LET THE LONELY FUN BEGIN!

Wing Hēi Jùrén, The Black Giant
Wing is the illegitimate brother of Lord Wing Fu and was treacherously disposed of at birth, sent into anonymous slavery. Blood will tell, though, and he has returned to the land of Ba as a barbarian captain, learned of his lineage, and sworn revenge on the Five Claws of Ba who felled his brother Lord Fu at Tiger Den Pass.

Barbarian captain, 6 lifepaths

Beliefs:
I will avenge my brother and take his seat as a Lord of Ba!
The southern barbarians are my true people, and through them I will rule!
I was broken once, but never again!

Intincts:
When intimidated, lash out!
Always finish a foe - always!
Always have some spare food tucked away.

Traits:
Broken (-1ob to be intimidated, interrogated, commanded)
Cold-blooded (-1 hesitation for pain/shock)
Booming voice (call on for command once per session)
Hands of iron (hands are power 1 weapon)
Aches and pains, obsessed, veneer of obedience

Born slave, pillager, bandit, freebooter, freebooter, captain
Will 5, Perception 4
Power 4, agility 4, forte 3, speed 4

Health 4, steel 8, reflexes 3, mortal wound 9

Skills at 6:
Sword, command

Skill at 5:
Shield

Skills at 4:
Brawling, spear, intimidate, slavery-wise, army-wise, battle-wise, fortress-wise

Posted By: Jason Morningstar

LOL. And yet, I thought of a side-effect of this kind of venture: A thread, filled with possible NPCs to use in your own games, else some cool campaign/game setup ideas that could perhaps inspire others to run a campaign (I call this "The Judd Effect").

BTW, here's my first contribution:

WITH GREAT POWER

The Setup: The Great Horror has burst from the Earth in Lima, Peru, spitting seeds of chaos into the atmosphere. Those few hit with the seeds develop creepy superpowers. Imagine Clive Barker meets Superfriends. Lots of guys use their powers for personal gain. A very few use their powers For Evil (which is also a quick way to get the seeds to react, granting more power). Another few band together to make sure the evil/personal gain folks stay in line.

Hero: Penny Jackson - AKA - Kabbaksuul
Concept: Penny was a schoolteacher in the inner city of Chicago. Infected on her way home one day, she gained a new name and powers as KABBAKSUUL. She now fights evil in and around the city, and still tutors schoolkids in area schools in her free-time.
The Struggle: Serving the People vs Rejection by the People.

Serving the People Aspect: School Teacher
Risk: Ejection from PTA. Losing job as tutor. Losing standing in community.
Serving the People Aspect: Lashawn Price (elementary schoolkid)
Risk: Kidnapped by enemies. Mistrust. Breaking appointments.
Rejection by the People Aspect: KABBAKSUUL (identity and powers)
Risk: Powers become unstable. A deeper personality emerges and takes over.
Rejection by the People Aspect: Lucius Jackson (uncle and preacher)
Risk: Uncle discovers her identity. Lucius preaches intolerance in his ministry.

EDIT: Coming up: My Life with Master, Nine Worlds, Burning Empires, Whispering Vault, Legends of Alyria, OVA, Spirit of the Century, Universalis(!!!) and more

Every game you own, huh?

Lets see, if I were to do a character a day I would be finished with this project sometime in 2009... 8\

I think I might have blog posts for a dozen... I'll get crackin with the links.

- Don

I could do 20 indie games... :) But I have an illness. :D

Is it cheating to point to characters you already made? Should they be new characters?

Is that a D&D Shadowdancer converted to M&M?

Is it cheating to point to characters you already made? Should they be new characters?

Hmmm. Probably should be new characters, UNLESS it is just so awesome that you simply cannot resist sharing, which is cool too.

My motivation for doing this (which doesn't have to be everyone's motivation) is to take some games that I have at home that I haven't played as much as I would like -- Perhaps because I never took the time to read the rules on chargen, etc -- and give the game a second look by creating a new character. In doing so, and seeing others, it may inspire an upcoming game, or things to use in my existing games. But that's just me.

