Introduction to This Corner of the Forums

Hi folks. I'm psychoticbarber, and I love creating characters. I asked for a little corner of the forums to dedicate to this particular craft, because role-playing games and stories alike fall apart when the characters are weak and two-dimensional.

First, though, I'd like to tell you what I'm not going to do. I'm not going to do the crunchy bits, unless it involves something funky, new, or interesting (and probably not even then). I have a tendency, when I'm the GM, to be pretty loose on the rules for a good character concept anyway. I won't say you guys can't talk about it here, and if somebody with a more crunchy attitude wants to help with builds, go nuts, but it's not my specialty.

My speciality is helping to make sure characters have motivation, depth, and some wicked hooks and stuff for you as the author or for your GM to play with. So welcome to my playground. I hope you find some interesting and helpful things here!