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wanna see the process I went through to design olly (this is from the original canvas I doodled them on)

[Begin ID: An art video depicting Olly’s design process where I try out a bunch of different character designs, some with long hair, some with different angles and expressions. I eventually settle on a direct portrait of a person with tired eyes. Their hair is in a fluffy short hair cut and at the end of designing their face, I erase the hair style and try a few options: long curly hair in a side ponytail, an androgynous bob, and curly hair at shoulder length. I eventually go with a short curly haircut. I adjust their skin tone and hair colour and add some character information for Olly in the margins. End ID]

#oc: olly #the different ideas i went through are so funny to me because the common thread is a weary soul #and tired eyes #also the hairstyle before I tried out the last few options was so khed’a and agott coded to me in a way that’s like #There’s something I’m going for but it’s not quite right for this character #.txt #ttrpg.txt #my art

my friend mentioned olly as a standoffish stardew valley npc and I was inspired.

They are talking to Zorian, their butch best friend who they’re in love with

#my art #oc: olly #zolly #oc: zorian #ttrpg.txt

there’s some kind of burning inside me

#oc: olly #my art #ttrpg #ttrpg.txt

i ran a d&d combat for the first time in seven years and it went super well :3 using maps and minis helped me understand the mechanics and positioning so much better. also my tactical rpg brain was engaged the whole time

#they were fighting an eldritch crow who spawned crowlings #and the crowlings could combine and pool their HP and get buffs #by just flying together into an entity of indeterminate wings and feathers #horror home game is going well! :3 #.txt #ttrpg.txt

i may have found a group to run quest rpg with :0 I've wanted to play for so long I hope it works out

#my surreal fantasy setting was meant to be played in quest but idk if the system works well for campaigns #this will be some one shots hopefully #hoping I can gauge whether it's the right system from trying it out some through oneshots #ttrpg.txt #.txt

8. What is the origin of their personality? And let's be honest - how much of it is projecting? (for Olly <3)

Called out in my own askbox x3 Olly is a projection character for me LOL it's true. Though the personality influences are easier for me to trace to fictional characters who I also project on to, like Laurent (Fire Emblem), DJ (Event Horizon), and Ged (Earthsea).

Laurent

talks like a thesaurus

overworks himself all the time <3

shows care through acts of service

needs to be useful to those around him or else he's gonna explode to the point of being an overbearing busybody

haunted by a feeling of abandonment that makes intimacy hard for him

Restless, always doing things in the background, messing with tools, examining people

Keeps detailed records on the other crew members and follows up with them on their medical issues to the point of being a little annoying at times

Very handy at obscure shit like translating ominous messages in latin

The mediator who calms others around him, always trying to support other crew members

All of this AND he's the grumpy gus in the corner (literal quote from the film)

Ged

Seeking power because of a feeling of powerlessness from an event in childhood

From a small isolated village which left him both sheltered and ignorant of other places

Precocious magical student to the point of endangering himself

Chased by the literal manifestation of his past mistakes with magic

Struggles to accept and love himself, though it is the thing that ultimately saves him

#oc: olly #asked and answered #ttrpg: sky seas #ttrpg.txt #thank you sm for asking about them <3

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1. What was the original thought that led to the creation of this character?

So I made a war magic wizard npc for the d&d game I was running and it made me fall in love with the subclass. When I was developing my character for Sky Seas, I really wanted to play a war magic wizard. I went into it hoping to make a wind mage who didn't want to be a wind mage/has baggage around their relationship with Zeru (the Wind Goddess). I also wanted the wizard to be similar to Olruggio from Witch Hat Atelier, in that he overworks himself for the sake of others. I did name Olly after Olruggio (though I made their full name Oleander for lore reasons). Since that initial concept, Olly has developed into a cross between Olruggio and Agott in terms of character influence.

11. Is there any existing character from other media that your character resembles? Was that resemblance intentional or was that a coincidence?

So Olly is like a beautiful younger butch version of DJ from Event Horizon.

This was not an intentional choice & was fully a subconscious design decision when I was playing around with character designs. When I first designed Olly, I went through a bunch of visual designs. I almost went with one that would have them with a fluffy bob and darker hair. I moved away from that design because it reminded me too much of my oc, Khed'a, and I wanted to mix it up. I was going for a tired, wretched sort of mage look, and ended up with Butch Jason Isaacs with a few more vitamin deficiencies. Part of that is because DJ's character from Event Horizon has a lot of DNA for Olly's character (personality/role wise). Just like, instead of being on a spaceship, they are on an enchanted airship in a dark fantasy. The mannerisms are all there. I think that's why I subconsciously channeled some of DJ's vibes into Olly's design. I didn't realize this all until recently when I rewatched Event Horizon LMAO

19. What is your general favourite thing about the character? What is your least favourite?

My favourite thing about Olly is how much they care. I really like this concept of a character who comes across as cold and unfeeling on the surface but then you observe their actions and behavior and realize that they are actually a tightly wound up ball of desire, namely the desire of wanting to help others/be useful to others. So with Olly there's this thick shell of what they have to present in order to be good at what they do and stay focused on the present vs the thing driving them, which is their love, care, and protectiveness for everyone around them. That's actually the part of them that reminds me a lot of Laurent (a major character influence for them and one of my Characters of All Time).

My least favourite thing about Olly is that they have this tendency to assume other people can't care for them or love them. (typing this out is so sad LMAO). Basically because they lost their best friend in childhood, they have known emotional intimacy from a young age. After losing it once, they never want to lose it again. Part of that is ensuring no one gets close enough to put them at risk of that. So a defense mechanism they employ is assuming others aren't interested in them/that it's not possible for another person to love them.

FOR EXAMPLE, Olly will only hook up with a person if they've confirmed that person is not actually interested in them romantically. Because if the person who they're hooking up with genuinely loves them, that makes it too close to emotional intimacy, which they are allergic to. I say this is my least favourite thing about them, but it's more a thing I have to keep in mind with their character relationships. Sometimes it comes up as them being a bit abrasive when they could've been kind, sometimes it comes up as them freezing when someone shows them care. I think it just feels like my least favourite thing about them because I want them to be able to feel loved. Though it is a juicy dynamic to write around especially with their different character relationships (Zorian, Penny, Felicity, etc). That's what the character development is all about I suppose.

#oc: olly #asked and answered #ttrpg: sky seas #ttrpg.txt #thank you for asking about them <3 <3 <3