As the one who was your first GM, it delights me to see you still growing in the hobby, and always brings me joy to see you post! Another solid video, with some very good tips and ideas! 😁
👋 Hey you! I'm glad you think my videos are good. 🙂Thanks so much for introducing me to D&D when I was so scared off about the math of the older editions lol. My tabletop journey wouldn't have gone very far without that! But I also appreciate our Amber campaign just as much, definitely gave me a good perspective on how much tabletop roleplay can vary.
@@aLuckyMuse I'm glad to have helped you find something which brings you joy. I've definitely been leaning much more towards narrative-focused games over mechanically heavy ones these days. Despite how much I can like solid crunch (I've been running Pathfinder 2e for some time now), the collaborative storytelling and character development is really where my heart lies. I'm liking what I've experienced of Daggerheart for those very reasons. Game On! 😁
This is some solid stuff. PErsonally, I like to apply the Parker Method to my characters' backstories. Write out a basic timeline of the character's early life. Major milestones only. Now, for every important thing on that list that would be celebrated, add a tragedy that taints it. First day of school? Parent dies. First crush? Other person that likes the crush gets jealous and stabs the character leaving a permanent scar. First date? Was a setup for a prank. Graduate from school? Drafted into the military. Peter Parker remains a compelling and relateable character after 60 years of writing for one reason: He suffers. Like a real person, he never actually wins, he just takes his bad with his good and pushes forward. That's the Parker Method.
oooo fascinating. It's really cool how we develop these formulas to make world/story/character building easier/richer and there are definitely similarities present. In the end it's all about figuring out how you can get a more interesting outcome that teases the imagination rather then feeling like a cardboard cutout.
This was a really insightful video! Got me thinking about the general character ideas i have in my notes. Specifically, ive wanted to play a kobold warlock of tiamat who is utterly convinced that hes a cleric of bahamut. I knew it could make for some interesting RP, but a lot of it was just because it sounded funny. This framework gives me a much clearer idea of how to take that concept and make it a more compelling character trait and better serve interesting roleplay between party memebers. Thank you so much for making this!
Just stumbled upon your channel. Great video, immediately subscribed, even though it is not really something new or me. I work on my own system and in that the haunt (ghost) and the misconception (misbelief) are central traits on the character sheet. Since I love me character driven narratives and games as well. I jut go a step further, and have the players tie those traits to the theme of the game, to make them relevant and not feel like just some vainglory display that does not add anything to over overarching narrative that forms.
oh i love that! I love when you can work with the other people at the table to get backstories more deeply tied into the overall narrative and potentially to each other where it can come out in play.
I post these things on the discord server so as the list of RPG related content that I make expands there's a central location in just one post. This worksheet is actually hosted in a google drive.
The ghost of the character I'm currently building - his family were killed by gnolls. Those same gnolls took him in and raised him among them so that they would have someone who could gather intelligence without garnering as much notice as a bunch of gnolls hanging around might. He was taken so young that, despite being a half-orc, he believes himself to be a gnoll, he can't speak orc, but he is fluent in gnoll. He believes he is a gnoll, even though he clearly bears little resemblance to the gnolls he was raised among. 🤍
Oh! Very nice! Now that's going to be pretty dramatic misbelief to try to break by any other characters. It threatens his whole identity up to this point!
@@aLuckyMuse It absolutely is going to be dramatic if anyone does break his belief in his own identity. I just hope that if it does happen, he doesn't completely lose his temper and lash out, because between him and his hyaenodon animal companion, they're going to be scary in a fight.
Omg I was able to activate Owlboy! Thank you so much! I have wanted Owlboy for a long time. No joke. 🤍 I love your stuff. Any chance you might want or benefit from an editor? I'm in school for film right now and I am looking to do some editing on the side where I can.
Super glad you got it! Hope you enjoy! It's a great game. 🙂 I might one day need an editor but right now I make videos very slowly and my channel is still growing so I'm just doing it on my own for now. ❤Thanks for offering though! 🥰
@@aLuckyMuse Well keep me in mind if you want! 🤍 I'll legit do it for free just so I have something to edit while waiting on my more serious classes to kick on lol
As the one who was your first GM, it delights me to see you still growing in the hobby, and always brings me joy to see you post! Another solid video, with some very good tips and ideas! 😁
👋 Hey you! I'm glad you think my videos are good. 🙂Thanks so much for introducing me to D&D when I was so scared off about the math of the older editions lol. My tabletop journey wouldn't have gone very far without that! But I also appreciate our Amber campaign just as much, definitely gave me a good perspective on how much tabletop roleplay can vary.
