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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EP" data-source="post: 5013380" data-attributes="member: 41744">With my all-time favorite character, Markus. What started as a generic fighter rolled out of boredom and indecision because one of the best roleplaying experiences I ever had.The party was short in fighters (lots of spellcasters) and had been on a couple of quests before I came on board. So I rolled him up, had permission to go 18 Strength automatically and rolled a 23 for his percentile (which means it was AD&D) and prepared to simply sit back and just kill stuff for a few evenings until something else stuck me.Until the DM gave me my objective."You will be a mole in the party. The king wants them to fail. No matter what, do not let them come back alive."I grinned and accepted wholeheartedly. From there, I expanded my character's background to a burned out soldier dying of cancer. Rather than waste away at home, he saw this as a chance to die in the service of his kingdom in battle. He never planned on coming back alive.A few sessions later, Markus teetered on the edge of death and was surrounded by half a dozen shadow demons. The party bent over backwards and pulled off an amazing rescue to spare his life (to the point that the dwarf nearly died himself). Overwhelmed by the sacrifice displayed for his meager hide, Markus told them the truth of his mission. And when I did it, I felt genuine gratitude for what the players did. Their mouths hung agape and the players turned to the DM. After a long pause, the dwarf picked himself back up, half the healing potion in his hand, and said "Well, guess you won't be tryin' that, will ya? Let's go."Changed the character forever. From that day on, the party became his reason for living and he even betrayed his king to defend his comrades. Hell, I get choked up just thinking about it.</blockquote>

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