What kind of characters do you play?

bravehoptoad

These come from chalupaoffury's Archetype thread, and I thought it would make a cool thread of its own...no reason to clutter up his thread with this stuff.

gradii wrote: »

most of my characters are either young adults or teenagers.

My main is 22.

My power armor tank, one of my oldest characters along with my main, is around 28.

My electric dps is 19.

I have a 16 year old telepath as well, Prodigy.

and then we have Chain, who's friggin over 1000 years old lmao.

bluegrassbeast wrote: »

Most of my characters are in their mid-late twenties / early 30s.. Manhunter's 30-ish, Drifter would be (were she not, y'know, a ghost), The Saint is actually nearly a hundred but looks to be no more than 20-ish (biokinetic cellular regeneration); my only teen character is Sister Sabbath, and that's due to her being a blatant NicoMinoru homage.

The characters I play often are none of them human, and they're all short. 5' is my tallest. Frogs, bugs, snakes, rats...if you collected my characters on one page, they could make a great cover for Wind in the Willows.

theravenforce

Mainly aliens, humanoid ones so far. I have a couple robots, a few humans and one crazy Gravitar obsessed nutjob, who believes that she controls "love energy".

Most of them are quite tall. As an RPer, my dream would be for my characters to be able to interact in real time instead of having to write up encounters, as most of my toons to an extent are interconnected.

lilsteffie

I prefer to make power armor characters... post apocalyptic themed chars, made up gods and creatures... also robots..

Then I make characters like 'Dino eating a cookie on nom nom '....

For the most part I do tend to make very serious looking characters with an attitude to match, they're usually either young adults or middle aged.. My oldest character ( that isn't a god) is 54, and has genetically modified DNA for slower aging and increased strength, his appearance is stuck around early thirties..


For characters like my 'Dino eating a cookie', he has the mind of a 3 year old, occasionally noms people's leg out of habit and turns into a gigantic angry plushie if you take his cookie away. (His cookie is a plushie as well) Just for fun.

I very rarely make animal themed characters.. ( mainly because I don't like a lot of the head models)

Elemental characters are also my favourite types if characters to make.

Im a bit of an all-rounder really.... as long as I can make a costume for it, I'll make it work.:biggrin:

williamkony

My main is a total self-insert. X) Makes 'im easy to roleplay, at least.

I also have a character for a story I made up years and years ago, that character being a shapeshifted dragon that controls the elements. ( He was supposed to be the main villain of the story, but I can't really do any villainy in Champions. )

Another is one of Santa's reindeer, Cupid, which I play alongside some friends who use other reindeer. :P Rudolph, Blitzen, and Donner.

Last character that I actually care at all about is a very angry non-super-powered vigilante, who uses sneakiness and guns to take out criminals he feels weren't adequately punished for their wrongdoings.

chuckwolf

Mine vary based on which archetype, and concept.

For example I have had a rejected Qulaar mutant hatchlling, basically a 6 winged miniature Qulaar.
A power armor user who doesn't actually use the power armor powerset, but the force powerset.
A sword wieilding giant mecha robot.
A little kid who found out he had powers when his parents were attacked by the Qulaar.

etc...

drgmstr

Each of my characters is a form of an animal, whether or not from earth or aliens. Of maybe around 40 some characters I have made (only have 16 slots so I have done some deleting, creating, and recreating a lot in the past) all of them used an animal head, except for one. She used a human head but has feline features due to my main is her father and her mother was half human and half feline, moreso a human with cat ears and a tabby tail.

I have made humans in the past before but I had the ability they would turn into some kind of animal, like a dragon or lizard.

Since I am Silver all of them uses ATs so that adds to the challenge of making up a concept that would fit for that AT. I always did prefer a challenge All of which are RP ready by the time I make them.

avianos

All my Characters are from my Projects, most of the are Non-Humans, in matter of fact I think 2-3 of my characters are actually Humans

This game allows me to Create my OCs and DARN RIGHT I'm gonna take advantage of it!

