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Category: Character creation
This section concerns character creation as it relates to playing a game, not in isolation. General topics are welcome as well as specific instances.
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Sorcerer & Sword: Into the Kl’au first session
We had our first session of Sorcerer & Sword yesterday! The pitch was this: There is a hidden forest valley between the perilous ridges: THE KL’AU. The only way to reach it is a hard-to-find pass called the Fraustgap, lost in the no man’s land between three civilizations. Rumor has it there are survivors of…
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Taipumus erikoisiin hahmoihin – Palava pyörä ja muutkin pelit
Peluutin Palavaa pyörää (Burning wheel) joskus kauan sitten. Minun piti kertoa pelaajille (taustaa perinteisissä roolipeleissä ja D&D:ssä ja ehkäpä Menneisyyden varjojen kanssa) hahmonluonnista. Palavassa pyörässä hahmon ikä ja elämänpolut määräävät ominaisuuksien käytettävien pisteiden määrän. Hahmo, jonka kaikki ominaisuudet ovat arvossa neljä, on varsin hyvä ja pelattava. Siitä voi halutessaan vähän poiketa, mutta tämä ei ole…
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Everyone is Lying
Jon, Robbie, and I are three sessions into Forge out of Chaos. Jon is the game master; Robbie is playing a Merikkii (humanoid bird), and I chose to play a Jher-em, which are weasel humanoids. This situation Jon has come up with for us to engage with is some fantastic sword & sorcery fare. I…
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Preparing for the Fray
At Jon’s prompting, a group of us are preparing to take on Forge: Out of Chaos. This will be my third experience with a Fantasy Heartbreaker—Legendary Lives and Darkurthe Legends are the others that I’ve played, and you can find some materials on those games elsewhere on Adept Play. I’ve created my character for the…
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Character Creation as Play
I'm contemplating a game of Runequest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. The core book alone is vast, a whole geography of world and system, and I have never played in Glorantha before. I sat down to try character creation. It took me two sessions, over two nights. I was surprised by how intense and rewarding I found…
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Monday Lab: My Character
I am pretty confident these days regarding the strength and utility of my/our ideas expressed at this site, so my Lab notions are shifting from organized curriculum and into “let’s see where we can gte.” In this case, we began with “tell me about your character” and moved on from there. For those who follow…
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First Champions Now Character Attempt
After an abortive attempt or two that went off the rails due to trying to build a 4/5e character, I think I got my eyeballs recallibrated enough to make a credible first cut at a CN character as it was intended. I’m posting it here to get feedback, especially on remaining 4e/5e assumptions that may…
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The Day of the Dupes (1) : The exciting creation of Sorcerous Characters
Hi all, I'm finally writing this post about a game that has never happened. I gather friends to play a Sorcerer game a few months ago, based on the Day of the Dupes from the Sorcerer's Soul supplement. They created very cool characters. But I realize that the way I handle the preparation of a…
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Circle of Hands (Illustrations and Character Portaits)
I’ve found myself diving back into Circle of Hands with a group of friends I had been playing D&D with. My style of artistic preferences leads to a lot of my work looking dark and spooky (although I would argue it’s serene in its own way in some cases). Please enjoy and I’ll be sure…