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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-06T03:27:26.000Z",
  "site": "https://probablybadrpgideas.tumblr.com",
  "tags": [
    "rpg",
    "roleplaying game",
    "Character idea",
    "gaslighting cw"
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  "textContent": "  * Start with an existing character to take out most of the work. Just change the name, personality, goals, appearance, motivation, backstory and abilities.\n  * Take a classic RPG archetype and invert it. Instead of alive elf, dead elf. Instead of alive space marine, dead space marine. Instead of dead vampire, some guy.\n  * Wait for another player to finish making their character, then grab their character sheet and try to gaslight them into thinking you wrote it.\n  * Wait until the campaign starts. Once the GM introduces an NPC, stop the campaign and declare that one’s yours now.\n  * Pick one flaw from each member of your game group and combine them into one highly insulting character.\n  * Make a character in another, more difficult system first so making one in _this_ system suddenly feels much easier in this comparison.\n  * Just search your name on Deviantart and see what pops up. Luck of the draw!\n  * Set up a specialist sub-subcommittee to investigate the problem. They predict that, if funding continues, you should have a functioning character within 5-7 weeks.\n  * Just don’t bother. We all know that scheduling errors are going to cancel the game anyway. Why delude yourself?\n\n",
  "title": "Quick ways to build a character if you’re struggling"
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