#murder oc victims alignment chart

[feral-mouse]

IT'S FINALLY HERE 😩. THE MURDER OC VICTIMS ALIGNMENT CHART 😭

This took me much longer than I thought, and especially filling it out, but I think that's just because I'm using TWENTY CHARACTERS PAJFNKSOWJ. (I am not mad, thank you all for submitting in your ocs, this is really fun to do 🙏. It is just also a lot of thinking and writing pajfjjska)

Anyone is free to use it, and if you'd like, you can also tag me so I can see what you guys fill out 😌

For clarification, in the last section, "Survives (Killed)" means that these victims have survived the murder oc by killing them 💦

[stompanieart]

something i see a lot of people coming up with characters for bg3/dnd/stories/whatever fall victim to is the old dnd alignment chart. you know the one. it is, for brevity's sake, an utter pile of shit. it's so bad that dnd itself has moved away from it, and implemented something in 5e i think is super useful, and i want to make sure more people know about it.

ideals, flaws, and bonds as an alternative to a shitty morality chart below the cut (this ended up being a VERY long post, but i think it's useful if you find yourself wondering how the fuck you're supposed to make an interesting character within the super tight constraints of the alignment chart. short answer: you're not.)

if you look at a dnd character sheet now, there are spaces for these three things, and they provide a great framework for roleplaying that allows a lot more flexibility than saying "lawful good" or "chaotic evil".

ideals: pretty easy! what are your character's strongest beliefs? what are the principles that guide their decisions? do they believe all life is sacred? or that evil should be vanquished at any cost? just remember that this is how a character says they live their life, or wants to live their life, not necessarily how they do.

flaws: also pretty easy, but the trap here is giving them something too fancy and unique (i know, your oc is special and nothing about them is boring--but i promise you boring is good sometimes). "they hate x guy so much they'll betray their beliefs." okay, great start (and something you should hold onto for the next section), but what if they never meet that guy? "they hate x guy so much they refuse to trust any paladins, or any dwarves" is much more likely to come up. going very mundane (they have a short temper, they're always giving their thoughts on something whether people want it or not, etc) are also good places to start. you just want it to be something that could actually, reasonably cause friction in your oc's world.

bonds: this one is the most fun, and also the one people struggle with ime. we tend to think of bonds as positive, but here it just means "a link between points." the important part is that it's strong, whether it's positive or negative. it could be with an item, like a ring a parent gave them on their death bed. it could be with another person, like an old friend they thought was dead, or the man they thought was the murderer. this is something that, like an ideal, guides how they live their life, but in a much more subtle, frequently unconscious, way. go nuts with this one, it's the kind of thing you can work up into a plot for a story, or give to your dm for drama.

here's good ol' brid, a character who ping pongs wildly between true neutral, chaotic good, lawful good, and lawful evil so often as to make that stupid chart entirely useless, as an example:

ideals: brid is a bard and a scholar through and through--art, history, and stories are what make us us. creating art, specifically music, and and recording stories, then spreading them far and wide, is the highest purpose to which one can aspire.

flaws: brid has a deep mistrust, if not outright hatred, of wizards, and will not discuss why. she also has an unpredictable temper, and tends to lash out with the most hurtful insults she can think of when set off. because she feels duty-bound to record stories, she can be intensely nosy.

bonds: a wizard from her youth in waterdeep, the unbreakable lute she carries, enchanted with magic she can't explain, her parents, one dead, one estranged.

this gives you a good idea of who brid would be and how she would behave at the start of a story, or campaign, or game. if we look at her through the lens of baldur's gate 3, we can see how she'd make lawful good decisions--save lae'zel because wow, a gith is rare, what a story she must have, even if she did try and kill me that one time. we can see how she'd make chaotic evil decisions--shove gale back in that fucking portal because he's a godsdamned stinking wizard, and he cannot be trusted. and there is also plenty of space for her to grow and change--shadowheart and astarion stop her from murdering gale in cold blood, and he ends up being so gosh darn affable she considers that some wizards, a very small, vanishingly tiny number of them, might be decent.

ideals, flaws, and bonds aren't perfect, but like i said, i think they're a great way to give yourself a good setup for a character, and good points of reference you can touch back on when their personality or behavior doesn't just flow out of you when writing or roleplaying. i did a very rough version of this before writing brid, and i feel like it helped keep her consistent, and the changes in her behavior as the story went on make more sense. give it a shot if you're feeling lost with a character!

