How different is your character from yourself?

[anodynes]

How do you pick that character alignment? what traits? what values/morals? Does anyone find they play many opposites of their own personality? How different is your character from yourself?

Let's compare your (PC) character's trait to your own real-life trait and see how close they are. Give yourself 0 points for PC traits that are the same as yours, 1 point for a PC trait that is similiar but a slight twist, 2 points for different but not totally opposite, 3 points if the PC trait of your character is totally opposite from your own real trait.

Judge yourself on these categories and give a score of 0 to 3 on each category:
1) male -or- female (this is a 0 or 3 value here...)
2) alignment (law vs chaos; evil vs good)
3) view on following orders: party leader, government, and groups that your not part of but have power in an area (possibly military, etc); do you take orders -or- are you someone that fights authority?
4) view on religion or divine beings (do you believe in a higher power?)
5) friendships and social interactions: do you have lots of friends -or- only a few
6) follow through: with tasks, duties, goals, motives; keep true to your word: lying/cheating, taking oaths, loyalty, etc
7) use of coins: donating to every charity -or- greedy to the point of robbing the poor blind beggar
personality: loud and proud vs timid and meek.
9) physical prowness versus mental: are you the physical jock (dex, con and str) or the scholar (cha, int, wis)?
10) When there is trouble: do you rally to an ally's side, stand and defend only your own, encourage others to think about leaving, -or- slide out the backdoor abandoning all?

Now enter in the poll how many points you scored.

[Alphonse]

Identical except Al is taller.



Er. . . no wait

Identical except I'm taller

[Fifty]

I reckoned about 11-15 between me and Kered. The main difference is that he believes utterly in the maxim "The ends justify the means" whereas I despise it and see it as an excuse for doing bad things. I am more "The means are the ends"

[Rain&Clouds]

I don't drink... and I don't stab people. That already sets a huge gap between Amy and me

This point system was too complicated for me, I guess I'm about as smart as Amy

[Xeo]

Isamu I RP'ed CE.

So I was prue EVIL. Hopefully tried to create a big threat to Avlis..... Kinda failed in that but PC is no reflection on the player. Probably I lost heart in him and gave up, was due to I felt guilty when someone had a whine about him. Weather I was in the wrong or right I could'nt shake that feeling.

So answer to that no... PC was a evil little shit, where I am.... Well some of you know what I am like in RL.

Ony though is more similar to me.... Just nuts... RPed a PC that I could relate to and find it less stressfull to RP. I don't agree with steeling, smacking someone up because they said your a idoit.

Ony is probably the closest to me as a person. But only a little..... I tried to act a PC concept out and not let my OOC personality work into my RP.

Its a hard task to do.....

[Melindha]

I scored myself a 13 for Zatiel. Our personalities are pretty similar, but she's a jock while I'm an intellectual, and she's quite religious whereas I'm more of a spiritualist. If those two weren't so opposite, we'd probably score more like 6.

I'm interested to see how this poll shapes up. (Neat idea with the points, Anodynes.)

[anodynes]

Let me give an example:

my friend named Bob wants to play a paladin. He wants to do this because he never got to do it in real life. Here is how it stacks up:
1) male vs male 0 points (exactly the same)
2) alignment lawful good vs neutral good... 1 point
3) view on following orders: Bob is in the military and paladins are order bound so 0 points
4) view on religion or divine beings: bob does believe in a god but does not worship, the paladin does. 2 points
5) friendships and social interactions: bob is a loaner. his PC is a socialite... at every gathering and out trying to get people to join the church 3 points
6) follow through: with tasks, duties, goals, motives; keep true to your word: lying/cheating, taking oaths, loyalty, etc. bob and his PC do the same 0 points.
7) use of coins: donating to every charity -or- greedy to the point of robbing the poor blind beggar: Bob never donates... he doesnt even pay taxes. the paladin gives a tithe 3 points
personality: loud and proud vs timid and meek. Bob is a maniac in real life... bold... his PC is bold to get new recruits. 0 points.
9) physical prowness versus mental: are you the physical jock (dex, con and str) or the scholar (cha, int, wis)? Bob and paladin PC are the same physical types... 0 points
10) When there is trouble: do you rally to an ally's side, stand and defend only your own, encourage others to think about leaving, -or- slide out the backdoor abandoning all? Bob and PC both rally to an ally's side 0 points.

total score: 9

[Moredo]

You know you can write 8) without getting the sunglasses smily? Just click on the box to disable smilies.

