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The "Create a Character" Challenge

2007-11-10T14:18:32Z

Tomb's Grave: /* Characters Sorted By Creator */

"I'm going to create a PC for every game I own. I need to honor all those lonely forgotten games on my shelf." - ''chaldfont, in [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=345113 this thread].''

It seemed like a good idea at the time.<br>

==How It Works==
Simple: create a character for each game you own, and post them up, with any commentary you wish to add, right here. Set whatever other rules for yourself that you wish (e.g. whether or not to let the dice fall as they may, whether to count all settings and/or splatbooks for one system as separate games or not, et cetera) or just make it up as you go.

For ease of reference, the archive is sorted into two lists: the first arranged by game; the second arranged by creator, in the order of creation.

==Characters Sorted By Game==

===Example===

*[[Character:A. Sample]] — Character Concept Here. ''(creator name here)''

===2300 AD===

*[[Character:James Steelman]] - Army Grunt. ''(psychojosh13)''
*[[Character:Estelle Laviraz]] — Small Time Trader with a Past. ''(Screen Monkey)''

===Aberrant===

*[[Character:Cursor]] - Reality Hacker. ''(Shisumo)''

===Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 1st Ed===

*[[Character:Ortega Montague]] - Dwarven Locks/Traps expert. ''(Fenris)''

===Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd Ed===

*[[Character:Joseth'Jack Frost'Nithodyn]] - Half-Elven Ranger/Giant-killer. ''(Fenris)''

===Adventure!===

*[[Character:Cassandra Mayberry]] - Hard-bitten Sailor. ''(Shisumo)''

===Amber Diceless Roleplaying===

*[[Character:Evangeline di Borgia]] - Trump Artist and Made Woman. ''(Shisumo)''

===Broken Gears===

*[[Character:Bruce "Taipan" Hornsby]] - Australian Mercenary. ''(psychojosh13)''

===Call of Cthulhu===

*[[Character:Benedict Willard]] - Protestant Minister. ''(psychojosh13)''
*[[Character:Dominic Vespers]] - Graduate Hacker. ''(Thanatos02)''
*[[Character:G. Oscar Cotton]] - Old Feebled-Minded Antiquarian. ''(Screen Monkey)''

===Chain of Being===

*[[Character:Thagrom]] - Troll Librarian. ''(psychojosh13)''

===Cinematic Unisystem===

====Angel====

*[[Character:Reggie Grant]] - Redeemed Demonic Revenant. ''(Shisumo)''

====Buffy the Vampire Slayer====

*[[Character:Ethel Carlyle]] - Wannabe Armored Superhero. ''(Shisumo)''

===The d6 System===

*[[Character:Marcus Catallus]] - Cocky Knight Aeris from Jim Butcher's Codex Alera series. ''(Shisumo)''

===DC Universe RPG===

*[[Character:Stone Dragon]] - Mystically-transforming Martial Artist. ''(Shisumo)''

===Dread===

*[[Character:Ken Sorenson]] - College Philosophy Major. ''(Screen Monkey)''

===D&D (Original)===

*[[Character:Khazerik]] - Fighting man. ''(Tog)''

===D&D 3.0/3.5===

*[[Character:Birindar]] - Elven Mage Hunter. ''(psychojosh13)''
*[[Character:Garin the Implacable]] - Human Hexblade in Service to St. Cuthbert. ''(Shisumo)''
*[[Character:William Sommerset McAllister]] - Ex-Company Scout. ''(Thanatos02)''

====Eberron====

*[[Character:Flametouched]] - Warforged Favored Soul of the Silver Flame. ''(Shisumo)''

===Elric!===

*[[Character:Wealgud of the Purple Towns]] — Sword-slinging Troubadour. ''(Screen Monkey)''

===Donjon===

*[[Character:Al-Zoaran]]

===Godlike===

*[[Character:Abigail_Williams]] - A.K.A. "Grinder Girl"

===GURPS===

*[[Character:Alfred Chisel]] - Inexperienced Assassin. ''(psychojosh13)''

===Kobolds Ate My Baby!===

*[[Character:Ed Able]] - XP Fodder. ''(Celisasu)''

===Land of Og===

*[[Character:Ugh]] - Slightly above average Strong Caveman. ''(g026r)''

===MegaTraveller===

*[[Character:Dema Amura]] - Marine Sergeant. ''(Screen Monkey)''

===New World of Darkness===

====NWoD: Core====

*[[Character:Karen Cauling]] - Troubled College Freshman. ''(Thanatos02)''