No Hommages, No Clones
Only my Original & Fan Characters
Each one with Bio and Personality Traits

I could go on Details but they are too many to List, some of them are in Siganture picture

1. Anthro Cartoon Animals (Avians, Lion, Cheetah, Gorilla, Bear, Monkey, Orca, Gremlin, Lizard, Rottweiler)
   
2. Aliens
   
3. Fantasy Races (Orc, Troll, Goblin, Demon, Angel, Satyr)
   
4. Robots
   
5. Undeads and Ghosts
   
6. Monsters

and many more, I made a really Mashed Up Universe! I love having Diversity in my cast

most of them Follow Anime and JRPG Tropes (most of them don't even Belong in CO) I'm a fan of A LOT of Stuff/Themes

I take avantage of the FreeForm system to match their Theme!
Some of them have Basic Builds and some others complicated Builds (Crescendo is #1 more Fun Build I have)

sterga

I make whatever I have an idea for. Not that I reroll all that often. Age isn't something I think about all too often, but I would not create a child, teen, or young adult because it's something I'm tired of seeing. How many games and anime have some kid as the hero that saves the world? No thanks, I'll trust my life to an actual adult.

Although, I do have a toy toon with no back story, because I've been lazy.

If I had to assign an age, it would be in the 30s for most simply because that's around my age. Real imaginative, I know. For a long time, there really weren't any characters my age in games, so I make my own. It's that whole wanting to see characters like me be the star of the game / movie / TV show. I'm still waiting.

Something else I don't do is make god, demons, or any other ridiculously powerful toons. It's just boring to me from a writer's perspective. Although, I do tend to make parody characters or ones with a silly back story. I like to tell a funny story. If someone laughs at my toon's bio, that's awesome.

Not a fan of clone or homage toons. Why would I want to play as someone else's toon instead of my own? I am guilty of making way too many homage costumes though. It might be fun to theory craft a build, but to actually play as that toon? Nope.

warcanch

Lots of PARODY characters.

That way, I can kinda play some favorites from the comics, but with a twist. And still be a bit creative.

Some examples:
The Gun-isher (The Punisher) color-blind, pink chainmail wearing, Munitions toon
The Ignorable Woman (The Invisible Woman) Many -perception powers
Bugman (Spiderman) Darkness, from a radioactive cockroach, cuz he "gives you the creeps"
Lead Foot (Iron Fist) MA w/ foot attacks
Duchess Viagrah Cialis Dulevitra (Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine) Muni,PA,Gadgets

Note: I stopped collecting/reading in the early 90s, so I only know about characters like Deadpool,etc from hearsay.

kaiserin

I primarily make villainous nightmare themed characters that are named after mythological creatures. Oh and ponies.

jonsills

Most of mine are based on serious concepts that sounded interesting at the time; and most of those are ATs because I was Silver so long and bought a lot of slots. Backfire, for instance, is an Inferno who had originally signed on with VIPER for the medical insurance, then was unwillingly drafted into their experimental programs up in Canada and given Inferno powers. Then he found out that the powers basically turned him into living flame and he'd never be able to live outside his suit again, so he turned against his employers, destroyed the lab, and joined the heroes. If he's forced to wear just the one thing for the rest of his life, at least it can be something he's proud of wearing...

Then there are the ones that are induced by random thoughts or forum discussions. Those are generally amusing homages - Spider-Bat, Captain Americlown, and most recently the Duck Knight (a Batman homage with a duck head and a bird chest symbol).

And then there was one serious one inspired by the forums - Kilbern, inspired by a discussion of whether player characters could even be gods. He was once Kilbern Skyfather, chief of the gods during the Turakian Age; his power had been bound to the sword Auralia, which was used to defeat Takofanes the Undying and was buried with Tako to ensure he would never rise again. Kilbern's worship died out over time; without followers, the old god grew weaker. He wound up in a far corner of the Elysian Fields, in the gods' equivalent of a retirement home. Then came the day the Circle of the Scarlet Moon completed the Blood Moon ritual, overcame the bindings, and released Takofanes once more. The disturbance of Auralia sent ripples between the worlds that caught the Skyfather's attention; he gathered the few remaining dregs of divine might he still possessed, fought his way between the worlds, and wound up, weak as any mortal superhuman, on the streets of Millennium City. He's working now to rebuild his power (turns out fame works almost as well as worship for that) so he can put down Takofanes once and for all. Nobody believes he's an actual god, of course; very few even know the name "Kilbern", and those few scholars who do assume he's just a superhero who took a name from the ancient myths.