Oh and I got 15 points, between me and Samwir. That's kinda scary.

[Significant Owl]

14 points for me an Nesara, er.. Me?

[Tigg]

In the past I have played characters both more and less different than me, Arn scored a 16 on the rating which I guess is middle-of-the-road.

Nice poll, I say! Fun to think about!

[Wyrmwing]

Scored 19 for Eldraea.. which is about what I would have expected. She has elements of my personality, but mostly she represents an abstract ideal that I doubt many will ever reach, least of all me

[anodynes]

I believe its exceedingly difficult to play a character that dynamically different from yourself for a long time; you probably won't see many long-term characters that are in that 30 point range. Just my oppinion from my experiences.

In case you care, my character, Rellona, ranks about 12 from me.

[Nighthawk4]

1. Most of my characters are female - which I am not.
2. Most are CG. I like to feel that I qualify as Good, but in RL, I am probably closer to NG.
3. I have a variety of characters, most of whom are young - which I am not.
4. They include Elves, Halflings, Changelings, a Brownie, several Kobolds - whereas I am Human (honestly, I am).
5. All of my characters have skills which I do not share - spellcasting, moving stealthily, shadowdancing, shapechanging, martial arts, weapons-skills, etc. I have none of these.
6. Most of my characters are played as meaning well, not necessarily that bright and something of a smartarse - some would say that is pretty close to me.

Of course, many of my characters represent aspects which I wish I had in RL - except being female or Kobold, or both.

Not sure what score that gives - but the whole point of playing here is to Roleplay - to portray a character which is not your real self. Who would want to Roleplay an overweight, short-sighted, boring old fart who is a complete wimp?

Edit: I would guess that, on average I would score about 20 with most of my characters.

[gwydion2]

I worked out a 9 with Fealith. Funny thing is, he seems to have grown a lot more like me with time. I rated him on what he was like 2 years ago and got a 16.

Seems like he's incorporated more of me over the years of playing him. A lot of it is the alignment shift and attitude to authourity.

[Arandil]

Hmmm...Quicks killed 30000 humans, so I think thats a major differnce. He's a hell of a lot cooler than I'll ever be too!

[loki70]

Ask anyone I game with a lot. All the green text is me, all the white is my character, and I came out at 23. Sometimes I slip, and my char shows more of me, but I try to keep those minimal.

[Melakin Skywieder]

For my Main I went with only a slight difference...mainly in the religous aspect...he follows a god and was a leader of a religous order.

He like to do verbal jabs and off hand comments and has no trouble making his opinion noticed. He's equally comfortable alone or with a group. All these things I am.

I cannot on the otherhand hide in plain sight (I wish) or use weapons equally well with both hands, though I wasn't bad with one hand. Nor am I a proficient archer. I'm wiser than Mel and probably smarter (I would never attack a dragon with a sword under any circumstances ).

He's my main and has been for approaching 3 years because he's easy to play since in general conversation I can just be me, more or less.

Interesting poll

[Isengrim]

Approximately 15 here.

Main difference is in religion and approach to general values, ways of achieving stuff and so on...

I lost most points on the life goals (scholar ) and friends....

Oh, and gender.

[p0m]

8. *whistles nonchalantly*

[Pathos Street]

11-15

Fergus is quite a bit more patient, understanding, and caring than I am. He's definitely a departure from the usual things I play in PnP, and can be quite a challenge at times.

Awesome poll, BTW

[Tesh]

11

My main is more of a jock than me, friendlier, more chaotic, follows orders less well (even though he joined the army), donates more to charity, is quite a bit more outspoken than me

[DarknessFallsLight]

Besides the spells, pointy ears, and green glow.... not much different . Guess thats why its my only long term char.

Oh and alignment was the SAME too.... scary

[upholstery_imp]

Well I'm too lazy to do the whole scoring thingy now bust I guestimated (goddamnit I hate that word.) and picked 6-10.

Because if you look past the blinding beauty and apparant grey hue of my character...

You may just find me. =D

[Vipact]

With the indicated catagories, I would score 4 or 5 with my main.

And, no, my main is not Riagrin... he would score a 22.

[Yau]

i got 26, got -3 points since my pc is male. and i aint lawfully good