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Character Creation Business: Behind the Scenes

  Well, for the January of 2021, I was working on Creation Creation Business for every day of January on my tabletop game blog, “Flubs and Boons”.

The first seven were all written on the same day, January 7, 2012

□ Character #1: 17th Century Minimalist (Penny) = The name of the character came from the girl from the DiC’s cartoon know as “Inspector Gadget”.

□ Character #2: Advanced Fighting Fantasy Second Edition (Nograd Yrestym) = The name of the character is “Mystery Dragon” spelled backward.

□ Character #3: Amazing Tales (Aelita) = The name of the character comes from a character in “Code Lyoko”.

□ Character #4: Basic Action Super Heroes (Hydra) = My first superhero business.

□ Character #5: Big Eyes Small Mouth 4th Edition (Hikaru Mushina) = My first animated character. Anime is just another word for animated series a.k.a a cartoon.

□ Character #6: Boot Hill 3rd Edition (Flint Stone) = The reason is I reference some throwing a cow at me is that when you merge Flint Stone’s name together you get Flintstone – the last name of a famous cartoon caveman: Fred Flintstone.

□ Character #7: Call of Cthulhu (Cassandra Claws) = On this one, I got a comment from TardisCaptain, the guy behind the Creation Creation Business that I was evolved in thanking me for joining in.

Since I was written this stuff while a nasty virus that was causing havoc on the entire Earth – I tried to get head at least by a week or so when I have time from other business at my workplace or at home –so when and if I work at my office far from my home, I could just pop a character up on my blog in my blog and save writing new characters for the days.

□ Character #8: Capes, Cowls, and Villains Foul (Eris) = My first deal with a tabletop game from Spectrum Games, the company run by the Cartoon Mistress, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

□ Character #9: Cartoon Action Hour: Season Three (Inspector Nickel) = The following is straight from my blog post on this business: “After PopArena did his Nick Knacks on the classic 1980’s action-comedy cartoon, “Inspector Gadget”, I got a question in my mind, “What happens if Penny was a more serious Inspector Gadget herself?”

□ Character #10: Dream Park (Aelita Anderson a.k.a Kimberly) = Like Character #3, the first name was stolen from a character of the same from “Code Lyoko”.

□ Character #11: Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition (Zaratina a.k.a Princess Aelita) = Of course for Zartian’s fake otherworld elf name, I took the name of a character from “Code Lyoko” like Character #3 and Character #10.

□ Character #12: Faery Tale (Sun)

□ Character #13: GURPS 4th Edition (Amy Stock) = I had to take a snapshot of a skill table to help me work on Amy’s skills – other than that, I didn’t need too much help for a character here.

The next two characters were for different editions of the same game, “ICONS: Superpowered Role-Playing”. Both versions use random rolls to create the heroes.

□ Character #14: Adamant Entermaintent’s edition of “ICONS” (Cassie Smith a.k.a Cordia)

□ Character #15: Ad Infinium Adventures’s edition of “ICONS” (Jessica Night a.k.a Ninja)

After those two characters above, I went back to the normal business.

□ Character #16: It Come From The Late, Late Show (Aelita Piano) = One again like Character #3, Character #10, & Character #11, I stole the first name of the character from the character with the same first name from “Code Lyoko”.

□ Character #17: Cartoon Action Hour: Season 2 (Aelita Stone) = This time is the first time I stole one of the full names of the same character of “Code Lyoko” for character plus it’s also the first time that I went back an edition of a tabletop role-playing game.

□ Character #18: Meddling Kids (Cassie Cave) = This is the rarest game I have in both book and PDF form.

□ Character #19: Mutants and Mastermind Third Edition (Angelica).

□ Character #20: Open Legend RPG (Messila)

□ Character #21: On The Air (George Grave) = Another one of Spectrum Games’s tabletop game.

□ Character #22: Cartoon Action Hour: Season 1 (Aelita) = Like Character #3, Character #10, Character #11, Character #16, & Character #17, I stole the name of the character from the same-named character from “Code Lyoko”.

□ Character #23: Savage World Adventure Edition (Johana Jackson)

□ Character #24: Hero System Sixth Edition (Eris) = I think I got the skill business wrong – but I’m not 100% sure, so don’t quote me on that!

□ Character #25: Slasher Flick (Donna Winters) = This is another one of Spectrum Games’s games.

□ Character #26: RetroStar (Marina) = This character was the last of the character created for one of Spectrum Games’s tabletop games.

□ Character #27: Primetime Adventures (Lady Minvera” = I think it took 3 pulls of cards to come up with “Arthura”, the fictional television series that Lady Minvera was a cast member of – but I’m not 100% sure on that one, so don’t quote me on that one.

