03-27-2004, 03:41 PM
Usually, any characters I play are not a projection of my egoscopal self but rather individual characters. Nearly ever single time I don't consider my ingame avatar "myself," but as a totally individual creation. Each and every single one of them has their own personality and gameplay quirks that seem to spawn spontaneously.
Like... Oh, Kitsune, my D1 Rogue. She has terrible bad luck even to this day when she should be powerful enough to waste anything in her path.
Sometimes I pick the gender of the character for gameplay reasons, like in Baldur's Gate II the only real incentive to choose a female character is so that they can romance Anomen (Something I'll never plan to do), so there's no real reason to do so. Fallout 2, on the other hand, has many reasons why you should pick a female character, as you can sleep your way through several early problems (Getting Vic for half the price Metzger initially offers is a godsend). But, at the moment, I'm playing a male character for no other reason than that I'm testing a fanmade patch and needed a character.
Like... Oh, Kitsune, my D1 Rogue. She has terrible bad luck even to this day when she should be powerful enough to waste anything in her path.
Sometimes I pick the gender of the character for gameplay reasons, like in Baldur's Gate II the only real incentive to choose a female character is so that they can romance Anomen (Something I'll never plan to do), so there's no real reason to do so. Fallout 2, on the other hand, has many reasons why you should pick a female character, as you can sleep your way through several early problems (Getting Vic for half the price Metzger initially offers is a godsend). But, at the moment, I'm playing a male character for no other reason than that I'm testing a fanmade patch and needed a character.
When in mortal danger,
When beset by doubt,
Run in little circles,
Wave your arms and shout.
BattleTag: Schrau#2386
When beset by doubt,
Run in little circles,
Wave your arms and shout.
BattleTag: Schrau#2386