Who to be

[Illidan Stormrage]

Got some ideas. What do you think? In order of how much thought I've given them:

Talindaar (Draenei Paladin OC)

Pros:
- Interesting powers
- A true good guy, plus a little on the dumb side; would be fun to write as
- Built like a brick shithouse and hits like a train
- Can think of some good stories
- Would be more inclined to be a group rper with this guy

Cons:
- Somewhat restricted on powers/moves
- Would have no morally grey area
- A lot of ally skills (healing, buff) aren't all that 'powerful' in the classic sense, may be hard to come up with moves

Ysera (Warcraft)

Pros:
- Cool powers/history. Could make some powers up
- Different personality to most others, would be more pacifist, moves based on debilitating instead of damaging, would be cool
- Could establish a new Emerald Dream in the Astral Realm

Cons:
- May be difficult to stray from a protectionist, conservative viewpoint (in my mind)
- I feel I may have trouble finding her character as I did Link

Archon (Protoss OC)

Pros:
- A flawed Archon, made from High and Dark Templar: lots of interesting development options
- Powers would be fun
- (maybe con?) A challenge to write someone who doesn't have facial features beyond eye movements

Cons:
- Not as many story ideas outside of history driven motives
- Would probably like a magic/high fantasy character instead of an alien/tech based one for variety

Earthworm Jim

Pros:
- Funny, lighthearted, non-serious character would be great to write as
- Interesting array of powers
- Another true, non-corruptible good guy

Cons:
- Novelty may wear off after a while
- Pulling off a funny character might not work well

Ziggs (LoL)

Pros:
- Insane in a way that tickles me. High energy, enthusiastic.
- Inventor, so plenty of story fodder

Cons:
- There's only so many things you can do with bombs
- The character whom I've given the least amount of consideration to

[Yu Kanda]

I am going to be honest with you and say the one character that popped out was Earthworm Jim. I get that writing a character with a bit of humor might be difficult but its also possible to write some serious moments. The others just didn't pop out enough for me. I like the other chars ( except ziggo..dont know that one.)

Just my opinion ^^

[Proto Man]

Be Jinx from LoL please.

And go have crazy hijinks with Vi in Costa del Sol.

MAKE IT HAPPEN

Anyway, be the paladin. As someone who also writes a paladin as an NPC, it's fun. Plus we already have enough morally gray angst factories around here. Be a beacon of light.

[Smith]

I've written EWJ before. He's a blast. That's who I suggest.

[Mickey Mouse]

I agree with Alex that good guys are the best. Join us.

And Earthworm Jim is hilarious and awesome. Take it from me, joining as a non-traditional character has been probably the best decision I have ever made in regards to roleplaying. I love playing Mickey so much and I don't think the novelty has worn off?

(...though people are welcome to let me know if I'm wrong about that.)

[Red]

As someone who plays as Deadpool, the novelty doesn't wear off, as long as you dont base your character around that novelty.

[Amaterasu]

I don't really know Ysera and don't know EWJ at all, so I can't really say much.

Ziggs doesn't seem like a good pick, he's just a crazy pyro/bomb-o-maniac. I don't think you would have much fun with him before he gets old.

And for the SC characters, you could try merging them? Give the archon a "stable" form, or the other way around allow Talindaar to transform into an Archon? They're a good pick I think though, even if they are from a futuristic scenario they would be interesting to have in the Omniverse. I was considering Artanis or other Protoss prior to my switch though so I'm biased.

[Dark Link]

I'm also with Alex on this one. Not only would another straight up heroic figure be welcome, Talindaar makes for a good contrast to Ditto. Plus, it's worth pointing out that Paladins don't serve just a support healing/buffing role, but are also capable of smiting evil entities on their own.

Earthworm Jim sounds like an interesting idea if you're good at humour. But I do agree with DP that the character shouldn't be based on a novelty.

[Jim Raynor]

Thanks guys. I find myself agreeing with you all, except now I have to make the choice between EWJ and Talindaar. Might write up some character sheets or something. Cheers!

[Dark Link]

It might help if you write up an RP example for each character. That would also show how good your grasp of each character is.

[Trixie]

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