/r/characterforge
The Character Forge is a place for people to come together in creating characters for works of fiction: RPGs, video games, books, shows, etc.
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Welcome to the Forge!
The Character Forge is a place where people come together in helping each other with the task of creating original characters; we can appreciate that Fan Fiction exists (and it is allowed here) but this community should thrive on the creative process involved in forging new characters!
So, if you have an RPG, video game, piece of writing, show or whatever else that is in need of a character, grab a hammer and enter the Forge; you've come to the right place.
Posting Guidelines:
Please tag your post at the beginning. AutoMod will be on the lookout for the following tags so it can flair your post:
[Help] - Use this tag for when you want help with some facet of your character. Also usable if you have general questions about character creation.
[Criticism] - Kind of like help, but for completed character profiles, use this tag if you want feedback. For those giving feedback, please give constructive criticism.
[Resource] - This tag will serve to identify tools (software/apps, guides, repositories, etc) to help people create characters. Also what you should use if you have some personal tips or tricks you'd like to share.
[Show and Tell] - Feeling proud? Use this tag to show off a character you've created. Also great if you have an image.
[Challenge] or [Contest] Want to issue a summons for other Forgers to test their and their characters' mettle in a situation? How about creating a character with given constraints? Put forth a Challenge.
[Discussion] or [Talk] Want to start a discussion about something topical? Something not quite "meta" enough, like sparking discussion about other Forgers' characters? Discussing best practices? Well then let's get talking!
[FanFic] - If you're working on some FanFic and need help developing the character further (i.e. how a change in setting/universe could or will change the character) use this tag.
[Erotic] - Even if it's not necessarily erotica, AutoMod will keep an eye out for this tag too so it can NSFW the post in case you forget. Can (I hope?) be used in combination with other tags.
[Meta] We'd like the sub to remain as on-topic as possible, but can't ignore the possibility that meta discussions will happen. When they do, they'll get the ole Meta tag.
Short Rules (full rules here):
SR #1 - Don't be a dick.
SR #2 - No, seriously, don't be a dick.
SR #3 - Follow reddit's site-wide rules and reddiquette.
SR #4 - Please remember: downvote does not equal disagree!
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[Show and tell] White Bone [lore in comments]
16:59 UTC
[Help] How do I stop creating characters and focus on the ones I already have?
I'm working on a project and I want to help further refine my group of main characters. But for some reason, my mind refuses, and instead insists on making other character concepts to expand the world, even though most will likely never be used.
As of this writing, I have almost 200 character concepts, but I haven't even finalised my main characters yet.
Help?
22:38 UTC
[Show and tell] Goliath Barbarian, by me
15:21 UTC
[Show and Tell] Thauan - The Barbarian
20:45 UTC
[Show and Tell] A snapshot from a comic I've been working on. I love the emotion that's shown between these two characters and the way the background is purely white so it's focused on jus them. More info in the link in the comments.
15:36 UTC
[Show and Tell] Insane superpowers, but useless
14:20 UTC
[Show and tell] DD's CSA File
22:18 UTC
[Show and tell] Clockwork assassin, by me
12:24 UTC
[Show and Tell] Half orc Ruudo
14:53 UTC
[Show and Tell] A superman dares to go faster-than-light for the first time
10:38 UTC
[Show and Tell] Slack Braumaus, Proffessional Bag Flasher
13:08 UTC
[Show and Tell] The Self-Poisoning of Sennacher (+lore)
10:26 UTC
[Show and Tell] Brair, Circle of the Bees Druid, by Me
11:06 UTC
[Help] Combined character
I had an idea for a character that was originally two separate individuals that were combined into one in a supernatural manner. I think one should be frail and intelligent, and the other strong but foolish, but also want one to be beautiful while the other is ugly. I'm not sure which should be which. I like the idea that the frail one could be misshapen freak while his fit counterpart would look like something the ancinet Greeks sculpted, but the more mentally astute of the pair being a fragile beauty while the other is a lumbering beast also appeals to me. I'm not sure where I want the physically fit half to come from, but I know I want the intelligent half to have been born through some ritual rather than naturally, like a homunculus or a coalescence of souls or something like that.
Mentally, they wouldn't entirely be in unison, but their mind isn't split in between distinct entities either, like Dog/God for any Fallout: New Vegas players here. I think there should be instances where one love/hated someone the other was ambivalent towards, while their altered state of mind sees things in a new light, but also cases where both held directly opposing feelings towards certain persons or things that creates conflict within the new individual
Anyone know examples of this sort of character to bounce ideas off of?
16:53 UTC
[Show and tell] Meet Joseph S. Caritan, baker and rebel collaborator. Need feedback on what to do with his character.
15:40 UTC
[Show and tell] [oc] akaizer orc
14:26 UTC
[Show and tell] Meet Averill, Battlemaster Barbarian. [Story in comments]
16:33 UTC
[Show and Tell] Rhinorider (+lore)
10:23 UTC