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<blockquote data-quote="StalkingBlue" data-source="post: 1425153" data-attributes="member: 645">Hi randomling - mind if I chip in, seeing that I know two of your PCs?&nbsp; (Not to mention look forward to meeting a third one on Thursday.)&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've seen you play Jez and Cailin, and I can't believe that you say you're playing them too similarly.&nbsp; They are certainly very different to me, heck, you even speak in different voices when playing in-character!&nbsp; To me Cailin has a much rougher, world-weary voice than Jez does, not to mention her speech mannerisms. For example, I do remember Cailin calling our dusty old wizard &quot;darling&quot; rather disdainfully, when asked to use some wand or other.&nbsp; As in &quot;Sorry, I don't do that, darling.&nbsp; I shoot and I open locks.&quot;&nbsp; That really characterised her for me.&nbsp; Jez would never speak like that I'd think.&nbsp; OTOH Jez standing alone with Zana to face the orcs charging over the crest of the hill when all the guys were down on their faces in the grass, Jez running to protect the channeler from more orcs in the night ambush, and Jez still fighting back when the wolves had her down to 0hp with the only healer dead - those are some of the mental images I have of her.&nbsp; A completely different cup of tea from Cailin, at least to me.&nbsp; Both are memorable characters to me already, although neither has been in play for longer than a few sessions.&nbsp; Also, although both seem good-aligned to me, they differ.&nbsp; I'd have said Cailin is the neutral to chaotic one and Jez probably lawful - but what the heck, so maybe I'm wrong.&nbsp; Or maybe someone noted the wrong alignment on their character sheets ...&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> So, er, I guess I don't have much advice to offer. Except that if you want to play individual, memorable characters, I think you're already doing it.&nbsp; I can't see that that you'd override what one of your PCs would do with what *you* would do when there's a difficult choice to make, just because I experience the two of them as very different, I'd expect them to make their own (different) choices.&nbsp; Of course I may be completely off, so feel free to ignore me.&nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="StalkingBlue, post: 1425153, member: 645"] Hi randomling - mind if I chip in, seeing that I know two of your PCs? (Not to mention look forward to meeting a third one on Thursday.) :) I've seen you play Jez and Cailin, and I can't believe that you say you're playing them too similarly. They are certainly very different to me, heck, you even speak in different voices when playing in-character! To me Cailin has a much rougher, world-weary voice than Jez does, not to mention her speech mannerisms. For example, I do remember Cailin calling our dusty old wizard "darling" rather disdainfully, when asked to use some wand or other. As in "Sorry, I don't do that, darling. I shoot and I open locks." That really characterised her for me. Jez would never speak like that I'd think. OTOH Jez standing alone with Zana to face the orcs charging over the crest of the hill when all the guys were down on their faces in the grass, Jez running to protect the channeler from more orcs in the night ambush, and Jez still fighting back when the wolves had her down to 0hp with the only healer dead - those are some of the mental images I have of her. A completely different cup of tea from Cailin, at least to me. Both are memorable characters to me already, although neither has been in play for longer than a few sessions. Also, although both seem good-aligned to me, they differ. I'd have said Cailin is the neutral to chaotic one and Jez probably lawful - but what the heck, so maybe I'm wrong. Or maybe someone noted the wrong alignment on their character sheets ... :p So, er, I guess I don't have much advice to offer. Except that if you want to play individual, memorable characters, I think you're already doing it. I can't see that that you'd override what one of your PCs would do with what *you* would do when there's a difficult choice to make, just because I experience the two of them as very different, I'd expect them to make their own (different) choices. Of course I may be completely off, so feel free to ignore me. :D [/QUOTE]

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