I never knew people like Theodore Roosevelt as much as I did, people here seem to love this guy.
That Panama canal is very helpful
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I never knew people like Theodore Roosevelt as much as I did, people here seem to love this guy.
That Panama canal is very helpful
"The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down."-Adam Savage
"I'm going to science the **** out of this."-Mark Watney, The Martian.
:vaarsuvius:"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero."
"It's all fun and games until I kill someone with a pool cue" -My friend
A King, The Wealthiest merchant in Venice, the Pope, and a common soldier with a sword are locked in the room. From outside comes the order, "two men may leave the others must be killed". Who leaves the room? The answer is simple, the soldier, and whomever he esteems most. For though all three other men might command more power outside the room, that power is outside, while the soldier and his sword are inside. While the king outside could order him killed, the Pope might order him burned, or the Merchant might buy assassins, those are all outside, these men have left their power at the door, the soldier with his sword, has brought his full might with him.
- a Neutral or Evil fighter
Here is another one from a friend
"Every night, a child will be scared to go to sleep because of an evil being under their bed or in their closet. Well I'll tell you that God made some people who will make monsters afraid to go to sleep at night"
- a good Fighter or Paladin
"You are surrounded!"
"All I am surrounded by is fear, and dead men."-Darth Vader
"You're feeling it now aren't you? What the
rest of us live with everyday, your own mortality! Don't worry, you'll survive. The Kryptonite will work its way out of your lungs soon enough...But I didn't have to go easy on you. A different binding agent a stronger mix. I want you to remember that, I wanted to remind you to stay out of my way in all the years to come. In your most private moments, I want you to remember the one man who beat you!"-Batman to Superman, The Dark Knight Returns, part 2.
"We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." -Chester Pully
"Let's Dance. And by dance I mean let's try to kill each other." —Deadpool
Best bard.
"I'm getting too old for this sort of thing" -Ben Kenobi, Star Wars
A good one for an elderly character with low STR, DEX, and CON, but high INT and WIS
Better for an old ex-adventurer.
Low physical stats didn't stop spellcasters from adventurering after all.
"i have a particular set of skills that makes me a very dangerous person for some one like you."
-Liam Neason-
"Welcome to Earth" -Will Smith, Independence Day
"Here's something you may not have known Missy. My numbers, are bigger then yours. My wounds heal faster then you can make them. oh yeah, get to a high enough level and you are practically untouchable. But I have good news! There's no need to wonder where your god is. He's right here! and He's fresh out of mercy."
-Kirito, SAO Abridged-
"You see the distant flames/ they bellow in the night/ you fight in all our names/ for what we know is right/ and when you all get shot/ and cannot carry on/ though you die, La Resistance lives on" -Gregory, South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
"I will give this world the nation - and the god - that it needs. Beg that I succeed... for I have seen the throne of the gods. And it was empty!" -Corypheus, Dragon Age series
This guy is a really cool and complex character when you actually look into him. It's just a shame he got so little screen time in Inquisition.
"Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in this history of mankind.
Mankind -- that word should have new meaning for all of us today.
We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore.
We will be united in our common interests.
Perhaps its fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution -- but from annihilation.
We're fighting for our right to live, to exist.
And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice:
"We will not go quietly into the night!
We will not vanish without a fight!
We're going to live on!
We're going to survive!"
Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!"
Forgive me gentlemen, but I must put on my spectacles, for I have grown blind as well as gray in service to my country.
-George Washington about to give a speech to the officers of the continental army in a desperate attempt to prevent them from overthrowing the continental congress. He never had to finish the speech, his officers broke down and gave in before he could put on his glasses.
Theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die, into the valley of death rode the six hundred
-Alfred Tennyson, the Charge of the Light Brigade
"What is better - to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?" -Paarthurnax, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
"I know which one makes for a more interesting story."
"Yay, I'm contributing" - Dr. Zoidberg, Futurama
Spoiler: I mind my own business! And any other business that needs minding.-Scary Go Round
Besides a simple busy body, I'm going to say the spy who finds out what is going on and does things with that. The "needs minding" part seems to suggest an active roll to me.