As for age, most of my characters have the ageless adulthood common to comics. Kilbern is the second-oldest of them, being several thousand years old; the Lawgiver, an amalgamation of two even older robots, makes Kilbern look like a kid. I suppose the youngest would be Happifun Security System X-4, which first came online in 2009, during the Qularr Invasion.

ealford1985

I think I play mostly human characters. Even my main toon Ratasassin is half-human.


Ratasassin- manimal. Half rat, half human...half awesome. I consider him about 30 years old.

Nisroc- Celestial in human form, very old looking(kinda Clint Eastwoodish)

Black Arachnid- human. Age...40s

Minecrash- human. 50s (there seems to be an age pattern I was unaware of)

Little Action-Man- human. Shapeshifter but can only form the shape of movie star, 1/8 of the size.

Augustus "the hammer" steel- human. late 40s as well.

Sigma Red- human. Late 40s.

Okay...I have a thing for old men it seems.

Purple Heart-human. Age.....&@&%! 80s

Golden Age Golden Girl- human. Age.....okay I'm not gonna continue. I didn't realize this pattern.

meedacthunist

All of my characters are humanoid and made to look like something you could encounter in a mainstream cartoon or comic book.
They aren't supposed to be anything groundbreaking, just to fit the genre.

I never play underage characters, nor I really like high fantasy themes.

Ages are:

human, 28 yrs,
synthetic, built as an equiavelnt of roughly 35+ yrs
synthetic, built as an equivalent of roughly 25+ yrs
ex-human, 27 yrs
human, 24 yrs
ex-human, 27 yrs
human, 35 yrs
humanlike alien, 30 yrs
human, 21 yrs
human, 56 yrs, but looks under 40
human, 93 yrs, but looks between 20 and 30
alien, rougly above 900 solar cycles old, translates to 10 000 yrs

None looks younger than early twenties.

novaninja555

An Aesir sword prodigy and a super soldier who actually turns out to be a mutant tiger.

riltmos

I never really quite realized how much of a pattern I had until I looked over my characters. They are all magical non-humans males with a bubbly and happy behavior that are on the lower end of the power spectrum, several rock bottom. There are a few exceptions however, such as Glitch, Star Lite, Uacher, Gargoyle, and Aethemorth. The former three are not magical, Glitch and Uacher are A.I. and have no emotions, and Aethemorth, Gargoyle, and Star Lite are my only moderately powerful characters.

sistersilicon

I tend to work backwards from the powers I've chosen.

Sister Silicon, way back in the CoH days, explained the Elec/Elec Blaster choice as a full-conversion cyborg with an advantageous glitch in her power delivery subsystem. She was originally fresh out of college, so she's now in her 30s.

Hitomi Hanzo was always supposed to be* a mix of single-blade and munitions, so I came up with an ex-Yakuza in witness protection becoming a private eye. Think of an excessively-armed Colleen Wing. She's around 40 years old. (* I somehow got her to 40 without ever feeling I had her build right.)

The Heavy Weapon release led me to Nuada Silverarm as a dime-store Thor knockoff. He started out as a 30-year-old ex-Air Force officer wounded in a VIPER raid.

MINA is probably the first time I've gone character-first in CoH or CO. She'd be Prime's sidekick if we had a sidekick system that allowed us to customize our own. Started with JARVIS, added a little Andromeda (but not the Kevin Sorbo parts, oh no), leveled her up for a while, then sent her to Ravenswood Academy because she's book-smart, but had the social skills of a reclusive 8th grader.

Khamsin... I don't know where I'm going there, other than the starting point of "Why doesn't Millennium City have any Arab heroes, considering the large Arab community in Dearborn?".

aceretriever

All mine are anthros, with the exception of one human. Save for the human (a child), they all have heroic builds; it just looks right on a hero to me. :P
At first, my characters were urban-themed. Lately, however, I've become more interested in the "tights and spandex" deal, ever since I bought the Classic Hero Tights(?) and the like. ^^

My inability to create a good female costume (or at the very least, be satisfied with it) has prevented me from making any female characters. :c

jasinblaze

all of them

no really i play every type

spyralpegacyon

My first round of characters were all imports from City of Heroes I wedged into the world of Champions. They tend to vary in concept and powers, though they remain usually younger heroes from teens to their twenties. Except Rose, who happens to be the world's only teenage octogenarian. And RMD-72D, the robot.

