1. Bemused rogue who has no idea how NPC's small , worthless trinkets keep ending up in his pockets and bags.
2. Dwarf who thinks he is an elf, nobody ever told him different as he was born amoung elves. When told he is a dwarf he replies, "Nonsense, my elven senses tell me you are trying to fool me!"
3. Kobold who follows the group dragonborn around endlessly and in awe of their might. Worships their every idea and runs around doing everything for the dragonborn, whether wanted or not!
5. Goblin who was brought up in the sewers; named something pitiful like "Runt", and has the self esteem of a rotten sausage
6. Eladrin brought up in prep school who has never set a foot outside of polished buildings before (better still if he/she adventures with #5)
7. Human who thinks he is a vampire and has an addiction to blood
9. A captain of a boat who has at least 37+ multiple personalities, with whom he converses and argues with. And one of them is a young child, just so he can constantly shout out: "I will turn this boat around right now!"
My rogue has this. Usually he mishears things and is unable to correct that. He heard of Sister So-and-so of the local temple to Erathis and he now believes the temple basement has a bunch of sisters -- twins and triplets maybe. Now he wants to join the church, cause this sounds exciting. The Sister explains it's not so glamorous, it's mostly feeding the poor and scrubbing floors. He mishears again as "scrubbing the poor", and now he's taken a bucket and sponge to the local homeless.
He eventually escaped the Underdark, after eating many bugs and fungi along the way. Because of the awkward first few years of his life, he's difficult to talk to. Yaka says things like, "Bow dow lessers!" and "My spidey sense is tingling!" He wishes to return to the Underdark, since the Surface Dwellers fail to recognize my supremcy
12. Moisimo
Moisimo is a depressed, intelligent item. A +6 Battleaxe with an alignment of CG to be exact. He's owned by the executioner of a LE Community. Moisimo is going insane rather quickly. He now has indepth conversations with himself about morals, powers, and respondsibility.
14. Human Foreigner. Use a character class that no one else has, talk with some kind of outrageous accent, and constantly make social commentary about the strange customs of the people you are with.
15. Outrageous Storyteller (e.g. Jan Jansen). Play a character who has already had a long adventuring career or who is part of a family full of people with long adventuring careers. Any situation that you get into can somehow be related to a weird story about you or one of your relatives.
16. Redshirt. This kind of character might be a little difficult to convincingly play on purpose without annoying the party, but if you can play that one guy who ALWAYS gets killed or seriously injured no matter where he is or what he's doing, hilarity may ensue.
17. Halfling-Bard who Cross dresses - wears a fur coat made from owl-bear hide, leather high-heeled boots and a short skirt
19. A paranoid goblin who thinks that his world is an illusion, controlled by a bunch of kids rolling dice.
20. A spellcaster with an irrational fear of the element most his spells are based on.
21. A ranger with a spider companion and a deathly fear of spiders!
24. I had once heard someone suggest a drow who is afraid of the dark.
That wins this post!
25. Pixie who hated magic and his life long dream to be monk.
I really want to fly around and punch ppl like tweety in space jam. Its actually quite a nasty build if you can get it to live to live lvl 15 or so. Maybe 12.
(My current character. :D )
We've reached the milestone of a "Hot Thread"! To celebrate, I submit a few more ideas!
:D :D :D :D :D :D
27. An elf ranger afraid of big, wild forests.
28. A dwarf afraid of tunnels and caves
29. A dragonborn who thinks of kobolds as deities.
30. A shaman who changes his accent throughout the day.
I am currently playing with number 30. He went from Pirate > Scottish > Irish > A blur of all 3.
32. An agoraphobic wizard who has a bubble spell around him, and mentions rudely when you're in his personal space (his bubble).
33. A phobophobic infernal warlock who has nothing to fear but fear itself.
-Heh, I like phobias.
34 A voluptuous orc who is the renowned singer at the local opera. As we all know, it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings!
35 A paladin with a dire wolf mount... and he's constantly afraid it'll eat him.
36 A bald gnome ranger with a staff that shots fireballs; who insists you 'be vewy vewy quiet' because he's 'hunting wabbits'.
37 A monk who wears a red helmet and blue robes while wielding fire enchanted gauntlets, and taunts his enemies by saying 'Show me your moves!'
38 Wear red, blue or green full plate and use magic rods/staffs/staves/etc. After killing enemies, teabag them and call them noobs.
39 Play a 5th level wizard, 6th level sorcerer, or 5th level cleric with the Travel domain. Say you wear blue tights and a red cape. After the 1st combat encounter, tell your party "Well citizens, my work here is done!" Cast fly and take off into the sky. Innocently ask the DM if you should roll a new character now.
41. A burly dwarf with great strength and a deep gravelly voice that only feels comfortable fighting in long dresses and corsets.
