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Message: <blockquote data-quote="khantroll" data-source="post: 7652120" data-attributes="member: 95652">My favorite PC characters, in chronological order:Tronton Aerian Primus, a half elf Mage/Thief. He was very intelligent, but had knack for getting the entire party in over its head. The party was made up of his full-elf cousin (cleric), a demigod fighter, and a human assassin. Up to his last appearance as a ghost, he remains one of my favorite characters to play, due in large part to the sense of humor that is part of his character, and his use of custom magic spells (many yoinked from Dr. Strange). Etregan, on the other hand, is a  cambion Fighter/Mage (later reformatted to a fighter/sorcerer). He's evil with a capital E, and his companions aren't a lot better. He generally solved problems with force or traps, and generally had a sense of humor equitable to an anvil. Last is my most recent character, known as Gimpy the Dwarf. He's a Blackguard, though he uses his intelligence and blood magic from the Encyclopaedia Arcane supplement just as much. His origins are unique from the others in that I set out to make a stock-dwarf comic relief fighter for my brother-in-law's campaign. After a while, the party alignments were shifted, and they began to suffer for lack of a cleric and face. So, I combined the two, and got a lawful evil blackguard. As to what they say about me, it's kind of obvious. These characters share a lot of my traits, and represent a lot about where I was in my life when they were made. Tronton is myself as I saw myself at 14: a half breed with a lot of potential and tells a lot of jokes. Etregan is myself in my early 20s: he takes way himself too seriously, and thinks that there is nothing he can't do, nor anyone with any authority over him.  Gimpy is me in more recent years, right down to the damaged leg that gives him his nickname (though it was only included because he has an 8 in dex). He has a sense of humor that speaks of too much BBC watched from an American perspective, and looks at everything as though it's a design problem (one he can fix with enough parts and power). There have obviously been others beyond these three, but these are the ones I consider my favorites. That being said, I do have fun with Axle the dwarven vampire (who likes blondes and is trying to make a blood synthetic he calls "Reil Blood") and Zazzle the kobold alchemist, who are mainly just there to mess with my fellow gamers in those campaigns.</blockquote>

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