Character progression
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:19 pm
Of the back of the good/evil depabte, it made me remember I also wanted to post about where your characters are, and are headed
Nothing to do with me and my plans, this is just your occasional reminder from your DM to keep in mind where you think your characters might end up in terms of their personal development!
After five months (well, less for LB, but not that much less), you guys have a handle on your characters as they are. Obviously, some have interesting character things already happeneing to them - Haynuus has his brutal past as opposed to his current 'mission from God', Falkor obviously got a little odd situation when he was forced to take the initiative against the soldiers, and Ameena had her minor breakdown due to being in this situation (is she still alive, whoooooooooo knows).
The point is, now is certainly a good time to take stock of the character you have - you should have gone from discovering them to having them formed in your mind. Now is a good time to think to what their current direction and reactions will mean if it goes unchecked. Is your character going to get more compassionate, less? More sure of themselves, or more sure they need to change their direction? Also start thinking on what events might knock them from this path. Or what events might accelerate them on it.
If, as players, you would like something to happen in the story to meet these goals, yell!
Obviously, some of the best situations so far have organically happened without me at all, they have simply come from your guys interacting and reacting to each other. Don't be afraid to point out some meta-game OOC information to your fellow players, so they will be able to spot anything your character is starting to do and flow with it.
I might post again saying where I think all your characters are, jsut so you can steer me right if I've missed something or if there are certain areas you would rather I didn't follow in relation to your character.
Nothing to do with me and my plans, this is just your occasional reminder from your DM to keep in mind where you think your characters might end up in terms of their personal development!
After five months (well, less for LB, but not that much less), you guys have a handle on your characters as they are. Obviously, some have interesting character things already happeneing to them - Haynuus has his brutal past as opposed to his current 'mission from God', Falkor obviously got a little odd situation when he was forced to take the initiative against the soldiers, and Ameena had her minor breakdown due to being in this situation (is she still alive, whoooooooooo knows).
The point is, now is certainly a good time to take stock of the character you have - you should have gone from discovering them to having them formed in your mind. Now is a good time to think to what their current direction and reactions will mean if it goes unchecked. Is your character going to get more compassionate, less? More sure of themselves, or more sure they need to change their direction? Also start thinking on what events might knock them from this path. Or what events might accelerate them on it.
If, as players, you would like something to happen in the story to meet these goals, yell!
Obviously, some of the best situations so far have organically happened without me at all, they have simply come from your guys interacting and reacting to each other. Don't be afraid to point out some meta-game OOC information to your fellow players, so they will be able to spot anything your character is starting to do and flow with it.
I might post again saying where I think all your characters are, jsut so you can steer me right if I've missed something or if there are certain areas you would rather I didn't follow in relation to your character.