Subject: Re: Ooh! Ooh! I have some ideas!
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Posted on: 2017-12-07 23:55:00 UTC

*nod* Thanks. I'm still kinda iffy on how she is.

I tried writing out her life as if she had a backstory before becoming an adventurer and then suddenly there was another presence in her head influencing her... I didn't like it. The backstory I wanted conflicted with lore anyway, according to some RP guides I read.

I'm kinda feeling that who she is was unstable when she hit the PPC... Kinda the threads of a person, who I imagine her to be when playing without really getting a coherent person formed. Basically make her be a collection of random traits before she fell through the plothole and then only "wake up" afterwards. Maybe there would be some scraps of her player leftover, but she doesn't know what a TV is.

It's like when writing a character. I can say "this person did this" for chapters, then suddenly they start talking to me and telling me who they are after I've been working with them. The surprises can be disconcerting.

When I was playing WoW commercial years ago, my previous Gnome warrior was very angry and stubborn. She actually whined at me about not wanting to participate in Hodir's Daily Euphemisms just to get a gem recipe. My other characters were more laid-back. My paladin was a complete stoner who would just sorta zone-out and not pay attention to anything while swinging his mace.

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