Celebrim
Legend
Something said in the May the 4th thread about celebrating Star Wars RPGs triggered my curiosity and that's how much do you allow canon characters to interact with (and potentially overshadow) PCs and how much do you rely on your own characters?
Which canon characters have you used in your campaign?
For my part there are a lot of canon characters in my games but they are mostly obscure figures - often so obscure we have no real description or depictions of them and usually so obscure that even the nerds playing the game don't realize it is a canon character. Characters central to the story are almost always invented by me. Major characters from the movies pretty much never appear (though they can be mentioned) because it's Eliminster syndrome (an NPC that's always more important than any PC).
Canon characters I remember appearing in my current game:
General Azarin, Moff Gozric, Saras Krerin, Janus Greejatus, Klaus Vandangante, Jessa Vandangante, Kar Yang
Which canon characters have you used in your campaign?
For my part there are a lot of canon characters in my games but they are mostly obscure figures - often so obscure we have no real description or depictions of them and usually so obscure that even the nerds playing the game don't realize it is a canon character. Characters central to the story are almost always invented by me. Major characters from the movies pretty much never appear (though they can be mentioned) because it's Eliminster syndrome (an NPC that's always more important than any PC).
Canon characters I remember appearing in my current game:
General Azarin, Moff Gozric, Saras Krerin, Janus Greejatus, Klaus Vandangante, Jessa Vandangante, Kar Yang