42. An elf that hates nature because his family died in horrible natural accidents or disasters (tree branch falling and crushing mother, father blown away in a tornado, etc). Actively campaigns for logging rights and progress.
43. A tiefling that is afraid of fire
44. A human with a large nose that was forced into a military career and constantly cross dresses in an effort to be declared insane and discharged.
45. A half-orc fighter pacifist.
48. Someone who can never tell a joke correctly and always messes up the punch line and doesn't understand when no one laughs at them.
49. Someone who is afraid of stepping on bugs, so is always looking at their feet instead of where they are going.
50. Someone who studders / really hard to understand when trying to talk at anytime except when under pressure and speaks perfect common and sounds like an englishman while under pressure.
42. An elf that hates nature because his family died in horrible natural accidents or disasters (tree branch falling and crushing mother, father blown away in a tornado, etc). Actively campaigns for logging rights and progress.
36 A bald gnome ranger with a staff that shots fireballs; who insists you 'be vewy vewy quiet' because he's 'hunting wabbits'.
39 ...Say you wear blue tights and a red cape. After the 1st combat encounter, tell your party "Well citizens, my work here is done!" Cast fly and take off into the sky. Innocently ask the DM if you should roll a new character now.
Love these three! :D
52) Chameleonoid Dragonborn - Scales can change colors, and make some simple patterns. Looses control of this ability while under stress or angry, which is frequent. Perhaps the colors are embarrassing, such as turning bright pink while angry, or turning the wrong color when failing a stealth check.
44. A human with a large nose that was forced into a military career and constantly cross dresses in an effort to be declared insane and discharged.
I'm clearly missing an inside joke here.
Love these three! :D
44. A human with a large nose that was forced into a military career and constantly cross dresses in an effort to be declared insane and discharged.
I'm clearly missing an inside joke here.
Its Clinger from mash
Its Clinger from mash
Ah. A bit before my time, I'm afraid.
Ah. A bit before my time, I'm afraid.
How do you not know what Mash is? I'm probably younger than you and I got that reference. ;)
For bonus kicks, have an item of use activated time stop, so each of his personalities actually get a turn each 'round'
Half-Elf Bard
CE
SEEN
King Barkuuloxx the Broken, Entertainer to the Stars and Concert of
Queen Underpants
Is either mad, or affects to be mad, and deals with various people in
various different ways.
He will regard some people as 'friends' and dubs them 'Subjects of King Barkuuloxx'.
These people he will never play tricks on, or do harm to in any way. In fact,
he will insist that they take all his possession and all of his gold.
Others he will regard as 'enemies' or 'potential enemies'. These he terms
'wooblers' and 'woozubs' respectively. He will play tricks, steal from and
even kill wooblers, but will treat woozubs with deep mistrust.
He has a large wardrobe of cheap clothes. Each day he will dress as a
different character class, even a bard sometimes. But it could be wizard
or fighter. He will affect the mannerisms and style of that class,
but in a very stereotypical way. However, if he is in any trouble or needs
to help out a 'loyal subject' he will revert back to behaving like a bard
as self-preservation kicks in.
In all other regards he behaves as if he is the exiled king of some far off land.
If anyone tries to pin down the location or even the name of this kingdom he will
make up some elaborate story on the spot.
He may elect to speak with a lisp, or he may not. He will always refer to the
other PCs as his 'loyal subjects' and give them different post - 'royal advisor'
'holder of the kings chamberpot' etc although he will not insist on them carrying
out any duties.
He will rarely answer a question with the truth, unless he is speaking
to a 'loyal subject'.
He has a picture of a harpsichord tattooed on his chest. If asked why he
will make up a lie.
Random outbursts are common.
He likes to write down cryptic things on bits of paper and hand them to people
with knowing winks.
He has a pen and papers for this purpose.
He likes to cast 'spells' from 'scrolls' (bit of paper with gibberish written on).
When nothing happens he will nod knowingly as if something did.
He likes to talk in various different FONTS and vary between lowercase and UPPERCASE.
He thinks that all chickens are evil necromancers in disguise and will treat
them with deep mistrust.
He thinks that all rabbits are eagles that can't fly and that anything flying in
the sky is looking for the oppertunity to 'go toilet' on him. He carries an umbrella
and whenever there is a bird over head he will open it up and shelter under it.
He carries a set of dice, which he will occassionaly roll and declare to anyone around,
'Aha! A natural twenty!'
He can whistle really really loudly with just his lips.
He has a webbed left food, between his big toe and the one next to it.
NOT SEEN
He is actually from Balder's Gate and has the Educated Feat.
In truth he was a court jester, but will never tell anyone this - poor Barky's gone mad again - MAD!
