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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 9642707" data-attributes="member: 19675">I probably had more problems with creating PCs when I started out in the hobby, but those difficulties are lost to my memory.These days, most of my problems come down to “how do I create this character in this system” or settling on fine details when presented several options.&nbsp; IOW, narrowing my options down to actual decisions.For instance, in HERO, there might literally be hundreds of ways to create a certain type of character.&nbsp; Or in D&amp;D 3.X, you might have several feats that would work well for a PC, but since they’re a finite resource, you have to pick and choose carefully if you want your play experiences to approximate the ideas you have in your head.&nbsp; One time that cropped up for me was when 3Ed was introduced, and my group decided to continue the campaign we’d started in AD&amp;D, through 2Ed, and into the (then) new edition.I had the conversion guide, but there were certain things that were simply not going to convert well or at all for certain characters.&nbsp; So I settled on trying to model the key aspects of how characters had worked in play in the prior editions.&nbsp; That led to one character dropping one of his 3 classes.Thing is, I’d been through a similar situation before.&nbsp; When I was in a group in Austin, we decided that- to combat GM no-shows and RW pressures- everyone in the group had to design a campaign to run, and everyone had to have a character for every campaign.&nbsp; Each week, we scheduled someone to be the primary GM and someone else to be the backup, and the rest of us had to bring what we needed for the 2 scheduled games.&nbsp; (Boardgames were our 3rd option, but we rarely needed it.)Because of this, I decided to take inspiration from Michael Moorcock’s Eternal Champion cycle and create a character whom I could model in almost any system, for any setting as a personal challenge. I came up with Slapstick, a mercenary who used evil clown makeup &amp; wigs to hide his features &amp; identity.&nbsp; Think of him as a heroic/antiheroic version of The Joker or tragicomic Punisher.&nbsp; (IOW, not quite a villain…but not far from one.)He got statted out for 2Ed, HERO, GURPS, Torg, RIFTS, and a few other systems.&nbsp; I only played a couple versions of him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 9642707, member: 19675"] I probably had more problems with creating PCs when I started out in the hobby, but those difficulties are lost to my memory. These days, most of my problems come down to “how do I create [B]this[/B] character in [B]this[/B] system” or settling on fine details when presented several options. IOW, narrowing my options down to actual decisions. For instance, in HERO, there might literally be hundreds of ways to create a certain type of character. Or in D&D 3.X, you might have several feats that would work well for a PC, but since they’re a finite resource, you have to pick and choose carefully if you want your play experiences to approximate the ideas you have in your head. One time that cropped up for me was when 3Ed was introduced, and my group decided to continue the campaign we’d started in AD&D, through 2Ed, and into the (then) new edition. I had the conversion guide, but there were certain things that were simply not going to convert well or at all for certain characters. So I settled on trying to model the key aspects of how characters had worked in play in the prior editions. That led to one character dropping one of his 3 classes. Thing is, I’d been through a similar situation before. When I was in a group in Austin, we decided that- to combat GM no-shows and RW pressures- everyone in the group had to design a campaign to run, and everyone had to have a character for every campaign. Each week, we scheduled someone to be the primary GM and someone else to be the backup, and the rest of us had to bring what we needed for the 2 scheduled games. (Boardgames were our 3rd option, but we rarely needed it.) Because of this, I decided to take inspiration from Michael Moorcock’s Eternal Champion cycle and create a character whom I could model in almost any system, for any setting as a personal challenge. I came up with [B]Slapstick[/B], a mercenary who used evil clown makeup & wigs to hide his features & identity. Think of him as a heroic/antiheroic version of The Joker or tragicomic Punisher. (IOW, not quite a villain…but not far from one.) He got statted out for 2Ed, HERO, GURPS, Torg, RIFTS, and a few other systems. I only played a couple versions of him. [/QUOTE]

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