□ Character #28: QAS (Aelita Scheffer) = Like Like Character #3, Character #10, Character #11, Character #16, & Character #17, I stole the full name of one of the names of the same name character from “Code Lyoko” for this character.

□ Character #29: “Toon” (Princess Cassandra)

□ Character #30: PDQ (John Dome)

□ Character #31: FATE Condensed (Laxartavia the Traitor.)

And with that FATE character finished I was done about a week before the end of January.

The reason I do this was to make sure that I kept my “Google Drive” active.

=QUIZ=

Character Creation Business 31: FATE Condensed

 Evil Hat’s “FATE” is another universal tabletop. FATE has three versions:

“Fate Core”, “Fate Condensed”, & “Fate Accelerated”. The second one is the most recent one, go I’m going with that one. 

Step #1 is that I need a genre for this character. Time to bring out “Mythic” for some help here! Question #1: Is the genre the following: “Cyberpunk”? My View: 50/50. Mythic View: 92. Exceptional No. It is neither “Cyberpunk” nor “Espionage”. Question #2: “Fantasy”? My View: 50/50. Mythic View: 65. No. Question #3: “Horror”? My View: 50/50. Mythic View: 23. Yes. Our character is for a “horror” campaign. 

Step #2 is to get a High Concept. The following is: “A Good-Hearted Eldritch Abomination”.

Step #3 is to get a Trouble. The following: “Causes Insanity In Human By Accident.”

Step #4 is a Relationship that has another PC. Since I’m going with this also, I’m going with the following: “Dr. Hydranstien hates me for making his daughter insane.”

Step #5 is dealing with the Other Aspects. For this one, I’m going with the following: “Culthuthu Loves Me” & “Xayakaxa is always trying her hardest to get me to turn evil.”

Step #6 is Skills. I get to pick One Great Skill (+4), Two Good Skills (+3), Three Fair (+2), Four Average Skills (+1) -- and the rest get Mediocre (+0). The skills are the following: Academics, Athletics, Burglary, Contacts, Empathy, Fight, Investigate, Lore, Notice, Physique, Provoke, Rapport, Resources, Shoot, Stealth, and Will. Since our PC is Eldritch Abomination, I the Lore at Great. Next, I think Stealth and Will are our PC’s Good Skills.  For the PC’s Fair Skills: I’m going with Fight, Investigate, & Notice. The rest get Mediocre.

Step #7 is to get Refresh. Refresh is always 3 unless you have more than Three Stunts. I’m going with only one stunt for this PC which is the following:  “E.A.H: Become I am Eldritch Abomination, I can summon a strange alien creature to help me but only once per session.” 

Step #8 is to get the Stress Boxes. They are two kinds of stress. Most PCs start out with 3 boxes.  Since my PC’s Pyshique is Mediocre, I get three boxes. Become my Will is Good, I get six boxes

Step #9 is to get Consequences Slots. These are usually empty as that stop - and they are three types: Mild, Moderate, and Severe.

Step #10 is the Name. The name of the PC: Laxartavia the Traitor.

Step #11 is the Appearance. For Laxatavia: “When not around humans, she usually looks like someone put a bird, an elephant, a whale, a human, a snake into a blender, and Laxatavia was the outcome of that blended business. When around humans, Laxatavia takes the form of a tiny teenage girl with pink hair, green skin, and neon-orange eyes usually dressed in a white toga and sandals.”

...And I finished with Laxatavia -- and I did 31 characters - so I’m done with this Character Creation Business until 2022 -- Laxatavia’s full stats are below as usual: 

=FULL STATS=

Name:  Laxartavia the Traitor.

Appearance: When not around humans, she usually looks like someone put a bird, an elephant, a whale, a human, a snake into a blender, and Laxatavia was the outcome of that blended business. When around humans, Laxatavia takes the form of a tiny teenage girl with pink hair, green skin, and neon-orange eyes usually dressed in a white toga and sandals.

High Concept: A Good-Hearted Eldritch Abomination

Trouble: Causes Insanity In Human By Accident

Relationship: Dr. Hydranstien hates me for making his daughter insane.

Other Aspect #1: Culthuthu Loves Me 

Other Aspect #2: Xayakaxa is always trying her hardest to get me to turn evil.

Skills:

Academics: Mediocre

Athletics: Mediocre

Burglary: Mediocre
Contacts: Mediocre

Empathy: Mediocre

Fight: Fair
Investigate: Fair

Lore: Great
Notice: Fair

Physique: Mediocre
Provoke: Mediocre

Rapport: Mediocre

Resources: Mediocre
Shoot: Mediocre

Stealth: Good
Will: Good 

Refresh: 3

Stunts:

E.A.H: Become I am Eldritch Abomination, I can summon a strange alien creature to help me but only once per session.

