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Character images

Started by Dominus Nox, December 09, 2006, 10:02:42 PM

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Dominus Nox

December 09, 2006, 10:02:42 PM
Some old game, I think it was in the traveller line, had the "recognition handle' idea where you could list a famous person and/or a role they played as a way to envision your character.

Well, does anyone here use this now? I'd hate to have a whole party made of of "Looks like Tom Cruise/Angelina Jolie" types, but there are some people I've based character discriptions on.

My first professor tanhauser in Mforce looked like Anthony Hopkins in "Hannibal" while later Professor Tanhausers looked like Micheal McManus from "Lexx".

I might do one looking like a 30 year old Keith Olbermann from "Countdown" soon as I like him and think he looks fairly intelligent.
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bobmangm

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December 10, 2006, 01:45:20 PM
I like this idea.  It helps people stay in character.  If they picture the person, they can see their mannerisms/attitudes and emulate them.  I've used this idea in an article.

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December 11, 2006, 08:30:56 AM
I do this all the time, particularly with actors that tend to play the same type of person (Brian Glover runs the Pie and Mash shop in our Feng Shui campaign)

On the other hand, my players recently had to be convinced not to throw Paris Hilton out of a helicopter as there was no actual in-game reason for them to do it
 

Silverlion

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December 11, 2006, 08:32:51 AM
I don't like using actors/actresses because none of my PC's ever really look like such people in my head. (Why I tend to sketch my own heroes...comes much closer that way.)
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December 11, 2006, 08:38:46 AM
For modern games, I tend to grab pictures off the internet to make the character more concrete.  I usually stay away from famous people because they have too much baggage.  I google using a few words describing the person and see what I get.  It often helps inspire character creation.

beejazz

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December 11, 2006, 09:49:38 AM
Verbal description has never been my strong suit, and I really don't know my celebrities. So no. I do the drawing thing instead.

Caesar Slaad

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December 11, 2006, 11:23:51 AM
Quote from: Dominus NoxSome old game, I think it was in the traveller line, had the "recognition handle' idea where you could list a famous person and/or a role they played as a way to envision your character.

Well, does anyone here use this now? I'd hate to have a whole party made of of "Looks like Tom Cruise/Angelina Jolie" types, but there are some people I've based character discriptions on.

Browse IMDB for lesser known actors. Or take scans from magazines.
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December 11, 2006, 11:39:43 AM
The German DSA RPG had some early illustrations where it was easy to see that the artist copied the faces from actors. Robert Mitchum as a Viking chieftain, Val Kilmer as the high priest of the death god...

As a one-time joke it's alright, but used too often it just made the general plagiaristic attitude of the designers too obvious.
 
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