23:05:38 GMT -5
Anyone here find making a char a task? well beyond what it should be? I find when I make a char I for some reason lose interest in the idea quickly, I cant umderstand why. THis sounds dorcky but I look into my creation, I try and breath life into them, I can hear their accent. Seem them if they were real, I can see their armor. But when I go to make them they come out like not as I saw them...I dont get it  |
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Post by ♥Zach♥ on Feb 17, 2006 23:40:02 GMT -5
Like now i'm thinking of a half-orc fighter frome the icewind dales but i'm afriad i'll lose interest and end up making him for nothing...I though of a follower of Cyric, then i'm now thinking of how cool it would be to make a retired soldier of Amn. to be honest I dont know what to do...
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Post by ♥Zach♥ on Feb 18, 2006 0:18:16 GMT -5
Ahhh! now a human wizard of Velshroon! help me some one help! please! no, no now an elven Illusionist.
Ahh! a sailor/pirate from Luskan! My mind is exploding with ideas I wont use for long! help!
I remeber for some reason in most of my personality records I was never able to concentrate on one thing for long. this explains the areas that I mass in toolset for no reason and the chars that I cursed DM justi to delet which i'm sorry agian to ask him to kill a list of them must have taken work. oh no! a harper scout moon elf! help!
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Post by DM the Usurper on Feb 18, 2006 2:01:52 GMT -5
lol *take a deep breath* I feel ya bro. In these games it just takes time to develope a character. When you invision a new character I think we tend to think of the "end or final product" and not how a character becomes that envision. A character really is an investment, and can take months and years to really create. We or at least us as americans have really become accustomed to getting things NOW, and it's really a hard thing to overcome. I just came home from the bars on my Birthday...so this wisdom has come from the bottom of a glass of brewhaha...so take it for what its worth  but most important..just have fun with it...your story will come in due time  Thanks for playing. *passes out* boobs are great! |
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Post by Talus on Feb 18, 2006 8:51:37 GMT -5
My current character I started with why he was in Cormyr, and some of how he got there. The key for me, is personality. Knowing how the character will act, and talk. Not really where they are from, what their class is. Goals help too. Having a driving goal really directs your character, and helps in making them interesting to play.
I would keep the background simple too. Allows the character to grow and expand.
Good Luck
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Post by ♥Zach♥ on Feb 18, 2006 12:12:03 GMT -5
This is why I build areas most of the time, so I can place all the char ideas I have in there ;D but not all of them escape out of my mind and are left there.
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Post by logandougs on Feb 18, 2006 12:31:48 GMT -5
here's an idea, cause I know what ya mean.
Follow Usurpers lead and drink. Booze always slows an over active mind down, and allows you to cull out the crazy ideas that keep piling up...Cliff Claven of Cheers said it best when he was explaining the benefits of booze to Norm...
"you know how a herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest and weakest member of the herd? and so wolves and lions kill and eat the slowest and weakest members and therefore increase the overall speed and efficency of the herd as a whole.
Likewise, our brains can only move as fast as the slowest and weakest brain cells. We all know that beer kills brain cells, and obviously picks off the slower weaker brain cells. That's why we always feel smarter after a couple drinks."
That's good advice.
Avoid the clap.
That's good advice too.
Also, try making a character that instead of having a crazy amazing past, and future prototype is more of a reflection of yourself, and then let his past and future be determined by spontaneous roleplay. Think of a vague image, and nonchalantly work in that direction. That's how Vind came along, and he worked out pretty damn good.
geez...all my advice revolves around booze...you were right Talus, I should start a "Dear Abby" for drunks...
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Post by loandougs on Feb 18, 2006 12:36:07 GMT -5
yea for some reason I cant log in under my name on my computer at work...kooky...
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Post by ♥Zach♥ on Feb 18, 2006 13:24:47 GMT -5
If I made a char like me you would see a raggamuffin dressed elf that did NOTHING he would hate anything involving energy or work unless it directly benafits him ;D
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Post by Quadhund/Greenhouse on Feb 18, 2006 13:33:48 GMT -5
BTW Ziggy dont listen to doug about drinking, not till you are 21 or in college.
Start a vague character. Try not to be specific. THis is how hroth started. Human mercenary from Calimshan. From there I determined his past based on how he developed in game.
And stick with your character. Give them some time to develop and interact with a lot of people because that will give you an idea of how he reacts to different people.
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Post by Booze Hound on Feb 18, 2006 13:56:58 GMT -5
*mutters something about Quad ruining his fun*
*under his breath*...it's still good advice...
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Post by ♥Zach♥ on Feb 18, 2006 15:19:29 GMT -5
I do drink but I have to be careful my father is an alcoholic and if I go to far over the edge how far do you think I will fall? even his father was an alcholic, i'm also at high risk for diabeties. so that will only kill me nothing to worry about there ;D lol
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Post by ♥Zach♥ on Feb 18, 2006 21:24:59 GMT -5
Due to may famlies medical history things like beer can be a deadly poison if I do it or to much of it.
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Post by Talus on Feb 18, 2006 22:06:05 GMT -5
geez...all my advice revolves around booze...you were right Talus, I should start a "Dear Abby" for drunks... Right the first time, and still right. Doug has a drink for every situation. |
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Post by ♥Zach♥ on Feb 18, 2006 22:58:16 GMT -5
New years or when I need to be happy is my need...Wait...a religion should be founded of the effects of beer! would that seel or what? ;D giant churches in the shape of beer mugs ;D lol memeber of clergy in robes with all the color beer is known to have and with the logos of beer companies along the walls inside the churches of beer ;D lol cant help my self, that is funny to think about.
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Post by DM the Usurper on Feb 19, 2006 23:18:54 GMT -5
My old college roommate was ordaned as a minister in the church of beer online.  |
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Post by ♥Zach♥ on Feb 20, 2006 0:16:41 GMT -5
What is the church about? is it about the religios worship of alcohols effects? or is their a god they think taught them how to make alcohol? ;D
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Post by Booze Hound on Feb 20, 2006 8:23:10 GMT -5
church of beer?
*immediatly googles it*
dude! I could be a bishop!
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Post by DM the Usurper on Feb 20, 2006 10:06:39 GMT -5
Lol I really don't know much about it...truthfully I think they made so people can say "cool...I'm a preacher of beer"...I don't think it goes much past that. But it could...never know.
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Post by DM the Usurper on Feb 20, 2006 10:08:37 GMT -5
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Post by Keetena on Feb 20, 2006 10:21:49 GMT -5
Damnation! Where I was? How can it be? I never saw the light before! Come my faithfull, let's spread the word of the Beer! DON'T WASTE OUR HOLY BEER! |
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Post by Booze Hound on Feb 20, 2006 11:52:22 GMT -5
all this time I thought Keetena was kinda crazy, but lo and behold, she is one of the chosen!
welcome aboard! ;D
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