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This is for D&D fans who also enjoy other TTRPGs, especially Mage.
I'm playing in @caudelac's rules-lite Mage: the Awakening hack. There are Paths and Orders, but I'm having such a hard time working backward from my Path to a *person* who is interesting and cool.
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I'm playing in @caudelac's rules-lite Mage: the Awakening hack. There are Paths and Orders, but I'm having such a hard time working backward from my Path to a *person* who is interesting and cool.
1/x
Anyone else have difficulty working out a character concept in a game without classes?
I've talked to Rabbit about this a lot and I'm still trying to understand my problem. I feel obligated by... I dunno, my gaming culture in the broad?... to aim low in starting status.
2/x
I've talked to Rabbit about this a lot and I'm still trying to understand my problem. I feel obligated by... I dunno, my gaming culture in the broad?... to aim low in starting status.
2/x
Like... I don't know how to give myself permission to make my character urban-fantasy Cool or thriller-novel Cool or whatever.
I don't really have this problem in D&D, where character class, subclass, and level strongly suggest a target degree of Cool.
3/x
I don't really have this problem in D&D, where character class, subclass, and level strongly suggest a target degree of Cool.
3/x
Beyond that, it's straight-up choice paralysis.
I've created a character: a Mastigos (Space, mainly) who makes money and travels the world by gaming the frequent-flyer and first-month-free systems. He uses this freedom to investigate paranormal incidents.
4/x
I've created a character: a Mastigos (Space, mainly) who makes money and travels the world by gaming the frequent-flyer and first-month-free systems. He uses this freedom to investigate paranormal incidents.
4/x
I just can't seem to get this to resolve into a character I can play with confidence, and everything else sounds bad too.
Trying to imagine myself being, or portraying, someone *interesting* in a modern-day-adjacent setting is apparently almost impossible for me.
5/x
Trying to imagine myself being, or portraying, someone *interesting* in a modern-day-adjacent setting is apparently almost impossible for me.
5/x
I guess I'm hoping I'm not alone here.
6/fin
6/fin
As with all of my gaming threads, this ends with:
End concentration camps in the US (and worldwide)
Abolish and prosecute ICE
Black lives matter
Trans rights are human rights
Wear your mask
End concentration camps in the US (and worldwide)
Abolish and prosecute ICE
Black lives matter
Trans rights are human rights
Wear your mask
