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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5854962" data-attributes="member: 90804">I don't think characters would label themselves in these ways at all - they would be more likely to talk about what they can do."Pleased to meet you - I'm Sven. You'll find that I'm quite handy with a blade or hammer, and I pride myself in protecting my fellow travelers. If we have any trouble, it will have to get through me first. There was this one time...""Greetings - yes, I am indeed Melneth the Wise. Oh, you haven't heard of me? Well, I'm not surprised; you don't seem the type to have traveled in the mystic circles where I generally move. Yes, I am indeed a wizard - master of wind and fire.""Hail and well-met! Annalise at your service. You look like you could use some leadership, and if you're looking for someone to get your troops into shape and keep the folks fighting, you've come to the right elf."And so on. I do think of a class as "what this character does" but I don't exactly think of it as a "job" like "I'm an architect" or "I'm a web designer" or "I'm a mechanic". Wizards and clerics would probably describe themselves as such, albeit with specific modifiers like "Wizard of the Undying Flame" or "Cleric of Pelor". Same goes for paladins. I could see a bard identifying him or herself as a bard. Fighters, rogues, rangers... I see them describing the activities they're good at rather than labeling them. I don't see a fighter describing him or herself as a "fighter" a "protector adept" or a "great bear adept" - those all sound rather stilted to my ear.But that's just my opinion.</blockquote>

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