From:	Angelkiller 404 angelkiller404@**********.com
Subject:	How do you make your characters? (Was: Dwarves in Shadowrun)
Date:	Mon, 19 Jul 1999 04:17:01 -0400

>> I think that you'll find that Elves & Trolls are the most
>> popular metatype because they are the ones that
>> tend to attract munchkins for the in-game benefits
>> that you can milk from them. I'm not for a minute
>> suggesting that ALL people who play Trolls and
>> Elves are munchkins but I can surely say that I
>> can guarentee that all munchkins have at some
>> point played a maxed out troll. Thankfully SR3
>> has made this a little more expensive in the
>> priority based character generation system.
>>
>> Personally I tend to avoid the MetaHuman races
>> as a PC. I prefer to play humans.
>
>This was from Manx... and it got me thinking...
>
>When I make up characters, I like to write out (or at least think
out) a
>character story a little more detailed than ug... troll... ug, ug...
big,
>strong.. ug, ug, ug, big gun! :)
>
>For instance, my most recent character is a human female cat shaman.
She
>comes from seattle, lived in the upper west side sprawl most of her
life.
>Came to the magic later than avg. (at approx 26). This meant she
learnt
>most of her spells using fetishes or exclusivity.
>She is well educated, but poor now that she has left her prior job as
a
>corp secretary. She lives in a high quality housing area, wears high
>quality or tres chic clothing, grooms constantly.
>Ive also written a full visual description.
>
>How do other people make their characters? Do you do the stats and
then
>throw together a story to go with the stats? or do you "think before
they
>roll" so to speak?
>
>What other ways have people come up with to design characters?
>
>GreyWolf


Well, personally, I create a character concept by outlining dominant
character traits, draw the character I have in mind, build up a frame
personality, make up a life story, fit the character in then revise
again and again and again, get the story straight, write the
biography, hope to God that the GM has the sourcebooks for certain
regions (anyone able to explain the Tir Tairngire Rites of Passage in
a single paragraph, BTW? I can't seem to do it without repeating the
sourcebook verbatim), make a list of edges and flaws, put down what
equipment the character might carry, write down the stats I think the
character would have, skills I think the character would have, set
down the character's race if I haven't already, THEN start assigning
priorities or points to the character.

After that, it's all just a matter of time.

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