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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brodie" data-source="post: 7721267" data-attributes="member: 6776288">Most impactful... I'm not sure I can pick just one. However, the only moments I can think of all involved one character and one game. The game was L5R 2nd edition, I had just joined my rpg group (with whom I still game 15-16 years later), and the first character I made for anyone's game in the group (everyone in the has to run a game) was for L5R. They asked me what kind of character I wanted to play and I responded with 'someone who's great at combat but doesn't really talk much' (I was generalizing on the talking part). They pointed me right away to the Lion Clan and the Matsu family in particular. I set about creating 'Matsu Ken' ('ken' being a Japanese word for sword, not me being lazy and picking a gaijin name. If I wanted to do that, he'd have been Matsu Bob.Anyway, after a few sessions of that, I really started getting into the character, with help from the others yelling at me to be bombastic when I did speak. Full of bravado. I was told I hated the Crane Clan and so I took that to heart. Little secret, I still hate the Crane Clan. I remember a few moments very well, but my favorite was while trying get someone out of a burning building with oni chasing us was me making sure the person was behind me then turning towards the monster and telling the GM "I'm going to defend him the only way I know how: FULL ATTACK."Another moment that stuck with me was closer to the beginner. We were at a tournament and the big mock battle at the end came up. At this point, I'd developed this antagonistic rivalry with a former-PC-turned-NPC. The 'generals' of the battle were chosen and all participants were allowed to chose which one they would serve under. The other PCs joined with the PC given the general position. My rival joined that character as well. I had developed friendships with the other PCs, but they all (including GM) thought I would join the opposition just for a shot at the rival. Because I didn't, I got a huge boost to my Honor rating for putting aside personal matters. That npc also ended up becoming a good friend over time.The hard choices, deeply satisfying events, and profoundly affecting moments I experienced with that character make him my all time favorite and thus most impactful.</blockquote>

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