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Kai Lord said:
Good stuff, Crothian. I'm glad your character is more than just a nasty looking villain. After reading your post I glanced over at your post in the Rogues Gallery and even tried to respond to it. My computer locked up while I was waiting for a confirmation and I haven't checked to see if it went through. Basically my question was, what race is he?

I hate cliched characters, I think many of us do. Have you ever heard actors talk about the roles they take? Many of them look for the extra something that makes the character unique, and they try to choose parts that they feel have that. Now, I'm not claiming to be an actor, or any type of drama person, but I do like to play characters that have something extra. Luckily, I'm able to sit down and design characters like that instead of waiting for the right part to be offered to me. :)

I was sort of wondering if people would be able to figure out the race. It is a rare one that appears in Dragon 297, the Ooze Para-Gensai. Ya, I'm playing an Ooze Gensai, that has the Slime Domain, that is going Oozemaster. :D

jollyninja said:
second, that is the only decent player character backstory for an oozemaster i have ever read or heard. third: no, nobody reads the rogues gallery forum.

PEACE!

Thanks. I worked on that story for a little while. It's not done yet, but when it is finally finished the full version will also be posted in the Rogues Gallerry. So, people start going there!! :D
 

the problem with the rogues gallery crothian, is that it ended up having 20 characters that seemed less then inspired for every interesting one. i quit visiting it after reading about 5 "son of a god" characters awhile back on page 1.

now before anyone jumps on me, my current character is a lev 7 woodsman (wheel of time class modified to keep up with dnd power level), with a dog and 2 bears as pets. not exactly the most original or inspired of characters, it's a single player campaign to help the dm flush out part of his new homebrew. i'm not claiming to be one of the great character concept guys but i'm not posting every new min/maxed super character in the rogues gallery either.
 


jollyninja said:
the problem with the rogues gallery crothian, is that it ended up having 20 characters that seemed less then inspired for every interesting one. i quit visiting it after reading about 5 "son of a god" characters awhile back on page 1.

now before anyone jumps on me, my current character is a lev 7 woodsman (wheel of time class modified to keep up with dnd power level), with a dog and 2 bears as pets. not exactly the most original or inspired of characters, it's a single player campaign to help the dm flush out part of his new homebrew. i'm not claiming to be one of the great character concept guys but i'm not posting every new min/maxed super character in the rogues gallery either.

I agree. Most of the people who can construct great characters seem to be the DMs. I few months ago I posted another character and got zero responses. When D&Dg came out I posted a Divine Rank 1 god, and I think I got a few responses but nothing I would call thread building.

Hey, type up a background. It doesn't have to be awe inspireing. Just make sure the spellings right 50% of the time, and the sentences have nouns and verbs.

Post it and they will come. :)
 


Crothian said:

I hate cliched characters, I think many of us do. Have you ever heard actors talk about the roles they take? Many of them look for the extra something that makes the character unique, and they try to choose parts that they feel have that.

Interesting take, however I can't say I'm greatly opposed to character cliches. Most of my favorite stories and movies (Lord of the Rings, The Empire Strikes Back, Aliens, Crouching Tiger, even Moulin Rouge) tend to feature character archetypes as primary protagonists. It can be hard to avoid cliches in D&D when almost every class is based on its own archetype.

I posted a poll on the DnD newsgroup a couple of years ago asking everyone what kind of "Hollywood Player" they saw themselves as and let them choose an actor that best characterized (no pun intended) their role-playing choices. I'm kind of a Mel Gibson, you sound more like Johnny Depp. :cool:

What I love about roleplaying is the oppurtunity to create cool stories with an X factor, X being randomness and unpredictability and all the awesome creative juice that comes from being forced to think up something cool, on the fly, mid-scene. "You've read the rules, now play the movie!"

Crothian said:

I was sort of wondering if people would be able to figure out the race. It is a rare one that appears in Dragon 297, the Ooze Para-Gensai. Ya, I'm playing an Ooze Gensai, that has the Slime Domain, that is going Oozemaster.

Yawn. Another dual-scimitar wielding orphaned man made of living slime. How original. :D

Crothian said:

Thanks. I worked on that story for a little while. It's not done yet, but when it is finally finished the full version will also be posted in the Rogues Gallerry. So, people start going there!!

Right on. I'll check it out.
 