Physical Stress: ⬜⬜⬜

Mental Stress: ⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜

Consequences:

Mild:
Moderate:
Severe:

Character Creation Business #30: PDQ

 “Prose Description Qualities” or “PDQ” as it’s often shortened to is another tabletop game in the universal game. A universal game is a game that can play anything from cyberpunk to western. 

Step #1 is to find a genre. Time to ask Mythic some questions. Question #1: Cyberpunk? My View: 50/50. Mythic View: 76. Question #2: Fantasy? My View: 50/50. Mythic View: 80. Question #3: Horror? My View: 50/50. Mythic View: 13. Yes. 

Step #2 is Gender. Question #4: What is the gender of the horror game’s PC? Female? My View: 86. No. Our PC is male.

Step #3 is Name. Question #5: Does our male name start with an A? My View: 50/50. Mythic view: 100. Exceptional No. “John Dome” is the name of our PC.

Step #4 is figuring how the Qualities of John Dome is set up. They are the following four choices:

• Choice #A: 4 Good Strength & 1 Poor Weakness

• Choice #B: 1 Expert Strength, 2 Good Strength, & 1 Poor Weakness

• Choice #C: 2 Expert Strength & 1 Poor Weakness

• Choice #D: 1 Master Strength, 1 Good Strength & 1 Poor Weakness

Question #6: Is it choice #A? My View: 50/50. Mythic View: 68. No. Question #7: Choice B? My View: 50/50. Mythic View: 43. Yes. The following what I picked for them with my reasons for them in brackets like the math business I did for other characters during this Character Creatin business

• Strongman: Expert +4 [For using his muscles]

• Agility: Good + 2 [To be athletic]

• Coordination: Good +2 [To have good hands.]

• Bad Temper: Weakness - 2 [For having uncontrollable temper]

Step #5 is Appearance and for John Dome, I’m going with the following: “John Dome is a tall male human with no hair and blue eyes usually dressed in a red tank-top, blue jeans, a pair of white socks, and a pair of black rain boots.”

And I’m finished with John Dome, full stats are waiting for you below as usual: 

=FULL STATS=

Name: “John Dome”

Appearance: John Dome is a tall male human with no hair and blue eyes usually dressed in a red tank-top, blue jeans, a pair of white socks, and a pair of black rain boots.

Qualities:
Strongman: Expert +4
Agility: Good +2
Coordination: Good +2

Bad Temper: Weakness - 2

Character Creation Business #29: "Toon"

 “Toon” is a tabletop roleplaying game by Steve Jackson Games that allows players to play cartoon characters like the following: Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck, Woody Woodpecker, and their friends and foes.

Step #1 is to find a species -- human or otherwise. Question #1: Alligator? My View: 50/50. Mythic View: 97. Exceptional No. Our character is a female bat.

Step #2 is to deal with the Attributes. To do that I roll one classic die - the six-sided dice for each of the Attributes: Muscle (strength), Zip (speed), Smarts (brainpower or lack of it as the case might be.) and four is Chutzpah (willpower or lack of it as the case might be.) The following is my rolls for each of the attributes:

• Muscle’s Roll: 2

• Zip’s Roll: 4

• Brain’s Roll: 1 

• Chutzpah’s Roll: 2

Step #3 is Hit Points business. Roll a d6  and add 6 to it. The Dice Roll: 4. 4 + 6 = 10. My character has 10 Hit Points. 

Step #4 is the Name. I’m going with Princess Cassandra here.

Step #5 is Description, which is just a fancy name for Appearance -- and for Princess Cassandra, I’m going with the following: “Princess Cassandra is a 6-foot pink bat with red eyes usually dressed in a purple toga and sandals.”

Step #6 is Natural Enemies. I don’t need to do it but I recalled a “bat”-theme episode from “Captian Planet and the Planeteers” -- and learn that bats eat mosquitos -- so I’m going with bugs as Cassandra’s Natural Enemies.

Step #7 is Beliefs and Goals. For Beliefs and Goals, I’m going with the following: 

• “Eat every bug I meet - -and that includes spiders”

• “Straight out stupid vampire hunters that think I’m a vampire.”

• & “Become the most famous cartoon character in the world.”

Step #8 is Possessions. Four of them got to normal while for them got to be unusual. For normal, I’m going with the following for Cassandra: a purse, a makeup mirror, lipstick, and a credit card. For her unusual items, I’m going with the following: a whip, a big hammer, a shield, and roller stakes......

...And I finished with Princess Cassandra, her full stats are below as usual. 

