Quotes you can build a character off of III: It's a crowd

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Hey guys, it's been a while since I put one of these up, but they always bring up good discussions and always have wicked awesome quotes.
Pretty simple, you have an epic quote that makes you want to build a character? Comment it. Do the same if their is an awesome piece of artwork that has the same effect on you.

My contribution:

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"Learning is especially valuable when suffering is your teacher."

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"Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet."

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-James Mattis

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There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Force.

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-Jedi Code

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Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.

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The Sith Code

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Evil will always triumph because good is dumb.

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— Spaceballs Code


Some quotes I had picked out for a Pathfiner ranger I once played:

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In town you're the law. Out here it's me.

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— John Rambo, First Blood

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'Welcome to my parlor,' said the Spider to the Fly.

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And because I love The 13th Warrior so much, honestly one of my favorite descriptions for any enemy ever; the one-eyed old man talking about the Wendol:

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"I saw the thing that did this clear enough!

Teeth like a lion, head like a bear, claws that could tear a plank to kindling.

They come in the night, in the mist. Always in the darkest, like they could see in the black."

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"Did they go on two legs or four?"

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"It seems they did both, like a thing that was both man and bear. Though, myself, I cannot tell.

I saw the glowwyrm, though. Saw it clear. We all did on the last night. Saw it come down out of the hills, through the mist. Slithering this way and that. Long as a hundred ships. Spitting fire at us as it came!

My father's father always warned of it. Said it was a hate from old times…"

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"If I can't be the best then I can certainly be the worst."

Why is there a new thread? The last one is still active. It got a post only a week ago.

"I was born Wilhelm III, raised Ricky, praised Sir Wilhelm the Unconquerable, condemned Wilhelm the Coward and now I live as Old Richard. Haven't decided what is going on my tombstone."

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Originally Posted by Cluedrew

Why is there a new thread? The last one is still active. It got a post only a week ago.

"I was born Wilhelm III, raised Ricky, praised Sir Wilhelm the Unconquerable, condemned Wilhelm the Coward and now I live as Old Richard. Haven't decided what is going on my tombstone."

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Serves me right for not checking a page back, honestly it's been so long since I've been on the forum, I just assumed it died. (I'm an idiot)
Regardless this gives me an excuse to make sure the thread has a slightly cooler name, and hopefully people will submit artwork since I put the prompt in the op.

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"It hits like a truck trucking trucking trucks"

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-Me

"Soldiers of Fortune, charged with crimes they did not commit"
-A Team

You could make a Fighter based off of Mr. T and call everyone and everything Foo

It would be even better if everyone except Mr. T was actually named Foo

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So would that make Mr. T and the A-Team "Foo' Fighters?" :smalltongue: Let's hope they don't have Exotic Weapon Proficiency (monkey wrench).

"I am Banquo, I am Julius Caesar!" - Ghost Cassette, Scissorborn.

I like the idea of a villain with megalomany but that isn't obsessed with being the first in power - but rather the one the patriarch of a house filled with kings and emperors. A small twist on megalomany.

"Grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, I hurt people. I'm a force of nature!"
-Scout from TF2, could apply to a druid.

"I'm a cleaner. I can see a cold, dead body and feel no remorse. "
-Garcian Smith, Killer7. Any assassin.

"Information is not Knowledge. Knowledge is not Wisdom. Wisdom is not Truth. Truth is not Beauty, Beauty is not Love. Love is not Music. Music is the best."
-Frank Zappa, good for a true neutral or chaotic neutral bard.

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Originally Posted by Âmesang

So would that make Mr. T and the A-Team "Foo' Fighters?" :smalltongue: Let's hope they don't have Exotic Weapon Proficiency (monkey wrench).

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What else do you think they would have?

"Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Read books, become evil."
-Some random picture I saw on the Internet

Seriously, if you're ever gonna play an evil wizard, play him based off of that. :smalltongue:

"Feel my righteous fury"
- Butters Stotch, South Park and the Stick of Truth
- Lawful Good anything

"It's a beautiful day. Birds are singing. Flowers are blooming. On days like these, kids like you....should be burning in hell."
-Undertale

"I don't need friends! I've got knives!"
-Also Undertale

"Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory."
-Douglas McArthur

"Just wait till I find me nail-gun!"
- Worms
- A good one for a rogue or assassin

[BBEG] plays chess. I mean to do some boxing. --Admiral Calder, Blue Planet: War in Heaven

"I am not a fish-man! The next one of you who suggests so will be drowned!"
-A water genasi sailor raised by merfolk dealing with a party of landlubbers.
Yes, I could cast Create Water as a racial ability.

