Your 1st Character

Stephen (Alto) · October 02, 2012, 06:20:36 PM

The first character I played was a fighter in a very messed up version of D&D that my friend ran from memory. I didn't run into D&D again for another 3 or 4 years and then I think I made a rogue.

Elfdart · October 03, 2012, 10:05:48 AM

My first character was Rollo the Thief, who never made it to 2nd level because he tried to sneak up on the ogre in Keep on the Borderlands and failed. He was followed by his brother Mollo the Magic-user, who inherited Rollo's belongings, sold them, hired a few men-at-arms and had them shoot the ogre dead with crossbows. Mollo eventually rose to 18th level by killing many more ogres -as well as other monsters.

Rollo and Mollo were created in Holmes Edition, but the campaign evolved into AD&D as the DM and players acquired the books.

beeber · October 03, 2012, 01:12:08 PM

first one was a thief, moldvay basic. we were going through b2, and he died the first session--the pit trap inside the kobold (i think) lair got him. went with a magic-user for my second.

everloss · October 03, 2012, 11:54:14 PM

My first character was a secret agent in a game of James Bond 007. I had some sort of bionic arm, I think.

everloss · October 04, 2012, 12:00:16 AM

Quote from: Ben Rogers;587777My first RPG character was a Rider of Rohan in MERP.

My second was a sniper in Shadowrun.

Both were in 1989.

Prior to that, I'd played a lot of computer games and tactical games (BattleDroids, Ogre, Car Wars, etc.) but those were my start into tabletop RPGs.

I played tactical games first, too. Car Wars, Harpoon, Air Superiority. I'm fuzzy on the years, so I might be all goofed up. also played Battletech before RPGs. My first lance was a Hunchback, Catapult, Locust, and Trebuchet. Looking back now, I cringe at that lance, haha.

shit, look at me. Being all nostalgic.

RPGPundit · October 04, 2012, 05:29:08 PM

Not counting Fighting Fantasy books, my first character was not very memorable; an elf (if I recall correctly) that died very quickly. However, I do remember quite a few of my first 6-12 characters ever, some of which were quite a bit more memorable (as in, I played them for years).

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ArtemisAlpha · October 05, 2012, 10:16:07 AM

I don't recall the name of my first D&D character, but I remember the name of the first one to make it past third level. An AD&D Monk named Morgan Banecraft (hey, I was a kid, back off my cheesey character name)

RPGPundit · October 06, 2012, 11:49:18 AM

I remember the first Robotech RPG character I ever made; a zentraedi named Khyron.

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David Johansen · October 06, 2012, 12:40:37 PM

Well, I played Phoebus the Lizardman from Rogues Gallery the very first time I played. The first character I rolled up was Hiborn the barbarian, a first level fighter, the first time I played him I got paralysed by a ghoul and sat out the rest of the session. The next time I played him the session was dominated by a massive chase through a city between two PCs, one of whom had been sold into slavery by the other. Their roof top battle is still one of the most epic things I ever saw in an rpg.

everloss · October 06, 2012, 05:39:37 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;589649I remember the first Robotech RPG character I ever made; a zentraedi named Khyron.

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You didn't just use the stats out of the back of the book? The Zentraedi characters always intrigued me more than the RDF guys; especially in Sentinals and Strike Force.

MGuy · October 06, 2012, 07:25:45 PM

I've been looking at this thread for a while and for the life of me I can't remember the first character I actually sat down and played. I honestly GMed so much when I first got into the hobby that the few times I played in that time are fleeting. I remember that the first time I played under a GM I was a Rogue and I was a male (because I always play males when I'm a player) but that's it. I cannot remember another detail about that character.

RPGPundit · October 08, 2012, 01:03:28 AM

Quote from: everloss;589715You didn't just use the stats out of the back of the book? The Zentraedi characters always intrigued me more than the RDF guys; especially in Sentinals and Strike Force.

No, this was a totally different Khyron, who had to deal with sharing a name with the infamous zentraedi malcontent.

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