Fictional Characters
Basic Information
Fictional Characters are somewhat like Mythological Characters, except that instead of coming from a body of legend or folklore, they can be traced to a specific work of fiction by a specific author. As with most definitions, this one gets a little fuzzy around the edges, but a good rule of thumb is, any character who is not a real person and does not exist in the Public Domain is Fictional.
Here are some to get started:
- Natty Bumppo
- Jack Burton
- George Edward Challenger
- Doctor Dolittle
- Dorian Gray
- Count Dracula
- Figaro
- Hamlet Prince of Denmark
- Sherlock Holmes
- Indiana Jones
- Fu Manchu
- Captain Nemo
- Alan Quatermain
- Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
- Doc Savage
- She
- Don Diego Vega
- Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks
- Doctor John H. Watson
- Bertie Wooster
Sources
Bibliography
1. full source reference
Game and Story Use
- Such characters might make interesting NPCs for the players to meet.
- If you are feeling sacrilegious, and willing to risk a bit of silliness, you may have the fictional characters be parodies of their famous reputations.
- Rub the serial numbers off them, and they might be good models for a PC.
- Or, they might make good members of a League of Extraordinary Whatevers
- Warning: Overuse of Fictional Characters may lead to Roy Thomas Syndrome.
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