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The Dresden Files => DFRPG => Topic started by: Mr. Ghostbuster on April 13, 2013, 10:18:25 AM
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I know there are some great aspects out there and I'd like to here them. They can be your own characters aspects, a player's aspects from your game or just some that you came across that you really like.
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Here's a trio that makes me laugh every time I see them on the character sheet:
Knows the Score
Gets the Women
Kills the Bad Guys
(they're from the trailer for Machete)
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1) I have Victor Sells' grimoire
2) No White Council entanglements, please
3) Faith regained
4) Fix is my car's mechanic
5) NOT a White Council wizard, thank you very much!
6) Duba's tubas and more!
All come into play and all can be easily self-compelled or invoked.
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My favorite is "If it's stupid and it works..."
It gets me into and out of some very fun situations. :)
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From different characters:
"It's a good thing I'm pretty...."
and
"All out of bubblegum."
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I have a fae character in my back pocket who has a fairy quote from A Midsummer Night's Dream for all five of his phase aspects:
"Shrewd And Knavish Sprite", meaning general trickster-fae shenanigans
"What Fools These Mortals Be!", meaning the obvious
"If We Shadows Have Offended...", meaning that he's really not a bad guy deep down, he just kind of goes overboard sometimes.
"Give Me Your Hands, If We Be Friends", meaning that while mortals, as a rule, suck, there are some individual ones that are pretty neat
"I Do Wander Everywhere!", meaning he's been all over, seen everything, but has no real home
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A pyromancer with the Trouble aspect of "Blazing Insecurity".
A player who has a sadistic trickster-like demon named Whisper with Trouble "Whisper in My Ear".
A werespider thief/spy with "I'm so professional, it Hurts".
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It was a pulp WW2 game, but I was rolling in FP's thanks to my aspect of "I Didn't Think That Far Ahead".
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In the campaign I play in we have the following...
For some of the characters:
"What could possibly go wrong?" - A changeling who is the Heir to the Prince of Summer
"Hero or?" - A werewolf
"What did I say now?" - A very inexperienced and mentally unstable djinn without a clue about the world.
"Sucker for a lost cause" - a clued in mortal who is a crusader for various things.
"There is more between Heaven and Earth..." - My character, a focused practioner who specializes in divination.
For some locations.
"Oh, there is another floor here" - The Boston Museum
"Guilty until proven innocent" - The FBI
/Ulfgeir
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I think my personal favorite from the first character I made (White Court Vampire, natch):
Ladykiller
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No one has any favorite location aspects? Or campaign aspects? Here are a few of mine....
My group's main game is based in our hometown of Cedar Rapids, IA. Some of you may remember that Cedar Rapids made international news with Biblical-level floods back in 2008. Well, are game takes place shortly after Small Favor, so one of our town's aspects became "Picking Up the Pieces...." And our town, which has problems with the White Court and Marcone's organization behind the scenes has "A clean city hiding dirty secrets."
For a Secret Agent turned Winter Knight (inspired by James Bond) for a one shot adventure we played: "A Heart of Ice Cold Gold"
For my main character, who is young, arrogant, inexperienced but pretty good at what he does: "It's not arrogance if I'm as good as I say I am."
For an Islamic Terrorist turned Knight of the Cross: : "Tell me your sorrows, for I know well of Sin".
A few of them for a Outlaw Biker Vampire Slayer created for our practice game: "Hell, I'm a fan of all 7 (Deadly sins)." "Jolly as Santa, Smells like a Reindeer" and "No place in civilized society."
Here's a simple aspect created for one of our NPCs, who runs a shop full of antiques and curiosities: "I have too much shit."
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I'm starting to design a setting for campaign i want to run for some non-indoctrinated TDF friends of mine. I want to set it in 1960s Chicago. Right now I have one of my City Threat ideas as "Politics, Business, and Crime: Three Names With The Same Face." and the working aspect is "The Cold Machine"
Another Idea/Aspect I got cooking is "Your Friendly Neighborhood; Their Bottom Line."
