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LandStander · **11-04-2013, 02:07 PM**

I am unsure how unique Dennthota really is. I think she is the most masculine woman character I have ever come up with. Complete with belching, fighting, body hair and rarely bathing :3. She is also a huge flirt, but doesn't know the first thing about relationships because of her egotistical and crude behavior being a natural barrier to anyone who would think about coming close to her.Â

I personally enjoy watching her claim how great and strong she is only to constantly get knocked on her buttÂ Tongue

KitKat · **11-04-2013, 02:53 PM**

Oh god. If Denn rarely bathes, her armpits might have been rather ripe when Katja took her measurements for that shirt. Sad

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I try to make my characters unique in context. I find it satisfying to take what the lore gives me and make something "normal" for a particular race and then to turn it into something that I can call my own. On the other side of it, though, making someone unique just for the sake of being unique often comes across as forced and seeking the spotlight. I think that's why I avoid extremely unique situations for my characters. I'd rather make Katja interesting through her characterization rather than some attention-grabbing headline.

LandStander · **11-04-2013, 03:46 PM**

(11-04-2013, 02:53 PM)TheCurls Wrote: Oh god. If Denn rarely bathes, her armpits might have been rather ripe when Katja took her measurements for that shirt. Â

Bahahahahaha <3. I need to include her unique scent more often in RP situations. With how often it rains in freaking Eorzea she probably gets most of her baths just standing outside Tongue

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K'dath · **11-04-2013, 05:00 PM**

I for one am extremely offended by the way Square has handled Miqo'te as a race. I felt like there was a lot of potential that was hand-waved and eye-rolled until tribal just meant "People who don't live in a major city."

I've made way more trips to the mythical land of land of probable than I'm normally comfortable making with a character, but the lack of really deep lore sort of limits the number of objective facts I can tie myself to. We get a lot of general lore, oh yes they are tribes and they showed up around this era, with no details or insights into what they're like. So all I can do is make assumptions on many fronts and admit I can't justify any of it with facts.

ICly, I at least have 'Well, he's from a reclusive and xenophobic tribe of a species who's culture is built around brutality and mating rights. His understanding of the world is very different than yours.'

It's original given the context of the world where all the NPCs behave pretty consistently despite their race or heritage. Original concept though? Certainly Not.

Merri · **11-04-2013, 06:06 PM**

I think Endemerrin is one of the more unique characters I've ever played. He has this one major strength, that also happens to be his biggest and more dangerous flaw of all, which has been an interesting thing to run with. He's missing his left arm, and has a Magitek Prosthetic in it's place. Great in theory. It's strong, it doesn't bleed, it has a myriad of uses that a normal arm doesn't...Â Â ...but because he has this idea that "Hey, I can do more with this than a normal arm", it has lead to it being broken, battered, and even flat out destroyed on a few occasions (which isn't all that good for his health for a few reasons.). He's got this great strength, but at his core he's quite literally handicapped. For the longest part of his development he was absolutely ashamed of his situation as well. The way Eorzeans saw Magitek and Garleans made him feel like he was some sort of monster. The thing that they all hated. Went to great, great lengths to conceal it. Wasn't until he met certain people that he started to come to accept himself for what he was.

I was a Hyur in 1.0, and my character was Garlean (Technically not an Imperial~) at one point. However, I made the choice to retcon into Miqo'te in ARR and that has put an even greater spin on things, as we've seen that while Imperial society does have mixed races, pureblood Garleans (I.E Hyur) are favored. Makes me feel as though his fleeing Garlemald has that much deeper of an impact on his character. There's a few other spins on him that I don't really delve into outside of actual roleplay because there's no fun in just spilling everything about your character to everyone (in my opinion, anyways.), but those are just a few of the things that I feel makes him a fun and interesting character to play.

allgivenover · **11-04-2013, 08:15 PM**

(11-04-2013, 05:00 PM)K Wrote: with no details or insights into what they're like. So all I can do is make assumptions on many fronts and admit I can't justify any of it with facts.

If you're a Seeker you're in luck. There's a Seeker tribe at the Forgotten Springs in game that gives us a detailed look at Seeker tribal culture. It doesn't give us all the answers we'd like, but it's a lot more than nothing. Check it out when you can.

