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The Role of Character

What does it mean to have character? If you are like most players you will start defining your path by picking your race and rolling some stats. Then you pick a class and maybe an alignment, and then you gear up for adventure. For many that’s all there is to creating a character, but for what I believe to be a much more exciting experience, personality needs to be bred into the character. I don’t mean a superficial background that is created by a few random rolls; I mean one that gives a certain amount of depth to one’s personality thus influencing thought patterns. Creating a character like that is a challenge that introduces ethical challenges that go beyond an alignment or dispositions established by a particular game system.

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Introduction

This is the first in a series of articles about “Character” Creation? What do I mean by that? (Especially the part with “Character” inside quotation marks.) I mean, all the parts that are not covered in the basic mechanics of a particular RPG’s character creation system. I mean the creation and development “universal” aspects of an RPG character – personality, attitude, behavior, motivation, psychology, etc. I mean those parts that are at the heart of the “Role-Playing” experience (as opposed to the “roll-playing” experience). Continue reading »

The Role of Character Part 1

The Role of Character

Never Unprepared: Game Master’s Guide from Engine Publishing

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“Character” Creation: More than Mechanics

Introduction