@@aLuckyMuse I'm glad to have helped you find something which brings you joy. I've definitely been leaning much more towards narrative-focused games over mechanically heavy ones these days. Despite how much I can like solid crunch (I've been running Pathfinder 2e for some time now), the collaborative storytelling and character development is really where my heart lies. I'm liking what I've experienced of Daggerheart for those very reasons. Game On! 😁
This is some solid stuff. PErsonally, I like to apply the Parker Method to my characters' backstories.
Write out a basic timeline of the character's early life. Major milestones only. Now, for every important thing on that list that would be celebrated, add a tragedy that taints it. First day of school? Parent dies. First crush? Other person that likes the crush gets jealous and stabs the character leaving a permanent scar. First date? Was a setup for a prank. Graduate from school? Drafted into the military.
Peter Parker remains a compelling and relateable character after 60 years of writing for one reason: He suffers. Like a real person, he never actually wins, he just takes his bad with his good and pushes forward. That's the Parker Method.
oooo fascinating. It's really cool how we develop these formulas to make world/story/character building easier/richer and there are definitely similarities present. In the end it's all about figuring out how you can get a more interesting outcome that teases the imagination rather then feeling like a cardboard cutout.
Ohhh thats such a good idea actually! I have a character that I'm still writing the backstory for and that sounds like a good method for drama (:
@@indigo-creates-chaos can't wait to see what you come up with!
@@aLuckyMuse Fair! I might put it in the discord later lol, it's kinda a long story. I just need to actually write it down-
This was a really insightful video! Got me thinking about the general character ideas i have in my notes.
Specifically, ive wanted to play a kobold warlock of tiamat who is utterly convinced that hes a cleric of bahamut.
I knew it could make for some interesting RP, but a lot of it was just because it sounded funny. This framework gives me a much clearer idea of how to take that concept and make it a more compelling character trait and better serve interesting roleplay between party memebers.
Thank you so much for making this!
Always glad to help! Thats a really interesting concept too! Good luck with him!
great video, breaks the concept down well! As a writer and a DnDer it helps with conceptualizing goals and what id want to play with in game :)
I'm glad you appreciate it! ☺
Just stumbled upon your channel. Great video, immediately subscribed, even though it is not really something new or me. I work on my own system and in that the haunt (ghost) and the misconception (misbelief) are central traits on the character sheet. Since I love me character driven narratives and games as well. I jut go a step further, and have the players tie those traits to the theme of the game, to make them relevant and not feel like just some vainglory display that does not add anything to over overarching narrative that forms.
oh i love that! I love when you can work with the other people at the table to get backstories more deeply tied into the overall narrative and potentially to each other where it can come out in play.
Very helpful, thanks 🤍
Always glad to help out! 👋😊
Keep up the good work 🤍
Thanks so much! Always happy to help and inspire. 👋😊
🤍 great video!
Thank you! 👋😊
Pretty interesting, but I can't find the worksheet? Is it only on the discord?
I post these things on the discord server so as the list of RPG related content that I make expands there's a central location in just one post. This worksheet is actually hosted in a google drive.
@@aLuckyMuse ahh, thank you!
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This was very useful. I'll have to check out some more of your videos. Thank you. 🤍
Always glad to help out! 🖖
The ghost of the character I'm currently building - his family were killed by gnolls. Those same gnolls took him in and raised him among them so that they would have someone who could gather intelligence without garnering as much notice as a bunch of gnolls hanging around might. He was taken so young that, despite being a half-orc, he believes himself to be a gnoll, he can't speak orc, but he is fluent in gnoll. He believes he is a gnoll, even though he clearly bears little resemblance to the gnolls he was raised among. 🤍
Oh! Very nice! Now that's going to be pretty dramatic misbelief to try to break by any other characters. It threatens his whole identity up to this point!
@@aLuckyMuse It absolutely is going to be dramatic if anyone does break his belief in his own identity. I just hope that if it does happen, he doesn't completely lose his temper and lash out, because between him and his hyaenodon animal companion, they're going to be scary in a fight.
🤍 I'm glad I've found your channel! Great Information!
Thank you! 👋😊
Omg I was able to activate Owlboy! Thank you so much! I have wanted Owlboy for a long time. No joke. 🤍
I love your stuff.
Any chance you might want or benefit from an editor? I'm in school for film right now and I am looking to do some editing on the side where I can.
Super glad you got it! Hope you enjoy! It's a great game. 🙂
I might one day need an editor but right now I make videos very slowly and my channel is still growing so I'm just doing it on my own for now. ❤Thanks for offering though! 🥰
@@aLuckyMuse Well keep me in mind if you want! 🤍
I'll legit do it for free just so I have something to edit while waiting on my more serious classes to kick on lol
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