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crothian has added more backstory to the rogues gallery post kai lord. it's some good stuff.

good dm's seem to be the ones who can create motivations for both the mundane characters and the oddballs. i allways had trouble relating to the farmer who lives in cormyr but my villians often had 15-20 page "character bibles" that governed behavior and backstory and i'd have them pretty much memorised. a good dm, IMHO must be capable of having a conversation in character between your character and any person you decide you want to have a little conversation with. i'm a player at heart who can dabble in dming.

i'd say i'm a bruce willis hollywood player type. i like heroes with severe flaws (john maclain from diehard) and sometimes questionable motives (last man standing) who are willing to give their lives (armageddon) if nessisary. odd, i do not like bruce willis movies.
 

Kai Lord said:

Interesting take, however I can't say I'm greatly opposed to character cliches. Most of my favorite stories and movies (Lord of the Rings, The Empire Strikes Back, Aliens, Crouching Tiger, even Moulin Rouge) tend to feature character archetypes as primary protagonists. It can be hard to avoid cliches in D&D when almost every class is based on its own archetype.

I was a little to harsh on cliches. Is there anything complete original? I doubt it. I do try to put in some twists and plot devices that are not obvious. I like details and options for the DM to use or not use. It's solely at his descretion. Cliches are fine as long as the detail is there and the reasons the character became what he is is there. I'm a big fan of Backstory. And of being Naked and on Fire. Nothing is better then that. Anyone can triumph when things are going your way, but it is so much more rewarding to be at your worst, and still some how pull through.


I posted a poll on the DnD newsgroup a couple of years ago asking everyone what kind of "Hollywood Player" they saw themselves as and let them choose an actor that best characterized (no pun intended) their role-playing choices. I'm kind of a Mel Gibson, you sound more like Johnny Depp. :cool:

I've never thought of that. I just try to do something different. I guess Depp does that as well. I usually make character that are not combat based. I also like them to have a purpose besides adventurering. Many times I'll give them a craft and or proffesion. I had a bard that was also a farmer so he had Proffesion Farmer, and Knowlkedge Nature pretty at 5 ranks each. He also had craft leather working at 10 ranks I think. Nothing spectaculiar, but it showed that he could do other things. I used it to help the party. I talked to farmers as a farmer. I might not look like one, but after a few minutes of conversation they could tell that the Bard knew Farming (Bo Jackson flashback there :D )


What I love about roleplaying is the oppurtunity to create cool stories with an X factor, X being randomness and unpredictability and all the awesome creative juice that comes from being forced to think up something cool, on the fly, mid-scene. "You've read the rules, now play the movie!"

Exactly. I think the X factor is the other people as well as yourself. I can predict what the other might do, but sometimes they surprise me. Heck, sometimes I surprise myself. I'll just jump into character and be that character for a little while. Ussually it's when I need to get a point across or something important is happening, but it has happened at the oddest of times.
 

jollyninja said:
crothian has added more backstory to the rogues gallery post kai lord. it's some good stuff.

Thanks. I think I'm finally finished with it. Now I need to come up for some vows for his diety and other holy stuff. THe DM has some, but my character is very devote and is going to follow all the vows to the letter. Plus, as a former DM I love creating things. THus the Epic Oozemaster and all those feats for it.


good dm's seem to be the ones who can create motivations for both the mundane characters and the oddballs. i allways had trouble relating to the farmer who lives in cormyr but my villians often had 15-20 page "character bibles" that governed behavior and backstory and i'd have them pretty much memorised. a good dm, IMHO must be capable of having a conversation in character between your character and any person you decide you want to have a little conversation with. i'm a player at heart who can dabble in dming.

Dming multiple NPCs is tough. And having a conversation with oneself as you play 2 NPCs is aggrevating, but also so very fun. Realating to the Farmer is easy, I live in Ohio. Wow, no one say that advantage coming. :D

Sometime it is hard to have an NPC that you didn't plan to play, all of a sudden become a speaking character. It takes some fast thinking, and a little luck to get it right. Some of my NPCs are flat. I know that, it happens. Yet, some of them are as alive as I am.


i'd say i'm a bruce willis hollywood player type. i like heroes with severe flaws (john maclain from diehard) and sometimes questionable motives (last man standing) who are willing to give their lives (armageddon) if nessisary. odd, i do not like bruce willis movies.

He's not the best actor, but he does get some good roles. I like flawed characters. Most of my characters shave good motives. They might fail in their jobs, but the heart is usually in the right place. This is my first character that has full mayrtr potential. I talked to the DM about it. I felt I had to warn him because my character will happily die for what he believes in. The problem is I like the character and don't want him to die. ;)
 

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