-Andy

Legends of Alyria

Setup: Two months ago the Ark opened up, and its inhabitants spilled into the wastes, forming outpost villages and entering/joining with other local villages. Recently, there's been a lot of martial conflict with the Citadel's house troops over issues like resources and the like. The Arm of Seven, a team of fierce and loyal soldiers of the Ark, have been activated and sent into the villages to protect their interests. Unfortunately, the masters back at the Ark did not forsee that key members of the Arm of Seven would develop identity problems when mingling with non-Arks that would make them question themselves. Identity and personality struggles take place while the real menace grows.

Note: This is built on the scale:
Unicorn
Blessed
Ark
Misbegotten
Dragon
Devil's Hour

Arm Corporal Three
A loyal Ark soldier who will readily put down any threat as commanded, but even so is having doubts about the Ark way (lack of identity, etc)

Virtue: Ark

Attributes
Determination: Ark
Insight:Misbegotten
Force: Ark

Traits:
Chivalrous - Unicorn
Steel Resolve - Blessed
Loyal to Ark - Misbegotten

I/C: Arm Corporal Three begins with one point of Inspiration, one point of Corruption

I am enthusiastic as Andy abut this idea. So begins the madness.

My Character Project Blog.

Editted Often: THREE down five hundred to go.

My Life With Master

The Setup: The master is the high priest of an Aztec temple towards the end of the empire; ferocious, cold, inhuman and always smelling of sacrifice (they weren't allowed to bathe). The players are the lesser priests, as they do bizarre chores for the frustrated high priest involving coming down from the temple and going out amongst the people. Miquiztli, the high priest, is a Teacher-Beast.

FEAR 5
REASON 2

Izil
Self-Loathing 2
Weariness 1

More than Human:
Can heal people with magical hand powers and totems, but only adults.

Less than Human:
Hobbles around on old, weary legs by day, but walks sure and without pain in the moonlight.

Connection - Love

Teyacapan, the flower-seller girl
Cualli, the old basket-weaver

Andy, watched Apocalypto, didya?

Niiice.

Mike

For Reign:

Nobe, who was once Ash, hostage of the Night Hunters
Former Imperial traveling performer, mistaken for prophesied sorcerer/demon of the Truil

One Roll character generation: 2x9, 2x5, 2x3, 10, 8, 7, 2, 1

Results (You can arrange them in any order you want to make your back story):

2x3: Street Entertainer
2x5: Able Seaman
1: Mistaken Identity
2: Imprisoned
10: Diplomatic Incident
8: Kidnapped by Barbarians
7: Rescued Injured Animal
2x9: Sorcerer's Apprentice

I fleshed out what those lifepaths (in that order) meant for this character, but I bet you can imagine something equally awesome. This is what makes the one roll system so much fun.

BODY 2d
COORDINATION 3d
SENSE 2d
KNOWLEDGE 3d
COMMAND 2d
CHARM 3d

Skills:
Climb 2
Eerie 1
Endurance 1
Fascinate 2
Fight 3
Jest 1
Language: Truil 2
Language: Imperial MD
Lie 2
Lore 1
Perform 2
Plead 1
Ride 1
Sorcery 3
Student of Sailing 2
Student of Animal Training 2
Stealth 2
Vigor 3

Advantages:
Patron 5 (Druten Lightning Cloud)
Animal Companion 3 (Tig, a clever crow)
Wealth 1

Problems:
Enemy (Lank of the Mountain Riders)

Passions:
Mission: Master the ways of the Night Hunter's Art
Duty: Bring no shame on the Night Hunters while I am hostage

Posted By: johnzoShe's a Beast Hunter! She's aManowarmix tape!

That's FUCKING BRILLIANT! Oh shit I wish I had thought of that! Specifically 'cause I have a weakness for Manowar.

The World Of Synnibar
I followed the rules and made up a random guy. I can't believe I did this. Just for you, Andy!