He was once a very good stage performer, actor and comedian, but he slept with someone he shouldn't
have and went on the run. His mind is not necessarily unhinged, it is just that his 'act' is the only
way he knows how to interact with the world. It could just be he is mad though, who knows? Wibble.
Not of Human/Elf decent, but from a mix of other Half Elves that lived in a commune deep in some forest
ages ago. His father was a very powerful druid but Barky has not seen him since he was young.
His mother was a ninja and tried to train him as a ninja but he wasn't interested and as a result doesn't
like ninja's as they remind him of his mother, who was a ninja.
His brother was a baker, his sister was a butcher. They work together in the same shop back at Balder's
Gate. His older brother is a minor courtier, but is also a member of a secret necromantic sect.
His cousin once put on a belt of gender changing and Barky had sex with her. He was rather worried that
he enjoyed it.
He once had a pet bear, but it died of Bear Flu.
How do you not know what Mash is? I'm probably younger than you and I got that reference. ;)
Oh, I know what it is. I've even seen half a dozen episodes somewhere. I just haven't seen enough episodes to start understanding any running gags, inside jokes, or anything.
46. A pampered nobleman living out his childhood dream of being a famous adventurer. Insists on taking his entourage of servants into the dungeon with him. Is surprisingly capable (his tutors were worth every penny).
Nice. I (stole) a similar one from a friend.
A pampered Noblewoman who was forced off the estate to go adventure by her former adventurer mother. She cares more about clothing, cuisine, and decor than combat, but is never the less a talented wizard (or bard?). She has servants to do any physical tasks, and the party is skeptical as to whether she's dressed herself before. She's actually very friendly and caring but is so used to being treated like the princess she is that the idea of doing work aside from offering her magic or opinions is ridiculous to her.
That's got to be right up there with Baby Eating, only less cliche.
57 - worships a god that has never been heard of in this world, and who may or may not exist.
"Why, I think that clue is a red herring!"
"I could take that monster with my bear hands!"
"Why are you so crabby today?"
"What a catastrophe!"
See how long it takes for your party (or friends) to kill you in your sleep! :D
http://talk.wwwomen.com/showthread.php?t=998
63) A half orc who dresses in the height of fashion and only reluctantly engages in fisticuffs.
64) A drow who's deathly afraid of spiders.
- A sorceress who's powers are entirely hereditary, whose limited education has led her to the conclusion that she is, in fact, a priest being granted spells by herself. It took her a while to deduce that she must be a deity, but is now entirely convinced of the matter, which she shares with everyone. Originally played as an especially unusual-looking tiefling who was adopted, thus adding her apparently unique appearance to her list of qualifications as the deity the rest of the party should be worshiping.
- Judgmental, stern cleric who secretly has wild love affairs he takes pains to keep the party unaware of.
- Gnome bard who believes himself to be a fierce barbarian warrior. If he has a familiar, it is his fierce badger companion. Long live Francis.
- Wizard who went to the finest magic academy, living the high life, gambling, and so forth, not thinking to the future consequences. May be adventuring to pay off debt.
I istantly brewed large ponds of beer :P
74. Obvious Rogue: The bad kind of social networker. He always knows a guy who can hook you up with whatever you need. WHAT-EVER you need. Weapons, narcotics, prostitutes, transportation, whatever. He knows a guy who can arrange matters. Extreme cases may not actually know how to do anything through legal channels.
75. Espionage Agent: Smooth and debonair, this is a kind of social networker who knows a lot of people who can do a lot of things, but mostly who can feed him information. He might work for some government or another, or he might maintain his network of informants for another reason, but it's clear that his smooth and debonair manner conceals a great deal of cunning.
Character who bases all of their decisions on tarot cards she/he carries around. A new card is drawn every time she/he meets someone or encounters a situation.
79. A cleric who thinks he should get paid for prayers.
WIZ: I'd love to loan you a healing potion, but healing is the cleric's job. I am a spellcaster, not a healer.
FTR: I don't hunt. Rangers hunt. I'm a fighter. I fight. Hunting and fighting are not the same thing.
ROG: I am not called a 'Thief' anymore. I'm a 'Rogue'. If you insist on calling me a thief, you'll hear from the shop steward!
NPC: But you stole my wallet!
ROG: Yes, but that's in my job description. It's not 'thieving', it's called 'Thievery' and it's a 'Rogue' skill. Now apologize.
CLR: Sorry, guys. I can't turn any undead. The Cleric's Union is on strike to support the Paladins' strike.
Finally, after the adventure:
DM: Okay, that's a total treasure haul of 75,000gp after selling everything.
Party: Yay!