My current alts are marrying ideas and builds I want to try out. For example, I was curious about both Heavy Weapons and the Medieval costume set. Thus was born Princess Erin, the giant honkin' staff wielding ren faire superheroine.

(Totally worth it. Brimstone is the epic looking power of all epic looking powers.)

lovehammer1

I tend to make characters that are not mainstream.
Meaning, not your typical comic book hero look alike.

I tend to make them in the form of my heritage or friends of mine.
I'm part Korean and Black American. Therefore a lot of characters tend to have darker skin tone and some form of Asian and or American likeness. (Form of dress or Color)

I have 44 toons. 4 of those are Big Cats. Tiger. Panther. Lion. Saber tooth.
Age: my toons are all grown ups. They tend to be anywhere from 25-45 yrs of age.

I play both Women and Men characters equally. To be honest, i rather look at a females behind than a dudes when playing for awhile.

My favorite type to play: Melee. Favorite toons: Love-hammer. Epic. Griffon.

biffsmackwell

I like playing as superheroes. The kind that wear tights and have an overdeveloped sense of justice.

I rarely write stories or backgrounds for my characters, but for those that I do, they're always pretty mundane. I don't have any planet-crushing invincible god people or anything like that. The dumber or funnier the characters are to me, the more fun I have with them.

kemmicals

I like to make a lot of quirky and weird characters. Not really fond of super dark characters, so I lean more towards funny characters more than anything. If you look at my stuff, they usually have a lot of outside influences or a straight up references to stuff I like.

xydaxyda

I have teen heroes, robots, aliens, alien robots, supers in tights, pulply vigilantes, fantasy characters, and homages...some cutesy some goofy, none of them are particualarly dark or serious.

My homage characters mostly come in the tokusatsu variety with characters inspired by the likes of Kaman Rider and Ultraman. My youngest human character is around 14 and the oldest is pushing 40 with most somewhere in between.

bluhman

If there's one thing I strive for with my characters, it's variance. By far, the thing that probably gets the most similar between one alt to the next is build, as I attempt to differentiate between them in things like costume, gender, backstory, and so on. Some are pretty explicitly based on certain hero genres, others draw very directly from mythology, quite a few are homages to other characters or games - pretty sure all of them in general were just whim of the moment.

And later, after I decide to flesh them out, they all get incorporated into a big silly canon that they're all intertwined in, at which point usually the most similar characters (or most diametrically opposed ones) become partners or nemesis' or whatever.

bravehoptoad

Yeah, I hadn't actually noticed a trend until I looked my characters over. I have a range, but the ones I play always end up being my small animals, regardless of build. Silly, right? Particularly considering how bad the animal heads are in this game. It's why I have quite a few frogs and toads, because that's a good animal head. I also like Serpent Sleek; the deer head is pretty good; so is the bug head; I got a pretty good rat head by taking one of the wolf heads and making it as small, narrow, and long as possible.

I guess my unconscious brain is thinking: hey, you get to play a human everyday of your life. Why not play something else when you can? As for what the super-short thing is about...no idea. Probably something profound about my psychology.

bdragon4co

Almost all of the characters I've made use some form of sword. Most of them are female too. I also like to experiment with builds a lot. I've got a vampire who uses beastial powers and Void powers, a Dual Sword/Wind Goddess, and I've got plans for stealth munitions and then a "Jedi" build.

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ashensnow

Mostly cool or awesome ones who can do cool or awesome things....


....and look good doing it.


Sometimes I make an exception and create a character that is meant to be the opposite. I usually end up deleting them.

jimhsua

Half-human hybrids. Hence my SG name.

Besides that, pretty flexible. Supernatural, might, energy projectors, martial arts, munitions, celestial, telekinesis, and upcoming darkness and power armor.

markhawkman

I only have one CO character, who is an alien mutant type character.

In STO, I have a diverse array of characters many of them inspired by non-star trek things. One is a Terminator for example....

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meedacthunist

You can't go more Justice than Decepticon Justice.

A free-roaming kill squad: five professional sadists who like nothing more than to hack, stab and shoot Decepticons who step out of line. But hey, don't worry, because they just love to kill Autobots too.