The 30 Point buck song

Look it up, perfect, ranger idea especially if you have low intelligence

First the quote I 'pitched' on the old thread, then some new ones.

Spoiler: Is your seat belt on?

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There were some other interpretations of this on the last thread. Mine is actually somewhere in between, someone who is normally calm and controlled but sometimes the can go crazy. In this case the crazy seems to come out when they are driving. The are both aware of that and so they check for the seat belts now.

I got this quote, and that interpretation, from a very particular scene. A more famous version of the scene appears in MIB, when the old agent gets into the car with is new partner for the first time. Actually speaking of MIB.

Spoiler: I am but a figment of your imagination.

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-MIB: Agent K

Besides the very real possibility that I am a figment of your imagination, with magic and psychics who can say for sure, this is the spy. Or really anyone who does not exist on the record, as in 'I might as well be a hallucination as you will never prove I exist'. It is also encapsulated on a higher/organizational level with another quote from that movie.

"We are they, we are them, we are the men in black." -MIB: Agent Z

Now, although this is a rather common characterisation I feel like highlighting it because it is something most games will never achieve. Even of the spy games I have seen generally involve far to much collateral damage for anyone to "not exist".

Spoiler: 'You know the difference between you and me?' Puts on sunglasses. 'I make this place look good.'

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-MIB: Agent J

First the straight forward "original" way to look at it: The new guy who is 10% competence and 90% confidence. I suppose not a bad place to start but not a place a character should stay. If they actually know what they are talking about then maybe they do make the place look good, or are speaking to someone who makes this place look bad. Or the NPC PR representative who has to clean up the mess the PCs made. Again.

Spoiler: Over radio. 'Get your feet of the [dash board].' 'You don't know that my feet-' 'Yes I do. Now move them.'

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Here we have two characters. One seems to be a ball of attitude and ego and the other seems to know how to handle that just fine. In addition person 2 seems to have told person 1 to move their feet main times. I sort of like that dynamic and... inter-character dynamics are something lacking in the games I have played.

Also [dash board] was originally console, I though this might make more sense of context.

I have an idea for a game, sort of like pitching quotes and coming up with the character, but this time it more the other way around. Pitch a archetype and then propose quotes to represent variants of the archetype. I suggest this both because it is different from what we usually do and because people might find that useful if they are looking for inspiration within a certain category. Or not. How does that sound?

"God power keeps my pimp hand strong."
"You can wax on, wax off all you like. I'm still kicking your ass."
- Gene, God Hand

Either works well for an arrogant monk, first one could also apply to a paladin or cleric.

"I've got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts."

- Calvin

"I don't remotely agree with his politics, but he hates the right people, and that's enough."

- Dunno I

"Beware, demon!" he intoned hollowly. "I am not without defenses."
"Oh yeah? Name three."

- Robert Asprin, Another Fine Myth

"Snipin's a good job mate, it's challenging work, out of doors, and you'll never go hungry, because at the end of the day, as long as there two people left on the planet, someone is gonna want someone dead"
- Sniper, Team Fortress 2

Probably a good one for an assassin or rogue

"This is the nature of war, whose stake is at once the game and the authority and the justification. Seen so, war is the truest form of divination. It is the testing of one's will and the will of another within that larger will which because it binds them is therefore forced to select. War is the ultimate game because war is at last a forcing of the unity of existence. War is god."

- Judge Holden from Blood Meridian

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I bring you a pain that not even death will end!

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— The Ultimate Warrior, Warrior #1

Don't risk your life and the lives of your comrades
Leave now and go home
Watch your children learn
Do not invite your own destruction
This is a road of no return
-"From Here on Out," by KMFDM
Good for a fighter who goes for intimidation, maybe LE.

"To the righteous we bring hope. To the tainted we bring fire."
— Castellan Garran Crowe of the Grey Knights

Great one for a Paladin

"I chase electron orbits, you think I can't find you?"(Scientist PC)
"You can never prove the absence of ninjas, you can only prove their direct presence. "(Ninja/assassin PC)
-both said by Gordon Freeman, Freeman's Mind

OOR RAH
- US Marine Battle Cry

Pretty good for a fighter, probably just base him off of a marine and make him so murican that all he will want to do is eat hamburgers, watch baseball, listen to country music and kill the communists with all his guns

(Keep in mind I DO NOT hold this stereotype of Americans, I am one, but I don't fit this list, I don't feel like eating a hamburger every day)

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I don't think you understand son, this isn't a mud pit, it's an operating table, and I'm the surgeon.

