In "Honor" of the new Ninja Turtles move I thought I'd bring this one back: using the game books for the old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles RPG games (yes those did exist) to let anyone who is interested make their own characters... unfortunately, it didn't go very far last time, so let's give it another try, shall we?
Simply roll a random number out 100 (preferably with an online roller, but I'm not picky in that regard) for each category, and I'll tell you what each one is.
But first, you have to pick which setting (and therefore, category/animal) you want. See, not only is there the original game book, (which, as mentioned before it set in New York), there are the follow-up books, Road Hogs, which has wildlife from the west, Mutants Down Under, set in in Australia (obviously), Mutants in Avalon, which takes place in the British Isles, and finally, Mutants of Yucatan, based on South American wildlife. The last few books are set in space/involve time travel, but we're not working with those.
Now for the categories:
Category (Urban, Wild Bird, Zoo Animal, ect.) :
Animal:
Cause of Mutation (whether by accident, done on purpose, or just random chance):
Education (Obviously, how they learned what they did) :
Extra (If you ended up rolling a Deliberate Cause of Mutation, this will determine exactly who was responsible for your character's mutation. Or, if you have a dog character, it decides what breed):
Normally you would also roll for stats... but I'm bad with math, so we'll just skip that. And once that's done, I'll look up the numbers and post what I find (every five posts or so).
Once I put up the results, you can come up with a name and backstory for your character (but please keep it clean).
Also, they have to have Human Attributes, like for instance:
Do they have full human hands, animal paws, or something in between? (Or in the case of bird characters, do they have wings and an extra par of hands?)
Can they speak easily, only partially well, or not at all?
Can they even stand upright? Or are they just hunched over?
And finally, can they pass as human, or do they look more animal-like, or a mix of both?
(Note that some animals, like monkeys, for instance, already are partially bipedal with partially human hands)
Otherwise, just have fun!
Simply roll a random number out 100 (preferably with an online roller, but I'm not picky in that regard) for each category, and I'll tell you what each one is.
But first, you have to pick which setting (and therefore, category/animal) you want. See, not only is there the original game book, (which, as mentioned before it set in New York), there are the follow-up books, Road Hogs, which has wildlife from the west, Mutants Down Under, set in in Australia (obviously), Mutants in Avalon, which takes place in the British Isles, and finally, Mutants of Yucatan, based on South American wildlife. The last few books are set in space/involve time travel, but we're not working with those.
Now for the categories:
Category (Urban, Wild Bird, Zoo Animal, ect.) :
Animal:
Cause of Mutation (whether by accident, done on purpose, or just random chance):
Education (Obviously, how they learned what they did) :
Extra (If you ended up rolling a Deliberate Cause of Mutation, this will determine exactly who was responsible for your character's mutation. Or, if you have a dog character, it decides what breed):
Normally you would also roll for stats... but I'm bad with math, so we'll just skip that. And once that's done, I'll look up the numbers and post what I find (every five posts or so).
Once I put up the results, you can come up with a name and backstory for your character (but please keep it clean).
Also, they have to have Human Attributes, like for instance:
Do they have full human hands, animal paws, or something in between? (Or in the case of bird characters, do they have wings and an extra par of hands?)
Can they speak easily, only partially well, or not at all?
Can they even stand upright? Or are they just hunched over?
And finally, can they pass as human, or do they look more animal-like, or a mix of both?
(Note that some animals, like monkeys, for instance, already are partially bipedal with partially human hands)
Otherwise, just have fun!