For some locations I'm designing:
"The Wrong Part of Town That Looks Right"
"All That Glitters Isn't Gold"
"Put Your Best Face Forward"
"You Get What You're Looking For"
...Yeah, I'm excited. ;D Its gonna be my first time running an RPG game, kinda nerve-wracking.
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A pure mortal monster hunter has ;..Never A Fair Fight;
so much fun to play with.
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I have a wizard who's an advisor to the Mafia..he has an aspect
"Merlin of the Mob"
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Pure mortal: A man among gods
White Court Vampire: Femme Fatality
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I think the one I have used the most on my character so far is "Pay attention!" to justify that she takes extra time setting things up.
/Ulfgeir
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We just finished a session, where the group planned to crash an old warehouse on a group of fomor lackeys. They set this up so they would let a car crash into one side and the whole thing would come down. We named the car the "Ford Linchpin".
And I always wanted to build a character around the aspect "Knight to C4".
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And I always wanted to build a character around the aspect "Knight to C4".
Lol. Protection against things that go BOOOM in the night...
/Ulfgeir
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"Luck of the Irish" is a great aspect. It can always go both ways.
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I recently created a White Court Virgin of House Malvora. Her Trouble? "Sometimes I Scare Myself"
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Had a character shortly after I got into DFrpg with the aspect: Armed for Bear, Hunting Monsters
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Some good ones (not all from the same character)
Background: Mab's Grandson. (Pretty much exactly what it says)
Rising Trouble: I Have Looked Upon The Face Of God (turns out you can see some pretty awesome things by opening the Sight during a worship service)
High Concept: Protestant Ninja Inquisitor Assassin (Pure Mortal, so no zombie or robot).
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Some good ones (not all from the same character)
Background: Mab's Grandson. (Pretty much exactly what it says)
Rising Trouble: I Have Looked Upon The Face Of God (turns out you can see some pretty awesome things by opening the Sight during a worship service)
High Concept: Protestant Ninja Vampire Assassin (Pure Mortal, so no zombie or robot).
As opposed to Jewish Orthodox Ninja Werewolves? ;D
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A really good one: They Are Roaches And I Am The Exterminator (for the above-mentioned Protestant Ninja Inquisitor Assassin)
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This character:
High Concept: Evidence that Mab's been busy
Trouble Aspect: The Winter Queen's Favorite Assassin.
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High Concept: It's Complicated
Crazy Prepared
Any Sufficiently Advanced Magic
Learning from my Doppelganger's mistakes
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I hope Haru is o.k with me putting these here. I think they're great. Every time I read these aspects I laugh:
the concept is a scientist "wizard" :
Aspects
Science. It kills, bitches (lawbreaker first);
Time is relative, so are morals (lawbreaker(ish) sixth);
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For my Black Council Wizard:
Tradition is the corpse of wisdom
A weapon tempered by pain
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I hope Haru is o.k with me putting these here. I think they're great.
Oh, thank you. :)
Of course I'm ok with you putting them here, hadn't realized anyone would think they were that good.
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"I'm a big girl now and I can take care of myself."
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Figured I'd throw in some of my favorites from our Dresden Files:Dallas campaign (We've got a compiled list of character aspects here: http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/dfd/wikis/aspect-list (http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/dfd/wikis/aspect-list))
Not Quite "Old Testament Enough"
Somewhat Fuzzier on the Subject of Kneecaps
Supernatural Straight Shooter
Phone Call from Uncle
Midas Voice
You Know, Like the Punisher
Hey, I Got A System
Colleens are Gonna be the Death of Me
Big Damn Heroes!
I Don’t Miss Much
I Am Inveeeeeencible!!!!!!
Ninja Academy Drop Out
“An’ it harm none, Do what ye will”
Thinks with his Fists
Ancient Foe of God And Mortals
Sees Much, Hears More
Craptacular Self Image
Napoleon Complex
Ragabash Get of Fenris
(Lawbreaker) I hate it when my patients die
I’m Just Cool Like That
Discretion is the only part of Valor
And that's just the characters.... :)
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There's an Aspects page (http://dfrpg-resources.wikispaces.com/Aspects) over on the wiki, and an Aspects thread (http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,22592.0.html) on the Resources board.
