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

[HalfTangible]

This is good for an OP character in and underpowered party.

Yes, but I was thinking buffers/healers. That particular quote was for a Support class character from this.

So the DMPC?

I'll show myself out now...

Please do.

[RickAllison]

Yes, but I was thinking buffers/healers. That particular quote was for a Support class character from this.



Please do.

Really, I first think of the second movie in the Dollars trilogy. Clint Eastwood striding onto the scene with a gun/spell at the ready for the enemy boss, then tosses the fighter's magic sword to him/casts a support spell to set the field level before taking a seat.

[8BitNinja]

"You mess with the bomb and you are getting shot/
Then I'm pocketing all of the junk that you dropped" - JT Machinima CS: GO rap

[CrazyPenguin]

"While she accepts that fire isn't always the answer, it is always her answer."

[Lemmy]

"The reason Good always wins is because history is written by the victor."
I don't remember who...

A good motto for a villain or cynical anti-hero. :)

[8BitNinja]

"While she accepts that fire isn't always the answer, it is always her answer."

Maybe a good one for a cryomancer?

[Cluedrew]

I was going to wait for a group of quotes, but this time I guess I am just going to reply and pitch.

"While she accepts that fire isn't always the answer, it is always her answer."

She realizes that violence isn't always the answer (I'm going with metaphoric fire, but the violence can be propagated with fire) but at the same time is incapable of, or unwilling to, use other types of solutions such as diplomacy. Perhaps it is her history or a lack of confidence in her other abilities or something else entirely. But as someone that realizes her answer isn't always right and good, what does she do? She looks for a place to use her skills. She goes adventuring, where fire is the answer.

Two I would like to see what other people can do with. The first is rather vague, basically words bouncing around my head:

"Love me, hate me, leave me to die, but don't forget my name."

The second gives a bit more information, particularly because I am including the original character because I feel it adds to the quote.

"I still think one should learn from the past. But don't hold onto the things once their time has passed. Originations change and disappear, nations rise and fall and yes, when the their time comes, even the gods must die."
-Richards Aitheos, Load Cutter, Sun Slayer

[eru001]

I have not come so far, given so much, and killed so many to surrender to a new foe who has just appeared. You sir outmatch me in every way, but while I yet draw breath you shall not have this kingdom.
-Sir Matthew Pikebreaker

I am a pirate, a scoundrel, a liar, a coward, and a thief. On top of that I am a literal monster from the stories your parents used to scare you with. I have done what was necessary to survive. While I survived, that little girl over there was tortured and turned into a Thing which should not exist by the things I ran from. How many more like her, are there? How many dead? How many still dying. If it is to fall to pirates and scoundrels to defend those few innocent who remain, then fine. I will do it. I won't die with a clean conscience, but it shall not get dirtier. More importantly, I won't die alone.
-Luke Thatcher

I have learned a number of tricks here and there. You are about to regret all of them.
- Marcus (Aces) Scaurus

I'm about to do the one damn decent thing I've ever done in my life, tell Pickett I'm sorry, CHARGE!
- Captain of the Guard, John Falkirk

Fair winds and full sails carry you to the halls of your ancestors. I shall give you your vengeance little one. Rest now child, I shall grant you peace.
- Sven Erikson

all quotes are from various characters I've played

[8BitNinja]

I'm pretty sure it's already here but,

"This is my rifle, there are many like it, but this one is mine." - The Rifleman's Creed

[Lord Raziere]

"Guys, I am only here to do two things: make snarky jokes and references no one else gets and solve things as pragmatically as possible. And I'm never gonna be out of either, so deal with it."

"My mommies taught me the values of open-mindedness, accepting people no matter their origins or preferences, kindness, enjoying life, and killing jerks who try to destroy any of the above!"

[8BitNinja]

Fair winds and full sails carry you to the halls of your ancestors. I shall give you your vengeance little one. Rest now child, I shall grant you peace.
- Sven Erikson

This one sounds like a typical Nord.

[eru001]

This one sounds like a typical Nord.

He was a dwarf in a setting with dwarves as just actual vikings. (so the same as every other group of dwarves but with longboats) This was how he swore vengeance over an NPC that was killed in a random encounter that ended up becoming major plot for the next large number of sessions.)

[8BitNinja]

He was a dwarf in a setting with dwarves as just actual vikings. (so the same as every other group of dwarves but with longboats) This was how he swore vengeance over an NPC that was killed in a random encounter that ended up becoming major plot for the next large number of sessions.)

Oh, that makes sense. Dwarves have always been nordic, even the original dwarves.

[Antioch]

Here are a handful I've accrued from both PCs and NPCs over the course of my DMing career.

"Good is that which evil fears. Justice is making those fears a reality."

"To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice."

"I have no use for men who have learned the limits of the possible."

"No one remembers the singer. The song remains."

"Speak softly, and employ a huge man with a crowbar."

"The sea gives and the sea takes. Mostly, I assist with the latter."

"Stupidity, by nature, is a crime punishable by death. Barring that, anything goes."

"It’s magic. I ain’t gotta explain ****."

"Why can't you see? This isn't about good or evil. Morality doesn't even enter into it. Good men will kill as quickly for what they want as evil men—only the things they want are different."

"Why don’t you leave the destruction of property and collateral damage to the professionals?"

"He was a good man. He deserved better gods."

"Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end."

"Justice will prevail? Don't go blindly stating the obvious. Justice is, as ever, defined by the victors."

"I like my hands clean, but if reality insists, I won’t let shortsighted morality trump practical solutions."

"Why do you go away? So you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving."

"I don't know why they're graciously overlooking the fact that I'm an unstable psychopath."

"The weak wish for peace. Grant them their stagnation."

"Live with no regrets, die with no remorse."

