TatlTails
They Can't Order Me To Stop Dreaming
I stick with persistent characters. I have five that I like to use, and that I've been developing for years. They've practically become my children by this point, and I know them all so well that making new characters feels alien to me.
I tweak backstories the most, since each genre of RP has things play out in different ways, and appearance is obviously in question for that, but personalities largely remain the same. I have a wide variety of archetypes to choose from, and all the characters work well bouncing off each other, so they usually bounce well off of other people's characters. And I just love them so much, why would I abandon my babies for the sake of variety?
I tweak backstories the most, since each genre of RP has things play out in different ways, and appearance is obviously in question for that, but personalities largely remain the same. I have a wide variety of archetypes to choose from, and all the characters work well bouncing off each other, so they usually bounce well off of other people's characters. And I just love them so much, why would I abandon my babies for the sake of variety?