Favorite Character

[Billiarmus]

Now, I am personally a powergamer. I hope you all don't hold that against me too much But sometimes, I think everyone finds a character that is truly their favorite, or at least a few characters that are truly memorable. Now, for those of you that've been playing for decades, these characters may be older concepts that newer players, like myself, have never even heard of. But that's why i've started this thread.

As much of a powergamer as I am, I rarely make a character that could be stronger statistically, or at least within the limits of *some* reason. I max out all usefull attributes, minimize lesser ones and drop the character into a game, backstory or no backstory.

But once, just once, as I recall, I had a really great character. His name was, of all things, Billiarmus. He was a drow wizard-rogue. He absolutely sucked. He couldn't cast high level-spells to keep up with the rest of the party. His skills lacked because of his wizard levels. He occasionally got off a color spray, and it was a joyous occasion when he did.

"Wow. Billiarmus did something," was the response I got, even if I only dealt damage.

But as I played the character, I played off his weaknesses more and more, and really did enjoy seeing him do something useful, simply because he rarely could.

In the end, in a still-remembered plot development from the best DM in our group truly made Billiarmus my favorite character.

We were captured in an anti-magic chamber, Billiarmus unable to use even his feeble dweomers. Locked in, stripped of equipment. We were in deep *insert favorite explitive*.

Then, a super-fighter, with some freakish artifact sword, walked in and proceeded to beat the crap out of our party, hurling our cleric against the wall and breaking every bone in his body. Then, he teleported Billiarmus to an isolation cell for insulting him. Then, he gave us a choice. Aid his organization's evil conquest of the realms (FR setting, albeit slightly changed history), or die. As the party one by one pledged their alliegence to his group to save their lives, each party member made difficult decisions as they rationalized this change in alignment. Finally, the fighter brought Billiarmus back, and he asked again, "So, do you join, Billiarmus?" I then asked my DM what the Faerunian equivalent of flicking someone off was. As you can imagine, Billiarmus died, run through with a sword in his chest. And that was the end of my favorite character.

I hope you enjoyed this story, not boring you too much, and I'd love to hear all the great stories i'm sure everyone has about their favorite characters.

So start posting those characters and their stories, especially the stories that defined what made them your favorite characters!

 

[Celtavian]

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My favorite character is a half-elf wizard named Celtavian. He is the most measured character I have ever played.

Celtavian is a worshipper of Mystra. He rarely cast spells, but when he did, they usually helped turn the tides of battle.

I really liked this character because we went through the adventure Undermountain, and Celtavian did not receive a scratch from level 1 to level 12. He avoided battle, yet was still instrumental in several key encounters. He even used a wish to summon sunlight into a deep chamber to help defeat a powerful vampiress.

Very fun character. He is the character I enjoy playing the most. He is very confident, and a very tricky spellcaster.

 

[Caspiar]

My namesake.....my very first character.....a reluctant Prince......a 1st edition Fighter made in 1978..... Caspiar seemed to have luck on his side......never once died.....never had to be raised...... He has been translated into both 2nd and 3rd edition......and is still merely a fighter.......

I have had hundreds of characters since.......in everything From Spelljammer to Kalamar. But my original fighter still stalks Oerth to this day........In his Black Plate mail.....swinging his mighty hammer.....writing the wrongs of Greyhawk....

Now an NPC.... he will always be my favourite......being unable to truly capture that wonder we had with the game.....It will always be Caspiar......even after all these years

 

[Orco42]

Mine is Orco, of course. Played him for 7 years and I am about to start again.

But my current character Nor (short for Eleanor) is close. It may be because I like 3e so much better than 2e. He is a male full blooded orc (Barb1/Fght7) that thinks he is a half elf and worships Corellon Larethian (this is the closest I have ever come to playing an elf because I hate them). His strength is beyond that of an ox and his mind is much inferior. He fights with a greatsword and orcish shotputs. His always is pushing around a wheelbarrell full of pies (mmm.... pies). His best friend is an NPC bard named Wesley Willis.

 

[Billiarmus]

Thanks for posting Caspiar, Orco42 and Celtavian. Interesting to hear about these characters.

But come on, everyone. I'm sure there are tons of stories out there from all of the lurkers that have read this post

Keep 'em coming!

 

[Billiarmus]

Oh, come on, people.

I know there are stories out there to be told!

Post 'em!

 

[Nvvyn]

My favorite character so far has been my rog3/wiz5/trickster7 character names Nvvyn (go figure) I am playing him right now, and he has played through several campaigns. He is awesome, best character I've ever played, and could prolly destroy my whole party of 6 at one time.

 

[garyh]

I've had tough luck finding games, but my favorite player was Artillian Dunhal, a 2e: Players Option human cleric with some fighter in him, who worshiped a NG defender diety.

The best part of the experiece was when the group had to escort a NE acolyte who had info vital to the group. The barbs and insults back and forth between Artillian and the acolyte were a lot of fun, and gave me a great chance to build up my character outside of combat.

Reminiscing about good ol' Artillian has got the nostalgia flowin'... next time I find a game, I may just start up a new Artillian Dunhal.

 

[mseds99]

i've got a few

well, i've been dm'ing 1st and 3rd edition for 13 years..on and off.. so i've had, i mean, my players have had... a bunch of charcaters that i've come to love. A few...

In my current campaign, Hyssothywyl, a lizardman druid who came to the city as a diplomat in order to ensure that the city's expansion did not encroach on his beloved swamp home. Very amusing and a lot of fun, especially when he couldn't figure out how to turn a doorknob.

Azzadar, an apprentice red wizard scoping out the city as a possible spot for a future Red Wizard enclave. He's pretty sneaky and EXTREMELY arrogant, but is slowly learning to appreciate his current companions, including the lizardman. Getting these two into one party while keeping the stortyline interesting and reasonable has been one hell of a dm challenge.

From the past...

Trylor, a huge, hulking half-orc barbarian who wanted to set up an orphange for both orc and human children that have been abondoned during the long warfare between the two races. He pictured himself as a hero of the people, though most people were afraid of him. He was the ultimate gentle giant and as queaky clean with a rough exterior as a character could get.

Siam, an elf rogue who was played by a woman who was playing rpg's for the first time. SHe was always trying to pawn off regular goods as masterwork to the uninitiated. Quite a laugh. The women really was a salesman at heart and it showed in her charcater. Too bad she moved.

Ithicon, a semi crazy and senile witch/sorcerer who served as the librarian in the town. He would get annoyed and grumpy whenever events forced him to leave the comfy confines of his study. He also is the only fully homosexual PC that I've seen played.

 

[Crothian]

My favorite character is Remmington Crothian. I made him around 92 and have been playing him for 10 years off and on. He's got a huge history over that time. He started out a slave, escaped, tried to over through the slavers for years but failed. Got a lot of people killed trying though. He went into a big depression and came out very self sufficent. He refused to work with anyone or take on real responsibility for fear of hurting more people. He eventually worked with people again, and become a leader. That is a the condensed, shortened version.