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I've played this very character. An evil cleric of the death-goddess who worked at a boneyard, burying the bodies that were left at the entrance to the cemetary, he whistled a jaunty tune while he buried someone who'd clearly been killed by an assassin, and had a coin in his mouth as a sign of...

We had a 1st level Ranger with a war dog, and the Ranger spent 10 rounds fighting a single Orc (granted, it was the chieftan) while his war dog killed like six others... Heck, that really hasn't changed since 1st edition. Our 3.5 Druids 'riding dog' Companions are usually the best tank in the...

There is a heck of a lot of reductio ad absurdum going on, so that the posters can post thinly-veiled contempt and ridicule for anyone who doesn't play exactly the same way they do. Apparently there is a 'wrong' way to have fun. Who knew? I blame society.

I would love for D&D to include more of the 'simulationist' aspects of GURPS, not because I give a fig for 'realism,' so much as for the fun aspects of *choosing* to stab at the eye, or kick someone in the junk, or attempt an arm lock, instead of just 'I swing. Okay, hit.' or 'I grapple.'...

Eberron had a pretty decent focus on that sort of thing, with the Gnomes being very much a social / city-based / intrigue-based racial group. Al-Qadim also had a storytelling / social storyline focus, and Spelljammer had a secondary focus on ship-construction and trade-route / business-based...

You don't have to go nearly that far. Check out Brigham Young, whose views about black skin being the mark of Cain, a sign of punishment for past transgressions and a sign of moral taint are fairly well established, and were shared by a fairly large and influential group. Any further...

Graz'zt, with Yeenoghu as my dark horse second pick. Orcus used to be my favorite, but he feels a little overplayed at this point. I never liked Demogorgon, until Savage Tide made him interesting. All that newfangled stuff like Pale Night and Obox-Ob can go die in a fire, along with some...

Which is something that Vampire, GURPS, Mutants & Masterminds, etc. pretty much already do. Your 'points' at the end of the session aren't determined by how many mobs lay dead before you, but by your completion of mission objectives or by your roleplaying. (Although awarding a certain amount...

And this may explain a little bit of the attraction that Vampire had with the less hack and slash oriented wargamer-derived set (who are not necessarily women). The game could very readily be set around building up resources (herds, contacts, followers, etc.) and 'building empires.' Granted...

We had a mini-game for character creation in one game called 'I am Drizzt, you can too!' Each person had to pick a character using the formula; Trendy 'popular' flavor-of-the-month race - Drow, Tiefling, Dragonborn, Gnoll, Kobold, Golarion Goblin, Warforged, whatever, so long as it was...

My old-school D&D playing, con-going friends had a virulent loathing of the RPGA, based on experiences many, many years past. A few years back, I signed up for some Xendrik Expeditions games, and signed one of them up as well, not thinking about how the 'RPGA-thing' was going to go over, and...

I almost always end up being the party Cleric (or Druid), and the default healer (although there is competition for that popular role, and we've had a few parties with more Clerics and / or Druids than every other class put together!). Just as I would balk at being told that I *must* chip in for...

My top choices for systems would be; M&M2E - a much 'faster' system than the next two, making it a superior choice. It is much less fine-grained, however, and you can end up with some wonky results due to the fickle nature of d20 rolls. D&D 3.5 - somewhere between M&M and GURPS. More...

Characters, both heroic and villainous, will be able to get some sort of combat advantage by making a smartass comment. Basically like a Feint / Bluff thing, but using sarcasm or pop-culture quips to 'stun' a foe and get in an extra-damaging attack. (The character would have 'sneak attack'...

Whacky dangerous magic made for, IMO, more reward for 'system mastery.' Any fool can throw a lightning bolt, and accidentally cook his own biscuits. Any reasonably competent player can throw a lightning bolt and not kill any of his party members (or himself). But when an experienced player...

If 3rd party stuff is allowed, the Scarred Lands setting has at least four Prestige Classes that are hot for Necromancers. (Crypt Lord in Relics & Rituals, Animator in Hollowfaust, Son of Mirth in Relics & Rituals 2, and Slaver of the Dead in the Player's Guide to Bards, Wizards and Sorcerers.)...

The earliest 3rd party stuff I remember was the Freeport module and the Sword & Sorcery Creature Collection and Relics & Rituals, so for me it was a Tidal Wave of Awesome. Since 3E lacked a decent setting (IMO), the Scarred Lands quickly turned into the 'default' 3E setting around here. I...

An elementalist priest, perhaps using some ideas from the Athasian elemental clerics, would be a neat idea. Either it could be a specific elemental theme, such as a Wind Witch or Sea Mage or Adept of Flame or whatever, or it could be a more generalized priest of all four elements, or of natural...

'Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.' Great point!

I picked none of the above. I neither encourage nor discourage players from playing characters of different races, sexes, species, etc. I neither 'love' nor 'hate' playing characters of one race, sex, species, etc. over the other. Some characters 'feel' like females when I'm writing them up...