>time to play one of these "TTRPGs" everybody's into these days>open book >step 1: Pick a name >W-woah these are a lot harder than people said they'd be...
>>97853176>draw a portrait for your character>write a backstory>what compells your character to go on an adventure?
Cute thread.
>>97853176Just stick to videogames.
>>97853211You often enough have to input a name there.
>>97853198>what's their relationship with the rest of the party? >how would your character react to this?
>your character's family members
>>97853176Heh, I've been stumped choosing a name.As a DM, the default name is reversing some object and some misstyped medication.Lincep Ossenpick was the last rogue standing to whom they decided to apply the Geneva checklist to interrogate.
>>97853258This, what is this shit? Am I paying taxes or something?
>>97853266>your character's social security number
>what does your character look like?Seriously wtf do you do here
>>97853291You joke but I can think of two games offhand where that would be relevant information.
>>97853313>Seriously wtf do you do hereGet sad about my lack of artistic skill.
>>97853313I find a photo of someone online that looks like how I think they look in my head, then put it through photoshop filters. AI probably makes that even easier now but I've never actually tried it.
>>97853176>before you start>talk with your friends about getting together for 4-6 hours once a week for the indefinite future
>>97853385>4-6 hours once a weekIf only we could still manage that. Now we have to settle for half that.
>>97853385>for this game you will need at least 2 or 3 friends
>>97853198I don't know about drawing, but there is no excuse for not being able to Google a character portrait, or even use an AI-slop program to shit one out.
>>97853322I can do that>>97853328I don't know how I'm supposed to do that
>>97853313I draw a picture. Sometimes it's ok, sometimes it's a bad one.
>>97853176>>97853198There's a player in an upcoming game I'll be joining (DH2E system, but different setting) who made an entire fucking visual novel just for his character's backstory and the 7-page prologue that the GM wrote on a whim to set the tone of the game, but still can't be ass'd to open the core rulebook and properly build his character, let alone learn the actual game rules.
>>97853812I actually bothered to draw mine a couple of time, but I'm not so good at it.
>>97853176His name is Todd.>>97853198Todd lived in a house with his dog Fred.Bad men took Fred away.Now Todd is looking for his dog.This is Todd.>>97853240Todd hates everybody except his dog.He is willing to cooperate with anybody if he considers it likely to lead to the recovery of his dog.>>97853258Todd had a dog.He wants his dog back.
>>97853968the gm is going to reveal that fred the dog is dead by the end of the second session. you fell for it retard!
>>97854109It's ok tho, Todd will adopt a Pitbull who will then accompany him in the following campaigns.
>>97853812Seems like a good way to slice off your hands
>>97854402Very funny anon.
>>97853218>boot up game>premade character>whew, im safe>beat game, careful to avoid any potential input requirements>HI SCORE>nice.jpg>Input Your InitialsAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>>97853965only way to get better is to keep doing it. Or those how-to-draw books. Tell me about your sad doctor man, what's his deal>>97854402It's a real (disputed) fencing technique! Sometimes you gotta brain a motherfucker.
>>97854109Nah, 's alright.The hairy little wanker's brung him back on account of he shites too much.
>>97856189
>Why did your character join the party?>Why are they bringing him along?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFhpctuUwb4
>>97853313Spin the character in my head and look for something similar in google images or pinterest.
>>97853291>your character's blood type>your character's cholesterol level>your character's recent bowel movement history
>>97853315Any world of darkness system...And I guess like Shadowrun and or cyberpunk maybe?
>>97857968(Fun fact: the bristol stool chart is a better objective predictor of constipation than bowel movement frequency. If your stools are all hard and shit eat more fiber. Free tip from a doctor on /tg/)>>97853176DM version>"I talk to the bartender, 'what's your name friend?'">DM: F-fuck..
>>97853266>Am I paying taxes or something?Sometimes.
>Where did you character learn to read? Does he/she know how to read?
>>97853198That's backwards, you start with the reason to participate in whatever the game is about. If you don't, you're just worldbuilding a random ass person >>97853812Looks cool>>97853965Still has a hundred times more soul than AI slop. I don't care what level of drawing, players bringing their own art always makes me happy
>>97857980yeah not that anon but Shadowrun has a whole fake social security number that your character needs to operate in any legal capacity whatsoeverat least that’s how I remember it
>>97858109>a DM>doesn't have a full page of names in several columns by region, race and sexngmi
>>97853965That's a pretty cool character doodle anon
>>97853258>yo DM, what's the big bad we're facing this campaign?>yeah, my parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, wife, and seven children were all murdered by that guy
>>97857968
>>97853176Assuming a generic European medieval fantasy setting I usually use a Saxon or Welsh name.
>>97853211Vidya has the same problem>>97854614My initials spell out a word so I'm always ready to whip it out
>>97853240>>97853258>>97856204These are good moments when random tables come in handy
>>97857948But how
>>97853313I have literally only attempted to draw like 3 times in my life, but when I was coming up with a quest giver NPC for a game I was running I was completely unable to find any character art that matched what I had in my head so I popped up MS paint and some reference images.and the players accepted it, so If I can do something that can be accepted by others, literally everyone in this thread can make a MS paint shit doodle of their own characters
the name is Walter, Walter Melon.