DM: OKay, now the Union takes it's half, plus your union dues, then there's the contribution to the pension fund, the wizard gets docked for giving that healing potion to the fighter (and the steward wants to talk to you about that), there's the docking for taking that sideline adventure that wasn't unioin-approved, crossing the lines to go into the dragon's lair, general election funds, miscellaneous funds, that gives you guys 25 gold, to be divided as follows: Cleric 10 gold, Rogue 6 gold, Wizard 5 gold, Fighter 4 gold.
FTR PLYR: That's not fair!
DM: Get a stronger union. All you do is swing a sword. The wiz is a specialist, the rogue is a specialist who has to deal with local authorities, and the cleric has to deal with gods.
53. A super gestalted wizard suffering from an extreme case of MPD. Hallucinates that he's a specialist evoker in an archetypical party, even though the entire party consists only of him.
For bonus kicks, have an item of use activated time stop, so each of his personalities actually get a turn each 'round'
I played a classic AD&D RPGA round that did this once, called "Asylum," I think. The characters wake up in a hospital. In the end they find out they are the separate classes of a multiclassed elf who has had a psychotic break...
In fact, if anyone knows where I can get a copy of it, I would really enjoy reading the entire round.
82. Communist Halfling Rogue. "Its all about wealth redistribution. I'm just the middle man brothers!"
Barack Hussein Obaggins?
84. (One of my old 2E characters) A Samurai who wielded a bokken (wooden practice Katana) who maintained that he only 'dabbled' in magic... 8th Samurai / 17th Illusionist.
Barack Hussein Obaggins?
Eh. That's stretching it.
85. An environmentally-friendly wizard who refuses to use fire spells because they help cause global warming.
86. An environmentally-friendly wizard who refuses to use cold spells because they help cause global cooling. Needless to say, he and #85 should never be placed in the same party.
EDIT:
And number 87: A barbarian with thick-lens glasses. He goes into a rage whenever they fall off, or are broken, as a result of combat.
88. A barbarian who can read and is quite fond of books. He goes by Conan the Librarian.
Barack Hussein Obaggins?
88. A barbarian who can read and is quite fond of books. He goes by Conan the Librarian.
>_<
That's awful! (funny)
89) An environmentally-stupid wizard who constantly blasts cold/fire spells in an attempt to warm/cool the region.
91. Any character with a very low intelligence score can only talk in leetspeak. Kinda like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTxO_pgMqys
93. A dwarf that is a complete light weight. Is embarassed to go to taverns.
95. A paladin with severe OCD who compulsively attacks and then heals party members over and over again.
96. A man named Sam who fights by throwing money at adversaries. He is the uncle of one or more party members.
97. Duke John of Wayne.
Totally stealing that, FYI.
98) A hyperactive character who should never be let near sugar.
100. Habitual team-killer. Time how long it takes for the other players either dump you or kill you off.
102. An arcane character MC'd into fighter. Acts like and claims he is a full fighter.
105. The opposite of 104 (or a Daffy duck)
106. A Wild Sorcerer(ess) that rolls to see which attack they use and/or who they attack.
107. A Shifter shaman with a spirit companion that is the basis for whatever animal they are.
108. A shaman/cleric whose spirit companion is an alter boy
(Who? Me?)
110. An eladrin fugitive from a country wracked by war - she and her husband are outlaws and/or pretenders to the throne and try and convince the party to back them and their rebellion. Then when they are fully installed on the said throne, the tarrasque comes and puts his foot down - literally onto their royal palace.
(Karma, anyone?)
112. Parapelegic hero who doesn't come on any adventures.
I kid you not, I actually played with this guy.
114. A Rogue who reverse-pickpockets and insists that people are stealing from him. He even alerts the authorities. 115. A Psion with 6 intelligence and makes up Theories and Scientific Laws which he violently defends as real. 116. A Necromancer who insists on proper burial of all fallen enemies. He then says a short completely made up eulogy then digs up the body and animates it. 117. An Paladin who kills every nonbeliever. 118. A Ranger who insists that a Newt is his companion. Meanwhile, he completely ignores the cat which actually is. 119. An Runaway Slave Gnome who now wishes to capture everyone he encounters and sell them. 120. A Fighter who will only say 7 words per sentence. If he reaches seven words before ending the sentence he screams "REPENT!" and draws his blade. He then runs into the woods and cries. 121. A Drow who will only speak Primordial. He assumes everyone understands him. 122. A Barbarian who cries while he fights. 123. An Elf who sees other elves as inferiors. He has no other prejudices.
119. A dragon polymorphed into the body of a Level 1 character. He has huge Intelligence and an ego to match. He hunts down other dragons to add their hoards to his own. He cannot bear to part with gold.
120. An Illithid who is the reincarnation of a legendary Githzerai monk, raised into a life of peace, but still disgusting to the monks of his order.