First Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons™ Character Creation
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22: Design a Character Symbol
Originally, Dungeons & Dragons character papers from TSR had a small space in which the player was invited to draw a picture of his character or a symbol representing the character. This became part of the MyWorld character sheets from the beginning, and continued when character papers were computerized. Many referees will find this step superfluous; however, many players will want to do this even if it is not required by the referee. These instructions are given in MyWorld; referees may vary these for their own campaigns:
The character symbol will be a small picture which will appear on the top of the printed character sheet. It is principally to help define the character visually, but it also serves the function of making the top sheet for a particular character easy to identify quickly. The limitations are that it may not be lewd or vulgar, it must be able to be rendered by the referee (or provided in suitable computer format by you) at a size not larger than two inches high, and that it must be rendered in black and white for printing on top of the character page. Typical character symbols contain images of weapons, animals, familiar objects such as keys and boots, letters, very brief sayings, abstracts or allegedly meaningful designs (such as an imagined written oriental character), religious symbols (crosses, stars), images of magic (fireballs, lightning bolts), bits of equipment (lock picks, books, candles), smoke, shapes, rarely body parts (usually arms) or parts of monsters (such as a dragon head). The player is encouraged to use his imagination.
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