Riptide on the Decepticon Justice Division

gaarafrednorrisp

There's only one justice. And that is Doom's.

http://youtu.be/qi86yeXB9pI?t=2m1s

aceretriever

Regardless, as heroes you must fight for your justice!

mrhinkypunk

Well my two mains are based off Imps. Both are small and hide a lot, they are twins and both were around 13 when they were human but are technically fairly old now. It's all about being sneaky / annoying people and winning fights by finding weak points in the opponent.

gaarafrednorrisp

aceretriever wrote: »

Regardless, as heroes you must fight for your justice!

Rather fight for the rights of every man.

doomedluke1

Of my 14 characters, only 2 of them are completely human, with no powers (a Marksman and an Unleashed). All of them are male, most of them are of shorter stature than average, are mystic-themed and have some kind of mythologic inspiration. Most of them either are about their 30s or are centuries, even thousands of years, old. Lots of ethnic diversity, but all have human shape, since I'm not really into anthros.

-Nekulnnir, is my first character in CO from the open beta, a "young" half-Dwarf from Nidavellir, over 100 years old (Behemoth);
-Magnus Dvergar is an elf from other dimension, thousands of years old (Grimoire);
-Oni Ryu is an ex-Yakuza ninja, originally intended to be a man turned into machine against his will, but I added some human forms later (Unleashed);
-Israfel is an albino Archangel, one of the 2 only taller characters I have, probably he'd be my oldest character (Radiant);
-Njord Djinn is an african man I created as an homage to X-Men's Storm (Squall);
-Gillius Eitri is an ax-wielding Dwarf from Nidavellir, never thought of his age though (Devastator);
-Nate Garrett is a human young-adult with psychich powers which was kept as victim of experiments (Mind);
-Sagitta Orion is some kind of vigilante or agent (Marksman);
-Nifelheim is a frost-giant from... ehrm... Nifelheim (Glacier);
-Gigas Absque is probably an alien with greenish white hair (Impulse);
-Erythros Indra, an albino human with electric powers (Tempest);
-Ifrit Angra, a brazillian guy who received his powers from an indigenous god of fire (Inferno);
-Finally, Vlad Bathory and Bahadur are in fact the same character with different names, the first being a Void AT and the latter a recreation I made as a Freeform. He is a middle-eastern man who turned into some kind of soul-vampire as a result of curses from both the zarathustrian gods of good and evil when he was about his 40s. (He's the guy in my avatar)

warcanch wrote: »

Lots of PARODY characters.

That way, I can kinda play some favorites from the comics, but with a twist. And still be a bit creative.

Some examples:
The Gun-isher (The Punisher) color-blind, pink chainmail wearing, Munitions toon
The Ignorable Woman (The Invisible Woman) Many -perception powers
Bugman (Spiderman) Darkness, from a radioactive cockroach, cuz he "gives you the creeps"
Lead Foot (Iron Fist) MA w/ foot attacks
Duchess Viagrah Cialis Dulevitra (Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine) Muni,PA,Gadgets

Note: I stopped collecting/reading in the early 90s, so I only know about characters like Deadpool,etc from hearsay.

I lol'd at Bugman, really nice idea! Ignorable Woman also is a great name for a parody.

jonsills

gaarafrednorrisp wrote: »

Rather fight for the rights of every man.

Can I just fight for my right to party?

rianfrost

depends on the feel of the character. i tend to use a lot of different themes, which is one reason i am so drawn to the super-heroic subgenre in the first place,because you can mash up sci fi, high fantasy, and various modern action film ideas. amara is based loosly in cosmic horror, rian is a wuxia martial artist. oddity mchuggins is a straight up silly bat-mite character, rising star is a traditional usa flag spandexed character, timera is a psychic alien, stormkat is a catgirl , and charlie in a box is pretty close to two neil gaimen stories(and originally a Rudolph the raindeer cartoon themed sg on coh before i decided to go more nuts with it) . so they vary pretty far in theme.
on the characters i did more work on they tend to be damaged characters with big traumas in their pasts that inform their current desire to stand up and fix a messed up world. though i tend to make them more the iron willed heroic types rather tahn grim, more Trigun than batman. also, most are weird looking by comics standards,a bit more in line with manga. im also big on the nightcrawler style characters who's appearances are off-putting but their character is heroic and good. part of this is that i like the theme, and part of it is because with all the accessory slots, i have a hard time keeping my characters looking like anything human, option overload, ya know?

gaarafrednorrisp

jonsills wrote: »

Can I just fight for my right to party?

