Over at Grognardia today, James looks at some early pre-generated characters in old-school D&D products:
I've always had a soft spot for Borg, primarily because of the way he's presented – as if written on a sheet of ruled paper of the sort every child uses in school (though his player's penmanship is far better than that of almost any child I ever knew). It's a reminder that character sheets, while useful, are unnecessary for a game that originally proclaimed itself "playable with paper and pencil and miniature figures."
That bit reminded me of this piece I did for Adventure Anthology: Blood earlier this year:
Poor old Warninglid there is a legitimate LotFP character, but he wasn't run through an adventure, so his death is simulated. Er, more so than any role-playing character, I mean.
You can get Adventure Anthology: Blood in print here (EU) or here (US), or in pdf here, but this is all you will see of Warninglid, alas.
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