ALAN JOHNSON, SCARLET TIGER!
A red-haired, black-skinned man, 64" tall and weighing 178 pounds, very good looking and a youthful 23 years old. He is right handed, has $4000 in the utility pocket of his tiger suit and has the red aura of an evil-doer!

STATS
STR: 32
CON: 15
AGL: 20
DEX: 21
INT" 19
WIS: 15
EGO: 34

SCORES AND STUFF
CLASS: Scarlet Tiger!
LEVEL: 1
LIFE POINTS: 450
LIFEPOINTS PER LEVEL: 300
Fate vs: Psionics: 6% vs Mutations: 9% vs Magic: 4%
Metabolic shock: 49%
Reaction adjustment: +4
Surprise score vs. AA class: 99%
Ego flux: Super
Advantage bonus: +2.5
Attacks per turn: 2
Shot bonus: +7
Dodge: +13, 41.5%
Surprise: -15
Block: 41.5% Beam weapon block: 41.5%
Damage adjustment: +10x8
Weight limit: 1500 pounds
Locate traps: 31%

SKILLS
All adventurer skills
All biology skills
Meditation
Move silently
Nerve pinch

ABILITIES
Meditation
Beam attack
Jump (30 feet vertical, 70 feet horizontal)
Tiger strike!
Sense life forms
Tiger telepathy!
Run faster than an arrow!
Tiger fire!

Tomb is a GURPS 4E International Super Team character I finished this morning. He is intended for actual play. (I hope that I am not badwronging the lonely fun by showing off a character I intend to play.)

Since he's built on 750 points, his game writeup will take up about a yard of vertical screen space. And I can't figure out how to get a straight text export out of the GURPS character builder anyway. So I'll just quote his background:

Tomb is a Canadian from Halifax.

He flew a CF-18 jet in the first Gulf War. Was shot down. He crashed at very high speed into the unholy ruins of an old Babylonian temple. His body was never recovered -- but was resurrected by unknown dark magic. Five years later, he clawed his way out of the desert and stumbled to Kuwait.

There wasn't much left for him. His widow Claudia had remarried. The military had no position for him. So he joined NASA and became an astronaut. He worked repair and construction jobs on the International Space Station. He was naturally suited for this work, because he did not need oxygen, food, water, radiation shielding or pressure support.

What he did need was protection from the Avisha Circle, a gang of sorcerers who worship the old Babylonian gods. They want to conduct research on him. Being in space put him mostly out of their reach.

Unfortunately, because of budget cuts, his astronaut position was eliminated, and now he's joined IST.

Posted By: johnzoSince he's built on 750 points, his game writeup will take up about a yard of vertical screen space.

Hey dude, if you have the time, I'd love to see it!

Posted By: eruditusHey Andy, Any chance we can get a tally of how many characters people have posted at the top of the thread? :D

I'd really like to, but unfortunately with the blogs and stuff it's gonna be a little too hard to keep up with numbers. If someone else wants to step in and keep a running tally from time to time (every dozen posts or so), I'll totally edit the top of the thread.

Posted By: Mike HolmesAndy, watched Apocalypto, didya?

Hells yeah!

-Andy

Oh yeah. I dig the Nine World mashup. I will follow your lead when I get to Nine Worlds and do a Sidereal also!

I updated with a Theme Document for Mortal Coil about mice in a cottage in Scotland, a Call of Cthulhu character and Dont Rest Your Head.

Find it here: The Character Project Blog

Tomorrow I think I will do Primetime Adevntures, The Prince's Kingdom and a Star Wars SAGA character.

Have a good night,
- Don

I have to keep track of a ToDo list so I will do it here:
- If Jason posts a situation for his Synibarr character I will link my Synabarr character to his.
- I am making a 9W Sidereal.
- I am SO making a character with traits pulled from a band's song titles!
- I will do another minion from Andy's My Life setting.

Posted By: AndyHey dude, if you have the time, I'd love to see it!

I found the GCA4 text export option. It was cunningly hidden behind File/Export...