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-Batman, the Dark Knight Returns pt. 1

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The harder I train, the luckier I get.

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Just a handful of book learnin', and a whole LOT of lockpicks.

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- Elizabeth, Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea Ep. 2

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God forgives everything, but I'm just a prophet, so I don't have to.

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- Zachary Comstock, Bioshock Infinite

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God judges, I act.

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- Motorized Patriot, Bioshock Infinite

For a Paladin:
"I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

Which kind of paladin: the lawful GOOD kind, or the LAWFUL good kind?

Spoiler: 'For hell has no furry like a-' 'Ever been to hell?'

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This one really changes depending on the tone of voice that the second part is delivered with.

If the voice is snarky or humorous, it is someone pointing out that you don't know about hell and probably shouldn't be speaking with such authority, or that you are blowing something out of proportion. The type to deliver one liners and point out flaws in logic.

However if the voice is tinged with fear and madness then it becomes someone who knows and has suffered the furry of hell.

My favourite, the voice is wary and unimpressed, not only have they seen the furry of hell and endured but this has absolutely nothing on it. Been everywhere seen everything and is alive and sane to talk about it.

Spoiler: I'm not insane. I regularly leave the bounds of sanity.

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There is a level of self awareness to this one, either they are crazy and know it (and are using some word play to express it) or they see things just a little bit differently/more clearly but are aware that it doesn't always make sense to the people around them.

Playing a character like this might be tricky but it might work quite well with an insight ability that grants information to the player, but doesn't always explain exactly where that comes from.

Spoiler: I am but a small stone that tips the scales.

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Could be almost humble PC, in over their head but in a critical position where they can make a difference. Or could be a similarly situated but better equipped NPC that the PCs have to get to tip the scales one way or the other.

The other way to view it is someone is being ironic, like some sort of underworld boss who completely controls the situation. Still seems to be the type whose room is laid out according to feng shui, but maybe not.

Spoiler: He is a very nice man, just never mistake his kindness for weakness.

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Not all strength is brutality and maybe the strong man has a heart of gold.

I'm going artistic with this one.

Spoiler: I'm not a big fat panda. I am thee big fat panda.

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-Kung Fu Panda

Now besides playing the big fat anthropomorphic panda (bonus if it uses kung fu, fights racism or eats, shoots and leaves) it could really speaks of someone who holds there oddities, especially the ones society would generally look down on, close and with pride. Disability, racial minority, obesity, whatever.

Spoiler: As a child I was told to follow the rules. As I grew older I was told to follow the law. But why follow the law? They never told me why. Is it because the law is good? No, because the law is not good. But by the time I'm done it will be.

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This one is interesting because it is basically classic Chaotic Good, right up until the last line. Then it becomes a little bit more confusing. Something is changing and since law changes more than good (unless you are really deep into chaotic evil) I guess they are changing the law. Not just a rebel, but a revolutionary. Strictly by my connotations of the words, but instead of just resisting they are try and shape the whole world.

Also this puts a very political slant on the character. Not in for some political view necessary but most adventures aren't interested in drafting up a new set of laws. So they seem to be a thoughtful, forward thinking and planner type, which puts a lawful spin on a chaotic goal.

Also I would like to pitch to the Playground: "I'm on no one's side, not even my own."

"You can't do that." "Yes I can! I just proved it!"

"That's against the law!" "I'm against the law."

"I may be drunk, miss, but in the morning, I will still be sober, and you will still be ugly." (Churchill for ya.)

"Shut the **** up and let me die in peace." (From BB, good to start a "You're goin' to hell" campaign.)

Some villainous quotes that've always stuck in my mind. Adjust to taste:

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You shouldn't shoot me, Johnny. My grandmother shot me once… Once.

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— Danny Vermin, Johnny Dangerously

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You both seem bound and determined to meet destruction at my hands. So be it. I'll fight you on your own level! Come on!!

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— M.Bison (Vega), Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie

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For a time I considered sparing your wretched, little planet, Cybertron; but now you shall witness its dismemberment!!

