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<blockquote data-quote="Viktyr Gehrig" data-source="post: 2098577" data-attributes="member: 9249">The Tourist-- straight out of Nethack. They dabble in magic, especially travelling magic, they get into trouble far above their (seeming) ability to handle it, and walk out again; infuriatingly, they're never really afraid of anything, or even particularly angry. These guys will call kip in an Abyssal moathouse for three days, lose their luggage in a pool of corrosive sludge, and spend at least half the time in the belly of some godawful abomination-- so they write an indignant letter to the manager about his hospitality.At high levels, this actually works, and he gets extra treasure on his adventures due to refunds and coupons and frequent-delver miles and other perks. At first, his mannerisms and his brightly-colored shirts mark him as an easy rube... but the Epic Tourist doesn't need to read the fine print at a Yugloth's travel agency; his experience with contracts and charters and &quot;special deals&quot; has given him an uncanny facility with such things, and a reputation for getting the best of any promotional deal that not even a Baatorian lawyer would challenge himself against.Hell, if I ever get to play a Fraal Tourist, I'll have satisfied a yearning I've felt for nearly ten years.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Viktyr Gehrig, post: 2098577, member: 9249"] The Tourist-- straight out of Nethack. They dabble in magic, especially travelling magic, they get into trouble far above their (seeming) ability to handle it, and walk out again; infuriatingly, they're never really [b]afraid[/b] of anything, or even particularly angry. These guys will call kip in an Abyssal moathouse for three days, lose their luggage in a pool of corrosive sludge, and spend at least half the time in the belly of some godawful abomination-- so they write an indignant letter to the manager about his hospitality. At high levels, this actually [b]works[/b], and he gets extra treasure on his adventures due to refunds and coupons and frequent-delver miles and other perks. At first, his mannerisms and his brightly-colored shirts mark him as an easy rube... but the Epic Tourist doesn't need to read the fine print at a Yugloth's travel agency; his experience with contracts and charters and "special deals" has given him an uncanny facility with such things, and a reputation for getting the best of any promotional deal that not even a Baatorian lawyer would challenge himself against. Hell, if I ever get to play a Fraal Tourist, I'll have satisfied a yearning I've felt for nearly ten years. [/QUOTE]

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