Y'all should feel free to add your Aspects to them.
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Here is a link to the aspects that the player characters in the the campaign I play in have... Link (http://dresden2boston.wordpress.com/aspects/)
/Ulfgeir
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One from our sadly short campaign, Aspect of local university: Cradle of knowledge and Knowledge.
You could find all kinds of interesting stuff from libraries and such if you knew where to look.
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Here are a few I'm using or considered:
Knight who says "knee!"
Duck, duck, goose
Is that honor with an "or" or and "our"?
Liar, liar, pants on fire.
You can't always get what you want.
It can't get any worse.
I *am* the monkey wrench.
Is that a gun in your pocket, or...
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Campaign hasn't started just yet, but I'll add some that I like from my player's characters, NPC's, and the city
One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer
Crabs For Change (Must... Not... Be... Juvenile...)
Reckless Pixie Prince (can't help but laugh at that one)
Old Testament Justice
All-In-One Beauty and Beast
I'm Not a Real Doctor, But I Play Like One
I May Have Mother Issues
My Father's Sense of Humor Is My Doom (The character's name is Benedict Iscariot, think about it)
What Did You Say?!
The Only Monsters Out There Are Us Humans
A Good Christian Girl, Right?
The Road To Hell is Paved With Good Intentions
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The Road To Hell is Paved With Good Intentions
That one I always like - has so very many possibilities, and fits a lot of people.
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Yeah, Unfortunately it is on my main NPC, so it won't be as good as if it were on a PC... but, still something I can use well.
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My personal favorite that I've played with (and I'm super new to the game) is...
"Rebel says what?" - Problem with authority, not subtle about it. I have basically discovered this is a license to print fate points for my snarky-ass self.
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Just read this one over at http://dfrpg-resources.wikispaces.com/
Frak you, I'm a Sea Serpent.
(It just jumped out at me from the list. I have no idea what it means, but I kind of love it!)
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My two favorites that I have used are:
Here There Be Monsters- on a sailor who has the soul of the Leviathan living in his head
At The Bottom Was Hope- the keeper of Pandora's Box
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For a Russian Pyromancer I played: In Soviet Russia, fire light YOU!
For a badass semi-human monster hunter: The Abyss Blinked. (Neitzche reference)
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"If you can't talk to the authorities, talk to the Wardens. Can't talk to them, call me."
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I think the one I had most fun with was a camp counselor with the following Aspects and powers.
HC: The All-Seeing Perve
I Spy, with my Third Eye
Trouble: Curiosity Killed the Cat
He of course had the powers of the Sight, and Supernatural Senses allowing him to see through drywall, plywood and wood planks...
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I've got a few from some PCs and NPCs in my game.
"I Know Things That Know Things" - Contacts with the supernatural, also useful or intimidation or bonuses to lore.
"A Dark and Stormy Knight" - For a Summer-aligned storm knight.
"Sword and Sorcery" - I'm a huge fan of D&D, and I've used this one for a few Wardens.
"My Higher Authority Trumps Your White Council" - a Religion inspired wizard who follows his own path.
"Conscience Is A Sh!tty Navigator" - Excuse the profanity, but I've used this one to complicate so much in my game. Really, really rolling in the FP.
"No Use Crying Over Spilled Malk" - used to pretty awesome effect by a Malk Changeling
"Rage Against The..." - Used by my White Court rage vampires. I love me some music inspired aspects.
"Shoot First, Shoot Later, Shoot Some More And Then When Everybody's Dead Try To Ask A Question Or Two" - A long aspect that I used for a gunslinger with the Ghost Speaker power. It pretty much summed up the character's outlook on negotiations.
"Onward Tiny Metal Horses!" - Used by an Elf Sidhe, Lord Chibbitz. He believes that the horse power in an "auto coach" means the vehicle is powered by tiny metal horses.
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I'm playing a time-traveling caveman-- literally, a member of the first tribe of homo sapiens-- who was mystically empowered to serve as the defender of his tribe, and by extension all of humanity.
His first three Phase Aspects are "Every Part of the Mammoth", "Sexy Shoeless God of War", and "Primitive, Not Stupid".
