Need Character Ideas!

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  1. Spiffy

    Spiffy Member

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    I'm starting a new file, and I can't think of any new character roleplay ideas :-x

    So far I have made a neutral Half-Orc who does anything if he gets payed for it, a racist Elf who is extremely nice to everyone but Dwarves, who he kills on sight, a Dwarf who's good, but despises rudeness, and an evil Elf with a plan of world domination.

    Please help :-(
     
  2. Dirtman

    Dirtman New Member

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    Why not play yourself?

    Make a human character and act as if it's really you in the game. I found that type of a character far more enjoyable to play than any role I invented or borrowed.
     
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    Muro Well-Known Member

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    I always play as myself in my games, although each game represent another side of my personality. One is my good and polite side, another is the destructive and arrogant one, etc. Although it always is me, so in every game, every dialog option is extremely important for me, since I have to decide what I would say in real life. And thanks to that, I don't justobserve my character in Arcanum, I actually am in Arcanum.
     
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    Grossenschwamm Well-Known Member

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    Play a human with the Frankenstein's Monster background. You get dumb dialog options, but no intelligence penalty.
     
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    I'm a little surprised someone hasn't mentioned playing as your favorite movie, TV, or literary character.
     
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    Grossenschwamm Well-Known Member

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    That'd be too tough for me, so I'd never suggest it...unless I already made a background for it;

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    I gonna play a Half-Orc female named Renee-Zell Wigger.
     
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    Ooh, playing Lord Asriel would fit quite nicely with Arcanum. Yum.
     
  12. Dark Elf

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    Are you going to throw his clothes off and have him stand in the sea by the beach?
     
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