D&D General Who was your first character, and do you still play them?

[Aldarc]

My first TTRPG character, which was for 3e D&D, was also my first and last barbarian that I ever played. It used a pretty ridiculous ice-themed homebrew prestige class that the GM - a fellow high school student - had created for his setting. No, I don't still play that character.

 

[sevenbastard]

B/X. I was probably 6 and my brother made me roll up two character. One was a thief called Gojack ( after Kojack) and the other was a magic user called Wandalf ( after Gandalf) My brother played two NPC fighter and was the DM for the Caves of Chaos.

We survived and my brother added a lot of extra levels after we explored the Caves. I was hooked.

In retrospect I am sure my brother was fudging the rolls for his two fighters, but at the time it was amazing.

 

[Mistwell]

In 1978 or 1979 (I am unsure) I played Bintler the halfling thief, with some inspiration from Bilbo Baggins with some minor alterations (such as he loved spicy foods, not tobacco). I do still revive Bintler every once in a while. I currently play Henry the Halfling Rogue. Henry has some similarities to Bintler, but not the same character and not played with the same personality.

 

[Nikosandros]

My first D&D character was a halfling in Mentzer's Red Box Basic. The adventure was B2 Keep on the Borderland, and I absolutely don't remember his name, but likely it was something ripped off from Tolkien. He survived a couple of sessions, but met his demise when I skipped a session. My first AD&D character (about a year later) was a human ranger with great stats (but no recollection of his name either) and he was disintegrated by a cleaning golem in C3 The Lost Island of Castanamir. Back then life was brutal and often short...

 

[GuyBoy]

Late 1976; Aelric the Fighter braved the dungeon, rising as high as level 3 before falling in battle against an orc tribe. Never forgotten (by me at least!).

 

[el-remmen]

Quasar an elf I rolled up using B/X rules in 1983, only to arrive at the table on actual game day to learn there was this thing called AD&D and "elf" was not a class and they didn't allow multiclassing. So I played Quasar as a fighter for one session.

I don't think I played another PC (only running games) until I played a Kensai around 1987.

 

[payn]

My first D&D character was a halfling thief named Malak that was completely different than that thief in Conan the Destroyer. Toatlly different character.

 

[Mannahnin]

It was four decades ago, and all I remember was casting Burning Hands at a monster for 1 point of damage and then dying.

Cleric in B/X, played Palace of the Silver Princess. Don't even think I had a name. Defeated a skeleton with 1 hp remaining. My brother the DM asked which direction I wanted to go (the map was on the ground between us). I said "left". Well, his left was the wall, not the door that was my left.

"you run into a wall and take 1 hp of damage." Dead.

So no, I didn't keep playing him...

My first D&D character was a halfling in Menter's Red Box Basic. The adventure was B2 Keep on the Borderland, and I absolutely don't remember his name, but likely it was something ripped off from Tolkien. He survived a couple of sessions, but met his demise when I skipped a session. My first AD&D character (about a year later) was a human ranger with great stats (but no recollection of his name either) and he was disintegrated by a cleaning golem in C3 The Lost Island of Castanamir. Back then life was brutal and often short...

BECMI as well, 1985, in the Castle Mistamere sample dungeon run by my dad.

I made an Elf called Raven who wore chainmail and had a crossbow.

He died to a poison needle trap on a box, as I recall. One session lifespan, never to be seen again.

 

[Azzy]

Back in '87, when I was introduced to D&D (with the BECMI rules), my first character was a (human) fighter named Gideon. I haven't played him since that era, but I do recreate him each time a new edition comes out, just for fun.

 

[Meech17]

It's interesting how many of you played Halflings as your first characters. Was it because of The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings?