Comments on: 27 Character Sheets http://www.stupidranger.com/2008/07/27-character-sheets.php Never Adventure Alone Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:02:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sandrinnad http://www.stupidranger.com/2008/07/27-character-sheets.php/comment-page-1#comment-626 Sandrinnad Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:21:00 +0000 http://www.stupidranger.com/2008/07/27-character-sheets.html#comment-626 I'd tend to agree - a good backstory and a strong sense of the character really help to keep characters separated, even if they have superficial similarities. <br/><br/>Changing systems or DMs between campaigns helps too, as a character type that works in one may be completely out of place in the next. For some reason I've been in a lot of games that just petered out after a couple of sessions (our group was bad for follow-through) and it's been very tempting to use again a character that didn't have a fair shake - but usually they were so tied to the game they were created for that they just didn't fit in another one.<br/><br/>That being said I have actually played the same character through 3 separate campaigns (same DM, same system, different groups) with skills/etc.... slightly tailored to each and it was pretty cool to be able to just keep developing the character. :) I’d tend to agree – a good backstory and a strong sense of the character really help to keep characters separated, even if they have superficial similarities.

Changing systems or DMs between campaigns helps too, as a character type that works in one may be completely out of place in the next. For some reason I’ve been in a lot of games that just petered out after a couple of sessions (our group was bad for follow-through) and it’s been very tempting to use again a character that didn’t have a fair shake – but usually they were so tied to the game they were created for that they just didn’t fit in another one.

That being said I have actually played the same character through 3 separate campaigns (same DM, same system, different groups) with skills/etc…. slightly tailored to each and it was pretty cool to be able to just keep developing the character. :)

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