Roleplaying Warforged... [Archive] - Wizards Community

Roleplaying Warforged... [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Talosan
02-15-06, 07:38 AM A friend that doesn't usually DM is planning to start a campaign set in Eberron and I've decided to play a Warforged. I'm looking forward to roleplaying the character but it would be nice to hear some opinions on how the Warforged should be roleplayed. I would particularly like to see how people would go about roleplaying a Warforged with decent mental stats and/or a Warforged paladin/holy warrior.
Lyinginbedmon
02-15-06, 11:54 AM Well, the name HAL comes to mind. Keep his voice monotone even when he's expressing emotion. Totally deadpan.
"I.cannot.let.you.do.that. Morag.the.Bloodthirsty. As.it.would.surely.be.the.end.of.all.cre ation"

Alternatively, go Kryten
"I'm programmed to obey any order given with holy orders, sirs, no matter how insane!"

Overall, I imagine Warforged are pretty reserved, not speaking unless necessary. They have their emotions, but don't really openly show them much.
Morka
02-15-06, 02:29 PM Well, the name HAL comes to mind. Keep his voice monotone even when he's expressing emotion. Totally deadpan.
"I.cannot.let.you.do.that. Morag.the.Bloodthirsty. As.it.would.surely.be.the.end.of.all.cre ation"

Alternatively, go Kryten
"I'm programmed to obey any order given with holy orders, sirs, no matter how insane!"
Sorry, but that sounds like an Iron Golem. The average warforge is as intelligent as the average human.

Overall, I imagine Warforged are pretty reserved, not speaking unless necessary. They have their emotions, but don't really openly show them much.
That makes more sense. To be completely anti-cliché, you could play a warforge who's so obsessed with his emotions he continually shares those.
SWOne
02-16-06, 04:55 AM To be completely anti-cliché, you could play a warforge who's so obsessed with his emotions he continually shares those.

Something like Data from Star Trek:TNG?

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20050408b
is a fantastic little extract from Races of Eberron which covers your question quite nicely
(found randomly the other day in a google search for Eberron Civilian)
Morka
02-16-06, 01:06 PM Something like Data from Star Trek:TNG?

Yes... but Data would be more a Brainforged than a Warforged, so it's not very surprising he is so curious about anything, including his emotions...
Talosan
02-16-06, 09:01 PM One thing I am sure about now is that however I choose to play my character I'm going to be talking down a long tube to get a more authentic 'robotic' sound. It sure as hell sounds funky.
JulesCARV
02-16-06, 09:40 PM It is Dol Arrah's will that we all serve justice in some way. Righteous people of every sort can work together to bring peace, justice, and light to this world. Each of us has our own part to play.

As for my part, I am a warrior. Let us leave aside the bickerings of the philosophers concerning the souls and free wills of our kind: I was not born like a humanoid, free to chose my own fate, growing up as a child. It was not my fate to be an architect, a farmer, or a baker. I was not born: I was created, and created for one dreadful purpose: to fight, to hurt, to kill.

Yet even for the likes of me there is a place in the will of Dol Arrah. I may be a warrior, but warriors to can bring peace. Fighters can fight against injustice. This is what I must do. I must fight, so that in the future others needn't. I must channel the ferocity I learned on the battlefields of Cyre, so that someday there will be no more battlefields.

Food, sex, fine clothing, comfortable beds... I cannot even comprehend human appreciation for these things, much less be tempted by them. There is only one pleasure that seems worthy to me: the thought that there will be no further destruction or carnage of the sort I saw in the Last War.
Grizzled Gryphon
02-17-06, 04:28 AM Nicely done, Jules. That is very good.

I was just thinking after reading the origonal post how hard it would be for a warforged to do the Holy Warroir thing. After all, they can't relate to most of the humanoids emotions, as they don't really have them. I actually ended up playing 4 warforged in a game (long story), and they were continually baffled by the needs and desires of the living members of the group. But, the core ideals of any Paladin don't really have anything to do with the wants and needs of living creatures.

And yes, I realize that warforged are living, but it seemed an easy way to seperate the two.
bookwurmneo
02-17-06, 07:05 PM I agree on the idea of using the basic needs of the other races to seperate the WF out. The PC could be almost obsessed with these always observing as his companions fulfill them, and asking detailed questions about eating, sleeping and drinking. He could also arrogant and consider himself superior to the "fleshbags" around him. If the character is a holy warrior,have him translate this feeling to protect the "soft" races. Have him adopt the personality of a "gentleman" but focusing on the other races and not women, i.e always opening doors and helping others with their packages.
Talosan
02-21-06, 08:16 AM Thats really inspirational Jules. The Races of Eberron part about Warforged was an interesting read too, the psychology behind the Warforged is really interesting.

