Thursday, September 20, 2012

Ready to roll!

I always liked the way Shadowrun had a full body painting on each character archetype with a typical profile. My favorite character 'hotwire', was grabbed straight from one of these when I arrived late to the first session or my original pc died (I forget now). Over time she grew from generic decker to a more personalized, well rounded (and somewhat odd) character. The moral of the story- having pregens handy is good.

So D'undred shall have them!

I picture a page per character- full length painting, stats all done and items blocked in ready for 'bracketing' (so you get ___________(hand weapon +20 and fill in Bastard Sword (hand weapon +20).

.... And your away!

There should be different archetypes for each class present, such as Burley Fighter (tank), Swift Fighter (duellist), Sickly Necromancer, Frail Wizard, Battle mage, Charming Rogue, Petty Thief, catburgler and so on, giving you a clear idea of what your playing from the get go.

Of course, you can always generate your attributes and buy trappings, but thats optional.

One things certain... I will include a random name generator table for players to enjoy. With tables for sexes, classes and races.
You know the fun names these throw up... Gel/gor/finger/true= Gelgor truefinger. Raghorn leastbit, Emmadmir wherryknot.
Katniss Eberdeen. Larree HellMore. Etc.
Heck, a table of quirks for inspiration would be fun too. Big nose+ sneer+ limp? Winning smile +interesting scent+ grey streak? Nervous laugh+body hair+fascinated with blue.

Love those.







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