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1 year ago ::
Apr 22, 2012 - 7:20PM
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Date Joined:
Apr 23, 2009
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If you mean what have I mostly played then I'll say rogue/thieves. In fact I've maybe played a cleric once. I'm proof you can still play and enjoy the game with a class that isn't the absolute best.
If you mean what am I inspired by then perhaps Emerikol the Chaotic is a fun trope for me. I can imagine him riding out of town blasting guards as he goes. A classic image from 1e.
I like Paladins and Clerics too. I've had some great ones played in my campaigns that I've DM'd.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 23, 2012 - 12:43PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 27, 2008
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Mine have been Rangers, usually a re-imagining of my AD&D ranger from the late 70's. We weren't big on backgrounds then, but he ended up controling a good portion of The Valley of the Ancients (Judge Guild map).
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1 year ago ::
Apr 23, 2012 - 3:31PM
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- VCL Emeritus
- The Inquisitor
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I've always been a fan of wizards in almost every edition, though usually multi-classed.
Morikai - BECMI magic-user, intensely curious about the world and prone to getting distracted by scientific and magical oddities. But also quite well-groomed and charming.
Metrinus - AD&D 2nd Edition Elven Fighter/Magic-User/Thief with the Collector kit from the Complete Book of Elves, an Indiana Jones type of character with a rather vicious vindictive streak. Ie, he'd take what didn't rightly belong to you and then kill you to make sure you didn't do it again.
Grimm Spellsmith - 3.5 Dwarven Fighter/Wizard working toward the Spellsword prestige class. His primary goal in life was to open a smithy and make a tidy profit crafting magic arms and armor. Problem was he wouldn't wield or wear any weapon or armor he hadn't crafted himself as he didn't trust anyone else's workmanship. So, the money he was trying to save to open his shop always ended up being spent on raw materials for his own gear.
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WotC Online Community Coordinator
All around helpful simian
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1 year ago ::
Apr 23, 2012 - 4:09PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 26, 2004
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Elenestil AD&D elven paladin who sacrificed herself by marrying a cambion necromancer for a peace treaty.
Mithwen AD&D half-elven illusionist/assassin died in a botched rescue of her master Spellbinder.
Spellbinder AD&D half-elven/half-drow magic user/illusionist imprisioned by those nasty drawven gods.
Alquarandir AD&D wild elf ranger she's somewhere chilling in the woods.
Tasha AD&D half-elven thief she's greedily counting her coins.
Earendil AD&D Cavalier a typical male fascist philandering bastard.
3.0/3.5 Far too many to list, however, Warlocks were fun.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 23, 2012 - 5:25PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 24, 2007
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I don't have a signature D&D character, I try and make a new build and personality with every character I play. Overall I'm the clown making people laugh (sometimes I'm even INTENTIONALLY funny!) but that's about all my characters tend to have in common. P.S. My longest running D&D character was my 3e gnome wizard necromancy specialist named Bodyknock. Hence my forum name. 
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1 year ago ::
Apr 23, 2012 - 6:59PM
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So this thread is part nostalgia thread and part D&D next discussion, simply what signature character of yours(or character that you want to make) do you want to be possible to make with the core rules(the first players handbook if they use that model). Seeing as there are people with more imagination than me i want to see your answers for fun.
I've never had a signature character. At most, I've used the name Mathos a few times over the years. It's an amalgam of my family name, Thomas. Funny though, nobody makes the association 'til after I bring it up  .
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DDN is likely to tickle my nostalgia bone, big time. So, the first character I create is prolly gonna be pretty straight-forward. I'm already imagining an interesting story for the PC though. He'd be an extremely long-lived half-orc. Maybe a mundane fighter that's already lived for centuries, longer than elves even (with no magic involved).
Story aside, the PC would be easy enough to carry from game to game (rules for fighters are straigt-forward, whatever edition is being played). So my signature character would in essence, be an excuse to explore the concept an average joe who just happened to be immortal. Sounds like fun .
/\ Art
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1 year ago ::
Apr 23, 2012 - 7:29PM
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While, I've never had a "signature" character, there are several archtypes that have always resonated strongly with me and have made re-appearances in various forms:
- The staff-wielding monk - Merging martial arts and weaponry. Monk style that is enhanced (rather than limited) by the use of a staff.
- The shadowmancer or magic-using assassin - A combination of stealth and magical utility that is greater than the sum of the parts.
- The "Good" priest of Death - Defending the sanctity of life and death through necromancy.
These are examples of three archtypes that can be challenging for a system to implement, but have successfully brought fun and flavor to my games.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 23, 2012 - 9:15PM
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Date Joined:
Jan 28, 2012
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call me boring, but i favour human fighters above all. at least im becming interested in playing a barbarian (although im trying to think of a way he can be a barbarian without acting like a barbarian). but, again, human.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 23, 2012 - 9:16PM
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call me boring, but i favour human fighters above all.
at least im becming interested in playing a barbarian (although im trying to think of a way he can be a barbarian without acting like a barbarian). but, again, human.
He can act however you want him to act. Classes don't come with built-in personalities.
Another day, another three or four entries to my Ignore List.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 23, 2012 - 10:15PM
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Dalamar Bramin del Svartalfheim my drow assassin I started in August of 1987 while stationed in Germany. My first AD&D character as an adult. He's been remade in every edition since and is currently represented by the Essentials thief in an Eberron campaign that is on hiatus.
In his original form he was the last survivor of a patriarchal house of Drow that worshipped Malar and borrowed heavily from the Unearthed Arcana snippets on Drow Culture (IIRC Assassins where described there as having the same status as champion fighters in human culture). He was Chaotic Evil (ignore whatever I wrote on the character sheet to make the DM happy) with a strong personal code of honor, loyalty to his new "house" [his adventuring company] and a literal homicidal lunatic.
Most fun I've ever had.
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