[feral-mouse]

OH MY GOD SO MANY PEOPLE DIED OSJPAJFJKS. I'M SO SORRY RANDY IS SUCH A HARD BITCH TO SURVIVE 😭😭😭. But anyways, let's get into the statistics 👀

I sadly won't be going through every character, but I'll try to explain my rankings

You can find the template here

First I'm gonna provide some color coding assignments, so if you wanna look for a specific oc, it'll be easier to do so lol

RED: Squirrel, Skull, Eugene

ORANGE: Tantrum, Clove, Fester, Elowyn

YELLOW: Cyrus

GREEN: Davis

BLUE: Dan, Bo, Oenis

PURPLE: Conrad, Ronny

PINK: Kalani, Colin, Vesper, Theo, Sable

Most/Least Likely to get Kidnapped

Dan is at the number one slot. SOMEONE HELP HIM. RANDY HAS BEEN MEANING TO EAT HIM FOR MONTHS NOW PSJFJSKA. THE SECOND DAVIS IS OUT OF THE PICTURE, DAN IS A DEAD MAN

Squirrel is next. Since she loves climbing trees, this means she's always out in the woods, and has a high likelihood of bumping into Randy lol

Then I have Conrad in third place because honestly, I feel like she's a danger magnet pajjcjs. Maybe she's seen way too many people bring Randy back to their hotel rooms, only for them to be found dead the next night. She made the mistake to confront him about it 😤

I've placed the people in the middle because I feel like they wouldn't be as likely to run into Randy, whether it's because they hang out in the wrong crowds, or because they won't venture the woods at night lol. It is leading with Vesper and Bo because they would smell delicious. Randy would approach them first 😔 pshjcksl

The last five starts with Fester. He might be too intimidating for Randy to try to eat lol. Randy does not want to get into a losing fight 😤. Next is Cyrus, who is only placed so low because he is VERY CAUTIOUS. He is making sure not to run into ANYONE. He wants to stay hidden. Davis is after him because if Randy goes after him, Dan might start to get suspicious. And he does honestly get the vibes that Davis wants to kill him too (he does lol). Oenis is there because he honestly does not look appetizing at all 😭. He looks so dirty and like he'd taste gross 😭

Then in the very last place is Skull. RANDY DOES NOT WANNA GET INTO A FIGHT WITH THIS GUY. HE COULD VERY CLEARLY OVERPOWER RANDY, AND HE DOES NOT WANNA TAKE THE RISK PSJFJKSL

Favorite/Horrendous Victim

Davis 👏 is 👏 number 👏 one 👏 👁👁. HUNT THAT BITCH DOOOOWN. Randy would honestly love to hunt Davis. Give him a taste of his own medicine. He'd love to put him in his place. Randy is actually stronger than Davis. Davis would put up a good fight, and it'd definitely be very fun for Randy to watch him struggle, but unfortunately, he is going to end up dead. Randy has a vendetta against Davis. Not only is Davis preventing him from kidnapping Dan, but he's also just so passively aggressive in general. He gets bad vibes from Davis, and feels like Davis is constantly judging him (which he is). Randy hates those types of people

Squirrel and Colin are next because Randy would have a blast hunting them down. I feel like Squirrel's not the type to go down without a fight. You know she's gonna be climbing up trees and using that to her advantage. It's gonna be something that Randy's never seen before. Sure, people have climbed the trees to get away from him, but Squirrel is different, she's experienced, she knows what she's doing and she's swift with it. For Colin, Randy would be mesmerized by his outfit, and also he'd love watching Colin squirm and freak out lol. He's such a cutie that you could gobble right up! 😋

