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Sunseeker
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I think awesome is akin to cool - the harder you try, the more you miss the mark.
Dave the Cleric. Most awesome character to grace our tables. He was a cleric. His name was Dave.
His name was mundane. His actions..
...legend.
This. Characters should be defined and remembered for their actions, not the goofiness of their name. Hey, maybe their actions are goofy, that's fine. Everyone loves Tasslehoff. But all-in-all one of my favorite characters ever was a gunslinger in Deadlands: Frank Sims.