I wouldn't go as far as to make a it the information broker or the center of the network because then you get to "My business is other people's business." Which is similar but doesn't have the same active/impulsive slant to it.Spoiler: Don't mess with mother bear.~Far to the North
OK, this was never actually said anywhere in the comic, but sentiments about mother bears and how one should not mess with them resound throughout the comic. It is a very strong image, but an unusual image in grand adventures that tend to feature independent folk how haven't settled down yet.Spoiler: "How can you justify what you have done?" "I am not interested in justifying anything."There are two ways you can go with this. First is an utterly unrepentant and probably unsympathetic villain who... I'll get to that in a moment. Second is an anti-hero who, despite the extreme actions they have undertaken they are confident they will be justified in the end.
The interesting point here is which one the character actually is comes down to a very thin line, if the rest of the world (or the reader) agrees with them. Some cases it may be rather unanimous on which one the character is, but others it might not be.Spoiler: "Why to you fight so hard for something you have so little to gain from?" "Because I can."This quote almost makes me think of a paladin, except it is not "I should" or "I must", it is I can which to me has a very chaotic slant and speaks nothing of duty. In fact it almost makes it sound like a whim. But the question says "fight so hard" so either it is someone who bets will go all in on a whim or someone actively fights for what is right but has not put a lot of thought into why. Maybe they are not very philosophic or maybe it just comes that naturally to them.
I should note that thing they fight for doesn't actually have to be good. The second thing that comes to mind is the destruction of the world. This might make a very interesting exchange between a Lawful Evil type and a Chaotic Evil type.Spoiler: That guy has no face... I wonder if that is normal around here.-Hero Oh Hero
Not so much a quote you can build a character off of as a metric of how completely out of ones depth the character is.Spoiler: Don't make the Hulk even mildly inconvenienced. You won't like him when he is mildly inconvenienced.-Legendary
Someone with very severe anger issues. Uncontrolled barbarian rage (or Hulk-level) is a prime example.Spoiler: Some say hello, others say good day. S/he says glorious day.Someone dramatic, with a flourish (example: Bard) and maybe a dash of optimism. The day is not simply good, not merely great, today is a day where the sun shines down its golden rays, epic journeys are begun, life long labours are completed, when the greats prove themselves, the broken finally stand up, terrible foes are vanquished and true love is found. And this is how they view every single day.Spoiler: "OK here you go." "What's that [stick] for?" "I know your kind of diplomacy."-Chasing the Sunset
That diplomacy being gunboat diplomacy. On a slightly smaller scale. On slightly different note is that the person themselves does not think of themselves as violent but the rest of the world certainly does, so that is an interesting contrast.Spoiler: This is very traumatic for me you know! ... Having a helpless target so close and not being able to pick its pocket because there are two many people watching!-Chasing the Sunset
So... kleptomaniac to the point of experiencing physical withdrawal symptoms.
Here are some other quotes about the same character:
The density of this is actually very impressive. Perhaps a little bit too much so. Every time the character gets out of sight the party panics. So this might actually be a case of the kender problem. In fact if you take into account the times the rest of the party panics when the 'kender' disappears it really is. It is a really fun character but at the same time not one I would like to adventure with. Actually that is probably the real challenge here is making this character not hated by the rest of the party. And this is starting to get theoretical.
- "I swear, she has some sort of shiny sensor. Nobody told her about the gem, but she can feel it. She knows."
- "You make the world less boring. [...] That being said, I'd like my necklace back."
- "Shiny!"
- "No, I mean the big sapphire you stole for me." "Who, me?"
- "What? You're taking responsibility for something? This is serious."
- 'Both: "Oh! Nice! Where did you get this?" Other: "Did you two just steal from each other?" 1: "No." 2: "Of course not."'
- How am I supposed to get away with anything if everyone just assumes everything is my fault?
Spoiler: But my plans work!" "Only because they take the universe by surprise.-Chasing the Sunset
Alternately, from the same comic:
Brilliant, but crazy. Sort of like a mad scientist except with plans instead of inventions. Although no one denies they come up with workable plans they contain a weirdness that may not always be desirable. So they should generally be revised a few times.Quote:
"No offence, Leaf, but I've learned to say no to whatever your initial plan is." Moments Later: "What? You too? But it was my second-" "Yes. I've known you longer."
