2025 Character Creation Challenge 3: Rhapsody of Blood

 Day three and time for Rhapsody of Blood. This game is an alternative setting for the game Legacy: Life among the ruins where instead of it being post apocalyptic, its generations of your family huntding down a vampire or similar monster that resides in a cursed castle. So basically Castlevania.

Making a character for this game felt very similar to games like Monster of the Week and other powered by the apocalypse style games where You pick playbooks and then traits that come with the playbook. I have no problem with that system as that makes sure that player get to have highly thematic abilites that will amloast always be relevant, That does also however make character creation very strightforward as I just bacially choose a few option then I'm done. Good for setting up a game quickly, But might feel a bit underwhelming for someone who wants to highly customize ones character.

I do however love how you kinda combine two playbooks where the first is your faimilies that stick with you through the campiagn, and an individual playbook that changes as it goes to the next generation.

I will also highlight the Reckoners "And next you'll say... " ability, It's literally Joseph Joestars trick with the same name from Jojo's Bizarre adventure. If that doesn't sell you on the game I don't know what will.

Rhapsody of Blood character sheet

Drawing of Adelaide

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