How many people have used the Iconics, in game?

[Ferret]

Never, nice idea though.

 

[Nine Hands]

I was looking in the back of Bastion of Broken Souls the other day, and noticed some familiar faces in the "pre-generated" PCs section: Lidda, Mialee, Jozan, and Tordek. They appear in the core books, in modules and misc other WotC books and art, in their own DVD movie, and in both metal and plastic version of miniatures...

But has anyone ever used them IN game?

Have you ever had a PC play an Iconic character (or an entire Iconic party?) How about as NPCs? Anyone have some good iconic stories to share?

We used them for playtesting of WotC adventures (Forge of Fury, I think).

 

[Rel]

The closest I came was when a player asked the name of a barbarian shaman and I fumbled for a second and came up with "Krusk". Of COURSE conflict in the barbarian lands has become an ongoing focal point in the campaign and Krusk has appeared several times. I cringe a little every time I have to trot out the name because it doesn't even fit in all that well with the naming conventions I've established for these barbarians.

Maybe it's time Krusk had himself a little "accident" so I don't have to talk about him anymore...

Don't think that I'm above killing off an NPC just because he has a stupid name (admittedly one that I assigned him). That's what Rat Bastard DM's are all about. Like Bill Cosby said to his kids, "I brought you into this world and I'll take you out!"

 

[Viehl]

I'd use them if they weren't so...generic.

I mean, come on. A dwarven fighter? Elven wizard? Halfling rogue? Half-orc barbarian? It seems like they all took the feat "Improved Blandness".

Now, had it been a half-orc wizard, an elven barbarian, and a dwarf rogue...then I might have been interested.


-V

 

[Aaron L]

Obviously because there are so many elven barbarians and dwarven wizards out there that they should be used as represantatives of the class.

 

[Jolly Giant]

I prefer to make my own NPCs. Always.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

I'd use them if they weren't so...generic.

I mean, come on. A dwarven fighter? Elven wizard? Halfling rogue? Half-orc barbarian? It seems like they all took the feat "Improved Blandness".

Now, had it been a half-orc wizard, an elven barbarian, and a dwarf rogue...then I might have been interested.


-V

But then again, they are Iconics, not we-will-fall-before-we-fall-into-the-norm characters.

These race/class combinations are according to favored class, the thing that race excels at, the thing that is most common there.

And only because the wizard is an elf, he doesn't have to be bland. I could play a dozen different elven wizards in row (even without changing subraces or using non-core material) and have a dozen totally different characters.

On the other hand, I wouldn't play a half-orc wizard, because that's one of those they-are-possible-now-so-I-feel-compelled-to-use-them concepts.

 

[hong]

I'd use them if they weren't so...generic.

I mean, come on. A dwarven fighter? Elven wizard? Halfling rogue? Half-orc barbarian? It seems like they all took the feat "Improved Blandness".

Now, had it been a half-orc wizard, an elven barbarian, and a dwarf rogue...then I might have been interested.


-V

See, it's all fun and games until somebody pulls a dwarven samurai out of their ass.


Hong "ouch!" Ooi

 

[Nifft]

Now, had it been a half-orc wizard, an elven barbarian, and a dwarf rogue...then I might have been interested.

So, you'd like to play the Ironics, not the Iconics.

-- N, don'tcha think?

 

[Davelozzi]

I used Tordek as an NPC opponent in a gladiator tournament.