I just wanted to give a quick shout-out about some recent posts by Martin Thomas at his blog, Daddy Rolled a 1. He’s been writing a series on making characters weird. So far, he’s posted random weird trait tables for the fighter and cleric classes. I’ve had a blast reading about these traits, and I feel there are some good (and often humorous) ideas that could spice up the standard classes if your group is not opposed to “weird” elements. Not sure if you want to bother reading his stuff? Well, here’s an example of one of his weird traits for clerics:
“SEVERED HEAD. You carry the severed head of the previous leader of your religious order. The head speaks to you and gives advice on faith. Others can’t hear it speaking to you. One day, a disciple of yours will carry your head in the same manner.“
Haha, that’s awesome! If this kind of color and flavor floats your boat as well, then it may be worthwhile to read his stuff. If anything, his ideas may spark your own creativity. Here are the links:
The fighter quirks are pretty excellent and the addition of weird traits facilitates the adoption of epithets for PC that you mentioned previously
Hey Victor! Yea, I think that could work…the two house rules might compliment one another. Thanks for the comment!