My character is 17 (actually 23 due to dimesional fuckery), has published a math textbook, and is trying really hard to not murder people anymore. He’s also firmly on the blue and orange morality spectrum, loves teaching literally anything at any time, and is disgusted by the concept of the afterlife. Fun guy. Wonder what a therapist would make of him
You are immature for your age and try to now grow up. You think you are smarter than most people, which you are, but not by as much as you think. For that reason you struggle with impostor syndrome and hold yourself back from achieving the career you actually want. But still you manage to come off as condescending to people around you.
Please don’t take this seriously.
Everything is correct except the last line, but only because I have poured a tremendous amount of effort into it (and I still slip up sometimes). Making the person I’m talking to not feel judged or condescended to is actually my most well-developed skill, very important for the education field.
Lmao i make my characters expressly a facet of myself in some way, deliberately. Ive made several characters in the past few years since a big mental breakdown event, its interesting how much mileage a pc can get out of a little trauma!
Best part is that these characters have helped me iron out personal wrinkles in a way that therapy couldn’t. Im still doing therapy tho lol.
Cue the scene in critical role campaign 1 where talesin PC (Percy)'s demon jumps our of his body and his party rolls initiative.
“We’re actually fighting my demons. My therapist would be so proud right now.”
“I am normally the DM”
“You either have trust issues or ADHD”
My first character was a “muppet-born” named Ché-Elmo, who interacted with the group over video chat directly (a hand-puppet Elmo with a red star cap was all they saw and heard), and was a Warlock who had made a pact with the being Carl Marx in exchange for power. His tome of power was Das Kapital, which I’d have him leaf through while we played.
He went missing a few years ago; it’s my belief that he’s out there now in some other dimension still sticking it to every merchant he encounters.