"Even a man who has nothing can still have faith. Even a man who has nothing can still offer his life."

"If all the world’s a stage, you can call me the critic."

"If you can fight and if you can win... you can live forever."

"I’m sorry. It’ll be different next time around, I promise."

"Good? Evil? Take your labels elsewhere- you put the coin in my hand, and they die all the same."

[goto124]

"It’s magic. I ain’t gotta explain ****."

My favorite.

[8BitNinja]

"Speak softly, and employ a huge man with a crowbar."

G Man follows this one.

[Erit]

A twist on the good ol' 23rd Psalm.

"Yea, for though thou walk'st e'er through the valley in the Shadow of Death, thou shalt fear no evil, for thou art with me."

Good for tanks with perhaps a smidge too much confidence.

"Things do not go bump in the night for fear of waking me."

"Sickness must be purged."

"Hearken, O ye wailing tyrants!"

[CrazyPenguin]

"Don't die. Survive. Beyond all odds, beyond all reason, survive. Then, when the storm has passed, pull yourself from the rubble into the eyes of the sun, and dance upon the graves of all who ever slighted you."

"The way I see it, the solution to this problem is fairly simple. All we need is a shotgun and a few shells."

[TheTeaMustFlow]

A twist on the good ol' 23rd Psalm.

"Yea, for though thou walk'st e'er through the valley in the Shadow of Death, thou shalt fear no evil, for thou art with me."

Good for tanks with perhaps a smidge too much confidence.

Speaking of tanks...

"Yea verily, though I charge through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for I am driving a house-sized mass of **** you."

Edit: Also reminded me of an OOC line about one of my characters:

Yea verily, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for I have AC 32 and three overlapping hp pools.

[8BitNinja]

"The way I see it, the solution to this problem is fairly simple. All we need is a shotgun and a few shells."

Whoever said this is a genius.

[Cluedrew]

Spoiler: "I can run faster scared than you can angry."

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A possibly annoying individual with a strong survival sense, but backs it up by avoiding conflict instead of being really good at it. An anti-thesis in D&D but in other games it can work, and work quite well.

Spoiler: "This is a place of nightmares. Madness is in the air and there is no such thing as an empty shadow. But I grew up here, it doesn't mean anything to me."

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Sometimes it is all a matter of perspective and the only difference between a mind-numbing horror and a local stray is how many times you have seen it in the ally.

Oh yeah, making a character: A character from a BAD PLACE.

Spoiler: "Stability is the beginning of the end. We only walk by continually beginning to fall forward."

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-William Gibson

The Chaotic rebel rouser. The fact things are not changing is a good enough reason to change them.

Spoiler: "Remember that time we didn't run into a dragon? This would be another one of those things that never happened."

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-Far to the North

The patient seems to be suffering from protagonist syndrome.

OK, I got that line from the same place I got the quote. Besides the joke about things just happening to protagonists, I like the idea of a character (or group of characters) who goes on all these crazy adventures, but can never admit that they do.

Spoiler: "Spreken ze gun?"

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-Atomic Robo

The universal language. Especially in games, like D&D, where everyone has combat stats and abilities. If you want to make a character out of it then try a combat focused brute. Or perhaps a mute gunner. Or for a challenge see if you can make a character who manages to use guns in everything (even non-combat things).

Spoiler: "I'm making your final moments unnecessarily stressful by bring your horrible emotional scars to the surface."

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-Atomic Robo

If you are evil and you know it clap your hands. Seriously, this person is evil, realizes they are evil and makes no effort to hide it.

To Antioch: That is quite the collection, in terms of quality, quality and bonus points for getting them from actual games.

[8BitNinja]

"I'll not stand idly by while a dragon burns my hold and slaughters my people." - Jarl Balgruuf the Greater, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[CrazyPenguin]

"I'll not stand idly by while a dragon burns my hold and slaughters my people." - Jarl Balgruuf the Greater, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Is it bad that I read this not only in his voice, but with the exact tone and inflection as that particular line?

I've played the beginning of Skyrim way to many times...

[Belac93]

Is it bad that I read this not only in his voice, but with the exact tone and inflection as that particular line?

No, I did the same.

[KnotKnormal]

"Death doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints. It takes, and it takes and it takes. But we keep living anyway. we rise and we fall, we break, and we make our mistakes. If there is a reason I'm still alive when so many have died, then I'm willing to wait for it."
-Aaron Burr-

"Talk less. Smile more. Don't let them know what you're against or what you're for.
-Aaron Burr-

"I imagined death so much, it feels more like a memory. When's it going to get me? in my sleep? 7 feet ahead of me? if I see it do I run or do I let it be? Is it like a beat with out a melody? I never thought I'd live past 20. Where I come from, some get half as many."
-Alexander Hamilton

[8BitNinja]

Is it bad that I read this not only in his voice, but with the exact tone and inflection as that particular line?

I've played the beginning of Skyrim way to many times...

I also did the same

[SirBellias]

"Not all who wander are found."

"The secret to a long life lies in how acutely you perceive time."

[Pauly]

How was I supposed to know he was unarmed - he had his back to me

[8BitNinja]

"Not all who wander are found."

Did you modify a J.R.R. Tolkien quote?

[eru001]

This is a strange place. The friendly shepardly priest is a murderer. The children are protected from harm, very well mind you, by a ruthless pirate. Hordes of demons attacking the town square is considered normal and nothing to get too worked up about. A werewolf is both a town guardsmen, and the town guard's tracking hound. This morning a man was murdered at breakfast for the high crime of sitting at the wrong seat, nobody batted an eye. Yet despite all of these things, the greatest cause for alarm in this town according to it's residents, is an anthill. Why do people live here?
-Said of the town of Whitewood.