I am with Gaspard in that its all about execution. One of my favorite people to RP with managed to take one of the most cliche 'immortal regenerating angry deadly anti-hero with tragic past' character concepts known to man in WoW and nail it in a way that everyone on our server accepted as awesome and badass. The execution of the concept felt really raw and believable - though admittedly the WoW universe lets you grt away with a lot of stuff just from the setting alone.
It also helped that he was goddamn terrifying in PVP and won almost every duel he wound up in even undergeared. :V
It also helped that he was goddamn terrifying in PVP and won almost every duel he wound up in even undergeared. :V
