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<blockquote data-quote="Raduin711" data-source="post: 2644032" data-attributes="member: 15303"><p>Ok, I'm no newbie to D&D or roleplaying (I've spent nearly every saturday playing D&D for I think over 5 years it seems) but I think I've hit a rut.</p><p></p><p>We will be ending our eberron campaign in a little bit; players are starting to talk about what we are playing next. Our next campaign will be taking place in goode olde Greyhawk. I'm feeling rather uninspired to come up with my next character concept.</p><p></p><p>I went to a Convention a few weeks ago and played with some other gamers and, while I wasn't the worst roleplayer present in a game of Spaceship Zero (a cheesy but amusing RPG designed to work like a 1950's pulp sci-fi radio program) I wasn't the best, either. It kind of made me realize that as highly as I respect good RP, I'm kind of... lousy at it.</p><p></p><p>I think my biggest problem is that my characters, no matter how I originally imagine them, seem to adapt my personality over time. Maybe its because my characters aren't that far removed from me in the first place.</p><p></p><p>more memorable characters of mine: </p><p>Laucian Orksblood, a Half-Orc Paladin. At heart, his personality was similar to mine, but his code of ethics and an unrequited love for another PC (something that never came to full fruition in the game) and his anti-type personality (an introspective warrior and paladin of Ilmater) made him fun and memorable.</p><p>Raduin Nimblegrund: A gnomish Wizard from Lantan. His style made him more memorable (a wizard who made gizmo-like magical items and fought with firearms) but his personality again was essentially mine again.</p><p></p><p>But most of my other characters are not so memorable. The one I am playing now, an Abjurer named Markon Ir'Valtrek, is me. I tried to spice him up as a mage with a hedge-mystic style of spells, somewhat at odds with the world around him, but in the end it was all forgotten and turned into me in a robe with some spells. My character is invaluable to the party, yes, but a dissapointment from an RP perspective. Most of my characters are either LG or NG.</p><p></p><p>So what do you do? I kind of get the sentiment from my fellow players that I tend to play the same things repeatedly... Goody-Goody Wizards. </p><p></p><p>Anyone have any advice on how to spice up my Roleplay? </p><p>Any character concepts you can recommend, that you think could be fun, but not disruptive?</p><p>How much does Alignment and Class factor into a fun RP?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raduin711, post: 2644032, member: 15303"] Ok, I'm no newbie to D&D or roleplaying (I've spent nearly every saturday playing D&D for I think over 5 years it seems) but I think I've hit a rut. We will be ending our eberron campaign in a little bit; players are starting to talk about what we are playing next. Our next campaign will be taking place in goode olde Greyhawk. I'm feeling rather uninspired to come up with my next character concept. I went to a Convention a few weeks ago and played with some other gamers and, while I wasn't the worst roleplayer present in a game of Spaceship Zero (a cheesy but amusing RPG designed to work like a 1950's pulp sci-fi radio program) I wasn't the best, either. It kind of made me realize that as highly as I respect good RP, I'm kind of... lousy at it. I think my biggest problem is that my characters, no matter how I originally imagine them, seem to adapt my personality over time. Maybe its because my characters aren't that far removed from me in the first place. more memorable characters of mine: Laucian Orksblood, a Half-Orc Paladin. At heart, his personality was similar to mine, but his code of ethics and an unrequited love for another PC (something that never came to full fruition in the game) and his anti-type personality (an introspective warrior and paladin of Ilmater) made him fun and memorable. Raduin Nimblegrund: A gnomish Wizard from Lantan. His style made him more memorable (a wizard who made gizmo-like magical items and fought with firearms) but his personality again was essentially mine again. But most of my other characters are not so memorable. The one I am playing now, an Abjurer named Markon Ir'Valtrek, is me. I tried to spice him up as a mage with a hedge-mystic style of spells, somewhat at odds with the world around him, but in the end it was all forgotten and turned into me in a robe with some spells. My character is invaluable to the party, yes, but a dissapointment from an RP perspective. Most of my characters are either LG or NG. So what do you do? I kind of get the sentiment from my fellow players that I tend to play the same things repeatedly... Goody-Goody Wizards. Anyone have any advice on how to spice up my Roleplay? Any character concepts you can recommend, that you think could be fun, but not disruptive? How much does Alignment and Class factor into a fun RP? [/QUOTE]
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