The usual question for day 24 was Share a [Pay What You Want] publisher who should be charging more. This is a moot question for me because I honestly don't know any PWYW Publishers, and thought today was going to be a rather boring day. My brother pointed out that there are a list of alternate questions on the original blog for #RPGaDay, and I dove on over there to see what there was to choose from. After parusing the list, I settled on this one...
How far from human do you enjoy getting the chance to be in an RPG?
Brief Answer: Pretty far
Longer Answer: One of the reasons I got into RPGs was to be something I wasn't. I enjoy playing the alien races, the odd ball characters. Some of my favorite characters from fiction aren't human, and some of them are very non-human. I enjoy the challenge of trying to be something alien, something that people can't always relate to. I find it to be a welcome challenge. It goes back to wanting to be different, but in a special way.
One issue has been that I tend to be a gamemaster, not a player. Those rare times I did play?
- A T'skrang from Earthdawn
- A Kel Dor Jedi Knight as my RPGA Living Force character.
- An Ithroian Jedi in Star Wars Saga Edition.
- A Twi'lek in FFG's Star Wars RPG.
- A Dog Boy Glitter Boy Pilot in Savage Rifts.
I don't say I never play humans, but generally speaking give me a party of humans, and I'll likely be the one looking to play the most alien among them, mechanical stats be damned.
Looking at tomorrow's question, I foresee that my answer may be a little self serving. Still, it should be fun to write up.
See you then!
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