Only if you plan to party all the time

rianfrost

gaarafrednorrisp wrote: »

Only if you plan to party all the time

only if you party in the proper fashion

gaarafrednorrisp

rianfrost wrote: »

only if you party in the proper fashion

Rather just party

decorumfriends

What kind? ALL of them. :biggrin:

My whole purpose is to create homages to any and all kinds of archetypal heroes (and villains/nemeses as far as that goes) from the comics. Variety is what I'm all about. :biggrin:

rtma

Dragons for the most part, a few Snakes and a Lizard form, all based from my Dragon Family, despite the limitations and imbalances in the game world, It's the main reason why I played CO to begin with (And still is), cause I'm able to reflect thru representation forms, accurate physical features and thematic outfits while also applying their relative powers/skills that define them (Or improvised at-least), if it helps I got 40 in total, over 30 are official based on their true selves, while I've constructed a few unofficial/fun forms wither or not based from the CO realm.

like Drake being a Intergalactic Battle-mage, loosely correlates to Forum Malvanum, and Supreme Dragon, Ex-Viper General, loosely based from being Head of the Dragon Branch, he made the Branch. x3

monaahiru

This is all I wanna do. o3o

decorumfriends

But that just makes me do this!



My teen-aged Harajuku Girl Japanese robot, Go Girl. Apologies, I've had a bit of a Babymetal obsession of late. :biggrin:

deadman20

I've got characters of all shapes, sizes, backgrounds, etc. Manimals, Humans, Dragons, Aliens, Odd-looking Bunny Things, Mechanical Monstrosities, and even characters which I've played from another game. Each one different from one another. I even have a character based off of myself. The only thing I don't have are ugly Blackneon, Spiked-armor, Ego-bashing, Can't-spell-to-save-his-life, I-am-become-death-destroyer-of-worlds type characters.

biffsmackwell

deadman20 wrote: »

The only thing I don't have are ugly Blackneon, Spiked-armor, Ego-bashing, Can't-spell-to-save-his-life, I-am-become-death-destroyer-of-worlds type characters.

Lord Death of Murder Mountain would have words with you!

witchgun

*Steps onto the stage looking worried and sweating* Uhm...I make a lot of gloomy doomy type characters and semi villains/anti heroes...someone has to do it! I am sorry. I can't help it *ducks from fruit being thrown and flees*.

I also have a few robots and mutants and such. I do have one big shiny beacon of heroness but I have problems making them look anything more than 2d dullards. I do have quite a few aliens as well the CO lore is so open and adaptable it is really great for making up characters of all kinds.

For some reason I find myself drawn to Dark heroes and villains I just find them more interesting. I Blame a lot of 80s and 90s cartoons and such and also Spiderman and Batman. Where the bad guys always seemed more interesting or to have more fun. Also comics like judge dredd and lots of sci fi stuff helped this.

I now end my confession. :redface:

meedacthunist

biffsmackwell wrote: »

Lord Death of Murder Mountain would have words with you!

Trendy term for such fine character concepts nowadays is the "Edgelord".

gaarafrednorrisp

I've got allen wrenches, gerbil feeders, toilet seats, electric heaters
Trash compactors, juice extractor, shower rods and water meters
Walkie-talkies, copper wires safety goggles, radial tires
BB pellets, rubber mallets, fans and dehumidifiers
Picture hangers, paper cutters, waffle irons, window shutters
Paint removers, window louvres, masking tape and plastic gutters
Kitchen faucets, folding tables, weather stripping, jumper cables
Hooks and tackle, grout and spackle, power foggers, spoons and ladles
Pesticides for fumigation, high-performance lubrication
Metal roofing, water proofing, multi-purpose insulation
Air compressors, brass connectors, wrecking chisels, smoke detectors
Tire guages, hamster cages, thermostats and bug deflectors
Trailer hitch demagnetizers, automatic circumcisers
Tennis rackets, angle brackets, Duracells and Energizers
Soffit panels, circuit breakers, vacuum cleaners, coffee makers
Calculators, generators, matching salt and pepper shakers