The roll-role playing challenge
First things first, I apologize if this kind of thread already exists on the forum (although I read most of it a few weeks ago and didn't find it). If it does, I will either delete this or modify to make it more relevant.
I have been having a hard time deciding on what kind of character I will play for my second and likely last play through of the Baldur's Gate saga. So hard in fact that I restarted like fifteen times. Well, enough is enough.
So when I got the idea that chance could determine my start I knew that the roll-role playing challenge was born.
So for anyone willing to participate, here are the guidelines:
1) Take the first character that's different from anything that you've ever played. If you've already played a human male sorcerer three times, there's little point in playing it again even if that's what the dice gives you. Re-roll
2) Everything except the character's biography and the portrait have to be rolled for.
I myself will use this website, but you can use others or real dice, as you wish. https://www.wizards.com/dnd/dice/dice.htm
Attribute rolling is done based on the minimums and maximum available to your class/race combo.
For example:
Dwarf fighters have minimum strength of 9 and maximum 18. So roll d10 and 8 to your result. Use this for all attributes. The only one I recommend being a bit flexible on is intelligence because you can't play the game very well with 3 intelligence
3) There are no hardcore rules at all, it's all about role playing and not power playing. You can sleep as often as you want, reload on wipes, use whatever cheesy strategies or play no reload, totally up to you.
4) Role play. The idea is to actually role play. I know some of you are excellent at this but I feel that many gamers simply have a hard time to truly get into a character that is very different from who they are in real life or would like to be. It's also hard for me hence the challenge.
Flesh out your character in a way that makes it whole and alive. If you end up with a female half-orc with 8 charisma don't maker her a seductress. If she has 8 intelligence she obviously shouldn't be a tactical genius right at the start of the game (although she could still learn to become later on). And so on. It's all about your imagination. The sky's the limit.
To decide how my character is going to act based on alignment I use http://easydamus.com/alignment.html because I feel that alignment descriptions in the game are a bit lackluster.
5) Install mods that will enhance your experience. If you end up with an evil character, I suggest using Anthology Tweaks mod and installing the option that low reputation also decreases store prices. If you are so inclined add romances that will suit your characters etc.
Obviously the idea is to have fun, broaden your horizons as a player and a human being. So if you feel up for it, share your story here with us!
I have been having a hard time deciding on what kind of character I will play for my second and likely last play through of the Baldur's Gate saga. So hard in fact that I restarted like fifteen times. Well, enough is enough.
So when I got the idea that chance could determine my start I knew that the roll-role playing challenge was born.
So for anyone willing to participate, here are the guidelines:
1) Take the first character that's different from anything that you've ever played. If you've already played a human male sorcerer three times, there's little point in playing it again even if that's what the dice gives you. Re-roll
2) Everything except the character's biography and the portrait have to be rolled for.
I myself will use this website, but you can use others or real dice, as you wish. https://www.wizards.com/dnd/dice/dice.htm
Attribute rolling is done based on the minimums and maximum available to your class/race combo.
For example:
Dwarf fighters have minimum strength of 9 and maximum 18. So roll d10 and 8 to your result. Use this for all attributes. The only one I recommend being a bit flexible on is intelligence because you can't play the game very well with 3 intelligence
3) There are no hardcore rules at all, it's all about role playing and not power playing. You can sleep as often as you want, reload on wipes, use whatever cheesy strategies or play no reload, totally up to you.
4) Role play. The idea is to actually role play. I know some of you are excellent at this but I feel that many gamers simply have a hard time to truly get into a character that is very different from who they are in real life or would like to be. It's also hard for me hence the challenge.
Flesh out your character in a way that makes it whole and alive. If you end up with a female half-orc with 8 charisma don't maker her a seductress. If she has 8 intelligence she obviously shouldn't be a tactical genius right at the start of the game (although she could still learn to become later on). And so on. It's all about your imagination. The sky's the limit.
To decide how my character is going to act based on alignment I use http://easydamus.com/alignment.html because I feel that alignment descriptions in the game are a bit lackluster.
5) Install mods that will enhance your experience. If you end up with an evil character, I suggest using Anthology Tweaks mod and installing the option that low reputation also decreases store prices. If you are so inclined add romances that will suit your characters etc.
Obviously the idea is to have fun, broaden your horizons as a player and a human being. So if you feel up for it, share your story here with us!
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Self imposed rules - Realistic resting, minimum reloads, DnD Hardcore rules, attribute based personality.
The character I will use to play through the saga got the following results:
Gender: female
Race: dwarf
Class: fighter/cleric
Alignment: lawful evil
Strength: 16
Dexterity: 17
Constitution: 15
Intelligence: 5
Wisdom: 11
Charisma: 15
Personality (based on attributes):
She is a strong and proud dwarf woman. She won't let anyone put her down or piss on her parade. She can be a bit violent too.
She's incredibly agile for a member of her race.
She is quite tough but not nearly as much as many other dwarves. She knows her limits and doesn't put herself in senseless danger in fights.
She has a fairly low IQ. She has some learning disabilities, she's not literate and she's not a good tactician. But she's not retarded though. She speaks just fine.
She has average wisdom and is thus neither smart nor stupid when it comes to making decisions.
She is unusually charismatic for a member of her race. She knows this and has a voracious sexual appetite.
She respects the law and order of the land. She values having strong allies and will defend them whenever she can. She doesn't like having a bad reputation because after all influence is power. Killing people that won't make her reputation drop is fair game though. She even enjoys it.
I got really lucky from a role playing standpoint. The character is an almost exact opposite of who I am in real life (male, human, chaotic good, poor STR,DEX, high INT) so it should provide for quite a challenge
1)~Generate a number by rolling 4d6, drop one die. [Max18]
2)~Specify which attribute this number applies to.
3)~Repeat.
4)~Generate a number by rolling 4d6. Total all 4. [Max18}
5)~Specify Attribute to which it applies
6)~Generate a number by rolling 5d6. Drop one die [Max18]
7]~Repeat.
8)~Generate a number by rolling 6d6. Drop two dice. [Max18]
9)~Choose Class, Race, etc.
Should still be a pretty strong character but at least a fair chance of being less than primo. Eh!
I rolled for everything except for obv portrait and voiceset. I even rolled for the name on a name generator on some site.
She made some very dumb decisions and got killed for it.
Anyway, I was thinking about this challenge for a few days and came up with a similar yet different idea. Instead of rolling a character I thought I would instead play a character that is almost exactly my opposite. I went through the very extensive test I found here http://www.easydamus.com/character.html
I ended up with a very free spirited chaotic-good-neutral druid/sorcerer individualistic character. Very accurate given who I really am.
Then I flipped it around to make a character that would be my extreme opposite (if such a thing is even possible).
I then created a short, fat lawful evil female dwarf fighter/cleric who is very organized, family loyal, tough, strong, devout and quite evil.
It took me a few hours to fully flesh out my character and I am almost ready to embark on my epic journey. She won't be as dumb as the one before seeing how intelligence in DnD terms seems to be a measure of learning skills, rather than decision making.
If a few other people are also interested in playing a challenge like this I will update the thread and keep it running. If there's no interest I'll just let it die and post my findings when I'm done
I am used to playing for hours on end and that's simply not possible with this kind of character. I need to be focused so as not to stray out of character so it's also going to help me stay on the computer less.
And playing someone totally different from yourself just sounds like a hell of a lot of fun if you can get into it, yeah!
Thanks for the link, Bengoshi