I love doing this sort of thing when I play RPGs. I love having that little qwerk or non-ordinary trait that makes the character unique and fun.
https://www.highlevelgames.ca/blog/5-ways-to-make-interesting-characters?fbclid=IwAR3uWZwYEUu_9FzfvFV2bmhikUGfsCjeLn-goYM8VO0ICbl5ntJJUXGrhhI is a good example of how you can just flip some ideas around and make a more interesting character without having the best stats or best model for your class/race.
Taking our current campaign, you can probably tell I did this with Sarmek Lavabrew the Cleric, giving him some compulsive disorders and a definite drinking problem.
What things do you look at when making a character's fleshed out points?
I think the Hinderence thing is cool, i will usually try and make my character unique in someway... Something that isn't the norm. I think it is also why almost always i will choose a Female character, which i didn't do for DND, kinda surprised i went male to be honest. lol
I like quirks especially when the DM takes advantage of them, I think we all have stories about character traits that have been exploited for fun during games. For example my character had a short fuse which can lead to some interesting encounters but also serves the characters game mechanics as a berserker
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Quote from: Mr. Analog on November 13, 2018, 01:48:37 PM
I like quirks especially when the DM takes advantage of them, I think we all have stories about character traits that have been exploited for fun during games. For example my character had a short fuse which can lead to some interesting encounters but also serves the characters game mechanics as a berserker
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LOL hard not to think of this... https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=clerks+berserker
Quote from: Darren Dirt on November 13, 2018, 04:02:13 PM
Quote from: Mr. Analog on November 13, 2018, 01:48:37 PM
I like quirks especially when the DM takes advantage of them, I think we all have stories about character traits that have been exploited for fun during games. For example my character had a short fuse which can lead to some interesting encounters but also serves the characters game mechanics as a berserker
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LOL hard not to think of this... https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=clerks+berserker
I knew what the video was without even looking at the url :lol: