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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 6647939" data-attributes="member: 6696971">I was trying to extricate myself from this utterly weird and inexplicable train-wreck that the OP had fixated upon, but hey, since you're doubling down on it...why not...1)  I have 2500 some posts.  Of my posting history, perhaps 5 (if you're scoring at home, that is perhaps .002 % ish) of my posts have completely silly and benign of thread relevance (typically just a follow-on of one or another lines of silliness that was perpetuated earlier in the thread) ...of which my post in this thread was not.  My posting history is literally a Biblical DELUGE of formal, lengthy (TLDR lengthy) posts analyzing system components, GMing techniques, and general RPG issues.  THAT is what I'm known for.  The utterly detached from reality idea that I somehow have a posting history of drive-by thread-crapping is flat-out bizarre.  I couldn't even begin to try to figure out where it came from...so I won't.2)  Again, the OP asked for favorite LITERARY characters.  Monty Python's Holy Grail is CINEMATIC.  I get what you're aiming for.  Like the OP, you're somehow trying to arrange reality that my post was OMG SO TOXIC to your serious business post about statting your favoirte literary characters.  You're both doing a terrible job at it and you're both quite wrong.  So stop.  I was trying to exit the thread and let the moment pass, but no, not now.3)  With LITERARY meaning "of or pertaining to the content of the written work, specifically those works valued for the quality of their form" and that being the stipulation for contriving a character in PC-build form, Odd Thomas is 100 % in play.  Moreover, he is sort of Dean Koontz's analogue to King's Roland Deschain from the Dark Tower series.  They are both Paladins in fantasy genres where the metaphysical is an extremely real aspect of existence.  The set-dressing and circumstances are different, but there is plenty of overlap in themes.  So if the stipulation goal posts shift to FANTASY LITERATURE, Odd is still very much in play.  Humility, courage, grace, sacrifice, duty-bound, steadfastness are the virtues of the Paladin.  There is no better exemplar that I can think of than Odd Thomas.  I absolutely adore my favorite LITERARY character.4)  I wrote his Wisdom and Charisma as off the freaking charts for a reason.  For his setting, they are far beyond what your everyday person possesses.  His shrewdness, powers of perception, extra-sensory perception and his charm, wit, presence, courage are profound.  It if is such a freaking big deal that he not break the cap, then put both of them at 20.  Also, I forgot Constitution.  That should probably be at 16ish as it is definitely a player in his conflicts and he always rises to the challenge.I figured that some other folks might like Odd Thomas as well and it might be an area of interest to figure out his traits, bonds, flaws and features for 5e (the ability scores are the least interesting facet for sure).  So I posted.  Boy did that backfire.  So please, out of courtesy for not threadcrapping (I APPARENTLY HAVE SUCH A TENDENCY TO DO THAT, OH MY!) the OP's serious business literary character thread, please don't bring me back into this and threadcrap yourself.</blockquote>

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