Nako Vesh · **11-04-2013, 08:25 PM**

(11-04-2013, 08:15 PM)allgivenover Wrote:
(11-04-2013, 05:00 PM)K Wrote: with no details or insights into what they're like. So all I can do is make assumptions on many fronts and admit I can't justify any of it with facts.

If you're a Seeker you're in luck. There's a Seeker tribe at the Forgotten Springs in game that gives us a detailed look at Seeker tribal culture. It doesn't give us all the answers we'd like, but it's a lot more than nothing. Check it out when you can.

And that's far more than Keepers get. >:/

Honestly, if I had known there was going to be so little going on with "traditional" Keepers in game and RP-wise, I would have gone Seeker...

K'dath · **11-04-2013, 09:21 PM**

(11-04-2013, 08:15 PM)allgivenover Wrote:
(11-04-2013, 05:00 PM)K Wrote: with no details or insights into what they're like. So all I can do is make assumptions on many fronts and admit I can't justify any of it with facts.

If you're a Seeker you're in luck. There's a Seeker tribe at the Forgotten Springs in game that gives us a detailed look at Seeker tribal culture. It doesn't give us all the answers we'd like, but it's a lot more than nothing. Check it out when you can.

I've been there, done all the quests there, and I was deeply disappointed with it. There's very little that distinguishes them from any other race or any other settlement in the game.

The only 'tribal' thing they do is hunt, which is a fate that pops up now and again and a briefly mentioned affair in a quest that is half as long or prominent as the one where you have to chase away people oggling the bathing cat girls. Even the important NPCs could either just as easily be city folk of any race for all the cultural difference they show, there's nothing about them that makes them distinctly Miqo'te.

Two rival Tia vying for dominance is all the 'detail' we get, and they both have all the personality and ambition of plaster. The same amount of factual information you can pry out of them is summed up in the 'naming conventions' article.

And the nunh is a terrible, played up trope of 'lol cat people'. He rolls his R's and he's sassy! Groan. And on top of that the naming conventions article goes out of its way to mention that Nunh are NOT leaders of their tribes, but he is, for whatever reason. If the lore's self contradicting, you can't say either interpretation is definitively right.

It all hardly amounts to more than nothing.

The way the Miqo'te are handled as a race is a joke.

ArmachiA · **11-05-2013, 08:33 AM**

I'm of the belief that no character, none what-so-ever, is unique. There's only so many personality types, only so many ways to be good, evil, and neutral. There's only so many backstories. There's only so many ways to be funny, or shy, or smart, or flirty.

My characters are not unique. YOUR characters are not unique.

I can guarantee you I can find a character who at least resembles the one any one is playing right now. In fact, I'm sure I could do it in media that was written over a 100 years ago.

It's all been done before. Its why TVTropes even exists. Never think you're playing unique.

HOWEVER...

It's how you play them that makes them standout. The way they react to situations, talk to people, even what their favorite color is, all of that is super important. You can make your character be amazing and wonderful and memorable by making them interesting. That's how you make them unique.
All characters can be broken down into stereotypes and certain qualities that a lot of other characters have, but playing them as a living breathing individual who can grow and change, that's important.

My characters are starting out as words on a page (Loki: Witty, Flirty, Sarcastic. Armi: Shy, Awkward, Eager) which are complete stereotypes, but they are growing into something else, full beings.

I wouldn't worry so much about being unique, worry about the growth and story of your character.

WT_Neptune · **11-05-2013, 11:48 AM**

I paid dearly for my failure to phrase this topic correctly and convey my point better. :/

Magellan · **11-05-2013, 12:11 PM**

My character is actually a bigtime coward. She pretty much shuts down in the face of danger. I guess that makes her unique-ish...

Erik Mynhier · **11-05-2013, 02:21 PM**

Erik is only unique in his personality, being a happy, well mannered and cultured highlander.

Val · **11-05-2013, 02:34 PM**

(11-04-2013, 03:46 PM)LandStander Wrote:
(11-04-2013, 02:53 PM)TheCurls Wrote: Oh god. If Denn rarely bathes, her armpits might have been rather ripe when Katja took her measurements for that shirt. Â

Bahahahahaha <3. I need to include her unique scent more often in RP situations. With how often it rains in freaking Eorzea she probably gets most of her baths just standing outside .

Haha. I can totally see that scenario, too. Val used to rarely bathe until Faye started making him.

He'd likely notice more now. I can see it; Val and Denn standing around until Val's all "...Th'fuck? Someone sellin' onions 'round here?"

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