IHA Character Creation Thread

I would certainly take suggestions. My favorite games are supers and building powers is my weakness.

I’ve already tossed mine into my character.

What was your character like before the change?

Good question honestly not sure where to go with that one -- its part of reason I am having a problem with that -- as who he was should drive the who he is and the eventually the who I want him to be... items I am aware of that I want are:

1) He does not like the power he acquired and is highly suspicious of it

However I am not sure if he possessed those skills prior to entering the world or like his powers after.

I could see him as being a comic book geek with high ideals of goodness and being a hero but am not sure how to wrap that up into a single statement and/or if it would truly fit the character overall

@DeJoker - That is doable. So we have a comic book nerd with some slightly obsessive tendencies when it comes to solving puzzles and doing the right thing, who is confused and suspicious about finding himself in a different world than he remembers. Perhaps one of these ideas can work for you, or be a springboard for the one you choose:

Confused Would-Be-Paladin Nerd
Mildly Obsessive Nerdy Do-Gooder
Nerdy Would-Be-Detective in a Strange Land

I think you Kind of just did. I think who we become and how we relate to our powers is secondary, that’s all in the future. Who we were and any problems we bring with us that’s important. Maybe your character was bullied hence his desire to set things right but his trouble is that his bully is also here. Maybe his trouble is an overprotective family.

Oxana’s trouble is her family and their pushing her out the door. She is largely the source of her own trouble she’s just not smart enough to see it yet. Perhaps her parents are divorced and she’s never reconciled the split, perhaps they remarried to someone she simply can’t stand, maybe the family relationship was abusive...

Look at my character @Dreamblade I put it in there. Although that last statement I made is probably better.

@Emberskyes the issue with you High Concept and Trouble is it needs to be a short, less than one sentence phrase that sums up the stuff you wrote. It's fine to explain it in the Background, but currently yours is too much. Look at my previous post and how I turned what DeJoker said into something smaller.

"Exiled Oligarch Princess" could sum up your High Concept.
"Hedonistic Wild Child" could describe how she gets into trouble most often.

While your PCs father is an important detail, it isn't the end all be all of who she is. She's her own person.

Hehe I am to much. I’ll steal your catch phrases. For me that was a pretty small background, most of mine run on for paragraphs, then the game never happens and I write a short story based around the character concept.

how about : Social Outcast Idealistic Athletic Nerd -- he enjoys sports as much as he does books but just never seemed to fit into any social groups due to his non-conformative views and as such has been a forced loner. Family life is pretty much the same siblings but no solid relationships within the family either. So with that description would this blurb seem to cover the concept? Note he is not anti-social and in fact is quite friendly he just does not seem to fit in with the norm.

The concept is solid, I'd say. Might wanna think about trimming down the title a bit. Some of the stuff might be entailed by his other aspects.

Idealistic Social Outcast.

@DeJoker....you're getting there. I feel like you could put either Nerd or Athlete into one of your Aspects. Like...he's a Comic Nerd so he knows all the cliche villain plots...it could help deal with a villain in this world. Or (Specific Sport) Athlete would come up during a chase scene or when you try to throw a rock to been somebody to far away to punch.

But if you really want the Nerd and Athlete part to be "core" to who your character is, go with what you wrote there. It does the job.

Yeah but the Athletic Nerd covers two semi-important elements I thought he is a good athlete and while not the best of the best he is in the top 15% but he is also a Nerd and again while not the best of the best he is again in the top 15% but he does not fit in with the jocks because he's a nerd and he does not fit in with the nerds because he's a jock. I suppose I could just say.

Idealistic Athletic Nerdy Outcast

I believe I have fixed what you needed me to fix.

I like the idea you know comic tropes and cliches.

Ok @DeJoker go with that. I approve.

Okay I think we cross posted Dreamblade

High Concept: Idealistic Social Outcast
Aspect: Detective & Comic Nerd
Aspect: Quick Learner
Aspect: Football Player

Something like that, I mean I thought Aspects needed to be double-edge a Pro and Con wrapped into one?

Note what I mean by Detective & Comic is -- yes comics but also detective stories Sherlock Holmes, Doc Savage, the Shadow -- yeah some of these appeared in comics but there were quite a few books on these might also be able to call it Pulp Fiction and go with Pulp & Comic Nerd if you feel that rings better

And we cross posted again Dreamblade

So I will wait to see what you have to say to this before finalizing things

Idealistic Athletic Nerdy Outcast seems like one good aspect that covers a lot of ground, both positive and negative. You could sub in football player for athletic, because one implies the other unless you go out of your way to say otherwise

I can see that --- Idealistic Outcast Nerdy Football Player

putting it together here but still waiting for feedback from Dreamblade

I approve. The "best" Aspects are ones you the player can see the double edge on, so that you can ask for compels when you want them, to build up your Fate Point pool. I see plenty to work with here so I'm good.

And @oldschoolfool, I haven't forgotten about you, I've just been to busy to sit down and put my thought together. A post for you will be coming soon.