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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jayoungr" data-source="post: 7924082" data-attributes="member: 6702445">I agree that the classics are often too readily dismissed, and I like to make classic-type characters myself.  I'm currently playing a halfling rogue who started out as the bog-standard level 1 pregen from the WotC site, and I'm proud of how I've made her into an individual.But, that said, I've also played alongside some "gimmick" characters that turned out really well.  For example, in another campaign I play in, one of the PCs (not mine) is a celestial warlock with the criminal background.  Here's the character's background from our <a href="https://afterthefall-2.obsidianportal.com/characters/stupidglowinghorse" target="_blank">Obsidian Portal</a> site:Born to a supply officer in Northhill, with a father who was clearly a Drow, but was otherwise a mystery, Mayflower managed to ruin her mother’s career before she was even born.  Her mother became a merchant; May became ambitious, energetic and amoral.  She started her career in theft at a young age, in the late days of the war; while her training was informal, she managed well enough to eventually, after the war ended, need to leave town in a terrible hurry, and found herself trapped in a battlefield full of undead.  Desperately trying to hide in a broken old wagon, Mayflower prayed to anything that could help her for salvation… and was answered!Zaphriel manifested as a glowing unicorn with vast shining wings, speaking in Mayflower’s mind in a voice like rich honey.  May was too desperate to turn down the bargain it offered— patronage for service was better than being eaten by the walking dead!— and accepted, receiving the powers she needed to heal her own wounds and blast her way out of the battlefield!And that’s when she realized that she was stuck.  Zaphriel’s influence wasn’t going away.  No, through the “gift” of May’s new “ally” Silvermoon, she was frequently informed of all the things she wasn’t supposed to do any more, and how she was obligated to use her powers for good.  Since then, Mayflower has lived around the borders of the shadowlands, always traveling, drawn to endlessly right wrongs and help the helpless.  She still manages to haggle with Zaphriel to win herself come concessions, but for all that, there she is.  Mayflower Shadeborn, Champion of Light, whether she wants be that or not.</blockquote>

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