I've also got a backup character if my half-dragon juvenile delinquent ever succeeds at dying-- the kid's Trouble is "Impulsive Heroism"-- whose High Concept is "Experimental Homunculus Technomancer"; he's a human whose soul has been bound with a Metal elemental and a Spirit of Knowledge, to be used basically like a smartphone by the warlock who created him.
His aspects include "Heart of Gold, Soul of Silicon", "Revolutionary Cryptoanarchist", and "Paranet Celebrity".
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I created four characters for now.
They're all story-less for now cause I'm not participating any game for now.
The first one, wich seems the funniest, is the one with the name I have on the forum: Nathalie "Syfekie" Thomas.
She's got for high aspect: Sorceress having fun cause life is boring if you don't
She has the trouble: Does he hate me? (Meaning she's not liked by many people and she's too naïve to understand why, and to make the difference between the ones that likes her and the ones that hate her.)
Her full secondary aspects list is this: (of course I'll continue adding more, and more, cause it's funny)
Did I say that wrong? (She says thing she shouldn't, and is usually bad in explications)
Why are you looking at me? (She always has the feeling that someone is looking at her, and she needs a responsible everytimes. Also, she's not good at making the difference between a perv and a good guy)
I didn't deserve that! It's injustice! (She doesn't assume consequences of her acts and thinks that it's the fault of somebody else)
Pff, like I care! (She thinks that if she looks like she don't care, people will come back and be sorry... it never happens)
That was awesome, I wanna try! (She thinks she has no limit in magic when it looks like a funny trick... and sometimes it results in big problems)
Did it hurt? (Stupid questions... always...)
Impossible!!! (If she can't do it, then nobody should, period!)
There's no way it could go wrong! (She thinks warnings are useless... especially in moments where it's important to pay attention to it)
I've got the perfect idea for you! (She always finds a bad advice to give to someone that doesn't need any)
All I wanted was a pepsi! (Things turns dramatic around her, and it her fault, and she doesn't know it's her fault)
What am I doing here again? (Wrong place, wrong time, and she forgets why she was there to start with)
You know what? (She always has something to say... that doesn't fit the situation)
I hope he doesn't see me... (She's not very... subtle...)
I got his attention! Now what? (She has a great use in combat situation: she draws the attention of the ennemies at all costs. She's a good taunter. But she doesn't know how to deal with the results of it)
Could you repeat that again, please? (She's slow with the understanding)
Wait! Don't attack him! Because... he doesn't look like an evil guy... (If he's sexy, he's a good guy)
The second one is her brother, "Matt" Thomas. He's not complete at all:
HC: Wardens' eyes... When he feels like it... (Matt is a wizard, and he likes order, but he also likes to take his time and do his own things)
Trouble: Oh no! Not my sister! (His sister is always in the way somehow)
As secondary aspects, for now, he has:
Why are you still searching? I just gave you the answer! (Meaning people tend to ignore him... or he just uses a too much develloped language for usual people...)
Yes, I can do that for you... Do you have anything else to ask before I change my mind? (He's reliable, but he never seems to happy of helping others)
The law is there for a good reason. (He knows the law and respects it. He also likes it when others also understand why the law is there and why it should be respected. His sister doesn't understand it, by the way)
And... Why should I do that crazy and dangerous experience? (People often asks him to de their dangerous and unsure jobs or tests... He usually does not accept.)
Why am I talking to you, anyway? (He gets easily bored when people are less intelligent or doesn't try enough to understand what he says)
My third character is Daniel Rose, a pure mortal... but with... you know... You'll understand with the High concept, I think.
HC: Everybody wants a piece of me... even minor gods. (He's way too sexy for a normal human... and minor gods that sees him usually thinks he looks like the perfect toy to serve as approache with other mortals)
Trouble: "Lustfull" (He's always full of a lust feeling, just as if he was just touched by a White court vamp.)
I don't have prepared any other aspects for him for now, but he really seems special to deal with for now, I don't know if I'll keep the idea.