====NWoD: Mage====

*[[Character:Xi]] - Ascetic Mastigos. ''(Thanatos02)''

====NWoD: Changling====

*[[Charcter:Mickey Scott]] - Resigned Redcap. ''(Thanatos02)''

===Old World of Darkness===

====OWoD: Mage====

*[[Character:Tycho Jennersby]] - Scientist-Adventurer. ''Revised Edition'' ''(Thanatos02)''

*[[Character:Joshua Andersen]] - young spinner of the Wheel. ''(Fenris)''

====OWoD: Vampire====

*[[Character:Eric Black]] - Goth Club DJ. ''(psychojosh13)''
*[[Character:Phillip MacKenzie]] - Slacker Philosopher. ''(Thanatos02)''

===Over the Edge===

*[[Character:Bernardo Martinez]] – Handyman. ''(shadowjack)''

===Paranoia===

*[[Character:Smoovop-R-ATR-1]] — Fast-talking Troubleshooter ''(g026r)''

===Pendragon===

*[[Character:Sir Briant of Stapleford]] — Sporty Country Knight. ''(Screen Monkey)''

===Prime Time Adventures===

*[[Character:Jared Gypsy]] - Teenage Spaceman. ''(Screen Monkey)''

===Risus===

*[[Character:Jack Harrington]] - Superspy. ''(psychojosh13)''

===Runequest===

*[[Character:Naeem of the Brave Water]] – Farmer turned Sorcer's Apprentice. ''(shadowjack)''

===SenZar===

*[[Character:Varoom The Inconviencer]] - ''(Tog)''

===Space: 1889===
*[[Character:Sjt. Geoffrey White]] - Career soldier stationed on Mars. ''(g026r)''

===Toon===

*[[Character:Seamus O'Primate]] - Lucky Gorilla. ''(psychojosh13)''

===Traveller===

*[[Character:Ronez Ildwor]] - Smuggler. ''(psychojosh13)''
*[[Character:Jedda McQueen]] - Navy Swab. ''(Screen Monkey)''

===TWERPS===

*[[Character:Galadosi Yu]] — Lovely Elf Butt-Kicker. ''(shadowjack)''

===Usagi Yojimbo===

*[[Character:Mino Miyagami]] - Rabbit Gambler. ''(Screen Monkey)'

===Violence RPG===

*[[Character:Joseph “Joe” Holliday]] - Psychotic Would-Be Yuppie

===Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay===

*[[Character:Khalos Krugerholt]] — Suicidal Troll Slayer. ''(Screen Monkey)''

==Characters Sorted By Creator==

===Example===

#[[Character:A. Sample]] — Character Concept Here. ''(game name here)''
#[[Character:B. Sample]] — Character Concept Here. ''(game name here)''
#[[Character:C. Sample]] — Character Concept Here. ''(game name here)''

===Fenris===

#[[Character:Ortega Montague]] - Dwarven Lock/Trap Expert. ''(AD&D 1e)''

#[[Joseth'Jack Frost'Nithodyn]] - Half-Elven Ranger/Giant-killer. ''(AD&D 2e)''

#[[Joshua Andersen]] - young spinner of the Wheel. ''(oWoD Mage)''

===g026r===

#[[Character:Ugh]] — Slightly above-average Strong Caveman. ''(Land of Og)''
#[[Character:Sjt. Geoffrey White]] - Career soldier stationed on Mars. ''(Space: 1889)''
#[[Character:Smoovop-R-ATR-1]] — Fast-talking Troubleshooter ''(Paranoia)''

===psychojosh13===

#[[Character:Alfred Chisel]] - Inexperienced Assassin. ''(GURPS)''
#[[Character:Birindar]] - Elven Mage Hunter. ''(D&D 3.0)''
#[[Character:Benedict Willard]] - Protestant Minister. ''(Call of Cthulhu)''
#[[Character:Thagrom]] - Troll Librarian. ''(Chain of Being)''
#[[Character:Jack Harrington]] - Superspy. ''(Risus)''
#[[Character:Bruce "Taipan" Hornsby]] - Australian Mercenary. ''(Broken Gears)''
#[[Character:James Steelman]] - Army Grunt. ''(2300 AD)''
#[[Character:Eric Black]] - Goth Club DJ. ''(Vampire: the Masquerade)''
#[[Character:Al-Zoaran]] - Amateur Necromancer. ''(Donjon)''
#[[Character:Ronez Ildwor]] - Smuggler. ''(Traveller)''
#[[Character:Seamus O'Primate]] - Lucky Gorilla. ''(Toon)''