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— Unicron, Transformers: The Movie

I have a blackness that comes upon me where even the God of War would not venture.
I've done many bad things.
I told you, do not mistake me for a good man.
I am not the hero from the stories.
I am the monster.
— "The Warrior", translated from the Māori language film The Dead Lands

It's not what inspired my character, but it's his most defining quote so far:

*sits down in a chair before a prisoner, cracks neck*

"You have information I want, and I'm not leaving without it. Now we can do this the easy way, or the fun way."

*cracks knuckles & begins to get out rusty/bloody torture tools*

"I recommend the fun way!"

-my Gnoll Warlord, Yautja

"I actually think I'm a hell of a nice guy...but work gets in the way, and sometimes you have to get your hands dirty." *Grins*

Fire! Fire! Fire!
- Scout, Team Fortress 2

Probably good for a wizard

For a BBEG (although coming from a LG hero describing the BBEG)
"Villains who twirl their mustaches are easy to spot, those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well camouflaged"

" I really need to restructure my life so I can spend more time reading abstracts and less time punching dinosaurs "

Atomic Robo

"Mercy is the mark of a great man." *STAB*
"Guess I'm just a good man." *STAB*
"Well, I'm all right." *STAB*
--Captain Mal Reynolds, Firefly

I have a good one from Pathfinder in my signature

any Lawful Good hero, but I love basing any LG quote on Paladins, Clerics, or Rangers

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Just because perfection is unattainable is no excuse not to strive for it.

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-One of my personal creeds and a good one for a Paladin or monk.

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We're not here to take part, we're here to take over!

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-Conner McGregor

I was listening to the Nobody Can Drag Me Down song.

Probably horrible for any PC in a team campaign, but great for loners who won't take any nonsense.

In honor of David Bowie, may he rest in peace:
"We can be heroes, just for one day."

"Light can do a lot of things. It can illuminate. It can welcome. It can warm. As it turns out, it can also make laser beams that slice through protosteel."

- Takanuva, BIONICLE

Paladin or good-aligned cleric

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The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle.

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Great for a fighter.

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Oh, this is indeed an interesting turn of events.

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Crazy sorcerer anyone?

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The dark is my ocean, I'm a shark, and you, can't, swim.

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Stealth based characters.

"Oh, this is indeed an interesting turn of events" works for pretty much any adventurer.

And maybe even the DM :smallbiggrin:

As you said image as well...

Spoiler: Mariachi Samurai

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For some reason, seeing that image reminds me a lot of Tuco....

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Originally Posted by The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

But if you miss you had better miss very well. Whoever double-crosses me and leaves me alive, he understands nothing about Tuco. Nothing!
When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.

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As you said image as well...

Spoiler: Mariachi Samurai

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https://41.media.tumblr.com/fe083251...cnbo9_1280.jpg

For some reason, seeing that image reminds me a lot of Tuco....

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Hooray for Images!

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All men must die, all men must serve

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The faceless men.

One shudders to imagine what inhuman thoughts lie behind that mask...
...what dreams of chronic and sustained cruelty?

-The Spy, Team Fortress 2

As far as building an interesting RPG character, there are few things more telling than their perspective on LIES, GLORY, VENGEANCE, JUSTICE, and BATTLE.

Spoiler: ON LIES:

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I coined this first one in play, and it’s still one of my favorite moments ever at a table:

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"Honesty is the best policy... but deception works in a pinch."
―Glimrick "Doubletongue" Brangle, Gnome Bard

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“I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.”
― Al Pacino

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“Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

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Deception and misdirection are our tools. We don’t believe in hard work when a false face and a good line of bull**** can do so much more.”
― Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora

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“Lies are just stories, and stories are all that matter. We all tell stories. Some are more truthful than others, maybe, but in the end the only thing that counts is what you can make people believe.”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium Stories: Hana, Annabel, and Raven

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Spoiler: ON GLORY:

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“Honor is a fool's prize. Glory is of no use to the dead.”
-Darth Revan

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Glory is for cowards, too afraid to let their names die.”
― Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Butcher's Nails

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“To shift a few grains of sand is no more a sign of great strength than to see the sun a sign of great sight. There is no glory in dominating the weak.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Desert Spear

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Spoiler: ON VENGEANCE:

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“I'm a fighter. I believe in the eye-for-an-eye business. I'm no cheek turner. I got no respect for a man who won't hit back. You kill my dog, you better hide your cat.” ― Muhammad Ali

