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Looking for a home for these PCs (D&D, MnM, BESM, etc)

Posted by LunarKitty
LunarKitty
member, 341 posts
Wed 21 Dec 2016
at 03:14
  • msg #1

Looking for a home for these PCs (D&D, MnM, BESM, etc)

I have a few character ideas I've always wanted to play. So far I haven't found the right place for them. Regardless of everything else I'm also looking for certain things in the game:

  • Small Party.- Three to four players maximum, perhaps even a fifth one. More PCs tend to cause the game into a defacto solo game and can slowdown the game too much.
  • Lots of intraparty interaction.- I want to get invested into the world, but I also want to care about the rest of the party and for them to care about my character. Conflicting personalities, Drama, Fun times. I don't want to have to wait a month to start interacting with other players, and there should always be breather episodes for more character development.
  • Steady pace.- Whether slow or fast, but steady posting rate. Not too fast -multiple times a day- nor too slow.
  • Collaboration.- Have a DM/GM who is open to ideas and willing to bend the rules for the sake of the table and to facilitate character concepts and even ideas. Not necessarily a DM who always says yes, but one who listens to and works with the players and isn't married to the script or rulebook.


Each of these characters has a personal goal, but the campaign doesn't need to revolve around it, as long as it allows certain progress on that goal. Ok, having said that, these are the character ideas:

  • A master of disguise, basically a trickster, a prankster and a colossal gossip. A bit of a glass cannon -except for the cannon part-. Behind the gleefulness lies the longing for the home kingdom, in ruins under an usurper and the desire to find the rightful ruler and rebuild it. (DnD 5e with feats, MnM 3-I missed the other two editions-, BESM, GURPS or any system supporting the master of disguise concept)
  • A liberated serf, looking for her escaped brother. He escaped illegally and she wants to find him and bring him back. She wants to please her feudal lord with this as a mean to get closer to him. Magic in the blood optional. An important part is to play the feudal society painfully straight, without sugarcoating. (Any)
  • The runaway child of a crime lord. A bit of a con seeking to find and establish a better more honest life, but not knowing exactly how. Sheltered and gullible despite being able to outwit people. (Any)
  • A witch -as in born on a tribe of magic people, no books, no scrolls and stuff- out for revenge, a few years back a band of thugs came and massacred her tribe. She turned to a dark entity for the power to avenge them. Now she wants to locate every single of the killers and make them pay back. Still somewhat heroic, but consumed by vengeance at times (Any system, as long as the campaign preserves the sorcerer/wizard distinction.)
  • Another witch, this one is a sweetheart, non-violent, kind, compassionate, but at the same time as dumb and illiterate as possible. On the run for her life. I'm really looking for her to be focused on utility that reflects her personality -so no fireball and stuff-. (D&D 3.5, maybe with spell compendium, 5e using the latest favored soul. No Pathfinder with this one as I can't think of any bloodline that fits)
  • Less of a fully developed idea, and more just wanting to play the class (specifically path of heart), this class here http://www.enworld.org/forum/r...&downloadid=1359 , I've always wanted to play the commoner surrounded by big heroes. Probably a member of a persecuted minority banding with outsiders for survival or with heroes or rebels trying to show the world her existence isn't worthless (Obviously D&D 5e)


Even if there is no room for any of them, any game that fulfills my main requirements interests me. So, anybody here willing to give one of these a home?
This message was last edited by the user at 02:57, Wed 08 Feb 2017.
wyrmpuff
member, 105 posts
Wed 21 Dec 2016
at 05:13
  • msg #2

Re: Looking for a home for these PCs (D&D, MnM, BESM, etc)

  • Less of a fully developed idea, and more just wanting to play the class (specifically path of heart), this class here http://www.enworld.org/forum/r...&downloadid=1359 , I've always wanted to play the commoner surrounded by big heroes. Probably a member of a persecuted minority banding with outsiders for survival or with heroes or rebels trying to show the world her existence isn't worthless (Obviously D&D 5e)


I have a similar character (Paladin from Peasant stock, uses a Quarterstaff and wears leathers) that could fit in a campaign like that.
This message was last edited by the user at 05:15, Wed 21 Dec 2016.
LunarKitty
member, 343 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2017
at 02:47
  • msg #3

Re: Looking for a home for these PCs (D&D, MnM, BESM, etc)

I'm still looking. I hope one of you can find a place for one of these characters.
mintgreeen
member, 3 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2017
at 07:52
  • msg #4

Re: Looking for a home for these PCs (D&D, MnM, BESM, etc)

  • A master of disguise, basically a trickster, a prankster and a colossal gossip. A bit of a glass cannon -except for the cannon part-. Behind the gleefulness lies the longing for the home kingdom, in ruins under an usurper and the desire to find the rightful ruler and rebuild it. (DnD 5e with feats, MnM 3-I missed the other two editions-, BESM, GURPS or any system supporting the master of disguise concept)



I'd like to point you to a game concept I have. A team of black-ops assassins, who need a variety of skills to complete each mission. A grifter would definitely be a good addition :)

Could incorporate the fallen kingdom in as well, as you may encounter those who would seek to rebuild or destroy, and then you'd have to potentially go against orders based on your own agenda.

link to another game
This message was last edited by the user at 09:25, Wed 08 Feb 2017.
mintgreeen
member, 4 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2017
at 09:24
  • msg #5

Re: Looking for a home for these PCs (D&D, MnM, BESM, etc)

  • Another witch, this one is a sweetheart, non-violent, kind, compassionate, but at the same time as dumb and illiterate as possible. On the run for her life. I'm really looking for her to be focused on utility that reflects her personality -so no fireball and stuff-. (D&D 3.5, maybe with spell compendium, 5e using the latest favored soul. No Pathfinder with this one as I can't think of any bloodline that fits)


Celestial (Heal and make nice)

Fey (Compel laughter + eventually forced slumber)
This message was last edited by the user at 09:25, Wed 08 Feb 2017.
LunarKitty
member, 344 posts
Sat 25 Feb 2017
at 03:19
  • msg #6

Re: Looking for a home for these PCs (D&D, MnM, BESM, etc)

I don't know about those. One thing I don't like about Pathfinder bloodlines is that they are more of a straightjacket than something I find fun. The flavors are too much into transhuman stuff, which I don't really find appealing, or full of useless stuff that I'm just not interested on -like oh, all knowledges as class skills, exactly like any dumb illiterate witch needs to round out her concept-. The bonus spells for example, they are either iconic or meh. But if they are iconic, I don't want to wait extra levels to have them, but if I pick them early I just wasted a spell known that won't come back until three more levels happen. And if they aren't that good for the concept I'm just stuck with these spells that don't fit my character's personality. And similar with feats, sometimes the bonus feats list has nice ones, but if they are nice I already have them by the time I can pick them as bonus feats so I have to either wait more than I find reasonable or waste these feats on uninspired boring ones.

I'm also chronically in bad luck with pathfinder games, they tend to die on me too quickly. Many times I have finished creating the character -after struggling to find traits that work- just for the game not to go anywhere.

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Oh yes, still looking.
DiegoD89
member, 28 posts
Sun 26 Feb 2017
at 03:17
  • msg #7

Re: Looking for a home for these PCs (D&D, MnM, BESM, etc)

LunarKitty:
A witch -as in born on a tribe of magic people, no books, no scrolls and stuff- out for revenge, a few years back a band of thugs came and massacred her tribe. She turned to a dark entity for the power to avenge them...)


I have a Rifts game that I'm running since August last year. there could be a place for this character there if you are interested. Palladium system.
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