Make an impact with a dramatic character introduction story!
Ever picture your character as incredible in your head, but then deliver a line like a goober, only to realize your party sees you as a goober? Dang, Goober. In this episode we are joined by the incredible author Beth Ball, who help us figure out how to introduce our characters in a way that capture the other players attention and conveys who they really are.
We are joined by author of Buried Heroes Beth Ball to share her insights on how we can accomplish this task with ease.
This episode is accompanied by a resource to help you write a few paragraphs of an introduction for your RPG character. The core idea to this guide that can not only help you get into character quicker and stay true to them but also to help other players understand the most important impressions you want to give quickly. Stats don’t tell anybody about who a character is at their core, but this will.
The resource is a form-fillable and printable PDF that you can find over here.
You can find more of Beth’s work over at D&D Duet and check out Beth Ball Books for a preview of the book before its impending release. Then, when you love it, go preorder it!
Also for a really helpful review and notes on the process, give Beth’s blog post about this specific topic a read. She provides some really helpful insights into the exercise and how it helped with her character Evelyne.