As someone who's played medieval/renaissance/pre-industrialization characters in multiple games?
It's not really that hard.
It just requires a bit of thought about how someone with zero to little experience/point of reference would react to things. They're experiencing a different culture, and unless they're the sort to never ever want to fit in or try literally anything new (in which case, why play them in a game?) you're going to find that there's a bunch of CR and little plot things that you have an opportunity to spark.
A character like Sansa would be interested in learning about manners and customs for example because fitting in socially is important to her, as is gaining allies/friends to help should her family show up. Getting in to the political action of a game.
A character like Arya would reasonably be all up in learning new fighting styles from other canons and probably enjoy that it's fine to be a tomboy and wear what to that time period are ""boy clothes"".
Someone like Jon would probably bro it up with other dudes, finding a group of friends that don't care that he's a bastard and accept him as an equal/leader. Getting in to the "go and fight the mooks" type action.
There's also definitely something to be said for them being a bit better prepared for things like the post-apocalyptic settings or survival games. They know how to deal with being without things like indoor plumbing, air conditioning, electricity or the like and can teach others to do so as well.
Re: medieval characters
It's not really that hard.
It just requires a bit of thought about how someone with zero to little experience/point of reference would react to things. They're experiencing a different culture, and unless they're the sort to never ever want to fit in or try literally anything new (in which case, why play them in a game?) you're going to find that there's a bunch of CR and little plot things that you have an opportunity to spark.
A character like Sansa would be interested in learning about manners and customs for example because fitting in socially is important to her, as is gaining allies/friends to help should her family show up. Getting in to the political action of a game.
A character like Arya would reasonably be all up in learning new fighting styles from other canons and probably enjoy that it's fine to be a tomboy and wear what to that time period are ""boy clothes"".
Someone like Jon would probably bro it up with other dudes, finding a group of friends that don't care that he's a bastard and accept him as an equal/leader. Getting in to the "go and fight the mooks" type action.
There's also definitely something to be said for them being a bit better prepared for things like the post-apocalyptic settings or survival games. They know how to deal with being without things like indoor plumbing, air conditioning, electricity or the like and can teach others to do so as well.