The most character-less character you've ever played?

[Bullgrit]

We've all tried and/or seen someone play an over-the-top character, with grand personality. That's not this thread.

What is the most character-less character you've ever played or seen played? Was the lack of character intentional, or just poor role play? (I'm most interested in intentional non-characterization.)

Bullgrit

 

[GandalfMithrandir]

most of my characters are very un-interesting, but there is one, and this was intentional, he never spoke a word through the entire 1-20th level campaign, all he ever did was nod and then once he left a note saying where he was (out killing a werewolf he found) but other than that all he did was fight, nod yes and nod no.

miscellaneous grunts of pain not included

 

[TheYeti1775]

I think everyone has had a 'Bob the xxxx'.
It mainly occurs in low level one shots that end up taking on a longer life than meant too.
Next thing you know your 'Bob the xxxx' Level 12 and not doing much else.

 

[coyote6]

I had a character in a GURPS conspiracy/special ops/supers game (we've had a few of those) whose personality was pretty bland; he was a reserved guy, and it was by design.

The D&D game I was in recently was rather hack & slash, so most of the characters were pretty nondescript.

 

[unan oranis]

My players 2nd level all-wizard party was defeated and captured, so they rolled up a rescue team of all 1st level fighters to save the day.

The fighters all had the same name (dave?) and exact same character sheet, and all died on the rescue... I think two of the wizards did manage to escape though.

It was 2e, and there were 9 characters in each party... 2 per player and one npc.

 

[MortonStromgal]

Fie Tor... I think the name says enough

 

[ExploderWizard]

Fie Tor... I think the name says enough

Was he a master of Pentjak Silat?

Cause then you could have had an awesome Thai-fie-tor.

PEW PEW !! PEW PEW!!

 

[cdrcjsn]

I once made a character based on myself so that I didn't have to roleplay.

It was created at around 2am at a very late convention game and everyone needed brand new characters for the intro mod (this was living greyhawk). I didn't feel like coming up with a brand new character concept so I made Cedric the bard, based on me, Cedric the player (some liberties were taken with stat distribution).

I came up with the back story that he fell through a portal from earth and crawled out of Zagyg's old outhouse in Greyhawk city. He's forgotten some of his background, but he knows it was a magical world where strange constructs called automobiles carried people around and devices called ipods and computers held information and offered entertainment. He's trying to get back, but in the mean time is content to wander the game world. He also tends to know out of character information (i.e. Bardic Knowledge) as if he's read them somewhere in a book or game...

Whenever I didn't feel like exerting the effort to roleplay a character, I pulled him out. I just made all in-game decisions according to what I, the player, would have done.

The ironic thing is that one time, I got recognition for having the best roleplaying at an event by playing him

 

[coyote6]

Was he a master of Pentjak Silat?

Cause then you could have had an awesome Thai-fie-tor.

PEW PEW !! PEW PEW!!

Thai-fie-tor's hit points sucked, though. One hit, and he comes apart!

 

[JiffyPopTart]

I was really burned out in a Torg campaign long ago, and was convinced to hang around and still play.

I said I would but I was only going to be a combat machine.

Thus introduced Mindless-Man to the world, a Nile "Superhero" with minimum charisma, perception, spirit, and mind.

My skill points were spent thusly...
Mindless Combat (Unarmed)
Mindless Combat (Melee)
Mindless Combat (Firearms)
Mindless Combat (Missle Weapons)
Mindless Combat (Energy Weapons)
Mindless Combat (Heavy Weapons)

DS