1-4, 12, 14, 18 and 19 (or just some of them) for your favourite OC?
Favourite OC - I’ll do Trick, then!
1. What was the first element of your OC that you remember considering (name, appearance, backstory, etc.)?
I think their look came about pretty quickly, as well as the base idea of their character. I wanted to play a tiefling, and a pirate. I was considering making them a rogue and a swashbuckler too, but I really wanted to play a flirty bard, SOOO…. here we go.
2. Did you design them with any other characters/OCs from their universe in mind?
3. How did you choose their name?
Ok, so, their name is a straight ripoff from Critical Role. ‘Trick’ fit their clever and cunning personality I was originally going for, and tiefling names just Are Like That, and I love them… and then I thought of Pike Trickfoot from CR and just stole the other half of her last name as well lol
4. In developing their backstory, what elements of the world they live in played the most influential parts?
That there were pirates…. Oh, and a coup that happened in the world a few years before our game, that pushed a big event in Trick’s life that’s pretty much set in motion all their growth right now
(but that wasn’t as much me developing their backstory, as my DM going “ok how will you deal with this” and me still trying to figure that out lmao)
12. What have you found to be most difficult about creating art for your OC (any form of art: writing, drawing, edits, etc.)?
Consistency, I think! Writing-wise, mostly, keeping their character consistent and logical, especially when RPing. Art-wise, I think showing how varied they are in terms or presentation and gender! I need to draw them playing around w gender more bc that’s what they DO.
14. If you had to narrow it down to 2 things that you MUST keep in mind while working with your OC, what would those things be?
oh boy! I guess… That they’re afraid of being alone, and a bleeding heart, but trying to cover both of those things up. (I guess that’s three things, lol)
18. What is the most recent thing you’ve discovered about your OC?
I discover a lot of new shit about Trick constantly, but maybe the most recent one is…. They have something in their past that has left some very deep marks on them, and they do not realize that - or are just now starting to realize that. Another one is that they have got to do a thing that makes me as a player a little uncomfortable, but it’s something that’s good for them, and for me, so they’ll do it. But that’s spoiler territory! x)
19. What is your favorite fact about your OC?
Anonymous said: 8 for trick! :D
8. What (if anything) do you relate to within their character/story?
SO MUCH… Trick is actually just made up of parts I find attractive and parts I’ve projected onto them without noticing. Being young and feeling that very hard at times, the sort of emotional immaturity that comes from lack of experience, feeling inadequate, feeling lonely even when they’ve got an amazing family and good friends, craving for things they don’t know if they deserve… I mean, A LOT.
cottagegay said: 14, 15, 16 for Trick ✌
15. What is something about your OC can make you laugh?
They’re truly a dumb fuck and not as suave as they pretend to be, and their party brings out the dork in them, so whenever it’s not all doom and gloom and serious character drama, some pretty fun interactions happen and I laugh a lot.
16. What is something about your OC can make you cry?
That a lot of their flaws and insecurities are my flaws, and when those come up in game or in conversations about Trick, it makes me cry a little every time, and especially when they have people treat them with kindness despite those flaws.