Spoiler: Look, he gets really sad when there's no chivalry to be done.-Chasing the Sunset
Lawful Stupid hero, I suppose you could try and argue for something more intelligent, but then he would probably be able to explain it himself. Or herself, you could swap the gender. But for this person you could say doing good (rather than good itself) is the ideal.Spoiler: "Is it better to be respected, or feared?" "It is better to be loved."The good king (or queen, or other form of leader) who is adored by their people. Also since they have a response to this question they also sound somewhat competent, which is nice because good authority figures tend to be rather bumbling most of the time. And NPCs, this could just be an NPC or a PC with authority, uncommon but doable.Spoiler: Don't worry, I'm the reason the monsters hide away in the closet.You know many quotes seem to be said during battle, or as part of a grand speech. But this one sounds like it was said to a four-year old just before bed-time. So I started wondering, who would have both the occasion and desire to say something like this? See mother bear above for one. Mom/Dad being really big and a little scary is kind of mundane. Being a super-villain is a bit more interesting. And it could just be a good with kids trait.
Eventually I got one that just clicked for me. This is the soft side of a paladin. You hear a lot of stories of paladins saving/funding orphanages so why not volunteer at one on occasion? It is often (should be) more about protecting the innocent than punishing the wicked and some times to do that all you need is a gentle word to protect them from their fears.Spoiler: Look, if you're expecting me to be reasonable about anything you haven't been paying attention very well.-Chasing the Sunset
Someone who thinks with there heart, and feels with the whole. When people say be reasonable they usually mean stop and think about the situation. This individual doesn't seem to do that, instead acting according to their instinct.Spoiler: I feel like "disturbing but effective" has become my battle cry.-Rusty & Co
This implies a "whatever works" sort of attitude, not in terms of actual evil but in terms of... weird things that people would rather not do out of politeness. Of course the tricky part is being disturbing without leaving anyone actually disturbed.
"If it bleeds, we can kill it" -Ahnold
Every D&D player ever
The confident murderer, you could go with some sort of professional killer. Maybe freelance and this is their slogan.
I know a longer version, it is associated with the Sith in Star Wars.
Wait... don't we have stats?Quote:
If it has blood, we can make it bleed. If it has skin we can flay it. If it has a voice we can make it scream.
Also I realized I forgot a quote, I thought I would pitch this one to the thread:
"Like poetry, like music, like violence."
This whole "if it has stats, we can kill it" reminds me of a counter monkey episode
If You Stat It, They Will Kill It
"There is only one perfect judge. If my justice can't be perfect, I'll settle for brutally efficient."
"You know the neat thing about a mace? You can kill somebody with a single well placed blow, or break every bone in their body and leave them begging for death."
"It's not my place to judge you, just to kill you."
"A man is judged by the quality of his enemies. Maric told me that once. I wonder if it's more a compliment to you or to me..." -Loghain Mac Tir
"Daughters never grow up, Anora. They remain six years old with skinned knees forever." -Loghain, again
"Try a warp-induced nuke to the face, see what happens. You are the strongest ****ing warriors that exist in the [Galactic] Imperium. What the **** are you guys doing undressed inside the Imperial Palace literally doing **** all? When was the last time any one of you even killed anything?! You have the best arsenal ever put together at your disposal and you do not use it. You should be ****ing ashamed you s#@$nuggets. Now, I want you three ****ers to get dressed, get at least 100 others Custodes ready, start up your ships, and go do something for the Imperium." -The God-Emperor of Mankind after being told that the Custodes are there to stop him from getting even one scratch. Better said TO your character.
"I can't die, I'M TOO BUSY!!!" -Goge Vandire
"They shall know no fear." -God-Emperor again
"I'm no hero. I'm the guy who cleans up after them." -Dude from Anti-Heroes... I'll be honest, I don't remember his name
"I don't know how you lost your way, but I cannot allow this to continue. You will stop. One way, or the other." -Captain Diomedes