Does the champion have a personality? If so, what is it?

[Abranovic]

It seems to me that the champion doesn't have a concrete personality, is the champion's personality the player's personality or does he have his personality, and how it affects our decisions? It seems to me that he has no opinion but to choose what position he will fuck or if he wants to fuck.

 

[Wsan]

Here's an old but mostly accurate excerpt from the writer's guide.

The player's personality is measured by Corruption. Particularly high (75+) or low (25-) will automatically move your personality type, but certain events can also trigger movement on the scale. If your Corruption score moves within the 26-74 zone, it won't change your personality type (though specific corruption gates can impact individual scenes at the author's discretion).

The Dark Knight: High corruption brings in dialogue that is much more selfish, hedonistic, and aggressive(ly sexual). You don't mind stepping on others to get what you want, and nothing matters more than your own pleasure. The Dark Knight has little empathy for others or care for their desires. A mix of Brute and Hard from TiTS.

Please for the love of God don't make it Corrupt = Domme, Pure = Subby. A corrupt submissive or a pure dominant should be just as possible; Corruption is more about whose needs come first, consent, and empathy. A corrupt PC gleefully demands others do what's uncomfortable for them, even if that's power-bottoming an NPC into throwing the PC over the edge of the bed and railing her until she's a cummy mess.

Champion: Low corruption is not necessarily chaste, but is compassionate and good-natured, much like the "Kind" of TiTS, though they may have a slight snarky streak. Champion PCs are more eager to help people, even at a cost to themselves, and are more willing to engage with lovers in mutually-beneficial ways rather than demanding their needs be met first and foremost.

Bimbo. A feminine, cum-hungry sex addict with a vapid vocabulary and an incredible lust, but also empathetic and fun-loving. Bimbos are a middle ground, as sex-fueled as Corrupt PCs are, but much more about taking pleasure whenever and however they can get it: they don't need to get people to do what they don't want to; the Bimbo wants to do whatever they want to instead!

The Bimbo personality overrides Corrupt/Pure in many situations. It's removed either by moving past an alignment barrier, or by specific actions or items that clear it. Bimboism isn't a curse you can't get rid of (by default...), but it's not easy either.

Bimbo is feminine-gated (ie, female, herm, shemale only). Any TF/event that needs to impart Bimbo also needs to shift/lock femininity.

It's incredibly ironic to me that we continually need to point this and other corruption-related things out because it's so seamlessly integrated that you won't know it's there unless you're told, apparently. Perhaps we should have gone the Bioware route and made you punt puppies the moment you hit 50 corruption.

 

[Soldier660]

Here's an old but mostly accurate excerpt from the writer's guide.



It's incredibly ironic to me that we continually need to point this and other corruption-related things out because it's so seamlessly integrated that you won't know it's there unless you're told, apparently. Perhaps we should have gone the Bioware route and made you punt puppies the moment you hit 50 corruption.

If you give me some paragon Moments, i´m in. Take my money.

 

[WolframL]

Yeah, there is a personality that gets altered by your actions (Bimbo/Dark Knight personalities being the most obvious) but there are more subtle things that can be influenced by your actions that give them some personality traits. For example, how you interact with Ryn when approaching her is dictated by her hidden confidence stat and implies some things about the Champion's personality. Low-confidence Ryn is someone they feel entitled to grope as a way of saying hi, neutral/high-confidence Ryn just gets a hug implying they respect her more.

Beyond the big personality shifts and the subtle things you might miss (one reason it's fun to have multiple runs with different play styles) a lot is left to the player to fill in the mental gaps. On occasion that might conflict with the writing; ie because this is a game that's all about sex the Champion is going to find all their potential willing partners attractive whatever your mental image of their sexual preferences are. But for the most part you can imagine them as having specific personality traits that you want and the writing isn't going to contradict them. I've got a 'Han Solo-esque in it for their own hide, then money, then maybe helping people' Thief and a 'thinks like romantic fiction and makes potentially dumb decisions as a result' Warrior as two of my Champions and both fit in with the narrative without much issue.