I also have created an undead that has "voices in his head" because he was raised to be used against the white circle. I don't have many aspects for him neither for now, but his background is almost ready. He lived as a lawbreaker(1,2,4,7) and was killed for his crimes by an extremist. He was raised by a necromancer that tied to make him a monster to use as a pawn against the Wardens. He has no blood in his veins, but look totally human... just pale and very slim... He also has a big problem, wich is a catch with the power of Physical Immunity. His catch is very tricky, since it's Blood he's alergic to. Otherwise, he uses magic based on the control of flesh and bones and one of his favorite techniques is to modify the feet of his pursuers to make them unable to walk correctly without falling.
And that's all... Yeah, my sorceress is really funny.
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I'm playing a time-traveling caveman-- literally, a member of the first tribe of homo sapiens-- who was mystically empowered to serve as the defender of his tribe, and by extension all of humanity.
His first three Phase Aspects are "Every Part of the Mammoth", "Sexy Shoeless God of War", and "Primitive, Not Stupid".
I love this concept.
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HOMESCHOOLED IN HELL
SATAN IS MY GODFATHER
Now that I have your attention, direct your eyes to this massive wall of text. The aspects make more sense when combined with character story, but if you don't care, TLDR parts are in red, and when not labeled TLDR are regular reading too.
I'm currently making Max, a nephilim (half-angel) who is the son of a Denarian and her Fallen who was raised in the Downbelow. He was able to survive the demon denizens of the Downbelow due to the other demons' fear of the Fallen, and he survived the Fallen's infighting due to Satan's direct involvement (I'm setting myself up for hell...). When his mother (the Denarian) was killed, he was sent out of the Downbelow to wield his father's coin. Eventally convinced by Sanya, who he had been a Denarian with, to give up his coin, his ultimate goal is to redeem the Fallen that are not past the point of no return. This (hopefully) includes his father, because step two is killing the remaining host of Hell to protect humanity. His whole shtick is that he's a Shadow inspired stealth badass who fights crime to prove that neither the Fallen or the Denarians are inherently evil.
The game is running on the idea that the Fallen were just malcontents in the host of Heaven that took their complaints a step too far and were thrown into the Downbelow for a sort of 'permanent time out' (read: exile). It also assumes that Satan was an archangel (and an über-Fallen) and therefore not given a coin, and that the Fallen did not start evil, but instead were slowly corrupted by the Downbelow's denizens and the power given to them by their coin. Max is less capable of seeing the corruption than others with an outsiders' view, and therefore believes that almost all of the Fallen are redeemable, even when most of them aren't. He also has a bit of denial going on (to the point of violence) when corruption in the Fallen that he can't or doesn't want to see, particularly in his father, is pointed out.
Food for thought- How many organizations (sans the über-bigwigs in the Nevernever) know the location of the Downbelow? How many of those organizations (again, minus the über-bigwigs) know anything of its inner geography? How many beings (you know the drill) are familiar enough with the individual Fallen to have an educated guess as to how to destroy their coin? How many beings/organizations (this time including the über-bigwigs) that don't know any or all of these would want Max if they knew he knows? How many of these beings/organizations want him to learn this themselves, and how many only want to silence him? Think about Mab, the Church, the Denarians, even the Archive would have some use for this information. Add to that equation that Max does not want this information getting out yet, as he is afraid that even the redeemable Fallen would be destroyed. This is going to both suck and be awesome at the same time if it works.
TLDR: Max is a half-angel Shadow inspired stealth character who was raised in Hell and wants to redeem the Fallen and cripple, if not destroy, Hell itself with knowledge that most supernatural creatures would kill for if they knew he had it.
As he's new to the group and region (Las Vegas), the GM and I have decided to give him none of the aspects associated with the other players, and to add those aspects as we go on as character growth.
His aspects are (for now):
High Concept: EX-DENARIAN NEPHILIM
Literally what it says on the tin. He is an ex-Denarian, and he is a nephilim.
Trouble: HOMESCHOOLED IN HELL
This allows my character to show a different morality than the other characters do. He wasn't raised in a barn, he was raised in Hell. Different things are allowed there than here, and while he's been on the mortal world for five years, that's not enough time to get used to everything, or even most things. This, however, is as much a curse as it is a blessing.
