Are playing the Iconic Party?

[VorpalBunny]

I have three players but four characters in my group - one player is playing the Barbarian and the Hathran. The current party roster is:

Half-elf Ftr6/Duelist 7
Human Bbn7/Runescarred Berserker 7
Human Wiz3/Clr3/Hathran 7
Aasimar Ftr5/Pal7

They'd still have a rogue if there was enough of the body left to cast a raise dead on.... I guess we've covered the basics in a roundabout kinda way...

 

[ForceUser]

Every-other-Monday night group:

Bbn 1/Drd 6
Clr 3/Ftr 4
Brd 7
Clr 1/Rng 5/Arcane Archer 1
Wiz 6
Pal 5

This party lacks a rogue. Previously we had one and lacked a wizard, but the rogue character died and the player rolled the wizard. All the iconic roles except for rogue are generally filled.


The other every-other-Monday night group:

Bbn 2/Ftr 2
Brd 4
Ftr 1/Rng 2
Aasimar 1/Pal 2
Wiz 5
Djinn 3 (from Savage Species)

This party lacks sufficient healing. They rely on wands. I expect someone to die and run a cleric eventually.


Once-a-month Saturday group:

Pal 11
Sor 11
Rng 6/Arcane Archer 5
Ftr 11
Clr 3/Sor 4/Mystic Theurge 2
Clr 6/Knight Templar 3
Rog 11
Wiz 7/Loremaster 2

This party has all the bases covered.

Generally speaking, in three years of 3.0, it has been determined that for whatever reason, clerics and rogues are the least popular character choices. Most folks want to play the bad-a$$ wizard or combatant.

 

[Jürgen Hubert]

Our party of 2nd level starting characters has the following:

- A human fighter.
- A dwarven fighter/rogue.
- A gnome bard.
- A half-elf cleric.
- A halfling druid.

For some reason, nobody wants to play a wizard or sorcerer at low levels... ;-)

 

[Wombat]

Let's see, five players, five characters...

Human Male, 3rd level Wanderer (alternate class from Swashbuckling Adventures)
Human Male, 2nd Fighter, 1st Bard
Human Male, 3rd level Diviner (specialist Wizard)
Human Female, 3rd Ranger (Monte Cook Variant #2)
Half-Elf Male, 3rd Sorcerer

Nope, not Iconic at all

 

[Jeph]

We've...kinda. We've got a:
• Fighter 5/Lasher 1
• Druid 6
• Ranger 6
• Half-Oger Barbarian 4
• Barbarian 1/Sorcerer 5

I guess the sorcerer/bbn could be a Mage Guy, and the Druid could be a Healer. Half-Oger is DEFINITELY a tank, through and through. The ranger's got a lot of skills, but not nearly as many as a rogue, and the lasher is...well, he's just kinda there, you know?

Oh yeah. He's a professional tanner, and made our matching hydraskin cloaks! Knew he had a purpose...

 

[genshou]

I've played in so many games it's hard to vote for just one. Most of the time, we either fall short (2 ppl typically) or get about 9-10 party members if Lela is the DM *ducks head for retributive strike by Lela*. In the only D&D game I'm in right now (as the DM as usual), the four players are:

Petro Stonehand, LG Human Fighter (who will later be Cleric/Sacred Fist)
Sujimoto Mariko, NG Human Shugenja (OA Class, uncertain about future multi/prestige classes)
Kira, LG Human Sorcerer (later Dragon Disciple)
Ivellius, (can't find character sheet) High Elven Bard (possibly multiclassing to Fighter and getting Bladesinger or Spellsword)

The bard gets access to Disable Device and Search as class skills, and the Rogue's Traps class ability, so this kinda is the iconic four.

Tank,
Mage,
Healer (Shugenja),
Skill Guy/Trap Finder

In the case of this group, it's good that they are the iconic four, as otherwise they wouldn't have access to the variety of class abilities they'll need to survive.

Isn't it funny, though? The way it seems to work out that way? Mostly because Wizards is so obsessed with the idea that 4 party members are the basic unit, basing XP, treasure, CR, and EL on a party of 4. So the main reason, IMO, is that it is too much work for some DMs to figure out how extra/lacking party members change that. And it's nice to have a well-rounded party, as any serious CRPG player can attest to.

 

[MacMathan]

Our current cast includes;

Human Enchantress 9
her Half-Ogre Ranger 6 Companion
Dwarf Paladin 8
Human Druid 8
Human Rogue3/Cleric5 of Olidamara

They really only seem to be light on the skill user end, melee usually goes fine what with the charming and summoning etc. It will be interesting when we switch out DM's again and the Rogue/Cleric is replaced by a Fire Wizard/Elemental Savant, the party could end up healing light.

 

[Lela]

I've played in so many games it's hard to vote for just one. Most of the time, we either fall short (2 ppl typically) or get about 9-10 party members if Lela is the DM *ducks head for retributive strike by Lela*.

It's not my fault if everyone wants to play my game. And the average (up until the recent move of several people) was actually 12-15 (including NPC Leadership feats and such).

Needless to say I picked More than Four PCs and (usually) have all the bases covered. Especially since the Paladin (now Blackguard) took on a Kobald Sorc. as a cohort. She's been a major boon to the party.

 

[diaglo]

ranger5/rogue3 hin heading to dragonhunter
cleric6/fighter2 human
bard8 elf heading to arcane archer
sorceror7 gnome
druid7 elf
ranger7 half-human
fighter4/rogue3 human


so we technically have the bases covered. but we really lack a heavy tank and pure skill guy.

edit: the druid and the ranger were new players to the group.

we have also lost several players. and their characters were:

monk4/sorc2 human
fighter4/cleric1 human heading for lasher prc

 

[Halivar]

Hrmm... well, we started out as

NG human fighter (now level 20 LG aasimar planer champion)
LG helf-elf wizard (now level 20 CG freakin' deity)
CG human rogue (now level 18 arcane trickster)
CG human cleric (now still a human cleric... wait! No! Aasimar cleric... of a different deity!)

We always like to start out iconic, but we never stay there. Except the wizard. She was patient.