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This is what it feels like describing your D&D character to someone that doesn't play D&D
So, I played in a oneshot with a few friends. Set in a modern setting with a lot of fantasy elements. One of the races in the setting are Men In Black, which are basically an alien insectoid species that look specifically like a human in a suit so they can infiltrate the government.
My character was a one of these 'Men In Black', and my entire backstory was that he failed to join an office / government job. So he got a job as a construction worker, and got a drinking problem because he's sad. Also he's is awful at pretending to be human.
The entire oneshot was: Me (M.I.B. Drunken Master Monk), some War-forged Warlock, and a random Human Bard. We were all invited to a giant building in the woods. It turned out it was a cult. The War-forged was there to be an actual viewer (he didn't know what he was getting into), The bard was just a random comedian they hired, and I was the "Human" Sacrifice.
It ended with a fight against a demon that had a specific attack to break your spine (Bane vs Batman style), that like halved your Speed Dex and Str... After it already hit me... The DM realized that it specifically doesn't effect creatures without a normal skeleton...
I got snapped like a kitkat bar, then got back up like nothing was wrong.
And the best part? I named my character:
Mike Harrictor
Bad RPG idea:
Players play a round or two of exquisite corpse. Everyone has to pick one of the drawings. That’s their character now.