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“Vengeance is sweet. Vengeance taken when the vengee isn't sure who the venger is, is sweeter still.”
― Gary D. Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars

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“Tomorrow, in the fields of my kingdom, may you have a happy battle. May your kingly hands be terrible in weaving the sword stuff. May those opposing your sword become meat for the red swan. May your many gods glut you with glory, may they glut you with blood. Victorious may you be in the dawn. Of your many days may none shine bright as tomorrow. Because that day will be the last. I swear it to you. For before its light is blotted, I shall vanquish you and blot you out.”
― Jorge Luis Borges, Dreamtigers

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Spoiler: ON JUSTICE:

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If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

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“nobody’s ever been arrested for a murder; they have only ever been arrested for not planning it properly.”
― Terry Hayes, I Am Pilgrim

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We fight for justice because justice is the fundamental bedrock of civilization: an unjust civilization is built upon sand. It does not long survive a storm.”
― Matthew Woodring Stover, [I[Shatterpoint[/I]

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Spoiler: ON BATTLE:

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“That joy. That madness. The gods must feel this way every moment of every day. It is as if the world slows. You see the attacker, you see him shouting, though you hear nothing, and you know what he will do, and all his movements are so slow and yours are so quick, and in that moment you can do no wrong and you will live forever and your name will be blazoned across the heavens in a glory of white fire because you are the god of battle.”
― Bernard Cornwell

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“Does that have to go in?” Lada asked.

“What do you mean?” Wistala said, brought back to the dictation.

“The battle. Betrayals. Incompetence, even cowardice. Boats falling, mud everywhere, blood running from balconies, carrion birds poking marrow from bones, dwarves hanging from bridges, burned corpses, but worst of all, no hero whose courage and skill is put to the ultimate test.”

“They asked for a history, they shall have my history. If someone else will have the battle take place on a spring-green field with pennants at the lance points and songs sung over the honored dead, let them write it thus. This history is a story of death begetting death, and should end with carrion birds, for they are the only ones who come out the better at the end.”
― E.E. Knight, Dragon Avenger

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“Other folk thought the Rage was simple bloodlust, a berserk savagery that neither knew nor cared what its target was, and so it was when it struck without warning. But when a hradani gave himself to it knowingly, it was as cold as it was hot, as rational as it was lethal. To embrace the Rage was to embrace a splendor, a glory, a denial of all restraint but not of reason. It was pure, elemental purpose, unencumbered by compassion or horror or pity, yet it was far more than mere frenzy.”
― David Weber, Oath of Swords

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"With great power, comes great irresponsibility." - Deadpool (not sure if the poster is real or fan-made, doesn't matter for the sake of quotes though)

Fitting for an anti-hero who finds fun in many things.

The song "God Syndrome" (Nightcore version, just think it fits better) by Madame Macabre is full of quotes, and is itself an overall adequate theme, for a Lawful Neutral character gone wrong. Like, delusions of divine purpose and wholesale slaughter wrong.

"Discord" by Eurobeat Brony (personal preference for the techno remix, thus its use) is a good one for a Chaotic Good freedom fighter.

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Just because perfection is unattainable is no excuse not to strive for it.
-One of my personal creeds and a good one for a Paladin or monk.

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I have an actual question about this one. Does anybody know the original source? I've had to attribute it to "the paladin". I like this one two, good for anyone who focuses on self improvement.

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Originally Posted by Teapot Salty

The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle.
Great for a fighter.

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I felt I had to comment on this as I know some martial artists (so more monks) who use this one. Well they have a variant: "It is better to sweat in training than to bleed in battle." Good for any martial who constantly refine their skills.

Spoiler: Not today, and if today, after you.

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-Espirt15

Blood minded determination. It originally came up in a discussion about the Barbarian's rage, however personally I feel it is more about determination.

Spoiler: I may be harsh, but I am never unfair.

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Lawful Evil type, probably a tyrant type that have some very strict rules, but if you follow them you will be fine. This might make for a good long term villain as you may be able to operate under their shadow for a time without getting immediately crushed.

I think there could also be a sympathetic slant to this one.

Spoiler: 'I suppose you are professional in torturer as well?' 'No, no, that is more of a hobby... although I am gifted.'

