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The various characters from @SupergiantGames's Hades as TTRPG players: a thread.
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Zagreus
- Asks for GMing advice, takes it.
- Insists on running everything in houseruled D&D anyway.
- "Look, it'll work this time."
- Asks for GMing advice, takes it.
- Insists on running everything in houseruled D&D anyway.
- "Look, it'll work this time."
Achilles
- The man with the plan.
- "No no, if you let her go first you can get an extra die."
- Everyone knows he loves games about queer feelings but for some reason he never admits it.
- The man with the plan.
- "No no, if you let her go first you can get an extra die."
- Everyone knows he loves games about queer feelings but for some reason he never admits it.
Ares
- Only plays the crunchiest tactical combat games.
- Has no concept of a balanced encounter.
- Can always explain why his choice of weapon should give him a bonus.
- Only plays the crunchiest tactical combat games.
- Has no concept of a balanced encounter.
- Can always explain why his choice of weapon should give him a bonus.
Athena
- Loves the idea of crunchy tactical combat, hates actually playing it.
- Mathematically improbable AC.
- Runs games with complex, multi-layered plots that the players largely ignore, and is low-key bitter about it.
- Loves the idea of crunchy tactical combat, hates actually playing it.
- Mathematically improbable AC.
- Runs games with complex, multi-layered plots that the players largely ignore, and is low-key bitter about it.
Orpheus
- World of Darkness LARPer.
- Sad words on index cards.
- Lyric games for sale on itch.
- World of Darkness LARPer.
- Sad words on index cards.
- Lyric games for sale on itch.
Hades
- Turbo-grognard.
- Scrupulously even-handed.
- Refuses to play any game made later than 1982.
- Turbo-grognard.
- Scrupulously even-handed.
- Refuses to play any game made later than 1982.
Zeus
- Always the GM.
- Only ever runs OSR stuff but is cool about it.
- Makes a lot of jokes about 'GM lightning bolts' but never uses them.
- Always the GM.
- Only ever runs OSR stuff but is cool about it.
- Makes a lot of jokes about 'GM lightning bolts' but never uses them.
Demeter
- Has been playing weekly since 1974.
- GMs largely as an unhealthy power trip.
- Runs games with complex, multi-layered plots that the players largely ignore, and is openly berates them about it.
- Has been playing weekly since 1974.
- GMs largely as an unhealthy power trip.
- Runs games with complex, multi-layered plots that the players largely ignore, and is openly berates them about it.
Chaos
- Expert worldbuilder.
- Terrible GM.
- Brought a fishmalk to a Vampire game and was legit terrifying.
- Expert worldbuilder.
- Terrible GM.
- Brought a fishmalk to a Vampire game and was legit terrifying.
Aphrodite
- "I seduce them."
- "Just here for a good time" but takes it all very seriously.
- Gets super-attached to her favourite NPCs.
- "I seduce them."
- "Just here for a good time" but takes it all very seriously.
- Gets super-attached to her favourite NPCs.
Dionysus
- "You all meet in a tavern/bar/cantina."
- "Just here for a good time" and means it.
- Always brings wine to game night.
- "You all meet in a tavern/bar/cantina."
- "Just here for a good time" and means it.
- Always brings wine to game night.
Artemis
- Plays whatever lets her get an animal companion.
- Accumulates additional animal companions by any means.
- MAXIMUM DAMAGE
- Plays whatever lets her get an animal companion.
- Accumulates additional animal companions by any means.
- MAXIMUM DAMAGE
Nyx
- Played first-edition Vampire: the Masquerade and never looked back.
- Any game with vampires in.
- Never goes quite hard enough as the GM.
- Played first-edition Vampire: the Masquerade and never looked back.
- Any game with vampires in.
- Never goes quite hard enough as the GM.
Thanatos
- Played first-edition Vampire: the Masquerade and never moved on.
- 100% of characters have black cloaks with shadowy hoods.
- Puts a sticker on his GM screen every time he kills a PC.
- Played first-edition Vampire: the Masquerade and never moved on.
- 100% of characters have black cloaks with shadowy hoods.
