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<blockquote data-quote="Salad Shooter" data-source="post: 1619368" data-attributes="member: 9709"><p>Pick a race. Any race. Doesn't matter. Pick a class. Any class. Doesn't matter. If you already know what the rest of the group is playing, pick a class that complements the others. Or don't. Then, Look at your class and race. Why is that character that class? What happened? For instance, this is one of my characters.</p><p></p><p>Kagonesti Elf Ranger. Boring, right?</p><p></p><p>However, her entire family was destroyed when she was younger by a group of goblins. This, obviously, makes her rather bitter towards goblins. Her racial enemy is goblins. She tattoed her entire body black in mourning of her family's death. She isn't suicidal by any means, and, while she hates goblins, she doesn't do anything stupid in trying to kill them. Not that she won't go a little out of her way to kill them. The longer she lives, the more goblins she can kill. You wouldn't know that her family was slaughtered unless you asked, because she doesn't act all mopey and stuff, fairly normal, actually. </p><p></p><p>You see? WHY are they that class. Was there any interesting things that happened for them to pick up any of the class abilities? If you put enough thought into it, even something as un-original as an Elven Ranger or Human Fighter can be interesting and unique. It's all in the background.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Salad Shooter, post: 1619368, member: 9709"] Pick a race. Any race. Doesn't matter. Pick a class. Any class. Doesn't matter. If you already know what the rest of the group is playing, pick a class that complements the others. Or don't. Then, Look at your class and race. Why is that character that class? What happened? For instance, this is one of my characters. Kagonesti Elf Ranger. Boring, right? However, her entire family was destroyed when she was younger by a group of goblins. This, obviously, makes her rather bitter towards goblins. Her racial enemy is goblins. She tattoed her entire body black in mourning of her family's death. She isn't suicidal by any means, and, while she hates goblins, she doesn't do anything stupid in trying to kill them. Not that she won't go a little out of her way to kill them. The longer she lives, the more goblins she can kill. You wouldn't know that her family was slaughtered unless you asked, because she doesn't act all mopey and stuff, fairly normal, actually. You see? WHY are they that class. Was there any interesting things that happened for them to pick up any of the class abilities? If you put enough thought into it, even something as un-original as an Elven Ranger or Human Fighter can be interesting and unique. It's all in the background. [/QUOTE]
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