OD&D Favorite PC you have ever played?

Lanefan · Nov 16, 2020

There's been a few that stand out:

1e - Gutezapre Coriorx. Dwarf War Cleric to the God of Beer and Hockey. On a flying broom. With an attitude. And a temple that was a several-thousand-seat hockey rink with an onsite brewery and three pubs. And did I say he had beer?

3e - Appppil Pagey. Part-Elf Wizard (Illusionist). Complete airhead except when it came to her spells - interrupting one of those would get you a solid belt upside the head (and she rolled '20' every time she did this, I kid you not!). Chaotic as hell. Entertaining as hell, also.

1e - (Lady) Elena (Grey) Vokorovitch. Elf Necromancer-Assassin directly based on Jack Sparrow. Actress, spy, master of disguise, and only marginally sane. Also very spindly, meaning she died at every opportunity.

And many more...

Enrico Poli1 · Nov 16, 2020

My signature character, back in my high school years, was an AD&D2e fighter who was obsessed with immortality. In the end, he reached it. He was an emo with superpowers!...

zarionofarabel · Nov 17, 2020

Oliver D'Burrows, swashbuckler extraordinaire!

His name was actually Oliver Cobbler, son of a not at all renowned shoemaker. He had a not at all extraordinary adventuring career before getting stepped on by a giant.

He will always be my favorite PC as he was the first PC I ever got to play after being stuck as GM for years and years cause everyone else said they couldn't make up stories like I can and refused to GM.

Schmoe · Nov 17, 2020

One of my favorites was Asante del Mare Astra, of the Sea of Stars. He was a gnomish paladin from an astral-dwelling race of gnomes in a Planescape game. Bold, courageous, and courteous, Asante brought kindness and decency wherever he went.

Drazen · Nov 17, 2020

Enrico Poli1 said:
My signature character, back in my high school years, was an AD&D2e fighter who was obsessed with immortality. In the end, he reached it. He was an emo with superpowers!...

Sounds cool.....
and a little scary!

jasper · Nov 17, 2020

Murr. (Yes, short of Murdock of the A-team.) He started out as a random encounter in a city state which got the group arrest for fighting in public. The party adopted him as a second fighter. He was crazy. As in pushing pcs down pits to advance the game crazy. He died at least 5 times and the party brought him back.

Drazen · Nov 17, 2020

jasper said:
Murr. (Yes, short of Murdock of the A-team.) He started out as a random encounter in a city state which got the group arrest for fighting in public. The party adopted him as a second fighter. He was crazy. As in pushing pcs down pits to advance the game crazy. He died at least 5 times and the party brought him back.

Why bring him back if he was pushing down the players???
Was he just too lovable of a character to get rid of???

Sacrosanct · Nov 17, 2020

Sacrosanct said:
One of my first PCs is still one of my favorites. 1e. Human fighter named Merdock.

jasper said:
Murr. (Yes, short of Murdock of the A-team.)

Nice to see I wasn't the only one inspired by that character ) Ah, to be an 80s kid...

Marc_C · Nov 17, 2020

Never played a Basic character (except for my short lived intro to the game.) I was always the DM during those days. I only got to play when we switched to AD&D and a new player joined. He also wanted to be the DM.