Starting from Theo, Randy starts to have less of an enjoyable time because these people are fighting back lol. He does love a good chase, but also he does NOT like dying. If you're fighting him with the intent to kill, he's putting a stop to that immediately. That being said, I do still think Randy would have a good time interacting with some of them. Theo seems super nice, and Tantrum would honestly be a blast to fight, he would love her spirit >:). Clove would be very fascinating as well, considering he's a fox beastkin. After the initial awe though, Randy is going to have to adjust to fighting him. I'd imagine Clove is very nimble, so that would really catch Randy off guard

Eugene's right in the middle because he would be too boring, he's too passive 😔 pzjfks. Ronny and Sable would be too eager to kill Randy, so he doesn't like them either lol. Same with Skull, Cyrus, and Fester, except they'd REALLY wanna kill Randy osjfkl

Elowyn is in last place because Randy would honestly just find her annoying psjfksk. She would be going into this too tactically. She is coming up with plans and backup plans, trying to figure out how to use the woods to her advantage, coming up with ways to manipulate Randy. But all of that shit would fly over his head. Nothing she says is gonna land with him. He's just gonna be like "she talks way too much and I don't get any of it 🙄" before stabbing her in the stomach lol

DEAD

For the last section, I'm gonna start by talking about the people who die lol

Unfortunately, Vesper, Bo, Dan, Conrad, Elowyn, Eugene, Colin, Cyrus, and Tantrum getting EATEN PAJFKSKA. The others are getting eaten too, but they're dying in a scuffle. I'm sure everyone is fighting back, but these guys are fighting back. Tantrum and Cyrus are too, but I feel like they're easier to take down than the last three

Survivors who KILLED

Theo, Skull, and Clove are killing Randy. Of course, Theo is immortal lol. So even if Randy somehow kills him, Theo is getting back up when Randy least expects it and is stabbing him in the back

Skull's massive size and wolf strength is easily overpowering Randy

I feel like Clove would also get the upper hand on Randy because he's not used to hunting people who are so quick. Clove is dodging all of his swings and it would honestly freak him out lol. Randy wouldn't be thinking straight in his panic 😔

FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HE SPARES

He is vibing. He is chilling. They are all having a good time

Once Randy learns that Sable has been the one who's dumping bodies in the middle of the woods, they are immediately becoming best friends pekfkw. Killer solidarity. Sable needs a way to get rid of the bodies, and Randy needs to eat

I think Kalani would know exactly what to say to win Randy over and spare her, whether they end up as friends or lovers 😌

Squirrel is also just so cool. I could see them getting along really quickly lol. Randy might stop hunting her in the middle of it because her vibes are fantastic

Oenis is also surviving because the two of them would also get along lol. They have the same type of humor, and honestly I can imagine the both of them hunting people down together lol. Also, since Oenis is a shapeshifter, it would be an instant party trick between the two of them lol. Randy would love watching him turn into different people lol. (Also Oenis would NOT be pleasant to eat osjfjks. Man is too dense and chewy, he's grooosssss 😭)

Characters belong to...

@hurrl: Conrad, Kalani, Squirrel

@derekgoffard: Colin, Tantrum

@dread0narrival: Clove, Vesper

@weirdo-canniboy: Theo, Skull, Fester

@the-bees-knives: Oenis

The rest belong to me lol

[feral-mouse]

I'm currently working on Davis's alignment chart right now

But I wanted to say, if anyone wanted a more in-depth explanation for anyone's ranking, you can always send in an ask and I'll be happy to go into detail 😊

[feral-mouse]

Aight hear me out. I'm gonna make an alignment chart/tier list/scale/whatever the fuck this would be classified as lol, where it's ranking who the most likely characters are that my murder ocs would kidnap

If you also want me to put your ocs on the tier list, feel free to send some victims in >:)

You can send in as many characters as you want. If I haven't made a chibi icon for them already, I will also be making their icons and posting them later uwu