How much are your characters like you?

[Mark]

Leaving aside the magic and whatnot, how much are your characters like you?

 

[demiurge1138]

Half-and-half. Usually, my characters are slightly insane, dangerous cross-traders or some other unsavory sorts (which I am not), but they pick up my personality traits in the bargain.

Demiurge out.

 

[Crothian]

some the same, but more different

 

[Jdvn1]

This is hard to guage. Some are very similar, some are very different.

 

[lukelightning]

My characters will never be the same as me until I roll a character with 18 in every score. Also I tend to play characters with a range of flaws, while the only flaw I have in real life is my humility.

 

[Desdichado]

I'm not enough of a method actor; my characters are probably at best still half me, even when I try to be different.

 

[BlackMoria]

My characters are completely different from me.

I base my characters on personalities/characters from TV shows, movies or books and extrapolate how that character would react in a fantasy setting interacting in the situation at hand.

All those years of doing theatre and drama didn't go to waste....

 

[JRRNeiklot]

My characters are usually how I would be without society's restrictions. I.E., if I see someone hurting someone, my characters would probably just lop the guys head off. In real life, eh, I might stop him, but not so violently.

 

[EricNoah]

They tend to be pretty close to me, though more like "me as I want to be" in many cases. I play many physical types (and even cross the gender line now and then) but they tend to be hard working, practical, self-sacrificing early risers who don't complain about discomfort or bad food. So ... maybe not quite like me all the time. Say 60%.

 

[Brain]

I answered: 30% (A certain amount like me)

It varies a lot from character to character and there are so many criteria to compare on, but this seemed like the best answer. Every character has some subconscious influence from my self.