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Anybody else feel like if you saw the character sheet for your life you would wonder WHAT the player was thinking?
"Why am I a Shaman? I have an 8 for Wisdom. You took the Cackle hex but none of the hexes that it works with..."
"How needs FULL points in Knowledge Pokémon???"
"I am both surprised and confused by the fact that I am level three. How did I get to level 3? And if we are summing up life experience why am I not HIGHER than level 3???"
"I have spent an awful lot of money on non-essential consumables and my armor choice of 'clothes' is highly questionable."
Maybe my player has a different style than I am used to?
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"With all these disadvantages, I MUST have some unspent points somewhere!"
"Why is my will save against Kickstarters so low?"
"How come you never make me roll Knowledge(80s bands)? I'm practically MYTHIC here!"
"I'm certain this height to weight multiplier is wrong."
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... Mr. Dudley... You get me.
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In my case, it would be:
"Why the $%&*@# do you keep giving me ranks in useless Knowledge skills?! My ranks in Knowledge (Engineering) seem like an afterthought!"
"Really?! Weapon Focus (Swiss Army Knife)?"
"Why do you keep taking the first feat in feat trees, but NONE of the others?!"
"Why does my Will save keep getting worse when I go up a level? What are you doing?"
"Why is the only spell I have Got Your Nose?"
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"Why do I have a Masterwork computer but NO ranks in Knowledge (Computer Science)?... I KNOW what I use that for... There will NEVER come a time when that +2 is necessary!"
"Is this NE alignment thing something that was there at creation? Or did I earn it through role play?- I feel like I am not having the amount of fun a NE character should be having?"
"I don't see anywhere on this sheet where you have listed my familiar?... He also isn't listed allies... Or gear... What? What do you mean a HIRELING??? Hired for what? I am paying him to dispose of his waste?!?!?!"
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"Why do I have Profession: Merchant, Skill Focus: Merchant, and the commoner class? Seriously, like, how am I expected to be able to do anything adventurous with this? And that amount of coin there is way too low for WBL."
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"Can I re-roll my con score? I mean seriously or a bonus for disadvantage?"
"Great, my knowledge computers is maxed but my charisma is a minimum."
"Why do I need knowledge automotive when i don't have money to do anything with it?"
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"G#~ D@!MIT, STOP MIN-MAXING! Stop dumping charisma AND giving me social disadvantages..."
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"Holy &*(^...that's a lot of weaknesses...and why are my ankles specifically mentioned? Are we using called shots and critical charts now?"
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What do you mean I'm Ninjadeathktty's hireling? I thought she was my familiar!
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I've made character sheets for myself. More than once.
I've run alot of White Wolf games, and I realized that new players sometimes had trouble figuring out what their character would do in a given situation, but they could say what they themselves would do. So, I thought why not have people play as themselves? Since WoD is basically a dark reflection of the real world, it's easy to blend the two.
Making oneself as a character is an interesting exercise in self-awareness and personal history. Comparing the differences from over the years shows me ways that I've changed. Of course the accuracy isn't perfect, but it is informative nonetheless.
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"You put C#, F# and Javascript down for languages? Do people actually speak those?"
"Why is Java listed under 'Known but Forbidden arts?'"
"What the hell does a programmer need 3 levels in swordfighter for?"
"GAWDAHMNIT TIM. 'EXTRA LARGE HEAD AND HANDS' IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE FEAT CHOICE"
"You charge the Ford Pickup headfirst at 50 miles per hour. Roll for damage - no Tim you need more dice than that IT'S A GAWDHAM PICKUP INTO YOUR FACE AT 50 MILES PER HOUR"
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I am profoundly annoyed with spending money for all that acrobatics training and skill investment and then gaining so much weight that I incur a heavy army penalty in yoga pants...
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High int and wisdom in a system that seems to only reward melee types and has no spellcasting whatsoever and a brain that fails concentration rolls every time I try has been frustrating, to say the least...
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Trapfinding has not been very useful in the office environment. Could just be the huge penalties to Perception, though.
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You clearly need to set more traps then.
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My boss is NOT a 'venture captain' and my rewards are not translating for my passivist character
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I've made character sheets for myself. More than once.
I've run alot of White Wolf games, and I realized that new players sometimes had trouble figuring out what their character would do in a given situation, but they could say what they themselves would do. So, I thought why not have people play as themselves? Since WoD is basically a dark reflection of the real world, it's easy to blend the two.
Making oneself as a character is an interesting exercise in self-awareness and personal history. Comparing the differences from over the years shows me ways that I've changed. Of course the accuracy isn't perfect, but it is informative nonetheless.
I've done this with a lot of different systems, too.
Asking what hardened and failed Madness Meter notches someone has in Unknown Armies is one of the most revealing things about people I've ever been involved in that wasn't actual psychological testing.
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Weapon Focus (longbow), Knowledge (nature), Max survival, wait...why am I a druid when I work in an IT office? It is probably bad that I did not take Skill Focus (linux), that would have actually helped.
Totally out of my element, because I am always out of the elements, in a cubicle. Is there a cubicle druid archetype?
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High int and wisdom in a system that seems to only reward melee types and has no spellcasting whatsoever and a brain that fails concentration rolls every time I try has been frustrating, to say the least...
Seems like Charisma is the primary stat in meatspace...