Name: Tomb
Race: Undead Human

Attributes [425]
ST 40 [300]
DX 13 [60]
IQ 13 [60]
HT 12 [20]
HP 40
Will 13
Per 10 [-15]
FP 12

Basic Lift 320
Damage 4d+1/7d-1

Basic Speed 6.25
Basic Move 6

Ground Move 6
Water Move 1

Social Background
TL: 8 [0]
Cultural Familiarities:
Languages:

Advantages [356]
Charisma (1) [5]
Contact (Widow, Claudia, Military Intelligence Analyst) (Effective Skill 15) (Usually Reliable; 12 or less) [8]
Courtesy Rank (Lieu. Commander (Ret.)) (5) [5]
Damage Resistance (16) [80]
Doesn't Breathe [20]
Doesn't Eat or Drink [10]
Doesn't Sleep [20]
Fashion Sense [5]
High Pain Threshold [10]
Injury Tolerance (Unliving) [20]
Magic Resistance (4) [8]
Radiation Tolerance (PF 5) [10]
Regeneration (Regular: 1HP/Hr) [25]
Resistant (Immune to Metabolic Hazards) (Very Common) (Immunity) [30]
Temperature Tolerance (5) [5]
Unaging [15]
Unfazeable [15]
Unkillable (1) [50]
Vacuum Support [5]
Voice [10]

Disadvantages [-100]
Appearance (Monstrous) [-20]
Bad Sight (Nearsighted) (Glasses) [-10]
Dread (Holy Ground) (Rare; Larger Radius (11 yards)) [-10]
Enemy (The Avisha Circle, a group of neo-Babylonian sorcerors who want to use me for research) (medium-sized group, some formidable or super-human) (9 or less) [-30]
Frightens Animals [-10]
Vulnerability (Blessed Weapons) (Occasional) (x2) [-20]

Quirks [-5]
Calls his widow [-1]
Drinks even though it does nothing [-1]
Gets in the air whenever he can [-1]
Takes in a musical now and then [-1]
Tries to be a gentleman [-1]

Skills [74]
Artist (Fashion) IQ/H - IQ+0 13 [4]
Astronomy/TL8 IQ/H - IQ-2 11 [1]
Boxing DX/A - DX+2 15 [8]
Computer Operation/TL8 IQ/E - IQ+0 13 [1]
Driving/TL8 (Automobile) DX/A - DX-1 12 [1]
Driving/TL8 (Motorcycle) DX/A - DX+0 13 [2]
Electronics Operation/TL8 (Communications) IQ/A - IQ+2 15 [8]
Electronics Operation/TL8 (Electronic Warfare) IQ/A - IQ-1 12 [1]
Electronics Operation/TL8 (Sensors) IQ/A - IQ-1 12 [1]
First Aid/TL8 (Human) IQ/E - IQ+1 14 [2]
Free Fall DX/A - DX+1 14 [4]
Gambling IQ/A - IQ-1 12 [1]
Gunner/TL8 (Cannon) DX/E - DX+0 13 [1]
Gunner/TL8 (Rockets) DX/E - DX+0 13 [1]
Guns/TL8 (Pistol) DX/E - DX+0 13 [1]
Guns/TL8 (Rifle) DX/E - DX+0 13 [1]
Guns/TL8 (Shotgun) DX/E - DX+0 13 [1]
Guns/TL8 (Submachine Gun) DX/E - DX-2 11 [0]
Mathematics/TL8 (Applied) IQ/H - IQ-2 11 [1]
Mechanic/TL8 (Automobile) IQ/A - IQ+0 13 [2]
Mechanic/TL8 (Space Station) IQ/A - IQ+1 14 [4]
Navigation/TL8 (Air) IQ/A - IQ+1 14 [4]
Piloting/TL8 (High-Performance Airplane) DX/A - DX+2 15 [8]
Piloting/TL8 (High-Performance Spacecraft) DX/A - DX+2 15 [8]
Savoir-Faire (Military) IQ/E - IQ+0 13 [1]
Sewing/TL8 DX/E - DX+0 13 [1]
Singing HT/E - HT+2 14 [1]
includes: +2 from 'Voice'
Spacer/TL8 IQ/E - IQ+1 14 [2]
Sports (Ice Hockey) DX/A - DX-1 12 [1]
Survival (Desert) Per/A - Per+0 10 [2]

Stats [425] Ads [356] Disads [-100] Quirks [-5] Skills [74] = Total [750]

In A Wicked Age

Oracle: God-Kings of War
Card: A demon-god of blood and vengeance, forgotten since antiquity, recently awakened.

