History Creator / ChrisAvellone

* DeadpanSnarker: After the successful funding of ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera'', Chris took to introducing himself as "writer, video game designer, and occasional Website/{{Kickstarter}} stretch goal".

He has then gone on to be involved in a number of Website/{{Kickstarter}} games, including Obsidian's ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', Creator/InXileEntertainment's ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland 2}}'' and ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera'' and even became "special guest writer" for ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight: [[UpdatedRerelease Advanced Edition]]''. He left Obsidian in June 2015, apparently to focus on his Kickstarter Stretch Goal career full-time, as the next project he worked on was ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII''. He would later return to the industry, working on ''Videogame/Prey2017'', with ''VideoGame/DyingLight2'' to follow. His writing also appears in ''VideoGame/IntoTheBreach''.

* ''VideoGame/IcewindDaleII'' (2002; designer)

* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas (2010; writer, lead for the DLC add-ons)
* ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland 2}} (2014; additional design)

* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas (2010 ;writer, lead for the DLC add-ons)

Avellone is noted for subverting trends in [=RPGs=] that he often finds particularly infuriating. In ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', he took his dislike of the [[TheGoomba Goomba]] tendencies of rats and utilized cranium rats, which are troublesome when encountered in large numbers. In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicII'', he took his dislike of the way that the Force is often portrayed and used it to create a character that sought, for better or worse, to kill the Force entirely. He is also noted for making established game mechanics part of the story. In ''[=KotOR2=]'', your player character was described as being able to gain power through the Force by killing others, involving the ExperiencePoints system directly in the story. In ''Planescape: Torment'', the Nameless One's immortality made death not a liability, but an advantage, allowing the player to circumvent some {{death trap}}s by simply dying, and reviving later once they had been removed from the death trap. He is also known for having a very extreme aversion to traditional [[RomanceSidequest romances]], preferring ones that are somewhat tragic or unrequited.

* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicII'' (2002; lead designer and writer)

He has then gone on to be involved in a number of Website/{{Kickstarter}} games, including Obsidian's ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', Creator/InXileEntertainment's ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland 2}}'' and ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera'' and even became "special guest writer" for ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight: [[UpdatedRerelease Advanced Edition]]''. He left Obsidian in June 2015, apparently to focus on his Kickstarter Stretch Goal career full-time, as the next project he worked on was ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII''. He would later return to the industry with ''Videogame/Prey2017'', and his current projects are ''VideoGame/PathfinderKingmaker'' and ''VideoGame/DyingLight2''. His writing also appears in ''VideoGame/IntoTheBreach''.

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He has then gone on to be involved in a number of Website/{{Kickstarter}} games, including Obsidian's ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', Creator/InXileEntertainment's ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland 2}}'' and ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera'' and even became "special guest writer" for ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight: [[UpdatedRerelease Advanced Edition]]''. He left Obsidian in June 2015, apparently to focus on his Kickstarter Stretch Goal career full-time, as the next project he worked on was ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII''. He would later return to the industry with ''Videogame/Prey2017'', and his current projects are ''VideoGame/PathfinderKingmaker'' and ''VideoGame/DyingLight2''.

He has then gone on to be involved in a number of Website/{{Kickstarter}} games, including Obsidian's ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', Creator/InXileEntertainment's ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland 2}}'' and ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera'' and even became "special guest writer" for ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight: [[UpdatedRerelease Advanced Edition]]''. He left Obsidian in June 2015, apparently, to focus on his Kickstarter Stretch Goal career full-time, as the next project he worked on was ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII''. He then returned to the industry with ''Videogame/Prey2017''.His current project is ''VideoGame/PathfinderKingmaker''.

** Also, pyromaniacs ([[VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment Ignus]], [[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2 Qara]], [[PillarsOfEternity Durance]]).

He has then gone on to be involved in a number of Website/{{Kickstarter}} games, including Obsidian's ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', Creator/InXileEntertainment's ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland 2}}'' and ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera'' and even became "special guest writer" for ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight: [[UpdatedRerelease Advanced Edition]]''. He left Obsidian in June 2015, apparently, to focus on his Kickstarter Stretch Goal career full-time, as the next project he worked on was ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII''. He then returned to the industry with ''Videogame/Prey2017''.