My character will believe that although the wars of flesh have ended the war for the souls of men is an eternal one. He wants to dedicate himself to this eternal war, a war not fueled by politics and greed but instead for the cause of justice and good.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Talosan 02-15-06, 07:38 AM	A friend that doesn't usually DM is planning to start a campaign set in Eberron and I've decided to play a Warforged. I'm looking forward to roleplaying the character but it would be nice to hear some opinions on how the Warforged should be roleplayed. I would particularly like to see how people would go about roleplaying a Warforged with decent mental stats and/or a Warforged paladin/holy warrior.
Lyinginbedmon 02-15-06, 11:54 AM	Well, the name HAL comes to mind. Keep his voice monotone even when he's expressing emotion. Totally deadpan. "I.cannot.let.you.do.that. Morag.the.Bloodthirsty. As.it.would.surely.be.the.end.of.all.cre ation" Alternatively, go Kryten "I'm programmed to obey any order given with holy orders, sirs, no matter how insane!" Overall, I imagine Warforged are pretty reserved, not speaking unless necessary. They have their emotions, but don't really openly show them much.
Morka 02-15-06, 02:29 PM	Well, the name HAL comes to mind. Keep his voice monotone even when he's expressing emotion. Totally deadpan. "I.cannot.let.you.do.that. Morag.the.Bloodthirsty. As.it.would.surely.be.the.end.of.all.cre ation" Alternatively, go Kryten "I'm programmed to obey any order given with holy orders, sirs, no matter how insane!" Sorry, but that sounds like an Iron Golem. The average warforge is as intelligent as the average human. Overall, I imagine Warforged are pretty reserved, not speaking unless necessary. They have their emotions, but don't really openly show them much. That makes more sense. To be completely anti-cliché, you could play a warforge who's so obsessed with his emotions he continually shares those.
SWOne 02-16-06, 04:55 AM	To be completely anti-cliché, you could play a warforge who's so obsessed with his emotions he continually shares those. Something like Data from Star Trek:TNG? http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20050408b is a fantastic little extract from Races of Eberron which covers your question quite nicely (found randomly the other day in a google search for Eberron Civilian)
Morka 02-16-06, 01:06 PM	Something like Data from Star Trek:TNG? Yes... but Data would be more a Brainforged than a Warforged, so it's not very surprising he is so curious about anything, including his emotions...
Talosan 02-16-06, 09:01 PM	One thing I am sure about now is that however I choose to play my character I'm going to be talking down a long tube to get a more authentic 'robotic' sound. It sure as hell sounds funky.
JulesCARV 02-16-06, 09:40 PM	It is Dol Arrah's will that we all serve justice in some way. Righteous people of every sort can work together to bring peace, justice, and light to this world. Each of us has our own part to play. As for my part, I am a warrior. Let us leave aside the bickerings of the philosophers concerning the souls and free wills of our kind: I was not born like a humanoid, free to chose my own fate, growing up as a child. It was not my fate to be an architect, a farmer, or a baker. I was not born: I was created, and created for one dreadful purpose: to fight, to hurt, to kill. Yet even for the likes of me there is a place in the will of Dol Arrah. I may be a warrior, but warriors to can bring peace. Fighters can fight against injustice. This is what I must do. I must fight, so that in the future others needn't. I must channel the ferocity I learned on the battlefields of Cyre, so that someday there will be no more battlefields. Food, sex, fine clothing, comfortable beds... I cannot even comprehend human appreciation for these things, much less be tempted by them. There is only one pleasure that seems worthy to me: the thought that there will be no further destruction or carnage of the sort I saw in the Last War.
Grizzled Gryphon 02-17-06, 04:28 AM	Nicely done, Jules. That is very good. I was just thinking after reading the origonal post how hard it would be for a warforged to do the Holy Warroir thing. After all, they can't relate to most of the humanoids emotions, as they don't really have them. I actually ended up playing 4 warforged in a game (long story), and they were continually baffled by the needs and desires of the living members of the group. But, the core ideals of any Paladin don't really have anything to do with the wants and needs of living creatures. And yes, I realize that warforged are living, but it seemed an easy way to seperate the two.
bookwurmneo 02-17-06, 07:05 PM	I agree on the idea of using the basic needs of the other races to seperate the WF out. The PC could be almost obsessed with these always observing as his companions fulfill them, and asking detailed questions about eating, sleeping and drinking. He could also arrogant and consider himself superior to the "fleshbags" around him. If the character is a holy warrior,have him translate this feeling to protect the "soft" races. Have him adopt the personality of a "gentleman" but focusing on the other races and not women, i.e always opening doors and helping others with their packages.
Talosan 02-21-06, 08:16 AM	Thats really inspirational Jules. The Races of Eberron part about Warforged was an interesting read too, the psychology behind the Warforged is really interesting. My character will believe that although the wars of flesh have ended the war for the souls of men is an eternal one. He wants to dedicate himself to this eternal war, a war not fueled by politics and greed but instead for the cause of justice and good.