When i have nothing else to do i often find myself just making random characters for games that i will probably never play.
Does anybody else do this, or should i join gamers anonymous or something?
Hi Phneri,
where would I find the resource you mentioned? Can never have enough mooks.
:P
Next time i find myself making a pathfinders character ill write up a stat block and post it. But at the moment i dont have any extra pathfinder characters lying around.
I write NPC stats probably more often than I should. It doesn't stop there; after a few NPCs with some connection are created, I write up some dialogue. I've prepared so many campaigns that will likely never get played. They usually get recycled into whatever the group is running at the time, so in a way, they all see some table-time.
The current time-waster I'm enjoying is d100 tables. I've done some of everything: another 100 tiefling physical traits, 100 aasimar traits, 100 ways to land in local lock-up, 100 urban room features, 100 disgusting tavern specialties, and so forth. Maybe I'll throw together a pdf sometime.
I have a folder in Hero Labs called "Characters In Search of a Game." So yes, you're not the only one.
-The Gneech
I enjoy sorting out the mechanics of the game, so I do this fairly regularly too. Any time I see something intersting, like a feat or a new base class or an archtype I write out a character. It helps me understand the mechanics better, and it gives me a healthy folder full of potential npcs. I keep them organized by cr and in categories similar to whats in the npc section of the game mastery guide. That way if i ever need them, I have them for my game.