Chris Avellone (born September 27, 1972) is an American video game designer and writer, who started out with Creator/InterplayEntertainment, working on such titles as ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' and the ''VideoGame/IcewindDale'' series. He left Interplay after the cancellation of ''VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren'' and headed over to Creator/ObsidianEntertainment. His first work there was ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', followed by ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' and action RPG ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol''. He then returned to the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series with ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', for which he is a senior designer and was heavily involved in the development of the DLC campaigns. He also starred in Season 2 of the fan project called ''FalloutNukaBreak'', which contained numerous nods to the original two Fallouts.

Chris Avellone, an American video game designer and writer, started out with Creator/InterplayEntertainment, working on such titles as ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' and the ''VideoGame/IcewindDale'' series. He left Interplay after the cancellation of ''VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren'' and headed over to Creator/ObsidianEntertainment. His first work there was ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', followed by ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' and action RPG ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol''. He then returned to the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series with ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', for which he is a senior designer and was heavily involved in the development of the DLC campaigns. He also starred in Season 2 of the fan project called ''FalloutNukaBreak'', which contained numerous nods to the original two Fallouts.

** Also, pyromaniacs ([[PlanescapeTorment Ignus]], [[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2 Qara]], [[PillarsOfEternity Durance]]).

'''Chris Avellone''', an American video game designer and writer, started out with Creator/InterplayEntertainment, working on such titles as ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' and the ''VideoGame/IcewindDale'' series. He left Interplay after the cancellation of ''VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren'' and headed over to Creator/ObsidianEntertainment. His first work there was ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', followed by ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' and action RPG ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol''. He then returned to the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series with ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', for which he is a senior designer and was heavily involved in the development of the DLC campaigns. He also starred in Season 2 of the fan project called ''FalloutNukaBreak'', which contained numerous nods to the original two Fallouts.

He has then gone on to be involved in a numberWebsite/{{Kickstarter}} games, including Obsidian's ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', Creator/InXileEntertainment's ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland 2}}'' and ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera'' and even became "special guest writer" for ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight: [[UpdatedRerelease Advanced Edition]]''. He left Obsidian in June 2015, apparently, to focus on his Kickstarter Stretch Goal career full-time, as the next project he worked on was ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII''. He then returned to the industry with ''Videogame/Prey2017''.

* AuthorAvatar: He has gone on record saying that he does characters like [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicII Kreia]] and [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Ulysses]] to convey his personal opinions on their settings. Interestingly, this doesn't stop him from claiming they are ''wrong''.

* BerserkButton: If you value your health, do '''not''' show a picture of [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords Darth Nihilus]] with a nose or any facial features to Chris Avellone. [[spoiler:The Dark Lord is a void in the Force and [[HumanoidAbomination isn't even human]].]]

* BerserkButton: Do '''not''' show a picture of [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords Darth Nihilus]] with a nose or any facial features to Chris Avellone if you know what's good for you. [[spoiler:The Dark Lord is a void in the force and [[HumanoidAbomination isn't even human]].]]

He has then gone on to be involved in a numberWebsite/{{Kickstarter}} games, including Obsidian's ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', Creator/InXileEntertainment's ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland 2}}'' and ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera'' and even became "special guest writer" for ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight: [[UpdatedRerelease Advanced Edition]]''. He left Obsidian in June 2015, apparently, to focus on his Kickstarter Stretch Goal career full-time, as the next project he worked on was ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII''. He then returned to the industry with ''Videogame/Prey2017''

* DoingItForTheArt: Every one of his games is dripping with lovingly-crafted and thought-out detail.

An American video game designer and writer, Chris Avellone started out with Creator/InterplayEntertainment, working on such titles as ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' and the ''VideoGame/IcewindDale'' series. He left Interplay after the cancellation of ''VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren'', heading over to Creator/ObsidianEntertainment. His first work there was ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', followed by ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' and action RPG ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol''. He then returned to the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series with ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', on which he is a senior designer and was heavily involved in the development of the DLC campaigns. He also starred in Season 2 of a fan project called ''FalloutNukaBreak'', which contained numerous nods to the original two Fallouts.