=FULL STATS

Name: “Princess Cassandra”

Species: Bat

Description: Princess Cassandra is a 6-foot pink bat with red eyes usually dressed in a purple toga and sandals

Natural Enemies: Bugs

Beliefs and Goals: “Eat every bug I meet - -and that includes spiders”, “Straight out stupid vampire hunters that think I’m a vampire”, & “Become the most famous cartoon character in the world.”

Possessions: 

Normal: a purse, a makeup mirror, lipstick, and a credit card.

Unusual:  a whip, a big hammer, a shield, and roller stakes.

Attributes:

Muscle: 2

Zip: 4

Brain: 1
Chutzpah: 2

Hit Points: 10

Character Creation Business #28: QAS

 “Quick @$$ System” or “QAS” for short is a weird universal tabletop game. I need Mythic to help me find a genre. Question #1: Cyberpunk? My View: 50/50. Mythic View: 31. Yes.

Step #1 is to get the Yum Yums for my character. Question #2: 100 Yums Yums? My View: 50/50. Mythic View: 55. No. Question #3: More than 100 Yums Yums? My View: 50/50. Mythic View: 37. Yes. Question #4: 110 Yums Yums? My View: 50/50. Mythic View: 91. Exceptional No. I have 200 Yums Yums for my cyberpunk character. 

Step #2 is a name. Question #5: Is our character a female? My View: 50/50. Mythic View: 40. Yes. Question #6: Does our female’s first name start with A? My View: 50/50. Mythic View: 36. Yes. I’m going with the name of Aelita Scheffer. 

Step #3 is dealing with the Body, Brain, and Nerves. Ratings are usually between 6 and 16 with 11 being an average score. Body is for fighting an orc or doing construction work. Brain is for solving riddles or trying to remember who played the Riddler on Adam West’s “Batman” show. Nerves are for nerds trying to get into the jocks or popular girls depending on the nerd’s gender. The rating number in that relation section cost that number in Yum Yums. I have 200 Yum Yums. For Brains: 12. 200 - 12 = 188. For Body: 12. 188 - 12 = 176. For Nerve: 13. 176 - 13 = 163.

Step #4 is a Job for the character. On December 15, 2021, two shows pop up on two different series -- on Disney Plus, “Wandavision” -- while on Netflix, the last season of “Carmen Sandiego” pop up. I’m going with the latter and make Aeltia a thief. The job also has a number between 6 or 16. No matter what universal -- games, the game show, DiC’s cartoon, or Netflix’s Carmen Sandiego’s thief rating is a 16 -- and I’m going to homage that in Aelita’s stats by using the 16. Now rating in job costs twice that much in Yums Yums.  16 * 2 = 32. 163 - 32 = 131.

Step #5 is a Gimmick. For Aelita, I’m going with “Ghost!” 

Step #6 is a Weakness. For Aelita, I’m going with “Short Fuse”.

Step #7 is the number for the Gimmick and Weakness - -and both start at 10. So I’m sticking with that number.

Step #8 are Skills. Skills are rating +1 to +5. For +1, it costs 3 Yums Yums plus +1 Yum for anything higher than high. The following is what I did for Aelita here with the usual math business in brackets: 

• Costume Designing 4. 4 - 1 = 3. 3 + 1 = 4 + 1 = 5 + 1 = 6. 131 - 6 = 125

• Computer Hacking 4. 125 - 6 = 119

• Cooking 4. 119 - 6 = 113

• Electrician Worker 4. 113 - 6 = 107

• Driving 4. 107 - 6 = 101

• Piloting 4. 101 - 6 = 95

Step #9 are Health Points. A character’s Basic Health Point matched his or her number in his or her Body Number. That’s 12 for Aelita, and I think I fine with that. 

Step #10 is to write the number of Yums and Yums I have left. I have 95 Yum Yums left, so that’s my Yums Yums.

Step #10 is “Who Would Play Him/Her In The Movie”?  This about an actor or actress that might play the character in the show. I’m going with Elizabeth Banks as the actress for my character.

Step #11 is a Tagline. For Aelita, I’m going with the following: “No one can stop me!”

I’m finished with this character, full stats are below as usual:

=FULL STATS=

Name: “Aelita Scheffer”

Brains: 

12

Body:
12

Nerve:
13

Job: 
Thief: 16

Gimmick:
Ghost: 10

Weakness:
Short Fuse: 10

Skills:

Costume Designing +4
Computer Using +4

Cooking +4

Electronic Worker +4

Driving +4

Piloting +4

Health Points: 12

Yum Yums: 95

Who Would Play Him/Her In The Movie? Elizabeth Bank

Tagline: “No one can stop me!”