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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4838493" data-attributes="member: 22779">Ok, first off, I'm not talking about the mechanics side of things.&nbsp; There are people who do that WAYYY better than me.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I'm talking about where do you start when you want to make a new character?&nbsp; The reason I ask is I'm currently playing a Gnome Binder in a 3.5 game and it's taken me a heck of a long time for this guy to develop any personality.&nbsp; It took me a while to figure out why that was and here's the thing.&nbsp; This is one of the first characters I ever made from a mechanics first perspective.&nbsp; Usually when I make a character, I try to envisage a personality.&nbsp; What's he like, what does he want, goals, enemies?&nbsp; That sort of thing.&nbsp; Once I have a fairly decent picture in my mind of what this guy is like, then I go and start picking class and whatnot.&nbsp; My last character, a priest of St. Cuthbert who wanted to burn all the sinners started exactly this way.&nbsp; I had his personality hooks first and then his class.So how do you do it?&nbsp; How do you breathe life into your characters.&nbsp; My poor gnome didn't have much of a personality until he failed his first binder check.&nbsp; Now, almost all his personality comes from failing binder checks.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; Loads of fun.&nbsp; But, man, it took a long time.&nbsp; And, if he makes all his checks, he's back to being really boring again.&nbsp; :'(What do you think is the best way to build a character?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 4838493, member: 22779"] Ok, first off, I'm not talking about the mechanics side of things. There are people who do that WAYYY better than me. :) I'm talking about where do you start when you want to make a new character? The reason I ask is I'm currently playing a Gnome Binder in a 3.5 game and it's taken me a heck of a long time for this guy to develop any personality. It took me a while to figure out why that was and here's the thing. This is one of the first characters I ever made from a mechanics first perspective. Usually when I make a character, I try to envisage a personality. What's he like, what does he want, goals, enemies? That sort of thing. Once I have a fairly decent picture in my mind of what this guy is like, then I go and start picking class and whatnot. My last character, a priest of St. Cuthbert who wanted to burn all the sinners started exactly this way. I had his personality hooks first and then his class. So how do you do it? How do you breathe life into your characters. My poor gnome didn't have much of a personality until he failed his first binder check. Now, almost all his personality comes from failing binder checks. :) Loads of fun. But, man, it took a long time. And, if he makes all his checks, he's back to being really boring again. :'( What do you think is the best way to build a character? [/QUOTE]

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