Robin D. Laws: The 7 Gamer Types

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Elf Witch

First Post

• Feb 17, 2012

• #31

I voted story teller because I really enjoy watching the story unfold a good story is more important to me than say my character being awesome. But the quiz disagreed.

You Scored as Method Actor

You think that gaming is a form of creative expression. You may view rules as, at best, a necessary evil, preferring sessions where the dice never come out of the bag. You enjoy situations that test or deepen your character's personality traits.

Method Actor
100%
Storyteller
75%
Tactician
50%
Specialist
42%
Butt-Kicker
33%
Power Gamer
8%
Casual Gamer
0%

I don't think this is totally true of me. I do like developing my character. I do like tactics and I like butt kicking but I am no where near a specialist I like to play different types of classes.

 

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mkill

Adventurer

• Feb 17, 2012

• #32

Minigiant said:

When you play dashing halfling paladins, snobbish goblin wizards, orc rogues, gnome weredireweasals, and half-elven anythings... you are a method actor.

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In 4E...
* halfling is a top choice for Paladin (no, really)
* goblins rule as sorcerers, but goblin wizard isn't bad, snobbishness optional
* (half-)orcs have an iconic rogue build, and are really good at it (no, really)
* some half-elf builds, like the twin-strike avenger, are f**ing broken

Gotta love 4E

 

Minigiant

Legend

Supporter

• Feb 17, 2012

• #33

mkill said:

In 4E...
* halfling is a top choice for Paladin (no, really)
* goblins rule as sorcerers, but goblin wizard isn't bad, snobbishness optional
* (half-)orcs have an iconic rogue build, and are really good at it (no, really)
* some half-elf builds, like the twin-strike avenger, are f**ing broken

Gotta love 4E

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But that was in 3rd Ed. A time when small warriors are "bad", goblins shouldn't cast spells, orcs just rage, and half-elves were useless unless you wanted to play an elf only prestige class.

Imagine my surprise when I converted my "garbage" religious half-elf rogue/ranger from 3.5E to 4E.

 

Yora

Legend

• Feb 17, 2012

• #34

NewJeffCT said:

Oddly, I came up with Butt-Kicker as #1, but Power Gamer as last. I guess it means I like to clobber my foes, but do it fairly and without stretching/bending the rules?

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Those "tests" are not actual tests, and are simply made up by people assigning abitrary values to checkboxes and then you get a result. That's not how questionaires work. The categories have to be created after everyone answered the questions and you then go looking for correlations.

 

AntiStateQuixote

Enemy of the State

• Feb 17, 2012

• #35

As a player: Tactician

DM: Storyteller

 

marleykat

First Post

• Feb 17, 2012

• #36

You Scored as a : Storyteller Storyteller 75% Casual Gamer 58% Method Actor 50% Specialist 50% Butt-Kicker 42% Power Gamer 42% Tactician 25%

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Storyteller, heavily so it seems.

 

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Olgar Shiverstone

Legend

• Feb 18, 2012

• #37

D. None of the above.

I refuse to acknowledge or accept any single label for my play style.

 

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Meophist

First Post

• Feb 18, 2012

• #38

I got:

Method Actor 83%
Tactician 67%
Power Gamer 67%
Storyteller 50%
Specialist 50%
Casual Gamer 33%
Butt-Kicker 33%

I can't say I really agree with it. I like rolling dice, it's a nice abstraction layer between my abilities and my character's. I like game systems and I particularly like being able to express my character through the system. If my character is good at something, I would like to be able to express that through the rules. So I like rules that let me define my character how I want to define them. I think the rules can enhance my roleplaying, rather than get in the way of them.

 

outsider

First Post

• Feb 19, 2012

• #39

I am the dreaded Powergamer/Method actor. I throw myself into both the mechanics of the game as well as the rp. Unfortunately that can sometimes lead to me dominating both aspects, and becoming a spotlight hog.

 

Lord Mhoram

Hero

• Feb 19, 2012

• #40

outsider said:

I am the dreaded Powergamer/Method actor. I throw myself into both the mechanics of the game as well as the rp. Unfortunately that can sometimes lead to me dominating both aspects, and becoming a spotlight hog.

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Yep - I'm a 100% method actor and 80% Power Gamer and Butt Kicker.

The next is storyteller at 50% I think.

Casual was 0%

That is why I have the quote I do as a sigline "Build 'em like a powergamer, play 'em like a roleplayer"

I game to get into my characters heads and emotions, but there is combat in the game, and I will learn the rules backwards and forwards to make certain I am good at it. When 3.0 came out - within 6 months 4 different groups would ask me rules questions, and live by my rulings... even though I didn't play in any of those games.