===Screen Monkey===

#[[Character:Sir Briant of Stapleford]] — Sporty Country Knight. ''(Pendragon 4th Edition)''
#[[Character:Estelle Laviraz]] — Small Time Trader with a Past. ''(2300 AD)''
#[[Character:Khalos Krugerholt]] — Suicidal Troll Slayer. ''(WFRP)''
#[[Character:Wealgud of the Purple Towns]] — Sword-slinging Troubadour. ''(Elric!)''
#[[Character:Jedda McQueen]] - Navy Swab. ''(Traveller)''
#[[Character:Ken Sorenson]] - College Philosophy Major. ''(Dread)''
#[[Character:Mino Miyagami]] - Rabbit Gambler. ''(Usagi Yojimbo)''
#[[Character:Jared Gypsy]] - Teenaged Spaceman. ''(Prime Time Adventures)''
#[[Character:G. Oscar Cotton]] - Old Feebled-Minded Antiquarian. ''(Call of Cthulhu)''
#[[Character:Dema Amura]] - Marine Sergeant. ''(MegaTraveller)''

===Shadowjack===

#[[Character:Galadosi Yu]] — Lovely Elf Butt-Kicker. ''(TWERPS)''
#[[Character:Bernardo Martinez]] — Handyman. ''(Over the Edge)''
#[[Character:Naeem of the Brave Water]] – Farmer turned Sorcer's Apprentice. ''(Runequest)''

===Shisumo===

#[[Character:Cassandra Mayberry]] - Hard-bitten Sailor. ''(Adventure!)''
#[[Character:Cursor]] - Reality Hacker. ''(Aberrant)''
#[[Character:Ethel Carlyle]] - Wannabe Armored Superhero. ''(Buffy the Vampire Slayer)''
#[[Character:Evangeline di Borgia]] - Trump Artist and Made Woman. ''(Amber Diceless Roleplaying)''
#[[Character:Flametouched]] - Warforged Favored Soul of the Silver Flame. ''(Eberron)''
#[[Character:Garin the Implacable]] - Human Hexblade in Service to St. Cuthbert. ''(D&D 3.5)''
#[[Character:Marcus Catallus]] - Cocky Knight Aeris from Jim Butcher's Codex Alera series. ''(The d6 System)''
#[[Character:Reggie Grant]] - Redeemed Demonic Revenant. ''(Angel)''
#[[Character:Stone Dragon]] - Mystically-transforming Martial Artist. ''(DC Universe RPG)''

===Thanatos02===

#[[Character:Karen Cauling]] - Troubled College Freshman. ''(NWoD Core)'' <br>
#[[Character:Xi]] - Ascetic Mastigos. ''(NWoD Mage)''
#[[Character:Tycho Jennersby]] - Scientist-Adventurer. ''Revised Edition'' ''(OWoD Mage)''
#[[Character:Phillip MacKenzie]] - Slacker Philosopher. ''Revised Edition'' ''(OWoD Vampire)''
#[[Character:William Sommerset McAllister]] - Ex-Company Scout. ''(D&D 3.5)''
#[[Character:Dominic Vespers]] - Graduate Hacker. ''(Call of Cthulhu)''
#[[Character:Joseph “Joe” Holliday]] - Psychotic Would-Be Yuppie. ''(Violence RPG)''
#[[Character:Mickey Scott]] - Resigned Redcap. ''(NChangling)''

===Tog===

#[[Character:Khazerik]] - Fighting man. ''(D&D (Original))''<br>
#[[Character:Varoom The Inconviencer]] - ''(SenZar)''

===Tomb's Grave===

#[[Character:Abigail_Williams]] - A.K.A. "Grinder Girl"

The "Create a Character" Challenge

2007-11-10T14:17:35Z

Tomb's Grave: /* Characters Sorted By Game */

Character:Abigail Williams

2007-11-10T14:16:37Z

Tomb's Grave: /* Character Stats */

A character for ''Godlike'', created by Tomb's Grave.

== Campaign ==
Abbie is designed for any normal Godlike campaign that'll take a female soldier.