- Puts a sticker on his GM screen every time he kills a PC.
Poseidon
- Desperate to run his game about pirates.
- Desperate to run his game about taking long journeys.
- Starts campaigns which peter out after 3-4 sessions.
- Desperate to run his game about pirates.
- Desperate to run his game about taking long journeys.
- Starts campaigns which peter out after 3-4 sessions.
Sisyphus
- Plays whatever the group is playing.
- Tries to make sure everyone gets along.
- Heard about charop once, never tried it.
- Plays whatever the group is playing.
- Tries to make sure everyone gets along.
- Heard about charop once, never tried it.
Charon
- Keeps track of all the stuff the party accumulates.
- Content to mostly just chill and listen in.
- Resources 5.
- Keeps track of all the stuff the party accumulates.
- Content to mostly just chill and listen in.
- Resources 5.
Megaera
- Claims to want games that are about more than just combat.
- Mostly plays games with lots of combat.
- Weirdly competitive about it.
- Claims to want games that are about more than just combat.
- Mostly plays games with lots of combat.
- Weirdly competitive about it.
Alecto
- Murderhobo tendencies.
- Gets very, very attached to her favourite NPCs.
- Runs PbtA games so she can make players squirm.
- Murderhobo tendencies.
- Gets very, very attached to her favourite NPCs.
- Runs PbtA games so she can make players squirm.
Tisiphone
- Murderhobo purist.
- Boss rush dungeons and nothing else.
- *stab stab stab*
- Murderhobo purist.
- Boss rush dungeons and nothing else.
- *stab stab stab*
Theseus
- Doesn't believe that NPCs can lie.
- Is dimly aware that there's a plot but doesn't think about it much.
- Takes 'Not To Be Fucked With' in every game, regardless of genre or rule system.
- Doesn't believe that NPCs can lie.
- Is dimly aware that there's a plot but doesn't think about it much.
- Takes 'Not To Be Fucked With' in every game, regardless of genre or rule system.
Asterius
- Tries to make those leaping charge builds from D&D 3.5 in any and every game system.
- Somehow has 112 hit points at level 1.
- Big fan of Monsterhearts.
- Tries to make those leaping charge builds from D&D 3.5 in any and every game system.
- Somehow has 112 hit points at level 1.
- Big fan of Monsterhearts.
Eurydice
- Joins all of Hades' games just to try and derail them.
- Cooks for the group.
- Collaborative GM, adversarial player.
- Joins all of Hades' games just to try and derail them.
- Cooks for the group.
- Collaborative GM, adversarial player.
Skelly
- Plays PbtA games in order to feel pain.
- Big fan of seriously weird game mechanics.
- That one guy who knows every game inside-out and backwards.
- Plays PbtA games in order to feel pain.
- Big fan of seriously weird game mechanics.
- That one guy who knows every game inside-out and backwards.
Dusa
- Support classes 24/7/365.
- "Oh! Uh, what should I do? Who needs help?"
- Character build ruthlessly optimised for maximum buffs and heals.
- Support classes 24/7/365.
- "Oh! Uh, what should I do? Who needs help?"
- Character build ruthlessly optimised for maximum buffs and heals.
Hypnos
- Every character is named after a pun.
- Binders full of notes. All notes just read 'burgers?'
- "What do I roll again?"
- Every character is named after a pun.
- Binders full of notes. All notes just read 'burgers?'
- "What do I roll again?"
Hermes
- Only ever plays one-shots.
- Never lets a scene run too long.
- Kick in the door, let's go!
- Only ever plays one-shots.
- Never lets a scene run too long.
- Kick in the door, let's go!
Patroclus
- Doesn't really want to play.
- Doesn't really enjoy RPGs.
- Why is he even here? (The game is at his house.)
- Doesn't really want to play.
- Doesn't really enjoy RPGs.
- Why is he even here? (The game is at his house.)
And that's that!
With apologies to @CJWilsonVO, whose thread inspired this one. https://twitter.com/CJWilsonVO/status/1307698481012846592
With apologies to @CJWilsonVO, whose thread inspired this one. https://twitter.com/CJWilsonVO/status/1307698481012846592
