Characters March 2025: Deviants

New month, new challenge. This time, I decided to go through the TTRPG Character Creation Jam. The goal of this jam is to create 31 characters throughout March. I will revisit games I made, make characters for them, and rate them with my current point of view on them. I'm gonna put little effort into these articles, since there's likely gonna be 31 of them.

My ratings will be done on four scales, each ranging from 1 to 5:

• RPG: How much does this feel like an RPG to me, as opposed to a board game?
• Soup Stone: How little content does the game expect you to add? For this scale, 0 is a complete Soup Stone since I'd like to sum the scores to see the game's total score.
• Would I Play: If I were given a chance to, would I play this game?
• Would I Write: If I were inspired enough and had time/energy for it, would I get back to working on this game?

Deviants

My first proper TTRPG. Deviants was based on a simple premise, playing superpowered people in a modern setting. It was very inspired by Prototype and inFamous, and I believe it holds up well enough.

My character grew up in a big city where the game takes place. He's a grounded person who doesn't overuse his powers too much, but he uses them for good. He probably hides them and tries to live a normal life for the most part. His powers allow him to manipulate Neodynium, which is why he purchased a whole set of Neodynium magnets and made a cool weapon out of them. I'm imagining something akin to the Buster Sword that can split into several floating parts he can telekinetically manipulate. Though I'm not sure if he'd be that violent. As for his name, Drew Near.

Ratings

5/5 RPG. No arguing with this; it's quite a freeform game.

1/5 Soup Stone. That being said, the only thing the game gives you beyond the core resolution mechanics-wise is the system for injuries. Anything beyond that would have to be added to the game.

3/5 Would I Play. I could go with this if I needed to run a quick game with very little player-side prep. However, I'm afraid the GM need to prepare a lot more.

4/5 Would I Write. I don't have ideas as to how I could expand the system or whether it even needs expanding. But yes, if I had everything necessary for an update, I would be very willing to republish this game as a better product.

13/20 Total Rating