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srl51676:
I have been looking at the character ideas that are being posed and seeing a trend. It is a trend that flows from one game to the next and its getting a bit old I wan to see if we can break the cycle and come up with something that breaks the stereotype of gamers. I understand the attraction of these types but isn't it getting a bit old.

Post character ideas that do not fall into the following categories
1) "I'm evil but not really" examples include Kincaid, Thomas Raith, Angel, Spike, and drizzt do'urden.

2) "Law Breaker" any character that is a dodge on the 7 laws.

3) "Lone Wolf with something to prove" examples any character played by Tom Cruise, Dirty Harry, and I hate to say it Harry Dresden

Also post any other archetypes you feel are over done.

iago:
Harry's friends have been very good about training him out of that lone wolf mentality.

I'll also say that our collaborative character creation method makes creating lone wolves a bit tough. :)

Jaroslav:

--- Quote from: srl51676 on March 25, 2010, 06:20:38 AM ---1) "I'm evil but not really" examples include Kincaid, Thomas Raith, Angel, Spike, and drizzt do'urden.

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I wouldn't really put Thomas in this category. It's not like he's heartless monster who suddenly turns into a good guy, like Spike is. He's just a decent guy who's trying to handle being a vampire.

srl51676:
@Fred, Harry is improving and you are right about the character creation. It is one of many things I love about the game, its  ready made party unity and no more of this so you meet in an inn crap.

@Jaroslav: As far as Thomas goes his motivation is an excuse for him to be likable. He is exactly like spike its just that his monster period is not covered much by the books. He was no virgin when he met Harry in "Grave Peril". Do you think he wasn't eating before that? And now he has reverted to what he was. Just ask anyone who has been through AA or NarcAnon just because you stop drinking does not mean you aren't an alcoholic. I understand the attraction. Most of us gamers were unpopular growing up and never got the girl so we all wish we had some dark secret power that we could unleash on our tormentors but hold barley in check around the girls. It lets us be the bad boy they all seem to want while maintaining the kindness that we are all sure makes us better people than the jocks they snubbed us for.  I don't want to go all pop psychology on this but look at what sells and who we all dress up as at cons Boba Fetts always out number Lukes even-though Luke was the star and Fett had like 2 lines just like Kincaid who's popularity vastly out weighs his face time in the books. We even have a guy on here who is obsessed with Cowl a faceless 2nd banana villain who is in 3 chapters of one book and then dies.  Wolverine, Batman, The Punisher,  Edward, The Comedian, Rorschach even Han Solo was a reformed drug smuggler the list goes on forever. The only really virtuous heroes that really get any love are Harry Potter and Spiderman and even Spiderman had to put on the black suit for a while so he too could be dark and conflicted. I am not saying that they are not good characters I would just like to see us branch out a bit.

Ihadris:
I think part of the reason that some of these character tropes keep appearing is that they are appropriate to the genre. Many of the main characters in Dresden are walking a very fine line in a very grey area and I think that sort of feel is likely to appear in peoples games with the RPG.

From an actual gameplay perspective suggested character types, like the White Court Vampire, by their very existence have to have killed through feeding and unless they want to become an NPC are likely to be the "Im evil but not really characters".

Personally I dont see these kinds of characters as a problem, if thats the sort of game my players want and the sort of world they want to explore then that is fine by me. But where I think we will see some real originality is with the Pure Mortal, Were-Form and Changling templates.
 

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