The_Universe
First Post
As I'm trying to figure out how all the pieces of the new D&D world will fit together, I'd like to have a bit of an idea of what kinds of characters you all plan to create for the game.
Without mentioning a class, I want you to try to briefly describe the archetype you're envisioning, as well as a brief framework of your characters backstory. Obviously, this exercise may be slightly more difficult because you lack specific information about what's going to be going on. That's fine. Describe your future character in generalities.
For example, in extremely general terms, one of my favorite D&D character concepts is the noble half-breed. The character is raised as the son of a [minor official or noble] and a common woman from the border village where he was born. However, the [minor noble] is not, in fact, the character's father. The character's village was repeatedly assaulted by [monstrous humanoids] during the character's childhood; as adulthood approached, the character realized that he had been conceived during one such assault. Later, the [minor noble] sacrificed himself to save the village, at least temporarily, from the [barbarian horde]. The character watched as the [minor noble, foster father] was killed, and knew with terrible certainty that the monster that killed him was in fact his [real, biological father]. Overcome with fury, the character swore vengeance on the [real father], and vowed that until the opportunity to do so presented himself, he would live as his [foster father] would have wanted. He is now a warrior for [the same cause/nation the foster father served], wandering the [borders of civilization], hoping to find the monster that spawned him, and to kill him.
The generic stuff, in my example, is in brackets. What do you have in mind?
Without mentioning a class, I want you to try to briefly describe the archetype you're envisioning, as well as a brief framework of your characters backstory. Obviously, this exercise may be slightly more difficult because you lack specific information about what's going to be going on. That's fine. Describe your future character in generalities.
For example, in extremely general terms, one of my favorite D&D character concepts is the noble half-breed. The character is raised as the son of a [minor official or noble] and a common woman from the border village where he was born. However, the [minor noble] is not, in fact, the character's father. The character's village was repeatedly assaulted by [monstrous humanoids] during the character's childhood; as adulthood approached, the character realized that he had been conceived during one such assault. Later, the [minor noble] sacrificed himself to save the village, at least temporarily, from the [barbarian horde]. The character watched as the [minor noble, foster father] was killed, and knew with terrible certainty that the monster that killed him was in fact his [real, biological father]. Overcome with fury, the character swore vengeance on the [real father], and vowed that until the opportunity to do so presented himself, he would live as his [foster father] would have wanted. He is now a warrior for [the same cause/nation the foster father served], wandering the [borders of civilization], hoping to find the monster that spawned him, and to kill him.
The generic stuff, in my example, is in brackets. What do you have in mind?
I'm leaning towards a healer type, although physically active. Something more along the lines of a warrior priest than a healing from the back sort of guy. He's a level headed fellow, one that sets his gaze on a point in the distance and moves inexorably toward it ("What? The item we need is guarded by a lich tarasque in the heart of the necropolis? Let me grab my boots"). In your game world, he's the type that would be only momentarily surprised when god-granted powers start back-firing, immediately setting off to discover the cause of such events instead of being paralyzed by disbelief/shock.
