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Eh, you know about mine. Let me tell you about my kids'. These are for Quest, which I picked for them because they wanted to play D&D, Quest is easy to make D&D-flavored, and Quest is remarkably simpler than D&D. Every single check in the game is a flat d20 roll against a single results table: 11-20 is always a success, for example. At the same time, you still get character classes and varied, flavorful abilities.
My daughter (12)'s character was inspired by two things: she really likes cats and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. (Great movie. My mom loved it, and she can't tell a dungeon from a dragon.) So her character is a Naturalist (i.e. Druid) cat-person named Doric who can transform into other animals. Her equipment sheet includes such weapons as "a lute" and "literally Xenk's sword." (The game lets you start with any three nonmagical weapons. I did not add Xenk's sword to my campaign.)
My son (14)'s character is a six-foot snake Doctor with wings. Why a snake? I have no idea, but his lack of hands has become an issue multiple times. Why wings? Probably because they're cool, but a flying character with ranged attacks is A Problem, so we ruled that he could only hover a few inches off the ground.
The best character moment in the campaign so far came from a murder mystery session. A dude named Jean-Pierre owned an owlbear named Albert (get it?) who had been accused of murdering a child in the town, and the rest of the town wanted to put Albert down. The party was able to confirm that the owlbear did indeed maul the kid. Everyone else was ready to call it a wrap, but Doric believed in Albert, and she insisted that they continue investigating. They eventually learned that the kid had been given honey made with the extremely rare moonflower pollen, which drives owlbears into a berserk rage, by Beatrice the beekeeper, who had a grudge against Jean-Pierre and Albert. Doric was vindicated, Albert was spared, and Jean-Pierre learned an important lesson about pet ownership, all because my daughter refused to accept Albert's guilt.
My daughter (12)'s character was inspired by two things: she really likes cats and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. (Great movie. My mom loved it, and she can't tell a dungeon from a dragon.) So her character is a Naturalist (i.e. Druid) cat-person named Doric who can transform into other animals. Her equipment sheet includes such weapons as "a lute" and "literally Xenk's sword." (The game lets you start with any three nonmagical weapons. I did not add Xenk's sword to my campaign.)
My son (14)'s character is a six-foot snake Doctor with wings. Why a snake? I have no idea, but his lack of hands has become an issue multiple times. Why wings? Probably because they're cool, but a flying character with ranged attacks is A Problem, so we ruled that he could only hover a few inches off the ground.
The best character moment in the campaign so far came from a murder mystery session. A dude named Jean-Pierre owned an owlbear named Albert (get it?) who had been accused of murdering a child in the town, and the rest of the town wanted to put Albert down. The party was able to confirm that the owlbear did indeed maul the kid. Everyone else was ready to call it a wrap, but Doric believed in Albert, and she insisted that they continue investigating. They eventually learned that the kid had been given honey made with the extremely rare moonflower pollen, which drives owlbears into a berserk rage, by Beatrice the beekeeper, who had a grudge against Jean-Pierre and Albert. Doric was vindicated, Albert was spared, and Jean-Pierre learned an important lesson about pet ownership, all because my daughter refused to accept Albert's guilt.
I haven't had the opportunity to sit down and play roleplaying games very often, certainly not for any longer campaigns. I did play one fun session of a Pathfinder campaign that unfortunately never got off the ground, in which I created a half-orc bard character. He was fairly idealistic and naive, thinking that bards were noble adventurers who would certainly never embellish their tales of heroism, and being blissfully unaware that any "civilized" humans could harbor prejudices against orcs. He was equally proficient at playing the lute and swinging a large two-handed broadsword. I believe that at one point he ate a bar of soap, being unaware of its proper usage.
Most recently I had the opportunity to play a short Star Wars adventure at a convention, and created a cold-blooded(?) droid bounty hunter with a sniper rifle. Looking back, I think I might have unintentionally made the character a little intimidating for my fellow players, some of which had apparently never played roleplaying games before.
Playing games at conventions usually means that I get some pre-made characters to choose from rather than making my own. In one memorable game I played recently, all the player characters were just different humans bodies used simultaneously by one single alien consciousness, but halfway through the adventure the bodies begin to regain their individuality, and have to figure out who they were before they were possessed.
Most recently I had the opportunity to play a short Star Wars adventure at a convention, and created a cold-blooded(?) droid bounty hunter with a sniper rifle. Looking back, I think I might have unintentionally made the character a little intimidating for my fellow players, some of which had apparently never played roleplaying games before.
Playing games at conventions usually means that I get some pre-made characters to choose from rather than making my own. In one memorable game I played recently, all the player characters were just different humans bodies used simultaneously by one single alien consciousness, but halfway through the adventure the bodies begin to regain their individuality, and have to figure out who they were before they were possessed.
Off the top of my head;
Flapjacks an aracocran bard who accidentally rolled way too high while performing Jimmy Buffet covers and stuck an entire town into Vacation Mode. He then ran away to “get help” (meaning “so nobody could hold him accountable”)
Skeletillionaire: A goblin thief who isn’t able to graduate from Thief school until he completes his graduate thesis of stealing a millionaires skeleton without them noticing
Dogbutt Goodboy a stray dog who was cured when a werewolf bit him in human form; now he’s a person except when the full moon is at its brightest. He friggin’ hates it and wants to go back to Normal Dog
Chrysanthemillenium St. Abattoir a high elf mage who wears heavy armor to hide a disfigurement he was cursed with. Which was actually just a bad haircut that he overcompensated for.
CAP’N SHARKFIST OSHANNASY, a Sharkman pirate who took up the cloth as a holy Paladin, and really only connected to Veggietales for religious studies. He stands under the gaze of the Many Eyes of the Great Tater.
Dan Barrow, a gameshow host who is in trouble with his producers for not making his contest difficult enough and is now tasked with acquiring more and better qualities of prizes because too many people are walking away as winners.
Flapjacks an aracocran bard who accidentally rolled way too high while performing Jimmy Buffet covers and stuck an entire town into Vacation Mode. He then ran away to “get help” (meaning “so nobody could hold him accountable”)
Skeletillionaire: A goblin thief who isn’t able to graduate from Thief school until he completes his graduate thesis of stealing a millionaires skeleton without them noticing
Dogbutt Goodboy a stray dog who was cured when a werewolf bit him in human form; now he’s a person except when the full moon is at its brightest. He friggin’ hates it and wants to go back to Normal Dog
Chrysanthemillenium St. Abattoir a high elf mage who wears heavy armor to hide a disfigurement he was cursed with. Which was actually just a bad haircut that he overcompensated for.
CAP’N SHARKFIST OSHANNASY, a Sharkman pirate who took up the cloth as a holy Paladin, and really only connected to Veggietales for religious studies. He stands under the gaze of the Many Eyes of the Great Tater.
Dan Barrow, a gameshow host who is in trouble with his producers for not making his contest difficult enough and is now tasked with acquiring more and better qualities of prizes because too many people are walking away as winners.
Does freeform count?
They've kinda become fanfic characters now, though.
They've kinda become fanfic characters now, though.