Another thread by Shipyard Lock got me thinking . . . .
I have noticed that whenever I run a game for people either new to roleplaying or new to an rpg genre where you can play a modern or modernish character, the FIRST character the player chooses to play is a character with a profession and or traits that s/he always wanted to try in real life . . . sort of a - if I could do it all over again, I would be this when I grow up.
For example in 1920s COC one player who is a science teacher in real life, but also a history buff, played a history professor. Another with an undergraduate in psyche played a pyschologist even though in real life she became a registered dietitian. In a present day game with characters thru-hiking the Applicaian Trail only to stumble across aliens and a government cover up, I saw the same. Electrical Engineer, Park Ranger, Pilot.
Ever do this or notice this? Any wild stories or really unusual character concepts that were based in what the player always wanted to do but never got the opportunity to try or was afraid to try?
Again, I've only noticed this for the very first character that person has ever played in this genre.