I think the prior reply explained it best though. You’re not literally copying and pasting a fictional character into your world and just changing their name. You’re using good characters from fiction and copying their tropes into your world. Because those tropes work and they exist for a reason.
In any work of fiction, including building a TTRPG world, it is assumed you will be borrowing inspiration from other sources. I can’t imagine having to try to come up with 100% unique characters and ideas to run for my players. I’ve had lots of instances too where I come up with something I think is original and a player asks “oh wait, is this inspired by X?”
Point of the ramble being: everything has been thought of to some degree—it’s how the applications are used in your world that make them unique. Plus when we encounter a character that reminds us of an existing really good one, I think it makes it easier/more comfortable to get into a good RP mood with them. And even more fun when you do subversions of their existing character.
Yeah, after reading all of the replies, I get it now. I took the original post way too literally. I can see how recycling popular character tropes would be a good idea.
I think the prior reply explained it best though. You’re not literally copying and pasting a fictional character into your world and just changing their name. You’re using good characters from fiction and copying their tropes into your world. Because those tropes work and they exist for a reason.
In any work of fiction, including building a TTRPG world, it is assumed you will be borrowing inspiration from other sources. I can’t imagine having to try to come up with 100% unique characters and ideas to run for my players. I’ve had lots of instances too where I come up with something I think is original and a player asks “oh wait, is this inspired by X?”
Point of the ramble being: everything has been thought of to some degree—it’s how the applications are used in your world that make them unique. Plus when we encounter a character that reminds us of an existing really good one, I think it makes it easier/more comfortable to get into a good RP mood with them. And even more fun when you do subversions of their existing character.
Yeah, after reading all of the replies, I get it now. I took the original post way too literally. I can see how recycling popular character tropes would be a good idea.