Comic Preview: Heavy Lies the Crown
Added 2019-05-19 13:34:17 +0000 UTCSorry about the late preview today, everyone! I was ill this weekend, but we're back on schedule now.
Check out handbookofheroes.com tomorrow for the full post!
Comments
I'm going to respond to the character retirement prompt on the main site, but do it here because I am A Shy and also A Too Lazy to Sign Up for Another Place to Comment. I have an almost pathological dislike of characters "ending," whether it's through death, retirement, what-have-you. I will always, always want to go for the "and then they rode off to have more adventures" kind of capper for a story. It makes me feel weird sometimes, because probably the most common piece of DM advice I see is "you should kill more PCs, so they know its dangerous!" I gotta tell you, if my character died in some random dust-up it would kill my interest in playing faster than pretty much anything else. All this actually rather informs my character designs, interestingly enough. I tend to make characters that are tough, and that are adventuring for the fun of it rather than a single plot goal. I like being the second to other characters, helping to push their plot along and enjoying the ride. I think it's one reason why I like long-lived races such as elves so much. You can be there essentially for a more mortal character's entire life story, and it's just a small phase of your life; you've got plenty more adventures to have. (Actually...now I kind of want to play an elf who is friends with a human family, and basically is there for several generations of stories as a supporting player)
Jayne Lindgren
2019-05-22 19:45:17 +0000 UTC