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-James Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies

This is one of the most genius evil lines I have ever heard. (Although I have never seen the movie.) "Killing people is my job, hurting them is my joy." Except stated more elegantly. This is they type of villain that the players should feel good about offing.

Spoiler: 'How come I've never seen you?' 'Because I didn't want you to.'

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-The Specialists: ?

He might be bragging a bit but at the same time it strikes me as a very simple statement of his skill. I am stealthy, you will never see me if I don't want you to.

Comment about the same character.

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He can hide his thoughts, with only a thought.
He's so secretive, that even his own mother doesn't know what he looks like.
The Illuminati are being controlled by him.
He is...
The Sneakiest Man in the World

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Spoiler: Planets, like people, are beautiful. Even the ugly ones.

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-Michael Terraccian

A nice statement, but also one that ties together some stuff about nature. Sort of an optimistic druid type. Except futuristic. Space druids anyone?

Spoiler: 'How many Burks does it take to screw in a light bulb?' {Defeats five enemies.} 'Five light bulbs.'

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-Hero Oh Hero

One who revels in being strong. I say this because it is not a taunt, it isn't quite a declaration of victory. It is merely a nonsensical statement of one's own strength. Revelling in strength, not so much in logic.

Also, the other day I actually did make a character with one of these quotes, to be exact: "For hell has no fury like a-" "Ever been to hell", using the "been everywhere, survived everything" interpretation.

I always like song quotes for characters.

"I'm the Son of Rage and Love/The Jesus of Suburbia"

"I'm the patron saint of denial"

"There's a lady who's sure/All that glitters is gold/And she's buying a stairway to heaven"

"Johnny, resin up your bow and play that fiddle hard/'Cause hell's broke loose in Georgia and the devil deals it hard/And if you win you get this shiny fiddle made of gold/But if you lose, the devil gets your soul!" (C'mon . . . what every bard wants to be ;P)

And the like.

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I have an actual question about this one. Does anybody know the original source? I've had to attribute it to "the paladin". I like this one two, good for anyone who focuses on self improvement.

I felt I had to comment on this as I know some martial artists (so more monks) who use this one. Well they have a variant: "It is better to sweat in training than to bleed in battle." Good for any martial who constantly refine their skills.

Spoiler: Not today, and if today, after you.

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-Espirt15

Blood minded determination. It originally came up in a discussion about the Barbarian's rage, however personally I feel it is more about determination.

Spoiler: I may be harsh, but I am never unfair.

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Lawful Evil type, probably a tyrant type that have some very strict rules, but if you follow them you will be fine. This might make for a good long term villain as you may be able to operate under their shadow for a time without getting immediately crushed.

I think there could also be a sympathetic slant to this one.

Spoiler: 'I suppose you are professional in torturer as well?' 'No, no, that is more of a hobby... although I am gifted.'

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-James Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies

This is one of the most genius evil lines I have ever heard. (Although I have never seen the movie.) "Killing people is my job, hurting them is my joy." Except stated more elegantly. This is they type of villain that the players should feel good about offing.

Spoiler: 'How come I've never seen you?' 'Because I didn't want you to.'

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-The Specialists: ?

He might be bragging a bit but at the same time it strikes me as a very simple statement of his skill. I am stealthy, you will never see me if I don't want you to.

Comment about the same character.

Spoiler: Planets, like people, are beautiful. Even the ugly ones.

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-Michael Terraccian

A nice statement, but also one that ties together some stuff about nature. Sort of an optimistic druid type. Except futuristic. Space druids anyone?

Spoiler: 'How many Burks does it take to screw in a light bulb?' {Defeats five enemies.} 'Five light bulbs.'

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-Hero Oh Hero

One who revels in being strong. I say this because it is not a taunt, it isn't quite a declaration of victory. It is merely a nonsensical statement of one's own strength. Revelling in strength, not so much in logic.

Also, the other day I actually did make a character with one of these quotes, to be exact: "For hell has no fury like a-" "Ever been to hell", using the "been everywhere, survived everything" interpretation.

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I was just talking to someone about how no one seems to remember the source for the perfection quote, but I originally saw it in a paladin meme (of all places!)

The intro to Tribe Society's Kings is one of my personal favorites: Running with all my brothers/I always wondered how far we could go/if we could break through the ceiling above us/there'd be no point in us looking below

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“I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. You may have heard of me.”

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― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

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Attack me if you must, but remember, I am old for a reason.

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Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless. You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend

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-Bruce Lee