Comments on: Souls For The Soulless: Advice On Characters In Fiction

By: CT

CT — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:47:08 +0000

Woot! Thanks! Hopefully that worked!

By: terribleminds

terribleminds — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:43:32 +0000

@CT:

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– c.

By: CT

CT — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:29:57 +0000

I enjoyed this one in particular — especially the bit about tracking traits. I’ve been thinking the same thing for a while, and it’s nice to hear someone else help solidify my thoughts.

Unrelated: How do people have their own little personal icons here? Is it a WordPress.Org thing?

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By: Chuck

Chuck — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:09:56 +0000

Righto. SotC and the like; makes total sense. In line with Terminus Est, too, having playtested that.

I’d love to rock up my own RPG one day. I’m just not sure of the value.

– c.

By: Will Hindmarch

Will Hindmarch — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:40:08 +0000

Your Three Traits are a not-uncommon technique in Aspect-driven RPGs (or even in games with things that are just like Aspects). I’m a big fan of straight-up descriptors as game traits, and I tend to think of things like skill lists as descriptors anyway.

Got points in Firearms and Empathy? The intersection of those skills should say a lot about your character.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:09:30 +0000

Thanks for the ping, Neil.