Hand of Vecna
First Post
I love the Oozemaster, because it reminds me of Dr. Viper from the cartoon Swat*Kats (and he WAS a Mad Scientist)!!!
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?
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!
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.
Psionicist said:That is pretty cool. Where can I read about this prestige class?
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.
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.
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!!
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 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.
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!"
jollyninja said: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.