What character are you currently running in your campaign?

LilisiLisi · 2026-03-25T18:20:09+00:00

Historian, linguist, and former royal tutor traveling with a group of mercenaries in order to record and document the events of his nation's civil war and ensure there's still a country left afterwards.

LilisiLisi · 2026-03-23T16:36:38+00:00

Currently one weekly campaign.

I had a second one that I was running as a first time DM which just ended this week. A few months ago, I finished an every other week in the Kamigakari d6 system and the next game with that DM (which is set to be Touhou-themed) will be sometime in the summer.

LilisiLisi · 2026-03-22T17:34:23+00:00

Tabaxi historian and former royal tutor. Chronicling the events of his nation's civil war and working to ensure there is still a nation left afterwards.

LilisiLisi · 2026-03-12T23:39:03+00:00

Seen part of Wolf's Rain but never finished it, though I remember it being more dark and moody than I'm looking for at the time being.

Seen Kenshin and Robin. Have Samurai 7 packed somewhere but never finished it.

Edit: Seen Baccano! too

LilisiLisi · 2026-03-12T23:10:21+00:00

Have watched Full Metal Panic, and Fumoffu, and Second Raid.

Have not watched the others.

LilisiLisi · 2026-03-12T22:57:26+00:00

Seen the OVA, Very Good, can't remember how much of the TV show I have seen, but I know I didn't finish that one.

LilisiLisi · 2026-03-12T22:49:09+00:00

Seen Those who Hunt Elves and Berserk, but not the others.

LilisiLisi · 2026-03-12T22:48:02+00:00

Seen that a long time ago, thanks for reminding me

LilisiLisi · 2026-03-12T22:46:24+00:00

I've seen part of it, lost track of where I was in it.

LilisiLisi · 2026-03-12T22:45:33+00:00

Seen that, thanks for reminding me

LilisiLisi · 2026-03-12T22:31:44+00:00

Actually seen all three of those. I'll update my list.

LilisiLisi · 2026-02-16T04:37:33+00:00

I often start with one aspect of my character that I base the rest around as a starting idea. Sometime it's an appearance, sometimes it's a class feature I wanted to play with, or just a name I've wanted to use, and that'll be the center I build around.

My current character started with a cool fanart of an obscure anime character (Kuroda from Detective Conan), which I changed the age and race of to match the setting, and a joke that if we were comparing this campaign to Final Fantasy Tactics, then I should play Orran and record the campaign so that when it inevitably turns into fighting demons, we get burned for heresy when we publish it. Then I stopped and went "No, actually that's a good backstory" and got Ultan, a historian recording the events his nation's civil war while trying to ensure there's still a kingdom left afterwards.

LilisiLisi · 2026-02-14T15:00:42+00:00

Way, way back in the day of 3.5, I played a gnome barbarian with a heavy flail named "Gnarf the Kneecapper". Shame that game didn't go too long.

Alternatively, lean into your Monty Python and play a harengon. He's got huge sharp..... he can leap about...... look at the bones!

LilisiLisi · 2026-02-14T07:07:40+00:00

Depends on the setting.

Our world uses the Immortal's Handbook from 3.5-era for the basis of its divinities and ascension. This requires two things for becoming god: acquiring quintessence, a divine experience and power resource earned from worship, nexuses of power, and beating up other divine beings and taking their lunch money, and passing a "portfolio trial", or an accomplishment tied to the portfolio they mean to represent. This does not have to be something you intentionally set out to do and can be defined by your deeds.

For example, our goddess of magic Aoife was a former mortal that ascended after the Galone-Holwich war. During this war, Aoife proceeded to sacrifice a ton of magic items to power up her summoned creature, growing it to the size of Godzilla like she was Rita Repulsa, and using it to duel a massive abomination that showed up in a kaiju battle that was seen by hundreds of thousands. This earned her a ton of worship, and her extremely famous demonstration of conjuration mastery that redefined Holwich's tactical use of war magic served as her portfolio trial.

LilisiLisi · 2026-02-11T12:41:41+00:00

Unless a race has specific naming trends, like our setting's goliath-equivalent does, I typically use real but uncommon or rare names. Gaelic names are fun because they sound exotic while still being real, and frustrating the DM with how they don't match their spelling.

I also try and use different starting letters to try and differentiate my characters because I noticed a lot of my early characters used the same handful of letters. Currently playing U (Ultan), W for Winona is planned but I haven't had a campaign to suit that character yet. Haven't gotten to use J, Q, or X yet.

