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<blockquote data-quote="RigaMortus2" data-source="post: 4727547" data-attributes="member: 11586"><p>So I had this idea to incorporate PC or Hero "motivations" into my next D&D session. Similiar to alignments, less strict, no real in-game benefits or disadvantages. Just an extra tool to help people roleplay or remember why their character "does what he does".</p><p></p><p>I got the idea from the Super Hero Motivations found in the old DC Heroes RPG (later reprinted as Blood of Heroes). I like the idea a lot. I found the following Superhero motivations online, and am asking for advice to modify, re-write and re-title them so they are more fitting in a fantasy D&D setting, for heroes or adventurerers. So here is the "super hero" versions I found. I will add/edit some sample fantasy hero examples along with some of them to give you an idea of what I am going for.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Now bare in mind, some of these need a little updating, and some cane be folded into one another. For example, Thrill of Adventure makes sense as a fantasy hero motivation, but Responsibility of Power or Seeking Justice doesn't entirely. They need to be renamed and tweaked a little. You have to remember, the PCs are going to be more than just stopping super villains (ie BBEGs). So Seeking Justice would work well with a Paladin (as would Upholding the Good), but anyone (Paladin or not) that picks Seeking Justice as a motivation to be a hero is basically stuck in the vigilante fighting street crime camp (pretty much). I just need some of these to be reworded or tweaked to more fit the fantasy hero/adventurer setting. So any help anyone has in rewriting some of these, I'd much appreciate it!</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p><p></p><p>-------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>Edit: Right off the bat, I just noticed... I think Wants Revenge can be tied right into Seeking Justice (I want these to appear as general and open as possible). One form of Seeking Justice can be seeing someone punished for a crime they committed against you (ie Revenge).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RigaMortus2, post: 4727547, member: 11586"] So I had this idea to incorporate PC or Hero "motivations" into my next D&D session. Similiar to alignments, less strict, no real in-game benefits or disadvantages. Just an extra tool to help people roleplay or remember why their character "does what he does". I got the idea from the Super Hero Motivations found in the old DC Heroes RPG (later reprinted as Blood of Heroes). I like the idea a lot. I found the following Superhero motivations online, and am asking for advice to modify, re-write and re-title them so they are more fitting in a fantasy D&D setting, for heroes or adventurerers. So here is the "super hero" versions I found. I will add/edit some sample fantasy hero examples along with some of them to give you an idea of what I am going for. Now bare in mind, some of these need a little updating, and some cane be folded into one another. For example, Thrill of Adventure makes sense as a fantasy hero motivation, but Responsibility of Power or Seeking Justice doesn't entirely. They need to be renamed and tweaked a little. You have to remember, the PCs are going to be more than just stopping super villains (ie BBEGs). So Seeking Justice would work well with a Paladin (as would Upholding the Good), but anyone (Paladin or not) that picks Seeking Justice as a motivation to be a hero is basically stuck in the vigilante fighting street crime camp (pretty much). I just need some of these to be reworded or tweaked to more fit the fantasy hero/adventurer setting. So any help anyone has in rewriting some of these, I'd much appreciate it! Thanks ------------------------------------------------------- Edit: Right off the bat, I just noticed... I think Wants Revenge can be tied right into Seeking Justice (I want these to appear as general and open as possible). One form of Seeking Justice can be seeing someone punished for a crime they committed against you (ie Revenge). [/QUOTE]
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