Anevu Sakar Nev, That Which Seals the Gate

With Violence: d12
With Love: d4
Covertly: d8
Directly: d10
For Others: d6
For Myself: d6

Interest: Test the righteous to find one who shall become my priest in this world.

Mastery: The Mouth of Destruction
Potent, d8. Vulnerable to: The Song of Memories
Actions:
- I speak the word that unmakes you
- I gorge myself on your most unwholesome desires
- I drink your thoughts like wine
Misaction:
- You choke on my power and stand awestruck

Other draws, if you want to play along:
A warrior-woman, queen of her small wild tribe, hard-pressed by advancing civilization.
A youth or maiden, the reincarnation of a great hero, whose soul remembers glory.
A token indicating that its bearer speaks for the high general.

Allow me.

Gentlemen... BEHOLD! I bring you...

Usagi Tsukino, done up in three systems - FATE (just the Aspects), Dogs, and my own Reaper Beauties!

Usagi Tsukino - FATE system
Aspects:

• Princess of the Moon Kingdom


• Would Forget Her Head If It Wasn't Screwed On


• A Crybaby, & Rash


• Who Is Tuxedo Mask?


• Beautiful Sailor Suited Guardian


• I Stand For Love, I Stand For Justice


• Cannot For The Life Of Her Pass Her Classes


• Infinite Capacity for Compassion


• Leader of the Beautiful Sailor Suited Guardians


• Did Somebody Mention Food?

Usagi Tsukino - Dogs in the Vineyard
Strong Community
Acuity: 2d6 Heart: 5d6 Body:3d6 Will: 3d6
Traits:

• I'm a total ditz: 1d4


• I have compassion for everyone: 2d8


• I hate having to to be a good shot: 2d6


• I never was good at book learning: 1d6


• I can, with luck and help, exorcise demons: 1d6

Relationships

• Blood: 1d6


• I'm commited to the Dogs: 2d6


• Who is that masked man that I love so much? 3d10


• Constant Arguments With Rei: 2d8


• Ami-chan? Could you help me out with this reading...? 2d8


• Reserved: 2d6

Usagi Tsukino - Reaper Beauties
I am a Reaper Beauty named Usagi Tsukino, and a total ditz when not Reaping.
I have 4 Passions:

1. I love the mysterious masked man who saved my life.


2. I love Ami for always taking the time to help me study.


3. I hate it when Rei argues with me all the time.


4. I hate my teacher - who can learn under her?
   

I can keenly recall the 1 time I have felt Suffering, and it still hurts when I remember.

Here's my mashup of a Trollbabe Exalted character concept.

Tepet Najrasami “Tiger Naj”
Concept: Disgraced Veteran
Fire Aspected Terrestrial Exalted

Number 7
Prowess 1-7 (Twisting Serpent Style)
Sorcery 8-10 (Endurance Charms)
Guile 7-10 (Sarcastic retort)

Rerolls:
• Amazing Stunt
• Charm
• Fire Anima Banner (Blaze of fury)
• Fire Affinity (Sudden Ally)
• Limit Break: Withdraw from battle (Valor) – spend next scene in destructive fury.
• Starting Relationship: Verate Silver, a burly henchman Naj suspects is spying on him for one of the Houses.

Backstory:
Tepet Najrasami was a junior officer with the Tepet legions when they went north to confront the threat of the barbarian warlord known as “The Bull of the North.” The legions were slaughtered, and Najrasami was one of the few to escape. He returned to disgrace, his House’s power broken, he was sentenced to exile in the Threshold. He lost much of his immediate family in the North, including his beloved grandfather. Bitter and filled with self-doubt, he nonetheless dreams of the day he can once again face the Bull of the North and avenge his family and House.

