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WAIT WAIT IVQ U REBLOGGED JUNO STEEL ART?! ARE U LISTENING TO THE PENUMBRA PODCAST!?
I know about penumbra but I’m not going to listen to it (the fan arts slaps but it doesn’t seem my thing) but that’s really nice genders they got there so I have to appreciate that
How do you come up with the traits/bonds/ideals/flaws for your backgrounds? it's something i've always found difficult when trying to homebrew my own.
I think my approach really comes from this perspective of “what are the different kinds of person who would have had/chosen this life,” or alternatively, “what would this kind of life do to someone?”
so, idk, let’s imagine a background called the Scribe. The Scribe background might be similar to the Sage, but it’s not as reclusive--instead, the Scribe travels around documenting the stories of people, or maybe one specific person. You know, we go through all the other steps, and we get to those personality tables.
Traits are 1d8, so they can seem a little daunting.
But okay, a Scribe as I’ve described them here might be a sociable person who loves drawing little details out from their interviewee(s), or maybe they’re standoffish because of the prestige of their job. Are they stubborn truth-seekers, are they enthusiastic storytellers?
Well, those are four different traits right there. Traits are best described as ways the PC will interact with other characters as a general rule. It’s sort of a core feature of their personality. The other three--Bonds, Ideals, and Flaws--are best described as exceptions to that rule. When a PC runs into a situation that connects to these other aspects of personality, those aspects will make them change their behavior.
Flaws are great, because they’re weaknesses that, as I’ve said before, are also assets. Writing a good flaw means not shying away from the bad part: most players will pick up the good side naturally. For our Scribe, let’s see. An interesting Scribe flaw might be that they’re gullible: who would lie to a record-keeper? So they believe all sorts of tall tales and made-up legends. This can translate in mechanical terms to a low insight score, but it doesn’t have to: this might just be a character’s blind spot. Or instead, the Scribe could be secretive, if the records they keep are for a private or exclusive institution, and they hesitate to share vital information.
Bonds tie a character’s present to their past or future; unfinished business, lingering emotional stakes, or a goal of some kind. These can be the most backstory-ish elements of the background, so they make a good jumping-off point for a complicated relationship. Perhaps the Scribe used to chronicle the adventures of a hero they were in love with, but when the hero rejected them, they started tearing the hero’s reputation apart. Maybe the Scribe fears being forgotten after death, and works tirelessly to become a legend in their own right--as someone who records the lives of mythical people, it’s easy to see how they could end up being obsessed with their own legacy.
Ideals are in some ways the easiest one of these because there’s a simple formula to use: one is Good, one is Evil, one is Chaotic, one is Lawful, one is Neutral, and one could be any alignment. Regardless of your actual feelings on alignment, I think the Ideals section is the best way to use alignment. An Evil Scribe may believe that to be successful, you have to ruin someone else’s reputation. A Lawful Scribe might believe the most valuable thing in the world is honesty--brutal honesty, sometimes, but to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. A character’s ideals are a guiding code for their actions. They might judge others by their code, choose to live-and-let-live, or even have a hard time living up to their own expectations for themself.
Ideals and Bonds are motivators-- they’re reasons for doing what you’re doing. Traits and Flaws are characteristics--the way you are, as shaped by your life experiences.
I hope that helps!
How are things going with Eddie? I always love seeing your posts about The Warlock Boi XD
Hello! We’ve been on hiatus for the campaign Eddie is in during quarantine time but we’re hoping to play again sometime soon! Last time we left off our party was in the middle of a haunted house, SO AAAA I wouldn’t say things are going well but it was definitely a wild place to end on a cliff hanger ahaha. I’m actually drawing a little thing with Eddie and the Winter Prince now so hopefully I can share that with everyone soon!
What's your paladin Sappire like? (And is she in the sketch in your pfp?)
AAAH Sorry for the late response!!! I’m gonna rattle about my girl for a minute, since you asked (and since a good amount of people seem to like her??? 🥰)
(Also yes that is her in my profile <3)
SO Sapphire! She’s a vengeance Paladin of Selune! (Moon goddess) from Wildemount (It’s a Tal’dorei campaign). I’ll only talk a bit about her backstory since it’s not all out to my party yet;;; But she was left at an orphanage/temple as a baby and was aged out of the system, never being adopted. Once she came of age, she left to train with the Crownsguard and was then recruited into the Righteous Brand where she trained and served under a... real ass of a captain. She became a captain of her own team, but then after some time was called to go on an escort mission. That kind of got fucked up halfway through though, so now Sapph’s in trouble since she... kind of lost a woman lol. So now we’re trying to find her! Or at least track the dude we think is partially responsible.
Sapphire is a very sweet gal who is trying her best and wants to do what she thinks is the right or “Good” thing. She’s got some self worth issues (can’t go too into it because spoilers for my party members) but she’s super cute and lovely and is so strong that the other players in the campaign said they’d target her first in a PVP battle royale to get her down because, while she’s adorable, she can and will crush a man’s skull between her thighs and smite them to the nine hells. Anyway I love her a lot and I hope everyone else does too!
⭐ඞ (lil astronaut friend wishes to give you a star :D)
❤ aww
For @tompkins-square-ditmas : Be careful, Liv, I know Helen is fascinating but you’re spilling tea everywhere
Prompt 17/20
do you have a link to the fic noelle stevenson wrote? i really wanna read that :0
Hey :) here you go.
Surprisingly, it's still only the 121st one shot with the most comments and the 189th with the most kudos on ao3 🤔
Rain maybe you and Charlotte should run as like,,,,, president and vice president together or something; you can decide who's who via pool noodle duel XD
kldsfjlskdjf Vote for Charlotte & Rain! I’ll start printing badges n stuff. Charlotte can be president, she’s obviously the ideas person. My job is just to shout “trans rights!” whenever she pauses for effect.
