Once upon a time, in a virtual world set in a certain sci fi universe, fans gathered to portray characters of their own invention living out lives in their beloved theme. In text. Where the closest things to graphics were those impressive creations known as Ascii Art.
And into that virtual world was born one improbable, perhaps impossible, Chino-Polish Gypsy Magician. Or perhaps more properly, Magician/Pickpocket/Con Man/Circus Performer/Thespian/Cowboy/Busboy/Master of Disguise. Imagine, if you will, Artemus Gordon of Wild Wild West combined with Hannibal Smith and Face of A-Team and Artful Dodge from Oliver Twist, with just a little Murdock from A-Team thrown in for good measure, and you have the roleplaying entity known as the Magnificent Chang. Obvious and inscrutable, frivolous and deeply serious and sometimes deadly....and maybe just a little bit mad. The Magnificent Chang. A fool and a clown, but like the Jesters of many old tales, often the only one who truly knew how things stood and had the license to say so, if perhaps wrapping it in a riddle and an enigma so that the easily distracted would not notice while those most suited to take action would see beneath to the important truth.
When roleplaying, my characters tend to be believably and likably outlandish. That's not to say I never make a serious character or a simple and straightforward one. But I often excel with the outlandish ones that allow creative and absurd responses to a situation.
