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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 7138106" data-attributes="member: 158">In real life, an experienced soldier is (in my experience) nothing BUT interesting. They've fought in hostile conditions, for a sense of duty, have had experiences that most people can't imagine, both good and bad, and have a sense of composure in crisis situations that is uncanny.&quot;Human&quot; can be played up as unflappable, someone who had seen truly pants-crapping situations with very little concern. Lich wants you dead? No big deal, keep out of line of effect and use missile fire until you find a specialist who can tell you what his weakness is. Troll army? No big deal, you faced a troll with the Orc Battalion back in '15, they used pack tactics to hold him down and burn him with torches, if you can find a terrain advantage to hamper him......out of combat, Human should be full of stories (one line stories) of just crazy crap that the current situation reminds him of, full of orcish battle songs, prayers for battle, orcish proverbs that don't make much sense to anyone who's not an orc, etc. A soldier, in some respects, is more interesting than any assassin or archmage, because theirs is a life of duty to their fellow humanoid, not focused on themsleves, and the things they experienced to keep that duty.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 7138106, member: 158"] In real life, an experienced soldier is (in my experience) nothing BUT interesting. They've fought in hostile conditions, for a sense of duty, have had experiences that most people can't imagine, both good and bad, and have a sense of composure in crisis situations that is uncanny. "Human" can be played up as unflappable, someone who had seen truly pants-crapping situations with very little concern. Lich wants you dead? No big deal, keep out of line of effect and use missile fire until you find a specialist who can tell you what his weakness is. Troll army? No big deal, you faced a troll with the Orc Battalion back in '15, they used pack tactics to hold him down and burn him with torches, if you can find a terrain advantage to hamper him... ...out of combat, Human should be full of stories (one line stories) of just crazy crap that the current situation reminds him of, full of orcish battle songs, prayers for battle, orcish proverbs that don't make much sense to anyone who's not an orc, etc. A soldier, in some respects, is more interesting than any assassin or archmage, because theirs is a life of duty to their fellow humanoid, not focused on themsleves, and the things they experienced to keep that duty. [/QUOTE]

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