Appearance:
Close-cropped black hair, clean-shaven with small soul patch under lip. Ruddy bronze complexion. Amber eyes deepen to a hot coal glow when he is angered. In his forties, but looks younger. Cherry red enameled armor with tigers engraved on it and outlined in indigo. Indigo cloak edged with stylized golden flames. Riding boots, black gauntlets also carry a flame pattern. Iron brooch has the Tepet sigil worked on it in silver. Weapons are a pair of curved dueling daggers.

Two Starting Items:
• Grandfather’s shattered daiklaive, salvaged from battle with Bull of the North.
• Copper amulet received from Orika, a barbarian woman who was his lover in the weeks before the battle with the Bull of the North, and left him to join the enemy army. He keeps it as a reminder of betrayal.

Kicker:
Naj managed to eke out an invitation to a ball hosted by the local Dragon-Blooded potentate in his city of exile. The host’s son arrives with a woman on his arm: it is Orika, clad in fine silks and carrying herself with the sophistication of an aristocrat.

Thanks, John. I had fun with the conversion, although in Actual Play we hit some snags due to my lack of familiarity with the system.

Fearcaster (Iron Heroes)

Only the important parts for now, because I'm at work and don't have the book here:

STR 8 (-1)
DEX 14 (+2)
CON 10 (0)
INT 16 (+3)
WIS 12 (+1)
CHA 18 (+4)

Traits:
Shadow Born (Infernal Glower: Intimidate +4)

Skills:
Indimidate 4
Bluff 4

Aspect of Power:
Intimidate +5

Feats:
Overwhelming Presence I
Skill Focus: Intimidate (+3)

Magic:
Focused on changing emotions.

Final tally for intimidation: +20

Level 2 will raise it by 3 more points (one skill rank, +2 synergy with Bluff). I could have picked Skill Affinity (Intimidate, Bluff) for another +2 instead of OP, but OP is just too cool and fits with the concept.

Almost a year later. I've got a few L5R characters which I may post one of later (who was actually used!).

Here's my first Hellas character. Next up: Anima: beyond Fantasy and Story Cards.

Makarios
Epithet: Snake-Tongue
Race: Nephelai
Profession: Ambassador
Deity: Heuson
Int +2; Per +1; Wil +1; Cha +4; Str 0; Con -1; Dex 0; Spd 0; CR +1; Dyn 0
Glory 13
Hero Points 8
Hit Points: 19

Talents:
Negotiator
Naturally Charming

Special Abilities:
Flight
Intangibility
Sound Manipulation

Skills:
Aerial Combat +3
Nephelai Culture +7
Evade +3
Administration +2
Command +2
Deception +4
Deduce Motive +4
Diplomacy +4
Ettiquette +4
Seduction +1
Profession (Ambassador) +4
Lore: Region (Undecided) +1
Parry +1
Weapons (Small Blade) +2

Languages:
Nephelai
Helene (Basic)
Other (undecided) +3

Disadvantages:
Relationship 2 (Scorned Lover: Dahlia of Thebes)
Internal 1 (Vow: Protect all Nephelai)
External 2 (Secret: On the run from his family/family unit)

Possessions:
2 Daggers
Noble Clothing
Aether Dagger (!) ("bought", but actually given to him by friend)
Ancient book from the 1st age
Shovel
43dr

Originally had 2000dr, spent all the rest on:
A Symposium
Whine
Courtesans
Whores

Family: "Father" dead.
Fate: To be killed by "father"
Destiny: Has dreams of "bringing light to the underworld", but has thus shrugged off the dreams as bad wine

4 older "siblings", one who admires me and is looking for me (or follows me around).

Callings:
3 years: Legionnaire: Tragedy: A friend was killed by the enemy.

1 year: Noble: Enemy: A senator ex-lover, he turned down her advances, now she wants my life ruined.

1 year: Noble: Relationship: Friend with a warrior (an older guy, I figure I meet up with him in the bar and hear his tales).