He has then gone on to be involved in several Website/{{Kickstarter}} games, including Obsidian's ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', Creator/InXileEntertainment's ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland 2}}'' and ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera'' and even became "special guest writer" for ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight: [[UpdatedRerelease Advanced Edition]]''. He left Obsidian in June 2015--apparently, to focus on his Kickstarter Stretch Goal career full-time, as the next project he worked on was ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII''. He then returned to the industry with ''Videogame/Prey2017''

Avellone is noted for subverting trends in [=RPGs=] that he often finds particularly infuriating. In ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', he took his dislike of the [[TheGoomba Goomba]] tendencies of rats and utilized cranium rats, which are somewhat troublesome when encountered in large numbers. In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicII'', he took his dislike of the way that the Force is often portrayed and used it to create a character that sought, for better or worse, to kill the Force entirely. He is also noted for making established game mechanics part of the story. In ''[=KotOR2=]'', your player character was described as being able to gain power through the Force by killing others, involving the ExperiencePoints system directly in the story. In ''Planescape: Torment'', the Nameless One's immortality made death not a liability, but an advantage, allowing the player to circumvent some {{death trap}}s by simply dying, and reviving later once they had been removed from the death trap. He is also known for having a very extreme aversion to traditional [[RomanceSidequest romances]], preferring ones that are somewhat tragic or unrequited.

He has then gone on to be involved in several Website/{{Kickstarter}} games, including Obsidian's ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', Creator/InXileEntertainment's ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland 2}}'' and ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera'' and even became "special guest writer" for ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight: [[UpdatedRerelease Advanced Edition]]''. He left Obsidian in June 2015--apparently, to focus on his Kickstarter Stretch Goal career full-time, as the next project he worked on was ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII''. He then returned to a non-Kickstarter related project with ''Videogame/Prey2017''

An American video game designer, Chris Avellone started out with Creator/InterplayEntertainment, working on such titles as ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' and the ''VideoGame/IcewindDale'' series. He left Interplay after the cancellation of ''VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren'', heading over to Creator/ObsidianEntertainment. His first work there was ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', followed by ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' and action RPG ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol''. He then returned to the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series with ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', on which he is a senior designer and was heavily involved in the development of the DLC campaigns. He also starred in Season 2 of a fan project called ''FalloutNukaBreak'', which contained numerous nods to the original two Fallouts.

He has then gone on to be involved in several Website/{{Kickstarter}} games, including Obsidian's ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', Creator/InXileEntertainment's ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland 2}}'' and ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera'' and even became "special guest writer" for ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight: [[UpdatedRerelease Advanced Edition]]''. He left Obsidian in June 2015--apparently, to focus on his Kickstarter Stretch Goal career full-time, as the next project he worked on was ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII''.

* AuthorAvatar: He has gone on record saying that he does characters like [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicII Kreia]] and [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Ulysses]] to convey his personal opinions on their settings.

* AuthorTract: Kreia was biggest culprit -- the game would routinely create situations where she would be able to lecture and criticize the player's actions no matter what they said or did. In future games, he toned it down, and the player is entirely able to tell an AuthorAvatar that he or she is full of shit.
** He sadly brought it back in full force with [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Ulysses]]. [[spoiler: He will never acknowledge the flaws of his views, even if you convince him to stop his plan. And even if you manage to stop it, you end up proving his point.]]

* NoHuggingNoKissing: He is known to dislike writing traditional romance in his games, stating that he prefers romances that end poorly, or other forms of intra-personal relationships, because they hold more interest to him as an author. A stretch goal on one of Obsidian's Kickstarters was to ''[[SelfDeprecation prevent]]'' [[SelfDeprecation Avellone writing anything for the romantic sub-plots]].

-->-- Interview with [[http://duckfeed.tv/woff/61e Duckfeed.tv]], regarding ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}

He has then gone on to be involved in several Website/{{Kickstarter}} games, including Obsidian's ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', Creator/InXileEntertainment's ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland 2}}'' and ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera'' and even became "special guest writer" for ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight: [[UpdatedRerelease Advanced Edition]]''. He left Obsidian in June 2015.