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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5591769" data-attributes="member: 19675">On that literary inspirations list, I'd take off Achilles- - and replace him with Ulysses.&nbsp; Achilles is a hot-head, brash &amp; impulsive.&nbsp; Ulysses, OTOH, is often called &quot;cunning&quot;, an epithet he lives up to repeatedly in story after story to the point that some among the Greeks delude themselves that his abilities in subterfuge and tactics somehow make him less manly......And even cunning Ulysses is more of a warrior than rogue/skills guy.Heck, Theseus would be closer, too, but again, mapping figures like this into RPGs is always tricky.&nbsp; Theseus is like Ulysses in his intellect, but again, is no slouch as a warrior.Daedelus, perhaps, is one of the best exemplars of using skills, but he's an intellectual artisan- an engineer, not a gadgeteer.Overall, the line between the the smart, crafty skills guy and other smart, crafty heroes is more one of focus and drive than anything else.&nbsp; He's not necessarily smarter than the rest, he's just applying his mind to tasks in ways you might not think of...same as a mage, priest, or warrior would within their fortes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5591769, member: 19675"] On that literary inspirations list, I'd take off Achilles- - and replace him with Ulysses. Achilles is a hot-head, brash & impulsive. Ulysses, OTOH, is often called "cunning", an epithet he lives up to repeatedly in story after story to the point that some among the Greeks delude themselves that his abilities in subterfuge and tactics somehow make him less manly... ...And even cunning Ulysses is more of a warrior than rogue/skills guy. Heck, Theseus would be closer, too, but again, mapping figures like this into RPGs is always tricky. Theseus is like Ulysses in his intellect, but again, is no slouch as a warrior. Daedelus, perhaps, is one of the best exemplars of using skills, but he's an intellectual artisan- an engineer, not a gadgeteer. Overall, the line between the the smart, crafty skills guy and other smart, crafty heroes is more one of focus and drive than anything else. He's not necessarily smarter than the rest, he's just applying his mind to tasks in ways you might not think of...same as a mage, priest, or warrior would within their fortes. [/QUOTE]

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