Building a Better Table: Creating Memorable Player Characters


Start Date & Time Thursday - 9:00 AM CST
Duration 1.0 hours
Type Seminar
System None
Location Mendota 3 - 171
Gaming Experience Newcomers Welcome
Age Range All Ages (6+)
Host Bruce Cordell
With Ed Greenwood

Ticket Information

Cost $0.00
Availability 75 of 75 available

It’s possible to just play a version of yourself in a roleplaying game that has abilities and skills you don’t have. Yet Player Characters can be so much more! What is it like to have scales, or a tail? If you could fly, or hurl spells, or run along tightropes high above a busy street, what would you DO? We explore how to make Player Characters more than “Fighter Bob.” Techniques for making your characters really memorable, so they become new friends, fondly remembered.

Special Guest

Bruce Cordell

Bruce has been writing tabletop RPGs for decades, working as a full-time author for D&D 2E, 3E, 3.5, 4E, and 5E. Now a senior designer at MCG, Bruce still writes games. He's also the author of ten published novels and is working on finishing the next two via his page on Patreon.

Conference Floor Plan — Table