Short Stuff

Finally. Goblins and Gnomes are both up on the Saratta site, which means that my next endeavor will be to put stats to each of the races as I have done with the Othar and Ephryn. As John mentioned in on of the comments previous, stats shouldn't dictate why you choose a race, but for some folks it does. This will simply help make the decision making process a little more drawn out - or at least make you think twice about playing a race that you would normally pass off.

Whenever I sit down to make a character I usually try to make something that is of the most common race in the world I am a participant of. Since most of my experience falls into the D&D realm that means I usually go with human. I'm sure that a part of it comes from the extra bonuses that the race gets so I can make a little more of a power character even though I try to steer clear of that and look at the character for role-play purposes.

You can strike a good balance between an RP character, and still maintain combat prowess but I like working a good backstory in, which leads this random thought train to Rich Taylor's 100 questions character test. If you have a character and haven't taken the time to consider even a 10th of the questions in this test then you aren't doing whatever game you're playing in justice. Make a character, play the character a few times so you get a good feel for who they 'might' be, and then use the questionnaire. It will help - plus, my next post is going to take a good look at it, so you might as well familiarize yourself with it.

Best Character Quiz Ever.