I'm sure the hardcore dice throwers out there have some characters they've played that are near and dear to their hearts. So here's the thread to list them and their exploits. Some of mine:
-- Hurok Stonecleaver, dwarf fighter, AD&D -- This fella has actually been around twice. The first time he ended his career having been polymorphed into a baby eagle and flying away. Our GM would then mercilessly tease me by always having an eagle squawking "Hurok!" whenever we were in the woods. The second time I used him was in a different campaign, and he again suffered a pretty ignominous end -- killed in an avalance and had his corpse re-animated by our Big Bad at the time so he could be killed all over again by the party. Other than that, though, he was a kick-ass dwarf in the Gimli vein, and the first character I really started from Level 1 and built as an actual character.
-- Jander Ryll, half-elf ranger, AD&D -- Your classic dual-wielding ranger guy, his claim to fame was when he fell into an underground river, losing his two swords and pretty much everything but his backpack. Washing up on an island inhabited by a troll, he managed to get out two torches and light them and fought the troll off using the dreaded "torch/torch/bite" attack, as my friends dubbed it. He met his end when a member of our party, possessed by an evil soul-sucking sword, met him in a dark alley and killed him, removing his soul and thus preventing any resurrection.
-- Gerard Mesavage, Montaigne (French) Swordsman, 7th Sea -- Think Madmartigan from Willow as a Musketeer and you pretty much have this guy. He had a running rivalry with a Vodacce (Italian) character in our party -- whatever swashbuckling thing one did, the other just had to outdo it. In one instance, the Vodacce jumped out a second story window to chase a fleeing villain, so I of course was obliged to go up to the third story window and jump out of it. It was a real blast to play him.
-- Padre, Vampire of the Clan Malkavian, Vampire: The Masquerade -- This guy was a lot of fun to play too. He was a former divinity student who knew he wanted to devote his life to religion but couldn't decide which one. He studied most of the world's religions and was on his way to graduating when he was made a vampire by a fellow student. Now, due to the madness inherent in almost all Malkavians, he hears the voices of Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, Allah, Yahweh, Jehova, Gaia, and pretty much any other spiritual figure you can imagine talking to him all the time. His vampiric powers have given him uncanny persuasive abilities, so he's now a homeless street preacher with quite a large following in San Francisco, and constantly struggling with the knowledge that he has become something all his studies have told him is as profane and unholy as you can get. Angst-ridden fun for all the family!
-- Highlander, Street Samurai, Shadowrun -- My all-time favorite. This guy is basically nuts. He's got so many cyber augmentations that he has an Essence (your inherent humanity) in the decimal points. He also wields his clan's ancestral sword, a magical weapon that provides protection against the physical effects of injuries, but upon which Highlander has become so dependent he rarely uses anything else, even if the enemy is packing heavy firepower. He also will not part with it, so it's a lot of fun trying to figure out how to get the thing past weapons checks and the like. His biggest claim to fame is the time he leapt from the top of the Space Needle in Seattle while escaping during a run, and was found hanging on the underside a day later muttering, "There was supposed to be a chopper." His story is in cliff-hanger mode right now -- he was last seen rushing into a room full of ant spirits shouting, "I"ll be back in a minute!"
-- Hurok Stonecleaver, dwarf fighter, AD&D -- This fella has actually been around twice. The first time he ended his career having been polymorphed into a baby eagle and flying away. Our GM would then mercilessly tease me by always having an eagle squawking "Hurok!" whenever we were in the woods. The second time I used him was in a different campaign, and he again suffered a pretty ignominous end -- killed in an avalance and had his corpse re-animated by our Big Bad at the time so he could be killed all over again by the party. Other than that, though, he was a kick-ass dwarf in the Gimli vein, and the first character I really started from Level 1 and built as an actual character.
-- Jander Ryll, half-elf ranger, AD&D -- Your classic dual-wielding ranger guy, his claim to fame was when he fell into an underground river, losing his two swords and pretty much everything but his backpack. Washing up on an island inhabited by a troll, he managed to get out two torches and light them and fought the troll off using the dreaded "torch/torch/bite" attack, as my friends dubbed it. He met his end when a member of our party, possessed by an evil soul-sucking sword, met him in a dark alley and killed him, removing his soul and thus preventing any resurrection.
-- Gerard Mesavage, Montaigne (French) Swordsman, 7th Sea -- Think Madmartigan from Willow as a Musketeer and you pretty much have this guy. He had a running rivalry with a Vodacce (Italian) character in our party -- whatever swashbuckling thing one did, the other just had to outdo it. In one instance, the Vodacce jumped out a second story window to chase a fleeing villain, so I of course was obliged to go up to the third story window and jump out of it. It was a real blast to play him.
-- Padre, Vampire of the Clan Malkavian, Vampire: The Masquerade -- This guy was a lot of fun to play too. He was a former divinity student who knew he wanted to devote his life to religion but couldn't decide which one. He studied most of the world's religions and was on his way to graduating when he was made a vampire by a fellow student. Now, due to the madness inherent in almost all Malkavians, he hears the voices of Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, Allah, Yahweh, Jehova, Gaia, and pretty much any other spiritual figure you can imagine talking to him all the time. His vampiric powers have given him uncanny persuasive abilities, so he's now a homeless street preacher with quite a large following in San Francisco, and constantly struggling with the knowledge that he has become something all his studies have told him is as profane and unholy as you can get. Angst-ridden fun for all the family!
-- Highlander, Street Samurai, Shadowrun -- My all-time favorite. This guy is basically nuts. He's got so many cyber augmentations that he has an Essence (your inherent humanity) in the decimal points. He also wields his clan's ancestral sword, a magical weapon that provides protection against the physical effects of injuries, but upon which Highlander has become so dependent he rarely uses anything else, even if the enemy is packing heavy firepower. He also will not part with it, so it's a lot of fun trying to figure out how to get the thing past weapons checks and the like. His biggest claim to fame is the time he leapt from the top of the Space Needle in Seattle while escaping during a run, and was found hanging on the underside a day later muttering, "There was supposed to be a chopper." His story is in cliff-hanger mode right now -- he was last seen rushing into a room full of ant spirits shouting, "I"ll be back in a minute!"
) to integrate them into the War Machine, which is what we almost immediately started calling it, and check it out... state-of-the-badass-art.