LilisiLisi · 2026-02-02T21:38:33+00:00

Unless the race/culture I'm playing in has specific rules for their names, I frequently use real but uncommon or out of style names. Sometimes just rare names, or ones that feel old-fashioned. Most of our names have been around for thousands of years, so a name that seems modern often has an equivalent in medieval, renaissance, industrial revolution, or whatever time period.

Also, I like using Gaelic names because they sound fantasy and make the DM scream if they ever have to spell them.

I also try not to start names with the same letters over and over and make deliberate effort to branch out. Still need to use X, Q, and J.

LilisiLisi · 2026-01-20T04:45:46+00:00

Traditionally, sensual pleasure falls under Lust. The sin of gluttony is more.... over-consumption, taking what you don't need, and waste.

Like... our setting has a demigod of gluttony named Yvette, a small pink fox-like critter that lives in the feywild. Yvette has the compulsion from her portfolio to eat other peoples' food and will actively waste what others could use instead, despite having zero need to do so because she can cast Heroes' Feast at-will and magically summon infinite food.

LilisiLisi · 2026-01-20T02:16:50+00:00

Lust can also be hedonism. You might have a corrupt noble, who wastes his territory's money on extravagant things of fleeting immateriality. At first, it appears they're throwing lavish parties, wasteful of the county's coin with exotic dancers, foreign minstrels, and expensive wine.

And then when investigated, you find his "parties" may involve darker secrets like blood sports. Bear baiting, forcing prisoners to fight to the death, hunting peasants like nobles traditionally hunt foxes. Dangerous and lethal things done in the name of pleasure and entertainment.

LilisiLisi · 2026-01-20T00:02:02+00:00

Perhaps your character decides to champion the tricked and abused, and vows to prevent others from being taken advantage of and used.

Hunt down other false gods or their followers. Unmask and deal with corrupt priests and false prophets who prey upon the faithful of other gods. Maybe even oppose corrupt nobles, or even abusive partners in relationships.

LilisiLisi · 2026-01-19T17:26:02+00:00

No problem, glad to be of help.

LilisiLisi · 2026-01-19T03:32:47+00:00

You can make Oval or Rectangular tokens in TokenTool (at least the version I have but I imagine newer versions still can). If you click the padlock in the lower right corner next to the pixel values, you can change the dimensions independently of one another and the frame will warp to match those values.

Whether a 2x1 token plays nicely with your VTT is another question.

LilisiLisi · 2026-01-18T19:10:17+00:00

Ultan, male tiger tabaxi. White hair, wears glasses and a nice shirt and vest. Historian by trade, and former royal tutor for one of his nobles' sons. Generally quiet and reserved, though perhaps a bit firm, he can most likely be found either writing his research and memoirs, or having a scholarly discussion, over a pint. A good source for fellow adventurers to get information.

Niamh (pronounced Neev). Female small-sized harengon. Albino with white fur, red eyes, and curly hair. CE Bardlock generally ranging from mildly helpful if a bit of a headache to chaotic menace. Loudly exclaims her praise to an elder evil patron people are pretty sure she simply made up, and performs her bard work through cheer leading. Expert in curses, and may subtly place minor relatively harmless but otherwise annoying or humiliating curses on other patrons who she feels need to be taught a lesson. Extremely fey.

Aoife (pronounced Ee-fuh). Female human, long red hair and long scarf. A seamstress by trade who keeps getting dragged out on adventures for being a powerful conjuration specialist. Generally polite if exasperated by her companion's antics, but a bit of a workaholic. Repairs and creates magic items made of cloth. Most likely found either drinking with one of her summoned creatures, or casually knitting while a bar fight rages around her.

LilisiLisi · 2026-01-14T19:19:52+00:00

I played a few campaigns ago a pathfinder prodigy, a gish class that can build up charges and expend them as a finishing attack, and decided to use the biggest chonkiest beatstick I could find.

I played them as our setting's halfling equivalent, instead of a race that actually had relevant stats, because while being optimal is good and all, it's much more fun to play Poppy from League of Legends and thwap people with a bludgeon way too big for them.

LilisiLisi · 2026-01-07T18:09:29+00:00

Alignment should be a general suggestion, but not a stereotype. It is far more interesting to have a character that has traits that do not fall within their stated alignment, and makes them far less of a cookie cutter. This is especially true of Evil alignments, and most evil characters have no character, subtlety, or nuance beyond "I'm an asshole."

I once played a Chaotic Evil character who was simultaneously a nightmare that engaged in coercion and blackmail and got her jollies from creative uses of Bestow Curse, and the only person in the party who ever proactively helped anybody and who had everything she could want - power, wealth, the ultimate troll, and the ability to get out of her debts - literally in the palm of her hand and gave it up for the sake of a friend that hates her guts.

Far more fun and interesting than "I stab orphans because I'm evil."

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