SATAN IS MY GODFATHER
You can't survive being raised by a group of thirty different people who want to kill each other (especially when those 'people' are demons) without some help. For whatever reason, the Devil (with a capital D) was that help. Is this evidence that even the Big Man Downstairs is redeemable, or does Lucifer have some sort of purpose for Max? Knowing my GM? I'm screwed. (Also, I used four different names for Satan in one paragraph [Devil, Big Man Downstairs, Lucifer, and GM] tying my personal record!)
ENDS FROM ABOVE, MEANS FROM BELOW
Pretty much self explanatory. He uses methods such as murder to put the fear of crime into criminals, thus lowering crime rates across the board (besides the murder rate, of course). Just because he has just, moral goals doesn't mean he uses just, moral methods to complete them.
Best part of all of this is that the other players will only know the 'crime fighting nephilim' part of this character until my GM decides that he's going to reveal it in the most damaging way possible. Wait...
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Haha, I love it!
I am now making another character wich goes approximatively like this:
She's a dead girl that works for criminal groups and dark associations. She kills, retrieve informations, all kind of stuff. But! She's of better use in groups, since her way of working is special. She has to power to possess other beings, and has a fixation on little girls (wich is her trouble aspect, by the way). So, when she has a job to do, she possesses a little girl, and somehow finds a way to do the job as the little girl. Also, when she needs to, she incites fear in her ennemies and manage to put them in a dead-end so she can then force them to answer her questions.
When she's "normal", she is a young lady (looks like Emilie Autumn, with the make-up and all).
She only has one aspect for now, wich is : "I am just a little girl!"
Meaning she always flees accusations and other threats by reminding that she looks like a little girl, when she's in possession of one.
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We had some great gems hiding in plain sight. Oddly the quiet and "vague" or not as focused on character bits, but on core perspectives of the character.
"Ohhh! What does this do?"
"Killing isn't elegant or creative. It's not my style..." (Dr Horrible love)
"I've gotten in touch with my inner sociopath"
"I'm not racist, I hate everyone" (character was indeed "racist" everything not human was bad)
An awesome character that was all about cards. Tarot and playing card divination and odd "density magic" to turn small thrown weapons into big hits. (Yes, a card throwing character, they happen a lot in my group) He had some good aspects but the one that will always stand out is: "The Heart of the M***er F***ing Cards, B***h!" Between the utility and entertainment this aspect came up at every turn.
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DOES THE RIGHT THING IS SPITE OF HIMSELF
Rather self-explanatory, I think. Stole it from the Discworld Gurps book describing Rincewind. Gonna apply it when I change Aspects to my PC.
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Got another ex-Denarian, here, in my friend Cheryl's weird DFRPG. We all live in an infinite time-traveling House, like a cross between an Infinite Improbability Drive and a TARDIS, that travels the space-time continuum at night and lands somewhere random during the day-- the same one in my previous post, except that Caveman has retired after traveling to the future after the extinction of humanity and helping restart the species.
Before the start of the game, I lost my coin and have spent the last couple of centuries inside a magic circle; it's sustained me and kept me from aging, but I couldn't escape and I've had nobody but Iscariel's shadow for company. I've been fighting her influence, but I've given in to temptation multiple times only to find the coin unavailable because the house had landed in a time period in which someone else was carrying it. The last time I broke was literally last night, when the House was sitting on a distant alien planet six months after the extinction of humanity-- I successfully summoned the coin, with no fallen angel inside of it, and Iscariel broke. Now, Scary and I are working together, tenuously, for our own self-preservation and possibly even redemption; Scary is now afraid of the coin and for the loss of her own identity, while I want the coin back so that Scary and I can work together to redeem Iscariel.
My HC is "Repentant Ex-Denarian and His Imaginary Friend", and my aspects include "Redemption of the Fallen" and "We Won't Be Slaves Again"... but the best Aspect on the sheet is, in my opinion, "Long, Dark Honeymoon".
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Played in a game where I was a crazy preacher and I shared an Aspect with a White Court Vampire of
"God Hates Fangs"