== Character Stats ==
Abigail Williams, AKA "Grinder Girl"

Body 1d, Coordination 2d, Sense 2d, Brains 3d, Command 1d, Cool 3d
Base Will 11
Willpower 11

Skills
Body: Brawl 1d, Climb 1d, Endurance 1d, Throw 1d
Coord.: Dodge 2d, Rifle 2d, Stealth 2d, Pistol 2d
Sense: Hearing 1d
Brains: Teaching 2d, German 3d, English (native) 3d, Pathfinding 1d
Cool: Mental Stability 2d

Miracles
The Mutilator [Instant Death] (AR) 3hd [6]
Flaws: Graphic (-1/2/4), Nervous Habit (must point to targets) (-1/2/4)

Next! [Multiple Actions] 6 (AR) [8]
Flaws: Attached to The Mutilator (-1/2/4)

== Character Description ==
Abigail Williams was a simple, soft-spoken teacher for much of her adult life. All that changed on March 12, 1942, when her little boy Daniel was assaulted near the family home. Abigail saw the attack from their house's 2nd-story window; helpless to intercede, the boiling mix of fear and hate led to the brutal emergence of her Talent, the ability to psychically tear people into bloody shreds. Several weeks of therapy and legal process later, she was drafted into the United States army, eventually winding up in a TOG squad.

During her training, much of Abbie's Talent-related training focused around hardening her to the effects of her own violent Talent. While she became fairly good at bottling up her disgust, she was never really comfortable with her power. After the war, she rarely used her power again--partially because it only worked against living animal or human targets, refusing to activate when she directed it even at plants. Upon the end of World War II, she returned to home, family, and teaching. In 1947, she gave birth to her second child, a daughter named Layla, who would become a Talent in her own right--a Wild Talent.

== Commentary ==
Godlike is a great game, although being the first incarnation of ORE means it has first-edition jitters. The weakest point of Godlike is its way of handling effects like "Vicious" (later "Deadly") and other such extras--they added +1/2/4 to power cost as well as having a cost-per-rank. On the upshot, it had a Superspeed power, which was curiously missing as a labeled ability in Wild Talents. Also, it's much, much easier to be a killing machine than a tank--but given the setting, that's likely a design goal.

This was my first character for the project simply because I've had this idea going for a while. She was fun to make, especially in getting around the "spread attack dice" around extra... ahem.

The next character I made was Layla Williams for Wild Talents, who I'll post up here soon.

Character:Abigail Williams

2007-11-10T14:16:15Z

Tomb's Grave: new character page

A character for ''Godlike'', created by Tomb's Grave.

== Campaign ==
Abbie is designed for any normal Godlike campaign that'll take a female soldier.

== Character Stats ==
Abigail Williams, AKA "Grinder Girl"

Body 1d, Coordination 2d, Sense 2d, Brains 3d, Command 1d, Cool 3d
Base Will 11
Willpower 11

Skills
Body: Brawl 1d, Climb 1d, Endurance 1d, Throw 1d
Coord.: Dodge 2d, Rifle 2d, Stealth 2d, Pistol 2d
Sense: Hearing 1d
Brains: Teaching 2d, German 3d, English (native) 3d, Pathfinding 1d
Cool: Mental Stability 2d

Miracles
The Mutilator [Instant Death] (AR) 3hd [6]
Flaws: Graphic (-1/2/4), Nervous Habit (must point to targets) (-1/2/4)
Next! [Multiple Actions] 6 (AR) [8]
Flaws: Attached to The Mutilator (-1/2/4)

== Character Description ==
Abigail Williams was a simple, soft-spoken teacher for much of her adult life. All that changed on March 12, 1942, when her little boy Daniel was assaulted near the family home. Abigail saw the attack from their house's 2nd-story window; helpless to intercede, the boiling mix of fear and hate led to the brutal emergence of her Talent, the ability to psychically tear people into bloody shreds. Several weeks of therapy and legal process later, she was drafted into the United States army, eventually winding up in a TOG squad.

During her training, much of Abbie's Talent-related training focused around hardening her to the effects of her own violent Talent. While she became fairly good at bottling up her disgust, she was never really comfortable with her power. After the war, she rarely used her power again--partially because it only worked against living animal or human targets, refusing to activate when she directed it even at plants. Upon the end of World War II, she returned to home, family, and teaching. In 1947, she gave birth to her second child, a daughter named Layla, who would become a Talent in her own right--a Wild Talent.

== Commentary ==
Godlike is a great game, although being the first incarnation of ORE means it has first-edition jitters. The weakest point of Godlike is its way of handling effects like "Vicious" (later "Deadly") and other such extras--they added +1/2/4 to power cost as well as having a cost-per-rank. On the upshot, it had a Superspeed power, which was curiously missing as a labeled ability in Wild Talents. Also, it's much, much easier to be a killing machine than a tank--but given the setting, that's likely a design goal.

This was my first character for the project simply because I've had this idea going for a while. She was fun to make, especially in getting around the "spread attack dice" around extra... ahem.

The next character I made was Layla Williams for Wild Talents, who I'll post up here soon.