{"id":10075,"date":"2006-09-08T16:23:34","date_gmt":"2006-09-08T23:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/09\/08\/thats-my-bag-baby.html"},"modified":"2006-09-08T16:23:34","modified_gmt":"2006-09-08T23:23:34","slug":"thats_my_bag_baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/09\/08\/thats_my_bag_baby.html","title":{"rendered":"“That’s My Bag, Baby”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doyce points to an RPG article about what people’s “thing” is<\/a> in how they play their characters, or what RPG characters they create.<\/p>\n

His pegging of me:<\/p>\n

\n

Dave tends to gravitate toward support-role characters, generally. Bards. Medics. Fawning, enthusiastic, cat-girl rogues.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Well, I wouldn’t call Shishiko fawning<\/em>, but … here’s what I commented back (fleshed out for this post):<\/p>\n

Yeah. Art imitates life. Being a “support-role<\/strong>” character is definitely one of my “things.”<\/p>\n

I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be.
\nAm an attendant lord, one that will do
\n
\nTo swell a progress, start a scene or two,
\n
\nAdvise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,
\n
\nDeferential, glad to be of use …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(When I was in Freshman English, we studied “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock<\/a>” by T.S. Eliot. I utter despised it, and now find a lot of resonance in it. Go fig.)<\/small><\/p>\n

I think, in part, that as a character, I tend to play off other characters<\/em> (PC or NPC) than directly confront the problem \/ situation \/ opponent. Not, generally, the leader, my characters tend to be supportive to the goal, as laid out by the GM — which is why I tend not to do as well with highly player-controllable game systems\/settings; giving me too many options just makes me flounder, at least to some degree.<\/p>\n

Another, integrated “thing” tends to be playing the alienated loner<\/strong> (cough) who is seeking meaning, identity, and acceptance (cough cough).<\/p>\n

I think the third “thing” is that I tend to be a good guy<\/strong>. I can play a not-nice guy (and, regardless, can do things that I would not do in real life), but for every Osato, I’m much more likely to be a Dag. Shishiko, for all her being a chaosbringer and assasin\/thief, was sweet (and probably the most fun character I’ve played in a decade). Even Sian\/Punishment, though damned angry and violent, was also trying to be a good guy, um, gal, ah, Noble. Hell, even Edward, a true bastard, started trending
\ntoward being the Hero of Amber after getting a vision of same.<\/p>\n

And I tend to write the same was as I play. So there you go.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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