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<blockquote data-quote="Terwox" data-source="post: 3109885" data-attributes="member: 1044">I think der_kluge is right, and that going about making characters based on who's rather than what's will land you with a better game.This does not mean I generate this way.&nbsp; I recently generated for cyberpunk, which made me go &quot;omg handrazors are SO COOL&quot; and then I went from there.&nbsp; Really like the character too... but it did start w/ a schtick.One of my favorite characters is a seelie boggan I played in Changeling... I simply generated a human child first, wrote a brief backstory for them, and then decided it would make the most sense if he was a boggan.&nbsp; Very fun character...I can definitely tell the difference in the generation methods, though.&nbsp; If you gen with a schtick, you're going to play up the schtick... if you gen up a character and give them a schtick, then they're a character who also happens to be good at X.&nbsp; But they're a character first.I don't think schtick characters always evolve into having personality... but they certainly can.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Terwox, post: 3109885, member: 1044"] I think der_kluge is right, and that going about making characters based on who's rather than what's will land you with a better game. This does not mean I generate this way. I recently generated for cyberpunk, which made me go "omg handrazors are SO COOL" and then I went from there. Really like the character too... but it did start w/ a schtick. One of my favorite characters is a seelie boggan I played in Changeling... I simply generated a human child first, wrote a brief backstory for them, and then decided it would make the most sense if he was a boggan. Very fun character... I can definitely tell the difference in the generation methods, though. If you gen with a schtick, you're going to play up the schtick... if you gen up a character and give them a schtick, then they're a character who also happens to be good at X. But they're a character first. I don't think schtick characters always evolve into having personality... but they certainly can. [/QUOTE]

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