Character Origins

[FuzzyLogic]

Does anyone have their character origins in their head or on paper, or in notepad even. I'd be interested in seeing some backgrounds or continuing fables. Well, it is an RPG after all, plus it'd be for my own benefit since i can't claim to read comic books at all and the story for me character so far isn't exactly PG material, do comic book stories have lines that must be drawn or can they be (extremely) dark, as in Spawn etc..?



This is just out of morbid interest, if noones replies i'll just go ahead and post what i have already down, which may or may not be any good, but it might be a start

 

[gervaise]

I suspect it is all sorts.

Mine - at the moment - will be based on a very old Dungeons and Dragons magic using character that then did time in the realms of Everquest. (Technically a simulacrum as he doesn't believe in dying!) so no comic book stuff at all. Must have some idea of what feels right though as th ename never came out to play in DAoC. I know that there are other people who port characters about as well.

Do what seems right. Have fun. I suspect it may take a little while to see what works. Oh well until Sunday at 12.00 - must check the time zone

 

[Belsameth]

I have some vague idea's about my characters, tho not all of them.
I won't claim to be good at writing stories, nor have I really worked on thisone but it's fun to do..

the chacter that has mostly been playing through my head is Lethal Lullaby, a science Controller.
She's the result of a military research project (codename: Project Lullaby, unsurprisingly) towards controlling large mobs.
she's far more potent then anybody expected tho, and far too dangerous to use on regular people. instead she's assigned to Paragon City, in helping to get rid of the super villains that have been invading the place.

 

[FuzzyLogic]

Well me characters story is fairly dark, and not pretty. It's also not particularly original. Have got a basic structure but there's a whole bunch of holes in it i'm patching up. I feel like using spoiler tags if for some odd reason a short synopsis isn't someone's cup of tea.

Spoiler

Basically, the story is that my character is the son of a prostitute who's father was cheating on his wife with her on a regular basis. Wife finds out, is fairly pissed and curses her husband into an amulet, flinging the amulet at the expectant mother-to-be. Fast forward to the birth, his mother (the prostitute) gives him the amulet as an heirloom. Boy grows up in this red light district and learns to streetfight, gains a reputation, mostly protecting his mother from overzealous clients. As he comes of age he begins to exhibit strange powers (the dark armour) though is unable to control it fully since it only manifests when he's in direct danger (discovering why later ), shit happens, they become separated and our (anti?)hero sets off on a quest to find his mother, learning about his past along the way. Ultimately leading him to Paragon City no less .

Oh the cliché, but i'm not claiming to be a good or original writer, it's just how the story has developed so far :/

I still have to figure out how he manages to acquire a spinky new set of claws yet, edging towards the old "Old friend who just happens to be savvy with technology" routine. Meh, it's a superhero story, who said it has to be original anyhow

ps, the whole power manifesting during coming of age thing wasn't intended to be a rip off of x-men, it's just come out that way :/ It's all to do with the amulet!

So anyhow, criticism on this outline is so very welcome.

 

[Tharion]

I have some vague idea's about my characters, tho not all of them.
I won't claim to be good at writing stories, nor have I really worked on thisone but it's fun to do..

the chacter that has mostly been playing through my head is Lethal Lullaby, a science Controller.
She's the result of a military research project (codename: Project Lullaby, unsurprisingly) towards controlling large mobs.
she's far more potent then anybody expected tho, and far too dangerous to use on regular people. instead she's assigned to Paragon City, in helping to get rid of the super villains that have been invading the place.

"controlling large mobs."

I would change that, into controlling lagre masses of enemys, fiends or something else, *mobs* is a term that I connect to a technical term for an enemy in a game, not very roleplaying

Thats just my opinion though.

As for my natural tanker, I just got to know my superteam wants me to play a natural origin today. So I'll figure out a very stupid story for him later on.

I'm not very good at making up nice storys about my chars

 

[Belsameth]

yeah, funny really how mob has evolved like that, since it's really a large crowd and not a mobile object. I agree tho, I should change that

 

[Sarum]

Say "riots" or, if you're feeling cynical and want to make a dark hint at government attempts at covert control and censorship in an allegedly "free" society: "large protests".

I've not really decided what my character is going to be yet, so I can't really write a good back story until I have. I've got some vague ideas floating about, but I'll wait and see what stupid snap decisions I make on the character screen on Wednesday...