• I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
      5·
      3 days ago

      In DnD, there are many ways of approaching character creation. You can make a serious character with a deep background which influences the story and play style… Or you can completely ignore all that and just make a goofy little guy. You will usually get some mixture of both in most DnD groups.

      So the first two characters are discussing their serious background and their motivations and then the other two are just like “I am a fancy lil frog nobel.” and “I’m a farmer!”

      • tyler@programming.dev
        0·
        3 days ago

        I play a ton of DnD and pathfinder. I just didn’t get the comic. Especially about the stillborn child, which wouldn’t be stillborn if it was saved. And the final two panels didn’t make sense to me at all so thanks for explaining that. I didn’t get 3 of the 4 panels.

        • Comment105@lemm.ee
          1·
          3 days ago

          How are you struggling with the saved stillborn logic?

          1. Her kid was born dead.

          2. Then it was given life by her god.

          • tyler@programming.dev
            11·
            2 days ago

            That’s not a “saved stillborn”. That’s necromancy. Their God brought something dead back to life. I wouldn’t call that “saved” in any DnD or Pathfinder campaign

              • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
                3·
                2 days ago

                Yeah I’m really not getting what people don’t understand about the divine intervention here.

                Dead baby -> Pls help, my actually existing god -> Live baby -> The debt must be paid

                Hopefully this clears things up for the confused

            • Comment105@lemm.ee
              11·
              2 days ago

              Ok, so I’ve been clear, you’re being a bit retarded, I don’t care what you think about this.

        • SpongyAneurism@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
          1·
          3 days ago

          Especially about the stillborn child, which wouldn’t be stillborn if it was saved.

          Which is about as logical as 80% of character backgrounds from players trying to be edgy.

          • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            3 days ago

            I always liked the messed up backstories, all you gotta do is make an edgey one but remove the part where you get some great destiny or power. My god gave me this task, I have no idea why and it sucks, I miss my family.

  • Count Regal Inkwell@pawb.social
    3·
    3 days ago

    My most iconic character (in the shared imaginations of my friends) is my sorceress pirate gal from a Final-Fantasy style campaign.

    Our party included:

    • A tragic Samurai looking to avenge his father who got war-crimed.
    • A rogue who had their name stolen and is basically a blob of pure self-hatred.
    • A warrior monk looking to develop her strengths so she can protect the weak
    • A former slave who spent hundreds of years in slavery and wants to punish the slavers.
    • A knight who lost all his memories except the traumatic memory that resulted in all the other lost memories.

    … And then there was my gal. A magic college professor who decided “**** it, I’m tired of being boring. I’m gonna go and be a sky pirate, and I want to die an epic death”. She is the team mom.

  • TabbsTheBat@pawb.social
    0·
    3 days ago

    A certified session 0 moment :3… the lighter side will probably end up adding something deeper to their characters if that’s the direction the world will be setting them to